山东省潍坊市潍城区实验中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期第二次月考英语试题

初三年级英语学科学情调研 满分100分，考试时间50分 2023.12 一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项 A When you turn on the tap in your house,water comes out.This water has travelled a long way. This water comes from rain in the sky.The way that water arrives to the tap in your house is called the "water supply". Most of the water on the earth is in the ocean.This water has a lot of salt in it.We cannot drink this water.Salt water makes us ill.But when the sun shines,it heats up a part of the ocean.This water rises up to make clouds in the sky.The more water rises up,the heavier and larger the clouds become.The clouds will get so heavy and iarge that they will change colour from white to grey. The water will fall down into rivers and lakes as rain and travel back to the sea.This is called the "water cycle".We use half of the rain water that falls over the earth. There are parts of the world where there is little fresh water.In the Arab countries,salt water can be made safe to drink.This is done by freezing or boiling it.The salt is left behind and the clean water is then taken off.This process is very expensive,but in some areas this is the only way to get clean drinking water. )1,Why don't we drink salt water from the ocean? A.Salt water makes us sick. B.Salt water is more expensive than fresh water. C.salt water is very difficult to get. D.Many parts of the world have little salt water. ()2.What's the meaning of "water supply"in paragraph 1? A水加工B.水供应C,水循环D水处理 ()3 According to the passage,which of the following is true? A.The way that water arrives to the tap in your house is called the"water cycle" B.All parts of the world have little fresh water. C.We can drink water directly from the ocean. D.As clouds become heavy and large,they will change colour from white to grey. ()4.Where do you think this passage may come from? CS扫描全能王 子亿人都在用的归推Ap时 A.A travel guide B.A sports report C.A story book D.A science magazine B We all see and hear about extraordinary(people around us and wonder why we can't be more like them.It's not the big things that make someone extraordinary.It's the small things. They become extraordinary by making a difference in someone's life.Here are some of the things extraordinary people do every day: Praise someone.It can make the others feel great about themselves.A compliment can have a positive impact()on their lives.Your team or family will love you for it. It's OK to admit you were wrong.You will not only gain the respect of your team mates,but you will also gain credibility(信用). When you need help,don't be shy or stop yourself.Everyone needs a little help sometimes. When you ask for help,you receive help.You're willing to listen;you also need support at times. When you don't understand how something works,let an expert show you.When you let someone teach you something,you are telling the person that you respect his talent,time and what he is talking about. Sometimes it is very important to stay silent.Especially when you're angry,process your emotions,think back to what happened,and then come to a decision about how to deal with it. Before you say anything,consider others'feeling.Never be rude with words or actions. )5.In the passage,how many points about being an extraordinary person does the writer refer to? A.Five. B.Six. C.Seven. D.Eight. )6.What makes a person become extraordinary? A.Do some big and great things. B.Some small things C.Having a lot of money. D.To be a famous person. ()7.Something unhappy happens,and you have to make a decision.What shouldn't you do? A.Stay silent. B.Process your emotions. C.Think back to what happened. D.Be rude with words or actions. ()8.What is the best title for the passage? A.How to process your emotions. B.How to admit mistakes. C.How to become an extraordinary person. D.How to do more small things. C This is a story about a boy called Sparky.For Sparky,school was all but impossible.He failed every subject in the eighth grade.He got a zero in physics.It made him the worst physics student in the school's history.He didn't do much better in sports.Although he tried to join the school's golf CS扫描全能王 3亿人都在用的归推A时 team,he quickly lost the only important match He didn't have friends,either.Other kids didn't care about him.If a classmate said "Hello"to Sparky outside of school,he would feel very surprised.Sparky was a loser and everyone knew it. So he aceepted it. But one thing was important to Sparky-drawing.He was proud of his artwork.In senior high schcol,he sent some cartoons to the editors of the yearbook but he was refused.Sparky was hurt. But he didn't lose hope because he believed in his ability and he stuck to drawing.He decided to become a professional artist. He wrote a letter to the Walt Disney Studios after graduating from high school.The studio asked him to draw some cartoons on a certain subject.Sparky spent a lot of time on the cartoons. Finally,the reply came from Disney Studios:they aren't like cartoons. Was it time to stop drawing?Sparky didn't think so.He started to put his own life in the cartoons.He created his childhood self-a little boy loser:Charlie Brown.He wasn't good at football. But Charlie Brown would soon become famous worldwide.Sparky,the boy who used to fail in school and who was refused again and again,was Charles Schulz.He created the Peanuts comic strip and the world-famous cartoon characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy. ()9.Which of the following about Sparky is True? A.He did well in his subjects. B.He got a good grade in physics. C.He didn't accept he was a loser. D.He didn't lose the hope of drawing ()10.The underlined words"stuck to drawing"most probably mean A.Stopped drawing B.Gave up drawing C.Kept on drawing D.Refused to draw ()11.Who is Charlie Schulz according to the passage? A.An editor of Walt Disney studios. B.The boy who used to fail in school. C.The boy who was good at everything. D.The boy who was weak in everything. D How can we protect the Earth?One problem to solve is climate()change.You might wonder about climnate change.What is it,exactly? Gases surround the Earth.12 Sunlight passes down through the gases.The gases trap( )the sun's heat and act like blanket.Without these gases,the Earth would be very cold.The trouble comes when humans add too many gases to the atmosphere.The gases build up and trap even more heat.This causes changes in climate.The Earth becomes too warm. 13There's another gas causing climate change.No one talks about it as much.It is nitrous oxide(氧化亚氮).Many call it laughing gas.Dentists may give patients nitrous oxide so they will not feel pain.The atmosphere has small amounts of nitrous oxide.But nitrous oxide can stay in the atmosphere more than 100 years which can change the climate a lot. Nitrous oxide forms naturally.14Bacteria are living organisms()made of single cells.Farmners use nitrogen fertilizer()to help grow bigger crops.The bacteria in the soil take CS扫描全能王 3亿人都在用的归推A时 the nitrogen from the fertilieer and make more nitrous oxide with it. So how can we help?"Number one is to not waste food,"Wagner Riddle,a scientist from Canada,said_15That number comes from a U.S.university study."There is a lot that goes into making food".Wagner Riddle says."So then if it's wasted,it's for nothing." 根据文内容.从以下试中4出能填入文中宁白处的最正确选项，有-一项为多余选项。 A.That's the reason for climate change. B.It comes from bacteria()that live in the dirt. C.Carbon dioxide()is one gas that traps heat. D.More than one-third of'all food created in the U.S.is wasted. F.These gases reach high into the sky and are called the atmosphere((). 二、 语言知识运用（共20小题：满分20分） A 阅读下面短文，从知文后各画所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的 佳选项。（共10个小题：每小题1分，满分10分） On last Christmas Day,our parents'home was full of joys of a close family.relationship but this year things are different.Our father had gone on November 26,and this was our first Christmas without him.Mother was doing her best to be good,but I could tell this was especially 1.for her.I'm not sure if I should give her my planned Christmas gift.A few months earlier I had painted two pictures of my parents.I'd planned to give them as 12.gifts. While painting one day,I was surprised by the doorbell ringing.I opened the 3..My father came.I showed 4.the paintings.Finally,with tears running down his face,he said,"I don't believe it.Look,how beautiful your mother is.Will you let me decorate them with frames?"I 5.offered to send them to the frame shop the next day. Several 6.had passed after my dad died.It seemed all happiness was taken away from my mother and me.I finally remembered to call about the paintings and was glad that my father had got a chance to see the pictures before he died.I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop,7.the frames and had them wrapped. As I 8. .my mother's sad eyes and unsmiling face,I9.to give her Daddy's and my gift. CS扫描全能王 子亿人都在用的归推ApP After looking at the paintings and the card,with tear-filled eyes and a wide smile,she said,"Iknew Daddy would be 10.us on Christmas Day!" I looked at the gift card with my father's handwriting."Mother:Our daughter reminded me why I am so lucky.I'll be looking at you always.Daddy." 1.A.interesting B.hard C.easy D.proud 国 2.A.Mother's Day B.birthday. C.New Year D.Christmas 3.A.door B.window C.box D.present 4.A.it B.her C.him D.them 5.A.happily B.sadly C.quickly D.strangely 6.A.minutes B.hours C.weeks D.years 7.A.heard of B.paid for C.shouted at. D.gave up 8.A.looked at B.looked after C.looked for D.looked out 9.A.happened B.forgot C.promised D.decided 10.A.for B.with C.on D.at B 阅读下面短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。（共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分) The Earth's going on a trip once again!Whether you 1. (watch)The Wandering Earth(流浪地球)in20l9 or not,the name must be well-known to you.Since it was China's first science fiction film,the cinemas were soon so crowded when it was on.The Wandering Earth II came out on the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2023.It has become 2. (new)hit. As a prequel (to The Wandering Earth in 2019,the new movie describes the fact that humans are in danger of dying out for some 3. (reason).To survive,they make different plans.Finally,they decide 4. (build)tens of 5. (thousand)of huge engines on the surface of the Earth.They plan to drive the Earth to the nearest solar system.The movie 6. C⑤扫描全能王 3亿人都在用的归推A时 (show how humans fight against disasters ()In order 7.(save)the Earth,a group of young people have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death. "The crentors of The Wandering Earth II are very similar to the characters in the movie.Their great courage and creative spirit are the engine to push the 'planet'of science fiction into the future,"said Liu Cixin,writer of the story The Wandering Earth and the novel The Three-body Problem."We all know that China's science fiction still has a long way to go.8. (luck), there are a proup of people who 9 (work)very hard for it." From The Wandering Earth four years ago to this year's prequel,director Guo Fan always hope people can remember the idea expressed in them.Because of the love for our homeland,we 10 (escape)from the Earth in a spaceship,but choose to wander with the planet at last. 三、阅读表达（共5小题：每小题3分，满分15分） When you turn on the tap in your house,water comes out.This water has travelled a long way. This water comes from rain in the sky.The way that water arrives to the tap in your house is called the "water supply". Most of the water on the earth is in the ocean.This water has a lot of salt in it.We cannot drink this water.Salt water makes us ill.But when the sun shines,it heats up a part of the ocean.This water rises up to make clouds in the sky.The more water rises up,the heavier and larger the clouds become,The clouds will getheavy and largethey will change colour from white to grey.The water will fall down into rivers and lakes as rain and travel back to the sea.This is called the "water cycle".We use half of the rain water that falls over the earth. There are parts of the world where there is little fresh water,In Arab countries,salt water can be made safe to drink.This is done by freezing or boiling it.The salt is left behind and the clean water is then takeri off.This process is very expensive,but in some areas this is the only way to get clean drinking water. 根据短文完成下列任务。 L.Where does water in our taps come from?(根据短文回答问题) 2.Use two phrases in the passage to complete the map of the"water cycle". (用短文中的两个词组来完成“水循环”示意图) 6 CS扫描全能王 子亿人都在用的归增ApP clouds ocean ① ② 3.Translate the sentence into Chinese.(把划线句子翻译成汉语) 4.Fill in the blanks with a phrase.(在空白处填入适当的词组) The clouds will get heavy and large they will change colour from white to grey. 5.What's the purpose of the last paragraph?(最后一段的写作目的是什么？) 四、翻译句子（每小题4分，共20分） 1.这就是他没去上学的原因。(That'swhy) Z.我不禁惊叹于西湖的美了。(be surprised at) 3.人们将孩子比作花园里的花朵。(compare) 4.根据天气预报，明天会有雨。(according to) 5.冲他吼没用，你得帮着他养成好的习惯。(no use) 一、阅读理解（共45分，每小题3分） A篇：1-4B篇：5-8 C篇：9-11D篇：12-15 7 C⑤扫描全能王 子亿人都在用的归推ApP 二、语言知识运用（共20分，每个1分） A篇：1-5 6-10 B篇：1.2 203.4.5. 6.7. 8.9.10. 三、阅读表达（每小题3分，共15分） 1、 2、 3、 4 5、 四、翻译句子（共20分） 1、 2、 3、 4. 5、 CS扫描全能王 子亿人都在用的日增ApP 山东省潍坊市潍城区实验中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期第二次月考英语试题答案 一、阅读理解 A篇：1 - 4 A B D D B篇：5 - 8 B B D C C篇：9 - 11 D C B D篇：12 - 15 C B D E 二、语言知识运用 A篇：1 - 5 B D A C A 6 - 10 C B A D B B篇：1. watched 2. a new 3. reasons 4. to build 5. thousands 6. shows 7. to save 8. Fortunately/Luckily 9. are working 10. don't escape 三、阅读表达 1. Water in our taps comes from rain in the sky. 2. rise up; fall down 3. 地球上大部分的水都在海洋里。 4. so...that 5. To introduce a way to get clean drinking water in some areas where there is little fresh water. 四、翻译句子 1. That's why he didn't go to school. 2. I can't help but be surprised at the beauty of the West Lake. 3. People compare children to the flowers in the garden. 4. According to the weather forecast, it will rain tomorrow. 5. It's no use shouting at him. You have to help him develop good habits. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$