浙江省杭州市清河实验学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期英语期中模拟试卷

清河实验2024年九年级第一学期英语期中模拟试卷问卷

命题：王振凯、杨敏、殷光恒   审核：王学红

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第I卷

第一部分听力部分（略）

第二部分笔试部分

二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项.

One morning, I was on the subway, going to work. A__16__came over the speaker(广播). It said, “This stop is Shady Grove Park.” I heard a little voice__17__it and looked down. A young girl said it again: “This stop is...” Carefully and slowly, and with a little roll (卷) of her hand, she said it__18__. It was like__19__was teaching a puppy.

Then I__20__. She wasn't teaching a puppy. She was teaching her__21__!

I listened and__22__the mother talk to someone in basic English. She said that she was from South Korea and learning English__23__her daughter or with her daughter. The mother__24__could talk in English, but she still had a long way to go. Being Korean, she said that she had problems with“th” and“r”sounds. __25__she finally got them right, the little girl__26__and gave her mom a high five.

At the next stop, her mom successfully said the name of the stop with__27__pronunciation. “This stop is the Railroad Station.”

It was the cutest start to my day. All day, I__28__that girl's smile and felt happier. She spoke three languages and her English was already__29__than my own kid's! However, most special was the mother. She was__30__to be taught by her daughter. How cute the mother and daughter are!

16.A.sound B.song C.noise D.music

17.A.repeat B.tell C.say D.speak

18.A.sooner or later B.at the same time C.once in a while D.over and over again

19.A.her B.he C.she D.it

20.A.understood B.fell C.left D.hid

21.A.father B.brother C.sister D.mother

22.A.caught B.said C.spoke D.heard

23.A.from B.about C.with D.in

24.A.totally B.simply C.certainly D.mainly

25.A.Where B.When C.Why D.While

26.A.cried B.agreed C.smiled D.accepted

27.A.perfect B.terrible C.bad D.poor

28.A.thought of B.waited for C.worried about D.turned down

29.A.worse B.more C.less D.better

30.A.quiet B.glad C.polite D.sad

三、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A

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ONLINE SHOPPING: The Crazy Things People Buy In this week's blog, we look at some unusual things people can buy online.

①A PIECE OF THE MOON: $27.50

It's true. You can own a piece of land on the moon. An acre, or about 4.000 square meters, of moon costs $27.50. That's

a lot of space for your stuff. In fact,the price of each acre goes down when you buy more land. Imagine what you could do with al that space. if you could travel there! But don't worry, you get a certificate(证书) that says the land is yours.

②SOMEONE TO STAND IN LINE FOR YOU: $25 AN HOUR

No one likes to stand in line, right? Now you don't have to! For $25 an hour, someone waits patiently in line to get the things you need. Imagine that! Some people pay for someone to stand in line for movie tickets or for a new video game that's on sale. Book online in just a few clicks.

③ SOME VERY EXPENSIVE SNEAKERS: $20,000 AND UP

Do you ever think your shoes are boring? Well, our sneakers are just what you need. Just go to our online store, look for a pair of sneakers you like, and place a bid(竞价). Maybe you'll win! Some of the sneakers are from famous basketball players.

④ NO TIME FOR A REAL PET: $12

Many people like dogs and cats, but they just don't have the time to take care of them. If that sounds like you, here's the answer to your problem: a digital pet rock. It's clean, it's quiet, and it doesn't need food. It comes in a box. We think it's just about the perfect pet. You plug(插) it into your laptop, and it's always with you!

31. How much do you need if you want to buy 8,000 square meters of moon and a pet rock?

 A. $39.5 B. $67 C. $20,012 D. $220,012

32. What do you need to do to get others line up for you?

 A. Get a certificate. B. Book online. C. Place a bid. D. Buy a pet rock.

33. Why are these things mentioned in this blog?

 A. Because they are easy to buy. B. Because they are at good prices.

 C. Because they are unusual things. D. Because they can save your time.

B

Everyone faces difficulties in their life. Daniel Kish was born with a special eye illness and lost his eyesight when he was only 14 months old.

Soon after, however, he started to do an amazing thing. He learned to make clicks(咔哒声) with sonar(声呐) to help him move around. Kish now moves about using sonar. He is so good at it that he can ride a bicycle by himself on public roads. And he started the organization World Access for the Blind(WAFTB) in 2000, teaching others how to use sonar. In the interview with National Geographic, he explains how the sonar works.

“When I make a click sound, it produces sound waves. These waves reflect(反射) off surfaces around and return to my ears. My brain then deals with the sound and turns it into pictures in my mind. Each click is like a camera flash, which helps me make a 3-D picture of my surroundings for hundreds of feet. It's like having a conversation with the environment.”

Kish feels it is exciting to ride a bike using sonar, although he needs to click twice a sound, much more than he usually does. “It may sound a bit dangerous to move around the world in this way,” he says. “But most people in the world live in fear of things that they imagine. I love hiking and mountain-biking. I go almost everywhere. And I've never had an accident and hurt myself.”

He is happy to be able to help more blind children to improve their life. “We've served over 10,000 students in nearly 40 countries,” he tells the reporter. “Many students are surprised how quickly results come. Seeing isn't in the eyes. It's in the mind.”

34. When did Daniel Kish lose his eyesight?

 A. When he grew up.  B. When he was born. 
 C. When he went to work.  D. When he was 14 months old.

35. Why does Kish move around using sonar?

 A. Because he is good at making clicks. B. Because it makes him see the world.

 C. Because he has a great interesting science. D. Because it is good for him to keep healthy.

36. What can we learn about World Access for the Blind(WAFTB) from the passage?

 A. It offers the blind free bicycles B. It teaches the blind to use sonar.

 C. It helps blind find more friends D. It sells sonar products to the blind.

37. Which of the following is the right order showing how the sonar works?

 ① The sound waves reflect off surfaces. ② The person makes a clicking sound.

 ③ The brain turns the sound into pictures. ④ The sound waves reach the person's ears.

 A.②①④③ B.②③①④ C.①④②③ D.①③②④

C

In a room at Stanford University, scientists are studying a small animal called gecko. It's an amazing animal because it can move very quickly up and down a tree and it can even walk upside down on ceilings. The scientists are quite interested in the gecko's feet. They want to use the same design on their own robot. The metal robot looks very similar to the gecko. It has four feet which can also walk up walls made of glass or plastic. However, it still has a more difficult time when it tries to walk upside down.

Animals and plants can teach humans a lot about design and engineering. As a result many engineers,scientists and designers spend time studying them. When they have a problem, nature often has the answer. This science is called Biomimetics. Bio-means “studying living things”and Mimetics means“copying the movement of things”. In other words, scientists or biomimeticists study animals and plants in order to copy the design.

Take a whale for example. Engineers in Canada are studying their flippers because they move so effectively through water. The engineers believe the shape can also improve the movement of wind turbines(润轮机). Similarly, the boxfish is another animal from the sea which is helping car producers in Germany. Mercedes Benz is using the shape of the fish for one of its new cars. The shape makes it faster and save energy.

Velcro is probably the most famous example of biomimetics. Most people have some Velcro on an item of clothing. It was invented by the Swiss engineer George de Mestral in 1948. He was walking in the countryside when he pulled a plant's bur(刺果) from his trousers. He noticed how the bur could stick so well to his clothes. He worked on his idea and the result was Velcro. People use it because it is cheaper than the traditional zipper.

Biomimetics has helped to design our world and there are many more future possibilities. However,it might take a long time to discover all the possibilities because it has taken nature thousands of years to design its animals and plants.

38. How does the writer organize Paragraph 1?

 A. By listing opinions. B. By using numbers. C. By giving an example. D. By showing reasons.

39. What does the underlined word“it”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

 A. The company. B. The boxfish. C. The turbine. D. The car.

40. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

 A. The robot has used gecko's feet to walk upside down on the wall.

 B. The shape of the whale's flippers can help improve the wind turbines.

 C. The new kind of car in Mercedes Benz travels as fast as the boxfish.
 D. Velcro makes picking up burs on the plant quicker than before.

41. What is the best title for the passage?

 A. Engineering in the Future B. Plants and Biomimetics C. Nature and Its Design D. Biomimetics and Inventions.

D

Nowadays, there are more and more cafes in libraries and bookshops. New study found that a certain level of noise in a place like a cafe can actually develop your creative ideas. Here are some other very interesting findings of the study.

It is found that sound stimuli(刺激) in the background helps us improve decision making. Some have even called it the coffee shop effect(影响). So, the jazz music and light conversation aren't noisy any more-they could help you come up with your next great work.

One of the biggest things about coffee shops is the social-improvement effect: you go there, you see other people working and it makes you just naturally start working as well. Just watching them can encourage you to work harder.

Visual variety(视觉多样性) helps in solving a problem, but requires you to think outside the box. If you always stay in