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2023学年第一学期温州市第八中学九年级英语 期中试题 学校:________姓名：________班级：________考号：________ 一、单项选择 1. An English dictionary is ________ for students in English study. A. boring B. difficult C. useful 2. Tony never spends any money in buying book.________ he doesn't like reading. A. but B. because C. though D. because of 3. As teachers, we must ask ________: Are we patient enough? Are we knowing students well? A. us B. ourselves C. them D. themselves 4. I hope to go to France some day ________ there are many famous museums. A. though B. unless C. because D. where 5. We are making a big dinner ________ it’s Dad’s birthday today. A. because B. until C. once 6. ________ people heard the bad news about the flight, they felt very sad. A. Until B. Unless C. If D. After 7. —Tony, ________ is waiting for you outside the classroom. —OK. I’m coming. A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody 8. ________ it rains tomorrow, we will not go to the zoo. A. When B. If C. After D. Because 9. Love your parents ________ they are alive. Don’t wait until it is too late. A. while B. after C. until D. unless 10. David didn’t go home ________ he finished his homework last night. A. until B. if C. because D. or 11. If you want to stay healthy, you must ________ junk food. A. take care of B. pay attention to C. stay away from D. look forward to 12. I have not realized the importance of health ________ COVID-19 spread all over the world. A. until B. after C. since 13. —Can I pay the bill by check? —Sorry, but it is the rule of our restaurant that payment ________ be made in cash. A. need B. will C. shall D. can 14. Lucy said she could ________ herself. A. take good care of B. takes care of C. take well care of D. takes well care of 15. There will be an _________ about French arts in the museum this weekend. A. operation B. invention C. experiment D. exhibition 二、补全对话7选5 阅读下面对话。从七个选项中选出五个恰当的句子完成对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。 阅读下面对话。从七个选项中选出五个恰当的句子完成对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。 Paul: Hello? This is Paul speaking. ___16___ Mark: Hi, Paul. It’s Mark. ___17___ Paul: Oh yes. Sanya is a fantastic place. Mark: What’s the weather like? Paul: It’s great! It’s sunny and comfortable. Mark: You lucky thing! So, what are you doing? Paul: ___18___ Mark: So you are having a great time. Paul: ___19___ How about you? Mark: Oh, I’m at the office. I still have a lot of work to do. Paul: Sorry to hear that. Mark: That’s OK. ___20___ Paul: Thanks. Bye. A. Who are you? B. Enjoy yourself! C. Yes, it’s wonderful. D. I’m just relaxing at the beach. E. I’m calling to ask if you are enjoying your holiday. F. It’s great! G. Who is that? Jack: Tom, be careful! You almost fell down. ____21____ Tom: Yes, I’m OK. Don’t worry. Jack: You’d better not look at your phone while walking. Tom: OK, I won’t. Jack: ____22____ Tom: You saw my pictures on my WeChat, didn’t you? Jack: Yes. ____23____ Tom: Just a little traffic accident. Jack: I’m sorry to hear that. ____24____ Tom: There was nothing serious because we all wore the seat belts. Jack: Oh, you are so lucky. Tom: Yes. By the way, the summer vacation is coming, where will you go on vacation? Jack: ____25____ They volunteered there during the COVID-19, so they want to go there again to enjoy the beautiful scenery this time. Tom: Wow, that sounds great. A. Maybe go to Wuhan with my parents. B. Are you all right? C. Did you see a dentist? D. Was it serious? E. What happened? F. Will you go with your friends? G. It seemed that you weren’t happy on the WeChat yesterday. 三、阅读还原7选5 Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. ___26___ And you can also volunteer to protect animals, the environment, or any other things that you care about. ★ Help yourself by helping others. ___27___ If you’re upset about something that’s happened—volunteering can be a great way to cope（应付）with your feelings. ★ Get started. ___28___ Ask a teacher for ideas. Some places want volunteers who are 12 or even older, depending on the job. Often kids start volunteering by working alongside their parents. ★ Do things with parents or family members. ___29___ Talk to your parents, brothers, or sisters and see what they might be interested in doing. Find something you all agree on. ★ Invent your own opportunity. Kids can also come up with their own ways to raise money or provide needed services. Here are some ideas: make and sell products and give the money to the charity. ___30___ Start your own charity group. Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves. So what are you waiting for? Make a plan to start volunteering today. A. It is very important for kids to be a volunteer. B. Volunteering is a great way to have fun with your family. C. You may volunteer to help other people. D. School is a good place to start if you’re looking for volunteer ideas. E. Volunteering helps others, but it can also help you. F. Collect or earn money for charities. G. A volunteer job can even help some kids decide what they want to do. 四、完形填空 I visited the Grand Canyon last month. When I arrived, it was early ___31___ and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beyond the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was ___32___ to see. After about a kilometre, a stranger ___33___ in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,” he ___34___, “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks, and stopped. I looked ___35___ over them, but it was still too dark to see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun ___36___ behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground ___37___ away and down to a river, far below me. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked down the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three ___38___ buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. ___39___ is it? It’s 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance... over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge! That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question. It’s not “How deep is it?” or “How wide is it?” or “How long is it?” but “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest ___40___ anywhere in the natural world?” I know the answer. But what do you think? 31. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening 32. A. anything B. everything C. nothing 33. A. appeared B. slept C. missed 34. A. asked B. replied C. wrote 35. A. carefully B. clearly C. loudly 36. A. set B. rose C. stood 37. A. failed B. felt C. fell 38 A. tallest B. longest C. widest 39. A. How tall B. How much C. How far 40. A. wonder B. rock C. building 五、阅读单选 Are you shy? If you are, you are not alone. In fact, close to 50 percent of people are shy. Almost 80 percent of people feel shy at some point in their lives. These days, shyness is becoming more and more common. Now, scientists are trying to understand shyness. They have some interesting ideas about why people are shy. Is it possible to be born shy? Many scientists say yes. They say 15 to 20 percent of babies behave shyly. These babies are a little quieter and more watchful than other babies. Interestingly, these shy babies usually have shy parents. As a result, scientists think that some shyness is genetic. Family size might cause people to be shy as well. Scientists at Harvard University studied shy children. They found that 66 percent of them had older brothers and sisters. The scientists said that these children were often bullied(欺负)by their older brothers and sisters. As a result, they became shy. At the same time, children with no brothers and sisters may be shy as well. Growing up alone, they often play by themselves. They are not able to learn the same social skills as children from big families. You may also be shy because of where you were born. When scientists studied shyness in different countries, they found surprising differences. In Japan, most people said they were shy. But in Israel, only one of three people said so. What explains the difference? One scientist says the Japanese and Israelis have different opinions of failure. In Japan, when people do not succeed, they feel bad about themselves. They blame(责备)themselves for their failure. In Israel, the opposite is true. Israelis often blame failure on outside reasons, such as family, teachers, friends, or bad luck. In Israel, freedom of opinion and risk taking are strongly supported. This may be why Israelis worry less about failure and less shy. For shy people, it can be difficult to make friends, speak in class, and even get a good job. But scientists say you can get over your shyness. They suggest trying new things and practicing conversation, And don’t forget —if you are shy, you are not the only one. 41. What is the passage mainly about? A. Happiness. B. Shyness C. Kindness D. Loneliness 42. What does the underlined word “genetic” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Passed down from parents. B. Learned from friends C. Taught by teachers. D. Made up by brothers 43. What can be learned from the passage? A. Most little babies are born shy and quiet. B. If you are shy now, you will be shy forever. C. Many shy children have older brothers and sisters. D. Many shy children can be easy to make friends. 44. Scientists suggest that shy people can get over their shyness by . A. blaming their failure on outside reasons B. trying new things and practicing conversation C. getting themselves away from their shy parents D. trying to understand reasons for their shyness 六、短文填空 六、短文填空 Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does ____45____ sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not ____46____ (success)? Well, friend, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are so tired that you are not willing to devote much of your time to ____47____ (learn) your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face after you do a good job? One day it is fine. Just before you want to go on a trip, it ____48____ (complete) goes beyond what you expect. It suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining ____49____ the weather. But dear friend, why don't you sit down and listen to the sound the nature offers you? And with the timely(适时) rain, crops in the fields will grow much ____50____ (good) and farmers will have a good harvest. ____51____ everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do sometimes failure (失败) hits you. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we ____52____ (beat) by failure and give up hopes easily. When we face failure, we must be confident of ____53____ (us), draw some useful lessons for the future from it and try our best to finish what we have decided ____54____ (do). Just as a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success? ” Attitude (态度)decides everything. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us. 七、根据汉语提示填空 55. He has lived ________(在国外) for many years, so he can speak English very well. 56. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the ________ (拓荒者) how to grow corn. 57. As a ________ (招待) we took the kids to the beach. 58. It is reported that four ____(九) of the teenagers in China are overweight because of less exercise. 59. Yuan Longping, a great scientist in our country, is one of the ________ (先锋) of modern Chinese agriculture. 八、用所给单词的正确形式填空 60. The teacher made the boy ________ (stand) yesterday. 61. His ________ (speak) about how to protect the environment impress us a lot. 62. The summer vacation after the ________ grade is quite long, so Mary is going to visit her grandparents in the countryside. (nine) 63. Yesterday’s basketball match was really wonderful and we enjoyed ________ (we) so much. 64. After ________ (lay) the birthday cake down on the table, we clapped and sang for Tom. 九、材料作文 65. 升入九年级之后，你的周末生活有没有发生变化？你有没有经常和父母争执周末是否可以外出活动？请以“Should teenagers be allowed to go out on weekends?”为题，根据所给提示写一篇英语短文。 要求：1.80-120词，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 2.文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。 参考信息：1.九年级前你周末常做什么？现在周末常做什么？ 2.你有没有经常和父母争执周末是否可以外出活动？ 3.你认为青少年周末应允许外出吗？谈谈你的看法。 4.…… Should teenagers be allowed to go out on weekends? My weekend has changed a lot. Before Grade Nine, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023学年第一学期温州市第八中学九年级英语 期中试题 学校:________姓名：________班级：________考号：________ 一、单项选择 1. An English dictionary is ________ for students in English study. A. boring B. difficult C. useful 【答案】C 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：一本英语词典对学生学习英语来说是有用的。 考查形容词辨析。boring无聊的；difficult困难的；useful有用的。根据常识可知，学习英语时，英语字典是有用的，故选C。 2. Tony never spends any money in buying book.________ he doesn't like reading. A. but B. because C. though D. because of 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：Tony从不花钱买书，因为他不喜欢读书。 考查连词辨析。but但是；because因为，后跟句子；though尽管；because of由于，后加名词，代词，动名词。根据下文“he doesn't like reading”可知，此处是表示原因，且空后是完整的句子，用because引导原因状语从句。故选B。 3. As teachers, we must ask ________: Are we patient enough? Are we knowing students well? A. us B. ourselves C. them D. themselves 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：作为老师，我们必须反问我们自己：我们是否足够有耐心？我们是否很好地了解学生？ 考查代词。us我们，宾格；ourselves我们自己，反身代词；them他们，宾格；themselves他们自己，反身代词。根据后文“Are we patient enough? Are we knowing students well?”可知，老师是在反问自己，故选B。 4. I hope to go to France some day ________ there are many famous museums. A. though B. unless C. because D. where 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我希望有一天去法国，因为那里有许多著名的博物馆。 考查连词辨析。though虽然；unless除非；because因为；where哪里。“there are many famous museums”是“I hope to go to France some day”的原因，用because引导原因状语从句，故选C。 5. We are making a big dinner ________ it’s Dad’s birthday today. A. because B. until C. once 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们正在做一顿丰盛的晚餐，因为今天是爸爸的生日。 考查连词词义辨析。because因为；until直到；once一旦。分析语境可知后半句是一个原因状语从句，空处表示“因为”。故选A。 6. ________ people heard the bad news about the flight, they felt very sad. A. Until B. Unless C. If D. After 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：人们听到关于航班坏消息后，感到非常悲伤。 考查连词辨析。Until直到，引导时间状语从句；Unless除非，引导条件状语从句；If如果，引导条件状语从句；After在……之后，引导时间状语从句。分析语境可知，前半句是一个时间状语从句，空处表达“在……后”，进而人们感到非常伤心。故选D。 7. —Tony, ________ is waiting for you outside the classroom. —OK. I’m coming. A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——Tony，有人在教室外面等你。——好的。我来了。 考查代词辨析。everybody每个人；somebody某人；nobody没人；anybody任何人。根据“is waiting for you outside the classroom.”可知外面有人等，肯定句的某人，用somebody。故选B。 8. ________ it rains tomorrow, we will not go to the zoo. A. When B. If C. After D. Because 【答案】B 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：如果明天下雨，我们就不去动物园。 考查连词辨析。When当……时候；If如果；After在……之后；Because因为。分析两个句子可知，此处是if引导的条件状语从句，表示下雨的话就不去动物园了。故选B。 9. Love your parents ________ they are alive. Don’t wait until it is too late. A. while B. after C. until D. unless 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：爱你的父母，趁他们还健在。不要等到为时已晚。 考查连词辨析。while当……的时候；after在……之后；until直到；unless除非；根据“Love your parents...they are alive”可知，本句是时间状语从句，表达的是“当父母还活着的时候”，故选A。 10. David didn’t go home ________ he finished his homework last night. A. until B. if C. because D. or 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：大卫昨晚直到做完作业才回家。 考查连词辨析。until直到；if如果；because因为；or或者。根据“David didn’t go home...he finished his homework last night”可知，此处是考查固定搭配not...until“直到……才……”，所以空处应是until引导的时间状语从句。故选A。 11. If you want to stay healthy, you must ________ junk food. A. take care of B. pay attention to C. stay away from D. look forward to 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果你想保持健康，你必须远离垃圾食品。 考查动词短语辨析。take care of照顾；pay attention to注意；stay away from远离；look forward to期待。根据“If you want to stay healthy, you must...junk food.”可知，保持健康需要远离垃圾食品，故选C。 12. I have not realized the importance of health ________ COVID-19 spread all over the world. A. until B. after C. since 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：直到新冠肺炎在世界各地蔓延，我才意识到健康的重要性。 考查连词辨析。until直到……；after在……之后；since自从。根据“I have not realized the importance of health…COVID-19 spread all over the world.”可知应是直到新冠肺炎在世界传播，我才意识到健康的重要性，not…until“直到……才……”，故选A。 13. —Can I pay the bill by check? —Sorry, but it is the rule of our restaurant that payment ________ be made in cash. A. need B. will C. shall D. can 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我能用支票支付吗？——对不起，但是我们餐厅的规定是用现金支付。 考查情态动词。need需要；will将；shall应该；can能。根据“it is the rule of our restaurant”可知，此处应用shall，情态动词shall与第三人称连用时，表达命令或规定。故选C。 14. Lucy said she could ________ herself. A take good care of B. takes care of C. take well care of D. takes well care of 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：露西说她可以照顾好自己。 本题考查惯用语。情态动词could后接动词原形，排除B、D；take care of“照顾……”是惯用语，“照顾好……”care是名词，用形容词修饰名词，排除D，故选A。 【点睛】是 15. There will be an _________ about French arts in the museum this weekend. A. operation B. invention C. experiment D. exhibition 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个周末博物馆将有一个关于法国艺术的展览。 考查名词辨析。operation手术；invention发明；experiment实验；exhibition展览；根据“about French arts in the museum”可知，是有个展览，故选D。 二、补全对话7选5 阅读下面对话。从七个选项中选出五个恰当的句子完成对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。 阅读下面对话。从七个选项中选出五个恰当的句子完成对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。 Paul: Hello? This is Paul speaking. ___16___ Mark: Hi, Paul. It’s Mark. ___17___ Paul: Oh yes. Sanya is a fantastic place. Mark: What’s the weather like? Paul: It’s great! It’s sunny and comfortable. Mark: You lucky thing! So, what are you doing? Paul: ___18___ Mark: So you are having a great time. Paul: ___19___ How about you? Mark: Oh, I’m at the office. I still have a lot of work to do. Paul: Sorry to hear that. Mark: That’s OK. ___20___ Paul: Thanks. Bye. A. Who are you? B. Enjoy yourself! C. Yes, it’s wonderful. D. I’m just relaxing at the beach. E. I’m calling to ask if you are enjoying your holiday. F. It’s great! G. Who is that? 【答案】16. G 17. E 18. D 19. C 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本篇补全对话是Paul和Mark之间在打电话，询问对方假期感受。 【16题详解】 根据上文“This is Paul speaking.”以及下文“Hi, Paul. It’s Mark.”可知，两个人在打电话，设空处应询问对方是谁，结合选项，G项是打电话用语，意为“你是谁”，符合题意。故选G。 【17题详解】 根据“Oh yes. Sanya is a fantastic place.”可推知，这里询问对方在三亚的旅行感受，E项“我给你打电话是想问一下你假期是否玩儿得开心”，符合题意。故选E。 【18题详解】 根据答句“So, what are you doing?”可知，这里应回答自己正在做的事情，结合选项，D项“我正在沙滩上放松”，符合题意。故选D。 【19题详解】 根据“So you are having a great time.”，可知Paul在三亚玩得很开心，所以这里应该表示赞同对方说的话，结合选项，C项“是的，很不错”，符合题意。故选C。 【20题详解】 根据下文“Thanks. Bye.”可推知，Mark祝Paul旅行愉快，结合选项，B项“祝你玩儿得开心”符合题意故选B。 Jack: Tom, be careful! You almost fell down. ____21____ Tom: Yes, I’m OK. Don’t worry. Jack: You’d better not look at your phone while walking. Tom: OK, I won’t. Jack: ____22____ Tom: You saw my pictures on my WeChat, didn’t you? Jack: Yes. ____23____ Tom: Just a little traffic accident. Jack: I’m sorry to hear that. ____24____ Tom: There was nothing serious, because we all wore the seat belts. Jack: Oh, you are so lucky. Tom: Yes. By the way, the summer vacation is coming, where will you go on vacation? Jack: ____25____ They volunteered there during the COVID-19, so they want to go there again to enjoy the beautiful scenery this time. Tom: Wow, that sounds great. A. Maybe go to Wuhan with my parents. B. Are you all right? C. Did you see a dentist? D. Was it serious? E. What happened? F. Will you go with your friends? G. It seemed that you weren’t happy on the WeChat yesterday. 【答案】21. B 22. G 23. E 24. D 25. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要是Jack和Tom谈论昨天不开心的原因并引出了暑假如何度过的问题。 【21题详解】 根据“Tom, be careful! You almost fell down.”以及“Yes, I’m OK. Don’t worry.”可知，此处应是问对方还好吗，选项B“你还好吗”符合，故选B。 【22题详解】 根据“ You saw my pictures on my WeChat, didn’t you?”可知，此处应是说与微信有关的情况，选项G“昨天你在微信上好像很不开心”符合，故选G。 【23题详解】 根据“Just a little traffic accident.”可知，此处应是问昨天发生了什么事情，选项E“发生了什么”符合，故选E。 【24题详解】 根据“There was nothing serious, because we all wore the seat belts.”可知，此处应是问严不严重，选项D“严重吗”符合，故选D。 【25题详解】 根据“where will you go on vacation?”以及“They volunteered there during the COVID-19, so they want to go there again to enjoy the beautiful scenery this time.”可知，此处应是说要去某个地方，选项A“也许和我的父母去武汉”符合，故选A。 三、阅读还原7选5 Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. ___26___ And you can also volunteer to protect animals, the environment, or any other things that you care about. ★ Help yourself by helping others. ___27___ If you’re upset about something that’s happened—volunteering can be a great way to cope（应付）with your feelings. ★ Get started. ___28___ Ask a teacher for ideas. Some places want volunteers who are 12 or even older, depending on the job. Often kids start volunteering by working alongside their parents. ★ Do things with parents or family members. ___29___ Talk to your parents, brothers, or sisters and see what they might be interested in doing. Find something you all agree on. ★ Invent your own opportunity. Kids can also come up with their own ways to raise money or provide needed services. Here are some ideas: make and sell products and give the money to the charity. ___30___ Start your own charity group. Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves. So what are you waiting for? Make a plan to start volunteering today. A. It is very important for kids to be a volunteer. B. Volunteering is a great way to have fun with your family. C. You may volunteer to help other people. D. School is a good place to start if you’re looking for volunteer ideas. E. Volunteering helps others, but it can also help you. F. Collect or earn money for charities. G. A volunteer job can even help some kids decide what they want to do. 【答案】26. C 27. E 28. D 29. B 30. F 【解析】 【分析】文章是一篇说明文。介绍了志愿工作的内容和好处。 【26题详解】 根据下一句“And you can also volunteer to protect animals, the environment, or any other things that you care about.”可知你也可以自愿保护动物，环境，或任何其他你关心的事情。此处强调志愿者的保护对象，因此前一句应是“你可以自愿帮助别人。”故选C。 【27题详解】 根据前一句“Help yourself by helping others.”可知通过帮助别人来帮助自己。此处强调互帮互助，因此是“志愿工作帮助别人，也可以帮助你。”故选E。 【28题详解】 根据下一句“Ask a teacher for ideas.”可知向老师求助。强调学校的重要作用。故答案为“如果你在寻找志愿者的想法，学校是一个很好的起点。”故选D。 【29题详解】 根据前一句“Do things with parents or family members. ”可知和父母或家人一起做事。此段强调与家人相处。应是“志愿服务是一个很好的方式与你的家人玩得开心。”故选B。 30题详解】 根据前一句“make and sell products and give the money to the charity. ”可知制作和销售产品，把钱捐给慈善机构。这句话和“为慈善机构募捐或挣钱。”同理。故选F。 四、完形填空 I visited the Grand Canyon last month. When I arrived, it was early ___31___ and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beyond the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was ___32___ to see. After about a kilometre, a stranger ___33___ in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,” he ___34___, “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks, and stopped. I looked ___35___ over them, but it was still too dark to see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun ___36___ behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground ___37___ away and down to a river, far below me. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked down the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three ___38___ buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. ___39___ is it? It’s 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance... over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge! That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question. It’s not “How deep is it?” or “How wide is it?” or “How long is it?” but “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest ___40___ anywhere in the natural world?” I know the answer. But what do you think? 31. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening 32. A. anything B. everything C. nothing 33. A. appeared B. slept C. missed 34. A. asked B. replied C. wrote 35. A. carefully B. clearly C. loudly 36. A. set B. rose C. stood 37. A. failed B. felt C. fell 38. A. tallest B. longest C. widest 39. A. How tall B. How much C. How far 40. A. wonder B. rock C. building 【答案】31. A 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. A 39. C 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文讲了作者去看大峡谷路上的所见所闻、大峡谷的奇伟壮观以及作者的自问的感想。作者认为大峡谷是自然界最伟大的奇迹。 【31题详解】 句意：当我到达的时候，是清晨，天正在下雨。 morning早上；afternoon下午；evening晚上。根据“In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beyond the path, it was still very dark.”可知，东边的天渐渐亮了，但路那边还是很黑，所以是清晨。故选A。 【32题详解】 句意：我知道它就在那里，但什么也看不见。 anything任何事；everything每件事；nothing没有什么。根据“I knew it was there, but there was...to see.”可知，太阳就在那，但是天还没亮，所以什么都看不见。故选C。 【33题详解】 句意：大约走了一公里后，一个陌生人出现在我面前。 appeared出现；slept睡觉；missed思念，错过。根据“‘Am I going the right way?’ I asked”可知，一个陌生人出现在我面前，故选A。 【34题详解】 句意：“是的，”他回答说，“你五分钟就能到那儿。” asked请求，问；replied回复；wrote写。根据“‘Am I going the right way?’ I asked.”可知，此处是陌生人回答我的问题，故选B。 【35题详解】 句意：我在它们上方仔细地看了看，但还是太黑了，什么也看不见。 carefully仔细地；clearly清楚地；loudly大声地。根据“I looked...over them, but it was still too dark to see anything.”可知，是仔细地看，但还是什么都看不见。故选A。 【36题详解】 句意：太阳从我身后的岩石那边升起。 set设置；rose升起；stood站立。根据“The sun...behind me and beyond the rocks.”可知，清晨太阳升起，故选B。 【37题详解】 句意：我看见地面渐渐下沉，在我下面很远的地方坠入了一条河。 failed失败；felt感觉；fell降落。根据“I saw that the ground...away and down to a river”可知，地面渐渐下沉，此处是fall away短语，意为“消失，减弱渐退”。故选C。 【38题详解】 句意：如果你把世界上最高的三座建筑放在峡谷底部，它们仍然达不到顶端。 tallest最高的；longest最长的；widest最宽的。根据“If you put the three...buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top.”可知，最高的建筑物也达不到顶端，故选A。 【39题详解】 句意：有多远？ How tall多高；How much多少，多少钱；How far多远。根据“It’s 20 kilometres, maybe more.”可知，此处问距离，故选C。 【40题详解】 句意：大峡谷是自然界最伟大的奇观吗？ wonder奇观；rock岩石；building建筑物。根据“Is the Grand Canyon the greatest...anywhere in the natural world?”可知，大峡谷是自然界的奇观，故选A。 五、阅读单选 Are you shy? If you are, you are not alone. In fact, close to 50 percent of people are shy. Almost 80 percent of people feel shy at some point in their lives. These days, shyness is becoming more and more common. Now, scientists are trying to understand shyness. They have some interesting ideas about why people are shy. Is it possible to be born shy? Many scientists say yes. They say 15 to 20 percent of babies behave shyly. These babies are a little quieter and more watchful than other babies. Interestingly, these shy babies usually have shy parents. As a result, scientists think that some shyness is genetic. Family size might cause people to be shy as well. Scientists at Harvard University studied shy children. They found that 66 percent of them had older brothers and sisters. The scientists said that these children were often bullied(欺负)by their older brothers and sisters. As a result, they became shy. At the same time, children with no brothers and sisters may be shy as well. Growing up alone, they often play by themselves. They are not able to learn the same social skills as children from big families. You may also be shy because of where you were born. When scientists studied shyness in different countries, they found surprising differences. In Japan, most people said they were shy. But in Israel, only one of three people said so. What explains the difference? One scientist says the Japanese and Israelis have different opinions of failure. In Japan, when people do not succeed, they feel bad about themselves. They blame(责备)themselves for their failure. In Israel, the opposite is true. Israelis often blame failure on outside reasons, such as family, teachers, friends, or bad luck. In Israel, freedom of opinion and risk taking are strongly supported. This may be why Israelis worry less about failure and less shy. For shy people, it can be difficult to make friends, speak in class, and even get a good job. But scientists say you can get over your shyness. They suggest trying new things and practicing conversation, And don’t forget —if you are shy, you are not the only one. 41. What is the passage mainly about? A. Happiness. B. Shyness C. Kindness D. Loneliness 42. What does the underlined word “genetic” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Passed down from parents. B. Learned from friends C. Taught by teachers. D. Made up by brothers 43. What can be learned from the passage? A. Most little babies are born shy and quiet. B. If you are shy now, you will be shy forever. C. Many shy children have older brothers and sisters. D. Many shy children can be easy to make friends. 44. Scientists suggest that shy people can get over their shyness by . A. blaming their failure on outside reasons B. trying new things and practicing conversation C. getting themselves away from their shy parents D. trying to understand reasons for their shyness 【答案】41. B 42. A 43. C 44. B 【解析】 【分析】本文介绍了为什么很多人具有害羞这种性格，以及具有害羞这种性格的坏处和改进方法。 【41题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“Are you shy? If you are, you are not alone.”，以及文章第一段介绍了害羞现象很普遍，第二和三段介绍了导致害羞的原因，最后一段说明害羞的坏处，但是可以以尝试新事物并练习对话来改变。由此可知本文主要是关于害羞的。故选B。 【42题详解】 词义猜测题。前文说到“Interestingly，these shy babies usually have shy parents.”有趣的是，这些害羞的婴儿通常有害羞的父母，由此判断“genetic”意为从父母传下来的基因。故选A。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“They found that 66 percent of them had older brothers and sisters.”可知许多害羞的孩子有哥哥姐姐。故选C。 【44题详解】 细节理解题。文章最后一段说到“They suggest trying new things and practicing conversation.”他们建议尝试新事物，练习交谈，这样可以改变害羞的性格。故选B。 六、短文填空 六、短文填空 Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does ____45____ sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not ____46____ (success)? Well, friend, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are so tired that you are not willing to devote much of your time to ____47____ (learn) your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face after you do a good job? One day it is fine. Just before you want to go on a trip, it ____48____ (complete) goes beyond what you expect. It suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining ____49____ the weather. But dear friend, why don't you sit down and listen to the sound the nature offers you? And with the timely(适时的) rain, crops in the fields will grow much ____50____ (good) and farmers will have a good harvest. ____51____ everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure (失败) hits you. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we ____52____ (beat) by failure and give up hopes easily. When we face failure, we must be confident of ____53____ (us), draw some useful lessons for the future from it and try our best to finish what we have decided ____54____ (do). Just as a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success? ” Attitude (态度)decides everything. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us. 【答案】45. the 46. successful 47. learning 48. completely 49. about 50. better 51. Although##Though 52. are beaten 53. ourselves 54. to do 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文，文章主要论述了态度决定一切，如果你笑对世界，世界也会对你友好。 【45题详解】 句意：天空有时候似乎对你来说是黑暗的？the sky“天空”，世界上独一无二的事物，用定冠词the修饰。故填the。 【46题详解】 句意：你的学习有时候也会不成功吗？此处应填success的形容词作表语。故填successful。 【47题详解】 句意：当在学校时，有时候你也会如此累以至于你不愿意投入你大量的时间去学习。devote...to “致力于……”，to是介词，后接动名词。故填learning。 【48题详解】 句意：就在你想去旅行前，事情完全超出你所预料的。空处应用副词来修饰动词词组“goes beyond”，所以应用complete的副词completely。故填completely。 【49题详解】 句意：或许你会感到很伤心并开始抱怨天气。complain about sth“抱怨某事”，固定短语。故填about。 【50题详解】 句意：因为适时的雨，田地里的庄稼会长的更好。much用来修饰比较级，good的比较级为better。故填better。 【51题详解】 句意：虽然每个人都想在自己努力的事情上取得成功，但是有时候失败也会打击到你。根据前后句句意可知，是让步关系，应用although/though引导状语从句。故填Although/Though。 【52题详解】 句意：我认为失败不可怕，可怕的是我们被失败打败并轻易放弃希望。根据主语we和动词beat之间的关系为被动关系，应用被动语态，且用一般现在时，应用are beaten。故填are beaten。 【53题详解】 句意：当我们面对失败时，我们必须要对自己充满信心。根据主语是we，主语和宾语是同一人称，所以此处用反身代词“我们自己ourselves”。故填ourselves。 【54题详解】 句意：我们必须要尽力完成我们已经决定做的事。decide to do sth“决定做某事”，固定短语，所以空处用不定式。故填to do。 七、根据汉语提示填空 55. He has lived ________(在国外) for many years, so he can speak English very well. 【答案】abroad 【解析】 【详解】句意：他在国外住了很多年，所以他英语说得很好。 abroad意为“国外；在国外”。故填abroad。 56. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the ________ (拓荒者) how to grow corn. 【答案】pioneers 【解析】 【详解】句意：当地人，美洲原住民，教拓荒者如何种植玉米。根据汉语提示可知，此处应填“拓荒者”pioneer，“the+名词复数”表示整个群体，此处应为拓荒者群体，故填名词复数，故填pioneers。 57. As a ________ (招待), we took the kids to the beach. 【答案】treat 【解析】 【详解】句意：作为一种款待，我们带孩子们去了海滩。treat“招待，款待”，在句中作名词，冠词a修饰名词单数。故填treat。 58. It is reported that four ____(九) of the teenagers in China are overweight because of less exercise. 【答案】ninths 【解析】 【详解】句意：据报道，中国有九分之四的青少年超重是因为缺乏锻炼。 “nine”九，基数词。根据语境可知，此处考查“分数”的表达方法：分子为基数词，分母为序数词；当分子大于1时，分母用其复数形式。故九分之四应表达为four ninths。故答案为ninths。 59. Yuan Longping, a great scientist in our country, is one of the ________ (先锋) of modern Chinese agriculture. 【答案】pioneers 【解析】 【详解】句意：袁隆平，我国一名伟大的科学家，是中国现代农业发展的先驱之一。pioneer是名词，意为“先锋”，one of表示“其中之一”，后加名词复数，故填pioneers。 八、用所给单词的正确形式填空 60. The teacher made the boy ________ (stand) yesterday. 【答案】stand 【解析】 【详解】句意：昨天老师让男孩站着。根据空前的“made”是使役动词，后面接省略to的不定式作宾补，stand“站立”，故填stand。 61. His ________ (speak) about how to protect the environment impress us a lot. 【答案】speeches 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：他关于如何保护环境的演讲给我们留下了深刻的印象。设空处前面有形容词性物主代词his修饰，因此这里应填入一个名词；结合“about how to protect the environment impress”，可知是关于如何保护环境的演讲，所以speech“演讲”，可数名词，符合题意。句子时态是一般现在时，由谓语动词impress是原形，可知此处要用speech的复数形式speeches，故填speeches。 62. The summer vacation after the ________ grade is quite long, so Mary is going to visit her grandparents in the countryside. (nine) 【答案】ninth 【解析】 【详解】句意：九年级后的暑假很长，所以玛丽将会去拜访她在农村的祖父母。根据“the...grade”可知，这里是表达年级，要用nine的序数词ninth。故填ninth。 63. Yesterday’s basketball match was really wonderful and we enjoyed ________ (we) so much. 【答案】ourselves 【解析】 【详解】句意：昨天的篮球赛真的很精彩，我们玩得很开心。enjoy oneself“玩得开心”，主语是“we”，空处指“我们自己”，用反身代词ourselves。故填ourselves。 64. After ________ (lay) the birthday cake down on the table, we clapped and sang for Tom. 【答案】laying 【解析】 【详解】句意：把生日蛋糕放在桌上后，我们为汤姆鼓掌唱歌。after是介词，后接动名词，故填laying。 九、材料作文 65. 升入九年级之后，你的周末生活有没有发生变化？你有没有经常和父母争执周末是否可以外出活动？请以“Should teenagers be allowed to go out on weekends?”为题，根据所给提示写一篇英语短文。 要求：1.80-120词，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 2.文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。 参考信息：1.九年级前你周末常做什么？现在周末常做什么？ 2.你有没有经常和父母争执周末否可以外出活动？ 3.你认为青少年周末应允许外出吗？谈谈你的看法。 4.…… Should teenagers be allowed to go out on weekends? My weekend has changed a lot. Before Grade Nine, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文： Should teenagers be allowed to go out on weekends? My weekend has changed a lot. Before Grade Nine, I used to go to the movies on weekends. Sometimes I hung out with my friends. But now I am not allowed to go out. My parents think that teenagers should stay at home to go over their lessons or help them do some housework. In my opinion, we teenagers should be allowed to go out with our friends for fun so that we can relax ourselves after a busy week. And we can share ideas with each other. What’s more, we can also take some exercise together to keep healthy. So I think teenagers should be allowed to go out on weekends. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文。 ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”。 ③提示：文章为第一人称，讨论青少年进入九年级后周末能否外出游玩，回答完整题目中所提的问题，适当增加细节。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍自己进入九年级前后的周末活动； 第二步，介绍父母的观点及理由； 第三步，介绍自己的观点及理由。 [亮点词汇] ①used to过去常常 ②hung out闲逛 ③go over复习 ④share with分享 ⑤What’s more另外 ⑥In my opinion依我看来 [高分句型] ①My parents think that teenagers should stay at home to go over their lessons or help them do some housework.（宾语从句） ②In my opinion, we teenagers should be allowed to go out with our friends for fun so that we can relax ourselves after a busy week.（目的状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$