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花垣县华鑫学校 2023 年秋九年级英语学科 期中考试试卷 命题人：______ 审核人：______ 时量：90分钟 分值：100分 Part I 听力和完形填空（共3节，满分30分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题。听每段对话前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。（共5小题，计5分） 1How does Jack study for a test? A.By working with a group B. by reading the text book C.by listening to tapes 2. Which festival are the speakers talking about? A. Dragon Boat Festival B. Mid-Autumn Festival C. C. Spring Festival 3.Where is the bookstore? A. On Main Street B. B. On Center Street C. C. on the right 4. What did Laura use to be like? A.short B.tall C. not short 5. What does the coat made of ? A.wool B.cotton C.silk 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题。听每段对话或独白前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。（共15小题，计15分） 听第六段对话，回答第6、7题。 6.Did the girl go to the English club? A. Yes, she did. B. No, she didn’t. C. We don't know. 7. What's the most important thing for the girl? A. Open her mouth and speak up.B. Make friends with others.C. Join an English club. 听第七段材料，回答第8-10三个问题。 8.Who won the first prize? A.Susan B. Sally C.Mike 9. Sally was ______ in the past. A. shy B. friendly C. outgoing 10. Sally took part in the speech contest because ______. A. she wanted to have a change B. her teacher asked her to do so C. her mother encouraged her to do that 听第8段材料，回答第11-13三个问题。 11.What's the date today? A. Lunar January 1st. B. Lunar January 15th. C. Lunar May 5th. 12.What special food do people eat on this day? A. Moon cakes B. Noodles. C. Sweet dumplings. 13.What will Liu Ming and the girl do this evening? A. To watch a lantern show. B. To play tricks on their friends.C. To perform lion and dragon dances. 听第9段材料，回答第14-16三个问题。 14.Where are the speakers in? A. Museum B.library C.store 15. What did people in ancient China use the cup for? A. Cooking B. Drinking. C. Washing. 16. When was the cup made? A. During the Shang Dynasty.B. During the Ming Dynasty. C. During the Tang Dynasty. 听第10段材料，回答第17-20四个问题。 17. Who should the students stay with? A. The local family. B. Their classmates. C. Their teachers. 18. How much money should a student take? A. $500. B. $1000. C. $1500. 19. What should the students wear? A. A red coat. B. A blue trousers. C. A red hat. 20.What is the office phone number ? A. 580-4436. B.580-4463 C.850--4436 第三节 完型填空 China has changed a lot in the years since I first moved here. One of the developments is cashless payment (无现金支付), which has ____1____ the way we live and shop. China is the first country ____2____ cashless payment. I used a debit card (借记卡）to ____3____ things without cash for years in the US. But now that I can use my phone instead, it’s super easy and ____4____. One of the things I like most is that I can send and receive money directly ____5____ my friends. It makes it so much easier to share the bill when we eat out together. But like all technology, cashless payment has some ____6____ as well. What happens if your phone gets lost or stolen? There are also times when your phone’s mobile Internet connection, ____7____ the store’s Internet connection, might not work. One day, I went to buy some snacks. But when I got there, I found that the store’s cashless payments didn’t work and they could only ____8____ cash. I didn’t have any cash with me, so I had to ____9____ and leave without any snacks. So ____10____ cashless payments are convenient, you should always carry a bit of cash in order to avoid any possible inconvenience. 1. A. covered B. challenged C. changed 2. A. have B. to have C. having 3. A. take over B. spend on C. pay for 4. A. convenient B. relaxing C. different 5. A. in front of B. to and from C. at 6. A. experiences B. secrets C. problems 7. A. for B. but C. or 8. A. get B. accept C. need 9. A. give up B. make up C. pass on 10. A. since B. whether C. although 【答案】1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. C 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了无现金支付在中国的发展，主要谈了它的优点，也指出它也有不便之处。 【1题详解】 句意：其中一个发展是无现金支付，它改变了我们的生活和购物方式。 covered覆盖；challenged挑战；changed改变。根据“the way we live and shop”可知，此句是说改变了生活和购物方式，故选C。 【2题详解】 句意：中国是第一个实现无现金支付的国家。 have有，动词原形；to have有，动词不定式；having有，现在分词。此处应用动词不定式修饰句中名词“the first country”，故选B。 【3题详解】 句意：多年来，我在美国用借记卡买东西不用现金。 take over接管，占据；spend on表达错误，应拆开使用，即spend...on；pay for为……付钱。根据“without cash”可知，此处是说不用现金为东西付钱，“things”表示物，应用pay for。故选C。 【4题详解】 句意：但是现在我可以用我的手机来代替，这是超级简单和方便。 convenient方便的；relaxing让人放松的；different不同的。根据“it’s super easy”可知，此处是说用手机很方便，故选A。 【5题详解】 句意：我最喜欢的一件事是，我可以直接向我的朋友发送和接收钱。 in front of 在……前面；to and from来回；at在。根据“It makes it so much easier to share the bill when we eat out together.”可知，此处是说可以给朋友钱，也可以收钱，故选B。 【6题详解】 句意：但与所有技术一样，无现金支付也存在一些问题。 experiences经历；secrets秘密；problems问题。根据“What happens if your phone gets lost or stolen?”可知，此句是说无现金支付也有一些问题。故选C。 【7题详解】 句意：有时候，你的手机的移动互联网连接，或者商店的互联网连接，可能无法工作。 for为了；but但是；or或者，否则。句中“your phone’s mobile internet connection”和“ the store’s Internet connection”为选择关系，故选C。 【8题详解】 句意：但是当我到达那里时，我发现商店的无现金支付不起作用，他们只能接受现金。 get得到；accept接受；need需要。根据“I found that the store’s cashless payments didn’t work”可知，此处是说他们只能接受现金。故选B。 【9题详解】 句意：我身上没带现金，所以我只好放弃，没买零食就离开了。 give up放弃；make up编造；pass on传递。根据“leave without any snacks”可知，此处说自己只好放弃购物，故选A。 【10题详解】 句意：因此，尽管无现金支付很方便，你还是应该随身携带一些现金，以避免任何可能的不便。 since自从；whether是否；although虽然，尽管。根据“you should always carry a bit of cash in order to avoid any possible inconvenience”可知，此处是说虽然无现金支付很方便，故选C。 Part 2阅读理解。 第一节阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文的内容，选择最佳的答案。每题2分。共计24分 A Are you interested in Chinese traditional arts? Do you want to learn how to make them by hand? If so, come and join our clubs this weekend in our school. Sky Lantern Club Introduction (介绍): Sky lanterns are made of bamboo and covered with paper. They were first used to ask for help when people were in trouble. Today, they are used to show happiness and good wishes. Time: Saturday 8:30 a.m.~10:30 a.m. Place: Building 3 Room 501 Paper Cutting Club Introduction: Paper cutting turns a simple thing like a piece of paper into a beautiful piece of art. Pictures about flowers, animals and so on are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of good wishes and good luck. Time: Saturday 9:00 a.m.~11 :00 a.m. Place: Building 3 Room 502 Chinese Knot Club Introduction: Chinese knots are usually made of red and yellow ropes. They are used to express good wishes, including happiness, love, peace and so on. Time: Sunday 2:30 p.m.~4:30 p.m. Place: Building 3 Room 603 11. Sky lanterns are made of ________. A. clay and paper B. bamboo and paper C. red and yellow ropes 12. Students can go to _________ to enjoy paper cutting. A. Room 502 B. Room 603 C. Room 501 13. If you are busy on this Sunday afternoon, you CANNOT go to _________. A. Sky Lantern Club B. Paper Cutting Club C. Chinese Knot Club 14. Which of the following is TRUE about Chinese traditional arts? A. They are all symbols of good wishes B. They are made by machine. C. They are used to ask for help. 【答案】11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了我们学校本周末的三个俱乐部：孔明灯俱乐部，剪纸俱乐部和中国结俱乐部。 【11题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Sky lanterns are made of bamboo and covered with paper.”可知，孔明灯是用竹子和纸制成的，故选B。 12题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Paper Cutting Club...Place: Building 3 Room 502”可知，学生可以去502室欣赏剪纸，故选A。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Chinese Knot Club...Time: Sunday 2:30 p.m.~4:30 p.m.”可知，中国结俱乐部的学习时间是星期天下午2点30分到4点30分，因此你本周日下午很忙，不能去参加中国结俱乐部，故选C。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Today, they are used to show happiness and good wishes.”和“Pictures about flowers, animals and so on are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of good wishes and good luck.”和“They are used to express good wishes, including happiness, love, peace and so on.”可知，孔明灯、剪纸和中国结都是美好祝愿的象征，故选A。 B Recently, the basketball game “Village BA” was held in Taipan Village in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province. It was held by local villagers and most players came from villages. The Village BA was developed from the local (当地) Chi Xin Festival, a harvest celebration on June 6 of the lunar calendar. The Village BA is a part of celebration activities now. The Village BA was quite different from other common games. Local cultures were connected with the basketball game. People used both Putonghua and the Guizhou dialect (方言) to comment (解说) the games. During competition breaks, traditional Miao-style dances were performed and local agricultural (农业的) products such as ducks and rice were given as prizes. The facilities (设施) in Taipan Village are improving all the time. Everything is on the up here. The event is helping the development of the village and it encourages more people to love sports.” 15. The village BA in Taipan Village was held by ________. A. CBA B. local villagers C. professional basketball player 16. What can we know about Chi Xin Festival? A. It takes place on March 28 every year. B. It is a harvest celebration. C. It’s celebrated by all kinds of sports. 17. Why was the Village BA quite different from other common games? A. The local cultures were connected with competition. B. Both Putonghua and English are used to comment. C. Ducks and rice weren’t given as prizes for winners. 18. What does the underlined sentence “Everything is on the up here.” mean? A. You can find things you want in the village. B. Things in the village are cheap but good. C. Everything in the village is improving. 【答案】15. B 16. B 17. A 18. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了贵州的村超。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It was held by local villagers and most players came from villages.”可知村超是由当地村民举办的。故选B。 【16题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Village BA is about as grassroots as sports get, with matches originating (起源) from the local Chi Xin Festival, a harvest celebration”可知，吃新节是一种丰收庆典。故选B。 【17题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The Village BA was quite different from other common games. Local cultures were connected with the basketball game.”可知村超与其他正常比赛不同，是它与当地文化结合了。故选A。 【18题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“We attract more and more tourists, and the facilities (设施) here are improving all the time. Everything is on the up here”可知，这个地方吸引了很多游客，而且设施一直在改善，所以划线句子意为“村里的一切都在改善”。故选C。 C 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 lunar (农历) September 9th. Because the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long. It can show good wish of long life for elderly people. What will people do? 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. It is a traditional virtue (美德) in China to respect (尊重) elderly people. That’s because the Chinese know that elderly people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn from. Besides to respect the elderly people is to respect yourself tomorrow. 19. The Double Ninth Festival is a celebration for ________. A. fathers B. mothers C. elderly people 20. When is The Double Ninth Festival? A. On lunar October 9th. B. On lunar September 9th. C. On lunar August 9th. 21. What will people do on the Double Ninth Festival? A. Drinking chrysanthemum wine. B. Wearing the plant zhuyu. C. A and B. 22. Why is it a traditional virtue in China to respect elderly people? A. Because elderly people have knowledge and experience that the young can learn from. B. Because elderly people have more virtues than others. C. Because what they did in the past was meaningful. 【答案】19. C 20. B 21. C 22. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了重阳节。 【19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，重阳节是中国老年人的特殊节日。故选C。 【20题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for elderly people in China. The festival is on lunar (农历) September 9th”可知，重阳节在农历九月初九。故选B。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据“What will people do? On that day...They also drink chrysanthemum wine (菊花酒) and wear a plant called zhuyu to celebrate it”可知，在重阳节人们会喝菊花酒，戴一种叫茱萸的植物来庆祝。故选C。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It is a traditional virtue (美德) in China to respect (尊重) elderly people. That’s because the Chinese know that elderly people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn from”可知，尊重老人是中国的传统美德。这是因为中国人知道老年人有知识和经验，年轻人可以学习。故选A。 第二节（共5小题:每小题2分,满分10分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Many people often meet such difficult situations. They don’t know the way in a new place, and they are too shy to ask people for the ways. ____23____ First, ____24____ Such as “Excuse me” “Could you please.” “Thanks a lot” and so on. For example, when we want to ask someone strange for the way, we must say “Excuse me” first. Next “Could you please...” is often used while asking for the directions. ____25____ Second, we often need to take some useful things such as pens, special maps, cameras and so on. ____26____ We can write down the important words about the place, and then we can show them to the strangers who we want to ask for help. Of course, the cameras can also help us find our correct way. ____27____ Then we can show the photos about it to the strangers when asking for directions. A. Sometimes a pen can help us to get to the right place. B. you must know some important and useful expressions. C. Here are some advice on how to ask for the way politely. D. After we know how to get there, we should say “Thanks” to others. E. Before we go to a new place, we can get some photos about it. 【答案】23. C 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. E 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了许多人因为他们在新的地方不认识路，而且他们太害羞了，不敢向别人问路，所以作者给出了两个礼貌问路的技巧。 【23题详解】 根据前文“They don’t know the way in a new place, and they are too shy to ask people for the ways.”和后文内容可知，此处应该是介绍礼貌问路的建议，选项C“这里有一些关于如何礼貌地问路的建议。”符合语境。故填C。 【24题详解】 根据后文“Such as ‘Excuse me’ ‘Could you please.’ ‘Thanks a lot’ and so on.”可知，此处与礼貌的具体表达有关，B选项“你必须知道一些重要和有用的表达。”符合语境。故填B。 【25题详解】 根据前文“Next ‘Could you please...’ is often used while asking for the directions.”可知，此处介绍问路的相关内容，选项D“在我们知道如何到达那里之后，我们应该对别人说‘谢谢’。”符合语境。故填D。 【26题详解】 根据前文“Second, we often need to take some useful things such as pens, special maps, cameras and so on.”和后文“We can write down the important words about the place, and then we can show them to the strangers who we want to ask for help.”可知，此处介绍可用笔写下关于这个地方的关键词汇，选项A“有时一支笔可以帮助我们到达正确的地方。”符合语境。故选A。 【27题详解】 根据前文“Of course, the cameras can also help us find our correct way.”和后文“Then we can show the photos about it to the strangers when asking for directions.”可知，此处介绍用照相机拍照，选项E“在我们去一个陌生的地方之前，我们可以拍一些关于它的照片。”符合语境。故选E。 第三节 阅读下面的短文，1-3回答3个问题，每题2分，4,5英汉互译，每题2分，6判断正误1分，共计11分。 Tea, coffee and cola are three major drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world. ④Tea, silk and porcelain (瓷器) began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export (出口商品) since then. ⑤茶有4000多年的历史 and China is home to tea. In ancient China, tea was used as a kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily. Longjing, Pu’er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces. The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like “cha’i” in Russian. And the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese. Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique (独特的) tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea leaves picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. 28. What are three major drinks around the world? _______________________________________ 29. Why is tea produced mainly in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan? _______________________________________ 30. Have Chinese people developed their unique tea culture over the past centuries? _______________________________________ 31. 请将④处句子翻译为中文 _______________________________________ 32. 请将⑤处句子翻译为英文 _______________________________________ 33. 根据短文内容判断正误，正确填T，错误填F。 The Japanese character for tea is written exactly different from it is in Chinese. 【答案】28. Tea, coffee and cola. 29. Because the climate is mild and the soil is rich there. 30. Yes. 31. 茶，丝绸，瓷器开始为世界所熟知。 32. Tea has a history of over 4,000 years. 33. F 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了中国茶的文化，包括中国茶的历史，产地和制作过程。 【28题详解】 根据“Tea, coffee and cola are three major drinks all over the world.”可知，茶、咖啡和可乐是世界上三种主要的饮料，故填Tea, coffee and cola. 【29题详解】 根据“Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces.”可知，由于福建、浙江和云南气候温和，土壤肥沃，茶叶主要产于这些省份。故填Because the climate is mild and the soil is rich there. 【30题详解】 根据“Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique (独特的) tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea leaves picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on.”可知，在过去的几个世纪里，中国人发展了他们独特的茶文化，故填Yes. 【31题详解】 Tea“茶”，silk“丝绸”，porcelain“瓷器”，作并列主语；began to do sth“开始做某事”，be known by“为人所知”，the world“世界”，故填：茶，丝绸，瓷器开始为世界所熟知。 【32题详解】 Tea“茶”作主语，have a history of“有……历史”，主语为第三人称单数，谓语动词用has，over 4,000 years“4000多年”，故填Tea has a history of over 4,000 years。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据“And the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.”可知，日文的“茶”字和汉字写得一模一样，题干表述不正确，故选F。 Part3 写作技能 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 English class was hard for Laura. She wasn’t good ____34____ word tests. She felt like ____35____ she was always making mistakes and she didn’t want to embarrass herself. One Monday Ms. Price who was her English teacher announced (宣布) there would be a vocabulary test ____36____ Friday. That night, Laura made word cards and ____37____ (practice) everywhere. When Friday came, she only knew about half the words and it made ____38____ (she) sad and upset. A week later, Ms. Price gave some grammar homework. That night, it took Laura half an hour ____39____ (finish) it. Her friend Olivia texted that she needed help. Laura explained the verb tense to Olivia ____40____ using some funny emojis (表情符号). Olivia thought ____41____ a good idea it is! Laura thought it is also a good idea to remember the words. For each word or phrase, she drew emojis to help her remember them ____42____ (careful). For example, the phrase “apple of my eye” was easy. She added an apple and an eye emoji next to the phrase. All the words _____43_____ (write) correctly on the test! She was quite happy. 【答案】34. at 35. that 36. on 37. practiced 38. her 39. to finish 40 by 41. what 42. carefully 43. were written 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲了Laura用表情符号解释英语语法而获得背诵单词灵感，最终取得效果的故事。 【34题详解】 句意：她不擅长单词测试。固定短语be good at“擅长……”。故填at。 【35题详解】 句意：她觉得自己总是在犯错误，而且她不想让自己难堪。根据“She felt like … she was always making mistakes and she didn’t want to embarrass herself.”可知，这是一个主从复合句，此处需用that引导宾语从句。故填that。 【36题详解】 句意：星期一她的英语老师Ms. Price宣布在星期五将有一次词汇测试。on后面跟具体的某一天。on Friday在星期五。故填on。 【37题详解】 那天晚上，Laura 做了单词卡，并且到处练习。根据“That night, Laura made word cards and … (practice) everywhere.”可知，and连接两个并列谓语，句子是一般过去时，practice应用过去式。故填practiced。 【38题详解】 句意：到了星期五，她只认识了一半的单词，这让她很沮丧。make sb.+形容词“让某人……”，空处应为动词make的宾语，需填代词she的宾格her。故填her。 【39题详解】 句意：那天晚上，Laura花了半个小时完成。It takes sb. some time to do sth.为固定句型，表示“某人花费时间做某事”，故空处需动词不定式，故填to finish。 【40题详解】 句意：Laura用一些有趣的表情符号向Olivia解释了动词时态。根据“using some funny emojis (表情符号).”可知，空处表示方式，需填介词by“通过”。故填by。 【41题详解】 句意：Olivia认为它是多好的一个方法。根据“Olivia thought … a good idea it is!”可知，thought后面跟的是一个感叹句，what+a/an+形容词+主谓。故填what。 【42题详解】 句意：对于每个单词或短语，她都画了表情符号来帮助她认真地记住它们。remember“记住”为动词，需副词修饰。careful“认真的”的副词形式为carefully。故填carefully。 【43题详解】 句意：在考试中所有的单词都被正确地写出来了。此处时态为一般过去时，句子主语All the words与动词write之间是被动关系，此处需用一般过去时的被动语态，主语All the words是复数，助动词用were, write 过去分词是written。故填were written。 第二节 书面表达（15分） 44. 转眼间，你已经是一名九年级学生了。你还记得刚升入初中时的自己是什么样子吗？这两年在你身上发生了哪些变化？请以“My changes”为题，根据下面的要求完成这篇作文。 参考词汇：be weak in, be busy with, be active, used to In the past Now 课后活动 放学后做运动 忙于学习 学习上 英语差 擅长英语 性格上 内向，安静 外向，积极 外貌上 很矮 很高 其他方面 …… …… 要求： 1.写你四个方面的变化，其他方面可以自己补充使行文连贯。 2.词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 3.文中不允许出现真实的姓名。 My changes I’m in Grade 9 and I have changed a lot. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ These are my changes. What about you? 【答案】例文 My changes I’m in Grade 9 and I have changed a lot. First, I used to be short, but now I am a little taller. Second, I have made much progress in English. I used to be weak in it. But with my English teacher’s help, now I am good at English and interested in it. Third, I used to do sports after school, but now I am busy with my study. What’s more, I’m more outgoing and active than I used to be. I used to be so shy and quiet that I was afraid of speaking in front of people, but now I can give a speech in public. I’ve also made many friends. Also, I used to spend too much time playing computer games, but now I help my mother do some housework in my free time. I like these changes because they make me become better. These are my changes. What about you? 【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”和“一般过去时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏，适当增加细节完整表述内容。 [写作步骤] 第一步，从课后活动、学习、性格、外貌和生活习惯等方面介绍自己的变化； 第二步，介绍自己对这些变化的看法。 [亮点词汇] ①used to do sth过去常常做某事 ②make progress取得进步 ③be good at擅长 ④be interested in对……感兴趣 ⑤be afraid of害怕 [高分句型] ①I used to be so shy and quiet that I was afraid of speaking in front of people, but now I can give a speech in public.（so...that引导结果状语从句） ②I like these changes because they make me become better.（because引导原因状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 花垣县华鑫学校 2023 年秋九年级英语学科 期中考试试卷 命题人：______ 审核人：______ 时量：90分钟 分值：100分 Part I 听力和完形填空（共3节，满分30分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题。听每段对话前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。（共5小题，计5分） 1.How does Jack study for a test? A.By working with a group B. by reading the text book C.by listening to tapes 2. Which festival are the speakers talking about? A. Dragon Boat Festival B. Mid-Autumn Festival C. C. Spring Festival 3.Where is the bookstore? A. On Main Street B. B. On Center Street C. C. on the right 4. What did Laura use to be like? Ashort B.tall C. not short 5 What does the coat made of ? Awool B.cotton C.silk 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题。听每段对话或独白前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。（共15小题，计15分） 听第六段对话，回答第6、7题。 6.Did the girl go to the English club? A. Yes, she did. B. No, she didn’t. C. We don't know. 7. What's the most important thing for the girl? A. Open her mouth and speak up.B. Make friends with others.C. Join an English club. 听第七段材料，回答第8-10三个问题。 8.Who won the first prize? A.Susan B. Sally C.Mike 9. Sally was ______ in the past. A. shy B. friendly C. outgoing 10. Sally took part in the speech contest because ______. A. she wanted to have a change B. her teacher asked her to do so C. her mother encouraged her to do that 听第8段材料，回答第11-13三个问题。 11.What's the date today? A. Lunar January 1st. B. Lunar January 15th. C. Lunar May 5th. 12.What special food do people eat on this day? A. Moon cakes B. Noodles. C. Sweet dumplings. 13.What will Liu Ming and the girl do this evening? A. To watch a lantern show. B. To play tricks on their friends.C. To perform lion and dragon dances. 听第9段材料，回答第14-16三个问题。 14.Where are the speakers in? A. Museum B.library C.store 15 What did people in ancient China use the cup for? A. Cooking B. Drinking. C. Washing. 16. When was the cup made? A. During the Shang Dynasty.B. During the Ming Dynasty. C. During the Tang Dynasty. 听第10段材料，回答第17-20四个问题。 17. Who should the students stay with? A. The local family. B. Their classmates. C. Their teachers. 18. How much money should a student take? A. $500. B. $1000. C. $1500. 19. What should the students wear? A. A red coat. B. A blue trousers. C. A red hat. 20.What is the office phone number ? A. 580-4436. B.580-4463 C.850--4436 第三节 完型填空 China has changed a lot in the years since I first moved here. One of the developments is cashless payment (无现金支付), which has ____1____ the way we live and shop. China is the first country ____2____ cashless payment. I used a debit card (借记卡）to ____3____ things without cash for years in the US. But now that I can use my phone instead, it’s super easy and ____4____. One of the things I like most is that I can send and receive money directly ____5____ my friends. It makes it so much easier to share the bill when we eat out together. But like all technology, cashless payment has some ____6____ as well. What happens if your phone gets lost or stolen? There are also times when your phone’s mobile Internet connection, ____7____ the store’s Internet connection, might not work. One day, I went to buy some snacks. But when I got there, I found that the store’s cashless payments didn’t work and they could only ____8____ cash. I didn’t have any cash with me, so I had to ____9____ and leave without any snacks. So ____10____ cashless payments are convenient, you should always carry a bit of cash in order to avoid any possible inconvenience. 1. A. covered B. challenged C. changed 2. A. have B. to have C. having 3. A. take over B. spend on C. pay for 4. A. convenient B. relaxing C. different 5. A. in front of B. to and from C. at 6. A. experiences B. secrets C. problems 7. A. for B. but C. or 8. A. get B. accept C. need 9. A. give up B. make up C. pass on 10. A. since B. whether C. although Part 2阅读理解。 第一节阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文的内容，选择最佳的答案。每题2分。共计24分 A Are you interested in Chinese traditional arts? Do you want to learn how to make them by hand? If so, come and join our clubs this weekend in our school. Sky Lantern Club Introduction (介绍): Sky lanterns are made of bamboo and covered with paper. They were first used to ask for help when people were in trouble. Today, they are used to show happiness and good wishes. Time: Saturday 8:30 a.m.~10:30 a.m. Place: Building 3 Room 501 Paper Cutting Club Introduction: Paper cutting turns a simple thing like a piece of paper into a beautiful piece of art. Pictures about flowers, animals and so on are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of good wishes and good luck. Time: Saturday 9:00 a.m.~11 :00 a.m. Place: Building 3 Room 502 Chinese Knot Club Introduction: Chinese knots are usually made of red and yellow ropes. They are used to express good wishes, including happiness, love, peace and so on. Time: Sunday 2:30 p.m.~4:30 p.m. Place: Building 3 Room 603 11. Sky lanterns are made of ________. A. clay and paper B. bamboo and paper C. red and yellow ropes 12. Students can go to _________ to enjoy paper cutting. A. Room 502 B. Room 603 C. Room 501 13. If you are busy on this Sunday afternoon, you CANNOT go to _________. A. Sky Lantern Club B. Paper Cutting Club C. Chinese Knot Club 14. Which of the following is TRUE about Chinese traditional arts? A. They are all symbols of good wishes B. They are made by machine. C. They are used to ask for help. B Recently, the basketball game “Village BA” was held in Taipan Village in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province. It was held by local villagers and most players came from villages. The Village BA was developed from the local (当地) Chi Xin Festival, a harvest celebration on June 6 of the lunar calendar. The Village BA is a part of celebration activities now. The Village BA was quite different from other common games. Local cultures were connected with the basketball game. People used both Putonghua and the Guizhou dialect (方言) to comment (解说) the games. During competition breaks, traditional Miao-style dances were performed and local agricultural (农业的) products such as ducks and rice were given as prizes. The facilities (设施) in Taipan Village are improving all the time. Everything is on the up here. The event is helping the development of the village and it encourages more people to love sports.” 15. The village BA in Taipan Village was held by ________. A. CBA B. local villagers C. professional basketball player 16. What can we know about Chi Xin Festival? A. It takes place on March 28 every year. B. It is a harvest celebration. C. It’s celebrated by all kinds of sports. 17. Why was the Village BA quite different from other common games? A. The local cultures were connected with competition. B. Both Putonghua and English are used to comment. C. Ducks and rice weren’t given as prizes for winners. 18. What does the underlined sentence “Everything is on the up here.” mean? A. You can find things you want in the village. B. Things in the village are cheap but good. C. Everything in the village is improving. C 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 lunar (农历) September 9th. Because the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long. It can show good wish of long life for elderly people. What will people do? 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. It is a traditional virtue (美德) in China to respect (尊重) elderly people. That’s because the Chinese know that elderly people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn from. Besides to respect the elderly people is to respect yourself tomorrow. 19. The Double Ninth Festival is a celebration for ________. A. fathers B. mothers C. elderly people 20. When is The Double Ninth Festival? A. On lunar October 9th. B. On lunar September 9th. C. On lunar August 9th. 21. What will people do on the Double Ninth Festival? A. Drinking chrysanthemum wine. B. Wearing the plant zhuyu. C. A and B. 22. Why is it a traditional virtue in China to respect elderly people? A. Because elderly people have knowledge and experience that the young can learn from. B. Because elderly people have more virtues than others. C. Because what they did in the past was meaningful. 第二节（共5小题:每小题2分,满分10分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Many people often meet such difficult situations. They don’t know the way in a new place, and they are too shy to ask people for the ways. ____23____ First, ____24____ Such as “Excuse me” “Could you please.” “Thanks a lot” and so on. For example, when we want to ask someone strange for the way, we must say “Excuse me” first. Next “Could you please...” is often used while asking for the directions. ____25____ Second, we often need to take some useful things such as pens, special maps, cameras and so on. ____26____ We can write down the important words about the place, and then we can show them to the strangers who we want to ask for help. Of course, the cameras can also help us find our correct way. ____27____ Then we can show the photos about it to the strangers when asking for directions. A. Sometimes a pen can help us to get to the right place. B. you must know some important and useful expressions. C. Here are some advice on how to ask for the way politely. D. After we know how to get there, we should say “Thanks” to others. E. Before we go to a new place, we can get some photos about it. 第三节 阅读下面的短文，1-3回答3个问题，每题2分，4,5英汉互译，每题2分，6判断正误1分，共计11分。 Tea, coffee and cola are three major drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world. ④Tea, silk and porcelain (瓷器) began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export (出口商品) since then. ⑤茶有4000多年的历史 and China is home to tea. In ancient China, tea was used as a kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily. Longjing, Pu’er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces. The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like “cha’i” in Russian. And the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese. Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique (独特的) tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea leaves picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. 28. What are three major drinks around the world? _______________________________________ 29. Why is tea produced mainly in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan? _______________________________________ 30. Have Chinese people developed their unique tea culture over the past centuries? _______________________________________ 31. 请将④处句子翻译为中文 _______________________________________ 32. 请将⑤处句子翻译为英文 _______________________________________ 33. 根据短文内容判断正误，正确填T，错误填F。 The Japanese character for tea is written exactly different from it is in Chinese Part3 写作技能 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 English class was hard for Laura. She wasn’t good ____34____ word tests. She felt like ____35____ she was always making mistakes and she didn’t want to embarrass herself. One Monday Ms. Price who was her English teacher announced (宣布) there would be a vocabulary test ____36____ Friday. That night, Laura made word cards and ____37____ (practice) everywhere. When Friday came, she only knew about half the words and it made ____38____ (she) sad and upset. A week later, Ms. Price gave some grammar homework. That night, it took Laura half an hour ____39____ (finish) it. Her friend Olivia texted that she needed help. Laura explained the verb tense to Olivia ____40____ using some funny emojis (表情符号). Olivia thought ____41____ a good idea it is! Laura thought it is also a good idea to remember the words. For each word or phrase, she drew emojis to help her remember them ____42____ (careful). For example, the phrase “apple of my eye” was easy. She added an apple and an eye emoji next to the phrase. All the words _____43_____ (write) correctly on the test! She was quite happy. 第二节 书面表达（15分） 44. 转眼间，你已经是一名九年级学生了。你还记得刚升入初中时的自己是什么样子吗？这两年在你身上发生了哪些变化？请以“My changes”为题，根据下面的要求完成这篇作文。 参考词汇：be weak in, be busy with, be active, used to In the past Now 课后活动 放学后做运动 忙于学习 学习上 英语差 擅长英语 性格上 内向，安静 外向，积极 外貌上 很矮 很高 其他方面 …… …… 要求： 1.写你四个方面的变化，其他方面可以自己补充使行文连贯。 2.词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 3.文中不允许出现真实的姓名。 My changes I’m in Grade 9 and I have changed a lot. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ These are my changes. What about you? 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$