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衡阳市实验中学2024年下学期期中考试试卷 九年级英语 考生须知： 1.本试卷共四大题，61小题，满分100分。考试时间100分钟。 2.考生解题作答必须在答题卡上。答案书写在答题卡相应位置上，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 第一部分 听力理解（共两节，满分20分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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。 1. What is the invention used to do? A. Peel potatoes. B. Cut watermelons. C. Clean strawberries. 2. Who did Greg talk back to? A. His dad. B. His mom. C. His teacher. 3. How many members are there in Tony’s English club? A. 7. B. 17. C. 27. 4. What is Susan like now? A. Quiet. B. Outgoing. C. Humorous. 5. Where is the gift shop? A. Behind the cinema. B. Behind the post office. C. Across from the post office 第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 听下面6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， 听第六段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. When will Dennis give an English speech next week? A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday 7. Who taught Dennis how to deal with his shyness? A. His math teacher. B. His Chinese teacher. C. His English teacher. 听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. How often does Steve write to his pen pals? A. Once a month. B. Twice a month. C. Three times a month. 9. Where is Rick from? A. America. B. Canada. C. Australia. 听第八段材料，回答第10、11题。 10. In which month does Cathy have a business meeting in Thailand? A. January. B. February. C. April. 11. Who will Cathy go to Thailand with? A. Her friend. B. Her relatives. C. Her workmates. 听第九段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What does the man need to buy for himself? A. Shoes. B. A scarf. C. A science book. 13. What time does the bookstore close today? A. At 3:00pm. B. At 4:00p. m. C. At 5:00p. m. 14. On which floor is the bookstore? A. The first floor. B. The second floor. C. The fifth floor. 听第十段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. What did Rick do last Friday? A. He went to a party. B. He did some sports. C. He studied for a test. 16. What does Larry look like now? A. Thin and short. B. Heavy and tall. C. Heavy and short. 17. What musical instrument did Larry play at the party? A. The plano. B. The violin. C. The guitar. 听第十一段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What was in the red gift box? A. A scarf. B. A gift card. C. A birthday card. 19. Where can the gift card be used? A. In a bookstore. B. In a restaurant. C. In a shopping mall. 20. What was the gift basket filled with? A. CDs. B. Snacks. C. Postcards 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，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Babysitter needed We need a babysitter to look after our two boys aged 5 and 7 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. You can get $60 a week. Call Mary at 6783-4521. Holiday job Do you want to make some money this summer? We need French, Spanish or German speakers to work for us in the City Museum shop from Tuesday to Saturday. Send your e-mail to citymuseum@shopjob.com. 1. If you want to be a babysitter, you have to work ________ hours a week. A. 8 B. 10 C. 14 2. If you ________, you can work in the City Museum shop. A. love children B. can ride a bike C. can speak German 3. What can we learn from the above reading? A. Mary has two boys aged 5 and 7. B. You don’t need to work on Tuesday in the City Museum shop. C. You can make $60 a day if you work as a babysitter. 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，包含两则招聘广告。第一则招聘保姆，第二则招聘博物馆商店暑期工。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一则广告“from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday”可知，每天工作2小时，每周5天，总计10小时。故选B。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二则广告“We need French, Spanish or German speakers”可知，会说德语是应聘条件之一。故选C。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一则广告“We need a babysitter to look after our two boys aged 5 and 7”可知，玛丽有两个5岁和7岁的男孩，表述正确；故选A。 B I didn’t use to like my dad. When he knew that I was poor in math in the primary school, he made me stay with my aunt whose husband was a math teacher. I wanted to stop practicing the piano because I thought it was boring But he didn’t allow me. He made me practice every day and warned me not to be lazy. I would always remember how he punished me for not being good. Once I went to play computer games with some classmates instead of going to school. After knowing what happened, he hit me in the face and stopped giving me any pocket money. I would also remember that when I asked him to buy me a pair of expensive sports shoes, he turned me down. But he bought me a very good computer to have online lessons. When I was at university, Mom wrote me lots of letters but he just sent money. And whenever I called home, he acted like he didn’t want to talk and he always said, “I’ll get your mom.” But while I am enjoying the pleasure that playing the piano brings me, I know his love. When I am enjoying the success of being a top student, I know his love. Dad loves me just as Mom does, but he shows it differently. 4. Why did the writer want to stop practicing playing the piano? A. Because he thought it was boring. B. Because he wanted to study. C. Because he was too lazy. 5. What does the underlined phrase “turned…down” in paragraph 5 mean? A. 下来 B. 拒绝. C. 调小. 6. What did Dad send the writer when he was at university? A. Letters. B. Shoes. C. Money. 7. From the story, we can know that ________. A. Dad’s love is different from Mom’s. B. The writer didn’t like his dad at all. C. The writer’s dad didn’t like him at all. 【答案】4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了在作者成长过程里，没有感受到父亲的关爱，一直都是母亲关心自己。长大后才明白父亲表达爱的方式与母亲不同。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据“I wanted to stop practicing the piano because I thought it was boring.”可知，作者想停止练习钢琴，因为他觉得那很无聊。故选A。 【5题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“I would also remember that when I asked him to buy me a pair of expensive sports shoes, he turned me down. But he bought me a very good computer to have online lessons.”可知，爸爸拒绝给我买昂贵的运动鞋，但是给我买了一台好电脑上网课，可推测turned…down意为“拒绝”。故选B。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据“When I was at university, Mom wrote me lots of letters but he just sent money.”可知，作者上大学时，爸爸给他寄钱。故选C。 【7题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Dad loves me just as Mom does, but he shows it differently.”可知，爸爸的爱和妈妈的方式不一样。故选A。 C Lantern festivals add magic to celebrations and their designs are deeply inspired (激励) by traditional culture. On Sept 24, 2023, Wan Songtao and his team organized the lantern show at the Aldrich Bay Park in Hong Kong. Later, they hurried back to their hometown of Zigong in Sichuan province, where another grand lantern show was on the way. “The older I grow, the more I like lantern making.” the 54-year-old Wan Songtao tells China Daily. Early in the morning after landing in Zigong, Wan went to work at Chinese Lantern World, an ocean of light and color by huge lanterns in the shape of humans, flowers, animals and buildings to celebrate the traditional Chinese festivals. The show attracted (吸引) over 210,000 visitors from around China to the city, which is known for being home to one of the world’s best lantern shows. Wan has made lanterns for over 30 years. In 2015, he was recognized as a city-level inheritor (继承人). At college, Wan studied painting, which led him to think about how to combine (结合) art with lantern design. Later in his work, he kept trying till now. Each year, he invites a French light artist to exchange, and this year, he introduced the artist to the Chinese Lantern College. “I am excited to make it. Even though it is only a beginning, I am looking forward to seeing more breakthroughs (突破) in creative design for the lanterns,” Wan says. 8. Who organized the lantern show at the Aldrich Bay Park in Hongkong ? A. Yang Xiaoyu. B. Wan Songtao. C. Wan Songtao and his team. 9. How long has Wan Songtao made lanterns? A. Over 50 years. B. Over 30 years. C. Over 20 years. 10. What can we learn from the passage? A. The lantern show in Zigong attracted over 21,000 visitors. B. In 2005, Wan was recognized as a city-level inheritor. C. Wan invites a foreign light artist to exchange every year. 11. We may read this passage in the ________ section of a newspaper. A. culture B. sports C. travel 【答案】8. C 9. B 10. C 11. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要四川自贡的盛大灯会以及灯笼制作人Wan Songtao。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“On Sept 24, 2023, Wan Songtao and his team organized the lantern show at the Aldrich Bay Park in Hong Kong.”可知，组织了香港爱秩序湾公园的灯会的是Wan Songtao和他的团队。故选C。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Wan has made lanterns for over 30 years.”可知，Wan做灯笼已经有30多年了。故选B。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Each year, he invites a French light artist to exchange, and this year, he introduced the artist to the Chinese Lantern College.”可知，Wan每年邀请一名外国灯光艺术家进行交流。故选C。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，文章主要四川自贡的盛大灯会以及灯笼制作人Wan Songtao，所以我们可以在报纸上的文化板块看到这篇文章。故选A。 第二节 语篇补全（共4小题：每小题2分，满分8分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅用一次。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. ____12____ ·Eat breakfast every morning. Research shows that if you eat a meal in the morning, you may not become too fat or eat too much during lunch. Eating breakfast can help people feel better through the day. ____13____ Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning. It can also cause traffic accidents! Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So get enough sleep and stay safe! ·Take a walk every day. Walking is an easy way to exercise. You’d better meet friends for a walk, not for a meal. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you will find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy. ·Join social groups. Social groups can provide support. They might include sports teams, art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and help each other in difficult times. ____14____ An active mind is a healthy mind! ·Have a hobby A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest. ____15____ A. Get up early. B Get enough sleep. C. If so, the following healthy habits may help you. D. Hobbies bring us happiness as well. E. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy. 【答案】12. C 13. B 14. E 15. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了一些健康的习惯。 【12题详解】 根据“Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health.”以及下文可知本文介绍了一些健康的习惯，选项C“如果是这样，以下健康的习惯可能会对你有所帮助”符合语境。故选C。 【13题详解】 根据“Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning”可知此处内容和睡眠有关，选项B“充足的睡眠”符合语境。故选B。 【14题详解】 根据“Join social groups”以及“An active mind is a healthy mind!”可知要加入社交群，选项E“此外，在一个团队中会让你的大脑忙碌起来”符合语境。故选E。 【15题详解】 根据“Have a hobby”可知此处内容和爱好有关，选项D“爱好也给我们带来快乐”符合语境。故选D。 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Jim and Steve were twins. They played on the same football team. They shared all the same toys, the same bedroom and the same friends. They shared _____16_____. One Sunday, Jim and Steve went _____17_____ to ride their blue bike, but they wanted to go to different places. Their mother heard the two boys arguing and came outside. She told them to take turns to ride the bike. _____18_____, they didn’t want to share it. A few days later, their mother brought a pet cat home _____19_____ the boys. “Can’t we each have our own one?” asked the boys angrily. They were _____20_____ of sharing everything. “I’m sorry, but you must share one cat,” the mother said. “You will have to _____21_____ the cat and make sure it has enough food and doesn’t do anything wrong.” Then the boys began to share the jobs. One day, the cat got into the mother’s bedroom. After a few minutes, the cat had fun playing with the ball of yarn (线) and _____22_____ away the yarn all over the room. Steve saw it and quickly went to find Jim, telling him _____23_____ the cat had done. “Oh, no! It’s our job to clean up the mess,” cried Jim. The boys quickly picked up the yarn and _____24_____. “Just think, Jim, if we had two cats, they would have made a ______25______ mess,” said Steve. “That’s right,” laughed Jim. “Maybe sharing isn’t so bad!” 16. A. something B. nothing C. everything 17. A. outside B. inside C. upstairs 18. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides 19. A. with B. for C. from 20. A. full B. tired C. proud 21. A. catch B. meet C. feed 22. A. throwing B. giving C. running 23. A. how B. what C. where 24. A. put it up B. put it on C. put it back 25. A. easier B. smaller C. bigger 【答案】16. C 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述双胞胎兄弟吉姆和史蒂夫的故事。双胞胎喜欢分享他们所有的东西，但是在一次骑自行车的时候发生了分歧；妈妈带来了一只宠物猫，让他们两个共同喂养，让他们重新体会到了分享的快乐。 【16题详解】 句意：他们分享一切。 something某事；nothing没有什么；everything一切。根据上文“They played on the same football team. They shared all the same toys, the same bedroom and the same friends.”及下文“They were … of sharing everything.”可知，此处是指他们分享一切。故选C。 【17题详解】 句意：一个星期天，吉姆和史蒂夫出去骑他们的蓝色自行车，但他们想去不同的地方。 outside在外面；inside在里面；upstairs上楼。根据下文“Their mother heard the two boys arguing and came outside.”可知，此处是指他们要出去骑车，outside符合题意。故选A。 【18题详解】 句意：然而，他们不想分享。 However然而；Therefore因此；Besides而且。根据下文“‘Can’t we each have our own one?’ asked the boys angrily.”可知，两兄弟不想再分享了，所以此处存在转折关系。故选A。 【19题详解】 句意：几天后，他们的妈妈给孩子们带了一只宠物猫回家。 with和……一起；for为了；from来自。根据下文“I’m sorry, but you must share one cat,”可知，此处是指母亲给他们兄弟两人带回来一只宠物猫，用介词for表示动作的对象。故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：他们厌倦了分享一切。 be full of充满……；be tired of厌倦；be proud of为……感到自豪。根据上文 “‘Can’t we each have our own cat?’ asked the boys angrily.”可知，此处是男孩们厌倦了分享一切。故选B。 【21题详解】 句意：你们必须喂猫，确保它有足够的食物，没有做错任何事。 catch抓住；meet遇见；feed喂养。根据题干中“make sure it has enough food”可知，此处是指必须喂猫。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：几分钟后，猫玩线团玩得很开心，且把线扔得满屋子都是。 throwing away扔掉；giving away赠送；running away逃跑。根据题干中“the yarn all over the room”可知，此处是指把线扔得满屋子都是，用throwing符合题意。故选A。 【23题详解】 句意：句意：史蒂夫看到了它，很快就去找吉姆，告诉他猫做了什么。 how怎么样；what什么；where在哪里。根据空后“the cat had done”可知，此处要用what作done的宾语，告诉吉姆猫做了什么。故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：男孩们迅速把线团捡起来放回去。 put up张贴；put on穿上；put back放回原处。由语境可知，猫把线团扔得满屋子都是，所以此处是指他们把它捡起来后放回原处，用put it back符合题意。故选C。 【25题详解】 句意：“想想看，吉姆，如果我们有两只猫，它们会弄得更乱，”史蒂夫说。 easier更容易的；smaller更小的；bigger更大的。根据题干中“if we had two cats”并结合常识可知，两只猫会弄得更乱，mess常用big来修饰，此处用bigger表示比有一只猫时更乱。故选C。 第二节：语法填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed ____26____ 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told ____27____ (I) that she used to be really shy and ____28____ (take) up singing to deal ____29____ her shyness. As she got ____30____ (good), she dared ____31____ (sing) in front of her class, and then for the whole school. She has got the ____32____ (one) prize in singing competition. What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? “Well,” she begins ____33____ (slow), “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many ____34____ (time), I thought about giving up, ____35____ I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.” 【答案】26. a 27. me 28. took 29. with 30. better 31. to sing 32. first 33. slowly 34. times 35. but 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了19岁亚洲流行歌手Candy Wang的采访内容。 【26题详解】 句意：这个月的《世界青年》杂志，我采访了一位19岁的亚洲流行歌星Candy Wang。根据“I interviewed…19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang.”可知，此处泛指一位流行歌星，且19-year-old以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a修饰。故填a。 【27题详解】 句意：Candy告诉我她以前很害羞。根据“Candy told…(I) that she used to be really shy”可知，此处位于动词后应用人称代词宾格me表示“我”。故填me。 【28题详解】 句意：Candy告诉我，她曾经非常害羞，所以开始唱歌来应对她的害羞。根据“that she used to be really shy and…(take) up singing”可知，时态为一般过去时，应用动词take的过去式。故填took。 【29题详解】 句意：Candy告诉我，她曾经非常害羞，所以开始唱歌来应对她的害羞。根据“to deal…her shyness.”可知，此处为固定短语deal with表示“处理”。故填with。 【30题详解】 句意：当她变得更好一点的时候，她敢于在全班同学面前唱歌，然后是在全校面前唱歌。根据“As she got…(good),”可知，此处是指她变得好一些了，不再那么害羞了，应用形容词good的比较级better，表示“更好的”。故填better。 【31题详解】 句意：当她变得更好一点的时候，她敢于在全班同学面前唱歌，然后是在全校面前唱歌。根据“she dared…(sing) in front of her class,”可知，此处为固定短语dare to do sth.“敢于做某事”，用动词不定式。故填to sing。 【32题详解】 句意：她在唱歌比赛中获得了一等奖。根据“She has got the…(one) prize in singing competition.”可知，此处是指获得了一等奖，应用one的序数词first，表示”第一“。故填first。 【33题详解】 句意：她慢慢地开始说。根据“she begins…(slow),”可知，此处应用slow副词形式slowly修饰动词，表示“慢慢地”。故填slowly。 【34题详解】 句意：很多次，我想过放弃，但还是坚持了下来。根据“Many…(time),”可知，此处表示很多次，应用名词复数形式。故填times。 【35题详解】 句意：很多次，我想过放弃，但还是坚持了下来。根据“I thought about giving up,…I fought on.”可知，此处表示转折关系，应用but连接。故填but。 第四部分 综合技能（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 China has many rivers. A total of 45,203 rivers run across the country. Each river runs an area of more than 50 square kilometers. The most famous ones are the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. They are the “mother rivers” of the Chinese civilization (文明). Chinese rivers can be peaceful yet wild, too. They can make many areas become “a land of fish and rice”. Chinese people have been trying to keep rivers healthy for thousands of years. 2017年，中国开始了一种保护河流的新方法。Local government leaders have become river chiefs (河长) responsible for dealing with river pollution. This will help some polluted river s become clean again. Through these actions, our rivers have seen many good changes in recent years—birds flying above the wetlands and fishes happily swimming in the rivers. We’re on our way, to living more peacefully with rivers. 根据短文内容用简要答语回答下面三个问题。 36. How many rivers run across China? _______________________________________ 37. What are river chiefs responsible for? _______________________________________ 38. 将短文中画线的句子翻译成中文。 _______________________________________ 39. 将短文中画线的句子翻译成英文。 _______________________________________ 【答案】36. 45,203. 37. They are responsible for dealing with river pollution. 38. 它们可以使许多地区成为“鱼米之乡”。 39. In 2017, China started a new way to protect rivers. 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了中国众多河流的情况，特别强调了长江和黄河这两条“母亲河”对中华文明的重要性。同时，文章提到中国人为保持河流健康所做的努力，包括设立河长制度来应对河流污染问题。 【36题详解】 根据第一段“A total of 45,203 rivers run across the country.”可知，全国共有45203条河流。故填45,203. 【37题详解】 根据第三段“Local government leaders have become river chiefs (河长) responsible for dealing with river pollution.”可知，地方政府领导已成为“河长”，负责处理河流污染问题。故填They are responsible for dealing with river pollution. 【38题详解】 They它们，can可以；make many areas使许多地区，become成为；a land of fish and rice鱼米之乡。故填：它们可以使许多地区成为“鱼米之乡”。 【39题详解】 2017年：in 2017；中国：China；开始：start，此处是一般过去时，用过去式started；一种……的新方法：a new way to do sth；保护河流：protect the rivers。故填In 2017, China started a new way to protect rivers. 第二节 书面表达（15分） 40. 假如你是李华，本学期已步入九年级。本周你将在班级主题班会上发言，谈谈自己进入中学后两年多变化。你打算写一篇演讲稿，并从以下方面进行分享。 过去 现在 性格变化 shy... outgoing... 外貌变化 fat、short... strong、tall... 学习变化 1. make great progress... 2. find way to improve grades... 注意： 1. 80词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；2. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名；3. 包含所有要点，可适当发挥 Dear classmates, It’s my great honor to be here to give you a speech. Today I’d like ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Dear classmates, It’s my great honor to be here to give you a speech. Today I’d like to talk about the changes about me when I entered the middle school. Great changes have taken place in many ways such as my appearance, my personality and my study. In the past, I was very fat and not tall. But now, I become strong and very tall after doing some exercise. And two years ago, I was too shy to talk with others. However, now I not only like chatting with my classmates but also like asking questions when I run into some trouble in subjects. I think the most important change is my study. After two years’ hard work, I have made great progress in all the subjects. At first, I had difficulty in studying. But luckily, I found some good ways to improve my grades. First, listen carefully in class and take notes. Second, make a list of questions that I don’t understand and then ask teachers after class. Last, go over what I have learned and review what I will learn. In a word, I like the changes that have happened to me. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ① 题材：本文是一篇应用文，为演讲稿； ② 时态：时态为“一般现在时”和“一般过去时”； ③ 提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏“信息提示”中每一项内容，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍过去和现在的性格和外貌变化； 第二步，具体阐述学习上的变化； 第三步，最后表示对这些变化的喜爱。 [亮点词汇] ①take place发生 ②too...to...太……而不能…… ③in a word总之 [高分句型] ①However, now I not only like chatting with my classmates but also like asking questions when I run into some trouble in subjects.（when引导的时间状语从句） ②Second, make a list of questions that I don’t understand and then ask teachers after class.（that引导的定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 衡阳市实验中学2024年下学期期中考试试卷 九年级英语 考生须知： 1.本试卷共四大题，61小题，满分100分。考试时间100分钟。 2.考生解题作答必须在答题卡上。答案书写在答题卡相应位置上，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 第一部分 听力理解（共两节，满分20分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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。 1. What is the invention used to do? A. Peel potatoes. B. Cut watermelons. C. Clean strawberries. 2. Who did Greg talk back to? A. His dad. B. His mom. C. His teacher. 3. How many members are there in Tony’s English club? A. 7. B. 17. C. 27. 4. What is Susan like now? A. Quiet. B. Outgoing. C. Humorous. 5. Where is the gift shop? A. Behind the cinema. B. Behind the post office. C. Across from the post office 第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 听下面6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， 听第六段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. When will Dennis give an English speech next week? A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday 7. Who taught Dennis how to deal with his shyness? A. His math teacher. B. His Chinese teacher. C. His English teacher. 听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. How often does Steve write to his pen pals? A. Once a month. B. Twice a month. C. Three times a month. 9. Where is Rick from? A. America. B. Canada. C. Australia. 听第八段材料，回答第10、11题。 10. In which month does Cathy have a business meeting in Thailand? A. January. B. February. C. April. 11. Who will Cathy go to Thailand with? A. Her friend. B. Her relatives. C. Her workmates. 听第九段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What does the man need to buy for himself? A. Shoes. B. A scarf. C. A science book. 13. What time does the bookstore close today? A. At 3:00pm. B. At 4:00p. m. C. At 5:00p. m. 14. On which floor is the bookstore? A. The first floor. B. The second floor. C. The fifth floor. 听第十段材料，回答第15至17题。 15 What did Rick do last Friday? A. He went to a party. B. He did some sports. C. He studied for a test. 16. What does Larry look like now? A. Thin and short. B. Heavy and tall. C. Heavy and short. 17. What musical instrument did Larry play at the party? A. The plano. B. The violin. C. The guitar. 听第十一段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What was in the red gift box? A. A scarf. B. A gift card. C. A birthday card. 19. Where can the gift card be used? A. In a bookstore. B. In a restaurant. C. In a shopping mall. 20. What was the gift basket filled with? A. CDs. B. Snacks. C. Postcards 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，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Babysitter needed We need a babysitter to look after our two boys aged 5 and 7 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. You can get $60 a week. Call Mary at 6783-4521. Holiday job Do you want to make some money this summer? We need French, Spanish or German speakers to work for us in the City Museum shop from Tuesday to Saturday. Send your e-mail to citymuseum@shopjob.com. 1. If you want to be a babysitter, you have to work ________ hours a week. A. 8 B. 10 C. 14 2. If you ________, you can work in the City Museum shop. A. love children B. can ride a bike C. can speak German 3. What can we learn from the above reading? A. Mary has two boys aged 5 and 7. B. You don’t need to work on Tuesday in the City Museum shop. C. You can make $60 a day if you work as a babysitter. B I didn’t use to like my dad. When he knew that I was poor in math in the primary school, he made me stay with my aunt whose husband was a math teacher. I wanted to stop practicing the piano because I thought it was boring. But he didn’t allow me. He made me practice every day and warned me not to be lazy. I would always remember how he punished me for not being good. Once I went to play computer games with some classmates instead of going to school. After knowing what happened, he hit me in the face and stopped giving me any pocket money. I would also remember that when I asked him to buy me a pair of expensive sports shoes, he turned me down. But he bought me a very good computer to have online lessons. When I was at university, Mom wrote me lots of letters but he just sent money. And whenever I called home, he acted like he didn’t want to talk and he always said, “I’ll get your mom.” But while I am enjoying the pleasure that playing the piano brings me, I know his love. When I am enjoying the success of being a top student, I know his love. Dad loves me just as Mom does, but he shows it differently. 4. Why did the writer want to stop practicing playing the piano? A. Because he thought it was boring. B. Because he wanted to study. C. Because he was too lazy. 5. What does the underlined phrase “turned…down” in paragraph 5 mean? A. 下来 B. 拒绝. C. 调小. 6. What did Dad send the writer when he was at university? A. Letters. B. Shoes. C. Money. 7. From the story, we can know that ________. A. Dad’s love is different from Mom’s. B. The writer didn’t like his dad at all. C. The writer’s dad didn’t like him at all. C Lantern festivals add magic to celebrations and their designs are deeply inspired (激励) by traditional culture. On Sept 24, 2023, Wan Songtao and his team organized the lantern show at the Aldrich Bay Park in Hong Kong. Later, they hurried back to their hometown of Zigong in Sichuan province, where another grand lantern show was on the way. “The older I grow, the more I like lantern making.” the 54-year-old Wan Songtao tells China Daily. Early in the morning after landing in Zigong, Wan went to work at Chinese Lantern World, an ocean of light and color by huge lanterns in the shape of humans, flowers, animals and buildings to celebrate the traditional Chinese festivals. The show attracted (吸引) over 210,000 visitors from around China to the city, which is known for being home to one of the world’s best lantern shows. Wan has made lanterns for over 30 years. In 2015, he was recognized as a city-level inheritor (继承人). At college, Wan studied painting, which led him to think about how to combine (结合) art with lantern design. Later in his work, he kept trying till now. Each year, he invites a French light artist to exchange, and this year, he introduced the artist to the Chinese Lantern College. “I am excited to make it. Even though it is only a beginning, I am looking forward to seeing more breakthroughs (突破) in creative design for the lanterns,” Wan says. 8. Who organized the lantern show at the Aldrich Bay Park in Hongkong ? A. Yang Xiaoyu. B. Wan Songtao. C. Wan Songtao and his team. 9. How long has Wan Songtao made lanterns? A. Over 50 years. B. Over 30 years. C. Over 20 years. 10. What can we learn from the passage? A. The lantern show in Zigong attracted over 21,000 visitors. B. In 2005, Wan was recognized as a city-level inheritor. C. Wan invites a foreign light artist to exchange every year. 11. We may read this passage in the ________ section of a newspaper. A. culture B. sports C. travel 第二节 语篇补全（共4小题：每小题2分，满分8分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅用一次。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. ____12____ ·Eat breakfast every morning. Research shows that if you eat a meal in the morning, you may not become too fat or eat too much during lunch. Eating breakfast can help people feel better through the day. ____13____ Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning. It can also cause traffic accidents! Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So get enough sleep and stay safe! ·Take a walk every day. Walking is an easy way to exercise. You’d better meet friends for a walk, not for a meal. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you will find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy. ·Join social groups. Social groups can provide support. They might include sports teams art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and help each other in difficult times. ____14____ An active mind is a healthy mind! ·Have a hobby A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest. ____15____ A. Get up early. B. Get enough sleep. C. If so, the following healthy habits may help you. D. Hobbies bring us happiness as well. E. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Jim and Steve were twins. They played on the same football team. They shared all the same toys, the same bedroom and the same friends. They shared _____16_____. One Sunday, Jim and Steve went _____17_____ to ride their blue bike, but they wanted to go to different places. Their mother heard the two boys arguing and came outside. She told them to take turns to ride the bike. _____18_____, they didn’t want to share it. A few days later, their mother brought a pet cat home _____19_____ the boys. “Can’t we each have our own one?” asked the boys angrily. They were _____20_____ of sharing everything. “I’m sorry, but you must share one cat,” the mother said. “You will have to _____21_____ the cat and make sure it has enough food and doesn’t do anything wrong.” Then the boys began to share the jobs. One day, the cat got into the mother’s bedroom. After a few minutes, the cat had fun playing with the ball of yarn (线) and _____22_____ away the yarn all over the room. Steve saw it and quickly went to find Jim, telling him _____23_____ the cat had done. “Oh, no! It’s our job to clean up the mess,” cried Jim. The boys quickly picked up the yarn and _____24_____. “Just think, Jim, if we had two cats, they would have made a ______25______ mess,” said Steve. “That’s right,” laughed Jim. “Maybe sharing isn’t so bad!” 16. A. something B. nothing C. everything 17. A. outside B. inside C. upstairs 18. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides 19. A. with B. for C. from 20. A. full B. tired C. proud 21. A. catch B. meet C. feed 22. A. throwing B. giving C. running 23. A. how B. what C. where 24. A. put it up B. put it on C. put it back 25. A. easier B. smaller C. bigger 第二节：语法填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed ____26____ 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told ____27____ (I) that she used to be really shy and ____28____ (take) up singing to deal ____29____ her shyness. As she got ____30____ (good), she dared ____31____ (sing) in front of her class, and then for the whole school. She has got the ____32____ (one) prize in singing competition. What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? “Well” she begins ____33____ (slow), “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many ____34____ (time), I thought about giving up, ____35____ I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.” 第四部分 综合技能（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 China has many rivers. A total of 45,203 rivers run across the country. Each river runs an area of more than 50 square kilometers. The most famous ones are the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. They are the “mother rivers” of the Chinese civilization (文明). Chinese rivers can be peaceful yet wild, too. They can make many areas become “a land of fish and rice”. Chinese people have been trying to keep rivers healthy for thousands of years. 2017年，中国开始了一种保护河流的新方法。Local government leaders have become river chiefs (河长) responsible for dealing with river pollution. This will help some polluted river s become clean again. Through these actions, our rivers have seen many good changes in recent years—birds flying above the wetlands and fishes happily swimming in the rivers. We’re on our way, to living more peacefully with rivers. 根据短文内容用简要答语回答下面三个问题。 36. How many rivers run across China? _______________________________________ 37. What are river chiefs responsible for? _______________________________________ 38. 将短文中画线的句子翻译成中文。 _______________________________________ 39. 将短文中画线的句子翻译成英文。 _______________________________________ 第二节 书面表达（15分） 40. 假如你是李华，本学期已步入九年级。本周你将在班级主题班会上发言，谈谈自己进入中学后两年多的变化。你打算写一篇演讲稿，并从以下方面进行分享。 过去 现在 性格变化 shy... outgoing.. 外貌变化 fat、short... strong、tall... 学习变化 1. make great progress... 2. find way to improve grades... 注意： 1. 80词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；2. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名；3. 包含所有要点，可适当发挥。 Dear classmates It’s my great honor to be here to give you a speech. Today I’d like ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$