2023-2024学年人教版九年级下学期3月学科能力测试英语试题（适用北京地区）

初三第二学期3月学科能力测试 （2） 英 语 一、单项填空 （共14分，每小题1分） 从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Michael was in hospital yesterday. ______ didn’t go to school. A. He B. She C. You D. They 2. Dad usually arrives home ______ 6 p.m. in the evening. A. on B. at C. in D. over 3. — ______ would you like to try first, the black dress or the red one? — The red one, please. A. What B. How C. Where D. Which 4. He had a little fever, ______ he refused to stop working. A. so B. for C. but D. or 5. If the weather is good tomorrow, we ______ the mountains. A. climb B. climbed C. have climbed D. will climb 6. Light travels ______ than sound. A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. the fastest 7. You ______ talk loudly in the library because it is a rule. A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. needn’t D. can’t 8. Many children in the U.S.A ______ at home because of the heavy snow in January 2019. A. study B. studied C. have studied D. will study 9. The telephone ______ in 1876. A. invent B. is invented C. invented D. was invented 10. We ______ a birthday lunch in a restaurant when you called me. A. have B. had C. were having D. are having 11. Don’t forget ______ off the light when you leave the classroom. A. turn B. turned C. to turn D. turning 12. When I got home, Mom ______ in the kitchen. A. cooks B. is cooking C. cooked D. was cooking 13. — Cathy, can you tell me ______ the Mid-Autumn Festival in China? — No problem. A. how people celebrate B. how do people celebrate C. how people celebrated D. how did people celebrate 14. In the UK, a lady usually doesn't like to be asked _______. A. whether has she got married B. how old is she C. where she comes from D. how much she weighs 二、完形填空 （共12分，每小题1.5分） 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Roses for Rose Grandma fell, hurt her leg and was sent to a nursing home, a wing of the hospital. We went every day to visit her, brought her flowers and tried to get in snacks. Mom-Mom (that’s what we called her) acted like she wasn’t too happy in the hospital, but I think she 15 enjoyed the little vacation. She had a nurse to wait on her and bring her food, and she’d always beg someone to bring her an extra dessert. Mom-Mom missed her home. She loved cooking for us and without her kitchen, she said she felt 16 . Usually, on Saturdays, we would visit her and she’d make a huge dinner. She’d always force us to eat until we were full. We always left her home holding our stomachs in 17 from eating too much. For three weeks, Mom-Mom laid in a hospital bed doing nothing. She watched 18 television, ate hospital food and complained a lot. One day, the nurse brought Mom-Mom a roommate, Harold. Mom-Mom rolled her eyes. “First my leg, now I have to 19 the room with someone else?” Harold had also fallen and twisted (扭) his ankle. He was there all alone. After sharing the room without talking to Harold for a few days, Mom-Mom finally decided to talk to the man. Harold, at eighty, had never been married and had only been in love once. Back in 1923, in high school, he was dating with a girl until her family moved away to New York. He never saw her again. “Funny—her name was Rose, too…” he told Mom-Mom. They were both silent for a while, realizing suddenly how 20 life can be. The Rose in the hospital bed next to him was the same Rose Harold knew from high school. After that, we didn’t visit as much. Mom-Mom was happy just to spend all day and night talking with Harold. Finally, when the doctors told us that our grandma could go back home, I think I even saw a 21 in her eye. As Mom-Mom tried to get into the car, suddenly we heard, “Rose! Rose!” coming from the heavens. We looked up and saw Harold standing there in the window. First, he threw down a single rose. Then, a shower of rose petals 22 down from above. Mom-Mom started laughing. She let the rose petals land on her face. “Roses for my beautiful Rose!” Harold said. “May I never see you here again!” I’d never seen Mom-Mom so happy. 15. A. strictly B. seriously C. happily D. secretly 16. A. lost B. surprised C. interested D. invited 17. A. back B. pain C. need D. anger 18. A. lively B. exciting C. boring D. cheering 19. A. clean B. share C. cover D. manage 20. A. happy B. amusing C. modern D. surprising 21. A. tear B. sand C. smile D. symbol 22. A. made B. sent C. rained D. showed 阅读理解（共32分） 三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共32分，每小题2分） A Ray Tokuda, a 54-year-old Japanese American, is proud of the title his school has given him. He is a Shifu, a Chinese word literally meaning a master or mentor of martial arts. Tokuda has reason to be proud. He has been involved with Chinese martial arts for almost four decades. After learning them at the martial arts school in New Mexico State, today he is among the most experienced kung fu teachers of the school. Practicing martial arts two to three hours and helping students improve their skills have become Tokuda’s daily routine. He expects to practice and teach martial arts for the rest of his life. “I’m still learning. It’s worth more than a lifetime to learn Chinese martial arts,” he said. “Once I started, I just couldn’t stop. I think it’s also the magic of Chinese culture.” Tokuda was sent to the martial arts school when he was 10. He still remembers how unwilling he was when starting out. “My father had always wanted to learn Chinese martial arts but never got the chance, so he put his kid in,” he said. “I was so afraid at that time because I thought kung fu was all about fighting.” But things changed after he learned that martial arts were more than punching and kicking. “One of the things martial arts teach me is overcoming troubles,” Tokuda said. “As a little kid, my first lesson was like, oh, look, this is a thing that I can get through by diligence, perseverance（毅力）and dedication, and that was priceless for my life.” Learning Chinese martial arts opened a gateway for him to better understand Chinese culture because he could hear a lot of ancient Chinese kung fu-related stories. “It is like in America, where we hear stories about knights in shining armor and King Arthur and noble deeds done,” he said. “I feel martial arts preserve something of ancient China that can’t be found in books. They are sort of an oral history.” Tokuda has also been invited to various events in his home state to showcase traditional Chinese culture, including the dragon dance and lion dance, which he also learnt at the martial arts school. Because of this, he is now considered a cultural envoy (使者) in the eyes of the public. 23. Tokuda didn’t want to learn kung fu because he had thought it was __________. A. practical B. magical C. scary D. difficult 24. From the passage, what can we learn about Tokuda? A. He learnt martial arts from his father. B. He is the founder of the kung fu school. C. He learnt from martial arts how to deal with difficulties. D. He is the most experienced kung fu teacher of his state. 25. Which of the following words can best describe Tokuda? A. Modest and friendly. B. hard-working and persevering. C. Talented and humorous. D. active and considerate. B New App Helps People Remember Faces Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially overwhelming. Pressure to learn people’s names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution. The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition, potentially avoiding the need for formal introductions. “It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody,” says Barry Sandrew, who created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people. After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in via social media. At the event, the app is active within a previously defined geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee’s face, the app identifies the individual, displays the person’s name, and links to his or her social media profile. To protect privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate. And the app's creators say it automatically deletes users’ data after an event. Ann Cavoukian, a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app’s creators for these protective measures. She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context that might come back to bite you.” The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or “face blindness,” a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met. To use this app, a person first acquires an image of someone’s face, from either the smartphone’s camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user’s phone, according to the team behind the app. 26. SocialRecall is used to ________. A. take photos B. recognize people C. organize events D. make friends 27. Paragraph 3 is mainly about ________. A. how the app works B. how the app was created C. what makes the app popular D. what people can do with the app 28. SocialRecall helps people with prosopagnosia by ________. A. giving names to the photos kept in their smartphones B. collecting information previously entered in the phone C. providing the information of a person when they first meet D. showing the person’s information when it spots a stored face 29. What can we learn about SocialRecall from the passage? A. It may put people’s privacy at risk. B. It has caused unintended consequences. C. It can prevent some communication disorders. D. It is praised by users for its protective measures. C GOING TO UNIVERSITY is supposed to be a mind-broadening experience. That statement is probably made in comparison to training for work straight after school, which might not be so encouraging. But is it actually true? Jessika Golle of the University of Tübingen, in Germany, thought she would try to find out. Her result, however, is not quite what might be expected. As she reports in Psychological Science this week, she found that those who have been to university do indeed seem to leave with broader and more inquiring minds than those who have spent their immediate post-school years in vocational (职业的) training for work. However, it was not the case that university broadened minds. Rather, work seemed to narrow them. Dr. Golle came to this conclusion after she and a team of colleagues studied the early careers of 2,095 German youngsters. The team used two standardized tests to assess their volunteers. One was of personality traits, including openness, conscientiousness（认真）and so on. The other was of attitudes, such as realistic, investigative and enterprising. They administered both tests twice—once towards the end of each volunteer’s time at school, and then again six years later. Of the original group, 382 were on the intermediate track, from which there was a choice between the academic and vocational routes, and it was on these that the researchers focused. University beckoned for 212 of them. The remaining 170 chose vocational training and a job. When it came to the second round of tests, Dr. Golle found that the personalities of those who had gone to university had not changed significantly. Those who had undergone vocational training and then got jobs were not that much changed in personality, either—except in one crucial respect. They had become more conscientious. That sounds like a good thing, certainly compared with the common public image of undergraduates as a bunch of lazybones. But changes in attitude that the researchers recorded were rather worrying. In the university group, again, none were detectable. But those who had chosen the vocational route showed marked drops in interest in tasks that are investigative and enterprising in nature. And that might restrict their choice of careers. Some investigative and enterprising jobs, such as scientific research, are, indeed beyond the degreeless. But many, particularly in Germany, with its tradition of vocational training, are not. The researchers mention, for example, computer programmers and finance-sector workers as careers requiring these traits. If Dr. Golle is correct, and changes in attitude brought about by the very training Germany prides itself on are narrowing people’s choices, that is indeed a matter worthy of serious consideration. 30. Which of the following can best replace “beckoned for” in Paragraph 2? A. Examined. B. Attracted. C. Organized. D. Recognized. 31. What can we learn from the research? A. The degreeless have not changed in personalities. B. Going to university is a mind-broadening experience. C. Working straight after school narrows people’s minds. D. College students pride themselves on their education. 32. According to the last two paragraphs, . A. college students enjoy a very good public image B. the undergraduates have changed significantly in attitude C. the degreeless are much better at dealing with challenging tasks D. people show less interest in investigative jobs due to vocational training 33. What is the author’s attitude towards the finding? A. Concerned. B. Happy. C. Unclear. D. Unbelieving. D I was giving a speech for a small party in a suburban Virginia living room—a women's group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and interesting stories, while his wife sat silently beside him on the sofa. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly nodded their heads in agreement. He pointed to his wife and said, "She's the talker in our family." The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true," he explained. "When I come home from work, I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going, we'd spend the whole evening in silence." 　　This experience clearly represents the amusing fact that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage. 　　The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book "Divorce Talk" that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year —a virtual epidemic of failed conversation. 　　In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking, social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: "He doesn't listen to me." "He doesn't talk to me." I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives. 　　In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk. 34. What is most wives' main expectation of their husbands? 　A. Talking to them. 　 B. Trusting them. 　C. Supporting their work.　 D. Sharing housework. 35. Judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking havoc” most probably means ___ . 　A. creating motivation.　 B. bringing influence 　C. causing damage　 D. creating pressure 36. All of the following are true EXCEPT_______ 　A. men tend to talk more in public than women 　B. nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation 　C. women communication between couples is the most important 　D. a female tends to be more talkative at home than her husband 37. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text? 　A. The moral problem should be studied by sociologists. 　B. Marriage break-up caused by sex inequalities. 　C. Husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage. 　D. Conversational patterns between man and wife are different. 38. In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably talk about _____ 　A. a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk 　B. a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon 　C. other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S. 　D. a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker 四、阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分) Do you want to keep your brain active and your memory strong? Here are some useful ways: Choose the Brain Food A proper diet will help keep your mind running strong all day long. Make sure to include plenty of fruits and green vegetables. Some of the best foods include: blueberries, blackberries, fish and fish oil, eggs, strawberries and so on. Exercise Get your body moving and your memory will soon follow. Exercise improves the heart’s blood flow. This, in turn, helps the brain function better and stay sharper. Pick up a Book The key to keeping your memory quick is to continue to challenge it. Try to always have a book in hand. After you’ve done reading a section or two, question and review the material you’ve read. Try to imagine what you’re reading. Discuss what you’ve read, and talk about it with friends or join a book club. Develop Interest We remember new things because we enjoy them. Find ways to make a boring subject fun by connecting it to something you already know. You can use your imagination and create a fun story behind a subject to help make it easier to remember. Repeat after Me When learning new information, the more you repeat it, the more likely you will be able to remember that information. Practice is the key to lasting memory. Besides what are talked above, more importantly, we should share with others, never ever keep your knowledge stored up. Teaching others is another great way to improve memory skills. Don’t be afraid of taking on new challenges. After learning something, it’s necessary to put the new information to use. 39. What will help keep the mind running strong? 40. What’s the key to keeping your memory quick? 41. Why do you need to create a fun story behind a subject? 42. How many useful ways are mentioned in the passage? 43. What does the writer tell us in the passage? 五、附加题（共2分，每小题2分） Everyone has their favorite kind of days. But can the weather actually make you feel a certain way? “Absolutely!” says Marti Erickson, founding board member of the Children & Nature Network. “Weather really does affect us. It affects our energy, and it can affect our mood.” Scientists say it’s not surprising that weather affects the way we feel. Spending at least thirty minutes a day in warm, sunny weather could improve people’s moods, one recent study found. Another study says that when heat and humidity go up, a person’s good mood can go down. If you’re bothered by dark winter days, there are treatments to help you feel better. Some people use light therapy boxes, which have bright lights that mimic sunlight. But for most people, things don’t need to get that complicated. “One way to help you get light is to just go outside,” says Jennifer Veitch, an environmental psychologist and senior research officer at the National Research Council Canada in Ottawa. “Even when it’s overcast or in winter, the amount of light you can get outside could be enough.” Going outside has other benefits too. “Take a hike” takes on a whole new meaning when you know that nature can actually help put you in a better mood. Some researchers have found that the outdoors can help people relax and cope with stress, Veitch says. One study showed that kids with ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) were able to focus better after taking walks through green areas. Another found that kids who attended schools that had playgrounds with more natural elements such as grass and trees were better behaved. When you can’t bring people to nature, what do you do? Bring the nature to them! More and more nursing homes, hospitals, and schools are doing just that by creating gardens and green spaces on their grounds. Going green has healthy benefits. People who live in nursing homes feel less depressed if there is a garden, studies have found. Even people in hospitals who can’t get outside feel better when they can see gardens from their windows. Kids in schools that have natural playgrounds with grass and trees focus better and are less aggressive than those who don’t have such areas. 44. What does this article mainly want to tell us? 第10页，共10页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$