江苏省苏州工业园区景城学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2024-2025学年第一学期期中考试试卷 初三年级英语学料2024年11月 注家项 1.本武客满分120分,考试时间100分竹: 2。所有答瓷均应书写在答题冬上,按凯随号循小答在和应的位L,姐出答随区域书写的答靠无效:书写在议名上, 草鸡丝上的谷金无此: 3.辛休工些,笔记清是。保特答是卷面济估, 第一部分听力途择(共20小思:每小恩1分,消分20分) A)听下面10灵对话,每段对话后有1个小四,从题中所给的A、B、C三个进项中总出圾佳选项。 1.Which is Lily's animal sign? B 2.How does Mike learn about the world? 3.What does Jim's uncle do? A 4.What's Peter's problem? A B. C. 5.What is Bob like? A.Forgotful B Creative. G.Orgnnized. 6.Jow many people will go to the beach? A.Three. B.Four. C.Five. 7.What colour is the woman's bedroom now? A.Green. B Blue. C.Yellow. 8.Where does the boy's grandmother live? A.In Britain. B.In America. C.In France. 9.Why do some teenagers feel stressed? A.Their parents are strict with them. B They have difficulty making friends. C.They have too many exams. TO.Does Tom believe in star sfgns? A.No,he doesn't. B.Yes,he does C.We don't know. B)听对话和短文回答问题。 听段对话,回答第112小题。 11.Why can't the girl sleep well? A.Because she stays up lateto go over her lessons. B.Because she spends much time on TV. C.Becouse she has too much for dinner. 12.What does the doctor tell her to do? A.Go to bed carly. B.Eot more fruit. Listen to musie. 听布一篇短文、回答第1315小愿。 Why do people enjoy running todny? Doctors'suggestions Eat and drink less.Never smoke.13more. It helps build 14. How running helps It helps people lose weight. It can help people 15. 13.A.Walk B.Exercise C.Run 14.A.a strong heart B.strong arms C.strong legs 15.A.work B.sleep 包felax 听第二筒短文,回答第16-20小愿。 16.When and where was Albert Einstein bom? A.In Germany in 1897. B.In the USA in 1897. C.In Germany in879. 17.Why didn't Albert teacher like him? A.Because he often failed the exams. B.Because he was too noisy in class. C.Because he didn't speak to his classmates and teachers. 18.What did Albert do when he was having a picnic with his parents and neighbors? A.He played with other kids by the river. B.He helped with some work. C.He was just siuing there and looking off across the river. 19.What did Albert's mother think of his"silence"? A.He didn't like talking. B.He was thinking. C.He was a liule bit slower. 20.When did Albert win the Nobel Prize? An1920. Bn1921. C.n1922. 第二部分完形填空(共10小题:每小题1分,满分10分) 市认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各愿所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答愿卡上将该项涂黑, I could hardly believe my ears.I spoke in a rush."Oh,thal:you,sir!"I left the headmaster's office,feeling 21I felt as tall as the sky.I wanted to shout,jump,or do something. I would get the beautiful gold and green 22! On the way home,I remembered how nervous I was when I asked Grandpa for money the day before.I told him that the rules were different.The scholarship jacket was not free this year.I had to pay fifleen dollars,or it would be given to someone else.I was so sad when Grandpa 23 to pay.I could remember his words."24 you pay for it,it's nota sehelarship jacket,is it?Tell your headmaster I will not pay the fifteen dollars" Grandpa didn't fool me.I couldn't 25 to tell Grandpa and ran straight to the field.But when I saw him,I slowed down.I joined him in pulling up the grass_my hands. 2 After I had a little pile of grass,I stood up,him and nid."I'm getting the schelersbip jacket,Grandpa.That's after I told the heodmaster what you said.He said you ore28.The scholarship jocket is for my highest grades.I don't have to pay for it"Grandpa didn't soy anvthing.IIo 29 smiled.After a while,he said,"Bctter go and see if your grandmother needs any help with supper.! I gave 30 a big smile and mn back to the house. 21.A.angry N.great C.young D.tired 22.A.gm55 B.house Jacket D.field 23.refused B.offered C.agreed D.required 24.A.Although B.Until C.Before V.If 25.wait B.expect C.decide D.forget 20.A.through B.in C.with D.on 27.A.moved B.taught C.doubted D.faced 28.A.polite 昆ight C.wrong D.funny 29.A iust B.once C.never D.often 30.A.himself B.your G.Inm D.her 第三部分阅读理解(共15小题,年小题2分,共30分) 请认真阅读下列短文,从各愿所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项, A Do you know the Louvre?At first the Louvre was a simple defensive()huildingr and then it was one of the main houses of French kings for a long time.It became a museum in 1793,and now shows over 73,000 square meters of westem artworks from the Middle Ages to 1848.About 35,000 artworks are on display,the oldest of which date back over seven thousand years. Here is more information about the Louvre. Opening hours Getting to the Louvre Monday:9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tickets online:e17 Metro: Tuesday:Closed Quick entry to the museum in less than Palais-Royal Musee du Louvre (lines Wednesday:9 a.m.9:45 p.m. 30 minutes. land D)and Pyramids (line 14) Thursday:9 a.m-6p.m. Tickets at the museum:e15 Bus: Friday:9a.m-9:45 p.m. Admission(进入)to the Louvre is free No21,24,27,39,48,68,69,T2,81 Saturday:9 am.-9:45 p.m for all visitors on the first Sundey of the 95 Sunday:9 a.m.-6 p.m. month from October to March.as wellas Car: Closed on the following holidays: on July 14 (Bastille Day). underground parking,open daily January 1,May 1,December 25 from 7 a.m.to 11p.m. 31.What was the Louvre first used as? A.The French kings'house. B.A building against enemies. C.The French kings'garden. D.An art museum. 32 IMr Black wants to visit the Louvre wic his wife and two children on July 14,how much will he pay? y8. B.e60. .e0. D.e50. 33.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? X.The longest open time of the Louvre is 12 hours and 45 minutes. B.35,000 artworks on show date back over seven thousand years. C.People can get to the Louvre by bus No 1,7,14,21,24,27. D.If pcople want to have a cheaper ticket,they can buy online. 3 公 If you grew up in an unusual famlly and felt llmited by heavy thoughts,how would you change your life story?In the book Educared,the US writer Taru Westover shows us how she doals with hard times. ed The book talks about Westover's life.Her fatber had a junkynrd (in Idaho, the US.It was a very small mountnin village Tara nnd ber brothers and sisters worked every dav.Before she tumed 17,she had never traveled outside.None of the kids in her family had ever been to a school or hospitnl.As she got older,she felt that she needed to gel away from this uncomfortable situation.Luckily,Westover's older brother taught her to read.With hard work,Westover went to college on a scbolarship,and later got a PhD (in History at the University of Cambridge. Education changed her,her life,her way of thinking and even her luck.Afer reading the book,Icome to feel the deepest thanks for my own family,and the cducation I got.Education allows girls like Westover to fly like tirds toward their own goals.It allows us to get a different view,find new experiences,better understand others and explore the wider world.I wish for all ofus to be like free and strong birds,growing and changing through challenges and difficulties. 34.What does the underlined word "it"in Paragraph 2 refer to?? A.Idnhe. B.The book.C.Ajunkyard. D.A house. 35.What's the right order according to the passage? a.Westover went to college on a scholarship. b.Westover felt that she nceded to gepaway from the uncomfortable situation. c.Westover got a PhD(博士学位)in History at the University of Cambridge, d.Westover and her brothers and sisters worked every day. e.Westover's older brother taught her to read. A.d-e-c-a-b B.e-t-a-bc C.c-tea-c-d d-b-c-a-c 36.What is the main idea of the last parograph? A.The ways of thinking. B.The power of education. C.Experiences of girls'growing. D.Directions of birds'flying. 37.What is the genre(体载)of the text? A.A book review.B.A news report.C.A reading plan.D.A science-fiction story 0 An old saying used for forccosting the weather says,"Red sky at night,sailors'delight Red sky in the moming,sailors (take waring."Is the saying true?It tums out that it is.A red sky at sunset may mean that there are clear skies to the west,where the sun sets.A red sky at sunrise usually means that the clear weather has already passed,so storms might be coming.Forecasting the weather has been practiced for thousands of years. In the 5th century BC,the Greeks sent out forecasts to sailors.They used signs in nature to forecast the weather But today,metcorologists send cxact forecasts further in advance ()They use scicntific instruments to study weather conditions around the world and make forecasts.Pilots,rarmers and many other people depend on these forecasts.Luckily, most of us can simply look on the smart phone or tum on the TV to find out what kind of weather is coming. If you are looking for some signs of the weather,pay attention to nature.There are two basic tules used in weather forecasting:Weather generally moves from west to east,and low air pressure usually means rain or snow.So pay attention to the signs.If rainbows form in the west at sunrise,the su is on the way.Smell the flowers-their smells are stronger in wet air. What are the ants doing?Are they moving to higher ground?This could mean a drop in air pressure.Are the birds fying low or high?Falling air pressure my influence birds'ears,so they fly low.And if the sky is red at sunset,you might plan apienic for the next day! 38.What is the Chinese meaning of the old saying in the first paragraph? 心朝胶不出门,晚酸行千里。 B.日落胭脂红,无丽便是风。 C.早怕南云漫,晚怕北云翻。 D.日最三更用,月绿午时风, 4 39.How does the writer develop his idea in Parugruph 2? A.By telling a true story about weather forecasting. B.By listing the reasons for temrible weather. C.By mentioning the difficulties in forecasting the weather. D.By introducing different ways of forecasting the weather. 40.What do we know from the last paragraph? A.Birds fly higher because of the low air pressure. B.The smells of flowers are stronger in wet air. C.It'll be sunny if ants move to higher places. D.It'll rain if rainbows form in the west at sunrise. 41.What's the writer's purpose of writing the text? A.To cxpress the need for weather forecasting. B.To encourage people to get close to nature. To explain nature can tell us about the weather. D.To discuss how important weather forecasting is. D Plunk!I dropped another pecan (into my basket.Then a gentle autumn wind blew some more off the tree.I ran to pick them up.Whew!Pecan picking was hard.My basket was only half full. I wos visiting my grandpa's farm in Kansas.and Grandpa sent me into the woods to pick up pecans for us to enjoy later.I wasn't about to let him down.Then something caught my eye:a squirrel picked up a pecan,climbed up a tree and disappeared into a large hole.Amoment later,the squirel climbed down to the ground to pick up another pecan.Once again,he took the pecan back to his secret hiding place inside the hollow of the tree. Not so secret any more,I thought.I ran over to the tree and found the hollow was.filled with sweet pecans.They were right there for the taking.This wes my chance.Handful by handful,I took all the pecans from the hollow.Now the basket was full! I was so proud of myself.I couldn't wait to show Grandpa all of the pecans I'd collected. "Look,Grandpa,"I shouted,"Look at all of the pecans I found!" Grandpa took a look at my basket."Well,well,how did you find so many,Jimmy?"I told him how I'd followed the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.Grandpa congratulated me on finding out something about the squirrel's habits.Then he did something that surprised me.He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently around my shoulders. "That squirrol werked very herd to cole hts wtnrer food,"he said."Now that all of his pecans are gone,don't you think that that little squirrel will be very bungry when it gets cold?" "I didn't think about that,"I said. "I know,"Grandpa said."But a good man should never take advantage of someone else's bard work.eyen the squirel's." Suddenly I felt as hollow as that old tree.The imege of that hungry squirrel wouldn't leave my mind.There was only one thing I could do. 42.The writer was proud of himself because A.he helped the squirrel in the hollow B.he was praised by his grandpa he filled his basket with so many pecans D.he found out his grandpa's secret 43.Which of the following can best describe Grandpa? A.Careful and generous. B.Kid and wise. C.Shy and halpful. D.Patient and hopest. 44.What is the possible ending to the story? A.The writer hid the pecans in his grandpa's house. B.The writer enjoyed all the pecans with his family. C.The writer seot the pecans to bis neighbors. D.The writer put all the pecans back into the hole. 45.What is the best title for the text? A.The magic basket B.A smart squirrel The stolen pecans D.An unusual tree 第四部分信息还原(共5小题:每小题1分,满分5分) 谢认真阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。 There are purple clothes,purple handbags,puple bicycles,purple furniture,and even purple computers!So purple is one of the most popular colours today.46 tet's.ake a look at the tich history of the colour purple. Some scientists believe that the first plants to appear on Earth over 500 million years ago probably looked purple,not green. But these early plants probablyused-something-called retinal,which is a dark purple colour. During the time of the Roman Empire(27 BC-476 AD),it was very difficult to make purple dye () But 10,000 dead sed snails got you just one gram of purple dye as well as a very bad smell!This special purple dye was called Tyrian purple,and it was the preferred colour of etiperors () 4sQueen Elizabeth I's clothes were purple,but ordinary people were not allowed to war the colour. In 1856,William Perkin,an 18-year-old scicace student noticed something strange while doing an experiment () The chemicals he used to clean his instruemixed with the chemicals he used in his experiment and produced a bright purple colour.50 The dye was much cheaper than sea-snail dye.Thanks to Perkin,now anyone can afford to wear purple clothes. A.The dye came from sea snails. B.The process of making that was not easy. C.In 16th-century England,purple was only for the king's family members. D.But many people didn't like purple in the past E.But in the past,purple was a very expensive and unusual colour. F.Plants today are green,because they use green chlorophyll to produce energy. G This discovery led Perkin to start a'company using this chemical mixture to make puple dye. 第五部分词汇运用(共13小题:每小题1分,满分13分) 第一节根据下列句子所给汉语注释或首字母,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。纸空 限填一问。 51.The 开拓者)in the medical area have left us so much useful knowledge 52.What great dif伍culty Ihad_(解t)肉ea problem!Luckily,I worked it out. 53.She is too nervous to express herself _(正确地)in English in public. 54.There will be showers tomorrow,with the temperature in the(). 55.-Jack,let's have a picnic after school. Sory.Ihave_(允诺to work on the biology report wit他Frank. 56.He doesn't know much about the project,as ho was a from the last two meetings. 57.We won't realize how much health m to us until we lose it. 58 Happiness is to feeling what friendship is tor 第二节请认真阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的单词或短语,在容愿卡标有题号的横线上、填入其正确形式。每 个单词或短语仅用一次。 6 AS S0OD AS patient5 except usual power Why can music sometimes remain in the brain long other memoresdisappear? wDicoralLTA Why is it that some people with limited longudee abuuies cansing very well? 花宝达 In his book Musicopbilia,brain sclentistDr.Ollver Sacks studies tho159 conncction between music and the brain.He writes about how mustc improves the liwes of musicians )hospital60,and common pcople.The stories he writes explain the seicnce of the brain and the way it works.It also mentions the experiences of people trying hard to live with61 conditions.Ue gives an example of a man whose brain was damaged ()which strangely left him wishing to become a pianist at the age of 42.Another interesting example is of a man whose memory usually lasts only seven scconds,62When he listens to music.63 he hears music,his mind becomes very sharp,with a near- perfect memory. 第六部分短文填空(共10小题:每小题1分,潮分10分) 请认真阅读下面短文,在答题卡标有题号的樅线上,填入一个适当的单词或括号内单诃的正确形式,每空限填一词。 The theme parks in the world are popular because they have their own character IPs(知i识产权),such as Mickey Mouse and Harry Potter.According to research report,IP is the"heart"of a theme park.To develop China's own IPs, some theme parks make good use 65 traditional Chinese culture,and others focus on films and dramas about Chinese stories,which are certainly good66unoose). It is encouraging that the Chinese cultural industry has been taking a big step in ci and67(value)works. For example,some famous theme parks have opened in Shanghai and Beijing 68(recent).It's happy to see that some Chinese culture has been69(welcome)in the parks by more and more people. Over the past few years,Chinese cultural IPs have often appeared pot only in movies in TV series.For example,the Chinese film Chang'an San Ban Li became 71(successfthanks to the Chinese ink paintings,ancient poems and high technology in it.Besides,Mulan,which was produced years ago,helped traditional Chinese culture to be leamed by the world. Traditional Chinese culture 72(providesspecial expericnces for the entertainment industry.The key lies in new ideas.With the help of high technology,China can develop the traditional cultural IPs73(itaed it will have world-class theme parks in the coming years. 第七部分阅读表达(共3小题:74小题2分、75小题2分、76小题3分,满分7分) 请认真阅读下面短文,用英语回答知文后的问题。 Frost's Descent (signals that winter is on the way.As the sun gradually retreats from the Northem Hemisphere,temperatures drop sharply,and a crisp chill fills the air. With the arrival of Frost's Descent,the energetic colors of autumn begin to fade(褪色).Leaves turn brittle(易碎的)and yellow,covering the ground.The moming mist,the low-hanging grey clouds,and the last stubborn leaf sticking to the branch all whisper the coming of winter. An old saying goes,"If you don't barvest vegetables by Frost's Descent,you will get nothing."This reminds farmers to gather their crops quickly before the frost damages (them.Additionally,Frost's Descent was a time for ancestral worship ()when people expressed respect for their ancestors and gratitude for the harvest through the ceremony. The ancient Chinese believed that Frost's Descent was a very important moment in the shift between yin and yang.With yin energy gradually strengthening ()all living things began to draw back and hiberate().It is also an important time for taking in nourishment )People begin eating more beef and lamb to build up strength in prparation for the colder months 74.What are lcaves like during Frost's Descent? 75.What may happen to the vegetables or other crops if they are not harvested before Frost'Descent? 76.What would you do during Frost's Descent?Why? 第八部分书面表达(共1题:满分25分) 习总书记告诫青年人“艰难困苦,玉妆于成”,每个人的成长都是一种蜕变的过程,从幼雅走向成熟,从逆境 走向成功.“精感石没羽,岂云惮险坚”,初中三年你有过逆势前行克服因难的经历吗?请以“The harder,.the better” 为愿,写一箱书面表达讲述你的一次经历和感悟。 要求: (1)确定主题: (2)固绕主愿,我达内容积极向上,有具体生动的事件: (3)词数100词左右: (4)作文中不要出现考生和相关人物的真实校名和姓名。 提示问愿: 1.What was the difficulty? 2.What did you do to get over the difficulty? 3. What have you lcamned from it? The harder,the better 位 置