江苏省无锡市2024—2025学年上学期九年级英语期末考试卷

2024年秋学期无锡市初中学业水平调研测试 九年级英语试题 本试题分两卷。第1卷（客观题）在第1至第6页，第Ⅱ卷（主观题）在第7至第8页。 考试时间为100分钟。试卷满分为100分。 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色醒水签字笔将自已的姓名、班级、学校、考试证号 填写在答题卡的相应位置上。 2.答客观题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的正确选项涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦 干净后、再选涂其他答案。答案不能写在试题卷上。 3.答主观题必须用0.5毫米黑色量水签字笔作答，答案写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相 应位置上。如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案。不准使用铅笔和涂改液。 不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 第1卷（客观题共50分） 一、单项选择在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分) 1. are you going to travel to Harbin? -I'm not sure yet.Maybe by plane. A.What B.When C.Where D.How 2.The influence of this great classical music has gone the boundaries of time. A.through B.beyond C.against D.without 3.Look at the picture on the right.What does Hobo advise Eddie to do? A.To eat more. B.To eat less. C.To exercise more. D.To exercise less. 4.-What have you learned after watching the movie You Only Live Once? -We shall never give up our dreams. we may meet with many difficulties. A.though B.until C.while D.if 5. -Can I go to the concert this Sunday,Mom? -The final exam is coming.If you ,please prepare well for the exam on Saturday. A.need B.may C.must D.should 6.-You look pale.What's the matter? serious.I just need to lie down and have a good rest. A.Something B.Anything C.Everything D.Nothing 7 -Why are most school desks light blue? -I guess it'sbecause light blue is a calm colour.It may help students learn better. A.probably B.hardly C.properly D.widely --Dad,can I go for a bike ride on the street? -Sure,but always put first and be careful. A.respect B.homework C.friendship D.safety 英语试题第1所（共8页） 9.-I have no idea how to make a better choice on this matter. -Why not asking your parents for advice? A.prefer B.consider C.imagine D.require 10.At first,nobody expected the opera would _to be very popular among students. A.turn out B.break out C.stay out D.work out 11.Trust me!The app is that it can help students practise speaking English for free. A.such useful B.so useful C.such useless D.so useless 12.The police announced that they a total of $50,000 for the arrest of the murderer. A.provide B.have provided C.will provide D.would provide 13.-It's said the underground connecting Suzhou to Wuxi will be built.Is that true? -Yes.And I wonder A.how soon will it be put into use B.how long will it be put into use C.how soon it will be put into use D.how long it will be put into use 14.-Unbelievable!Black Myth:Wukong didn't win the Game of the Year award. The journey is the reward. A.Don't take it to heart B.I couldn't be more sure C.Don't play games to me D.I'm not going to kid you 二、完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可 以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10小题， 每小题1分，共10分) When I was a young boy,we lived just down the road from a public swimming pool.During the 15 months,I would be there almost every day swimming and playing for hours.The best thing of all was they had a concession stand(小卖部)there.You could buy a cup of coke for 15 cents and a bag of chips was only a dime (10 cents).Often Mom or Nana would give me a quarter(25 cents)before I 16,so I could have a snack there.Sometimes,though,they weren't home or were busy working.That is when I would try the sofa cushions ()17 to find some change that had fallen out of someone's pockets.Often to my 18,I would find a dime or a dime and a nickel (5 cents)and sometimes even a quarter.Then I would run off to the swimming pool with19 in my hand and happiness in my heart. I didn't realize until recently that I found change there only in summer.I 20 looking between the cushions in winter a few times and not even finding a penny.I think that Mom,Nana, Dad,or all three of them would drop change down there for me to find,although I never 21 it. They did so knowing it would make my22 and bring a smile to my face.Of course,they never said a word about it even after I had grown up.I guess some secrets are too23 to share. I think that maybe an unseen act of kindness has a special joy to it.You get no thanks for it,at least not to your face.But,no act of kindness is ever 24 unseen.In fact,it fills your heart with happiness.You know that you are helping another.You know that you are making someone's life better. 英话状题第2页（共8页） 15.A.spring B.summer C,autumn D.winter 16.A.promised B.chose C.paid D.left 17.A.hoping B.waiting C.preparing D.deciding 18.A.knowledge B.business C.pleasure D.taste 19.A.candy B.change C.clothes D.wallet 20.A.practise B.avoid C.suggest D.remember 21.A.saw B.believed C.made D.explained 22.A.dream B.plan C.day D.heart 23.A.big B.good C.serious D.useful 24.A.nearly B.easily C.truly D.wisely 三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选 项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分） A Cancel New Message Send To:simon2002@gmail.com From:fran0115@gmail.com Subject:Re:How's it going? Hi Simon, Sorry,I haven't written till now.Since I got here I've been really busy with the course and making new friends.I'm speaking English all the time and going out in the evenings with my classmates.We're a real mix of nationalities:Chinese,Russian,Thai,Italian,Spanish...We all talk in English but I'm learning lots about other languages and countries too. We live pretty near the school and it's only a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre. There's an ancient castle too and we're going there on a school trip next week.Edinburgh is a really interesting place to be and there's a festival on at the moment.We've been hanging out in the streets watching the street performances from actors and musicians.Yesterday I saw a magician doing card tricks-it was so much fun! I'll send some photos of Edinburgh Castle next time.Take care and let me know how you are doing. Fran 25.This is A.an email B.an invitation C.a diary D.a poster 26.Why did Fran go to Edinburgh? A.To visit a castle. B.To study English there. C.To make new friends. D.To celebrate a festival. 27.How does Fran feel now? A.Bored. B.Proud. C.Stressed. D.Happy. 英语试题第3页（共8页） B We've all heard about the man who discovered gravity (and the apple that fell from a tree and hit him on the head.However,the 17th-century "aha moment"is actually a bit of a lie! Newton did witness an apple falling from a tree one day and this got him thinking about what actually caused the apple to fall to the ground. Newton later developed his theory of Gravity,believing that Earth has a force()that pulls objects down,which prevents objects from aimlessly floating around. While we know that Isaac Newton discovered Gravity,he also made many other scientific discoveries.Newton is also credited with discovering the three laws of motion.These three laws,or principles,explain how things move. Law 1:An object at rest stays at Law 2:It takes more force to Law 3:For every force,there is rest.A moving object keeps move a heavy object than to move an equal reaction in the opposite moving.Objects continue doing a lighter object.Newton came up direction. what they're doing unless a with a scientific formula to explain stronger force acts on them. this: Force =Mass x Acceleration. Air from an untied balloon rushes out in one direction.As the air escapes, it pushes the balloon in the opposite direction. Word bank: Here,the stronger force is the wall.It stops the truck but not the boxes,so Large weights with a lot of mass Newton's Laws of Motion they keep moving backward. require more force to lift than smaller, 牛顿运动定律 lighter weights do. 28. Which part of a magazine is the reading material most probably taken from? A.History. B.Sports. C.Culture. D.Science. 29.The drawing for Law 1 shows that A.the boxes get a stronger force than the truck B.the truck stays at rest,but the boxes do not C.the wall acts on the truck but not on the boxes D.the truck keeps moving,but the wall stays at rest 30.Which picture best shows Law 3? B D 英语试题第4页（共8页） Many people around the world have read about Dion Leonard and his dog,Gobi.It is a moving story about man's best friend-his dog!It all began when Dion,an ultra-marathon runner,was running in onc of the world's most difficult challenges,the Gobi March-a series of seven marathons across the desert(沙漢). The run The Gobi March is a 250-kilometre race across deserts around the world.Dion,a 42-year-old runner,had already run over a hundred kilometres across the Gobi Desert when a homeless dog decided to join him and ran with him for the rest of the day. When Dion woke up the next day,he found the dog outside his tent.She had slept there all night waiting for him.Dion tried his hardest to tell the dog to go away because he was worried that the small dog would get under the feet of all the runners.However,the dog refused to go and crossed the finish line for that day's race with Dion."I started to speed off and I'm thinking,this dog won't last the whole day,but she was still with me at the end,"said Dion.The loveable little dog slept with him in the tent that night.She had been very lonely before she met Dion.Dion called his new friend Gobi and the pair stayed together until the end of the race. When the race was over,Dion left Gobi with a friend in China while he went home for the necessary travel documents to bring her to the UK.Dion had been back in Scotland for a month when he heard that Gobi had gone missing,so he flew back to China to search for her at once.After searching for Gobi for five days,Dion had nearly given up all hope.He was very upset.Although everyone was looking hard,no one could find Gobi. Luckily,a local person noticed Gobi while he was out walking. He had seen the posters and TV footage (about Gobi and DION LEONARD contacted Dion straight away.Gobi and Dion were both pleased to FINDING be reunited. And now? GOBI Dion brought Gobi back home to Scotland.They now run together every day,and Gobi is helping Dion to train for his marathons.Before Dion met Gobi,training had always been rather A LITILE DCG WITH A VERT BIG HEART lonely. Dion has also written a book about their story,called Finding Gobi,and 20th Century Fox is thinking of making it into a movie. 31.What can we know from the passage? A.Dion lost Gobi on his way home B.Gobi once ran a 250-kilometre race. C.Dion met Gobi just by accident. D.Gobi became famous after the film. 32.Which title is the most suitable for_▲_？ A.The news B.The declsion C.The fears D.The search 33.Which word can best describe Dion? A.Open-minded. B.Warm-hearted. C.Clear-headed. D.Cool-blooded. 英诮试题第5页（共8页） 0 According to recent research in biology,chimpanzees in the wild are thought to choose certain herbs and use them as medicines when they are not feeling well.After studying how chimpanzees eat the leaves of some bushes and trees in Tanzania,two scientists,Paul Newton of the University of Oxford and Toshisada Nishida of the University of Kyoto,concluded that there are unusual similarities between how these animals eat these plants and how humans take their medicines. Until recently,only humans were believed to be able to make wise decisions when it comes to curing illnesses.But that was before the two scientists'research.They noticed that a chimpanzee they called Hugo was behaving differently from others.He was picking the leaves from a bush that does not usually make up part of the chimpanzees'diet.The bush is called aspilia,and it has very sharp (leaves,which is exactly why chimpanzees don't usually eat them. What was surprising was the way Hugo ate the plant.He not only picked it very carefully,but he also rubbed the leaves before he put them in his mouth,and then he kept them in his mouth for a little while before he swallowed (them.This is exactly how humans take medicine!What was even more surprising was that the very same plant the chimpanzee chose is used by local people as medicine! In the book,Wild Health:How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn From Them,author Cindy Engel gives other examples of how animals treat health problems.According to her,it's not only plants they use as medivine.Elephants in westem Kenya,for example,are said to go at night time to a cave on the side of Mount Elgon,an extinct volcano(死火山).Once they are in the cave,.they use their tusks to break off parts of the soft rocks,crunch them in their mouths,and then swallow them.For a long time,little was known about the reasons,but recently scientists have discovered that the rocks have a high level of sodium (Na),which is needed to help neutralize the toxins that elephants take in with their plant diet.The behaviour of these elephants and of other animals shows that they have developed amazing abilities to care for their own health- without any doctor having told them what medicine to take! 34.What did Newton and Nishida believe? A.Hugo sometimes behaves like a doctor in the wild. B.Hugo helps the scientists find medicines in nature. C.Chimpanzees in the wild can cure their own illness. D.Chimpanzees learn to take medicine from humans. 35.Aspilia is a plant that chimpanzees like Hugo A.often eat because of its delicious leaves B.eat to treat certain diseases C never eat because its leaves are too sharp D,eat to make their diet healthier 36.How does the writer develop the passage? A.By showing pictures. B.By asking questions. C.By offering instructions. D.By giving examples. 37.Which is the best title for the passage? A.When Animals are Ill. B.What Medicine to Take. C.Why Animals are Ill. D.Where to Get Medicine. 英语试题第6页（共8页） 第Ⅱ卷（主观题共50分） 四、词汇运用（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） (A)根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 38.A (单个的)tree doesn't make a forest. 39.There must be (在某处)to eat cheaply in this town. 40.1t'sa (of youth to spend the days without any plans. 41.Just ask for help.You don't have to (解决)all the problems on your own. 42.He hasn't got any hobbies- (除非)you call playing computer games a hobby. (B)根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 43.Peter (certain)never expected to become a doctor. 44.A (last)friendship is built on trust and communication. 45.The classes begin and end at (fix)times in most schools. 46.To tell the」 (true),the detective story is not as exciting as I thought. 47.I was (simple)over the moon when I heard the news about Jay Chou's concert. 五、动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。 (本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 48.Our teacher reminds us (make)a study plan to manage our time better. 49.The traditional art performance is worth (watch)over and over again. 50.What (matter)is not how many times you fail,but how many times you stand up. 51.Cindy (read)an article about animal signs when her phone rang. 52.More and more people would rather (choose)electric cars to save money on gas. 53.This program introduces one Chinese folk art form each week and it (praise)highly. 54.-What's your plan for the coming winter holiday? -Well,I (attend)a painting camp.It must be lots of fun. 55.-Where's Tommy? -He (go)to the city library with friends.He'll be back this afternoon. 56.The fans (hold)their breathe and waited for the singer to appear on the stage. 57.Many cities in China (grow)in size all the time 六、阅读表达阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过6个单词。 (本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分) Shari was so excited for her birthday.She thought about the fun party she was going to have and the presents she would get.However,her mom told her that she had to make room for new toys by choosing some old toys to give away. Shari was not happy.She loved all of her toys!Her mom sat down with her in front of her toy box.They looked through the toys one at a time.Shari wanted to keep most of the toys and her mom put them in the"keep"pile. When they got about halfway through the toy box,Shari saw one stuffed animal that she had forgotten about. "Oh,look,how cute he is!Keep him,please,"she told her mom. "Shari,you forgot about him.Are you sure you will really play with him again?What if you 英语试题第7页（共8页） get a new stuffed animal that you like better?"Mom asked. "Well,now I remember him.I will play with him." "That's fine,but there might be someone else out there who would love to have him.Some kids don't have any stuffed animals,"said Mom.Shari said she would decide later. When they finished,.there was a very large“keep”pile,and some toys in the“donate'”and "maybe"piles.Mom and Shari cleaned the "maybe"and"donate"toys,then put them in bags.They went to a place where kids lived,who didn't have homes and asked the workers if they could hand out toys.Seeing the kids'smiles made Shari so happy,and a lot of kids said this was the only toy they had.Shari tumed to her mom and asked if they could get the "maybe"bag out of the car.The other kids needed those toys more than she did!Shari felt so great that her choice made the other kids so happy. 58.Who are the main characters in the story? 59. When did the story happen? 60. How many piles did they divide the toys into? 61.Where did they go after finishing cleaning some of the toys? 62. What can you leam from the story? 七、书面表达（本大题共20分） 艺术陶治情操，涵养生命。阳光国际学校校园艺术节于上周圆满落幕，假设你是该校学 生李华，你打算与英国笔友Tom分享此次艺术节的见闻与收获。请以“Colourful Festival Wonderful Joumey”为题，根据下图提示，写一篇英语短文。 Your feelings about the Art Festival our favourite art form at the Art Festival (Your favourite kind of the art form; The artist who influences you most) The purpose of the Art Festival Our School Art Festival 2 注意事项： 1,短文内容须自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意： 2.图中所示艺术形式非限定性内容，仅供参考： 3.词数不少于90个，短文标题已给出，不计入总词数： 4.短文中不得使用真实的个人及学校信息。 英语试题第8页（共8页） 2024年秋学期无锡市初中学业水平调研测试 九年级英语试题 本试题分两卷。第1卷(客观题)在第1至第6页，第Ⅱ卷(主观题)在第7至第8页。 考试时间为100分钟。试卷满分为100分。 注意事项： 1、答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、班级、学校、考试证号 填写在答题卡的相应位置上。 2、答客观题必须用2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的正确选项涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦 干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能写在试题卷上。 3、答主观题必须用0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔作答，答案写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相 应位置上。如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案。不准使用铅笔和涂改液。 不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 第I 卷(客观题共50分) 一 、单项选择 在 A 、B 、C 、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。(本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分) 1. _are you going to travel to Harbin? —I'm not sure yet.Maybe by plane. A.What B.When C.Where D.How 2.The influence of this great classical music has gone the boundaries of time. A.through B.beyond C.against D.without 3.Look at the picture on the right.What does Hobo advise Eddie to do? A.To eat more. B.Toeatless. C.To exercise more. D.To exercise less. 4.-What have you learned after watching the movie You Only Live Once? —We shall never give up our dreams we may meet with many difficulties. A.though B.until C.while D.if 5.-Can I go to the concert this Sunday,Mom? —The final exam is coming.If you ,pleasepreparewell for theexam on Saturday. A.need B.may C.must D.should 6.-You look pale.What's the matter? serious.Ijust need to lie down and have a goodrest. A.Something B.Anything C.Everything D.Nothing 7 —Why are most school desks light blue? 一I guess it's because light blue is a calm colour.It may help students learn better. A.probably B.hardly C.properly D.widely --Dad,can Igofor a bike ride on the streer? -Sure,but always put. first and be careful. A.respect B.homework C.friendship D.safety 英语试题第1页(共8页) 9.—I have no idea how to make a better choice on this matter. —Why not asking your parents for advice? A.prefer B.consider C.imagine D.require 10.At first,nobody expected the opera would _to be very popular among students. A.turn out B.break out C.stay out D.work out 11.Trust me!The app is that it can help students practise speaking English for free. A.such useful B.so useful C.such useless D.so useless 12.The police announced that they a total of $50,000 for the arrest of the murderer. A.provide B.have provided C.will provide D.would provide 13.—It's said the underground connecting Suzhou to Wuxi will be built.Is that true? —Yes.And I wonder A.how soon will it be put into use B.how long will it be put into use C.how soon it will be put into use D.how long it will be put into use 14.—Unbelievable!Black Myth:Wukong didn't win the Game of the Year award. .The journey is the reward. A.Don't take it to heart B.I couldn't be more sure C.Don't play games to me D.I'm not going to kid you 二 、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可 以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(本大题共10小题， 每小题1分，共10分) When I was a young boy,we lived just down the road from a public swimming pool.During the 15 months,I would be there almost every day swimming and playing for hours.The best thing of all was they had a concession stand(小卖部)there.You could buy a cup of coke for 15 cents and a bag of chips was only a dime(10 cents).Often Mom or Nana would give me a quarter(25cents)before I 16 ,so I could have a snack there.Sometimes,though,they weren't home or were busy working.That is when I would try the sofa cushions(垫子),. 17to find some change that had fallen out of someone's pockets.Often to my 18 ,I would find a dime or a dime and a nickel(5 cents)and sometimes even a quarter.Then I would run off to the swimming pool with 19 in myhand and happiness in my heart. I didn't realize until recently that I found change there only in summer.1.20 looking between the cushions in winter a few times and not even finding a penny.I think that Mom,Nana, Dad,or all three of them would drop change down there for me to find,although I never 21 it. They did so knowing it would make my 22 and bring a smile to my face.Of course,they never said a word about it even after I had grown up.I guess some secrets are too 23 to share. I think that maybe an unseen act of kindness has a special joy to it.You get no thanks for it,at least not to your face.But,no act of kindness is ever 24 unseen.In fact,it fills your heart with happiness.You know that you are helping another.You know that you are making someone's life better. 英语试题第2页(共8页) 15.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter 16.A.promised B.chose C.paid D.left 17.A.hoping B.waiting C.preparing D.deciding 18.A.knowledge B.business C.pleasure D.taste 19.A.candy B.change C.clothes D.wallet 20.A.practise B.avoid C.suggest D.remember 21.A.saw B.believed C.made D.explained 22.A.dream B.plan C.day D.heart 23.A.big B.good C.serious D.useful 24.A.nearly B.easily C.truly D.wisely 三、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选 项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分) A Cancel New Message Send To:simon2002@gmail.com From:fran0115@gmail.com Subject:Re:How's it going? Hi Simon, Sorry,I haven't written till now.Since I got here I've been really busy with the course and making new friends.I'm speaking English all the time and going out in the evenings with my classmates.We're a real mix of nationalities:Chinese,Russian,Thai,Italian,Spanish ..We all talk in English but I'm learning lots about other languages and countries too. We live pretty near the school and it's only a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre. There's an ancient castle too and we're going there on a school trip next week.Edinburgh is a really interesting place to be and there's a festival on at the moment.We've been hanging out in the streets watching the street performances from actors and musicians.Yesterday I saw a magician doing card tricks-it was so much fun! I'll send some photos of Edinburgh Castle next time.Take care and let me know how you are doing. Fran 25,This is A.an email B.an invitation C.a diary D.a poster ( · )26.Why did Fran go to Edinburgh? A.To visit a castle. B.To study English there. C.To make new friends. D.To celebrate a festival. 27.How does Fran feel now? A.Bored. B.Proud. C.Stressed. D.Happy. 英语试题第3页(共8页) B We've all heard about the man who discovered gravity(重力)and the apple that fell from a tree and hit him on the head.However,the 17W-century "aha moment"is actually a bit of a lie! Newton did witness an apple falling from a tree one day and this got him thinking about what actually caused the apple to fall to the ground. Newton later developed his theory of Gravity,believing that Earth has a force(力)that pulls objects down,which prevents objects from aimlessly floating around. While we know that Isaac Newton discovered Gravity,he also made many other scientific discoveries.Newton is also credited with discovering the three laws of motion.These three laws,or principles,explain how things move. Law 1:An object at rest stays at rest A moving object keeps moving.Objects continue doing what they’re doing unless a stronger force acts on them Here,the stronger force is the wall.It stops the truck but not the boxes,so they keep moving backward. Law 2:It takes more force to move a heavy object than to move a lighter object.Newton came up with a scientific formula to explain this: Force=Mass × Acceleration. Large weights with a lot of mass require more force to lift than smaller, lighter weights do. Law 3:For every force,there is an equal reaction in the opposite direction. Air from an untied balloon rushes out in one direction.As the air escapes, it pushes the balloon in the opposite direction. Word bank: Newton's Laws of Motion 牛顿运动定律 28.Which part of a magazine is the reading material most probably taken from? A.History. B.Sports. C.Culture. D.Science. 29.The drawing for Law 1 shows that A.the boxes get a stronger force than the truck B.the truck stays at rest,but the boxes do not C.the wall acts on the truck but not on the boxes D.the truck keeps moving,but the wall stays at rest ( C. D. ) ( 30.Which picture best sh ows Law 3? B. ) 英语试题第4页(共8页) C Many people around the world have read about Dion Leonard and his dog,Gobi.It is a moving story about man's best friend-his dog!It all began when Dion,an ultra-marathon runner,was running in one of the world's most difficult challenges,the Gobi March -a series of seven marathons across the desert(沙漠). The run The Gobi March is a 250-kilometre race across deserts around the world.Dion,a 42-year-old runner,had already run over a hundred kilometers across the Gobi Desert when a homeless dog decided to join him and ran with him for the rest of the day. When Dion woke up the next day,he found the dog outside his tent.She had slept there all night waiting for him.Dion tried his hardest to tell the dog to go away because he was worried that the small dog would get under the feet of all the runners.However,the dog refused to go and crossed the finish line for that day's race with Dion.“I started to speed off and I'm thinking,this dog won't last the whole day,but she was still with me at the end,"said Dion.The loveable little dog slept with him in the tent that night.She had been very lonely before she met Dion.Dion called his new friend Gobi and the pair stayed together until the end of the race. ▲ When the race was over,Dion left Gobi with a friend in China while he went home for the necessary travel documents to bring her to the UK.Dion had been back in Scotland for a month when he heard that Gobi had gone missing,so he flew back to China to search for her at once.After searching for Gobi for five days,Dion had nearly given up all hope.He was very upset.Although everyone was looking hard,no one could find Gobi. ( Luckily,a local person noticed Gobi while he was out walking. He had seen the posters and TV footage (镜头) about Gobi and contacted Dion straight away.Gobi and Dion were both pleased to be reunited. And now? Dion brought Gobi back home to Scotland.They now run together every day,and Gob i is helping Dion to train for his marathons.Before Dion met Gobi,training had always been rather lonely. Dion has also written a book about their story,called Finding Gobi,and 20 Century Fox i s thinking of making it into a mov ie. ) ( DION LEONARD FINDING G0BI AUIILE DOGWIH AVE8Y BIG HEART ) 31.What can we know from the passage? A.Dion lost Gobi on his way home. C.Dion met Gobi just by accident. 32.Which title is the most suitable for ▲ ? A.The news B.The decision 33.Which word can best describe Dion? A.Open-minded. B.Warm-hearted. B.Gobi once ran a 250-kilometre race. D.Gobi became famous after the film. C.The fears D.The search C.Clear-headed. D.Cool-blooded. 英语试题第5页(共8页) D According to recent research in biology,chimpanzees in the wild are thought to choose certain herbs(草本植物)and use them as medicines when they are not feeling well.After studying how chimpanzees eat the leaves of some bushes and trees in Tanzania,two scientists,Paul Newton of the University of Oxford and Toshisada Nishida of the University of Kyoto,concluded that there are unusual similarities between how these animals eat these plants and how humans take their medicines. Until recently,only humans were believed to be able to make wise decisions when it comes to curing illnesses.But that was before the two scientists' research.They noticed that a chimpanzee they called Hugo was behaving differently from others.He was picking the leaves from a bush that does not usually make up part of the chimpanzees' diet.The bush is called aspilia,and it has very sharp(尖锐的)leaves,which is exactly why chimpanzees don't usually eat them. What was surprising was the way Hugo ate the plant.He not only picked it very carefully,but he also rubbed the leaves before he put them in his mouth,and then he kept them in his mouth for a little while before he swallowed(吞咽)them.This is exactly how humans take medicine!What was even more surprising was that the very same plant the chimpanzee chose is used by local people as medicine! In the book,Wild Health:How Animals Keep Themselves Welland What We Can Learn From Them,author Cindy Engel gives otherexamples of how animals treat health problems.According to her,it's not only plants they use as medicine.Elephants in western Kenya,for example,are said to go at night time to a cave on the side of Mount Elgon,an extinct volcano(死火山).Once they are in the cave,they use their tusks to break off parts of the soft rocks,crunch them in their mouths,and then swallow them.For a long time,little was known about the reasons,but recently scientists have discovered that the rocks have a high level of sodium (Na),which is needed to help neutralize the toxins(中和毒素)that elephants take in with their plant diet.The behaviour of these elephants and of other animals shows that they have developed amazing abilities to care for their own health- without any doctor having told them what medicine to take! 34.Whatdid Newton and Nishida believe? A.Hugo sometimes behaves like a doctor in the wild. B.Hugo helps the scientists find medicines in nature. C.Chimpanzees in the wild can cure their own illness. D.Chimpanzees learn to take medicine from humans. 35.Aspilia is a plant that chimpanzees like Hugo _ A.often eat because of its delicious leaves B.eat to treat certain diseases C never eat because its leaves are too sharp D.eat to make their diet healthier 36.How doesthe writer develop the passage? A.By showing pictures. B.By asking questions. C.By offering instructions. D.By giving examples. 37.Which is the best title for the passage? A.When Animals are III. B.What Medicine to Take. C.Why Animals are III. D.Where to Get Medicine. 英语试题第6页(共8页) 第Ⅱ卷(主观题共50分) 四 、词汇运用 (本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) (A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 38.A (单个的)tree doesn't make a forest. 39.There must be (在某处)to eat cheaply in this town. 40.It's a _(浪费)of youth to spend the days without any plans. 41.Just ask for help.You don't have to (解决)all the problems on your own. 42.He hasn't got any hobbies- (除非)you call playing computer games a hobby. (B) 根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 43.Peter (certain)never expected to become a doctor. 44.A _(last)friendship is built on trust and communication. 45.The classes begin and end at (fix)times in most schools. 46.To tell the (true),the detective story isnot as exciting as I thought. 47.I was (simple)over the moon when I heard the news about Jay Chou's concert. 五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。 (本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 48.Our teacher reminds us (make)a study plan to manage our time better. 49.The traditional art performance is worth (watch)over and over again. 50.What (matter)is not how many times you fail,but how many times you stand up. 51.Cindy (read)an article about animal signs when her phone rang. 52.More and more people would rather (choose)electric cars to save money on gas. 53.This program introduces one Chinese folk art form each week and it (praise)highly. 54.—What's your plan for the coming winter holiday? —Well,I (attend)a painting camp.It must be lots of fun. 55.—Where's Tommy? He (go)to the city library with friends.He'll be back this afternoon. 56.The fans _(hold)their breathe and waited for the singer to appear on the stage. 57.Many cities in China (grow)in size all the time. 六、阅读表达 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过6个单词。 (本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分) Shari was so excited for her birthday.She thought about the fun party she was going to have and the presents she would get.However,her mom told her that she had to make room for new toys by choosing some old toys to give away. Shari was not happy.She loved all of her toys!Her mom sat down with her in front of her toy box.They looked through the toys one at a time.Shari wanted to keep most of the toys and her mom put them in the "keep"pile. When they got about halfway through the toy box,Shari saw one stuffed animal that she had forgotten about. “Oh,look,how cute he is!Keep him,please,”she told her mom. “Shari,you forgot about him.Are you sure you will really play with him again?What if you 英语试题第7页(共8页) get a new stuffed animal that you like better?"Mom asked. “Well,now I remember him.I will play with him.” “That's fine,but there might be someone else out there who would love to have him.Some kids don't have any stuffed animals,"said Mom.Shari said she would decide later. When they finished,there was a very large"keep"pile,and some toys in the “donate"and "maybe"piles.Mom and Shari cleaned the"maybe"and"donate"toys,then put them in bags.They went to a place where kids lived,who didn't have homes and asked the workers if they could hand out toys.Seeing the kids' smiles made Shari so happy,and a lot of kids said this was the only toy they had.Shari turned to her mom and asked if they could get the "maybe"bag out of the car.The other kids needed those toys more than she did!Shari felt so great that her choice made the other kids so happy. 58.Who are the main characters in the story? 59.When did the story happen? 60.How many piles did they divide the toys into? 61.Where did they go after finishing cleaning some of the toys? 62.What can you learn from the story? 七、书面表达 (本大题共20分) 艺术陶冶情操，涵养生命。阳光国际学校校园艺术节于上周圆满落幕，假设你是该校学 生李华，你打算与英国笔友Tom 分享此次艺术节的见闻与收获。请以“Colourful Festival Wonderful Journey"为题，根据下图提示，写一篇英语短文。 ( Your feelings about the Art Festival Your favourite art form at theArt Festival (Your favourite kind o f the art form; The artist who influences you most) The purpose of the Art Festival Our School Art Festival 方2 A ) 注意事项： 1.短文内容须自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意； 2.图中所示艺术形式非限定性内容，仅供参考； 3.词数不少于90个，短文标题已给出，不计入总词数； 4.短文中不得使用真实的个人及学校信息。 英语试题第8页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$