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2024—2025学年度九年级第一学期期中考试试卷 英语试题 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共10页，六个大题，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 2. 本试卷上不要答题，请按答题卡上注意事项的要求直接把答案填写在答题卡上。答在试卷上的答案无效。 一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一节 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答案。每段对话读两遍。 1. What does Dr. Smith do? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. A news reporter. B. A children’s writer. C. An environmental scientist. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: What do you do, Dr. Smith? M: Well, I am an environmental scientist. My job is to find ways to save energy in our homes. 2. How do most people travel? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. By plane. B. By car. C. By high-speed train. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】M: Traveling by high-speed train is the first choice for most people. W: That’s right. It can save people lots of time. 3. How long does the woman want the man to work? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. For two hours. B. For three hours. C. For five hours. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: Thank you so much for volunteering to help in the disabled children’s home this weekend. M: I’m glad to help. What time do you need me? W: Let me see, we’ve got three groups of volunteers, and we’d like you to help out from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 4. What will the boy do to protect our world? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Plant trees. B. Go to school by bike. C. Throw rubbish into the right dustbin. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】M: Helen, our world is facing many problems. And the pollution problem is one of them. W: Yes. I agree with you. What can we do to protect our world? M: Let’s each do our part to help. You see, we should throw rubbish into the right dustbin. 5. What is the speech about? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. How to improve your English. B. How to keep healthy. C. How to save the Earth. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Do you want to go to the city library with me tomorrow, Larry? M: We just went there last Thursday. Why do you want to go there again? W: There will be a speech about how to save the Earth tomorrow. M: Really? That would be nice. I’ll go with you. 第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。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答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答两个小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. How many earthquakes have happened this year? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 7. What does the man think of gas and oil? A. They are useful. B. They need to be replaced. C. They should be left in the ground. 【答案】6. C 7. A 【解析】 【原文】M: It’s the third earthquake this year. I wonder why earthquakes happen so often. W: I think it’s because of the way we treat the planet. We should stop finding gas and oil in the ground. M: But we need them to power cars and make products. W: Come on. There are lots of green energy sources instead. 听下面一段对话，回答两个小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What is the weather like in the speakers’ city? A. Hot. B. Rainy. C. Snowy. 9. Why does the boy feel sad during his trip? A. The weather is cold. B. The pollution is serious. C. The beach is crowded. 【答案】8. C 9. B 【解析】 【原文】W: How is your trip to Indonesia, Peter? M: It is great. The waves there are amazing. W: You really choose a good time to travel. It has been snowing in our city since last week. M: Really? It is hot in Indonesia. We have a good time here. But I am a little sad because there is so much rubbish in the sea. 听下面一段独白，回答三个小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. Who helped Robert hand out free lunches in the beginning? A. His parents. B. His friends. C. His classmates. 11. When did Robert start to hand out free lunches? A. At the age of 5. B. At the age of 10. C. At the age of 15. 12. How often do Robert and other volunteers hand out free lunches now? A. Twice a week. B. Once a week. C. Once a month. 【答案】10. A 11. B 12. B 【解析】 【原文】Robert is an American boy and he is my best friend. Five years ago, he made a big decision. He decided to provide free lunches for homeless people during the summer holidays. At first, he handed out lunches with the help of his parents. Later, more and more volunteers joined him. Robert is now 15 and his project is also popular with many students at his school. Now, with the help of other volunteers, he hands out free lunches every Sunday. Sometimes Robert felt a little tired, but he was proud when he saw smiles on homeless people’s faces. 听下面一段对话，回答三个小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. Which city are they in? A. Lima. B. Shanghai. C. New York. 14. What is the population of the his city? A. Over 9 million people. B. About 2 million people. C. Less than 180,000 people. 15. What are the speakers probably doing? A. Visiting a farm. B. Shopping for food. C. Having an interview. 【答案】13. C 14. A 15. B 【解析】 【原文】W: Are you OK? It gets pretty busy at the farmers’ market on Saturdays. M: Fine. I never thought there were so many people in a market in New York. W: Hahaha... I have got used to it. How many people are there in your city? M: In Lima, we have more than 9 million people. Wow! There are many home-grown vegetables in this market. W: Yes. And the market is only open once a week. M: I think we should buy more. 第三节 听下面一篇短文，根据你所听到的内容，完成以下表格，每空填一词。短文读两遍。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Peter’s age ____16____ years old Sports running, ____17____ and ball games Favorite food ____18____ and vegetables Time listen to music in the ____19____ People often talk to ____20____ 【答案】16. thirteen##13 17. swimming 18. fruit 19. evening 20. parents 【解析】 【原文】Hello, everyone. My name is Peter. I’m a 13-year-old boy. I’m very healthy because I have some good living habits. I go to bed and get up early every day. I never stay up late to watch TV or play computer games. Doing exercise is my favorite. I like running, swimming and ball games. I have a good diet every day. I like fresh fruit and vegetables. I never drink Coke. I like to listen to music in the evening before going to bed. It makes me relaxed and have a good sleep. I also like talking with my parents. I learn a lot from them. We’re good friends. 二、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分） 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A Protect the Earth by joining the club you like Try something different instead of just watching TV at home during summer holidays. You can choose as many clubs as you like. What’s more, all are FREE! The Tree-planting Club Trees are useful. They provide food and oxygen. They help save energy, clean the air, and improve climate. Join it, and you will get a “GREEN” medal. Time: Monday-Wednesday Tel:3457-6788 The Riding Club Bike more and drive less. It helps to reduce pollution and it’s good for your health because it’s good exercise. At the same time, it helps to save money. Time: From Monday to Friday Tel:3458-6789 The Volunteering Club Join the club to clean your community or city with other volunteers. You can take part in protecting animals too. The more volunteers there are, the better the Earth will be. Time: On weekends Tel:3457-6878 The Shopping Club Try green shopping. Use fewer plastic bags and bring reusable shopping bags. Don’t buy more than you really need. Before going to the store, make a list of the things you have to buy. This way, you may make less waste. Time: Every day except Friday Tel:3458-6987 21. As a member of the Tree-planting Club, what will you get? A. Some deicious food. B. A “GREEN” medal. C. A lovely animal. D. Some plastic bags. 22. If Jenny wants to protect the environment and keep fit, she may join ________. A. the Tree-planting Club B. the Riding Club C. the Volunteering Club D. the Shopping Club 23. Bill often helps clean the parks with other volunteers ________. A. on Monday B. on Wednesday C. on Thursday D. on Sunday 24. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Call 3457-6878 to join the Tree-planting Club. B. Go to the Riding Club on weekends. C. Join the Volunteering Club to protect animals. D. Pay some money before joining each club. 25. The material may be ________. A. a poster B. a news report C. a postcard D. an e-mail 【答案】21. B 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是四个环保俱乐部的招新广告。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Join it, and you will get a ‘GREEN’ medal.”可知，加入植树俱乐部，你可以得到一个“环保”模型。故选B。 【22题详解】 推理判断题。根据“The Riding Club…It helps to reduce pollution and it’s good for your health because it’s good exercise.”可知，加入骑行俱乐部，既可以保护环境又可以锻炼身体。故选B。 【23题详解】 推理判断题。根据“The Volunteer Club…Join the club to clean your community or city with other volunteers…Time: On weekends”可知，在周末的时候，和其他志愿者一起清扫社区或城市里的其他地方。故选D。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The Volunteer Club…You can take part in protecting animals too.”可知，加入志愿者俱乐部可以保护动物。故选C。 【25题详解】 推理判断题。本文是四个环保俱乐部的招新广告，因此应是一份海报。故选A。 B Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can’t talk, but can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Dishonesty often helps them manage to live in nature. Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. A bird called the plover sometimes pretends (假装) to be hurt in order to protect its young. When an enemy gets close to its nest, the plover pretends to have a broken wing. The enemy follows the “hurt” adult, leaving the baby birds safe. Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries (埋) its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays also steal food. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when others are watching them. So they get back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else. Chimpanzees can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimpanzee will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimpanzee puts out its hand, too, the chimpanzees are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimpanzee take the winner’s hand and start fighting again. When chimpanzees find food, they will cry out. Then other chimpanzees come running. But some clever chimpanzees learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimpanzees don’t hear them, and they don’t need to share the food. 26. Why does the plover pretend to be hurt? A. To catch the enemy. B. To show its helplessness. C. To save its young. D. To leave the babies. 27. When others are watching them, the scrub jay will ________. A. watch the food all the time B. stop burying the food C. fly away immediately D. bury the food twice 28. Which picture can we find a sneaky animal? A. B. C. D. 29. Why do many animals behave dishonestly? A. Because they want to have fun. B. Because they need to do that for living on. C. Because they want to share food with others. D. Because they often fight with their enemies. 30. What can the best title for the passage? A. How do animals protect lives? B. Does Mother Nature agree? C. Do animals tell a lie? D. Honesty or dishonesty? 【答案】26. C 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了动物界为了生存，采用的一些不诚实的做法来保护自己和孩子。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据“A bird called the plover sometimes pretends (假装) to be hurt in order to protect its young”可知，千鸟假装受伤是为了保护幼鸟。故选C。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据“But clever scrub jays seem to know when others are watching them. So they get back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.”可知当有其他的丛林松鸦在观看它们时，它们会稍后回来，再埋在别的地方，所以丛林松鸦会把它们的食物埋两次。故选D。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。根据“But an animal expert once saw a losing chimpanzee take the winner’s hand and start fighting again...But some clever chimpanzees learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimpanzees don’t hear them, and they don’t need to share the food.”可知一位动物专家曾经看到一只输了的黑猩猩抓住胜利者的手，再次开始战斗，一些聪明的黑猩猩在找到食物时学会了非常温柔地哭泣，这样，其他黑猩猩就听不见了，也不需要分享食物，可见猩猩是狡猾的，所以“sneaky”表示“狡猾的”，B图“狐狸和乌鸦”的故事中狐狸是狡猾的，故选B。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Dishonesty often helps them manage to live in nature.”可知动物的不诚实往往有助于它们设法生活在大自然中。故选B。 【30题详解】 最佳标题题。本文主要讲述了动物界为了生存，采用的一些不诚实的做法来保护自己和孩子，因此C项“动物撒谎吗”最适合做本文的标题。故选C。 C A Ghanaian artist named Michael Tettch is using old glass to make new art. He hopes to help improve the environment in his country. If he can earn some money by doing it, he will be happy, too. Tettch learned the art of glass blowing during a visit to Europe in 2012. He went to see people who knew about glass blowing in the Netherlands and France, where he learned to make all kinds of useful things. Tettch has had his own workplace where he melts (熔化) broken glass from waste centers in Accra and turns it into art. Tettch looks for broken glass from old televisions or bottles and melts it down in a large round container known as a kiln (窑). The kiln gets very hot, nearly 1,500 degrees, and turns the old glass into hot liquid (液体). Then he uses a long stick to shape the glass into colorful things people can use again. Over the years, he has gotten better and better at the work. Now Tettch’s pieces are sold in shops in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Some of his works are also sold in art stores in Europe and the US. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 31. Why does Tettch use old glass to make new art? A. Because there is too much waste in his country. B. Because he must earn money to support his family. C. Because he hopes to protect the environment. D. Because he wants to realize his dream of being an artist. 32. Where did he learn the art of glass blowing? A. In Europe. B. In Asia. C. In Africa. D. In North America. 33. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. All kinds of waste. B. His workplace. C. A bottle. D. Broken glass. 34. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? A. Where Tettch gets broken glass. B. How glass works of art is made. C. How Tettch improves his skills. D. Where works of art are sold. 35. What’s the best title of the text? A. Broken glass is recycled in Ghana. B. Ghanaian artist is famous in the world. C. Glass waste does harm to the environment. D. Ghanaian artist turns glass waste into art. 【答案】31. C 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了加纳艺术家迈克尔·泰奇的艺术实践，他通过将废旧玻璃熔化后塑形，制作成可再次使用的彩色艺术品，既希望改善本国环境，也能通过售卖作品获得收入。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据“A Ghanaian artist named Michael Tettch is using old glass to make new art. He hopes to help improve the environment in his country.”可知，泰奇用旧玻璃制作新艺术品是因为他希望改善（保护）环境，故选C。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Tettch learned the art of glass blowing during a visit to Europe in 2012. He went to see people who knew about glass blowing in the Netherlands and France”可知，泰奇在欧洲（荷兰和法国）学习了玻璃吹制艺术，故选A。 【33题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“Tettch looks for broken glass from old televisions or bottles and melts it down in a large round container known as a kiln (窑).”可知，划线词“it”指代前文提到的“broken glass（废旧玻璃）”，即泰奇将废旧玻璃放入窑中熔化，故选D。 【34题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第四段“Tettch looks for broken glass... melts it down in a large round container known as a kiln... The kiln gets very hot... turns the old glass into hot liquid... Then he uses a long stick to shape the glass into colorful things people can use again.”可知，该段详细描述了泰奇制作玻璃艺术品的过程（找玻璃、熔化、塑形），即“玻璃艺术品是如何制作的”，故选B。 【35题详解】 最佳标题题。根据文章内容，全文围绕“加纳艺术家泰奇将废旧玻璃转化为艺术品”展开，介绍了原因、学习经历、制作过程及作品销售情况，“家泰奇将废旧玻璃转化为艺术品”能概括文章主题，故选D。 D March 20th is World Water Day every year. According to a report from the United Nations, more than half of the world’s major rivers have serious water loss and are polluted. The Yellow River, the world’s sixth-longest river, watered some of the oldest farms on earth. But now it has a serious problem. ____36____ In most of the past 35 years, it didn’t reach the sea. The Nile in Egypt, running 6,650 km, is the longest river in the world. ____37____ Now it is down to 2 billion m³ or so. Australia’s Murray River reaches the sea only every other year. One-fifth of America’s Rio Grande has no water, either. ____38____ Mostly it’s damming (筑坝) and global warming that make rivers dry. ____39____ Now about 45,000 of them lie across the world’s rivers. They hold back around 15% of the world’s fresh water from running to the sea. Global warming is making things worse. Warmer weather takes water away. The glaciers (冰川) are becoming smaller. ____40____ Global warming has had certain effects on water sources. Droughts happening around the world make people pay more attention to this fact. 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。 A. Dams hold water to irrigate (灌溉) fields and make power. B. The source of the Yellow River is drying up because of it. C. It used to carry 32 billion m³ of water a year. D. How does it happen? E Its source on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is drying up. 【答案】36. E 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。围绕“世界水日”展开，引用联合国报告指出全球超半数主要河流存在严重失水和污染问题，随后以黄河、尼罗河、墨累河、格兰德河为例，具体说明河流干涸现状，接着分析河流干涸的主要原因，最后强调全球变暖对水源的进一步负面影响，引发对水资源问题的关注。 【36题详解】 根据“The Yellow River...But now it has a serious problem.”及“In most of the past 35 years, it didn’t reach the sea.”可知，前文提到黄河存在严重问题，后文说明其35年中多数时间未能入海，选项E“它位于青藏高原的源头正在干涸”解释了黄河“未能入海”的原因，故选E。 【37题详解】 根据“The Nile in Egypt... is the longest river in the world.”及“Now it is down to 2 billion m³ or so.”可知，后文提到尼罗河现在的水量约为20亿立方米，选项C“它过去每年能输送320亿立方米的水”通过“过去水量”与“现在水量”的对比，突出尼罗河水量减少的问题，故选C。 【38题详解】 根据前文列举黄河、尼罗河等河流的干涸现状，及后文“Mostly it’s damming and global warming that make rivers dry.”可知，后文解释了河流干涸的原因，选项D“这是怎么发生的？”以设问形式承接前文的“现状”，引出后文的“原因分析”，故选D。 【39题详解】 根据“Mostly it’s damming and global warming that make rivers dry.”及“Now about 45,000 of them lie across the world’s rivers.”可知，前文提到“筑坝”是原因之一，后文用“them”指代与“筑坝”相关的事物，选项A“水坝蓄水用于灌溉农田和发电”解释了“水坝”的作用，且“dams”与后文“them”指代一致，符合语境，故选A。 【40题详解】 根据“Global warming is making things worse... The glaciers are becoming smaller.”及“Global warming has had certain effects on water sources.”可知，前文提到全球变暖导致冰川缩小，后文强调其对水源的影响，选项B“黄河的源头正因此而干涸”以黄河为例，具体说明全球变暖对水源的影响，呼应前文“黄河源头干涸”的内容，也衔接“全球变暖影响水源”的观点，故选B。 三、完形填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 If you live in a terrible environment, and often feel sad and worried, ____41____ would you change your life? In the book Educated, the US writer Tara Westover ____42____ us how she got through hard times. The book talks about Tara’s life. She ____43____ in a small village in the mountains of Idaho, the US. ____44____ she turned 17, she had never traveled outside. Her village was far away from the big cities. So it was ____45____ for the villagers to accept new things. The kids in her family, including Tara ____46____, had never been to a school or a hospital. As she grew older, she felt she needed to get away from this ____47____ situation. She worked hard to improve her ____48____, and her brother provided support for her. ____49____, Tara went off to college and later got a PhD in History at Cambridge University. What changed Tara? It was education. It helped her get ____50____. And then it changed her life, her way of thinking, and even her luck. To her, education meant breaking free from the limits (限制) of her family and becoming a (n) ____51____ person. To me, education is an important and beautiful word. It helps me get different ideas, find new experiences, and understand others ___52___. And it allows me to go out and ____53____ a bigger world. What’s more, it provides me with opportunities to ____54____ my dream. I hope more people ____55____ study hard, growing, and changing through difficulties. 41. A. how B. what C. when D. why 42. A. imagines B. shows C. encourages D. asks 43. A. stayed up B. looked up C. got up D. grew up 44. A. Before B. Since C. Because D. Whether 45. A. difficult B. necessary C. possible D. meaningless 46. A. ourselves B. himself C. herself D. themselves 47. A. serious B. relaxing C. dangerous D. unsatisfactory 48. A. records B. scores C. health D. safety 49. A. Suddenly B. Probably C. Finally D. Certainly 50. A. population B. language C. experience D. knowledge 51. A. smart B. kind C. active D. local 52. A. better B. less C. slower D. harder 53. A. save B. explore C. draw D. shape 54. A. change B. connect C. follow D. protect 55. A. can’t B. can C. needn’t D. need 【答案】41. A 42. B 43. D 44. A 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. C 50. D 51. A 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了美国作家Tara Westover在恶劣环境中成长，通过教育改变命运的故事。 【41题详解】 句意：如果你生活在糟糕的环境中，经常感到悲伤和忧虑，你会如何改变你的生活？ how如何；what什么；when何时；why为什么。根据“If you live in a terrible environment, and often feel sad and worried”可知，这里询问的是改变生活的方式。故选A。 【42题详解】 句意：美国作家Tara Westover在书中向我们展示她如何度过艰难时期。 imagines想象；shows显示；encourages鼓励；asks问。根据“...us how she got through hard times.”可知，空处指“展示她度过艰难时期的方式”。故选B。 【43题详解】 句意：她在美国爱达荷州山区的一个小村庄长大。 stayed up熬夜；looked up查阅；got up起床；grew up成长。根据“in a small village in the mountains of Idaho”可知，她在小村庄长大。故选D。 【44题详解】 句意：在她17岁之前，从未离开过村庄。 Before在……之前；Since自从；Because因为；Whether是否。根据“...she turned 17, she had never traveled outside.”可知，17岁之前，她从未离开过村庄。故选A。 45题详解】 句意：所以村民难以接受新事物。 difficult困难的；necessary必要的；possilbe可能的；meaningless无意义的。根据“Her village was far away from the big cities.”可知，因村庄远离大城市，故而村民接受新事物会有困难。故选A。 【46题详解】 句意：包括Tara自己在内的孩子们从未上学或就医。 ourselves我们自己；himself他自己；herself她自己；themselves她们自己。根据“including Tara”可知，包括Tara自己，需反身代词herself。故选C。 【47题详解】 句意：随着年龄的增长，她觉得自己需要摆脱这种不满意的处境。 serious认真的；relaxing令人放松的；dangerous危险的；unsatisfactory不满意的。根据“As she grew older, she felt she needed to get away from this...situation.”可知，Tara想逃离不满意的处境。故选D。 【48题详解】 句意：她努力学习以提升成绩，她的弟弟为她提供支持。 records记录；scores得分；health健康；safety安全。根据“Tara went off to college and later got a PhD in History at Cambridge University.”可知，她后来进入大学，说明她之前努力学习提升成绩。故选B。 【49题详解】 句意：最终，Tara进入了大学深造，后来还在剑桥大学获得了历史学博士学位。 Suddenly突然；Probably可能；Finally最终；Certainly当然。根据“Tara went off to college and later got a PhD in History at Cambridge University.”可知，经过努力，她最终进入大学。故选C。 【50题详解】 句意：教育帮助她获得知识。 population人口；language语言；experience经验；knowledge知识。根据“It was education. It helped her get...”可知，教育助她获得知识。故选D。 【51题详解】 句意：对她来说，教育意味着摆脱家庭的限制，成为一个智慧的人。 smart聪明的，智慧的；kind善良的；active积极的；local当地的。根据“education...becoming...person.”可知，教育使她成为聪明、智慧的人。故选A。 【52题详解】 句意：它帮助我获得不同的想法、找到新的体验、帮助我更好地理解他人。 better更好；less更少；slower更慢；harder更难。根据“It helps me get different ideas, find new experiences, and understand others...”可知，教育帮助更好地理解他人。故选A。 【53题详解】 句意：它允许我走出去探索更广阔的世界。 save节省；explore探索；draw绘画；shape形状。根据“...a bigger world.”可知，教育允许探索更大世界。故选B。 【54题详解】 句意：而且，它为我提供追逐梦想的机会。 change改变；connect连接；follow跟随；protect保护。根据“with opportunities to...my dream”可知，教育提供追逐梦想机会。故选C。 【55题详解】 句意：我希望更多人能够努力学习、在困难中成长，在困难中改变。 can’t不能；can能；needn’t不必；need必须。根据“I hope more people...study hard, growing, and changing through difficulties.”可知，希望更多人能努力学习，强调能力或可能性。故选B。 四、语篇填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 第一节 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 helpful, hide, tall, fail, everything, proud, but, act, enough, time At eight years old, I was the shortest student in my class. Every day, I measured myself to see if I had grown a little ___56___. But I was always the same height (身高). One day, Mrs. Alvarez told us that we would put on a play. I loved ____57____, so I tried out for the lead role. However, I ____58____ to get the role. Mrs. Alvarez thought I was the perfect person for the elf (小精灵). The show finally came after days of practice. ____59____ went well until the last scene. Mia, the lead role, opened a box. Mrs. Alvarez’s dog jumped out as planned, ____60____ he jumped into a plant and the plant fell over. Before Mrs. Alvarez could catch him, the scared dog ran off the stage and ____61____ below it. Mrs. Alvarez called him many ____62____, but he refused to come out. “How can we get him out there?” Mrs. Alvarez asked. “I’m small ____63____ to get into that place,” I said. “I’ll get him. ” When we came out together, everyone clapped (鼓掌) and cheered. I was glad to do something ____64____. I guess every dog has its day. Actually, we got more clapping than the stars in the show. My parents were also _____65_____ of me. After that, I stopped worrying about my height. 【答案】56. taller 57. acting 58. failed 59. Everything 60. but 61. hid 62. times 63. enough 64. helpful 65. proud 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要通过讲述“我”因身材矮小而在一次戏剧表演中意外帮助大家解决了难题，从而建立自信的经历，说明了每个人都有自己的价值。 【56题详解】 句意：每天，我都测量自己，看看自己是否长高了一点。根据后一句“But I was always the same height (身高).”，结合备选词可知，此处应填入tall的比较级形式taller，意为“更高的”，指的是“我”每天都测量自己，看看自己是否长高了一点。故填taller。 【57题详解】 句意：我喜欢表演，所以我试着演主角。根据前一句“One day, Mrs. Alvarez told us that we would put on a play.”和后半句“so I tried out for the lead role.”可知，作者热爱表演；又根据空格前“love”，结合备选词可知，此处考查：love doing sth“喜欢做某事”，此处应填入act的动名词形式acting，作宾语。故填acting。 【58题详解】 句意：然而，我没能得到这个角色。分析句子“However, I…to get the role.”，结合备选词可知，此处应填入fail的过去式failed，作谓语，意为“未能，失败”，指的是作者没能得到这个角色。故填failed。 【59题详解】 句意：一切都很顺利，直到最后一场。根据“…went well until the last scene.”，结合备选词可知，此处应填入everything，复合不定代词，位于句首，作主语，首字母要大写意为“一切”，表达一切都很顺利，直到最后一场。故填Everything。 【60题详解】 句意：阿尔瓦雷斯夫人的狗按计划跳了出来，但它跳进了一株植物，植物倒了。分析句子“Mrs. Alvarez’s dog jumped out as planned, …he jumped into a plant and the plant fell over.”可知，前后句构成转折关系，结合备选词可知，此处应填入but，并列连词，表转折关系，意为“但是”符合语境。故填but。 【61题详解】 句意：阿尔瓦雷斯太太还没来得及抓住它，那只受惊的狗就跑下了舞台，藏到了舞台下面。根据“Before Mrs. Alvarez could catch him, the scared dog ran off the stage and…below it.”可知，该句时态为一般过去时，结合备选词可知，此处应填入hide的过去式，hid，作谓语，意为“藏”，指的是那只受惊的狗就跑下了舞台，藏到了舞台下面。故填hid。 【62题详解】 句意：阿尔瓦雷斯太太叫了它许多次，但它拒绝出来。根据“Mrs. Alvarez called him many…”，结合备选词可知，此处应填入time的复数形式times，意为“次数”，指的是阿尔瓦雷斯太太叫了狗许多次。故填times。 【63题详解】 句意：“我个子足够小，可以钻进那个地方，”我说。根据“‘I’m small…to get into that place,’ I said.”，结合备选词可知，此处应填入enough，副词，修饰形容词small，意为“足够”，表达我个子足够小，可以钻进那个地方。故填enough。 【64题详解】 句意：我很高兴能做些有帮助的事情。根据“I was glad to do something ….”，结合备选词可知，此处应填入helpful，形容词，修饰something，意为“有帮助的”，指的是“我”很高兴能做些有帮助的事情。故填helpful。 【65题详解】 句意：我的父母也为我感到骄傲。根据“My parents were also…of me.”，结合备选词可知，此处考查：be proud of“为……感到骄傲”，指的是作者的父母也为作者感到骄傲。故填proud。 第二节 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 New York City in the US is a popular place for people to visit. However, the city is now facing ____66____ big problem. The buildings there are too heavy for the ground they stand on. ____67____ are over one million buildings in the huge city and more than eight million people live there. It ____68____ causing the city to sink (下沉) 2 mm each year. If the city keeps going down, water from the sea will come up to the streets in the future. While the population in the city increases, people will need ____69____ build more buildings. If they build them near the sea, it will make things even worse. New York City is not alone in facing this problem. Some other cities in the world are also at risk of disappearing because ____70____ sinking. Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is sinking up to 17 cm each year. The government wants to protect its 10 million local people, so it plans to move the capital to another place. 【答案】66. a 67. There 68. is 69. to 70. of 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了美国纽约市正面临的一个严重问题——因建筑物过重导致城市每年下沉2毫米，且人口增长带来的更多建筑需求会加剧这一问题，同时提及印度尼西亚首都雅加达也面临类似下沉风险，其政府计划迁都以保护民众。 【66题详解】 句意：然而，这座城市现在正面临一个重大问题。“problem”是可数名词单数，此处表示泛指“一个重大问题”，且“big”是以辅音音素开头的单词，应用不定冠词“a”修饰，故填a。 【67题详解】 句意：这座大城市里有超过一百万栋建筑，居住着八百多万人。根据“are over one million buildings”可知，此处是“there be”句型，用于表示“某地有某物”，句首首字母大写，故填There。 【68题详解】 句意：这正导致这座城市每年下沉2毫米。句子描述当前正在发生的情况，时态为现在进行时，其结构为“am/is/are+动词现在分词”；主语“It”是单数，因此用“is”，故填is。 【69题详解】 句意：随着城市人口的增长，人们将需要建造更多的建筑。“need to do sth.”是固定搭配，意为“需要做某事”，此处表示“需要建造更多建筑”，故填to。 【70题详解】 句意：世界上其他一些城市也因下沉而面临消失的风险。“because of”是固定短语，意为“因为、由于”，后接名词或名词性短语，此处“sinking”是动名词，故填of。 五、补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。 A: Tom, you look pale. ____71____? B: My chest hurts badly and it’s difficult for me to breathe. A: I’m sorry to hear that. ____72____? B: Yes, I have. The doctor gave me some medicine. A: ____73____? B: I have been like this since yesterday afternoon. A: ____74____? B: Yes, it may be the chemical factory producing the terrible gas. A: Why don’t you stay at home and have a rest? B: I don’t want to stay at home because I’m afraid I’ll miss today’s lesson. A: Don’t worry about that. ____75____. B: Thank you very much! 【答案】71 What’s wrong with you 72. Have you seen a doctor 73. How long have you been like this 74. Do you know why your chest hurts 75. I will help you with it 【解析】 【导语】本文是一段A和Tom之间的对话，A发现Tom脸色苍白，通过一系列提问了解到Tom胸口疼、呼吸困难，且已看医生并拿到药，症状从昨天下午开始，可能与化工厂排放的有害气体有关，Tom因担心错过课程不愿在家休息，A最终提出帮忙。 【71题详解】 根据“Tom, you look pale.”以及下文B的回答“My chest hurts badly and it’s difficult for me to breathe.”可知，A看到Tom脸色苍白，应询问Tom“怎么了”，常用表达为“What’s wrong with you”，符合语境，故填What’s wrong with you。 【72题详解】 根据下文B的回答“Yes, I have. The doctor gave me some medicine.”可知，B用“Yes, I have”回应，说明上文A的提问是现在完成时的一般疑问句，且与“看医生”相关，应该是问“是否看过医生”，故填Have you seen a doctor。 【73题详解】 根据下文B的回答“I have been like this since yesterday afternoon.”可知，B回答了“这样的状况持续多久了”，因此上文A的提问应是询问持续时间，用“How long”引导，时态为现在完成时，故填How long have you been like this。 【74题详解】 根据下文B的回答“Yes, it may be the chemical factory producing the terrible gas.”可知，B用“Yes”回应，且解释了胸口疼可能的原因，因此上文A的提问应是一般疑问句，询问“是否知道胸口疼的原因”，故填Do you know why your chest hurts。 【75题详解】 根据上文B说“I don’t want to stay at home because I’m afraid I’ll miss today’s lesson.”以及A说“Don’t worry about that.”可知，A是在安慰Tom不要担心错过课程，应提出“帮忙”的承诺，因此填“I will help you with it”，符合语境，故填I will help you with it。 六、书面表达（20分） 76. 几十年来，随着经济的发展，我们的家乡经历了翻天覆地的变化，这些变化深刻地影响着我们的生活。你们学校校报“英语专栏”举行以“Great Changes in My Hometown”为题的征文比赛。请你根据要点与要求写一篇英语短文投稿应征。 1. 要点：从交通、生活条件、通讯方式等方面展开。 2. 要求: 1) 文中不要出现所在学校的校名和师生姓名； 2) 词数100左右。 Great Changes in My Hometown With the development of the economy, great changes have taken place in my hometown. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文： Great Changes in My Hometown With the development of the economy, great changes have taken place in my hometown. In the old days, people used to live in small and broken houses. But now most people live in apartments in tall buildings. In the past, transportation mainly depended on walking or bicycles. However, now we have convenient buses, subways, and even high-speed trains, making travel much easier. Now we use mobile phones, the Internet, and social media platforms like WeChat. These changes have not only improved our standard of living but also connected us more closely with the world. There is no doubt that our hometown will become more and more beautiful. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇话题作文； ②时态：主要时态为“一般过去时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，不得遗漏，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 [写作步骤] 第一步：开门见山，表达家乡有天翻地覆的变化； 第二步：从交通、生活条件、通讯方式等方面详细描述家乡的变化； 第三步：表达对家乡变化的感想，并书写结尾。 [亮点词汇] ①in the past过去 ②depended on依赖 ③social media社交媒体 ④more and more beautiful越来越美丽 [高分句型] ①These changes have not only improved our standard of living but also connected us more closely with the world （not only...but also...句型） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $2024至2025学年度九年级第一学期期中试卷第一节听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC3个选项中选出最佳答案，每段对话读两遍。One, what do you do? Doctor smith. well, I am an environmental scientist. My job is to find ways to save energy in our homes. What do you do? Doctor smith. well, I am an environmental scientist. My job is to find ways to save energy in our homes. Two, traveling by high speed train is the first choice for most people. That's right. You can save people lots of time. Traveling by high speed train is the first choice for most people. That's right. IT can save people lots of time. Three, thank you so much for volunteering to help in the disabled children's home this weekend. I'm glad to help. What time do you need me? Let me see. We've got three groups of volunteers, and we d like you to help out from two PM to four PM. Thank you so much for volunteering to help in the disabled children's home this weekend. I'm glad to help. What time do you need me? Let me see. We've got three groups of volunteers, and we'd like you to help out from two PM to four PM. For Helen, our world is facing many problems, and the pollution problem is one of them. Yes, I agree with you. What can we do to protect our world? Let's each do our part to help. You see, we should throw rubbish into the right. Does spin. Helen, our world is facing many problems, and the pollution problem is one of them. Yes, I agree with you. What can we do to protect our world? Let's each do our part to help. You see, we should throw rubbish into the right. Does spin. Five, do you want to go to the city library with me tomorrow? Larry. we just went there last thursday. Why do you want to go there again? There will be a speech about how to save the earth tomorrow. Really, that would be nice. I'll go with you. Do you want to go to the city library with me tomorrow? Larry? We just went there last first day. Why do you want to go there again? There will be a speech about how to save the earth tomorrow. Really, that would be nice. I'll go with you. 第二节，听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的ABC3个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍，听下面一段对话，回答第六至第7两个小题。It's the third earthquake this year. I wonder why earthquake es happen so often. I think it's because of the way we treat the planet. We should start finding gas and oil in the ground. but we need them to power cars and make products come on. There are lots of Green energy sources instead. It's the bird earthquake this year. I wonder why earthquake es happen so often. I think it's because of the way we treat the planet. We should stop finding gas and oil in the ground. but we need them to power cars and make products come on. There are lots of Green energy sources and said. 听下面一段对话，回答第八至第9两个小题。How is your trip to indonesia? Peter IT is great. The waves there are amazing. You really choose a good time to travel. IT has been snowing in our cities since last week. really. IT is hard in indonesia. We have a good time here, but I am a little sad because there is so much rubbish and the sea. How is your trip to indonesia? Peter IT is great. The waves there are amazing. You really choose a good time to travel. IT has been snowing in our city in last week. really. IT is hard in indonesia. We have a good time here, but I am a little sad because there is so much rubbish in the sea. 听下面一段独白，回答第十至第十二三个小题。Robert is an american boy and he is my best friend. Five years ago, he made a big decision. He decided to provide free lunches for homeless people during the summer holidays. At first, he handed out lunches with the help of his parents. Later, more and more volunteers joined him. Robert is now fifteen, and his project is also popular with many students at his school. Now, with the health of other volunteers, he hands out free lunches every sunday. Sometimes Robert felt a little tired, but he was proud when he saw smiles on homeless people's faces. Robert is an american boy and he is my best friend. Five years ago, he made a big decision. He decided to provide free lunches for homeless people during the summer holidays. At first, he handed out lunches with the help of his parents. Later, more and more volunteers joined him. Robert is now fifteen, and his project is also popular with many students at his school. Now, with the help of other volunteers, he hands out free lunches every sunday. Sometimes Robert felt a little tired, but he was proud when he saw smile on homeless people's faces. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第15 3个小题。Are you okay? IT gets pretty busy at the farmers market on saturdays, said. I never thought there are so many people in the market . in new york. I have got used to IT. How many people are there in your city? In lima, we have more than nine million people. Wow, there are many homegrown vegetables in this market. Yes, and the market is only open once a week. I think we should buy more. Are you okay? IT gets pretty busy at the farmers market on saturdays. but I never thought there are so many people in the market . in new york. I have got used to IT. How many people are there in your city? In lima, we have more than nine million people. Wow, there are many homegrown vegetables in this market. Yes, and the market is only open once a week. I think we should buy more. 第三节，听下面一篇短文，根据你所听到的内容完成以下表格，每空填一词，短文读两遍。Hello everyone, my name is Peter. I'm a thirteen year old boy. I'm very healthy because I have some good living habits. I go to bed and get up early every day. I never stay up late to watch T, V or play computer games. Doing exercise is my favorite. I like running, swimming and ball games. I have a good diet every day. I like fresh fruit and vegetables. I never drink coke. I like to listen to music in the evening before going to bed. IT makes me relaxed, ed, and have a good sleep. I also like talking with my parents. I learn a lot from them. We're good friends. Hello everyone, my name is Peter. I'm a thirteen year old boy. I'm very healthy because I have some good living habits. I go to bed and get up early every day. I never stay up late to watch T, V or play computer games. Doing exercise is my favorite. I like running swiming and ball games. I have a good diet every day. I like fresh fruit and vegetables. I never drink coke. I like to listen to music in the evening before going to bed. IT makes me relaxed and have a good sleep. I also like talking with my parents. I learn a lot from them, wear good friends. 2024—2025学年度九年级第一学期期中考试试卷 英语试题 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共10页，六个大题，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 2. 本试卷上不要答题，请按答题卡上注意事项的要求直接把答案填写在答题卡上。答在试卷上的答案无效。 一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一节 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答案。每段对话读两遍。 1. What does Dr. Smith do? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. A news reporter. B. A children’s writer. C. An environmental scientist. 2. How do most people travel? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. By plane. B. By car. C. By high-speed train. 3. How long does the woman want the man to work? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. For two hours. B. For three hours. C. For five hours. 4. What will the boy do to protect our world? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. Plant trees. B. Go to school by bike. C. Throw rubbish into the right dustbin. 5. What is the speech about? 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 A. How to improve your English. B. How to keep healthy. C. How to save the Earth. 第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。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答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答两个小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. How many earthquakes have happened this year? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 7. What does the man think of gas and oil? A. They are useful. B. They need to be replaced. C. They should be left in the ground. 听下面一段对话，回答两个小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What is the weather like in the speakers’ city? A. Hot. B. Rainy. C. Snowy. 9. Why does the boy feel sad during his trip? A. The weather is cold. B. The pollution is serious. C. The beach is crowded. 听下面一段独白，回答三个小题【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. Who helped Robert hand out free lunches in the beginning? A. His parents. B. His friends. C. His classmates. 11. When did Robert start to hand out free lunches? A. At the age of 5. B. At the age of 10. C. At the age of 15. 12. How often do Robert and other volunteers hand out free lunches now? A. Twice a week. B. Once a week. C. Once a month. 听下面一段对话，回答三个小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. Which city are they in? A. Lima. B. Shanghai. C. New York. 14. What is the population of the his city? A. Over 9 million people. B. About 2 million people. C. Less than 180,000 people. 15. What are the speakers probably doing? A. Visiting a farm. B. Shopping for food. C. Having an interview. 第三节 听下面一篇短文，根据你所听到的内容，完成以下表格，每空填一词。短文读两遍。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Peter’s age ____16____ years old Sports running, ____17____ and ball games Favorite food ____18____ and vegetables Time listen to music in the ____19____ People often talk to ____20____ 二、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分） 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A Protect the Earth by joining the club you like Try something different instead of just watching TV at home during summer holidays. You can choose as many clubs as you like. What’s more, all are FREE! The Tree-planting Club Trees are useful. They provide food and oxygen. They help save energy, clean the air, and improve climate. Join it, and you will get a “GREEN” medal. Time: Monday-Wednesday Tel:3457-6788 The Riding Club Bike more and drive less. It helps to reduce pollution and it’s good for your health because it’s good exercise. At the same time, it helps to save money. Time: From Monday to Friday Tel:3458-6789 The Volunteering Club Join the club to clean your community or city with other volunteers. You can take part in protecting animals too. The more volunteers there are the better the Earth will be. Time: On weekends Tel:3457-6878 The Shopping Club Try green shopping. Use fewer plastic bags and bring reusable shopping bags. Don’t buy more than you really need. Before going to the store, make a list of the things you have to buy. This way, you may make less waste. Time: Every day except Friday Tel:3458-6987 21. As a member of the Tree-planting Club, what will you get? A. Some deicious food. B. A “GREEN” medal. C. A lovely animal. D. Some plastic bags. 22. If Jenny wants to protect the environment and keep fit, she may join ________. A. the Tree-planting Club B. the Riding Club C. the Volunteering Club D. the Shopping Club 23. Bill often helps clean the parks with other volunteers ________. A. on Monday B. on Wednesday C. on Thursday D. on Sunday 24. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Call 3457-6878 to join the Tree-planting Club. B. Go to the Riding Club on weekends. C. Join the Volunteering Club to protect animals. D. Pay some money before joining each club. 25. The material may be ________. A. a poster B. a news report C. a postcard D. an e-mail B Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can’t talk, but can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Dishonesty often helps them manage to live in nature. Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. A bird called the plover sometimes pretends (假装) to be hurt in order to protect its young. When an enemy gets close to its nest, the plover pretends to have a broken wing. The enemy follows the “hurt” adult, leaving the baby birds safe. Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries (埋) its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays also steal food. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when others are watching them. So they get back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else. Chimpanzees can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimpanzee will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimpanzee puts out its hand, too, the chimpanzees are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimpanzee take the winner’s hand and start fighting again. When chimpanzees find food, they will cry out. Then other chimpanzees come running. But some clever chimpanzees learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimpanzees don’t hear them, and they don’t need to share the food. 26. Why does the plover pretend to be hurt? A To catch the enemy. B. To show its helplessness. C. To save its young. D. To leave the babies. 27. When others are watching them, the scrub jay will ________. A. watch the food all the time B. stop burying the food C. fly away immediately D. bury the food twice 28. Which picture can we find a sneaky animal? A. B. C. D. 29. Why do many animals behave dishonestly? A. Because they want to have fun. B. Because they need to do that for living on. C. Because they want to share food with others. D. Because they often fight with their enemies. 30. What can the best title for the passage? A. How do animals protect lives? B. Does Mother Nature agree? C Do animals tell a lie? D. Honesty or dishonesty? C A Ghanaian artist named Michael Tettch is using old glass to make new art. He hopes to help improve the environment in his country. If he can earn some money by doing it, he will be happy, too. Tettch learned the art of glass blowing during a visit to Europe in 2012. He went to see people who knew about glass blowing in the Netherlands and France, where he learned to make all kinds of useful things. Tettch has had his own workplace where he melts (熔化) broken glass from waste centers in Accra and turns it into art. Tettch looks for broken glass from old televisions or bottles and melts it down in a large round container known as a kiln (窑). The kiln gets very hot, nearly 1,500 degrees, and turns the old glass into hot liquid (液体). Then he uses a long stick to shape the glass into colorful things people can use again. Over the years, he has gotten better and better at the work. Now Tettch’s pieces are sold in shops in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Some of his works are also sold in art stores in Europe and the US. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 31. Why does Tettch use old glass to make new art? A. Because there is too much waste in his country. B. Because he must earn money to support his family. C. Because he hopes to protect the environment. D. Because he wants to realize his dream of being an artist. 32. Where did he learn the art of glass blowing? A. In Europe. B. In Asia. C. In Africa. D. In North America. 33. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. All kinds of waste. B. His workplace. C. A bottle. D. Broken glass. 34. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? A. Where Tettch gets broken glass. B. How glass works of art is made. C. How Tettch improves his skills. D. Where works of art are sold. 35. What’s the best title of the text? A. Broken glass is recycled in Ghana. B. Ghanaian artist is famous in the world. C. Glass waste does harm to the environment. D. Ghanaian artist turns glass waste into art. D March 20th is World Water Day every year. According to a report from the United Nations, more than half of the world’s major rivers have serious water loss and are polluted. The Yellow River, the world’s sixth-longest river, watered some of the oldest farms on earth. But now it has a serious problem. ____36____ In most of the past 35 years, it didn’t reach the sea. The Nile in Egypt, running 6,650 km, is the longest river in the world. ____37____ Now it is down to 2 billion m³ or so. Australia’s Murray River reaches the sea only every other year. One-fifth of America’s Rio Grande has no water, either. ____38____ Mostly it’s damming (筑坝) and global warming that make rivers dry. ____39____ Now about 45,000 of them lie across the world’s rivers. They hold back around 15% of the world’s fresh water from running to the sea. Global warming is making things worse. Warmer weather takes water away. The glaciers (冰川) are becoming smaller. ____40____ Global warming has had certain effects on water sources. Droughts happening around the world make people pay more attention to this fact. 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。 A. Dams hold water to irrigate (灌溉) fields and make power. B. The source of the Yellow River is drying up because of it. C. It used to carry 32 billion m³ of water a year. D. How does it happen? E. Its source on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is drying up. 三、完形填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 If you live in a terrible environment, and often feel sad and worried, ____41____ would you change your life? In the book Educated, the US writer Tara Westover ____42____ us how she got through hard times. The book talks about Tara’s life. She ____43____ in a small village in the mountains of Idaho, the US. ____44____ she turned 17, she had never traveled outside. Her village was far away from the big cities. So it was ____45____ for the villagers to accept new things. The kids in her family, including Tara ____46____, had never been to a school or a hospital. As she grew older, she felt she needed to get away from this ____47____ situation. She worked hard to improve her ____48____, and her brother provided support for her. ____49____, Tara went off to college and later got a PhD in History at Cambridge University. What changed Tara? It was education. It helped her get ____50____. And then it changed her life, her way of thinking, and even her luck. To her, education meant breaking free from the limits (限制) of her family and becoming a (n) ____51____ person. To me, education is an important and beautiful word. It helps me get different ideas, find new experiences, and understand others ___52___. And it allows me to go out and ____53____ a bigger world. What’s more, it provides me with opportunities to ____54____ my dream. I hope more people ____55____ study hard, growing, and changing through difficulties. 41. A. how B. what C. when D. why 42. A. imagines B. shows C. encourages D. asks 43. A. stayed up B. looked up C. got up D. grew up 44. A. Before B. Since C. Because D. Whether 45. A. difficult B. necessary C. possible D. meaningless 46. A. ourselves B. himself C. herself D. themselves 47. A. serious B. relaxing C. dangerous D. unsatisfactory 48. A. records B. scores C. health D. safety 49. A. Suddenly B. Probably C. Finally D. Certainly 50. A. population B. language C. experience D. knowledge 51. A. smart B. kind C. active D. local 52. A. better B. less C. slower D. harder 53. A. save B. explore C. draw D. shape 54. A. change B. connect C. follow D. protect 55. A. can’t B. can C. needn’t D. need 四、语篇填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 第一节 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 helpful, hide, tall, fail, everything, proud, but, act, enough, time At eight years old, I was the shortest student in my class. Every day, I measured myself to see if I had grown a little ___56___. But I was always the same height (身高). One day, Mrs. Alvarez told us that we would put on a play. I loved ____57____, so I tried out for the lead role. However, I ____58____ to get the role. Mrs. Alvarez thought I was the perfect person for the elf (小精灵). The show finally came after days of practice. ____59____ went well until the last scene. Mia, the lead role, opened a box. Mrs. Alvarez’s dog jumped out as planned, ____60____ he jumped into a plant and the plant fell over. Before Mrs. Alvarez could catch him, the scared dog ran off the stage and ____61____ below it. Mrs. Alvarez called him many ____62____, but he refused to come out. “How can we get him out there?” Mrs. Alvarez asked. “I’m small ____63____ to get into that place,” I said. “I’ll get him. ” When we came out together, everyone clapped (鼓掌) and cheered. I was glad to do something ____64____. I guess every dog has its day. Actually, we got more clapping than the stars in the show. My parents were also _____65_____ of me. After that, I stopped worrying about my height. 第二节 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 New York City in the US is a popular place for people to visit. However, the city is now facing ____66____ big problem. The buildings there are too heavy for the ground they stand on. ____67____ are over one million buildings in the huge city and more than eight million people live there. It ____68____ causing the city to sink (下沉) 2 mm each year. If the city keeps going down, water from the sea will come up to the streets in the future. While the population in the city increases, people will need ____69____ build more buildings. If they build them near the sea, it will make things even worse. New York City is not alone in facing this problem. Some other cities in the world are also at risk of disappearing because ____70____ sinking. Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is sinking up to 17 cm each year. The government wants to protect its 10 million local people, so it plans to move the capital to another place. 五、补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。 A: Tom, you look pale. ____71____? B: My chest hurts badly and it’s difficult for me to breathe. A: I’m sorry to hear that. ____72____? B: Yes, I have. The doctor gave me some medicine. A: ____73____? B: I have been like this since yesterday afternoon. A: ____74____? B: Yes, it may be the chemical factory producing the terrible gas. A: Why don’t you stay at home and have a rest? B: I don’t want to stay at home because I’m afraid I’ll miss today’s lesson. A: Don’t worry about that. ____75____. B: Thank you very much! 六、书面表达（20分） 76. 几十年来，随着经济的发展，我们的家乡经历了翻天覆地的变化，这些变化深刻地影响着我们的生活。你们学校校报“英语专栏”举行以“Great Changes in My Hometown”为题的征文比赛。请你根据要点与要求写一篇英语短文投稿应征。 1. 要点：从交通、生活条件、通讯方式等方面展开。 2. 要求: 1) 文中不要出现所在学校校名和师生姓名； 2) 词数100左右。 Great Changes in My Hometown With the development of the economy, great changes have taken place in my hometown. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $