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2023-2024学年山东省临沂市兰山区九年级（上） 期中英语试卷 一、阅读理解（共 20 小题, 计40 分） An amazing theme park: Happy Valley Location Gift shop and snack bar In Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province Lots of books, T-shirts and toys. ●You will love our ice cream and fresh fruit juice. Tickets How to get there All-day ticket of Happy Valley: ¥180/person ●Night ticket of Happy Valley: ¥60/person valid (有效的) between 18: 30 and 22: 00 Ticket of Happy Train: ¥40/person Tickets of Happy Valley + Happy Train: ¥200/person Tickets are free to the people over 70 and under 3. ●By tourist bus No. 1 running between Luohu Railway Station and Happy Valley. ●By bus No. 20, 21, 26, then get off at Window of the World Station and walk for about 3 minutes to Happy Valley. ●By subway Line 1 (running between 06: 30—23: 30), get off at the stop of Window of the World Station and leave from Exit A, then walk for about 3 minutes to Happy Valley. Groups School groups are welcome on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The theme park is also available to rent (租用) for birthday parties. The park is totally accessible (可到达) to people with disabilities. Visit us on the website to place your order for a group in advance. 根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。 1. How many kinds of ways to get to the theme park are talked about in the passage? ________ A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. 2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ________ A. On Tuesdays and Thursdays school groups are welcome. B. Birthday parties can be held in the theme park at 23: 30. C. A person in a wheelchair (轮椅) can visit the park. 3. How much should a couple with a child under 3 pay for the All-day tickets? ________ A. ¥540. B. ¥360. C. ¥600. 4. What can be bought in the gift shop and snack bar? ________ A. Toys and books. B. Fruits and ice creams. C. T-shirts and bags. 5. Where can we possibly find this kind of information? ________ A. In a story book. B. In a language book. C. In a travel magazine. 【答案】1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了位于深圳华侨城的欢乐谷主题公园，包括其位置、礼品店和小吃、票价、如何前往等详细信息。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据“How to get there”交通方式可知，有三种。故选A。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The park is totally accessible (可到达的) to people with disabilities.”可知，这个公园对残疾人完全开放，由此可知坐轮椅的人可以参观公园。故选C。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据“All-day ticket of Happy Valley: ¥180/person”和“Tickets are free to the people over 70 and under 3.”可知，全天票每人180元，3岁以下的孩子免费，由此可知一对夫妇带着一个3岁以下的孩子应该付360元买全天票。故选B。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Lots of books, T-shirts and toys.”可知，在礼品店能买到书、T恤和玩具。故选A。 【5题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了位于深圳华侨城的欢乐谷主题公园，包括其位置、礼品店和小吃、票价、如何前往等详细信息。由此可知我们可能在一本旅游手册上找到这种信息。故选C。 There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let’s have a look at some of these inventions and see if you agree that they should be more successful. The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow up a bag first. If there was too much alcohol (酒精) in their breath, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency (紧急情况) even if they had drunk too much alcohol. One of the strangest inventions I have seen is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float (漂浮) on the river while you pedaled (踩踏板) the bike inside the ball! But why not use a bridge instead? While we are on the subject of sport, the Americans invented a kind of robot for sportsfans. If you were watching your team on TV alone, you could press a button and the robot would do “high fives (击掌)” with you! Fantastic! I wonder if you have any good ideas for inventions like these. 根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。 6. What can we know about these inventions from the passage? ________ A. It was very bad for the drivers to blow up a bag before and after their driving. B. The bike crossing rivers was considered one of the best inventions. C. Sports fans might be happy to watch TV in company (陪伴) with new robots. 7. The underlined word “inflate” in the third paragraph means ________. A. 进入 B. 充气 C. 检查 8. What’s the best title for the passage? ________ A. Popular Inventions Today B. Technology and Invention C. Inventions with a Difference 9. What’s the structure of the passage? ________ A. B. C. 10. What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) towards the inventions in the passage? ________ A. The writer finds these inventions are the strangest of all. B. The writer thinks the inventions are helpful to people. C. The writer doubts if the inventions will be popular soon. 【答案】6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一些很好的发明，但由于某些原因并不流行。作者认为这些发明应该更加为人所知，尽管有些发明看起来很疯狂。文章列举了一些发明，包括防止酒后驾车的装置、可以越过河流的自行车和为体育迷设计的机器人。作者还提出了是否有其他好的发明想法的问题。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“If you were watching your team on TV alone, you could press a button and the robot would do ‘high fives’ with you!”可知，如果体育迷正一个人在电视上看球队比赛，可以按下按钮，这样，机器人会和他击掌！所以，体育迷如果有机器人陪同看比赛会很开心。故选C。 【7题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第三段“The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate a huge plastic ball all around the bike.”可知，当过河时，可以给自行车周围的巨大的塑料球吹气。由此可知，划线词在此处表示“充气”。故选B。 【8题详解】 标题归纳题。根据第一段“There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular.”可知，有一些非常好的发明，由于某种原因，并不受欢迎。所以，C选项“不同的发明”，符合文章标题。故选C。 【9题详解】 篇章结构题。根据第一段“There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular.”可知，有一些非常好的发明，由于某种原因，并不受欢迎，这是引出话题，第二三四段分别介绍了三种发明，第五段总结。所以，A选项符合题意。故选A。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy.”可知，这些发明应该更被人所知，尽管作者认为一些发明是疯狂的。所以，选项B“作者认为这些发明对人们是有用的”符合题意。故选B。 Dads have Father’s Day. Moms have Mother’s Day. Kids have Children’s Day, But, do our grandparents have a special holiday? Yes, they do! The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for elderly people in China. The festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. As the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long, people take the Double Ninth Festival to show their wishes of long life for elderly people. There are many traditions for this festival. On that day, families get together and climb mountains for luck and in the hope that elderly people will live much longer. They also drink chrysanthemum wine (菊花酒) and wear a plant called zhuyu to celebrate it. Both chrysanthemum and zhuyu are regarded as clean plants that can clean houses and cure (治疗) diseases. Respecting elderly people is shown not only on this special day but also in daily life. For example, when an older person enters a room, everyone stands up. When there are several guests at the table, the host usually introduces them from the oldest to the youngest. When a younger person is presenting something to an older person, two hands are used. It is a traditional virtue (美德) in China to respect elderly people. That’s because the Chinese know that elderly people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn from. So, Chinese people are proud of being old. Besides, to respect the elderly people is to respect yourself tomorrow. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 11. The Double Ninth Festival is a celebration for ________. A. fathers B. parents C. elderly people 12. Which of the followings may be traditions for the Double Ninth Festival? ________ ①Wearing the plant zhuyu. ②Cleaning houses. ③Drinking chrysanthemum wine. ④Climbing mountains. ⑤Curing diseases. A. ①③④ B. ①②③ C. ②④⑤ 13. What is Paragraph 4 about? ________ A. Why we should respect elderly people. B. Traditional ways of celebrating the festival. C. Examples of respecting elderly people in daily life. 14. Which is the correct way to respect elderly people? ________ A. We should sit straight when the old come into a room. B. We should use double hands to present things to the old. C. We should introduce the oldest person to the youngest while eating at the table. 15. Why are Chinese people proud of being old? ________ A. It means they have more virtues than others. B. It means they have knowledge and experience. C. It means what they did in the past was meaningful. 【答案】11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了重阳节，列举了一些人们在日常生活中尊重老年人的例子，并讲述了尊重老年人是中华民族的一种传统美德。 11题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for elderly people in China.”可知，重阳节是为老年人庆祝的节日。故选C。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据“On that day, families get together and climb mountains for luck...They also drink chrysanthemum wine (菊花酒) and wear a plant called zhuyu to celebrate it.”可知，在重阳节这天，家人聚在一起爬山，喝菊花酒并佩戴一种名为“茱萸”的植物。故选A。 【13题详解】 段落大意题。根据“Respecting elderly people is shown not only on this special day but also in daily life. For example...”可知，第四段主要是一些人们在日常生活中尊重老年人的例子。故选C。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据“When a younger person is presenting something to an older person, two hands are used.”可知，当年轻人向老年人递东西时，要用两只手。故选B。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据“That’s because the Chinese know that elderly people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn from. So, Chinese people are proud of being old.”可知，中国人知道老年人有见识与经历，所以中国人以年老为荣。故选B。 To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. ____16____ Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. It was probably first used by the Chinese in the 11th century BC. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt (古埃及) and Babylon (古巴比伦) as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use. ____17____ In the ancient Far East, umbrellas were only allowed to be used by people in high office or by members of the royal (王室) family, such as kings or queens. ____18____ And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first people in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the middle ages in Europe, the use of the umbrella almost disappeared. ____19____ And again it became a symbol of power. ____20____ They just have become much lighter in weight. They didn’t begin to be made in all kinds of colors for women until the twentieth century. 根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 A. Umbrellas changed a lot during all this time. B. It became a symbol of honor and power (权力). C. It was used as a shade against the sun. D. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. E. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time. F. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. 【答案】16. C 17. B 18. F 19. D 20. E 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了伞历史和用途。 【16题详解】 根据“But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain.”可知，雨伞并不是为了防雨而发明的，选项C“它被用作遮阳伞”符合语境。故选C。 【17题详解】 根据“In the ancient Far East, umbrellas were only allowed to be used by people in high office or by members of the royal (王室) family, such as kings or queens.”可知，在古代远东，雨伞只允许高官或皇室成员使用，选项B“它成为荣誉和权力的象征”符合语境。故选B。 【18题详解】 根据“And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece.”可知，伞在古希腊被广泛使用，选项F“在欧洲，希腊人是最早使用伞作为遮阳伞的人”符合语境。故选F。 【19题详解】 根据“During the middle ages in Europe, the use of the umbrella almost disappeared.”可知，伞在中世纪欧洲几乎消失，选项D“然后它在16世纪末的意大利再次出现”符合语境。故选D。 【20题详解】 根据“They just have become much lighter in weight.”可知，伞的样式没有太大变化，重量已经减轻了很多，选项E“在这段时间里，伞的样式没有太大变化”符合语境。故选E。 二、综合填空（共25 小题；每小题1 分, 计25 分） 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。 A. kind things B. to her surprise C. is changed D. small E. started the activity F. little Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people…these acts of kindness seem very ____21____. But students at James Middle School know that such acts make the world a better place. Eighth-graders from James Middle School took part in the Random Acts of Kindness Week from March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best to do ____22____ for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school, ____23____. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small acts of kindness in her daily life. “I believe the world ____24____ by small things,” she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, ____25____, Murray also found great changes in her class. A. or B. care more C. but D. can make a difference E. by themselves F. how busy she is Before that, she always needed to ask her students to push the chairs in ____26____ turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those things ____27____. “The teachers have a lot of work,” said Jordon, one of Murray’s students. He learned to ____28____ about others. Eliza, another student, gave out more praises to others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,” she said. The activity made students feel that they ____29____. Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, no matter _____30_____. She believes her acts could encourage others. 【答案】21. D 22. A 23. E 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. E 28. B 29. D 30. F 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了詹姆斯中学的学生通过“善举周”活动学会了做小事的重要性，并且班级也发生了很大变化。 【21题详解】 句意：这些善举看起来很小。seem后加形容词作表语，结合上下文语境和选词可知，small“小的”符合语境。故选D。 【22题详解】 句意：在这一周，他们尽力为他人做善事。根据“they tried their best to do...for others.”和上文“these acts of kindness”可知，是指为他人做善事，应用kind things 。故选A。 23题详解】 句意：学校的英语老师Celeste Murray发起了这项活动。空处是谓语动词部分，结合选词可知，started the activity“开始这项活动”符合语境。故选E。 【24题详解】 句意：我相信世界是被小事改变的。根据“I believe the world...by small things”可知，空处是宾语从句的谓语部分，且是被动语态结构，结合选词可知，is changed“被改变”符合语境。故选C。 【25题详解】 句意：在这一周，让她惊讶的是，Murray还发现她的班级发生了很大的变化。根据“Murray also found great changes in her class.”和选词可知，她的班级发生了很大的变化，这让她很惊讶，选项B符合。故选B。 【26题详解】 句意：在此之前，她总是需要让学生在离开教室之前把椅子推进去或关灯。根据“push the chairs in...turn off the lights”可知，空处应填并列连词连接前后短语，结合选词可知，or“或者”符合语境。故选A。 【27题详解】 句意：现在，学生们自己做这些事情。根据“Now, the students do those things”和“The teachers have a lot of work”以及选词可知，学生可以自己做这些事情，应用by themselves。故选E。 【28题详解】 句意：他学会了更多地关心他人。根据“He learned to...about others.”结合选词可知，Jordon学会了更多地关心他人，应用care more。故选B。 【29题详解】 句意：这个活动让学生们觉得他们可以有所作为。根据“The activity made students feel that they”可知，空处应填宾语从句的谓语部分，结合选词可知，can make a difference“能够有所作为”符合语境。故选D。 【30题详解】 句意：无论她多忙，Hailey决定每周至少做一次善举。根据“Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, no matter...”结合选词可知，Hailey无论多忙，每周至少做一次善举，no matter how busy she is“无论她多忙”符合语境。故选F。 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly ____31____ I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid ____32____ (ask) questions, so I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything. Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love ____33____ this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch other English movies, too. ____34____ I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I ____35____ (get) the meaning by listening for just the key words. My ____36____ (pronounce) improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” I ____37____ (not understand) these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary. Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies. Have you ever seen someone blow sugar figurines (糖人)? It’s a kind of traditional Chinese folk art with a history of over 600 years. It was ____38____ (wide) loved in most people’s childhood. Do you know ____39____ to blow a sugar figurine? Xiong Chuanfa, a figurine maker from Jiangxi, can show you the process. Sugar figurines are _____40_____ (make) of syrup (糖浆). First, Xiong _____41_____ (heat) some syrup to the required temperature. Then he turns the syrup into a ball with a hole in the center and presses its edges (边角) together to form a tube (管). Next, the most important step comes- Xiong turns the sugar ball into different shapes while he is blowing air into the tube. Many people are interested in Xiong’s “magic show”. Ngendakumana from Burundi is one of them. He tried to make a sugar figurine by himself. However, it’s _____42_____ (easy) to see than to do. Ngendakumana failed many times before he finally succeeded in _____43_____ (produce) a sugar horse. Xiong’s family also do something _____44_____ (avoid) such folk art’s disappearance. His wife Wang Li does sugar painting, also one of the _____45_____ (form) of the traditional Chinese folk art. Even Xiong’s six-year-old son can blow balloons out of sugar. 【答案】31. that 32. to ask 33. with 34. Although 35. could get 36. pronunciation 37. didn’t understand 38. widely 39. how 40. made 41. heats 42. easier 43. producing 44. to avoid 45. forms 【解析】 【导语】本文作者介绍自己通过看英语电影提高英语水平的经历及中国传统民间艺术糖人的制作过程。 【31题详解】 句意：老师说话太快了，我大部分时间都听不懂。根据“I did not understand her most of the time”句子成分完整，可知此处是“so…that…”句式，意为“如此……以致于……”。故填that。 【32题详解】 句意：我不敢问问题，所以我就躲在课本后面，什么也没说。be afraid to do sth“害怕做某事”，可知填不定式。故填to ask。 【33题详解】 句意：我爱上了这部激动人心又有趣的电影！根据“fell in love”可知此处指“爱上了这部激动人心又有趣的电影”；fall in love with “爱上……”。故填with。 【34题详解】 句意：虽然我无法理解这些角色所说的一切，但他们的肢体语言和脸上的表情帮助我理解了其中的含义。根据下文“their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning”可知此处指“虽然无法理解这些角色所说的一切，但他们的肢体语言和脸上的表情帮助我理解了其中的含义”；填although“虽然”，引导让步状语从句，句首单词首字母大写。故填Although。 【35题详解】 句意：我也意识到，只听关键词就能理解意思。根据上文“their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning” 可以从他们的肢体语言和脸上的表情理解其中的含义；可知此处指“我也可以只听关键词就能理解意思”；句子表达过去的能力，用情态动词could，后接动词原形。故填could get。 【36题详解】 句意：通过听英语电影中的对话，我的发音也有所提高。此处填名词作主语；pronunciation “发音”。故填pronunciation。 【37题详解】 句意：起初我不明白这些句子。句子陈述过去的事情，可知此处是一般过去时的否定句（didn’t+动词原形）。故填didn’t understand。 【38题详解】 句意：它在大多数人的童年时期都广受欢迎。空格在be和过去分词之间，填副词widely“广泛地”。故填widely。 【39题详解】 句意：你知道怎么吹糖人吗？分析句子成分可知此处填how“怎样”，指“怎么吹糖人”。故填how。 【40题详解】 句意：糖人是糖浆做的。主语“Sugar figurines”和动词make是动宾关系，可知此处填过去分词与are构成被动语态。故填made。 【41题详解】 句意：首先，熊将一些糖浆加热到所需的温度。句子陈述客观的事实，用一般现在时，主语“Xiong”是单数名词，谓语动词用单三形式。故填heats。 【42题详解】 句意：然而，看起来容易做起来难。根据“than”的比较结构可知此处填比较级easier“更容易的”。故填easier。 【43题详解】 句意：恩根达库马纳在经历了多次失败，最终成功制作出一匹糖。succeed in doing sth“成功做某事”，可知此处填动名词。故填producing。 【44题详解】 句意：熊的家人也做了一些事来避免这种民间艺术的消失。此处填不定式作目的状语。故填to avoid。 【45题详解】 句意：他的妻子王丽做糖画，也是中国传统民间艺术的一种形式。“one of+复数名词”意为“……之一”，可知填复数形式。故填forms。 三、阅读表达（共5 小题；每小题2 分, 计10 分） 阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。 Shashiyu was once a poor village in Hebei Province, but now it has changed into a rich and livable place. In the 1940s, villagers in Shashiyu had little food and few clothes, but they had a strong wish for a better life. Zhang Guishun, encouraged his villagers to do their best to pull themselves out of poverty. In the ancient Chinese story, Yu Gong could move mountains with his strong will and hard work, the villagers decided to make a difference. Led by the Communist Party of China, the villagers carried water and soil to their village from faraway places to improve their land. From 1966 to 1971, they reclaimed (开垦) lots of land and greatly improved their life. However, the village encountered a new problem twenty years later as the environment became heavily polluted by chemical plants and mine refineries (炼油厂) built in 1990s. The polluting factories were shut down in 2004, and villagers started grape (葡萄) cultivation, which soon became a main industry in Shashiyu. In 2009, the city—level government invested over 1 million yuan to change the village’s exhibition hall into a museum in memory of development efforts made by earlier generations. After 10 years, the village was called “National Forest Village”. Zhang said that the village started a yearly tourism festival in 2015 to attract travelers to pick grapes. “The grapes could be sold at a better price once (一旦) our village becomes famous through this festival. Our villagers can then live even better lives,” he said. 46. What did Zhang Guishun want the villagers to learn from Yu Gong? _________________________________________ 47. How did the villagers improve their land? _________________________________________ 48. 请将划线部分译成汉语。 _________________________________________ 49. When was Shashiyu called “National Forest Village”? _________________________________________ 50. Which word can be used to describe the villagers? _________________________________________ 【答案】46. His strong will and hard work. 47. Led by the Communist Party of China, the villagers carried water and soil to their village from faraway places. 48. 一旦我们村通过这个节日出名，葡萄就可以卖到更好的价格。 49. In 2019. 50. Hardworking. 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了沙石峪从一个贫穷的村子变为一个富裕村子的历程。 【46题详解】 根据“In the ancient Chinese story, Yu Gong could move mountains with his strong will and hard work, the villagers decided to make a difference.”可知，张桂顺想让村民从愚公的故事中学愚公的坚强意志和勤奋。故填His strong will and hard work. 【47题详解】 根据“Led by the Communist Party of China, the villagers carried water and soil to their village from faraway places to improve their land.”可知，在中国共产党的领导下，村民们从遥远的地方把水和土壤带回他们的村庄。故填Led by the Communist Party of China, the villagers carried water and soil to their village from faraway places. 【48题详解】 The grapes：葡萄；could be sold：可以售出；at a better price更好的价格；once一旦……就；our village我们村；becomes famous出名；through this festival通过这个节日。故填：一旦我们村通过这个节日出名，葡萄就可以卖到更好的价格。 【49题详解】 根据“In 2009, the city—level government…After 10 years, the village was called ‘National Forest Village’.””可知，2009年的十年后是2019年。故填In 2019. 50题详解】 根据“Led by the Communist Party of China, the villagers carried water and soil to their village from faraway places to improve their land. From 1966 to 1971, they reclaimed (开垦) lots of land and greatly improved their life.”可推断出村们民很勤奋。故填Hardworking. 四、补全对话（共5 小题；每小题2 分, 计10 分） 阅读下面对话，在每个空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整，合乎情境。 A: Good morning, Linda! What are you doing? B: I’m reading a magazine about useful inventions. A: __________51__________? B: I think the most useful invention is the light bulb. It makes our daily life more convenient. Without the light bulb, our world would remain dark at night. A: Was the light bulb invented by accident? B: __________52__________. Edison made over 7, 000 experiments and tried over 6, 000 kinds of materials. A: __________53__________? B: It took him nearly thirteen months to invent it. I think Edison was the pioneer among the inventors all over the world. A: You are right. But I think the most useful invention is the smartphone. B: __________54__________? A: Because we can call people far away and talk with them. We can watch movies, play games and even go shopping on the smartphones. B: That’s for sure. __________55__________? A: In 1993. B: Wow, you know a lot. These great inventions have really changed our life. They make our life better and better. 【答案】51. What do you think is the most useful invention 52. No, it wasn’t 53. How long did it take Edison to invent it 54. Why do you think so 55. When was the smartphone invented 【解析】 【导语】本文是一则对话，两人在谈论有用的发明。 【51题详解】 根据“I think the most useful invention is the light bulb.”可知，问什么是最有用的发明。故填What do you think is the most useful invention。 【52题详解】 根据“Edison made over 7,000 experiments and tried over 6,000 kinds of materials.”可知，进行了7000多次试验，尝试了6000种材料。所以不是偶然的。故填No, it wasn’t。 【53题详解】 根据“It took him nearly thirteen months to invent it.”可知，问爱迪生花费了多长时间，故填How long did it take Edison to invent it。 【54题详解】 根据“But I think the most useful invention is the smartphone.”和“Because we can call people far away and talk with them.”可知，问对方为什么认为手机是最有用的发明。故填Why do you think so。 【55题详解】 根据“In 1993.”可知，问智能手机是什么时候发明的。故填When was the smartphone invented。 五、书面表达（计 15 分） 56. 时光荏苒，初中三年转瞬即逝。跟三年前的自己相比较，你会有很多变化。请以How I’ve changed为题，根据以下提示与要求，用英语写一篇短文，具体描述你最重要的变化及其如何发生的。 提示： 1. What did you use to be like? 2. What is the most important change? 3. And how did it happen? Tell a story about it. 要求： 1.短文80词左右，应包含提示中所有信息，可适当发挥。 2.短文中不准出现真实姓名和学校名称。 How I’ve changed ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: How I’ve changed Time goes by. Three years has passed. Of course I have changed a lot. Let me show you my changes. I used to be really short and thin. I used to be shy and quiet. I was always silent in class. Now I have changed a lot. One of my most important changes is that I become more outgoing. What made me change a lot? When I was in Grade Eight, there was an English speech contest in our school. I wanted to take part in it, but I was afraid. Our English teacher, Mr. Wang, encouraged me to take part in it. He guided me a lot, and I practiced a lot. Finally, I won the first prize in the speech contest. I felt very proud and happy. Since then, I have become more outgoing. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇记叙文，为材料作文； ②时态：时态为“一般过去时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，要注意不要遗漏题中询问的三个问题，并适当增加细节。 [写作步骤] ①第一步，表明写作意图。借用“时光飞逝”来引出下文中对三个问题的回答； ②第二步，具体阐述写作内容。从“过去的我、我的改变和发生的故事”三方面入手，重点介绍自己的变化； ③第三步，书写结语。表达对自己变化的感慨。 [亮点词汇] ①go by经过 ②take part in参加 ③since then自那时起 [高分句型] ①One of my most important changes is that I become more outgoing.（that引导的表语从句） ②When I was in Grade Eight, there was an English speech contest in our school.（when引导的时间状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2023-2024学年山东省临沂市兰山区九年级（上） 期中英语试卷 一、阅读理解（共 20 小题, 计40 分） An amazing theme park: Happy Valley Location Gift shop and snack bar In Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province Lots of books, T-shirts and toys. ●You will love our ice cream and fresh fruit juice. Tickets How to get there All-day ticket of Happy Valley: ¥180/person ●Night ticket of Happy Valley: ¥60/person valid (有效的) between 18: 30 and 22: 00 Ticket of Happy Train: ¥40/person Tickets of Happy Valley + Happy Train: ¥200/person Tickets are free to the people over 70 and under 3. ●By tourist bus No. 1 running between Luohu Railway Station and Happy Valley. ●By bus No. 20, 21, 26, then get off at Window of the World Station and walk for about 3 minutes to Happy Valley. ●By subway Line 1 (running between 06: 30—23: 30), get off at the stop of Window of the World Station and leave from Exit A, then walk for about 3 minutes to Happy Valley. Groups School groups are welcome on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The theme park is also available to rent (租用) for birthday parties. The park is totally accessible (可到达的) to people with disabilities. Visit us on the website to place your order for a group in advance. 根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。 1. How many kinds of ways to get to the theme park are talked about in the passage? ________ A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. 2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ________ A On Tuesdays and Thursdays school groups are welcome. B. Birthday parties can be held in the theme park at 23: 30. C. A person in a wheelchair (轮椅) can visit the park. 3. How much should a couple with a child under 3 pay for the All-day tickets? ________ A. ¥540. B. ¥360. C. ¥600. 4. What can be bought in the gift shop and snack bar? ________ A. Toys and books. B. Fruits and ice creams. C. T-shirts and bags. 5. Where can we possibly find this kind of information? ________ A. In a story book. B In a language book. C. In a travel magazine. There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let’s have a look at some of these inventions and see if you agree that they should be more successful. The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow up a bag first. If there was too much alcohol (酒精) in their breath, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency (紧急情况) even if they had drunk too much alcohol. One of the strangest inventions I have seen is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float (漂浮) on the river while you pedaled (踩踏板) the bike inside the ball! But why not use a bridge instead? While we are on the subject of sport the Americans invented a kind of robot for sportsfans. If you were watching your team on TV alone, you could press a button and the robot would do “high fives (击掌)” with you! Fantastic! I wonder if you have any good ideas for inventions like these. 根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。 6. What can we know about these inventions from the passage? ________ A. It was very bad for the drivers to blow up a bag before and after their driving. B. The bike crossing rivers was considered one of the best inventions. C. Sports fans might be happy to watch TV in company (陪伴) with new robots. 7 The underlined word “inflate” in the third paragraph means ________. A. 进入 B. 充气 C. 检查 8. What’s the best title for the passage? ________ A. Popular Inventions Today B. Technology and Invention C. Inventions with a Difference 9. What’s the structure of the passage? ________ A. B. C. 10. What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) towards the inventions in the passage? ________ A. The writer finds these inventions are the strangest of all. B. The writer thinks the inventions are helpful to people. C. The writer doubts if the inventions will be popular soon. Dads have Father’s Day. Moms have Mother’s Day. Kids have Children’s Day, But, do our grandparents have a special holiday? Yes, they do! The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for elderly people in China. The festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. As the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long, people take the Double Ninth Festival to show their wishes of long life for elderly people. There are many traditions for this festival. On that day, families get together and climb mountains for luck and in the hope that elderly people will live much longer. They also drink chrysanthemum wine (菊花酒) and wear a plant called zhuyu to celebrate it. Both chrysanthemum and zhuyu are regarded as clean plants that can clean houses and cure (治疗) diseases. Respecting elderly people is shown not only on this special day but also in daily life. For example, when an older person enters a room, everyone stands up. When there are several guests at the table, the host usually introduces them from the oldest to the youngest. When a younger person is presenting something to an older person, two hands are used. It is a traditional virtue (美德) in China to respect elderly people. That’s because the Chinese know that elderly people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn from. So, Chinese people are proud of being old. Besides, to respect the elderly people is to respect yourself tomorrow. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 11. The Double Ninth Festival is a celebration for ________. A. fathers B. parents C. elderly people 12. Which of the followings may be traditions for the Double Ninth Festival? ________ ①Wearing the plant zhuyu. ②Cleaning houses. ③Drinking chrysanthemum wine. ④Climbing mountains ⑤Curing diseases. A. ①③④ B. ①②③ C. ②④⑤ 13. What is Paragraph 4 about? ________ A. Why we should respect elderly people. B. Traditional ways of celebrating the festival. C. Examples of respecting elderly people in daily life. 14. Which is the correct way to respect elderly people? ________ A. We should sit straight when the old come into a room. B. We should use double hands to present things to the old. C. We should introduce the oldest person to the youngest while eating at the table. 15. Why are Chinese people proud of being old? ________ A. It means they have more virtues than others. B. It means they have knowledge and experience. C. It means what they did in the past was meaningful. To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. ____16____ Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. It was probably first used by the Chinese in the 11th century BC. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt (古埃及) and Babylon (古巴比伦) as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use. ____17____ In the ancient Far East, umbrellas were only allowed to be used by people in high office or by members of the royal (王室) family, such as kings or queens. ____18____ And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first people in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the middle ages in Europe, the use of the umbrella almost disappeared. ____19____ And again it became a symbol of power. ____20____ They just have become much lighter in weight. They didn’t begin to be made in all kinds of colors for women until the twentieth century. 根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 A. Umbrellas changed a lot during all this time. B. It became a symbol of honor and power (权力). C. It was used as a shade against the sun. D. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. E. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time. F. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. 二、综合填空（共25 小题；每小题1 分, 计25 分） 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。 A. kind things B. to her surprise C. is changed D. small E. started the activity F. little Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people…these acts of kindness seem very ____21____. But students at James Middle School know that such acts make the world a better place. Eighth-graders from James Middle School took part in the Random Acts of Kindness Week from March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best to do ____22____ for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school, ____23____. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small acts of kindness in her daily life. “I believe the world ____24____ by small things,” she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, ____25____, Murray also found great changes in her class. A. or B. care more C. but D. can make a difference E. by themselves F. how busy she is Before that, she always needed to ask her students to push the chairs in ____26____ turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those things ____27____. “The teachers have a lot of work,” said Jordon, one of Murray’s students. He learned to ____28____ about others. Eliza, another student, gave out more praises to others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,” she said. The activity made students feel that they ____29____. Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, no matter _____30_____. She believes her acts could encourage others. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly ____31____ I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid ____32____ (ask) questions, so I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything. Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love ____33____ this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch other English movies, too. ____34____ I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I ____35____ (get) the meaning by listening for just the key words. My ____36____ (pronounce) improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” I ____37____ (not understand) these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary. Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies. Have you ever seen someone blow sugar figurines (糖人)? It’s a kind of traditional Chinese folk art with a history of over 600 years. It was ____38____ (wide) loved in most people’s childhood. Do you know ____39____ to blow a sugar figurine? Xiong Chuanfa, a figurine maker from Jiangxi, can show you the process. Sugar figurines are _____40_____ (make) of syrup (糖浆). First, Xiong _____41_____ (heat) some syrup to the required temperature. Then he turns the syrup into a ball with a hole in the center and presses its edges (边角) together to form a tube (管). Next, the most important step comes- Xiong turns the sugar ball into different shapes while he is blowing air into the tube. Many people are interested in Xiong’s “magic show”. Ngendakumana from Burundi is one of them. He tried to make a sugar figurine by himself. However, it’s _____42_____ (easy) to see than to do. Ngendakumana failed many times before he finally succeeded in _____43_____ (produce) a sugar horse. Xiong’s family also do something _____44_____ (avoid) such folk art’s disappearance. His wife Wang Li does sugar painting, also one of the _____45_____ (form) of the traditional Chinese folk art. Even Xiong’s six-year-old son can blow balloons out of sugar. 三、阅读表达（共5 小题；每小题2 分, 计10 分） 阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。 Shashiyu was once a poor village in Hebei Province, but now it has changed into a rich and livable place. In the 1940s, villagers in Shashiyu had little food and few clothes, but they had a strong wish for a better life. Zhang Guishun, encouraged his villagers to do their best to pull themselves out of poverty. In the ancient Chinese story, Yu Gong could move mountains with his strong will and hard work, the villagers decided to make a difference. Led by the Communist Party of China, the villagers carried water and soil to their village from faraway places to improve their land. From 1966 to 1971, they reclaimed (开垦) lots of land and greatly improved their life. However, the village encountered a new problem twenty years later as the environment became heavily polluted by chemical plants and mine refineries (炼油厂) built in 1990s. The polluting factories were shut down in 2004, and villagers started grape (葡萄) cultivation, which soon became a main industry in Shashiyu. In 2009, the city—level government invested over 1 million yuan to change the village’s exhibition hall into a museum in memory of development efforts made by earlier generations. After 10 years, the village was called “National Forest Village”. Zhang said that the village started a yearly tourism festival in 2015 to attract travelers to pick grapes. “The grapes could be sold at a better price once (一旦) our village becomes famous through this festival. Our villagers can then live even better lives,” he said. 46. What did Zhang Guishun want the villagers to learn from Yu Gong? _________________________________________ 47. How did the villagers improve their land? _________________________________________ 48. 请将划线部分译成汉语。 _________________________________________ 49. When was Shashiyu called “National Forest Village”? _________________________________________ 50. Which word can be used to describe the villagers? _________________________________________ 四、补全对话（共5 小题；每小题2 分, 计10 分） 阅读下面对话，在每个空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整，合乎情境。 A: Good morning, Linda! What are you doing? B: I’m reading a magazine about useful inventions. A: __________51__________? B: I think the most useful invention is the light bulb. It makes our daily life more convenient. Without the light bulb, our world would remain dark at night. A: Was the light bulb invented by accident? B: __________52__________. Edison made over 7, 000 experiments and tried over 6, 000 kinds of materials. A: __________53__________? B: It took him nearly thirteen months to invent it. I think Edison was the pioneer among the inventors all over the world. A: You are right. But I think the most useful invention is the smartphone. B: __________54__________? A: Because we can call people far away and talk with them. We can watch movies, play games and even go shopping on the smartphones. B: That’s for sure. __________55__________? A: In 1993. B: Wow, you know a lot. These great inventions have really changed our life. They make our life better and better. 五、书面表达（计 15 分） 56. 时光荏苒，初中三年转瞬即逝。跟三年前的自己相比较，你会有很多变化。请以How I’ve changed为题，根据以下提示与要求，用英语写一篇短文，具体描述你最重要的变化及其如何发生的。 提示： 1. What did you use to be like? 2. What is the most important change? 3. And how did it happen? Tell a story about it. 要求： 1.短文80词左右，应包含提示中所有信息，可适当发挥。 2.短文中不准出现真实姓名和学校名称。 How I’ve changed ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $