福建省莆田市第十五中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

莆田第十五中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考英语试卷 姓名 ：________ 班级 ：_________ 座号：_________ （满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟；考试形式：闭卷） I. 听力（共三节，20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节 听句子。 听下面五个句子，从每小题所给的A、B、C三幅图中选出与句子内容相符的选项。（每个句子读两遍） A. B. C. ( )1. A. B. C. ( )2. A. B. C. ( )3. A. B. C. ( )4. A. B. C. ( )5. 第二节 听对话。 听下面七段对话，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案。（每段对话读两遍） 听第1段对话，回答第6小题。 ( )6. How old is Sam now? A. Six. B. Sixteen. C. Twenty-two. 听第2段对话，回答第7小题。 ( )7. What body language does the woman think is the most important? A. Eye contact(交流). B. Shaking hands. C. Bowing. 听第3段对话，回答第8小题。 ( )8. Where are the two speakers? A. In a bookstore. B. In the school library. C. In an English club. 听第4段对话，回答第9小题。 ( )9. What did Mary make progress in? A. Listening and speaking. B. Reading and listening. C. Writing and reading. 听第5段对话，回答第10、11小题。 ( )10. What is today’s homework? A. Listening to the text. B. Translating the paragraphs. C. Practicing speaking. ( )11. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates. 听第6段对话，回答第12、13小题。 ( )12. How long has Ann learned Chinese? A. For a year. B. For seven months. C. For half a year. ( )13. What does Ann think of Chinese? A. Beautiful but boring. B. Interesting but hard. C. Boring and hard. 听第7段对话，回答第14、15小题。 ( )14. What does Mary find especially hard in learning English? A. Spelling. B. Pronunciation. C. Grammar. ( )15. What does the man advise Mary to do? A. Do more reading. B. Do more exercises. C. Learn more words. 第三节 听短文。 根据你所听到的短文内容，完成下面表格，每空填一词。（短文读三遍) Note-Taking Tips(技巧) First Write down 16 points. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, you need to 17 them down. Second Ask your teacher to 18 what you’ve missed. Third Compare your notes with the 19 . Fourth Keep notes for each 20 in one place. II. 选择填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。 ( ) 21. It was really kind her to clean up the street a cold winter morning. A. of; on B. for; on C. of; in ( ) 22. Mr. Green is honest man and we all like him. A. the B. a C. an ( ) 23. —What’s the advantage of this kind of watch? —Parents can ______ know the position of their children with it. A. widely B. luckily C. exactly ( ) 24. Working as a team means celebrating ______ and facing failure together. A. secrets B. victories C. mistakes ( ) 25. —Kitty, are you _______? —Yes. I try to keep my eyes open but I can’t. A. serious B. crazy C. sleepy ( ) 26.His opinions are similar ________ yours but different ________ Julia’s. A．from; to B．to; from C．as; with ( ) 27. —New energy vehicles(汽车) ______ by more and more people. —You’re right. Technology has improved our lives. A. use B. used C. are used ( ) 28. —More and more people come to visit the Great Wall. —That’s true. It is the _______ of China. A. courage B. pride C. effect ( ) 29. —Dad, I’m really worried about my future. —Take it easy. ______ you do and wherever you go, I will always stand by you. A. Whatever B. Whenever C. However ( ) 30. Bob has trouble ________ the word. That means he can’t get the ________ right. A．pronouncing; pronunciation B．pronunciation; pronounce C．pronouncing; pronounce ( ) 31. —Thanks to my group members’ help, I have made great progress in my English. —Your parents must be ______ your grades this time. A. bored of B. strict with C. pleased with ( ) 32. The brave man was _______ by the local government at the meeting because he saved two kids in the river. A. praised B. punished C. caught ( ) 33. —Judy will leave for Paris. Are you going to _______ at the airport? —Of course. She is my good friend. A. send her back B. see her off C. take her away ( ) 34. —What’s the weather like there today? —Windy, but rainy _______. A. on time B. in time C. at times ( ) 35. —Tomorrow my parents and I are going to Sydney. —_______ A. Wish you success! B. Have a good trip! C. Congratulations! III．完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 You may think that people have used English dictionaries for many, many centuries. In fact, English dictionaries didn’t 36 until the Qing Dynasty. Three men did most of the important early work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to 37 words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The 38 dictionary in the world is The Oxford English Dictionary. The 39 for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University(大学) asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.   Murray had never been to college. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught 40 while working in a bank. 41 he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray 42 a small house in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of 43 at five o’clock and worked in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was 44 adding words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary until he was very old.   Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the largest dictionary. What 45 work it is! （ ）36. A. work B. appear C. leave （ ）37. A. spell B. collect C. invent （ ）38. A. largest B. newest C. oldest （ ）39. A. way B. use C. idea （ ）40. A. he B. him C. himself （ ）41. A. Later B. Since then C. So far （ ）42. A. built B. sold C. broke （ ）43. A. home B. village C. bed （ ）44. A. already B. still C. always （ ）45. A. hard B. relaxing C. interesting IV. 阅读理解（共两节，25小题；满分45分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） A Here are four original English picture books for the children who like reading English books. Hello, Bicycle! By Ella Boyd Illustrator(插画家): Daniel Griffo ★★★☆☆ 48 comments(评论) $4.5 Riding a bicycle can be fun even if there are a few bumps(碰撞) along the way. Daniel Griffo’s drawings add excitement to a child’s first try at riding a bicycle without training wheels. Don’t hurt your head. Put on your helmet, and let’s go! Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss ★★★★★ 4,628 comments $7.3 The book shows us: life may be a “Great Balancing(平衡) Act”, but through it all “There’s fun to be done”. It’s a perfect gift for anyone starting a new stage of their life! Cool Dog, School Dog By Deborah Heiligman Illustrator: Tim Bowers ★★★★☆ 570 comments $5.31 Tinka is a boy’s dog, a naughty and cool dog. Bright illustrations add excitement to the story about a boy and his “loves-to-hear-a-book” dog. Are You My Mother? By P. D. Eastman ★★★★☆ 1,628 comments $5.94 As soon as the mother bird goes out to look for food for her baby, the baby bird is born. He immediately sets off to find his mother, but he doesn’t know what she looks like. Still, the little bird keeps looking for his mom. （ ）46. Who wrote the book Hello, Bicycle!? A．Ella Boyd. B．Dr. Seuss. C．Deborah Heiligman. D. P. D. Eastman. （ ）47. Which of the following is TRUE about Cool Dog, School Dog? A．It is the most expensive of the four. B．It is about a schoolboy and a dog. C．Tinka is a quiet and smart school dog in the book. D．Tinka is good at teaching children to read in the book. （ ）48. Which of the four books is the most popular? A．Hello, Bicycle! B．Oh, the Places You’ll Go! C．Cool Dog, School Dog D．Are You My Mother? （ ）49. What is the book Are You My Mother? about? A．Riding a bicycle can be fun. B．Life may be a great balancing act. C．The importance of being true to someone. D．A little bird is looking for his mom. （ ）50. The text is probably a _______. A．personal diary B．school notice C．news report D．book review B A 79-year-old grandma, Xu Xiuzhen, recently became famous for videos of her talking with foreigners on the Internet. In these videos, she speaks different languages with them. Grandma Xu has worked as a tour guide and vendor(摊贩) in Yangshuo, a county in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region(自治区) since 1998. Grandma Xu left junior school in the third grade. To make a living, she began to learn different languages to encourage more foreigners to buy things. Over the past twenty years, she has taught herself 11 foreign languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. It makes her popular, and her excellent language skills have also made it easier for her to communicate with foreign tourists. Grandma Xu said she had learned how to pronounce the words from different foreigners first and then memorized them. And then the words would be reviewed in her head before going to bed and after getting up. Gradually, she can talk with foreigners better and better. Grandma Xu has also become one of the busiest tour guides in Yangshuo. Her popularity attracts lots of tourists every day, especially foreign visitors who come to meet the special guide out of respect. （ ）51. How long has Grandma Xu worked as a tour guide？ A. Less than 20 years. B. More than 20 years. C. More than 30 years. D. About 70 years. （ ）52. Why did Grandma Xu learn different languages？ A. To make a living. B. To return to the school. C. To be friends with foreigners. D. To go to a college. （ ）53. What makes Grandma Xu popular？ A. Helping many foreigners. B. Teaching other tour guides English. C. Teaching herself 11 foreign languages. D. Selling the best things. （ ）54. How did Grandma Xu learn foreign languages? A. By reading English books. B. By reviewing the words in the head. C. By making word cards. D. By taking lots of notes. （ ）55. What’s the best title for the passage？ A. Never Too Old to Learn B. Easier Said Than Done C. Knowledge Comes From Questioning D. Interest Is the Best Teacher C If you put your history notes under your pillow(枕头) and sleep on them the night before an exam, will you do any better in the exam? Most of us have hoped this may help. However, knowledge can’t go through the pillow into your brain(大脑). But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn while you are asleep. Scientists aren’t exactly sure how it works, but they have discovered that the brain can learn things during sleeping hours. In one experiment(实验), scientists gave German speakers some Dutch(荷兰语) words to learn. Then, they divided them into three groups. The scientists played the Dutch words for people in Group 1 while they were asleep, without telling these German speakers what they were doing. The sound was low so it didn’t wake them up. Another group listened to the same words while they were awake. The scientists found the people in Group 1 were better able to understand and translate the words later. This was true only for the words that were played while they were sleeping. The third group listened to the words when they walked. The walkers didn’t have the same success in remembering the words as the sleeping group. The scientists later found that people had more slow-wave brain activities all over the night. They said that more slow waves made people have a better memory for the new words. ( ) 56. When did the scientists play foreign words for people in Group 1? A. Before they went for a walk. B. Before they went to bed. C. When they were asleep. D. When they were having dinner. ( ) 57. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to ______. A. Dutch words B. German speakers C. Dutch speakers D. German words ( ) 58. The last two paragraphs tell us the experiment’s _______. A. result B. reason C. effect D. purpose ( ) 59. What can we learn from the passage? A. People can’t learn during sleeping hours. B. German speakers enjoy learning Dutch words. C. Slow-wave brain activities can help people have a good sleep. D. People in Group 3 didn’t remember the words as well as those in Group 1. ( ) 60. In which section of a newspaper can you read the text? A. Sport. B. History. C. Science. D. Population. D As humans, we communicate using the senses of sight(视觉)touch and hearing. We send messages with body language, we greet friends with touch, and we speak with words to show our feelings and ideas. Animals don't communicate in as many ways as humans—for example, they don't have languages like we do—but many animals do also use the senses of sight, touch and hearing. A good example of this is “elephant communication". Like humans, elephants understand each other by looking at each other's body language. To send a message, they use their whole body, or just their heads, eyes, mouths, ears, trunks(象鼻), tails, or feet. For example, elephants spread their ears to show anger(愤怒). And while humans shake their heads to show disagreement, elephants do this to show they are happy. As with humans, touch is also very important between elephants. Just like a human mother holds her baby, a mother elephant regularly touches her young baby with her trunk. Elephants also show they are friendly when they touch other elephants. And when they want to have fun, they hold each other by the trunk and pull. Even if they can't laugh like a human, elephants actually have a great sense of humor(幽默). Elephants have very large ears, which means they can hear other elephants from as far as 2.5 miles away. Like humans, they can also imitate(模仿) sounds and make their own sounds that seem to communicate in basic human words and phrases like “Hello”“I love you” and “Let's go”. So while it's true that humans are amazing at communication, elephants also communicate in ways that we aren't able to follow, and that's probably true for other animals, too. ( ) 61. How do elephants show they are happy? A. By moving their whole body. B. By spreading their ears. C. By shaking their heads. D. By touching other elephants. ( ) 62.What can elephants do according to the passage? A. Imitate the sounds they hear. B. Have fun with feet. C. Laugh like a human. D. Hear people from 2.5 miles away. ( ) 63. From the passage, we can know A. animals don't communicate with each other at all B. elephants have their own ways of communication C. humans use the five senses for communication D. elephants have no sense of humor （ ）64. Which of the following best shows the structure（结构） of the passage？ （P＝Paragraph） （ ）65. What's the purpose of the passage? A. To tell us how elephants live in nature. B. To express how smart elephants are. C. To introduce what skills elephants have. D. To explain how elephants communicate. 第二节 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） E As we know, there are differences between Western culture and Chinese culture. 66 Let’s look at some words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have bad meanings. 67 In English, people use the dog to describe(描述) good actions. For example, “You are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. And “Every dog has its day” means each person has good luck sometimes. 68 But in Western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is unkind. There are many other examples of how “cat” is used differently as well. The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some Western countries. 69 And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries. 70 We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used. A. The words about plants and animals are used in good or bad ways in different cultures. B. People think it stands for love, peace, courage and friendship. C. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. D. But in Western countries, dogs are considered to be honest and good friends of humans. E. However, Chinese love cats very much. V. 情景交际（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据情景提示，完成下列各题。 71. 同桌要去参加英语演讲比赛，你可以这样祝他成功： I ____________________________________________. 72. 你同桌向你倾诉他很担心他的英语，你可以这样安慰他: _____________________________________________. 73. 你想知道如何改善发音，可以这样问李老师： ________________________________________, Mr. Li？ 74. 你认为大声朗读是学习英语的好方法，可以这样说： I think ___________________________________________. 75. 你想搭朋友的便车，可以这样说： Could you _______________________________________? VI. 看图写话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分） 根据每小题所提供的图画情景和提示词，写出一个与图画情景相符的句子。 76. trouble, learn 77. divide, piece 78. fly, tomorrow 79. decide, which 80. dare, public 76. ____________________________________________________ 77. ____________________________________________________ 78. ____________________________________________________ 79. ____________________________________________________ 80. ____________________________________________________ VII. 短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10 分） 阅读下面短文，根据语境或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。 When you visit 81 foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely. For example, you may ask “Where are the restrooms?” 82 “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?” These are similar questions about directions. Both are correct, but the 83 (one) expression seems less polite. That is because it is a very direct question. It is not enough to just ask a question 84 (correct). We also need to learn how to be polite when we turn 85 others for help. Good speakers change the way they speak in different 86 (situation). The expressions they use might depend on whom they are speaking to or how 87 (good) they know each other. It is all right to ask your classmates direct questions because you know 88 (they) well. However, if you ask your teacher, “When is the school trip?”, this might sound 89 (polite). But if you say, “Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you know when the school trip is?”, this 90 (sound) much more polite. VIII. 书面表达（满分15分） 91．假如你叫李华，你即将初中毕业，在当今的“双减教育政策”之下，如何在有限的时间之内高效学习好初中英语，请你写一篇发言稿，给母校的初一初二同学们谈谈你的一些正确建议和看法。 参考词汇：preview（预习）；put up one’s hand；review（复习）；knowledge；read aloud； improve； make mistakes；as long as ... 注意： 1）语句通顺，意思连贯，表达正确； 2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3）文中不得出现自己的真实姓名，校名和地名； 4）词数80词左右（作文的开头已给出，不计入总词数）。 Hello, boys and girls! I’m happy to share some learning ways and feelings about English here. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第 1 页 共 10 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$