广东省珠海市香洲区第九中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试题

2024-2025学年度第一学期初三国庆大练习（英语Units?1-3) 一、语法选择（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) On a cold winter moring,Mamothy,the lead elephant,set out with her family for breakfast.The cold weather made 1. difficult to find food in the wild.So Mamothy decided to take them to the village where humans lived.When they reached the village,they were 2. "Wow!Look!There are so many flowers in this place!How big and colorful they are!" the baby elephants said 3. "They don't look like real flowers.Let me find out 4. they are before we eat them,"Mamothy told everyone.Suddenly,she saw 5.cow and went to ask her "I'm sorry to trouble you,but could you please tell me what 6.?Mamothy asked when pointing to the colorful things.Is it safe 7. them?" “ohno!Don't eat them!Humans call them plastic(塑料的)bags.They throw them in a dump nearby.But the wind spreads them all around.You may choke (to death 8. you eat them."answered the cow. “How terrible！Thank you for9. me this."Mamothy went back to her family and told everyone the news. Then Mamothy said,"Humans'world is too dangerous now but it used to 10. so safe!What a pity!Tomorrow,we shall all go to another place to look for food."All the clephants agreed and then they seldom set foot on the village. )1.A.that B.it C.this D.these ( )2.A.surprise B.surprising C.surprised D.surprisedly ( )3.A.happy B.happily C.happiness D.happier ( )4.A.who B.whom C.what D.which )5.A.a B.an C.the D./ ( )6.A.is it B.are they C.they are D.it is )7.A.eat B.to eat C.eating D.of eating )8.A.unless B.since C.if D.until )9.A.tell B.told C.to tell D.telling )10.A.being B.be C was D.been 二、完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） I started iearning English at the 11. of 22.It is kind of 12. to start studying a language.However,age is never a problem if you really want to 13. something. I was preparing myself to study engineering in the USA.To enter my dream university,I had to 14. a TOEFL score of 90 or higher.After careful thought,I signed up for a six-month program to study English. It was difficult to get 90 in six months for someone who started learning English from the very beginning,but I decided to have a try.In order to join the 15.,I moved to a 1 different city and rented (a house with a fricnd.We were in the same program.We did not have any distractions(使人分心的事物)inl6._house,such as televisions,, computers or smartphones. We had classcs every day from 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.with a lunch break only.After the classes were over,we had something for dinner and started 17. what we had learned and doing homework.We would study 18.we became sleepy and usually,we would finish it by midnight. My friend and I encouraged each other and we did our best.19. we20. got perfect TOEFL scores and went to the USA at last. ( )11.A.age B.old C.name D.number ( )12.A.1ong B.late C.slow D.early )13.A.leam B.explain C.control D.take ( )14.A.use B.go C.read D.get ( )15.A.university B.test C.program D.school )16.A.your B.their C.our D.me )17.A.reviewing B.introducing C.questioning D.coming )18.A.0r B.if C.until D.but )19.A.Usually B.Luckily C.Probably D.Often )20.A.nonc B.all C.neither D.both 三、阅读理解（本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分） A China Tai Chi Culture World Tour On Saturday,August 20th,a team of Chincse Tai Chi mastcrs started their tour to the United States.They are going there to promote ()Chinese Tai Chi culture to overseas Chinese and American Kung Fu fans.They will stay there for two weeks. Led by Chen Zhenglei,a famous Chinese Tai Chi master,other five masters,are included in the group.Some of them are the champions of Tai Chi competition both at home and abroad. "Tai Chi is a national treasure of China that has a deep and long history,and practicing it is good for both body and mind,"Chen said at the opening ceremony()of the China Tai Chi Culture World Tour. Activities for the tour: *A lecture on Tai Chi on Sunday at Stanford University. *Fraining courses for Tai Chi fans and lovers in the United States, Guiding personal skills about how to best practice Tai Chi. Notes: *Around 150 Tai Chi lovers,both overseas Chinese and Americans,will attend the training. *These actiyitics are held by Hong Kong Chinese Media Limited.Moro tickets are available. 2 Book your place by e-mailing Taichi@163.com. *$15 for members of Taichi Assosiation and $20 for non-members.Half price for a child. All the money will go to Tipping Point,a charity for homeless people in San Francisco. 21.The Chinese Tai Chi masters started the tour to USA to A.put on performance B.promote Chinese Tai Chi culture C.give lessons on Tai Chi D.travel around America 22.The team will return to China on A.Aug.4th B.Sept.4th C.Oct.4th D.Nov.4h 23.If you practice Tai Chi,you will be healthy in A.body B.mind C.brain D.hody and mind 24.Among the activities,you can take part in EXCEPT Aa show about Tai Chi B.a lecture on Tai Chi C.training courses of Tai Chi D.skills about how to practice Tai Chi 25.According to passage,which of the following is TRUE? A.Everybody,members or not,has to pay the same money for the tickets. B.Around 1500 Tai Chi lovers will attend the training. C.All the money from the tickets is used to help homeless people. D.These activitics are held by Tipping Point. B Have you met someone who kept talking and talking,and you couldn't get them to stop? You don't want to be impolite by telling them to shut up,but you really want to get out of the conversation.Here are some ways to help you. Use body language.While it may feel impolite,you could turn away,put your headphones on,and avoid looking at his or her eyes,which will show that you don't want to talk.This may save you from directly telling someone to stop talking. Keep working on whatever activity you are doing.Get up and move around,be active and find little things to do instead of listening. Interrupt them as soon as you can.Saying things like "I'd like to add something"or "If I couid interrupt you for just a minute"will oflen let someone know that they are talking too much. Lead the conversation.This is especially helpful when dealing with someone you often talk to.Let them know that you heard what they said and guide the conversation in a different direction. Mention that you don't have a lot of time to talk.Expressions like"I would love to chat but I have to go for a movie right now"and"Today's not a great day to talk.I have a lot of tasks"will make you easily end the conversation. Remember:It is a skill to back out of a conversation without saying "You are boring. Shut up,” 26.How many suggestions does the writer mention in the text? A.Three.B.Four. C.Five. D.Six. 27.Which of the following is the best way to make someone stop talking? 3 A.Saying someone is boring. B.Getting up and finding something else to do. C.Looking at him or her and listening carefully. D. Leaving your headphones off and keep smiling 28.What does the underlined word "Interrupt"mean in Chinese? A.Leave B.Cut in C.Listen to D.Accept 29.What can we know according to the text? A.We can end a conversation easily. B.Don't stop talking until someone ends it. C.To end a conversation politely,we need to get skills. D.It's impolite to guide a conversation in a different direction. 30.What's the best title for the text? A.How to End a Conversation Politely B.Polite Ways to Start a Conversation C.How to Lead and Guide a Conversation D.Body Language Helps Express Well C 配对阅读：左栏是五个人的情况，右栏是七个相应的活动介绍。请为每个人选掸 合适的活动，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 )31.Li Hua,31,comes from A.The club is the home to the people who are Shandong Province.She would like to ready to protect the environment,We can do something to have a pen pal who is interested in stop people from pouring the waste into the river. sharing ideas about language learning. B.Here is a restaurant.Now many people prefer She does not like using computers for to eat in a restaurant rather than at home.There are both learning. Chinese food and Western food.Please come here to ( )32.Chen Huaxuan,25,is enjoy the delicious food. always dreaming of becoming a C.My mother does not like using modem successful person.He likes to learn technology.She is interested in finding a pen pal who also the experience of some successful enjoys learning languages in a traditional manner. people. Students must stay at home and do your homework.Try to ( )33.Liu Zheng,12,wants to do more reading to improve your reading skills and learn spend his holiday in a fun park.He is more about the world. interested in lovely animals.He also D.It's a night class.The famous and successful wants to take some beautiful pictures people will share their stories with you.They can help you with the animals. with your problems. ( )34.Zou Yujie,45,is always E.It's a wonderful place for you.Children can busy with his work.He seldom has take part in the shows and go horse riding here.If the free time to do what he wants.This young people want to try something exciting,roller Sunday,he doesn't go to work and he coaster(过山车)will be their favourite.. needs an outdoor actiyity to share with F.Welcome to Guangzhou Zoo.There are many his family. kinds of animals here,such as tigers,lions,elephants and )35.Peng Hai,60,is an so on.You can take photos with the lovely animals. environmentalist.He wants to deal G It's an outdoor activity.Most of people like it 4 with the polluted water and do very much.You can enjoy yourself by having a picnic. something helpful for people.He You can put up a tent with your children.It will be a would like to join a club to study wonderful trip. further. 四、单词拼写（本大题共5题，每空一词，每小题1分，共5分) 36.Can you tell me the (pronounce)of the word? 37.He quickly (lay)out his painting tools after he got home. 38.Somebody has steal my bike.I have to walk to school now. 39.He has a wide (知识)of painting and music, 40.You'll find it very (便利的)to pay by credit card. 五、完成句子（本大题共5小题10个空，每空0.5分，共5分） 有些人是足够的幸运天生具有好的方向感。 Some people are lucky enough to 41. 42 with a good sense of direction. 在除夕夜，我们守夜并为嘉年倒数。 On the eve of Sping Festival,we stay up and 43. 44. for the new year. Annie想知道九月是否是访问珠海的最佳时间。 Annie 45. 46. September is the best time to visit Zhuhai. 多好的天气啊！我们可以去香山湖野餐。 47. good 48. it is!We can go to Xiangshan Lake for a picnic. Edison invented the light hulb by trying many times.(对划线部分提问)】 49. 50. Edison invent the light bulb? 六、短文填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) How did artists learn English?Here are two examples. A famous Chinese actress 51. Zhang Ziyi had a small part in the American movie Rush Hour 2 with Jackie Chan.'The role was difficult for her because she wasn't 52, to speak English.Chan had to translate everything from Chinese into English for her. After Rush Hour 2,Zhang studied English in New York.She not 53. watched 5 television but also listened to music in English.She 54. attention to practice pronouncing words and tried to get them right.Then she found it easy to speak English well 55. doing so.Zhang's biggest challenge came when she played the leading role in the film Memoirs of a Geisha.A fricnd told Zhang,"56.will be difficult to express your feelings in English."But she took the part and studied even 57. Shakira is a Colombian singer and songwriter.Many people wanted to translate her songs from Spanish into English.Shakira agreed,58. she felt nervous about losing control of her music.Then she decided to write hcr own songs in English.Shakira wanted to know 59. to use English to express feelings as well,so she also read newspapers and poetry. Today,Shakira writes and plays her music 60. both Spanish and English for fans around the world. 七、书面表达 A回答问题（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） The Qingming Festival,which usually falls between April 4 and 6 each year,on the 108th day after the Winter Solstice ()is one of the 24 seasonal division points in the traditional Chinese calendar. Qingming,strictly meaning"pure and bright",shows rising temperatures and increased rainfall at the start of spring.It always rains around Qingming,providing a typical scene for the festival.Some 1,200 years ago,a Chinese poem written by the great Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu illustrated(描述)a scene of Qingming: A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way. Where can a.wineshop be found to drown his sad hours? A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers. The Qingming Festival in spring is the occasion for visiting ancestral graves () Qing-Ming is_popularly connected with Jie Zitui,who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C.To mark Jie,the lord Chong Er ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death.Thus began the "cold food feast",a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.The"cold food"festival falls on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the QingMing Festival.As time passed,the Qing Ming Festival replaced the "cold food"festival.No matter what changes there are,one thing that will never change of Qing Ming is to remember one's elders by making a special effort to visit their graves,ashes or ancestral tablets. 61.When is the Qingming Festival? 62.How is the weather around Qingming according to the passage? 63.Which sentence probably mcans“路上行人欲断s魂”in this passage? 64.Who is Qing Ming popularly connected with? 65.What is the thing unchanged of Qing Ming? B.书面表达（本题15分） 你校英语俱乐部即将举办一次主题为“My Favorite Chincse Festival'”的征文活动。 假设你最喜欢的节日是端午节，请你写一篇英语短文参加此次活动。内容包括： 1.端午节的时间及意义。 2.端午节的活动（至少两点）。 3.你最喜欢端午节的理由。 作文要求：1不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名。 2.语句连贯，词数80个左右。作文的标题和开头已经给出，不计入总词数。 My favorite Chinese festival is the Dragon Boat Festival. 7