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2024-2025学年度下学期九年级半期检测题 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题。从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第1小题。 1. What animal does Pam like? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第2小题。 2. What were planted in the backyard? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第3小题 3. When did the plane take off? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第4小题。 4. Where will the boy go tomorrow? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第5小题。 5. How long did the police question Mark? A. B. C. 第二节 （共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有一个或几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第6小题。 6. What color is the hair band? A. Orange. B. Yellow. C. Pink. 听下面一段材料，回答第7小题。 7. What subject does Mr. Dervish teach? A. Geography. B. History. C. P.E. 听下面一段材料，回答第8小题。 8. Why was Tommy punished by Ms. Trent? A. He ate in the classroom. B. He forgot his homework. C. He came to school late. 听下面一段材料，回答第9小题。 9. What sport does Susan usually play? A. Tennis. B. Basketball. C. Volleyball. 听下面一段材料，回答第10小题。 10. Where are the speakers probably? A. In a bookstore. B. In a shoe shop. C. In a toy shop. 听下面一段材料，回答第11至12题。 11 Who could speak Chinese? A Matt’s host mother. B. Matt’s host father. C. Matt’s host sister. 12. How often did Matt teach in a Chinese school? A. Twice a week. B. Once a week. C. Once a month. 听下面一段材料，回答第13至15题。 13. How does Billy feel now? A. Surprised. B. Sleepy. C. Interested. 14. What project is due tomorrow? A. History. B. Geography. C. English. 15. What time will the speakers meet in the library? A. At 3:20 p.m. B. At 3:30 p.m. C. At 4:00 p.m. 听下面一段独白，回答第16至20题。 16. What was the weather like last Saturday? A. It was cold. B. It was cool. C. It was warm. 17. When did the speaker arrive at the park? A. At about 10:00 a.m. B. At about 10:30 a.m. C. At about 11:00 a.m. 18. What did the speaker’s dad do after he arrived at the park? A. He looked for some dry wood. B. He set up the tents. C. He made a fire. 19. What is the speaker’s aunt? A. A farmer. B. A cook. C. A fisherwoman. 20. Who got the biggest fish? A. The speaker’s mom. B. The speaker’s cousin. C. The speaker’s uncle. 第二部分 基础知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 单项填空（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分） 从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 1. —Look, who's __________ woman in red? —She's my new English teacher with ________ eight-year-old daughter. A. the, a B. a, an C. the, an 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——看，穿红色衣服的那个女士是谁？——她是我的新英语老师，有一个八岁的女儿。 考查冠词辨析。a和an是不定冠词，修饰可数名词单数，表示泛指一个……；an用于元音音素前；the是定冠词，修饰名词表示特指。根据句意可知，第一个空表示特指“穿红衣服的女人”，应用the修饰；第二个空表示“一个……的女儿”，是泛指，且eight是元音/ei/开头，应用an修饰。故选C。 2. The key isn’t ________. It belongs to ________. A. her; Tom’s B. hers; Tom C. hers; Tom’s 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个钥匙不是她的。它属于汤姆。 考查物主代词和短语搭配。her她/她的；hers她的。句子中要表达“她的”，后没有加名词，故直接填名词性物主代词“hers”。belong to后直接加人名，表示“属于某人”。故选B。 3. —Do you like the movie ________ is called The Battle at Lake Changjin? —Sure. I think no movie is ________ than it. A. that; more touching B. what; less touching C. which; less touched 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你喜欢那部叫《长津湖之战》的电影吗？——当然。我认为没有电影比它更感人。 考查定语从句关系代词和形容词比较级。问句中的先行词是“the movie”，所以关系代词可以是that或which。答句说喜爱，所以是要表达“没有电影比它更令人感动”，填more touching。故选A。 4. —Would you mind telling me if he ________ the meeting in two days? —He won’t, unless he ________. A. will attend, is invited B. attends, will be invited C. will attend, invites 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你介意告诉我他两天后是否会参加会议吗？——除非有人邀请，否则他不会参加的。 考查时态和语态。第一处if表示“是否”，引导宾语从句，结合“in two days”可知，用一般将来时“will do”，排除B；分析“He won’t, unless he...”可知，该句是以unless引导的时间状语从句，时态遵循“主将从现”，从句主语he是动作的承受者，所以用一般现在时被动语态“is done”，故选A。 5. —How long may I ________ your magazine?. —For one week. But it mustn’t ________ to others. A. borrow; lend B. keep; be lent C. lend; be borrowed 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我可以保留杂志多久？——一周。但一定不能借给他人。 考查词义辨析和被动语态。borrow借进；lend借出；keep保留。根据“How long多长时间”可知用延续性动词“keep”。根据“mustn’t”可知要表达杂志被禁止借出，用情态动词的被动语态“be+过去分词”，填be lent。故选B。 6. Jiao Zi is well-known for his excellent work—“Ne Zha 2”. Before becoming a director, he had________ strong love for cartoons and stories________ the love led him to the world of film-making. A. such a, which B. such a, that C. so a, that 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：饺子因其出色的作品《哪吒2》而闻名。在成为导演之前，他对漫画和故事有着强烈的热爱，这种热爱将他带入了电影制作的世界。 考查结果状语从句。such a + adj. + 名词；so直接修饰形容词或副词。根据“strong love”可知，排除C选项；再分析题干可知，这里是such...that...“如此……以至于”引导的结果状语从句。故选B。 7. —Mrs. Smith, I have some ________ sleeping. Would you mind ________ the music a bit, please? —OK of course not. A. troubles; turning up B. trouble; turning down C. problems; to turn down 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——史密斯太太，我睡不好。你介意把音乐关小一点吗？——好的，当然不介意。 考查名词以及非谓语。trouble困难；problems难题。have trouble/problems doing sth“做某事有困难”，可排除A选项。mind doing sth“介意做某事”，所以排除C选项。故选B。 8. If there’s nobody at home for a long time, you’d better ________ the electricity and water. A. shut off B. clean off C. put off 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果家里长时间没有人，你最好关掉电源和水。 考查动词短语。shut off关闭；clean off清理干净；put off推迟。根据“If there’s nobody at home for a long time”、“the electricity and water”和常识可知，家中长时间没人，要关掉水、电、煤气等。故选A。 9. —Li Ming is making his travelling plan for the Dragon Boat Festival. —Really? I wonder ________. A. which city will he go to B. that he will go with his wife C. whether he will travel by train or not 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：—— 李明正在制定端午节的旅行计划。—— 真的吗？我想知道他是否会乘火车旅行。 考查宾语从句。宾语从句要用陈述句语序，排除A；根据“I wonder”可知是想知道不确定的情况，用whether引导宾语从句。故选C。 10. —The NBA match is now on. Do you mind my watching TV for a while, Mom? —_________. You have to get ready for tomorrow’s exam. A. Of course not B. You’d better not C. Go ahead 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——NBA比赛开始了。妈妈，你介意我看一会儿电视吗？——你最好不要。你必须为明天的考试做好准备。 考查情景交际。Of course not当然不；You’d better not你最好不要；Go ahead去吧。根据“You have to get ready for tomorrow’s exam.”可知，得为明天的考试作准备，所以最好不要看电视。故选B。 第二节 完形填空（共15小题;A篇每小题2分，B篇每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面A、B两篇短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 A Recently, Feng Bin, a man from Sichuan, shared a video called The Birth of the Monkey King online. The video is about 4 minutes long and based on the famous ___11___, Journey to the West. The special thing about the video is that it was created using AI technology. Feng said he started using AI last year and fell in love with it. He tried making ___12___ with AI and put them on the Internet. Now Feng has more than 100,000 followers, and his videos have been liked over a million times. People thought the video was ___13___. They said it made them see the story in a new way. Feng said he finished it in just one week, but it would have taken someone at least half a year to make the video ___14___ AI. Feng believes that AI will develop at a ___15___ speed and it will be able to do even more wonderful things for people. 11. A. article B. novel C. song 12. A. money B. progress C. videos 13. A. creative B. short C. traditional 14. A. with B. without C. except 15. A. dangerous B. comfortable C. high 【答案】11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了四川男子冯斌利用AI技术创作《西游记》主题视频并走红的经历，展现了AI在创意领域的潜力。 【11题详解】 句意： 视频基于著名的小说《西游记》。 article文章；novel小说；song歌曲。根据常识可知，《西游记》是古典小说。故选B。 【12题详解】 句意： 他尝试用AI制作视频并上传网络。 money金钱；progress进步；videos视频。根据“The special thing about the video is that it was created using AI technology.”可知，是用AI制作视频。故选C。 【13题详解】 句意： 人们认为视频很有创意，以新视角呈现故事。 creative有创意的；short简短的；traditional传统的。根据“They said it made them see the story in a new way.”可做，视频让人们以“新视角”看待这个故事，所以视频很有创意。故选A。 【14题详解】 句意： 冯说他只用了一个星期就完成了这个视频，但是如果没有AI，一个人至少需要半年的时间来制作这个视频。 with用；without没有；except除了。根据“Feng said he finished it in just one week” 和“at least half a year to make the video... AI”可知，应是说没有AI的话，耗时更长，故选B。 【15题详解】 句意： 冯相信AI将会高速发展，并且能够为人们做更多美好的事情。 dangerous危险的；comfortable舒适的；high快速的。根据“develop at a... speed and it will be able to do even more wonderful things for people”可知，应是说AI会 “快速发展”。故选C。 B In a small village in Sichuan, 19-year-old Yin Qiuhua, a girl with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征), has an amazing skill—Sichuan opera face-changing. Yin faced many ___16___ because of Down syndrome. With her mother’s help, Yin learned how to take care of ___17___, starting with small tasks such as dressing, washing her face and brushing her teeth. Yin’s journey to face-changing performance began with a chance opportunity. Once Yin ___18___ part in a local Sichuan opera performance training. The master ___19___ that Yin’s interest for Sichuan opera and her understanding of face-changing surpassed (超过) many people. So he began to ___20___ teach Yin the art of face-changing and Yin showed an amazing learning ability. The process of learning face-changing was hard, but Yin ___21___ gave up. She woke up early every day to keep on memorizing and ___22___ every step of face-changing. Her efforts ___23___ and within a few months, she was already able to skillfully transformed (转换) several different facial masks . Yin’s first stage performance was a big success. Her skilled movements and ___24___ expressions were as excellent as those of Sichuan opera actors. Yin has proven (证明) with her ___25___ that in the face of difficulty, as long as there is passion and efforts, one can always find his own piece of sky. 16. A. challenges B. competitions C. choices 17. A. himself B. herself C. themselves 18. A. played B. worked C. took 19. A. expected B. discovered C. guessed 20. A. patiently B. quickly C. friendly 21. A. still B. already C. never 22. A. taking B. practicing C. controlling 23. A. turned off B. paid for C. paid off 24. A. lovely B. rich C. serious 25. A. actions B. words C. feelings 【答案】16. A 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. A 21. C 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了患有唐氏综合征的殷秋华通过自己的努力掌握了四川变脸的技能。 【16题详解】 句意：殷因为唐氏综合症而面临许多挑战。 challenges挑战；competitions比赛：choices选择。根据“because of Down syndrome.”可知是因为疾病而面对很多挑战。故选A。 【17题详解】 句意：在母亲的帮助下，殷学会了如何照顾自己，从穿衣、洗脸、刷牙等小任务开始。 himself他自己；herself她自己；themselves他们自己。根据“Yin learned how to take care of...starting with small tasks such as dressing, washing her face and brushing her teeth”可知，是照顾她自己。故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：有一次，尹参加了当地的川剧表演培训。 played玩；worked工作；took拿。根据“...part in a local Sichuan opera performance training”可知，是指参加培训，take part in“参加”，固定短语，故选C。 【19题详解】 句意：团长发现殷对川剧的兴趣和对变脸的理解超过了很多人。 expected期待；discovered发现；guessed猜测。根据“Yin’s interest for Sichuan opera and her understanding of face-changing surpassed (超过) many people”可知，应是在培训的过程中团长发现了她对川剧的热爱和对变脸的理解超过很多人。故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：所以他开始耐心地教殷变脸的艺术，殷表现出了惊人的学习能力。 patiently耐心地；quickly快速地；friendly友好的。根据“...teach Yin the art of face-changing and Yin showed an amazing learning ability”可知，学习的过程应是漫长的，所以应是耐心地教导，故选A。 【21题详解】 句意：学习变脸的过程很艰难，但殷从未放弃。 still仍然；already已经；never从不。根据“but Yin...gave up”可知，but表示转折，说明她从不放弃。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：她每天早上很早就起床，继续记忆和练习换脸的每一步。 taking带走；practicing练习；controlling控制。根据“...every step of face-changing”可知是练习变脸的每一步。故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：她的努力得到了回报，在几个月内，她已经能够熟练地改造几种不同的面具。 turned off关闭；paid for支付；paid off得到回报。根据“within a few months, she was already able to skillfully transformed (转换) several different facial masks”可知，她的努力得到了回报。故选C。 【24题详解】 句意：她娴熟的动作和丰富的表情和川剧演员一样出色。 lovely可爱的；rich丰富的；serious严肃的。根据“expressions were as excellent as those of Sichuan opera actors”及变脸可知，是丰富的表情。故选B。 【25题详解】 句意：殷用行动证明，在困难面前，只要有激情和毅力，总能找到属于自己的一片天空。 actions行动；words话；feelings感觉。根据“Yin has proven with her...”及殷的经历可知，是用她自己的行动证明。故选A。 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 A Snow Leopard (雪豹) Poster Competition This spring, two beautiful snow leopards will be welcomed into their specially designed new home at Chester Zoo—and guess what? Your art work could be on show there with them. Snow leopards in the wild are in trouble. One of the biggest problems is climate change. Sadly, the snowy Himalayan mountains, where snow leopards live, are becoming warmer and warmer. So Chester Zoo wants to give them a home at the zoo. The Competition We want you to create an amazing snow leopard poster that encourages people to take action on climate change! Draw a snow leopard and choose one of the promises below to add to your poster. The Promises There is something we can tell ourselves to help fight climate change. Which promise will you keep? Which one will you choose to put on your poster? REDUCE FOOD WASTE·WALK OR CYCLE·AVOID FLYING Poster Design Tips ①Plan your design on paper before making your final poster. ②Make sure you choose only one promise. ③The snow leopard should be in the centre of the poster. The Prizes The winning poster will be shown in the snow leopard home of Chester Zoo. You and your family can go on a free trip to see it and the snow leopards! You’ll even get £50 to spend on food and drink at the zoo. 26. What is the the purpose of Snow Leopard Poster Competition? A. To improve children’s drawing skills. B. To raise money for endangered animals. C. To ask people to protect the environment. 27. Which of the following posters may be the winner of the competition? A. B. C. 28. Which of the following information should also be included in the text? A. How beautiful Chester Zoo is. B. Some fun facts about snow leopards. C. How to enter for the competition. 【答案】26. C 27. A 28. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了雪豹海报大赛的相关信息。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据“We want you to create an amazing snow leopard poster that encourages people to take action on climate change!”可知，我们希望您制作一张令人惊叹的雪豹海报，鼓励人们采取行动应对气候变化。由此推知雪豹海报大赛是为了呼吁人们保护环境。故选C。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Make sure you choose only one promise.”和“The snow leopard should be in the centre of the poster.”可知，海报上只能呈现一条承诺，雪豹应该占据中心位置。故选A。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。本文介绍了雪豹海报大赛，所以参赛方式应该包含在内。故选C。 B Volunteering is a great way to help others, whether it’s a child who has difficulty finishing his or her homework or an elderly person who feels lonely. When somebody volunteers, they are doing something good for others or the world around them without being paid. Volunteering comes in all shapes and sizes. It can be organized, such as working for an organization, or not organized, like helping your neighbors with their food shopping. Many people volunteer to help the environment by picking up rubbish or planting trees. Helping others can actually help yourself, too. Research has shown that volunteering improves your well-being. It can give you a sense of purpose (a meaningful goal to work towards) and then help build yourself-trust and make you feel motivated (有积极性的). This is especially true if you match volunteering to your interests. Amy Meek, who volunteers for a wildlife organization, agrees. Amy loves animals, and by joining the wildlife organization, she has become much clearer about what she can do and feels more motivated. Volunteering can also influence your health. By giving something to others, you feel happier and this is good for your health. Volunteering has also been shown to reduce your personal worries because you pay some attention to others’ needs. Volunteering also offers you a chance to meet and connect with people, “which is good for our mental health ,” says Jolie Goodman of the Mental Health Foundation. So, what are you waiting for? Go volunteering and make a difference, not only for yourself but also for the world. 29. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. What volunteering is. B. Why volunteering is good. C. How one can find volunteer work. 30. The writer mentioned Amy Meek in order to show _______. A. the influence of volunteering on one’s interests B. the importance of joining a wildlife organization C. the advantage of matching volunteering to one’s interests 31. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage? (①=Paragraph 1, ②=Paragraph 2.) A. ①/②/③④/⑤ B. ①②/③/④⑤ C. ①/②③/④⑤ 32. Which can be the best title for the passage? A. Give a helping hand. B. Connect with people. C. Pay attention to your physical health. 【答案】29. A 30. C 31. A 32. A 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了志愿服务的定义、形式及其对个人和社会的积极影响，鼓励人们参与志愿服务。 【29题详解】 主旨大意题。根据2段“When somebody volunteers, they are doing something good for others or the world around them without being paid. Volunteering comes in all shapes and sizes....”可知，第二段主要解释志愿服务的定义和形式。故选A。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据第3段“This is especially true if you match volunteering to your interests. Amy Meek…feels more motivated.”可知，作者提到Amy Meek是为了说明结合兴趣参与志愿活动的优势。故选C。 【31题详解】 篇章结构题。通读全文，可知文章第①段提出志愿者活动，引出主题；第②段介绍了什么是志愿者活动，及其形式和规模；第③段和第④段介绍了志愿者服务的影响；第⑤段呼吁大家行动起来，参加志愿者活动。因此本文的篇章可以划分为①/②/③④/⑤。故选A。 【32题详解】 最佳标题题。全文围绕“帮助他人”展开，强调志愿服务的意义，A项“伸出援手”最贴合主旨。故选A。 C A father was very worried about his son, who, at 15 or 16 years old, seemed to show no signs of courage. So, the father went to see a famous boxing (拳击) coach and asked him to help his son. The coach agreed and said,“Leave your son with me. In three months, I promise he will be a changed person. However, you must not visit him during this time.” The father agreed. Three months later, the father returned to pick up his son as promised. The coach set up a friendly match between the boy and an experienced boxer to show the training results. As soon as the match began, the boy was knocked down hard. But to everyone’s surprise, he quickly got up and faced his opponent (对手) again. He was knocked down again right away, but immediately jumped back to his feet. This happened again and again. The boy was knocked down 16 times, yet each time he stood up, determined to face the challenge. The coach turned to the father and asked, “Do you think your son’s performance shows courage?” The father, feeling ashamed (羞愧的), replied, “I’m so disappointed. I never expected that after sending him here for three months of training, he would still get knocked down so easily. The coach shook his head and said, ” I really feel sorry for you. You’re missing the point. You only see the falls, the superficial (表面上的) winning or losing. Don’t you see the courage and tenacity (韧性) of your son to get up each time? That’s true strength. A strong person isn’t someone who never falls, but someone who rises every time they do. That’s true courage.” 33. Why did the father want his son to learn boxing? A. To make him physically stronger. B. To train him to be braver. C. To help him become an experienced boxer. 34. What happened to the boy during the friendly match? A. He refused to fight back. B. He got knocked down many times. C. He couldn’t get up at the end of the match. 35. How did the father feel at first about the result of the match? A. He felt upset. B. He was angry. C. He was proud. 36. Why did the coach think the boy had shown true strength? A. He won the match in the end. B. He had kept on training for three months. C. He was brave enough to get up after each fall 【答案】33. B 34. B 35. A 36. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位父亲因儿子缺乏勇气而送他去学习拳击的故事。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第1段“A father was very worried about his son, who, at 15 or 16 years old, seemed to show no signs of courage.”可知，父亲希望儿子通过拳击训练变得更勇敢。故选B。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第2段“He was knocked down again right away, but immediately jumped back to his feet. This happened again and again. The boy was knocked down 16 times…”可知，男孩在比赛中多次被击倒。故选B。 【35题详解】 观点态度题。根据文章第3段“The father, feeling ashamed, replied, ‘I’m so disappointed…’”可知，父亲最初对比赛结果感到沮丧。故选A。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第3段教练的话“Don’t you see the courage and tenacity of your son to get up each time? That’s true strength.”可知，教练认为真正的力量在于每次跌倒后都能勇敢站起来。故选C。 D It’s hard to turn down junk food. However, eating too much junk food can harm your body, especially if you’re between the ages of 10 and 19. “Junk food shapes adolescent (青春期的) brains in ways that harm their ability to think, learn and remember,” said Amy Reichelt, a brain expert at Western University, Canada. Reichelt and two other researchers reviewed more than 100 studies about how poor food choices can influence adolescent brains. They found adolescents are more sensitive (敏感的) than any other age group to foods with a lot of fat and sugar, as their brains are not yet fully formed. Adolescent brains are still developing the ability to control themselves. The prefrontal cortex(前额皮质) is the part of the brain that helps us do this. However, it doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s. Meanwhile, teen brains get more excited from rewards (奖励). The parts of the brain that make us feel good when we eat junk food are fully developed by the teen years. In fact, these areas are even more sensitive when we are young. Therefore, the teen brain has two strikes (攻击) against it when it comes to turning down junk food. Reichelt and her team started their own study by using mice, whose brains develop much like our own. They discovered that “teenage” mice that had a high-fat diet (饮食) performed worse on memory tests than those eating a normal diet. So, what’s the best way to say no to junk food? Researchers suggest exercise. When we exercise, the brain’s reward system becomes less sensitive to junk food. Exercise also helps our brains grow and become better able to make smart decisions. 37. The second paregraph is written to __________. A. describe what junk food is B. explain why teenagers like junk food C. explain how junk food can harm teen brains 38. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. The ability to control oneself. B. The prefrontal cortex. C. The adolescent brain. 39. What might the study on mice show? A. Mice prefer high-fat diets just like humans. B. Human brains develop at a slower speed than the brains of mice. C. High-fat diets could harm our ability to deal with information. 40. According to the researchers, how can exercise help us refuse junk food? A. It makes the brain’s reward system more sensitive. B. It reduces the brain’s strong wish for junk food. C. It slows down the brains’ activity. 【答案】37. C 38. B 39. C 40. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了垃圾食品对青少年的不良影响，以及对垃圾食品说“不”的最好方法。 【37题详解】 段落大意题。根据“Junk food shapes adolescent (青春期的) brains in ways that harm their ability to think, learn and remember”和第二段的内容可推断，本段主要介绍了垃圾食品如何伤害青少年的大脑。故选C。 【38题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“The prefrontal cortex(前额皮质) is the part of the brain that helps us do this. However, it doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s.”可知，这里说的是前额叶皮层是帮助我们自我控制的能力的部分，但是它直到我们20岁出头才完全发育，猜测的“it”指代的是“前额叶皮层”，故选B。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。根据“...They discovered that “teenage” mice that had a high-fat diet (饮食) performed worse on memory tests than those eating a normal diet.”可知，高脂肪饮食的“青少年”老鼠在记忆测试中的表现比正常饮食的老鼠差，由此可推出高脂肪饮食会损害我们处理信息的能力，故选C。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据“When we exercise, the brain’s reward system becomes less sensitive to junk food.”可知，锻炼会使大脑对垃圾食品的欲望减弱。故选B。 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后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选项。 On March 4th, after 10 years of difficult talks, nearly 200 countries agreed to a new UN agreement—the High Seas Protection. It is the first of its kind in 40 years. ____41____ Oceans cover about 71% of the earth’s surface, and are home to all kinds of animals and plants. Healthy oceans play a very important role in a healthy planet. ____42____ Overfishing (过度捕捞) has had terrible influence on many kinds of fish and other animals. Pollution has caused serious damage (破坏) in many areas. In 1982, one UN sea agreement described the “high seas”—the parts of the oceans that aren’t controlled by any country. ____43____ The high seas cover about 2/3 of the ocean. But now only 1.2% of these areas are protected. ____44____ It also requires that research should first be done to see what influence human’s activities might have on the ocean environment. During the past 10 years, the talks were held time and time again. ____45____ For example, there are disagreements about how much to control fishing or pollution. Now the agreement has a long way to go, which must be officially accepted at a UN meeting and be supported by enough countries before it works. A. But the oceans are in trouble. B. And it’s a great achievement in protecting the world’s oceans. C. The agreement was finally reached after difficult discussions. D. So all countries have the right (权利) to fish and send ships there. E. That is because different countries have their own different ideas. F. The new agreement sets a goal to turn 30% of the high seas into protected areas. 【答案】41. B 42. A 43. D 44. F 45. E 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了海洋的重要性，并讲述为了保护海洋，近200个国家同意了一项新的联合国协议——《公海保护协议》。 【41题详解】 根据“It is the first of its kind in 40 years.”可知，此处介绍这个协议的重要性。选项B“这是保护世界海洋的伟大成就”符合语境。故选B。 【42题详解】 根据“Overfishing (过度捕捞) has had terrible influence on many kinds of fish and other animals. Pollution has caused serious damage (破坏) in many areas.”可知，此处介绍海洋处在危险中。选项A“但海洋却陷入了困境”符合语境。故选A。 【43题详解】 根据“the parts of the oceans that aren’t controlled by any country”可知，每个国家都可以使用海洋中不受任何国家控制的部分。选项D“因此，所有国家都有权在那里捕鱼并派遣船只”符合语境。故选D。 【44题详解】 根据“But now only 1.2% of these areas are protected.”可知，此处讲述协议通过之后，有多少海洋受到保护。选项F“新协议设定了将30%的公海变成保护区的目标”符合语境。故选F。 【45题详解】 根据“During the past 10 years, the talks were held time and time again.”可知，此处介绍不断举行谈话的原因。选项E“这是因为不同的国家有自己不同的想法”符合语境。故选E。 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共50分） 第四部分 综合知识运用（共三节，满分50分） 第一节 单词填空（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分） 根据句意及首字母提示写出所缺单词的适当形式。 46. In Western countries, W______ is the fourth day of a week. 【答案】(W)ednesday 【解析】 【详解】句意：在西方国家，星期三是一周的第四天。空格处应填一个名词作主语，结合空后“is the fourth day of a week”及常识可知，在西方国家，一周的第四天是星期三。故填(W)ednesday。 47. If we work hard together, our actions can make a d_____to the world and lead to a better future. 【答案】difference 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果我们共同努力，我们的行动可以对世界产生影响，并通向更美好的未来。根据“lead to a better future”和首字母d可知，通往更美好的未来，应是对世界产生影响，make a difference表示“产生影响”，故填difference。 48. D________ on yourself is really important. If you don’t work hard, nobody can help you. 【答案】(D)epending 【解析】 【详解】句意：依靠自己真的很重要。如果你不努力工作，没有人能帮助你。根据“If you don’t work hard, nobody can help you.”可知如果你不努力，没有人能帮到你，说明依靠自己非常重要，depend on“依靠”，此处用动名词作主语，故填(D)epending。 49. Speaking with your mouth full food is i________ when having a meal. 【答案】(i)mpolite 【解析】 【详解】句意：吃饭时嘴里塞满食物是不礼貌的。根据“Speaking with your mouth full food...”及首字母和礼仪常识可知，满嘴食物说话属于不礼貌的行为，impolite“不礼貌的”符合语境，形容词作表语。故填(i)mpolite。 50. Her parents are tall but she is of m________height. 【答案】medium 【解析】 【详解】句意：她父母都很高，但她中等身高。 根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处表示“中等的”，可用medium表示，形容词，此处用于句中作定语修饰其后的名词height，所以用其形容词形式即可。故填height。 51. Dave is one of the t________ boys in his class. He weighs only 20 kilos. 【答案】(t)hinnest 【解析】 【详解】句意：戴夫是他班上最瘦的男孩之一。他只有20公斤重。根据“He weighs only 20 kilos.”可知他很瘦，“one of the+形容词最高级+名词复数”表示“最……之一”，thin的最高级是thinnest，故填(t)hinnest。 52. Christmas Day falls in D________, every child in the USA has fun on that day. 【答案】(D)ecember 【解析】 【详解】句意：圣诞节在12月，美国的每个孩子都在那一天玩得很开心。根据“Christmas Day falls in...”及首字母和常识可知，圣诞节在12月，December“十二月”。故填(D)ecember。 53. My brother is very h________. He always tells us funny jokes and stories. 【答案】(h)umourous##(h)umorous 【解析】 【详解】句意：我哥哥很幽默。他总是给我们讲有趣的笑话和故事。根据“He always tells us funny jokes and stories.”可知，哥哥很幽默，在句中作表语，用形容词humourous/humorous，故填(h)umourous/(h)umorous。 54. Do you think watching-short-videos is a w_________ of time? 【答案】(w)aste 【解析】 【详解】句意：你认为看短视频是在浪费时间吗？根据首字母提示及“watching-short-videos is a...of time”可知，此处指的是a waste of time“浪费时间”，故填(w)aste。 55. Autumn m________ the end of summer, but there are still some hot days called India Summer. 【答案】(m)eans 【解析】 【详解】句意：秋天意味着夏天的结束，但仍有一些炎热的日子被称为“小阳春”。根据“the end of summer”可知秋天意味着夏天的结束，mean“意味着”，句子描述一般事实，用一般现在时，主语Autumn是第三人称单数，谓语动词用单三。故填(m)eans。 第二节 语法填空（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题卡相应的横线上。 This is the year 2070. Today is my ___56___ (fifty) birthday, but I look like a person of eighty-five. I have a serious kidney (肾脏) problem because I don’t have enough water ___57___ (drink). I’m afraid I don’t have much time left to live. I’m already one of the oldest people in this society. I remember when I was five years old, everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks. I could enjoy a shower for half ___58___ hour. At that time, ___59___ (woman) all had beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave (剃光) our heads to keep them clean without the use of water. I remember there were “Saving Water” warnings in many public places, but nobody ___60___ (pay) attention. We believed water would last forever. Now, all the rivers and lakes are either dry polluted. Water is much ___61___ (expensive) than gold and diamonds. In the past, doctors suggested adults drink eight glasses ___62___ water a day. Nowadays, I ___63___ (allow) half a glass only. Most people are weak and sick. When my son asks me about my childhood, I tell him about how pleasant it was to fish in the rivers ___64___ how healthy people were. When he asks, “Why is there no clean water now?” I feel guilty (有罪的). I belong to those people who simply turned a blind eve to all the warnings. I hope the people living in the 2020s ____65____ (true) understand the importance of saving water. 【答案】56. fiftieth  57. to drink 58. an  59. women 60. paid      61. more expensive 62. of 63. am allowed 64. and 65. truly 【解析】 【导语】本文是作者讲述自己在2070年看到到处都是缺少水资源的情况，来呼吁人们要明白节约水的重要性。 【56题详解】 句意：今天是我的五十岁生日。表示“第五十岁生日”，用序数词表顺序，fifty是基数词，其序数词是fiftieth，故填fiftieth。 【57题详解】 句意：我有严重的肾脏问题，因为我没有足够的水喝。此空作名词water的定语，用动词不定式作后置定语，故填to drink。 【58题详解】 句意：我可以洗半个小时的澡。固定搭配：half an hour“半个小时”，故填an。 【59题详解】 句意：那时，女人们都有漂亮的头发。根据“all ”可知，此处用woman的复数形式women。故填women。 【60题详解】 句意：我记得很多公共场所都有“节约用水”的警告，但没人注意。根据“were”可知，此句用一般过去时，所以空处用动词的过去式paid。故填paid。 【61题详解】 句意：水比黄金和钻石贵得多。is后接形容词作表语，根据“much”和“than”可知，此空应填形容词比较级，故填more expensive。 【62题详解】 句意：过去，医生建议成年人每天喝八杯水。根据“eight glasses ... water”可知，此处指“八杯水”，water是不可数名词，对于不可数名词度量时常用盛的容器表示数量，构成的结构是：数量+容器(复数)+of+不可数名词，故填of。 【63题详解】 句意：现在，我只能喝半杯水。主语I和动词allow之间是被动关系，句子是一般现在时，所以这里用一般现在时的被动语态，主语是I，be动词用am。故填am allowed。 【64题详解】 句意：当我儿子问起我的童年时，我告诉他在河里钓鱼是多么愉快，人们是多么健康。“how pleasant it was to fish in the rivers”与“how healthy people were”是并列关系，用连词and连接，故填and。 【65题详解】 句意：我希望生活在21世纪20年代的人们真正明白节约用水的重要性。此空修饰动词understand，要用副词，故填truly。 第三节：书面表达(共1题;满分25分) 66. 假如你是 Tom , 在网上看到了 Environment Protection Club （环境保护俱乐部）招募志愿者的广告。请你用英语写一封信给俱乐部主席 Mr. Bob, 申请加入该俱乐部，请根据表格信息和提示完成申请信。 个人信息 1.阳光中学，八年级学生 2.勤奋，乐于助人，喜爱动物 现状 1.扬州近 20 年变化很大 2.砍伐树木，动物面临危险 3.自然灾害多发 建议 1.政府 （自拟一点） 2.学生 （自拟一点） 若能加入 1.联系方式 0514-88766532 2.感受和做法 （请适当发挥 1-2 句） 注意:1.词数 100 左右。短文开头已为你写好，不计入总词数； 2.短文需包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺； 3.短文中不要出现具体的学校姓名和人名。Dear Mr. Bob, I read your advertisement on the Internet and I would like to join the Environment Protection Club _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am looking forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Tom 【答案】Dear Mr. Bob, I read your advertisement on the Internet and I would like to join the Environment Protection Club. I am a student of Sunshine Middle School. I'm in Grade 8. I study hard and enjoy helping others. I like small animals very much, such as monkeys, cats and birds. But Yangzhou has changed a lot in the past 20 years. Many people cut down millions of trees, so more and more kinds of animals and plants are disappearing. Many animals are in danger. It also leads to natural disasters. Mountain torrents are prone to occur when it rains. All these problems are very serious. The government must do something to stop the cutting down of trees. As students, we should save paper, pencils and other things made of wood. If my application is approved, please call 0514-88766532. I will be very grateful and do my part in protecting the environment. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Tom 【解析】 【详解】这篇短文使用了大量的固定句式和短语，为文章增色不少，如study hard，enjoy helping others，very much，such as，a lot，in the past 20 years，cut down，millions of，more and more，kinds of，in danger，lead to，as students，made of，do one’s part in等。而Many people cut down millions of trees, so more and more kinds of animals and plants are disappearing./ Mountain torrents are prone to occur when it rains./ If my application is approved, please call 0514-88766532.等复杂从句结构的运用，丰富了短文内容，使表达多样化，是本文的最大亮点。在学习中注意总结牢记一些固定句式及短语，写作时就可以适当引用，使文章表达更有逻辑性，也更富有条理。 【点睛】书面表达题既不是汉译英，也不是可任意发挥的作文。它要求将所规定的材料内容经整理后展开思维，考查运用所学英语知识准确表达意思的能力。所以，考生不能遗漏要点，要尽量使用自己熟悉的单词、短语和句式，尽可能使用高级词汇和较复杂的句式结构以便得到较高的分数。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年度下学期九年级半期检测题 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题。从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第1小题。 1. What animal does Pam like? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第2小题。 2. What were planted in the backyard? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第3小题。 3. When did the plane take off? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第4小题。 4. Where will the boy go tomorrow? A. B. C. 听下面一段材料，回答第5小题。 5. How long did the police question Mark? A. B. C. 第二节 （共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有一个或几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第6小题。 6. What color is the hair band? A. Orange. B. Yellow. C. Pink. 听下面一段材料，回答第7小题。 7. What subject does Mr. Dervish teach? A. Geography. B. History. C. P.E. 听下面一段材料，回答第8小题。 8. Why was Tommy punished by Ms. Trent? A. He ate in the classroom. B. He forgot his homework. C. He came to school late. 听下面一段材料，回答第9小题。 9. What sport does Susan usually play? A. Tennis. B. Basketball. C. Volleyball. 听下面一段材料，回答第10小题。 10. Where are the speakers probably? A. In a bookstore. B. In a shoe shop. C. In a toy shop. 听下面一段材料，回答第11至12题。 11. Who could speak Chinese? A. Matt’s host mother. B. Matt’s host father. C. Matt’s host sister. 12. How often did Matt teach in a Chinese school? A. Twice a week. B. Once a week. C. Once a month. 听下面一段材料，回答第13至15题。 13. How does Billy feel now? A. Surprised. B. Sleepy. C. Interested. 14 What project is due tomorrow? A. History. B. Geography. C. English. 15. What time will the speakers meet in the library? A. At 3:20 p.m. B. At 3:30 p.m. C. At 4:00 p.m. 听下面一段独白，回答第16至20题。 16. What was the weather like last Saturday? A. It was cold. B. It was cool. C. It was warm. 17. When did the speaker arrive at the park? A. At about 10:00 a.m. B. At about 10:30 a.m. C. At about 11:00 a.m. 18. What did the speaker’s dad do after he arrived at the park? A. He looked for some dry wood. B. He set up the tents. C. He made a fire. 19. What is the speaker’s aunt? A. A farmer. B. A cook. C. A fisherwoman. 20. Who got the biggest fish? A. The speaker’s mom. B. The speaker’s cousin. C. The speaker’s uncle. 第二部分 基础知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 单项填空（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分） 从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 1. —Look, who's __________ woman in red? —She's my new English teacher with ________ eight-year-old daughter. A. the, a B. a, an C. the, an 2. The key isn’t ________. It belongs to ________. A. her; Tom’s B. hers; Tom C. hers; Tom’s 3. —Do you like the movie ________ is called The Battle at Lake Changjin? —Sure. I think no movie is ________ than it. A. that; more touching B. what; less touching C. which; less touched 4. —Would you mind telling me if he ________ the meeting in two days? —He won’t, unless he ________. A. will attend, is invited B. attends, will be invited C. will attend, invites 5. —How long may I ________ your magazine?. —For one week. But it mustn’t ________ to others. A. borrow; lend B. keep; be lent C. lend; be borrowed 6. Jiao Zi is well-known for his excellent work—“Ne Zha 2”. Before becoming a director, he had________ strong love for cartoons and stories________ the love led him to the world of film-making. A. such a, which B. such a, that C. so a, that 7. —Mrs. Smith, I have some ________ sleeping. Would you mind ________ the music a bit, please? —OK, of course not. A. troubles; turning up B. trouble; turning down C. problems; to turn down 8. If there’s nobody at home for a long time, you’d better ________ the electricity and water. A. shut off B. clean off C. put off 9. —Li Ming is making his travelling plan for the Dragon Boat Festival. —Really? I wonder ________. A. which city will he go to B. that he will go with his wife C. whether he will travel by train or not 10. —The NBA match is now on. Do you mind my watching TV for a while, Mom? —_________. You have to get ready for tomorrow’s exam. A. Of course not B. You’d better not C. Go ahead 第二节 完形填空（共15小题;A篇每小题2分，B篇每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面A、B两篇短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 A Recently, Feng Bin, a man from Sichuan, shared a video called The Birth of the Monkey King online. The video is about 4 minutes long and based on the famous ___11___, Journey to the West. The special thing about the video is that it was created using AI technology. Feng said he started using AI last year and fell in love with it. He tried making ___12___ with AI and put them on the Internet. Now Feng has more than 100,000 followers, and his videos have been liked over a million times. People thought the video was ___13___. They said it made them see the story in a new way. Feng said he finished it in just one week, but it would have taken someone at least half a year to make the video ___14___ AI. Feng believes that AI will develop at a ___15___ speed and it will be able to do even more wonderful things for people. 11. A. article B. novel C. song 12. A. money B. progress C. videos 13. A. creative B. short C. traditional 14. A. with B. without C. except 15. A. dangerous B. comfortable C. high B In a small village in Sichuan, 19-year-old Yin Qiuhua, a girl with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征), has an amazing skill—Sichuan opera face-changing. Yin faced many ___16___ because of Down syndrome. With her mother’s help, Yin learned how to take care of ___17___, starting with small tasks such as dressing, washing her face and brushing her teeth. Yin’s journey to face-changing performance began with a chance opportunity. Once Yin ___18___ part in a local Sichuan opera performance training. The master ___19___ that Yin’s interest for Sichuan opera and her understanding of face-changing surpassed (超过) many people. So he began to ___20___ teach Yin the art of face-changing and Yin showed an amazing learning ability. The process of learning face-changing was hard, but Yin ___21___ gave up. She woke up early every day to keep on memorizing and ___22___ every step of face-changing. Her efforts ___23___ and within a few months, she was already able to skillfully transformed (转换) several different facial masks . Yin’s first stage performance was a big success. Her skilled movements and ___24___ expressions were as excellent as those of Sichuan opera actors. Yin has proven (证明) with her ___25___ that in the face of difficulty, as long as there is passion and efforts, one can always find his own piece of sky. 16. A. challenges B. competitions C. choices 17. A. himself B. herself C. themselves 18. A. played B. worked C. took 19. A. expected B. discovered C. guessed 20. A. patiently B. quickly C. friendly 21. A. still B. already C. never 22. A. taking B. practicing C. controlling 23. A. turned off B. paid for C. paid off 24. A. lovely B. rich C. serious 25. A. actions B. words C. feelings 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 A Snow Leopard (雪豹) Poster Competition This spring, two beautiful snow leopards will be welcomed into their specially designed new home at Chester Zoo—and guess what? Your art work could be on show there with them. Snow leopards in the wild are in trouble. One of the biggest problems is climate change. Sadly, the snowy Himalayan mountains, where snow leopards live, are becoming warmer and warmer. So Chester Zoo wants to give them a home at the zoo. The Competition We want you to create an amazing snow leopard poster that encourages people to take action on climate change! Draw a snow leopard and choose one of the promises below to add to your poster. The Promises There is something we can tell ourselves to help fight climate change. Which promise will you keep? Which one will you choose to put on your poster? REDUCE FOOD WASTE·WALK OR CYCLE·AVOID FLYING Poster Design Tips ①Plan your design on paper before making your final poster. ②Make sure you choose only one promise. ③The snow leopard should be in the centre of the poster. The Prizes The winning poster will be shown in the snow leopard home of Chester Zoo. You and your family can go on a free trip to see it and the snow leopards! You’ll even get £50 to spend on food and drink at the zoo. 26. What is the the purpose of Snow Leopard Poster Competition? A. To improve children’s drawing skills. B. To raise money for endangered animals. C. To ask people to protect the environment. 27. Which of the following posters may be the winner of the competition? A. B. C. 28. Which of the following information should also be included in the text? A. How beautiful Chester Zoo is. B. Some fun facts about snow leopards. C. How to enter for the competition. B Volunteering is a great way to help others, whether it’s a child who has difficulty finishing his or her homework or an elderly person who feels lonely. When somebody volunteers, they are doing something good for others or the world around them without being paid. Volunteering comes in all shapes and sizes. It can be organized, such as working for an organization, or not organized, like helping your neighbors with their food shopping. Many people volunteer to help the environment by picking up rubbish or planting trees. Helping others can actually help yourself, too. Research has shown that volunteering improves your well-being. It can give you a sense of purpose (a meaningful goal to work towards) and then help build yourself-trust and make you feel motivated (有积极性的). This is especially true if you match volunteering to your interests. Amy Meek, who volunteers for a wildlife organization, agrees. Amy loves animals, and by joining the wildlife organization, she has become much clearer about what she can do and feels more motivated. Volunteering can also influence your health. By giving something to others, you feel happier and this is good for your health. Volunteering has also been shown to reduce your personal worries because you pay some attention to others’ needs. Volunteering also offers you a chance to meet and connect with people, “which is good for our mental health ,” says Jolie Goodman of the Mental Health Foundation. So, what are you waiting for? Go volunteering and make a difference, not only for yourself but also for the world. 29. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. What volunteering is. B. Why volunteering is good. C. How one can find volunteer work. 30. The writer mentioned Amy Meek in order to show _______. A. the influence of volunteering on one’s interests B. the importance of joining a wildlife organization C. the advantage of matching volunteering to one’s interests 31. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage? (①=Paragraph 1, ②=Paragraph 2.) A ①/②/③④/⑤ B. ①②/③/④⑤ C. ①/②③/④⑤ 32. Which can be the best title for the passage? A. Give a helping hand. B. Connect with people. C. Pay attention to your physical health. C A father was very worried about his son, who, at 15 or 16 years old, seemed to show no signs of courage. So, the father went to see a famous boxing (拳击) coach and asked him to help his son. The coach agreed and said,“Leave your son with me. In three months, I promise he will be a changed person. However, you must not visit him during this time.” The father agreed. Three months later, the father returned to pick up his son as promised. The coach set up a friendly match between the boy and an experienced boxer to show the training results. As soon as the match began, the boy was knocked down hard. But to everyone’s surprise, he quickly got up and faced his opponent (对手) again. He was knocked down again right away, but immediately jumped back to his feet. This happened again and again. The boy was knocked down 16 times, yet each time he stood up, determined to face the challenge. The coach turned to the father and asked, “Do you think your son’s performance shows courage?” The father, feeling ashamed (羞愧的), replied, “I’m so disappointed. I never expected that after sending him here for three months of training, he would still get knocked down so easily. The coach shook his head and said, ” I really feel sorry for you. You’re missing the point. You only see the falls, the superficial (表面上的) winning or losing. Don’t you see the courage and tenacity (韧性) of your son to get up each time? That’s true strength. A strong person isn’t someone who never falls, but someone who rises every time they do. That’s true courage.” 33. Why did the father want his son to learn boxing? A. To make him physically stronger. B. To train him to be braver. C. To help him become an experienced boxer. 34. What happened to the boy during the friendly match? A. He refused to fight back. B. He got knocked down many times. C. He couldn’t get up at the end of the match. 35. How did the father feel at first about the result of the match? A. He felt upset. B. He was angry. C. He was proud. 36. Why did the coach think the boy had shown true strength? A. He won the match in the end. B. He had kept on training for three months. C. He was brave enough to get up after each fall D It’s hard to turn down junk food. However, eating too much junk food can harm your body, especially if you’re between the ages of 10 and 19. “Junk food shapes adolescent (青春期的) brains in ways that harm their ability to think, learn and remember,” said Amy Reichelt, a brain expert at Western University, Canada. Reichelt and two other researchers reviewed more than 100 studies about how poor food choices can influence adolescent brains. They found adolescents are more sensitive (敏感的) than any other age group to foods with a lot of fat and sugar, as their brains are not yet fully formed. Adolescent brains are still developing the ability to control themselves. The prefrontal cortex(前额皮质) is the part of the brain that helps us do this. However, it doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s. Meanwhile, teen brains get more excited from rewards (奖励). The parts of the brain that make us feel good when we eat junk food are fully developed by the teen years. In fact, these areas are even more sensitive when we are young. Therefore the teen brain has two strikes (攻击) against it when it comes to turning down junk food. Reichelt and her team started their own study by using mice whose brains develop much like our own. They discovered that “teenage” mice that had a high-fat diet (饮食) performed worse on memory tests than those eating a normal diet. So, what’s the best way to say no to junk food? Researchers suggest exercise. When we exercise, the brain’s reward system becomes less sensitive to junk food. Exercise also helps our brains grow and become better able to make smart decisions. 37. The second paregraph is written to __________. A. describe what junk food is B. explain why teenagers like junk food C. explain how junk food can harm teen brains 38. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. The ability to control oneself. B. The prefrontal cortex. C. The adolescent brain. 39. What might the study on mice show? A. Mice prefer high-fat diets just like humans. B. Human brains develop at a slower speed than the brains of mice. C. High-fat diets could harm our ability to deal with information. 40. According to the researchers, how can exercise help us refuse junk food? A. It makes the brain’s reward system more sensitive. B. It reduces the brain’s strong wish for junk food. C. It slows down the brains’ activity. 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后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选项。 On March 4th, after 10 years of difficult talks, nearly 200 countries agreed to a new UN agreement—the High Seas Protection. It is the first of its kind in 40 years. ____41____ Oceans cover about 71% of the earth’s surface, and are home to all kinds of animals and plants. Healthy oceans play a very important role in a healthy planet. ____42____ Overfishing (过度捕捞) has had terrible influence on many kinds of fish and other animals. Pollution has caused serious damage (破坏) in many areas. In 1982, one UN sea agreement described the “high seas”—the parts of the oceans that aren’t controlled by any country. ____43____ The high seas cover about 2/3 of the ocean. But now only 1.2% of these areas are protected. ____44____ It also requires that research should first be done to see what influence human’s activities might have on the ocean environment. During the past 10 years, the talks were held time and time again. ____45____ For example, there are disagreements about how much to control fishing or pollution. Now the agreement has a long way to go, which must be officially accepted at a UN meeting and be supported by enough countries before it works. A. But the oceans are in trouble. B. And it’s a great achievement in protecting the world’s oceans. C. The agreement was finally reached after difficult discussions. D. So all countries have the right (权利) to fish and send ships there. E. That is because different countries have their own different ideas. F. The new agreement sets a goal to turn 30% of the high seas into protected areas. 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共50分） 第四部分 综合知识运用（共三节，满分50分） 第一节 单词填空（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分） 根据句意及首字母提示写出所缺单词的适当形式。 46. In Western countries, W______ is the fourth day of a week. 47. If we work hard together, our actions can make a d_____to the world and lead to a better future. 48. D________ on yourself is really important. If you don’t work hard, nobody can help you. 49. Speaking with your mouth full food is i________ when having a meal. 50. Her parents are tall but she is of m________height. 51 Dave is one of the t________ boys in his class. He weighs only 20 kilos. 52. Christmas Day falls in D________, every child in the USA has fun on that day. 53. My brother is very h________. He always tells us funny jokes and stories. 54. Do you think watching-short-videos is a w_________ of time? 55. Autumn m________ the end of summer, but there are still some hot days called India Summer. 第二节 语法填空（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题卡相应的横线上。 This is the year 2070. Today is my ___56___ (fifty) birthday, but I look like a person of eighty-five. I have a serious kidney (肾脏) problem because I don’t have enough water ___57___ (drink). I’m afraid I don’t have much time left to live. I’m already one of the oldest people in this society. I remember when I was five years old, everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks. I could enjoy a shower for half ___58___ hour. At that time, ___59___ (woman) all had beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave (剃光) our heads to keep them clean without the use of water. I remember there were “Saving Water” warnings in many public places, but nobody ___60___ (pay) attention. We believed water would last forever. Now, all the rivers and lakes are either dry polluted. Water is much ___61___ (expensive) than gold and diamonds. In the past, doctors suggested adults drink eight glasses ___62___ water a day. Nowadays, I ___63___ (allow) half a glass only. Most people are weak and sick. When my son asks me about my childhood, I tell him about how pleasant it was to fish in the rivers ___64___ how healthy people were. When he asks, “Why is there no clean water now?” I feel guilty (有罪的). I belong to those people who simply turned a blind eve to all the warnings. I hope the people living in the 2020s ____65____ (true) understand the importance of saving water. 第三节：书面表达(共1题;满分25分) 66. 假如你是 Tom , 在网上看到了 Environment Protection Club （环境保护俱乐部）招募志愿者的广告。请你用英语写一封信给俱乐部主席 Mr. Bob, 申请加入该俱乐部，请根据表格信息和提示完成申请信。 个人信息 1.阳光中学，八年级学生 2.勤奋，乐于助人，喜爱动物 现状 1.扬州近 20 年变化很大 2.砍伐树木，动物面临危险 3.自然灾害多发 建议 1.政府 （自拟一点） 2.学生 （自拟一点） 若能加入 1.联系方式 0514-88766532 2.感受和做法 （请适当发挥 1-2 句） 注意:1.词数 100 左右。短文开头已为你写好，不计入总词数； 2.短文需包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺； 3.短文中不要出现具体的学校姓名和人名。Dear Mr. Bob, I read your advertisement on the Internet and I would like to join the Environment Protection Club _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am looking forward to hearing from you. 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