江苏省南京外国语学年2024-2025学年上学期九年级英语第一次月考试题

24—25年南外初三年级月考卷

英语阶段练习（一）

试卷总分：100分  考试时间：100分钟

卷Ⅰ客观题（满分50分）

Please put your answers by filling in the correct boxes with 2B pencil on the multiple choice answer card.（请将以下选择题的答案用2B铅笔填在答题卡上。）

Ⅰ. Multiple choice (1'*20=20')

1. He came ________ first in the race. I think you can’t find ________ better runner.

A. the; the B. /; a C. the; a D. /; the

2. Last year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0.68℃________ the average.

A. below B. under C. over D. above

3. The young man who is ________ can’t even imagine what happened ________ of the last century.

A. in the 20s; in the 1980s B. in his 20s; in 1980s

C. in his 20s; in the 1980s D. in the 20s; in 1980s

4. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests ______ when he ______ at the party.

A. left; had arrived B. left; arrived

C. had left; had arrived D. had left; arrived

5. I was so angry at all_________ he was doing____________ I walked out.

A. which； that B. what； that C. that； which D. that； that

6. She did ________ she could ________ me with my Chinese.

A. what; help B. all; help C. what; to help D. that; to help

7. It was ________ I got back to my apartment ________ I first came across my new neighbors.

A. when; who B. that; where C. that; which D. when; that

8. The famous magician, as well as his assistants, ________ to perform at the China’s Got Talent in 2022.

A. were invited B. have been invited C. was invited D. has been invited

9. He had the opportunity to spend two weeks with the Hadza (哈扎人) and said ________ with them changed the way ________ he looked at the world.

A. that being; which B. being; which C. that being; / D. /; that.

10. ________ moved by what he had said, she sat there thinking ________ into the night.

A. Deeply; deep B. Deep; deeply C. Deeply; deeply D. Deep; deep

11. I wish you would do ________ talking and some more work. Thus things will become better.

A. a bit less B. much fewer C. much more D. a little more

12. Sarah ________ very shy when she was a child. Now she ________ in public after years of experience.

A. used to be; used to speak B. used to be; is used to speaking

C. is used to being; is used to speaking D. is used to being; used to speak

13. The boy ________ on the playground ________ to me that he ________ my coat on the grass.

A. lying; lied; had laid B. lied; laying; had laid

C. laid; lay; had lain D. lay; lied; has laid

14. Americans eat ________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A. more than twice as many B. twice more than

C. twice as many as D. more than twice

15. I was observing and copying the behaviors of my cat ________ my mom came in ________ with shock.

A. when; freezing B. while; frozen C. when; frozen D. while; freezing

16. —I didn’t do well in the exam. How about you?

—I did ________ you. Both of us had to work harder.

A. as well as B. no better than C. no more than D. the same as

17. No knowledge taught by others has the same effect on you as ________ learned by yourself.

A. one B. that C. those D. it

18. If there ________ no modern telecommunications, we ________ wait for weeks to get news from around the world.

A. would have; had to B. are; would have to

C. had been; would have to D. were; would have to

19. Which of the following sentences has the same structure as “Chevalier managed to swim back to the shore.”?

A. Only humans speak using words.

B. Men whose hair is falling out are never happy about it.

C. The Prince heard loud barking coming from the direction of the house.

D. A study shows that among teenage users, a lot more girls blog than boys.

20. —Did you know I sold photocopier machines and earned a lot of money when I was in college?

—No, ________. Tell me more.

A. not especially B. how could you C. that’s news to me D. not any more

Ⅱ. Cloze test (1'*15=15)

I have spent my entire life at school. My parents and my grandparents were ___21___, and for the past 40 years I’ve done the same thing.

We know why kids don’t learn, It’s poverty, negative peer (同龄人) influences... But one of the things that we rarely discuss is the value and importance of human ___22___.

James Comer says that no significant (有重大意义的) learning can happen without a significant ___23___.

A colleague (同事) said to me one time, “They don’t pay me to ___24___ the kids. They pay me to teach a lesson.” Well, I said to her, “You know, kids don’t learn from people they hate.” She said, “That’s just nonsense.” And I said to her, “well, your year is going to be long and ___25___, dear.”

Some people think that you can either have it in you to build a relationship, or you don’t. I think Stephen Covey had the right idea. He said you ought to use just a few ___26___ things, like seeking first to understand and ___27___ rather than being understood. You ever thought about that? Tell a kid you’re sorry and they are in ___28___.

Once I taught a Maths lesson. And after class, I found I hadn’t taught the whole lesson ___29___. So I came back to class the next day and said, “Look, guys, I taught the whole lesson wrong. I’m so sorry.”

They said, “That’s okay, Ms. Pierson. You were so ___30___ and we just let you go.”

I always wonder, “How am I going to ___31___ this group from where they are to where they need to be? And it was awfully hard. How do I raise the ___32___ of a child and his academic (学术的) achievement at the same time?”

One year I had a bright idea. I told all my students, “You were chosen to be in my class because I am the best teacher and you are the best students.” And I gave them a saying to say, “I am ___33___. I am powerful, and I am the winner.”

If you say it long enough, it starts to be a part of you.

Teaching and learning should bring joy. Every child deserves a(n) ___34___ who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.

Is this job really tough? But it is not impossible. But we can do this. We are educators. We’re ___35___ to make a difference.

21. A. headmasters B. teachers C. doctors D. psychologists

22. A. influence B. importance C. connection D. communication