英语湖南省永州市第九中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

永州市第九中学2024年下期期中质量检测 九年级 英语 出题人:唐金秀审题人:秦永梅 考生注意:本试卷共四道大题,61道小题,满分100分,时量100分钟 第一部分听力技能(共两节,满分20分) 第一节(共5小题,每小题1分) 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,听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和 阅读下一小题,每段对话读两遍。 1. How will the man go to Changsha? B. By train. A. By plane. C. Bybus. 2. How was the man's weekend in the countryside? B.Bad. A. Wonderful. C. Disappointing. 3. What did the boy do yesterday? A. He watched TV. B. He read books C. He cleaned the room 4. What color does the girl's father like best? B. Green. A. Red. C. Purple. 5. How many foreign languages can Anna speak? A.2. B.4. C.3. 第二节(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分) 听下面六段对话或独白,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。听每段对话或独白前,你将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。 听第六段材料,回答第6、7题。 6. What is the possible relation between the two speakers? B. Good friends.. A. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student 7. What does Bob need? B. Aruler. A. A pencilbox C. English books. 听第七段材料,回答第8、9题。 8. How soon will Lisa come back? B. In2weeks. A. In a month C. In3days. 9. What is Lisa doing in Changsha now? A. Giving speeches. B. Having a competition. C. Teaching English 听第八段材料,回答第10、11题。 10. What kind of music does Julie like best? B. Country music A. Rock music C. Popmusic 九年英语期中考试试卷第1页(共8页) 11. When will they meet? A. At 7o'clock. B. At 8 o'clock. C. At9 o'clock 听九段材料,回答第12-14题。 12. What happened to Mike? A. He passed the exam.B. He missed the exam C. He didn't pass the exam 13. When was the exam? B. Yesterday morning A. Last week. C. This morning 14. What will the boy probably do? A. He will tell the truth. B. He will be angry C. He will keep the secret. 听十段材料,回答第15-17题。 15. Where did the man lose his bag? A. In a library. B. In a restaurant. C. In a supermarket. 16. What color is the man's bag? B. Black. A. Brown. C. Blue. 17. Who will go to get the bag? A. The man himself. B, The man's wife C. The man's friend 听第十一段材料,回答18-20题。 18. Which problem is the biggest one in the survey? A. Smart phone problem B. Homework problem C. Money problem. 19. How many students have problems with smart phones? A. 25% of the students. B. 5% of the students C. 15% of the students 20. How do most of the students solve their problems? A. By doing sports. B. By talking with friends C. By listening to music. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分30分) 第一节 (共11小题;每小题2分,满分22分) 阅读下列材料,从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A Plant Tomatoes Step 1:Plant the seeds(种子) Fill a small pot with soil(士).Use a pencil to make a hole halfway down the soil. Put two seeds in the hole. Fill the hole with soil Step 2: Water the seeds Water the seeds, but don't get too much water Step 3: See the seedling(幼苗) 九年英语期中考试试卷第2页(共8页) Make sure the soil is a little wet every day. Move the pot to a warm and sunny place when you see a seedling come out of the soil. Step4: Transplant(移栽) If the seedlings are a few inches high, it is time to transplant the seedling outside. Dig a deep hole and transplant it. Don't forget to water the soil each day. Step 5: Stake (用桩支撑) the plant Use a wood stick to stake the plant. After that, you can wait to see flowers and later green tomatoes come out. 21. What do we use to make a hole? A.A. seed B.A pencil. C.Apot. 22. We move the pot to when a seedling comes out B. a wet place A. a warm place C. adark place 23. What can we learn from the text above? A. How to plant tomatoes. B. How to water plant C. How to take care of tomato plants. B Once upon a time, there was a king who lost his leg and eye during a war. Even with these challenges, his cleverness and kindness made him a great king in his kingdom. One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and saw the portraits(肖像) of his ancestors(祖先) on the walls. Thinking that one day his children would admire his portrait as well. he really wanted to have it painted well However, he wasn't sure how his painting would turn out due to his physical problems. So he invited a group of famous painters to the palace, offering a great deal of money to the artist who could create a beautiful portrait for him All the painters began to wonder how to paint the king. They soon decided that it was an impossible task, fearing that if the portrait did not meet the king's expectations. they would get punished. So, one by one, they started making excuses and politely refused. Then, one painter raised his hand and said that he wanted to have it a try. The king agreed. The painter started drawing and coloring the portrait carefully in a quiet room After sometime, it was finally completed! All the other painters in the palace couldn't wait to see what it would look like. Wher the painter presented the portrait, everyone, including the king, was amazed. The painter made a portrait in which the king was sitting on a horse, showing the one-legside, holding his bow(弓) and aiming the arrow(瞄准箭)with his one eye closed. The king was very pleased to see this beautiful portrait, and gave the painter a lot of money as he promised 九年英语期中考试试卷第3页(共8页) 24. Which description about the king is true? A. He was not clever B. He was disabled. C. His people didn't love him. 25. What did the king invite these famous painter to the palace to do? A. To organize a painting competition. B. To paint portraits of his ancestors C. To create a beautiful portrait of himself. 26. Why did the other painters refuse to paint for the king? A. Because they thought the money was not enough B. Because it was a long-term task and hard to complete C. Because they feared punishment if the portrait was not good enough 27. What might the king think of the painter? A. Talented and clever. B. Weak and brave C. Polite and thankful C As the saying goes,"A smile is the best medicine". Nothing can heal a sick heart better than a warm smile. When you smile, your brain releases(释放)some special chemicals(化学 物质). Together, they work to make you feel calm and relaxed Smiling more often can even make your immune system(免疫系统)stronger. The importance of smiling can never be too greatly stressed(强调). World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday of October every year. This year it falls on October 7. The holiday was set up by American artist Harvey Ball. Ball created his famous yellow smiley face symbol in 1963. People loved it. However. more and more businesses began to use it for different purposes, which brought the symbol new meanings. Ball became worried that the symbol was losing its original meaning. To remind people to spread the "real" smile, he came up with the idea for World Smile Day, After that, the day gets more and more popular around the world The theme of the day is, "Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile." This car be as simple as smiling at everyone you meet. You can also cook a dish for your parents or give a small gift to your friend. It would be even better if you could do some volunteer work, such as cleaning up the environment and helping the elderly Let's spread laughter and hope on this World Smile Day 28. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about? A. Why a smile is the best medicine B. How to make your immune system stronger C. When your brain releases chemicals. 九年英语期中考试试卷第4页(共8页) 29. What does the underlined word "original" mean in Paragraph 2? A. 公开的 B. 原来的 C. 全新的 30. What do we know about World Smile Day? A. It is popular around the world B. It was set up by Haryey Ball in 1963 C. It is celebrated on every October 7. 31. What is the purpose of having World Smile Day? A. To meet more people. B. To create more businesses C. To spread kindness and laughter 第二节(共4小题:每小题2分,满分8分) 阅读下面的短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,其中选项 中有一项是多余的 Now students'English handwriting(书写) gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English hand writing beautiful? 32 Use paper with lines When you write English words or sentences, you can use paper with lines. That will make your handwriting straight. 33 Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure these capital letters(大写字) are written properly Slow down If your writing is hard to read. just slow down a little. Going slower makes you handwriting clearer. If you write too quickly, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and you may make more mistakes easily. When you hold your pencil in the correct way, writing is much better. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the hand writing bad. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit Draw more pictures 35 While you are drawing pictures, you need to use the skills to control (控 制) your pencil better. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by drawing at home Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them 九年英语期中考试试卷第5页(共8页) your autographs (亲笔签名). of course! A. If not, here are four steps that really work B. Hold your pencil right C. Drawing can improve your handwriting D. We will try to learn English well. E. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size 第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分25分) 第一节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入 空白处的最佳选项。 When I was a teenager. I wanted to leave school and have my own life The only 36 I could think of doing this was to work in the brick(砖) factory in my town. I was very 37 when told my idea to my father. I thought he would say,"No! You are going to college." 38 he just said, "OK. Let's go to the brick factory." Two days later, he took 39 to the factory. I had a romantic(浪漫的)idea of working in a factory. I imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I 40 imagined that there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager When we 41 the factory, my father said, "Take your time. Have a close look before you decide to work here". I 42 in the factory, looking at the building and workers and listening to the noise. Later, I ran back to my father and said. "I want to go home." He asked why. "It's 43 here."I replied I went back to school the next day. From then on, I began to 44 very hard I got into a good college. After I left college, I 45 a good job at a big company. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I'm now living a really happy life! 36.A.way B. message C. symbol 37.A.funny B. excited C.nervous 38.A.But B.So C.If 39.A.us B.me C.him B. soon 40. A.even C.never 41. A. looked for B. arrived at C.picked up 42. A. swam across B. ran away C. walked around B. terrible 43. A. important C. interesting 九年英语期中考试试卷第6页(共8页) B. push 44. A. study C. imagine 45. A. offered B. continued C. found 第二节(共10小题;空1分,满分10分) 阅读下列短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 It's widely believed that Chinese is one of the 46 (difficult) languages in the world. For one thing, Chinese has thousands 47 characters (汉字). And its writing system is also one of the main challenges to all Chinese learners. More importantly, the language has different tones (声调), 48 how you speak a word can completely change its meaning. For example. "ma" with the first Chinese tone means mom, while with the 49 ( three) tone, it means horse. However, according to the Ministry of Education in China, Chinese learning is available in more than 180 countries and regions (地区) around the world Seventy-six 50 (country) have Chinese language lessons at school. About 200 million people 51 (receive) Chinese language training for years With so many interesting foreign languages to learn, why do they choose Chinese? First of all, China plays 52 important role in the world events. Also, China has a long history with rich culture As for learning Chinese, there is no magic way. Just spend time 53 (practice) it. Listen and speak as often as possible. As for writing, practice by 54 (write) Chinese characters on a notebook. As you improve, create sentences with them. All in all, you have to be patient and you really have to push 55 ( your ) hard 第四部分,写作技能(共两节,满分20分) 第一节回答问题(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分) 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容回答问题或翻译画线部分 Hello, ladies and gentlemen! I'm your guide today. First, I'd like to tell you something about London before we get there. As you know. London is the capital of England. It lies in the southeast of England Now it has turned into a very big modern city. There are seven million, five hundred thousand people in this city. They are very friendly and helpful. They are always glad to tell visitor about their city. London is a busy place. People work in offices, banks or for companies. They are in a hurry all the time London is also a beautiful city. It has lots of parks and gardens. When you are in London, you should visit the City Park. You can go boating and fly kites there. You can enjoy the beauty of the whole city on the London Eye. There are also many other places of interest, such as the Big Ben, the Tower Bridge and so on. At the same time you can taste London chocolate. It's very delicious. Wish you a good time 56. Where does London lie? 九年英语期中考试试卷第7页(共8页) 57. How many people are there in London ? 58. What can people do in the City Park? 59. Do you like to travel in London? Why or why not? 60. 将短文中画线句子翻译成中文。 第二节 书面表达(满分15分) 61. 时光如梭,转眼大家已经步入九年级。回想过去两年的初中生活,你身上一 定发生了很多变化,近期学校将举行一次英语演讲比赛,请根据以下提示以"My changes”为题写一篇英语演讲稿,谈一谈你上初中后发生的一些变化。 内容提示: (1)以前很害羞,现在在学校很受欢迎 (2)以前个子矮,现在已经很高了 (3)过去不喜欢运动,现在喜欢打兵乓球、游泳; (4)以前不喜欢读书,现在喜欢看关于中国历史的书。 _ 要求: 文章要包含所有要点,可以适当发挥,字数80个左右。开头结尾已经给 出不算在内。 My changes Hello, everyone! I'm in Grade 9 and I have changed a lot That's all. 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