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2024年秋学期九年级英语期末试卷 （考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分 考试形式：闭卷） 一、补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 下面是手机群聊的界面，请根据聊天内容，从下面所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。 (Lily, Wendy and Amy are talking about their plan for the weekend.) @ Lily @ Wendy September is a perfect time to hang out. ___1___ The weather is neither too cold nor too hot. Have you been to Binhai Bird Paradise? ___2___ Me, neither. I hear there are many special birds there. ___3___ Good idea! How can we get there? It’s not far. ___4___ That’s OK. Let’s meet at 10: 00 at the gate. Remember to take a camera. ___5___ Cool! I’m sure we’ll have a good time! A. No, I haven’t. B. I agree with you. C. Taking a taxi would be a good choice. D. I can’t wait to go there! E. Shall we go there this Sunday? F. We can take some pictures of birds. 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. E 4. C 5. F 【解析】 【导语】本文是Lily、Wendy和Amy谈论他们周末计划的对话。 【1题详解】 根据“September is a perfect time to hang out.”以及“The weather is neither too cold nor too hot.”可知，两种观点一致，因此空格处表示同意对方的观点。B选项“我同意你的观点”符合语境。故选B。 【2题详解】 根据“Have you been to Binhai Bird Paradise?”以及“Me, neither.”可知，没有去过Binhai Bird Paradise。A选项“不，我没有去过”符合语境。故选A。 【3题详解】 根据“I hear there are many special birds there.”以及“Good idea!”可知，空处应该是在询问对方的意见，询问对方是否可以一起去这个地方。E选项“这个星期天我们去那里好吗？”符合语境。故选E。 【4题详解】 根据“How can we get there?”以及“It’s not far.”可知，此处指的回复以什么样的交通方式去那里。C选项“乘坐出租车将是一个不错的选择。”符合语境。故选C。 【5题详解】 根据“Remember to take a camera.”以及“Cool!”可知，此处在说带照相机的原因。F选项“我们可以拍一些鸟的照片。”符合语境。故选F。 二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分) 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When Dave was 18, he bought an secondhand car for＄200 so that he could travel to work more ____6____ than by bus. It worked quite well for years, but then it got so old, and it cost him ____7____ much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____8____ it. He asked all his friends to see if anyone wanted to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so ____9____ of them wanted to buy it. Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was worried one evening, and said, “What’s ____10____, Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ____11____ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s ____12____ was right, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car，____13____ very little oil, only two owners. Bargain (成交) at＄50.” For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____14____. But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to see the car. Dave felt very happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be ____15____ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll ____16____my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to ____17____ it.” The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, waiting there for the people who had answered his advertisement. Even Dave had to admit (承认) that the car really ____18____ like a wreck (残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean ____19____ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said， “Have you reported this____20____ to us yet, sir?” 6. A. directly B. safely C. properly D. easily 7. A. so B. such C. very D. too 8. A. keep B. repair C. sell D. throw 9. A. some B. neither C. none D. most 10. A. on B. up C. it D. that 11. A. learn B. miss C. get D. find 12. A. message B. advice C. request (要求) D. description 13. A. uses B. loses C. has D. spends 14. A. doubt B. help C. trouble D. answer 15. A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late 16. A. follow B. meet C. bring D. introduce 17. A. praise B. get C. admire D. test 18. A. looked B. smelled C. tasted D. sounded 19. A. as B. that C. so D. such 20. A. bargain B. sale C. accident D. result 【答案】6. D 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了戴夫想卖掉自己18岁时买的二手车，在朋友的建议下他在报纸上发布了售车信息，几天后当他把车擦干净在等顾客试车时，可是因为他的车实在旧的像一具残骸，警察误以为他刚刚发生了车祸。 【6题详解】 句意：当戴夫18岁时，他花200美元买了一辆二手车，这样他去上班就比坐公交车更方便了。 directly直接地；safely安全地；properly 正确地；easily 容易地。根据“he could travel to work more...than by bus.可知”，此处表示开车上班要比坐公共汽车容易，快捷。故选D。 【7题详解】 句意：它多年来一直工作得很好，但后来它变得太旧了，修理它的费用太高了以至于他决定最好还是把它卖掉。 so 如此；such这样，如此；very 非常；too太，很。根据“...much in repairs that...”可知，此处是so much...that...，“如此多……以至于……”，固定句型。故选A。 【8题详解】 句意：它多年来一直工作得很好，但后来它变得太旧了，修理它的费用太高了以至于他决定最好还是把它卖掉。 keep保持；repair修理；sell卖；throw投掷。根据“and it cost him...much in repairs that he decided that he had better...it.”可知，修车费用太高了，他打算卖车。故选C。 【9题详解】 句意：他问了他的所有朋友，看是否有人想买一辆便宜的车，但他们都知道这辆车已经快要散架了，所以没有人想买它。 some一些；neither两者都不；none（三者或三者以上）都不；most最多。根据“He asked all his friends to see if anyone wanted to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so...”可知，此处表示朋友中没有人想买他的破车，根据all判断应该用表示“三者都不”的none。故选C。 【10题详解】 句意：戴夫的朋友萨姆有一天晚上看到他愁眉苦脸，就问：“你怎么了，戴夫？” on在……上；up向上；it它；that那。根据“Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was worried one evening,”可知，朋友看到大卫心烦意乱，应对他表示关心，询问怎么了，what’s up“怎么了”，固定句型。故选B。 【11题详解】 句意：戴夫告诉了他，然后山姆回答说：“嗯，那就在报纸上登广告怎么样？那样你可能会得到比广告费更多的东西！” learn学习； miss想念；get得到；find 找到。根据“You may...more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!”可知，朋友建议戴夫登广告卖车，认为这样卖的价格会高，戴夫得到的钱也会多。故选C。 【12题详解】 句意：认为萨姆的建议是对的，他在晚报上登了一则广告，上面写着“出售：小型汽车，耗油很少，只有两位车主。50美元成交。” message信息；advice建议；request要求；description 描述。根据“and Sam answered,...”可知这是萨姆给戴夫建议，此处表示戴夫认为这个建议很好。故选B。 【13题详解】 句意：认为萨姆的建议是对的，他在晚报上登了一则广告，上面写着“出售：小型汽车，耗油很少，只有两位车主。50美元成交。” uses使用；loses失去；has有；spends花费。根据“...very little oil”可知，此处表示汽车使用很少的油，即耗油少。故选A。 【14题详解】 句意：广告登出了两天，但是没有任何回应。 doubt怀疑；help帮助；trouble 麻烦；answer答案，答复，回应。根据“there was no...”可知，此处表示没有任何回应。故选D。 【15题详解】 句意：.他问那个男子第二天早上十点是否合适来看车。 exact精确的；suitable合适的；early早的；late晚的。根据“whether ten o’clock the next morning would be...or not.” 可知，此处询问时间安排是否合适。故选B。 【16题详解】 句意：“好的，”那人说，“我妻子也会来。我们打算出去开一会检测车的性能怎样。” follow跟随；meet会见；bring带来；introduce介绍。根据“We intend to go for a ride in it”可知，此处表示想买车的人要带他妻子一起来。故选C。 【17题详解】 句意：“好的，”那人说，“我妻子也会来。我们打算出去开一会检测车的性能怎样。” praise赞扬；get得到；admire羡慕；test 测验，测试。根据“We want to go for a ride in it to...it.”可知，此处表示想开下测试下汽车性能等情况。故选D。 【18题详解】 句意：即使戴夫也不得不承认，这辆车确实看起来像是一堆残骸。 looked 看起来；smelled闻起来；tasted尝起来； sounded听起来。look like看起来像。根据“the car really...like a wreck (残骸)”可知，此处表示看起来像是一堆残骸。故选A。 【19题详解】 句意：然后，当他把车尽可能地擦干净后，一辆警车就停在了他的后面，一名警察下了车。 as和……一样；that那；so如此；such这样。根据“as clean...it could be”可知，此处是“as +形容词+as it can be”句型，表示“尽可能……”。故选A。 20题详解】 句意：他看了看戴夫的车，然后说：“先生，是你把这起事故报告给我们的吗？” bargain便宜货；sale销售；accident事故；result 结果。根据“... like a wreck (残骸).”可知，戴夫的实在旧的像一具残骸，所以此时警察看到后会误认为他刚刚发生了车祸意外。故选C。 三、阅读理解 （一）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分） A As usual, Amber was hurrying to catch the yellow school bus. Luckily the traffic lights turned green as she was to cross the road, so she made it. When the bus passed a golden arch (拱形门), it reminded her of a hamburger. She hadn’t had breakfast that morning because the fruit salad on the blue dish didn’t look delicious at all. However, Amber remembered that she was still on a diet. So now she was really in a black mood. You may have noticed that several colours were used in the above story so as to help describe Amber’s morning. In fact, colours influence your life more than you can ever imagine. Take language for example: You may describe a sick person as being “a bit green”. To describe a depressed (沮丧的) person, you say that the person is “feeling blue”. In short, colours do add interest to daily conversations. Besides, colours can be used in many parts of your daily life. Have you ever thought about why many school buses and taxis are painted yellow, and stop signs red? Since yellow is the most eye-catching colour, it can catch people’s attention, especially in heavy traffic. As for red, it is the colour which usually shows warning. As a result, some traffic signs use this colour. For the same reason, hot- water taps are usually marked red. The colours of a dining environment possibly decide how much you eat. Most fast-food restaurants are often decorated in bright colours such as red, yellow, orange, and white for the purpose of increasing people’s appetites (胃口). This is because bright colours are natural colours found in many foods, and, therefore, able to raise people’s spirits. Blue, in comparison (对比) with bright colours, is said to lower people’s appetites because few foods are blue in nature. For those who are on a diet, blue dishes and bowls might help! “Morning, Amber! What happened? You look a bit green,” said Violet, Amber’s best friend. “Nothing…just feeling…blue,” said Amber. “Hey! Come to my place tonight. Do you know what I just bought? A phone! It’s red-hot.” Amber was tickled pink to have the chance to play with the phone and said, “Sounds great!” 21. According to the passage, if you are on a diet, ________ might help. A. putting your food in a blue dish or bowl B. turning on a yellow light during the meal C. painting the walls of the dining room white D. covering the dining table with an orange cloth 22. Most school buses are painted yellow because ________. A. it tells other drivers to prepare to stop B. it helps bus drivers stay in a good mood C. it can easily catch other people’s attention D. it is the colour that most school children like 23. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Colours influence people’s daily lives. B. Most fast-food restaurants are painted grey. C. Different colours are used for different purposes. D. Colours make daily conversations more interesting. 【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了颜色对生活各方面的影响，包括语言表达、交通工具及标志的配色、饮食环境的色彩对食欲的影响等。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章内容“For those who are on a diet, blue dishes and bowls might help!”可知，节食的人使用蓝色的碟子和碗可能会抑制食欲。故选A。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Since yellow is the most eye-catching colour, it can catch people’s attention, especially in heavy traffic.”可知，黄色是最显眼的颜色，能够迅速引起人们的注意，特别是在繁忙的交通中。故选C。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Most fast-food restaurants are often decorated in bright colours such as red, yellow, orange, and white for the purpose of increasing people’s appetites.”可知，大部分地快餐店都喜欢装修成鲜艳的红、黄、橙和白等颜色，而没有提到灰色，因此选项B没有在文中提到。故选B。 B It is said that Thomas Edison used to chase the twilight (追求模糊状态) moments between wakefulness and sleep. Supposedly, he used to fall asleep in a chair, holding two balls in his hands. As he nodded off, the balls fell down. The resulting noise woke him up. Then, he could write down his inventive ideas before he fell into a deep sleep and forgot them. This inspired a new study. Researchers tested Edison’s method of encouraging creativity with 103 healthy people. Volunteers came to the lab to solve a number problem. They were asked to change some numbers into a shorter sequence(序列). They were told to follow two simple rules. However, what the volunteers weren’t told was that there was an easy trick to finish this task. The second number in the sequence would always be the correct final number. After doing this task 60 times, volunteers got a 20-minute break. Volunteers held the similar balls that Edison used as “alarm clocks”. The researchers told them to rest or sleep if they wanted to. All the while their brain waves were kept track of (跟踪). More than half of the volunteers stayed awake. Twenty- four fell asleep and stayed in the stage (阶段) of sleep called N1. Fourteen others progressed to N2, a deeper stage of sleep. After their rest, volunteers returned to their number problem. People who reached the N1 stage of sleep were 2.7 times as likely to discover the hidden trick as people who stayed awake and were 5.8 times as likely to discover the trick as people who fell into a deeper sleep stage. “Such obvious (明显的) differences in such experiments are not common,” said Delphine Oudiette, a scientist. “We were quite surprised at the results, and more work is needed to show the connection between N1 and creativity.” Interestingly, according to the result of the experiment, people may be able to learn to take advantage of that twilight stage of sleep. Undoubtedly. Edison is such a great person, but there is no need to pay too much attention to Edison’s habit. He is also said to have considered sleep “a total waste of time”. 24. Why did Edison chase the twilight moments between wakefulness and sleep? A. To fall asleep faster. B. To have inventive ideas. C. To keep healthy. D. To be different. 25. How many volunteers stayed awake after the researchers told them to rest or sleep? A. 65. B. 24. C. 14. D. 51. 26. Who was the most likely to discover the hidden trick in the test? A. Volunteers who stayed awake. B. Volunteers who progressed to N2. C. Volunteers who reached the N1 stage of sleep. D. All the volunteers who took part in the study. 【答案】24. B 25. A 26. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，讲述了爱迪生利用接近睡眠的模糊状态激发创造力的故事，以及研究人员通过实验验证了这一方法的有效性。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Then, he could write down his inventive ideas before he fell into a deep sleep and forgot them. ”可知，爱迪生追求模糊状态，是为了拥有创造性想法。故选B。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Researchers tested Edison’s method of encouraging creativity with 103 healthy people.”和“More than half of the volunteers stayed awake.”可知，参与实验的有103年，超过一半的志愿者保持清醒；结合选项，只有A选项符合语境。故选A。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据“People who reached the N1 stage of sleep were 2.7 times as likely to discover the hidden trick as people who stayed awake and were 5.8 times as likely to discover the trick as people who fell into a deeper sleep stage.”可知，进入N1睡眠阶段的人发现隐藏的诀窍的可能性是保持清醒的人的2.7倍，是进入深度睡眠阶段的人的5.8倍。由此推知进入N1睡眠阶段的志愿者最有可能发现测试中隐藏的诀窍。故选C。 C Sending astronauts to Mars is a big challenge. Astronauts will have to take everything they need, including food, air and water. The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars. Six astronauts on an eight-month trip to Mars will need at least 18,000 kilograms of water for drinking and washing. They’ll also need water to protect themselves from space rays which can pass right through spaceship walls and harm astronauts’ living cells. But a layer of water placed around the ship can stop the harm. That’s a lot of water. And sending water into space is too expensive. It costs $33,000 to send one cup of water to Mars. The more you take, the more it costs. We have the technology to get to Mars, but the problem is that it’s too expensive. But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem. Instead of building a heavy spaceship and packing it full of stuff (物料), why not use the stuff as part of the spaceship? Imagine a spaceship that blows up like a balloon. Inside, the walls have pockets like a big honeycomb (蜂巢). These hold lots of plastic bags filled with water, dried food and algae (水藻). All these make hard walls and great radiation (辐射) protection. And stopping radiation doesn’t influence the food or water itself—it’s safe to eat and drink. And what if the same water could be reused again and again? Flynn and his team call their packed-pocket idea Water Walls. Making oxygen and taking away CO2—the waste gas you breathe out—is another problem in space. “Water Walls will take away CO2 the same way it’s done here on our Earth—with living plants,” Flynn says. Living plants take in CO2 to make their food, and give off oxygen. “Plants are hard to grow in a spacecraft, so we use algae,” he says. Algae are tiny plants that live in water. The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO2 and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe. Flynn thinks his onboard recycling system has many advantages. He hopes it will help make flying to Mars a reality very soon. 27. What does the underlined phrase “packing a spaceship” in paragraph 1 most probably mean? A. repairing things in a spaceship B. recycling things in a spaceship C. checking things in a spaceship D. putting things into a spaceship 28. What is the advantage of Flynn’s system? A. Cost is saved. B. Travelling time is saved. C. Plastic bags are saved. D. Food is saved. 29. What is one purpose of Flynn’s idea of Water Walls? A. To prevent space rays during the space trip. B. To make the whole spaceship stronger. C. To control the temperature in the spaceship. D. To produce water in the spaceship. 30. Why are algae put in the plastic bags? A. To prevent water from being polluted. B. To serve as food for astronauts. C. To provide oxygen for astronauts. D. To help other plants grow in a spaceship. 【答案】27. D 28. A 29. A 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了美国国家航空航天局的工程师弗林为了解决宇航员在太空中生活而存在的一些问题，提出了把生活用品作为宇宙飞船的一部分。 【27题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars.”可知，宇宙飞船里的空间太有限了，放不下很多东西，因此，把东西放进宇宙飞船对火星之旅来说是一个巨大的挑战。故此处划线部分packing a spaceship意为“把东西放进宇宙飞船里”。故选D。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“but the problem is that it’s too expensive”以及“But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem.”可知，他的系统的好处是没有那么贵，即节省了费用。故选A。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“All these make hard walls and great radiation (辐射) protection.”可知，水墙概念的目的之一就是阻止巨大的辐射。故选A。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO2 and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe.”可知，藻类吸收二氧化碳，并为宇航员呼吸制造氧气。故选C。 D Once I took a vacation in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a full view of the blue sea, white buildings and green trees, I stopped to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo. Unluckily, just as I took out my camera, a woman came from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, she was there to appreciate the view. Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and looking at the shot I would finally take, I grew angry. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so lost in her world. I didn’t want to mess with that. Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I looked at it, I found her figure(身影) in the photo was what made the photo interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow came to life because of her. The photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined(破坏)” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure was once captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? Perhaps we all live in each other’s private space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us. That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass. 31. What happened when the writer took out her camera? A. A friend got close from behind. B. Someone asked her to leave. C. A woman was in front of her view. D. Her camera stopped working. 32. According to the writer, the woman was ________. A. losing her patience B. enjoying the landscape C. thinking about the past D. waiting for the sunset 33. In the writer’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive? A The perfect position of the camera. B. The beautiful landscape. C. The soft sunlight on that summer day. D. The woman in the photo. 34. The photo makes the writer have a better understanding of ________. A. the importance of private space B. the beauty of the unexpected C. the meaning of life D. the need to make friends 35. The passage is mainly about the writer’s ________. A. unforgettable friendship B. memory of climbing a hill C. art of taking photos D. thoughts on an experience 【答案】31. C 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者一次旅行的特殊经历带给作者的深思和感悟。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Unluckily, just as I took out my camera, a woman came from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view.”可知，当作者准备拍照的时候，一个女人出现在正前方，挡住了她的视线。故选C。 【32题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Like me, she was there to appreciate the view.”可知，和作者一样，这位女士也在这里停下脚步，欣赏风景放松自己，故选B。 【33题详解】 推理判断题。根据“And now when I looked at it, I found her figure (身影) in the photo was what made the photo interesting.”可知，作者认为，是照片中的女人的存在使得照片如此生动，故选D。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据“The photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who ‘ruined’ it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom.”可知，这张照片展现了我和那个“毁掉”它的女人的独特之美，所以这张照片使作者对意外之美有了更好的理解。故选B。 【35题详解】 主旨大意题。根据“Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.”可知，也许这就是照片的意义所在：提醒我们都欣赏美，我们都有一个共同的欲望，那就是追求快乐，追求联系，追求比我们更伟大的东西。从这段文字可知，这篇文章可以看作是作者对一段特殊生活经历的反思，故选D。 （二）（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通畅，结构完整，其中有一项为多余选项。 Would you completely trust your friends if you couldn’t see anything? Our teacher helped us to find the answer. ____36____ One day, he said that he had a game for us to try. He made us into two groups. One of the students from the first group stands in front of us with his eyes closed, and then falls backwards. The second group stands behind him. Before he falls on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us felt bad with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would fall on the floor. ____37____ We just stood there and laughed. Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl called Sarah, decided to move. She put her arms in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. ____38____ For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor. ____39____ We were all surprised, and were also encouraged. The girl was happy, too. Seeing this, Morrie felt happy and said to the girl, “When you close your eyes, you can’t see anything. You won’t feel safe. When you are falling, you may feel worried. “____40____ But if you trust them, they won’t let you down.” A. But before it, the other students caught her and finally helped her stand up. B. She looked quiet but not scared. C. You aren’t sure whether you will fall on the cold floor or the warm hands of your friends. D. Our teacher is named Morrie. E. We’re sure to fall to the floor with our eyes closed if nobody catches us from the behind. F. So we didn’t move. 【答案】36. D 37. F 38. B 39. A 40. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位教师通过一个信任游戏帮助学生们探索朋友之间的信任。 【36题详解】 根据“One day, he said that he had a game for us to try.”可知，此处提到老师设计的游戏，选项D“我们的老师名叫莫里。”符合语境，是对老师的介绍。故选D。 【37题详解】 根据“Most of us felt bad with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would fall on the floor.”可知，同学们普遍感到担心，因此不敢行动，选项F“所以我们没有动。”符合语境。故选F。 【38题详解】 根据“She put her aims in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards.”可知，此处描述的是女孩的表现，选项B“她看起来镇定但不害怕。”符合语境。故选B。 【39题详解】 根据“For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor.”可知，叙述者当时以为女孩会跌倒，这里描述了最后结果，选项A“但是其他学生在她倒地之前接住了她，最后帮助她站了起来。”符合语境。故选A。 【40题详解】 根据“But if you trust them, they won’t let you down.”可知，是讲信任的不确定性和可能结果，选项C“你不能确定自己会倒在冷冰冰的地板上还是朋友温暖的手上。”符合语境。故选C。 四、词汇运用 （一）（共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分） 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，每词或短语限用一次。 attention quick creative put up follow get low marks ten competition towards each When I was in middle school, there was one thing that often made me nervous: competition. I couldn’t keep up with others. In exams, I always ____41____, which made me very nervous. One day, all students were called to meet an education expert in our classroom. All of us were waiting for him when we saw a thin man come ____42____ us. He was full of confidence, with a smile on his face. He introduced himself to us and started his speech. It was very interesting and we were all listening with full ____43____. After his speech, he said, “Now I need 20 students to take a talent test.” All of us ____44____ hands at the same time. He chose some students and gave ____45____ of them a question paper and said, “There are 10 questions on the paper, and the ____46____ one will be the winner!” The minute he told them to start, all the students started quickly. When the ____47____ was over, he said no one was the winner. We were all surprised. He said between the first instruction and the first question, there was another line which said, “Read all the questions carefully and answer only the ____48____ question.” No one saw the words. He told us not ____49____ other people blindly. He also said we should stay careful and _____50_____ in life. His words encouraged me, and I no longer felt nervous about my studies and my life from that day on. I realized that to win success, the speed never matters. 【答案】41. got low marks 42. towards 43. attention 44. put up 45. each 46. quickest 47. competition 48. tenth 49. to follow 50. creative 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者在中学时因与同学的竞争而感到紧张，通过一次专家的演讲和测验，作者领悟到不应该盲目跟随他人，而要保持谨慎和创造力。 【41题详解】 句意：在考试中，我总是得低分，这让我很紧张。根据“In exams, I always …, which made me very nervous.”可知，此处指的是考试中成绩不好，备选词get low marks“成绩低”符合句意，且根据前文时态可知，此处应用一般过去时，故填got low marks。 【42题详解】 句意：我们所有人都在等他，这时我们看到一个瘦的男人向我们走来。根据“when we saw a thin man come … us”可知，此处应指一个瘦的男人向我们走来，备选词towards“朝，向”符合句意。故填towards。 【43题详解】 句意：这很有趣，我们都全神贯注地听着。根据“It was very interesting and we were all listening …”可知，这很有趣，所以大家都听得很认真，备选词attention“注意力”符合句意。故填attention。 【44题详解】 句意：我们所有人同时举起了手。put up hands表示“举手”，是固定短语，且根据前文时态可知，此处应用一般过去时，故填put up。 【45题详解】 句意：他挑选了一些学生，给他们每人一张试卷，并说：“试卷上有10道题，最快的一个人就是赢家！”根据“He chose some students and gave … of them a question paper”可知，此处是指给他们每人一张试卷，each of sb.表示“……中的每一个”，备选词each“每一个”符合句意，故填each。 【46题详解】 句意：他挑选了一些学生，给他们每人一张试卷，并说：“试卷上有10道题，最快的一个人就是赢家！”根据“and the … one will be the winner!”可知，此处指的是最快的一个人就是赢家，备选词quick的最高级形式quickest“最快的”符合句意，故填quickest。 【47题详解】 句意：比赛结束后，他说没有人是赢家。根据“he said no one was the winner”可知，指的是上文提到的比赛，备选词competition“比赛”。故填competition。 【48题详解】 句意：认真阅读所有的问题而且只回答第十个问题。根据“Read all the questions carefully and answer only the … question.”及前文“There are 10 questions on the paper.”可知，此处指的是只回答第十个问题，备选词ten的序数词tenth“第十”符合句意，故填tenth。 【49题详解】 句意：他告诉我们不要盲目跟从别人。根据“blindly”可知，此处指的是不要盲目跟从别人，tell sb not to do sth“告诉某人不要做某事”，备选词follow“跟随”符合句意，此处应用动词不定式作宾语。故填to follow。 【50题详解】 句意：他还说在生活中我们要保持谨慎和创造力。根据“He also said we should stay careful and...”可知，此处指的是要保持谨慎和创造力，备选词creative“有创造力的”符合句意，故填creative。 （二）（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。 Denis Rancourt is a famous physics professor and a leading scientist in his field. He has published hundreds of scientific papers and dozens of books. One day, he d____51____ to change the way he had been teaching for many years. Why? It all started a few years earlier. While doing research, he found that both water and land were p____52____, and animals were disappearing. “What should I do?” he asked himself, “Should I continue to focus on my own teaching and research, or should I do something to s____53____ these things from happening?” As a person who cares d____54____ about the environment, he started doing things differently. He began with a science course which was open to everyone. He i____55____ speakers to give talks on topics such as environmental policy, poverty, medical care, war, globalization, trade. He encouraged students to think, d____56____, and take action to make the world a better place. Once, a hall was filled with more than 120 people to listen to these speeches, i____57____ two l2-year-old twins. He became a controversial (有争议) figure on campus. Some people admired him for his bravery, sense of society and for his exciting teaching m____58____. Others argued that he was damaging the reputation (名誉) of the university. In an interview, he was asked w____59____ he did all of this at the risk of his own career. “As educators, we should make people realize problems. What m____60____ most is to stop the bad things from happening, whether they are China or in foreign countries.” 【答案】51. (d)ecided 52. (p)olluted 53. (s)top 54. (d)eeply 55. (i)nvited 56. (d)iscuss 57. (i)ncluding 58. (m)ethods 59. (w)hy 60. (m)atters 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一位著名的物理学家Denis Rancourt，几年前他做研究时发现水和土地都被污染了，动物正在消失，于是他致力于环境保护。 【51题详解】 句意：有一天，他决定改变他多年来的教学方式。根据语境和首字母可知，此处指决定做某事，decide“决定”，是动词，此处时态为一般过去时。故填(d)ecided。 【52题详解】 句意：在做研究时，他发现水和土地都被污染了，动物正在消失。根据“and animals were disappearing”和首字母可知，水和土地被污染了，pollute“污染”，是动词，此处是被动语态，应填polluted。故填(p)olluted。 【53题详解】 句意：我应该继续专注于自己的教学和研究，还是应该做些什么来阻止这些事情的发生？根据语境和首字母可知，此处指阻止污染的发生，stop...from doing sth.“阻止……做某事”。故填(s)top。 【54题详解】 句意：作为一个非常关心环境的人，他开始以不同的方式做事。根据语境和首字母可知，他非常关心环境，deeply“非常”，是副词。故填(d)eeply。 【55题详解】 句意：他邀请演讲者就环境政策、贫困、医疗保健、战争、全球化、贸易等主题发表演讲。invite sb. to do sth.“邀请某人做某事”，此处表示过去发生的事情，应用动词的过去式。故填(i)nvited。 【56题详解】 句意：他鼓励学生们思考、讨论并采取行动，让世界变得更美好。根据语境和首字母可知，此处指讨论，discuss“讨论”，是动词。故填(d)iscuss。 【57题详解】 句意：有一次，一个大厅里坐满了120多人来听这些演讲，其中包括一对12岁的双胞胎。根据语境和首字母可知，120人里面是包括这对双胞胎的。故填(i)ncluding。 【58题详解】 句意：有些人钦佩他的勇敢、社会意识和令人兴奋的教学方法。根据语境和首字母可知，此处指教学方法，method“方法”，是名词，此处用其复数形式。故填(m)ethods。 【59题详解】 句意：在一次采访中，他被问到为什么要冒着自己职业生涯的风险做这一切。根据下文内容可知，此处询问原因，应用why引导宾语从句。故填(w)hy。 【60题详解】 句意：最重要的是阻止不好的事情发生，无论是在中国还是在国外。根据语境可知，此处表示事关紧要 的事，matter“事关紧要”，是动词，此处在主语从句中作谓语，主语是What，动词用第三人称单数形式。故填(m)atters。 五、读写综合 （一）（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 阅读短文，回答短文后的五个问题。 Skipping to victory Zhou Qi is a 17-year-old student from Hangzhou. Zhejiang. Last September he broke the Guinness (吉尼斯) World Record for the most single skips in one minute, with a result of 374. The record had stood unbroken for ten years. Daisuke Mimura from Japan held it with 348 skips in 2013. Interestingly, Zhou’s new record is not even his personal best. “My best performance was 396 times in one minute. That was done in the 2nd Primary and Secondary School Students’ Rope Skipping Championship in 2020. My coach said I had already broken the world record. It was at that time that I made up my mind to apply for the Guinness World Record,” Zhou said. However, the road to success was far from smooth. For years, Zhou practised with a special steel rope designed for competition. It’s light and strong. But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid (无效). After online communication with the records management team, Zhou quickly changed to a common rope recognized (认证) by the Guinness World Records. He soon got used to it. Whatever kind of rope Zhou used, his strict training stood him in good sporting condition. Zhou has been in the school rope skipping team for seven years. He has jumped rope for about four hours each day. He would also run around the playground to improve his physical strength. Now a high school student, Zhou said he’ll put his studies first. But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day. 注：每题答案不超过6个词。 61. When did Zhou Qi break the Guinness World Record for the most single skips? _________________________________________________________ 62. What is Zhou Qi’s Guinness World Record for the most single skips? _________________________________________________________ 63. Why was Zhou Qi’s first Guinness application considered invalid? _________________________________________________________ 64. Which English saying will you use to describe Zhou Qi according to Paragraph 4? _________________________________________________________ 65. What is Zhou Qi’s dream? _________________________________________________________ 【答案】61. In September. 62. 374. 63. Because of the rope he used. 64. Hard work pays off. 65. To beat his own record. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了打破吉尼斯纪录的少年——周琦。 【61题详解】 根据“Last September he broke the Guinness World Record for the most single skips in one minute”可知，周琦在去年九月打破了吉尼斯世界纪录。故填In September. 【62题详解】 根据“with a result of 374”可知，周琦的吉尼斯世界纪录是374次。故填374. 【63题详解】 根据“But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid”可知，周琦第一次申请吉尼斯纪录无效是因为他使用了特殊的钢绳。故填Because of the rope he used. 【64题详解】 根据第四段内容可知，周琦通过严格的训练保持了良好的运动状态，说明了努力会有回报，故填Hard work pays off. 【65题详解】 根据“But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day.”可知，周琦的梦想是打破自己的纪录。故填To beat his own record. （二）书面表达（共1题，计20分） 66. 如今，人工智能(artificial intelligence，简称AI)已走进人们的生活，它正迅速地改变着世界。一方面，它给大家带来诸多便利，比如，有的翻译软件，它能使人们轻松与外国人交流，在医院……。另一方面，它也引发不少问题，例如很多工作将被人工取代，许多人会失去工作，有的人过于依赖AI 而不会自己思考了……。请你根据下表提示，以“AI in Our Life”为题写一篇英语短文，介绍同学们的不同观点，并谈谈你的看法。 advantage life, easy; translation apps; in hospital, read pictures … disadvantage problem; job, be taken; depend on, think less … your opinion use properly … 写作要求： 1. 文中须包含所选观点的要点提示，并结合自身实际，可适当发挥； 2. 文中不得出现考生的真实姓名和学校姓名： 3. 词数100左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。 AI in Our Life Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) has come into almost every part of our daily lives, and it’s changing our world really fast. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】范文： AI in Our Life Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) has come into almost every part of our daily lives, and it’s changing our world really fast. On the one hand, AI makes our lives much easier. For example, we can talk to people from other countries easily with the help of some translation apps. In the hospital, doctors can use AI to read pictures and find diseases early. On the other hand, AI brings some problems. Lots of jobs might be taken by AI. Many people will lose their jobs because of this. What’s more, some people depend too much on AI. They don’t want to think by themselves any more. In my opinion, we should use AI properly. We should find ways to stop the bad things about AI. Only in this way can AI do more good for us and serve us well. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇说明文，为材料作文； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，注意不要遗漏要点，可适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，承接文章开头，开篇点题，点出人工智能正迅速地改变着世界； 第二步，具体阐述人工智能带来的优点和不利方面； 第三步，写出自己的观点。 [亮点词汇] ①with the help of在……帮助下 ②in my opinion在我看来 [高分句型] ①Only in this way can AI do more good for us and serve us well.（only+状语放于句首，后面的句子半倒装） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024年秋学期九年级英语期末试卷 （考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分 考试形式：闭卷） 一、补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 下面是手机群聊的界面，请根据聊天内容，从下面所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。 (Lily, Wendy and Amy are talking about their plan for the weekend.) @ Lily @ Wendy September is a perfect time to hang out. ___1___ The weather is neither too cold nor too hot. Have you been to Binhai Bird Paradise? ___2___ Me, neither. I hear there are many special birds there. ___3___ Good idea! How can we get there? It’s not far. ___4___ That’s OK. Let’s meet at 10: 00 at the gate. Remember to take a camera. ___5___ Cool! I’m sure we’ll have a good time! A. No, I haven’t. B. I agree with you. C. Taking a taxi would be a good choice. D. I can’t wait to go there! E. Shall we go there this Sunday? F. We can take some pictures of birds. 二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分) 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When Dave was 18, he bought an secondhand car for＄200 so that he could travel to work more ____6____ than by bus. It worked quite well for years, but then it got so old, and it cost him ____7____ much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____8____ it. He asked all his friends to see if anyone wanted to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so ____9____ of them wanted to buy it. Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was worried one evening, and said, “What’s ____10____, Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ____11____ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s ____12____ was right, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car，____13____ very little oil, only two owners. Bargain (成交) at＄50.” For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____14____. But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to see the car. Dave felt very happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be ____15____ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll ____16____my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to ____17____ it.” The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, waiting there for the people who had answered his advertisement. Even Dave had to admit (承认) that the car really ____18____ like a wreck (残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean ____19____ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said， “Have you reported this____20____ to us yet, sir?” 6. A. directly B. safely C. properly D. easily 7. A. so B. such C. very D. too 8 A. keep B. repair C. sell D. throw 9. A. some B. neither C. none D. most 10. A. on B. up C. it D. that 11. A. learn B. miss C. get D. find 12. A. message B. advice C. request (要求) D. description 13 A. uses B. loses C. has D. spends 14. A. doubt B. help C. trouble D. answer 15. A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late 16. A. follow B. meet C. bring D. introduce 17. A. praise B. get C. admire D. test 18. A. looked B. smelled C. tasted D. sounded 19 A. as B. that C. so D. such 20. A. bargain B. sale C. accident D. result 三、阅读理解 （一）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分） A As usual Amber was hurrying to catch the yellow school bus. Luckily the traffic lights turned green as she was to cross the road, so she made it. When the bus passed a golden arch (拱形门), it reminded her of a hamburger. She hadn’t had breakfast that morning because the fruit salad on the blue dish didn’t look delicious at all. However, Amber remembered that she was still on a diet. So now she was really in a black mood. You may have noticed that several colours were used in the above story so as to help describe Amber’s morning. In fact, colours influence your life more than you can ever imagine. Take language for example: You may describe a sick person as being “a bit green”. To describe a depressed (沮丧的) person, you say that the person is “feeling blue”. In short, colours do add interest to daily conversations. Besides, colours can be used in many parts of your daily life. Have you ever thought about why many school buses and taxis are painted yellow, and stop signs red? Since yellow is the most eye-catching colour, it can catch people’s attention, especially in heavy traffic. As for red, it is the colour which usually shows warning. As a result, some traffic signs use this colour. For the same reason, hot- water taps are usually marked red. The colours of a dining environment possibly decide how much you eat. Most fast-food restaurants are often decorated in bright colours such as red, yellow, orange, and white for the purpose of increasing people’s appetites (胃口). This is because bright colours are natural colours found in many foods, and, therefore, able to raise people’s spirits. Blue, in comparison (对比) with bright colours, is said to lower people’s appetites because few foods are blue in nature. For those who are on a diet, blue dishes and bowls might help! “Morning, Amber! What happened? You look a bit green,” said Violet, Amber’s best friend. “Nothing…just feeling…blue,” said Amber. “Hey! Come to my place tonight. Do you know what I just bought? A phone! It’s red-hot.” Amber was tickled pink to have the chance to play with the phone and said, “Sounds great!” 21. According to the passage, if you are on a diet, ________ might help. A. putting your food in a blue dish or bowl B. turning on a yellow light during the meal C. painting the walls of the dining room white D. covering the dining table with an orange cloth 22. Most school buses are painted yellow because ________. A. it tells other drivers to prepare to stop B. it helps bus drivers stay in a good mood C. it can easily catch other people’s attention D. it is the colour that most school children like 23. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Colours influence people’s daily lives. B. Most fast-food restaurants are painted grey. C. Different colours are used for different purposes. D. Colours make daily conversations more interesting. B It is said that Thomas Edison used to chase the twilight (追求模糊状态) moments between wakefulness and sleep. Supposedly, he used to fall asleep in a chair, holding two balls in his hands. As he nodded off, the balls fell down. The resulting noise woke him up. Then, he could write down his inventive ideas before he fell into a deep sleep and forgot them. This inspired a new study. Researchers tested Edison’s method of encouraging creativity with 103 healthy people. Volunteers came to the lab to solve a number problem. They were asked to change some numbers into a shorter sequence(序列). They were told to follow two simple rules. However, what the volunteers weren’t told was that there was an easy trick to finish this task. The second number in the sequence would always be the correct final number. After doing this task 60 times, volunteers got a 20-minute break. Volunteers held the similar balls that Edison used as “alarm clocks”. The researchers told them to rest or sleep if they wanted to. All the while their brain waves were kept track of (跟踪). More than half of the volunteers stayed awake. Twenty- four fell asleep and stayed in the stage (阶段) of sleep called N1. Fourteen others progressed to N2, a deeper stage of sleep. After their rest, volunteers returned to their number problem. People who reached the N1 stage of sleep were 2.7 times as likely to discover the hidden trick as people who stayed awake and were 5.8 times as likely to discover the trick as people who fell into a deeper sleep stage. “Such obvious (明显的) differences in such experiments are not common,” said Delphine Oudiette, a scientist. “We were quite surprised at the results, and more work is needed to show the connection between N1 and creativity.” Interestingly, according to the result of the experiment, people may be able to learn to take advantage of that twilight stage of sleep. Undoubtedly. Edison is such a great person, but there is no need to pay too much attention to Edison’s habit. He is also said to have considered sleep “a total waste of time”. 24. Why did Edison chase the twilight moments between wakefulness and sleep? A. To fall asleep faster. B. To have inventive ideas. C. To keep healthy. D. To be different. 25. How many volunteers stayed awake after the researchers told them to rest or sleep? A. 65. B. 24. C. 14. D. 51. 26. Who was the most likely to discover the hidden trick in the test? A. Volunteers who stayed awake. B. Volunteers who progressed to N2. C. Volunteers who reached the N1 stage of sleep. D. All the volunteers who took part in the study. C Sending astronauts to Mars is a big challenge. Astronauts will have to take everything they need, including food, air and water. The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars. Six astronauts on an eight-month trip to Mars will need at least 18,000 kilograms of water for drinking and washing. They’ll also need water to protect themselves from space rays which can pass right through spaceship walls and harm astronauts’ living cells. But a layer of water placed around the ship can stop the harm. That’s a lot of water. And sending water into space is too expensive. It costs $33,000 to send one cup of water to Mars. The more you take, the more it costs. We have the technology to get to Mars, but the problem is that it’s too expensive. But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem. Instead of building a heavy spaceship and packing it full of stuff (物料), why not use the stuff as part of the spaceship? Imagine a spaceship that blows up like a balloon. Inside, the walls have pockets like a big honeycomb (蜂巢). These hold lots of plastic bags filled with water, dried food and algae (水藻). All these make hard walls and great radiation (辐射) protection. And stopping radiation doesn’t influence the food or water itself—it’s safe to eat and drink. And what if the same water could be reused again and again? Flynn and his team call their packed-pocket idea Water Walls. Making oxygen and taking away CO2—the waste gas you breathe out—is another problem in space. “Water Walls will take away CO2 the same way it’s done here on our Earth—with living plants,” Flynn says. Living plants take in CO2 to make their food, and give off oxygen. “Plants are hard to grow in a spacecraft, so we use algae,” he says. Algae are tiny plants that live in water. The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO2 and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe. Flynn thinks his onboard recycling system has many advantages. He hopes it will help make flying to Mars a reality very soon. 27. What does the underlined phrase “packing a spaceship” in paragraph 1 most probably mean? A. repairing things in a spaceship B. recycling things in a spaceship C. checking things in a spaceship D. putting things into a spaceship 28. What is the advantage of Flynn’s system? A. Cost is saved. B. Travelling time is saved. C. Plastic bags are saved. D. Food is saved. 29. What is one purpose of Flynn’s idea of Water Walls? A. To prevent space rays during the space trip. B. To make the whole spaceship stronger. C. To control the temperature in the spaceship. D. To produce water in the spaceship. 30. Why are algae put in the plastic bags? A. To prevent water from being polluted. B. To serve as food for astronauts. C. To provide oxygen for astronauts. D. To help other plants grow in a spaceship. D Once I took a vacation in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a full view of the blue sea, white buildings and green trees, I stopped to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo. Unluckily, just as I took out my camera, a woman came from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, she was there to appreciate the view. Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and looking at the shot I would finally take, I grew angry. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so lost in her world. I didn’t want to mess with that. Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I looked at it, I found her figure(身影) in the photo was what made the photo interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow came to life because of her. The photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined(破坏)” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure was once captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? Perhaps we all live in each other’s private space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us. That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass. 31. What happened when the writer took out her camera? A. A friend got close from behind. B. Someone asked her to leave. C. A woman was in front of her view. D. Her camera stopped working. 32. According to the writer, the woman was ________. A. losing her patience B. enjoying the landscape C. thinking about the past D. waiting for the sunset 33. In the writer’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive? A. The perfect position of the camera. B. The beautiful landscape. C. The soft sunlight on that summer day. D. The woman in the photo. 34. The photo makes the writer have a better understanding of ________. A. the importance of private space B. the beauty of the unexpected C. the meaning of life D. the need to make friends 35. The passage is mainly about the writer’s ________. A. unforgettable friendship B. memory of climbing a hill C. art of taking photos D. thoughts on an experience （二）（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通畅，结构完整，其中有一项为多余选项。 Would you completely trust your friends if you couldn’t see anything? Our teacher helped us to find the answer. ____36____ One day, he said that he had a game for us to try. He made us into two groups. One of the students from the first group stands in front of us with his eyes closed, and then falls backwards. The second group stands behind him. Before he falls on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us felt bad with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would fall on the floor. ____37____ We just stood there and laughed. Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl called Sarah, decided to move. She put her arms in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. ____38____ For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor. ____39____ We were all surprised, and were also encouraged. The girl was happy, too. Seeing this, Morrie felt happy and said to the girl, “When you close your eyes, you can’t see anything. You won’t feel safe. When you are falling, you may feel worried. “____40____ But if you trust them, they won’t let you down.” A. But before it, the other students caught her and finally helped her stand up. B. She looked quiet but not scared. C. You aren’t sure whether you will fall on the cold floor or the warm hands of your friends. D. Our teacher is named Morrie. E. We’re sure to fall to the floor with our eyes closed if nobody catches us from the behind. F. So we didn’t move. 四、词汇运用 （一）（共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分） 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，每词或短语限用一次。 attention quick creative put up follow get low marks ten competition towards each When I was in middle school, there was one thing that often made me nervous: competition. I couldn’t keep up with others. In exams, I always ____41____, which made me very nervous. One day, all students were called to meet an education expert in our classroom. All of us were waiting for him when we saw a thin man come ____42____ us. He was full of confidence, with a smile on his face. He introduced himself to us and started his speech. It was very interesting and we were all listening with full ____43____. After his speech, he said, “Now I need 20 students to take a talent test.” All of us ____44____ hands at the same time. He chose some students and gave ____45____ of them a question paper and said, “There are 10 questions on the paper, and the ____46____ one will be the winner!” The minute he told them to start, all the students started quickly. When the ____47____ was over, he said no one was the winner. We were all surprised. He said between the first instruction and the first question, there was another line which said, “Read all the questions carefully and answer only the ____48____ question.” No one saw the words. He told us not ____49____ other people blindly. He also said we should stay careful and _____50_____ in life. His words encouraged me, and I no longer felt nervous about my studies and my life from that day on. I realized that to win success, the speed never matters. （二）（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。 Denis Rancourt is a famous physics professor and a leading scientist in his field. He has published hundreds of scientific papers and dozens of books. One day, he d____51____ to change the way he had been teaching for many years. Why? It all started a few years earlier. While doing research, he found that both water and land were p____52____, and animals were disappearing. “What should I do?” he asked himself, “Should I continue to focus on my own teaching and research, or should I do something to s____53____ these things from happening?” As a person who cares d____54____ about the environment, he started doing things differently. He began with a science course which was open to everyone. He i____55____ speakers to give talks on topics such as environmental policy, poverty, medical care, war, globalization, trade. He encouraged students to think, d____56____, and take action to make the world a better place. Once, a hall was filled with more than 120 people to listen to these speeches, i____57____ two l2-year-old twins. He became a controversial (有争议的) figure on campus. Some people admired him for his bravery, sense of society and for his exciting teaching m____58____. Others argued that he was damaging the reputation (名誉) of the university. In an interview, he was asked w____59____ he did all of this at the risk of his own career. “As educators, we should make people realize problems. What m____60____ most is to stop the bad things from happening, whether they are China or in foreign countries.” 五、读写综合 （一）（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 阅读短文，回答短文后的五个问题。 Skipping to victory Zhou Qi is a 17-year-old student from Hangzhou. Zhejiang. Last September he broke the Guinness (吉尼斯) World Record for the most single skips in one minute, with a result of 374. The record had stood unbroken for ten years. Daisuke Mimura from Japan held it with 348 skips in 2013. Interestingly, Zhou’s new record is not even his personal best. “My best performance was 396 times in one minute. That was done in the 2nd Primary and Secondary School Students’ Rope Skipping Championship in 2020. My coach said I had already broken the world record. It was at that time that I made up my mind to apply for the Guinness World Record,” Zhou said. However, the road to success was far from smooth. For years, Zhou practised with a special steel rope designed for competition. It’s light and strong. But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid (无效). After online communication with the records management team, Zhou quickly changed to a common rope recognized (认证) by the Guinness World Records. He soon got used to it. Whatever kind of rope Zhou used, his strict training stood him in good sporting condition. Zhou has been in the school rope skipping team for seven years. He has jumped rope for about four hours each day. He would also run around the playground to improve his physical strength. Now a high school student, Zhou said he’ll put his studies first. But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day. 注：每题答案不超过6个词。 61. When did Zhou Qi break the Guinness World Record for the most single skips? _________________________________________________________ 62. What is Zhou Qi’s Guinness World Record for the most single skips? _________________________________________________________ 63. Why was Zhou Qi’s first Guinness application considered invalid? _________________________________________________________ 64. Which English saying will you use to describe Zhou Qi according to Paragraph 4? _________________________________________________________ 65. What is Zhou Qi’s dream? _________________________________________________________ （二）书面表达（共1题，计20分） 66. 如今，人工智能(artificial intelligence，简称AI)已走进人们的生活，它正迅速地改变着世界。一方面，它给大家带来诸多便利，比如，有的翻译软件，它能使人们轻松与外国人交流，在医院……。另一方面，它也引发不少问题，例如很多工作将被人工取代，许多人会失去工作，有的人过于依赖AI 而不会自己思考了……。请你根据下表提示，以“AI in Our Life”为题写一篇英语短文，介绍同学们的不同观点，并谈谈你的看法。 advantage life, easy; translation apps; in hospital, read pictures … disadvantage problem; job, be taken; depend on, think less … your opinion use properly … 写作要求： 1. 文中须包含所选观点的要点提示，并结合自身实际，可适当发挥； 2. 文中不得出现考生的真实姓名和学校姓名： 3. 词数100左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。 AI in Our Life Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) has come into almost every part of our daily lives, and it’s changing our world really fast. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$