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九年级英语(人教版)卷二 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共四部分，十大题，满分120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2. 全卷包括“试题卷”(8页)和“答题卷”(2页)两部分。 3. 请务必在“答题卷”上答题，在“试题卷”上答题无效。 4. 考试结束后，请将“试题卷”和“答题卷”一并交回。 第一部分听力(共四大题，满分20分) I. 短对话理解(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. What subject does Mr. Brown teach? A. B. C. 2.What is the passage on page one about? A. B. C. 3.How does the girl plan to learn paper cutting? A. By taking online courses. B. By joining a paper-cutting club. C. By working at a club. 4. What did Mary use to be like? A. Serious. B. Active. C. Shy. 5. Where does the conversation take place? A. At home. B. In a store. C. In a library. Ⅱ . 长对话理解(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一 个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。 6. Why did the rich man ask the inventor to make a paper cup? A. To avoid getting sick. B. To take part in a competition. C. To make his guests happy. 7. What will the girl do tomorrow? A. Go shopping. B. Go camping. C. Go swimming. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。 8. Where did John use to sit? A. In the front. B. In the back. C. In the middle. 9. What club did John join? A. The sports club. B. The music club. C. The English club. 10. Why did he decide to change? A. To try new things. B. To show his ability. C. To show his skills. Ⅲ. 短文理解(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项 中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. Who took Peter to the pool in town before he started school? A. His father. B. His mother. C. His brother. 12. How did Peter go to the swimming club? A. By bike. B. By car. C. On foot. 13. What does Peter say about Mr. Miller? A. Humorous but strict. B. Helpful but strict. C. Serious but humorous. 14. Why is Peter going to Italy? A. To have a race. B. To give a course. C. To attend a training course. 15. How might Peter feel about working with swimmers he hasn’t met before? A. Worried. B. Painful. C. Excited. V. 信息转换(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读 两遍。 The DIY club Club members There are __16__ members. Place At the member’s homes. Activities Each member takes a __17__ hosting the meeting. *Last week, we made a clay __18__ *This week, we’ll learn how to make paper cuttings from Lin Xia’s __19__. *Next week, we’ll learn the way to build a birdhouse out of used wood and __20__ it. 第二部分语言知识运用(共三大题，满分35分) V. 单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. What a hot day! I can feel the ________ of the sun on my back. A. size B. color C. heat D. fair 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：多热的天啊！我能感觉到太阳晒在我背上的热度。 考查名词词义辨析。size尺寸；color颜色；heat热度、热；fair集市、公平的。根据“What a hot day!”可知，此处指的是能感觉到太阳的热度。故选C。 2. Lu Yonggen, an outstanding agricultural scientist, gave all he had to society from his life savings to his own body. I really ______ him. A. look after B. look forward to C. look up to D. look through 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：卢永根是一位杰出的农业科学家，他把自己的一切都奉献给了社会，从毕生积蓄到自己的身体。我真的很尊敬他。 考查短语动词辨析。look after照顾；look forward to期待；look up to尊敬；look through浏览。根据语境，此处表达对卢永根的敬意和钦佩。故选C。 3 —Do you know when the first computer was invented? —______ 78 years ago. A. Completely B. Hardly C. Greatly D. Nearly 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你知道第一台计算机是什么时候发明的吗？——差不多78年前。 考查副词辨析。Completely完全地；Hardly几乎不；Greatly极大地；Nearly几乎，差不多。答语表示一个近似的时间点，需用nearly修饰，意为“差不多”，符合语境。故选D。 4. The number of those who designed Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge isn’t ________ in the report, so I’ll try to find it out online. A. considered B. mentioned C. admired D. chosen 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：设计张靖皋长江大桥的人数在报告中没有被提到，所以我将尝试在网上把它找出来。 考查动词辨析。considered考虑；mentioned提到；admired钦佩；chosen选择。根据“so I’ll try to find it out online.”可知，设空处表示数字没有被提及。故选B。 5. —Linda, you’ve been watching game shows all evening! Have you finished your report? —Well, I ______ most of it this afternoon, and I’ll finish it by Friday. A. did B. would do C. was doing D. will do 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——Linda，你整晚都在看游戏节目！你的报告完成了吗？——嗯，我今天下午完成了大部分，我会在周五前完成。 考查动词时态。根据时间状语“this afternoon”可知表示过去发生的动作，应用一般过去时，用did。故选A。 6. Judy’s garden is ______ with lots of beautiful flowers and green plants. She takes good care of it every day. A. terrible B. strange C. lively D. comfortable 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：朱迪的花园里种满了许多美丽的花和绿色植物，生机勃勃。她每天都悉心照料它。 考查形容词词义辨析。terrible糟糕的；strange奇怪的；lively生机勃勃的；comfortable舒适的。根据“lots of beautiful flowers and green plants”可知，有很多美丽的花和绿色植物的花园应该是生机勃勃的，此处应用lively。故选C。 7. If Emma ________ to your birthday party, she’ll be happy. She has prepared a special present for you. A. invites B. is invited C. invited D. was invited 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果艾玛被邀请参加你的生日派对，她会很开心的。她已经为你准备了一份特别的礼物。 考查动词的被动语态和时态。根据“If Emma...to your birthday party”可知，艾玛是“被邀请”的对象，需用被动语态。又因if引导的条件状语从句遵循“主将从现”原则，主句用一般将来时，从句需用一般现在时，故选B。 8. ______ the local people ______ the new visitor enjoys walking around the old town. It is really beautiful. A. Neither; nor B. Either; or C. Both; and D. Not only; but also 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：不仅当地人而且新游客也喜欢在古镇散步。它真的很美。 考查连词辨析。Neither... nor...既不……也不……；Either... or...要么……要么……；Both... and...两者都；Not only... but also...不仅……而且……。根据“It is really beautiful.”可知，当地人和新游客是喜欢在古镇散步的，排除A项和B项；“Both... and...”连接并列主语时，谓语动词需用复数，句中谓语动词“enjoys”为单数形式，所以排除C项；“Not only... but also...”连接并列主语时，谓语动词遵循“就近原则”，即谓语动词的单复数与the new visitor保持一致。故选D。 9. If you want to learn something new, you’d better go to experience it ______. A. in person B. in public C. in silence D. in need 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果你想学习一些新的东西，你最好亲自去体验它。 考查介词短语辨析。in person亲自；in public公开地；in silence沉默地；in need在困难中。根据语境可知，此处是在建议想要学习新东西就要亲自去体验，所以应该用in person。故选A。 10. —Could you please help me order a traditional Chinese dress, a qipao, online? —______. I’ll do that right now. A. No way B. Never mind C. With pleasure D. Wait a minute 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你能帮我在网上订购一件中国传统服饰旗袍吗？——乐意效劳。我现在就去做。 考查情景交际。No way没门；Never mind没关系；With pleasure乐意效劳；Wait a minute等一下。根据“I’ll do that right now.”可知，此处表示愿意帮忙，应该用With pleasure。故选C。 V. 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A Humans have long tried to predict (预测) the weather. From the hunters of ancient times to today’s pilots, predicting rain ____11____ shine can shape people’s life and make a difference. In ancient times, the Babylonians tried to predict the weather according to the ____12____ of clouds. By 300 BC in China, a calendar ____13____ the year into 24 solar terms (节气) gradually. Each solar term was ____14____ a type of weather, like the Rain Water (the start of the spring rains), the Waking of Insects and so on. That was ____15____ for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest (收获). People used lots of ways to predict the weather over the ____16____. You might have heard expressions like “Red sky at night, sailor’s (水手的) ____17____”, which suggests a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. The science of weather prediction ____18____ took off in the 1830s with the invention of the telegraph (电报). The next big step came in the 1920s with the invention of the “radiosonde”, a balloon carrying weather ____19____ high above the ground to collect information. Today, supercomputers are used to take data (数据) from the world and ____20____ it very fast to work out the weather. They can predict the weather several days ahead of time. 11. A. and B. or C. but D. so 12. A. changes B. styles C. design D. blouses 13. A. collected B. folded C. turned D. divided 14. A. dealt with B. connected with C. turned into D. called into 15. A. polite B. cheap C. helpful D. careful 16. A. months B. weeks C. days D. centuries 17. A. porridge B. pleasure C. vocation D. danger 18. A. wisely B. loudly C. really D. quietly 19. A. expressions B. instruments C. introductions D. conversations 20. A. process B. repeat C. avoid D. mention 【答案】11. B 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了人类长期以来尝试预测天气，从古代猎人到现代飞行员，预测天气对人们的生活有重要影响，并介绍了不同时期预测天气的方法。 【11题详解】 句意：从古代的猎人到今天的飞行员，预测下雨还是晴天能够影响人们的生活并带来改变。 and和；or或者；but但是；so所以。根据“predicting rain...shine”可知，此处表示选择关系，预测下雨还是晴天，故选B。 【12题详解】 句意：在古代，巴比伦人试图根据云的变化来预测天气。 changes变化；styles风格；design设计；blouses女式衬衫。根据“the Babylonians tried to predict the weather according to the...of clouds”可知，是根据云的变化来预测天气，故选A。 【13题详解】 句意：到公元前300年，中国出现了一种日历，它逐渐把一年划分为24个节气。 collected收集；folded折叠；turned转动；divided划分。根据“a calendar...the year into 24 solar terms”可知，是把一年划分为24个节气，divide...into...表示“把……划分为……”，故选D。 【14题详解】 句意：每个节气都与一种天气有关，比如雨水 (春雨开始)、惊蛰等等。 dealt with处理；connected with与……有关；turned into变成；called into召集。根据“Each solar term was...a type of weather”可知，每个节气都与一种天气有关，故选B。 【15题详解】 句意：这对农民计划何时种植和收获很有帮助。 polite有礼貌的；cheap便宜的；helpful有帮助的；careful仔细的。根据“for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest”可知，这对农民计划种植和收获时间是有帮助的，故选C。 【16题详解】 句意：几个世纪以来，人们用了很多方法来预测天气。 months月；weeks周；days天；centuries世纪。根据“People used lots of ways to predict the weather over the...”可知，此处指几个世纪以来，人们用很多方法预测天气，故选D。 【17题详解】 句意：你可能听过像“晚霞红，水手乐”这样的表达，这意味着晚上的晚霞之后会有好天气。 porridge粥；pleasure快乐；vocation职业；danger危险。根据“Red sky at night, sailor’s...”以及“which suggests a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather”可知，晚霞红对水手来说是快乐的事，意味着有好天气，故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：天气预报科学在19世纪30年代随着电报的发明真正开始发展。 wisely明智地；loudly大声地；really真正地；quietly安静地。根据“The science of weather prediction...took off in the 1830s with the invention of the telegraph”可知，此处指天气预报科学真正开始发展，故选C。 【19题详解】 句意：下一个重大进步出现在20世纪20年代，当时发明了“无线探空仪”，这是一种在地面以上高空携带气象仪器的气球，用于收集信息。 expressions表达；instruments仪器；introductions介绍；conversations对话。根据“a balloon carrying weather...high above the ground to collect information”可知，气球携带的是气象仪器，用于收集信息，故选B。 20题详解】 句意：今天，超级计算机被用来从世界各地获取数据，并非常快速地处理数据以得出天气情况。 process处理；repeat重复；avoid避免；mention提到。根据“supercomputers are used to take data (数据) from the world and...it very fast to work out the weather”可知，超级计算机获取数据并快速处理数据以得出天气情况，故选A。 B Over the past five years, Miao Zhenjie has been teaching the skills of porcelain carving (刻瓷). Her students are children with ____21____ problems at a special school in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. Miao began learning to carve porcelain in 1997, when she was ____22____ in a cute dog carved on a white porcelain bowl. The art of porcelain carving has a long ____23____ and was popular during the Qing Dynasty. Different pictures, including humans, flowers, birds and buildings, can be ____24____ on the porcelain with special tools. According to Miao, different from many traditional ____25____ of art, porcelain carvings can be kept for a long time. However, it’s not easy to carve on the porcelain. It ____26____ precision (精确) and great painting skills. To ____27____ the traditional culture, Miao began teaching at the school in 2018. “I found ____28____ the students with hearing problems are good learners of the art, because they are not easily ____29____ by different sounds in the process of carving,” she said. “They also have their own understanding of the art. From the ____30____, they got lots of happiness and confidence.” 21. A. seeing B. walking C. hearing D. speaking 22. A. interested B. patient C. active D. general 23. A. project B. history C. silver D. trade 24. A. boiled B. heated C. treated D. created 25. A. scores B. bands C. forms D. stamps 26. A. repeats B. polishes C. requires D. rings 27. A. spread B. suggest C. request D. increase 28. A. if B. whether C. what D. that 29. A. completed B. influenced C. memorized D. discovered 30. A. speech B. course C. website D. customer 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了苗振洁在山西太原一所特殊学校教授听障儿童刻瓷技艺的事迹，同时简述了刻瓷艺术的历史、特点及传承意义。 【21题详解】 句意：她的学生是山西省太原市一所特殊学校里有听力问题的孩子。 seeing视觉的；walking行走的；hearing听力的；speaking语言的。根据“the students with hearing problems”可知，此处特指有听力问题的孩子。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：1997年，苗振洁开始学习刻瓷，当时她对一个白瓷碗上雕刻的可爱小狗产生了兴趣。 interested感兴趣的；patient有耐心的；active积极的；general一般的。be interested in是固定短语，意为“对……感兴趣”，符合语境。故选A。 【23题详解】 句意：刻瓷艺术历史悠久，在清朝时期非常流行。 project项目；history历史；silver银；trade贸易。根据“was popular during the Qing Dynasty”可知，此处强调刻瓷艺术的历史传承。故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：使用特殊工具，可以在瓷器上创作出人、花、鸟、建筑等不同图案。 boiled煮沸的；heated加热的；treated处理过的；created创作的。结合“different pictures”和“with special tools”，可知是用工具创作图案。故选D。 【25题详解】 句意：苗振洁表示，与许多传统艺术形式不同，刻瓷可以长久保存。 scores分数；bands乐队；forms形式；stamps邮票。“traditional forms of art”指“传统艺术形式”，是固定表达。故选C。 【26题详解】 句意：它需要精准度和高超的绘画技巧。 repeats重复；polishes打磨；requires要求、需要；rings鸣响。根据“it’s not easy to carve on the porcelain”，可知刻瓷对精准度和绘画技巧有要求。故选C。 【27题详解】 句意：为了传播传统文化，苗振洁于2018年开始在这所学校任教。 spread传播；suggest建议；request要求；increase增加。根据“teaching at the school”，可知任教的目的是传播传统文化。故选A。 【28题详解】 句意：我发现有听力问题的学生是这门艺术的优秀学习者。 if是否；whether是否；what什么；that那个。此处宾语从句句意完整、成分齐全，用that引导。故选D。 【29题详解】 句意：因为他们在雕刻过程中不容易被各种声音影响。 completed完成；influenced影响；memorized记忆；discovered发现。根据“students with hearing problems”，可知听力障碍让他们不易受外界声音干扰。故选B。 【30题详解】 句意：从这门课程中，他们收获了很多快乐和自信。 speech演讲；course课程；website网站；customer顾客。根据“teaching the skills of porcelain carving”，可知学生是通过刻瓷课程获得成长。故选B。 Ⅱ. 补全对话(共5小题;每题1分，满分5分) A: Hey, Rachel. What are you watching? B: A video of two students disagreeing about wearing school uniforms. A: Oh. ____31____ B: I agree. And these two students are doing a good job. A: ____32____ B: They both show each other a lot of respect. A: I think that’s very important in a conversation ____33____ B: Yes. It really is. A: Also, people must try their best to listen well to show respect. B: ____34____ A: Or if you have a strong opinion! B: But the two students in the video really stay calm. A: ____35____ B: You’re right. That’s why they can listen to each other. A. Do you think so? B. What do you mean? C. It seems you have a different opinion. D. Do you like wearing school uniforms? E. That must help them keep an open mind. F. That’s not easy if you have a different opinion. G. It’s common for different people to hold different ideas. 【答案】31. G 32. B 33. A 34. F 35. E 【解析】 【导语】本文围绕两名学生就穿校服的分歧展开对话，探讨了对话中尊重、倾听和保持冷静的重要性。 【31题详解】 根据下文“I agree. And these two students are doing a good job.”可知，此处是对不同人有不同观点这一现象的表述，G选项“不同的人持有不同的观点是很常见的”承接上文关于学生分歧的话题，引出下文对这一现象的认可。故选G。 【32题详解】 根据下文“They both show each other a lot of respect.”可知，此处是询问对方的意思，B选项“你是什么意思？”符合语境，引出对两名学生表现的解释。故选B。 【33题详解】 根据下文“Yes. It really is.”可知，此处是一个一般疑问句，A选项“你这么认为吗？”承接上文关于对话中尊重很重要的观点，询问对方的看法。故选A。 【34题详解】 根据上文“Also, people must try their best to listen well to show respect.”以及下文“Or if you have a strong opinion!”可知，此处是说在有不同观点时做到好好倾听不容易，F选项“如果你有不同的观点，那可不容易”符合语境，衔接上下文关于倾听和观点的内容。故选F。 【35题详解】 根据上文“But the two students in the video really stay calm.”以及下文“You’re right. That’s why they can listen to each other.”可知，此处是说保持冷静的作用，E选项“那一定能帮助他们保持开放的心态”符合语境，解释了保持冷静有助于相互倾听的原因。故选E。 第三部分阅读(共两节，满分40分) VⅢ. 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分) 第一节阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A If you’re going on a culture and art trip in Cambridge, the UK, you can’t miss the following places. Cambridge University Library Cambridge University Library has over 7,000,000 books and 1,000,000 maps. Visitors are welcome to the library’s exhibition (展览) center. There are two big exhibitions every year. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9:00—18:30; Saturday 9:30-17:00 Fitzwilliam Museum Fitzwilliam Museum has a lot of beautiful things from around the world. You can see paintings by famous artists, books from the Middle Ages (中世纪), and Asian arts. Enjoy music and workshops (工作坊) year-round. Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00—17:00 Kettle’s Yard Kettle’s Yard used to be the home of Jim Ede. He once worked at the Tate Gallery. It has a lot of 20th-century art, such as paintings by Christopher Wood, Ben and Winifred Nicholson. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11:30—17:00 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Find wonderful stories through the exhibits. Learn about different people and cultures from around the world. Look out for old things from Captain Cook’s voyages (航海). Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10:30—16:30 36. When can you visit Fitzwilliam Museum? A. At 10:30 a. m., on Friday. B. At 10:00 a. m., on Sunday. C. At 9:30 a. m., on Saturday. D. At 7:30 p. m., on Wednesday. 37. In which of the following places can you see paintings by Ben? A. Kettle’s Yard. B. Fitzwilliam Museum. C. Cambridge University Library. D. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 38. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The four passages are all about paintings. B Jim Ede has lots of 20th-century art. C. There is a big library exhibition in Cambridge University Library every year. D. You can see paintings in Kettle’s Yard and Fitzwilliam Museum. 【答案】36. A 37. A 38. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了剑桥大学图书馆、菲茨威廉博物馆、凯特尔的院子和考古人类学博物馆这四个地方。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Tuesday to Saturday 10:00—17:00”可知，可以在星期五上午10:30参观菲茨威廉博物馆。故选A。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It has a lot of 20th-century art, such as paintings by Christopher Wood, Ben and Winifred Nicholson.”可知，在凯特尔的院子你可以看到本的画。故选A。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It has a lot of 20th-century art, such as paintings by Christopher Wood, Ben and Winifred Nicholson.”“Fitzwilliam Museum has a lot of beautiful things from around the world. You can see paintings by famous artists, books from the Middle Ages (中世纪), and Asian arts.”可知，你可以在凯特尔的院子和菲茨威廉博物馆看到画作。故选D。 B The word “invent” comes from a Latin word which means “to find”. Garrett Morgan, an African-American, was such an inventor. Every day, Morgan watched traffic. Cars, bicycles and walkers all competed to cross the street. Policemen made simple“stop/go”signals (信号) at busy crossings, but cars, bicycles and walkers still rushed into the crossings at different speeds and many crashed (撞) into each other. One day he saw a traffic accident at a busy crossing. He realized that the problem with the traffic light was its poor design: there was no transition between“stop” and “go”. Morgan invented a new traffic signal that added a caution (警告) light which made traffic move more safely. His traffic light stood on a T-shaped pole (杆) with arms that flashed a red light to stop traffic in all directions, allowing walkers to cross safely. After walkers crossed, traffic could only go in one direction. Soon, many cities wanted his traffic light. In 1923, a company paid Morgan $40,000 to make and sell his invention. Traffic lights today work in the same way. The caution light is Morgan’s most famous invention. In 1963, the United States government gave Morgan an award for his life-saving idea. 39. What does the underlined word “transition” mean in Chinese? A 过渡 B. 超越 C. 跳动 D. 指挥 40. What is special about Garrett Morgan’s traffic light? A. It made cars move more slowly. B. It needed no help from policemen. C. It had a caution light. D. It was very different from the ones we use today. 41. How did the people in Morgan’s time probably feel about the new traffic light? A. Worried. B. Happy. C. Proud. D. Surprised. 42. What would be the best title for the text? A. Great changes in road safety B. The development of city traffic C. A famous African-American inventor D. Morgan’s invention—caution light 【答案】39. A 40. C 41. B 42. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了加勒特·摩根发明新交通信号灯的过程、特点、影响以及获得的荣誉。 【39题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“He realized that the problem with the traffic light was its poor design: there was no transition between‘stop’and‘go’.”以及后文提到他发明了有警告灯的新交通信号灯，可知原来的交通信号灯在“停止”和“通行”之间没有合适的过渡，所以transition的意思是“过渡”。故选A。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Morgan invented a new traffic signal that added a caution (警告) light, which made traffic move more safely.”可知，加勒特·摩根的交通信号灯的特别之处在于它有一个警告灯。故选C。 【41题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Soon, many cities wanted his traffic light.”可知，很多城市都想要他的交通信号灯，由此可推断出当时的人们对新交通信号灯应该是感到高兴的。故选B。 【42题详解】 最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了著名非裔美国发明家加勒特·摩根发明新交通信号灯的过程、特点、影响以及获得的荣誉等。故选D。 C When I was young, I loved paper cutting and I was pretty good at it. As I grew up, I became busy and didn’t have much time for it. Later, I stopped doing it. However, the news I came across online touched my heart and changed my mind. A little girl from Jieyang, Guangdong Province was practicing lion dance when a professional lion dance performance team (专业舞狮表演队) passed by. As soon as they saw the girl practicing, they started to beat drums and gongs for her and quickly she did a lion dance in return. People around all cheered for her. Her love for the ancient Chinese culture brought back my strong memories of paper cutting. I remembered the happy times of making paper cuttings with my teacher and friends in the club. When I was ten, I joined the paper-cutting club. Every Monday and Friday, I learned to make paper cuttings there. Our teacher, Ms. Li, was very talented. With a pair of scissors and a piece of paper, she could create lively works (作品). That amazed us. And we learned much from her. Together, we created lots of works. They covered many topics, including animals, flowers and things about Chinese history. Every time we held a paper-cutting show, our works attracted many visitors. The girl in the news encouraged me to go on with paper cutting. I want to be an inheritor (继承者) of the ancient Chinese culture. Together with other inheritors, I hope to pass down our excellent culture. 43. What did the girl do after the team began to beat drums and gongs for her? A. She watched their show carefully. B. She did a lion dance in return. C. She cheered for the team. D. She made a paper cutting for the team. 44. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? A. The long history of paper cutting. B. The steps of making paper cuttings. C. The writer’s happy times of making paper cuttings. D. The writer’s plans for setting up a paper-cutting club. 45. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The writer wasn’t good at paper cutting at a young age. B. Now the writer practices paper cutting twice a week. C. The writer hopes to be an inheritor of paper cutting. D. After watching the news, the writer decided to learn lion dance. 【答案】43. B 44. C 45. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者年轻时热爱剪纸，但因长大后忙碌而停止剪纸。后来，网上一则小女孩舞狮的新闻触动了作者，唤起了作者对剪纸的强烈回忆。作者回忆起在剪纸俱乐部与老师和朋友共度的快乐时光，并决定继续剪纸，希望成为中国古代文化的继承者，与其他继承者一起传承优秀文化。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“As soon as they saw the girl practicing, they started to beat drums and gongs for her and quickly she did a lion dance in return.”可知，当专业舞狮表演队看到小女孩在练习时，他们开始为她敲锣打鼓，小女孩很快进行舞狮表演作为回应。故选B。 【44题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“I remembered the happy times of making paper cuttings with my teacher and friends in the club.”以及后文对在剪纸俱乐部学习剪纸的快乐时光的描述可知，本段主要讲述了作者制作剪纸的快乐时光。故选C。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“The girl in the news encouraged me to go on with paper cutting. I want to be an inheritor (继承者) of the ancient Chinese culture.”可知，作者希望成为中国古代文化的继承者，即剪纸的继承者。故选C。 D A boy lights up his family’s tent with electricity that he makes himself by using two fans he found at a market. Because of his talent, his neighbors in the tent camp called him “Little Newton”. “Newton was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell on his head. And we here are living in darkness and tragedy (悲剧), and rockets are falling on us, so I thought of creating light, and did so,” Al-Attar said to the reporter. The Al-Attar family has connected their tent to the side of a house, allowing the boy to climb onto the roof and set up his two fans to charge batteries (给电池充电). Then, he linked (连接) the fans to wires (电线) running down through the house and used switches (开关), lightbulbs and a thin piece of wood in the tent to make lighting for his family. It took him a while to succeed finally after his first two tries failed. “I was very happy that I was able to make this because I eased (减轻) the suffering from the conditions that we live in. I am very happy that they call me ‘Little Newton’, because I hope to achieve my dream of becoming a scientist like Newton and creating an invention that will benefit not only the people here but the whole world,” Al-Attar told the reporter. 46. Why was Al-Attar called “Little Newton”? A. Because an apple fell on his head. B. Because he invented a lightbulb. C. Because he used fans to make electricity. D. Because he discovered a new source of energy. 47. How did the boy set up his fans? A. B. C. D. 48. Which of the following is Al-Attar’s hope? A. Selling his invention to become rich. B. Calling a stop to wars all over the world. C. Helping his country win the war. D. Making something good for the whole world. 49. What are the best words to describe Al-Attar? A. Calm and relaxed. B. Clever and hopeful. C. Outgoing and focused. D. Polite and shy. 【答案】46. C 47. D 48. D 49. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，因战乱生活在帐篷营地的男孩Al-Attar用捡到的两个风扇自制电力为家人提供照明，被邻居称为“小牛顿”，他希望成为科学家并创造造福全世界的发明。 【46题详解】 细节理解题。根据“A boy lights up his family’s tent with electricity that he makes himself by using two fans he found at a market. Because of his talent, his neighbors in the tent camp called him ‘Little Newton’.”可知，因为他用风扇自制电力点亮了帐篷。故选C。 【47题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The Al-Attar family has connected their tent to the side of a house, allowing the boy to climb onto the roof and set up his two fans to charge batteries.”可知，他爬上屋顶安装了两个风扇来给电池充电。故选D。 【48题详解】 细节理解题。根据“I hope to achieve my dream of becoming a scientist like Newton and creating an invention that will benefit not only the people here but the whole world”可知，他希望创造出对全世界有益的东西。故选D。 【49题详解】 推理判断题。根据他用风扇自制电力的行为可知他很聪明，结合他对未来的梦想可知他充满希望。故选B。 E What is TV to you? Some people say that TV is the cause of many social problems. TV watchers waste their time and get lazy. I know a lot of people who can’t seem to live without TV. As soon as they get home, they turn it on. Even if they have work to do, family to be with, or friends to see, they do it all while the TV is on. On the other hand, some people think TV shows are educational. And others see the TV as their best friend. _▲_ There is much good in watching television. By watching international news, you are kept informed (有见识的). Some TV shows can help you learn more about the world. Travel shows teach you about different people, cultures, ideas, and places you might never encounter (偶然碰到) in real life. Watching some shows might give you new ideas and new information that you might never come across in your own life. Of course, many people say TV is a waste of time. According to them, watching television is not as good as doing other things like playing with friends, reading books, or learning new things. They also say watching too much TV is bad for your health. And your grades may go down. So, maybe it’s time to stop watching television and start living instead, and spend more time with your family or friends outside in the fresh air. 50. Which of the following can be put in “_▲_”? A. So who is right? B. So what’s wrong with TV? C. So what shows are educational? D. So when was first TV invented? 51. What’s Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. The advantages of watching TV. B. The influence of international news. C. The importance of social experiences. D. The meaning of educational programs. 52. In which part of a newspaper can we find the passage? A. Personal interests. B. Sports and shows. C. Life and technology. D. Living environment. 【答案】50. A 51. A 52. C 【解析】 【导语】本文探讨了电视的双面性，既提到电视可能导致社交问题、浪费时间等负面影响，也分析了其教育意义（如国际新闻、旅行节目等），最终呼吁平衡电视与生活的关系。 【50题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“On the other hand, some people think TV shows are educational. And others see the TV as their best friend”可知，前文提到两种对立观点，因此空缺处应是一个承上启下的疑问句，引出下文讨论。选项A“所以谁是对的呢”符合语境。故选A。 【51题详解】 主旨大意题。第二段提到“There is much good in watching television”，并列举了看电视的好处（如获取国际新闻、学习文化知识等），因此本文主要讲的是看电视的优势。故选A。 【52题详解】 推理判断题。全文围绕电视对生活的影响展开，涉及科技（电视）与生活方式的关系，因此最可能出现在报纸的“Life and technology”部分。故选C。 阅读下列短文，并用英语回答问题 (注意每小题的词数要求)。 A nap (小睡) is an important part of the afternoon in many countries around the world. In China, people call it wushui. In Italy, it’s a riposo. And the Spanish word is siesta. Could these naps be good for our brains? A new study says they might be. Three scientists worked on this study and Valentina Paz led the study. She wanted to know if daytime napping could be beneficial (有裨益的) to brain health. “Keeping the brain healthy is important for well-being,” Paz explained. The scientists examined the brains of thousands of people. They studied their DNA, too. And they found a connection between taking naps and having better brain health. People with bigger brains are usually healthier and have a lower risk of illness. However, our brains get smaller as we get older. The study showed that people who took naps more often had bigger brains! An earlier study also showed that naps can help. Scientists compared the results of memory and maths tests from 3,000 people in China. They found that an hour-long nap after lunch helped the people score better. Paz hopes her research can teach people about the value of sleep. “Sleep plays an important role in keeping the brain healthy. When we do not get enough sleep, we could develop health problems,” she said. 53. What does the writer want to show by mentioning ways to say “nap” in different languages? (不超过10个词) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 54. Who led the study about whether napping in the day was good for brain health? (不超过5个词) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 55. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about? (不超过15个词) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】53. To show a nap is important in many countries. 54. Valentina Paz did./Paz led the study. 55. They found that an hour-long nap after lunch helped the people score better. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讨论了小睡在世界许多国家下午生活中的重要性，并通过一项新研究探讨了小睡对大脑健康的益处。 【53题详解】 根据第一段首句“A nap (小睡) is an important part of the afternoon in many countries around the world.”可知，作者通过提及不同语言中“小睡”的说法，是为了展示小睡在世界许多国家下午生活中的重要性。故填To show a nap is important in many countries. 【54题详解】 根据第二段首句“Three scientists worked on this study and Valentina Paz led the study.”可知，Valentina Paz领导了这项关于白天小睡是否对大脑健康有益的研究。故填Valentina Paz did./Paz led the study. 【55题详解】 根据第五段首句“An earlier study also showed that naps can help.”和尾句“They found that an hour-long nap after lunch helped the people score better.”可知，本段主要讲述了一项早期研究的结果，即午饭后一小时的小睡有助于人们在记忆和数学测试中取得更好的成绩。故填They found that an hour-long nap after lunch helped the people score better. 第四部分写(共两大题，满分25分) X. 单词拼写(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 56. Mom told me to ________ (锁上) the door and I did it. 【答案】lock 【解析】 【详解】句意：妈妈让我锁上门，我照做了。根据“Mom told me to...”可知，to后面跟动词原形构成不定式结构，表示“告诉某人做某事”。lock“锁上”，动词，此处用其原形。故填lock。 57. The a________ (蚂蚁) is hard-working. It’s always busy carrying food. 【答案】(a)nt 【解析】 【详解】句意：蚂蚁是勤劳的。它总是忙着搬运食物。根据句意和首字母以及括号内提示可推断这里表示“蚂蚁”，ant“蚂蚁”，可数名词，根据“is”可知，此处用单数形式。故填(a)nt。 58. She puts on her g________ (手套) before going out in the cold. 【答案】(g)loves 【解析】 【详解】句意：她在寒冷的天气出门前戴上她的手套。根据汉语提示“手套”以及首字母“g”可知，对应的英文单词是 “glove”。由于手套通常是成对的，所以要用复数形式“gloves”。故填(g)loves。 59. Since we’re friends, I know e________ (确切地) how she feels. 【答案】(e)xactly 【解析】 【详解】句意：既然我们是朋友，我就确切地知道她的感受。根据句意和首字母以及括号内提示可推断这里表示“确切地”，exactly“确切地”，副词修饰动词know。故填(e)xactly。 60. The fox cannot eat grapes and says that they are probably s________ (酸的) anyway. 【答案】(s)our 【解析】 【详解】句意：狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说它们可能反正是酸的。根据句意和首字母以及括号内提示可推断这里表示“酸的”，sour“酸的”，形容词作表语。故填(s)our。 X. 书面表达(共1小题;满分20分) 61. 我们在变化中成长，成长让我们的生活充满意义。假如你是李华，你校英语广播站正在开展题为“The Changes Made My Life Exciting”的征文活动。请参考下图信息，积极投稿。 要求：1.内容要积极向上，应包括提示中所有要点；可适当发挥； 2. 语言表达要准确，语意要通顺、连贯，条理清楚，书写规范； 3. 词数100左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。 The Changes Made My Life Exciting Growing up brings changes. Changes make my life exciting. Looking back on the two years of junior high school, I have gone through some great changes in my study, thoughts, personality and so on. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 The Changes Made My Life Exciting Growing up brings changes. Changes make my life exciting. Looking back on the two years of junior high school, I have gone through some great changes in my study, thoughts, personality and so on. I used to be weak because of my bad habits. After communicating with my teacher, I started eating and exercising regularly, so I am strong now. Besides, I was so careless that I made many mistakes in my exams. My teacher advised me to check my answers carefully and develop good learning habits. I didn’t use to enjoy books at all. My teacher always told me stories and brought me books. Gradually, I began to love reading. While reading, I feel like talking with wise men. These good changes not only made my life exciting but also made me feel better and brave enough to face new challenges. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态以“一般过去时”为主； ③提示：根据图示信息进行写作，可适当发挥，注意行文连贯并突出重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，引出主题； 第二步，从身体状况、学习及爱好等方面介绍自己的变化； 第三步，表达感受，介绍这些好的变化对自己的影响。 [亮点词汇] ①because of由于 ②develop good learning habits养成好的学习习惯 ③talk with和……谈话 [高分句型] ①Besides, I was so careless that I made many mistakes in my exams. (so ... that引导的结果状语从句) ②After communicating with my teacher, I started eating and exercising regularly, so I am strong now. (so连接的并列句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 九年级英语(人教版)卷二 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共四部分，十大题，满分120分，考试时间为120分钟。 2. 全卷包括“试题卷”(8页)和“答题卷”(2页)两部分。 3. 请务必在“答题卷”上答题，在“试题卷”上答题无效。 4. 考试结束后，请将“试题卷”和“答题卷”一并交回。 第一部分听力(共四大题，满分20分) I. 短对话理解(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. What subject does Mr. Brown teach? A. B. C. 2.What is the passage on page one about? A. B. C. 3.How does the girl plan to learn paper cutting? A. By taking online courses. B. By joining a paper-cutting club. C. By working at a club. 4. What did Mary use to be like? A. Serious. B. Active. C. Shy. 5. Where does the conversation take place? A. At home. B. In a store. C. In a library. Ⅱ . 长对话理解(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一 个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。 6. Why did the rich man ask the inventor to make a paper cup? A. To avoid getting sick. B. To take part in a competition. C. To make his guests happy. 7. What will the girl do tomorrow? A. Go shopping. B. Go camping. C. Go swimming. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。 8. Where did John use to sit? A. In the front. B. In the back. C. In the middle. 9. What club did John join? A. The sports club. B. The music club. C. The English club. 10. Why did he decide to change? A. To try new things. B. To show his ability. C. To show his skills. Ⅲ. 短文理解(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容，在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项 中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. Who took Peter to the pool in town before he started school? A His father. B. His mother. C. His brother. 12. How did Peter go to the swimming club? A. By bike. B. By car. C. On foot. 13. What does Peter say about Mr. Miller? A. Humorous but strict. B. Helpful but strict. C. Serious but humorous. 14. Why is Peter going to Italy? A. To have a race. B. To give a course. C. To attend a training course. 15. How might Peter feel about working with swimmers he hasn’t met before? A. Worried. B. Painful. C. Excited. V. 信息转换(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读 两遍。 The DIY club Club members There are __16__ members. Place At the member’s homes. Activities Each member takes a __17__ hosting the meeting. *Last week, we made a clay __18__ *This week, we’ll learn how to make paper cuttings from Lin Xia’s __19__. *Next week, we’ll learn the way to build a birdhouse out of used wood and __20__ it. 第二部分语言知识运用(共三大题，满分35分) V. 单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. What a hot day! I can feel the ________ of the sun on my back. A. size B. color C. heat D. fair 2. Lu Yonggen, an outstanding agricultural scientist, gave all he had to society from his life savings to his own body. I really ______ him. A. look after B. look forward to C. look up to D. look through 3 —Do you know when the first computer was invented? —______ 78 years ago. A. Completely B. Hardly C. Greatly D. Nearly 4. The number of those who designed Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge isn’t ________ in the report, so I’ll try to find it out online. A. considered B. mentioned C. admired D. chosen 5. —Linda, you’ve been watching game shows all evening! Have you finished your report? —Well, I ______ most of it this afternoon, and I’ll finish it by Friday. A. did B. would do C. was doing D. will do 6. Judy’s garden is ______ with lots of beautiful flowers and green plants. She takes good care of it every day. A. terrible B. strange C. lively D. comfortable 7. If Emma ________ to your birthday party, she’ll be happy. She has prepared a special present for you. A. invites B. is invited C. invited D. was invited 8. ______ the local people ______ the new visitor enjoys walking around the old town. It is really beautiful. A. Neither; nor B. Either; or C. Both; and D. Not only; but also 9. If you want to learn something new, you’d better go to experience it ______. A. in person B. in public C. in silence D. in need 10. —Could you please help me order a traditional Chinese dress, a qipao, online? —______. I’ll do that right now. A. No way B. Never mind C. With pleasure D. Wait a minute V. 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A Humans have long tried to predict (预测) the weather. From the hunters of ancient times to today’s pilots, predicting rain ____11____ shine can shape people’s life and make a difference. In ancient times, the Babylonians tried to predict the weather according to the ____12____ of clouds. By 300 BC in China, a calendar ____13____ the year into 24 solar terms (节气) gradually. Each solar term was ____14____ a type of weather, like the Rain Water (the start of the spring rains), the Waking of Insects and so on. That was ____15____ for farmers to plan when to plant and harvest (收获). People used lots of ways to predict the weather over the ____16____. You might have heard expressions like “Red sky at night, sailor’s (水手的) ____17____”, which suggests a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. The science of weather prediction ____18____ took off in the 1830s with the invention of the telegraph (电报). The next big step came in the 1920s with the invention of the “radiosonde”, a balloon carrying weather ____19____ high above the ground to collect information. Today, supercomputers are used to take data (数据) from the world and ____20____ it very fast to work out the weather. They can predict the weather several days ahead of time. 11. A. and B. or C. but D. so 12. A. changes B. styles C. design D. blouses 13. A. collected B. folded C. turned D. divided 14. A. dealt with B. connected with C. turned into D. called into 15. A. polite B. cheap C. helpful D. careful 16. A. months B. weeks C. days D. centuries 17. A. porridge B. pleasure C. vocation D. danger 18. A. wisely B. loudly C. really D. quietly 19. A. expressions B. instruments C. introductions D. conversations 20. A. process B. repeat C. avoid D. mention B Over the past five years, Miao Zhenjie has been teaching the skills of porcelain carving (刻瓷). Her students are children with ____21____ problems at a special school in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. Miao began learning to carve porcelain in 1997, when she was ____22____ in a cute dog carved on a white porcelain bowl. The art of porcelain carving has a long ____23____ and was popular during the Qing Dynasty. Different pictures, including humans, flowers, birds and buildings, can be ____24____ on the porcelain with special tools. According to Miao, different from many traditional ____25____ of art, porcelain carvings can be kept for a long time. However, it’s not easy to carve on the porcelain. It ____26____ precision (精确) and great painting skills. To ____27____ the traditional culture, Miao began teaching at the school in 2018. “I found ____28____ the students with hearing problems are good learners of the art, because they are not easily ____29____ by different sounds in the process of carving,” she said. “They also have their own understanding of the art. From the ____30____, they got lots of happiness and confidence.” 21. A. seeing B. walking C. hearing D. speaking 22. A. interested B. patient C. active D. general 23. A. project B. history C. silver D. trade 24. A. boiled B. heated C. treated D. created 25. A. scores B. bands C. forms D. stamps 26. A. repeats B. polishes C. requires D. rings 27. A. spread B. suggest C. request D. increase 28. A. if B. whether C. what D. that 29. A. completed B. influenced C. memorized D. discovered 30. A. speech B. course C. website D. customer Ⅱ. 补全对话(共5小题;每题1分，满分5分) A: Hey, Rachel. What are you watching? B: A video of two students disagreeing about wearing school uniforms. A: Oh. ____31____ B: I agree. And these two students are doing a good job. A: ____32____ B: They both show each other a lot of respect. A: I think that’s very important in a conversation ____33____ B: Yes. It really is. A: Also, people must try their best to listen well to show respect. B: ____34____ A: Or if you have a strong opinion! B: But the two students in the video really stay calm. A: ____35____ B: You’re right. That’s why they can listen to each other. A Do you think so? B. What do you mean? C. It seems you have a different opinion. D. Do you like wearing school uniforms? E. That must help them keep an open mind. F. That’s not easy if you have a different opinion. G. It’s common for different people to hold different ideas. 第三部分阅读(共两节，满分40分) VⅢ. 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分) 第一节阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A If you’re going on a culture and art trip in Cambridge, the UK, you can’t miss the following places. Cambridge University Library Cambridge University Library has over 7,000,000 books and 1,000,000 maps. Visitors are welcome to the library’s exhibition (展览) center. There are two big exhibitions every year. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9:00—18:30; Saturday 9:30-17:00 Fitzwilliam Museum Fitzwilliam Museum has a lot of beautiful things from around the world. You can see paintings by famous artists, books from the Middle Ages (中世纪), and Asian arts. Enjoy music and workshops (工作坊) year-round. Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00—17:00 Kettle’s Yard Kettle’s Yard used to be the home of Jim Ede. He once worked at the Tate Gallery. It has a lot of 20th-century art, such as paintings by Christopher Wood, Ben and Winifred Nicholson. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11:30—17:00 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Find wonderful stories through the exhibits. Learn about different people and cultures from around the world. Look out for old things from Captain Cook’s voyages (航海). Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10:30—16:30 36. When can you visit Fitzwilliam Museum? A. At 10:30 a. m., on Friday. B. At 10:00 a. m., on Sunday. C. At 9:30 a. m., on Saturday. D. At 7:30 p. m., on Wednesday. 37. In which of the following places can you see paintings by Ben? A. Kettle’s Yard. B. Fitzwilliam Museum. C. Cambridge University Library. D. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 38. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The four passages are all about paintings. B. Jim Ede has lots of 20th-century art. C. There is a big library exhibition in Cambridge University Library every year. D. You can see paintings in Kettle’s Yard and Fitzwilliam Museum. B The word “invent” comes from a Latin word which means “to find”. Garrett Morgan, an African-American, was such an inventor. Every day, Morgan watched traffic. Cars, bicycles and walkers all competed to cross the street. Policemen made simple“stop/go”signals (信号) at busy crossings, but cars, bicycles and walkers still rushed into the crossings at different speeds and many crashed (撞) into each other. One day he saw a traffic accident at a busy crossing. He realized that the problem with the traffic light was its poor design: there was no transition between“stop” and “go”. Morgan invented a new traffic signal that added a caution (警告) light, which made traffic move more safely. His traffic light stood on a T-shaped pole (杆) with arms that flashed a red light to stop traffic in all directions, allowing walkers to cross safely. After walkers crossed, traffic could only go in one direction. Soon, many cities wanted his traffic light. In 1923, a company paid Morgan $40,000 to make and sell his invention. Traffic lights today work in the same way. The caution light is Morgan’s most famous invention. In 1963, the United States government gave Morgan an award for his life-saving idea. 39. What does the underlined word “transition” mean in Chinese? A. 过渡 B. 超越 C. 跳动 D. 指挥 40. What is special about Garrett Morgan’s traffic light? A. It made cars move more slowly. B. It needed no help from policemen. C. It had a caution light. D It was very different from the ones we use today. 41. How did the people in Morgan’s time probably feel about the new traffic light? A. Worried. B. Happy. C. Proud. D. Surprised. 42. What would be the best title for the text? A. Great changes in road safety B. The development of city traffic C. A famous African-American inventor D. Morgan’s invention—caution light C When I was young, I loved paper cutting and I was pretty good at it. As I grew up, I became busy and didn’t have much time for it. Later, I stopped doing it. However, the news I came across online touched my heart and changed my mind. A little girl from Jieyang, Guangdong Province was practicing lion dance when a professional lion dance performance team (专业舞狮表演队) passed by. As soon as they saw the girl practicing, they started to beat drums and gongs for her and quickly she did a lion dance in return. People around all cheered for her. Her love for the ancient Chinese culture brought back my strong memories of paper cutting. I remembered the happy times of making paper cuttings with my teacher and friends in the club. When I was ten, I joined the paper-cutting club. Every Monday and Friday, I learned to make paper cuttings there. Our teacher, Ms. Li, was very talented. With a pair of scissors and a piece of paper, she could create lively works (作品). That amazed us. And we learned much from her. Together, we created lots of works. They covered many topics, including animals, flowers and things about Chinese history. Every time we held a paper-cutting show, our works attracted many visitors. The girl in the news encouraged me to go on with paper cutting. I want to be an inheritor (继承者) of the ancient Chinese culture. Together with other inheritors, I hope to pass down our excellent culture. 43. What did the girl do after the team began to beat drums and gongs for her? A. She watched their show carefully. B. She did a lion dance in return. C. She cheered for the team. D. She made a paper cutting for the team. 44. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? A. The long history of paper cutting. B. The steps of making paper cuttings. C. The writer’s happy times of making paper cuttings. D. The writer’s plans for setting up a paper-cutting club. 45. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The writer wasn’t good at paper cutting at a young age. B. Now the writer practices paper cutting twice a week. C. The writer hopes to be an inheritor of paper cutting. D. After watching the news, the writer decided to learn lion dance. D A boy lights up his family’s tent with electricity that he makes himself by using two fans he found at a market. Because of his talent, his neighbors in the tent camp called him “Little Newton”. “Newton was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell on his head. And we here are living in darkness and tragedy (悲剧), and rockets are falling on us, so I thought of creating light, and did so,” Al-Attar said to the reporter. The Al-Attar family has connected their tent to the side of a house, allowing the boy to climb onto the roof and set up his two fans to charge batteries (给电池充电). Then, he linked (连接) the fans to wires (电线) running down through the house and used switches (开关), lightbulbs and a thin piece of wood in the tent to make lighting for his family. It took him a while to succeed finally after his first two tries failed. “I was very happy that I was able to make this because I eased (减轻) the suffering from the conditions that we live in. I am very happy that they call me ‘Little Newton’, because I hope to achieve my dream of becoming a scientist like Newton and creating an invention that will benefit not only the people here but the whole world,” Al-Attar told the reporter. 46. Why was Al-Attar called “Little Newton”? A. Because an apple fell on his head. B. Because he invented a lightbulb. C. Because he used fans to make electricity. D. Because he discovered a new source of energy. 47. How did the boy set up his fans? A. B. C. D. 48. Which of the following is Al-Attar’s hope? A. Selling his invention to become rich. B. Calling a stop to wars all over the world. C. Helping his country win the war. D. Making something good for the whole world. 49. What are the best words to describe Al-Attar? A. Calm and relaxed. B. Clever and hopeful. C. Outgoing and focused. D. Polite and shy. E What is TV to you? Some people say that TV is the cause of many social problems. TV watchers waste their time and get lazy. I know a lot of people who can’t seem to live without TV. As soon as they get home, they turn it on. Even if they have work to do, family to be with, or friends to see, they do it all while the TV is on. On the other hand, some people think TV shows are educational. And others see the TV as their best friend. _▲_ There is much good in watching television. By watching international news, you are kept informed (有见识的). Some TV shows can help you learn more about the world. Travel shows teach you about different people, cultures, ideas, and places you might never encounter (偶然碰到) in real life. Watching some shows might give you new ideas and new information that you might never come across in your own life. Of course, many people say TV is a waste of time. According to them, watching television is not as good as doing other things like playing with friends, reading books, or learning new things. They also say watching too much TV is bad for your health. And your grades may go down. So, maybe it’s time to stop watching television and start living instead, and spend more time with your family or friends outside in the fresh air. 50. Which of the following can be put in “_▲_”? A. So who is right? B. So what’s wrong with TV? C. So what shows are educational? D. So when was first TV invented? 51. What’s Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. The advantages of watching TV. B. The influence of international news. C. The importance of social experiences. D. The meaning of educational programs. 52. In which part of a newspaper can we find the passage? A. Personal interests. B. Sports and shows. C. Life and technology. D. Living environment. 阅读下列短文，并用英语回答问题 (注意每小题的词数要求)。 A nap (小睡) is an important part of the afternoon in many countries around the world. In China, people call it wushui. In Italy, it’s a riposo. And the Spanish word is siesta. Could these naps be good for our brains? A new study says they might be. Three scientists worked on this study and Valentina Paz led the study. She wanted to know if daytime napping could be beneficial (有裨益的) to brain health. “Keeping the brain healthy is important for well-being,” Paz explained. The scientists examined the brains of thousands of people. They studied their DNA, too. And they found a connection between taking naps and having better brain health. People with bigger brains are usually healthier and have a lower risk of illness. However, our brains get smaller as we get older. The study showed that people who took naps more often had bigger brains! An earlier study also showed that naps can help. Scientists compared the results of memory and maths tests from 3,000 people in China. They found that an hour-long nap after lunch helped the people score better. Paz hopes her research can teach people about the value of sleep. “Sleep plays an important role in keeping the brain healthy. When we do not get enough sleep, we could develop health problems,” she said. 53. What does the writer want to show by mentioning ways to say “nap” in different languages? (不超过10个词) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 54. Who led the study about whether napping in the day was good for brain health? (不超过5个词) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 55. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about? (不超过15个词) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 第四部分写(共两大题，满分25分) X. 单词拼写(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 56. Mom told me to ________ (锁上) the door and I did it. 57. The a________ (蚂蚁) is hard-working. It’s always busy carrying food. 58. She puts on her g________ (手套) before going out in the cold. 59. Since we’re friends, I know e________ (确切地) how she feels. 60. The fox cannot eat grapes and says that they are probably s________ (酸的) anyway. X. 书面表达(共1小题;满分20分) 61. 我们在变化中成长，成长让我们生活充满意义。假如你是李华，你校英语广播站正在开展题为“The Changes Made My Life Exciting”的征文活动。请参考下图信息，积极投稿。 要求：1.内容要积极向上，应包括提示中所有要点；可适当发挥； 2. 语言表达要准确，语意要通顺、连贯，条理清楚，书写规范； 3. 词数100左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。 The Changes Made My Life Exciting Growing up brings changes. Changes make my life exciting. Looking back on the two years of junior high school, I have gone through some great changes in my study, thoughts, personality and so on. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $