江苏省无锡外国语学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

无锡外国语学校2024—2025学年度第一学期期中考试 初三英语试卷 2024.11 一、听力测试 (本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) 二、单项选择 (本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分) 21. —I'm going to Sam's Club this afternoon. —Really? ________ you're there, remember to buy me some chocolate. A. Unless B. During C. After D. While 22. Mr. Lee tells us to set out early tomorrow ________ we can get to the airport on time. A. as a result B. in order to C. so that D. so as to 23. Don't ________, carry on and you are sure to make it. A. put down B. lose heart C. fall behind D. stay up 24. Could you tell me ________? A. how long I can borrow the book B. what Wuxi used to be like C. when will the meeting be held D. that if something worried him 25. You can always trust him because he is ________ his words. A. as soon as B. as good as C. as well as D. as possible as 26. —I won't tell your secret to anyone else, just between us. — ________? A. Agree B. Guess C. Hope D. Promise 27. —________ did Hachi(忠犬八公) wait for its master at the railway station? —Until the last moment of its life. A. How soon B. When C. How long D. How often 28. The old man was hurt so badly that it was a race ________ the clock for doctors and nurses to treat him. A. over B. with C. against D. for 29. —Ladies are crazy about keeping slim. —True, but I don't think it's wise to ________ food for it. A. refuse B. recycle C. repeat D. receive 30. As a green hand in the company, the young girl tried her best to behave ________ to get more help. A. friendly B. lovely C. lively D. nicely 31. —Which would you like to drink, Sweetie, tea or mango juice? —________. Please give me a cup of water. A. Both. B. None. C. Neither. D. Either. 32. —________ praise Zhang Guimei has won from parents and students! —Yes. She's devoted all her life to education. A. How high B. What a high C. How a high D. What high 33. —You want to buy another five dresses during the Double-11 Shopping Carnival, again? —A woman ________ never have too many dresses, A. can B. can't C. should D. shouldn't 34. —I have some big news for you: you've been accepted as a member of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. —________. That's awesome! A. Pardon? B. Good idea! C. Have I? D. Congratulations! 三、完形填空 (本大题共 10 小题，每小题1分，共10 分) As she put on her coat and boots, Ava recalled the time her grandfather visited her last autumn. He brought her ___35___ special. “These are tulip bulbs(郁金香球茎), I like to call them ___36___ plants,” Grandpa explained. “Why?” asked Ava, eyeing them curiously. “Because they wait all winter long ___37___ they start to grow.” Together, they picked a special place in the garden. Then Grandpa showed Ava how to plant them carefully. Grandpa told her to look for the tulips when the ice began to break up and the days began to get ___38___. As the last sparrow flew north, Ava watched carefully, ___39___. As winter's snow blanketed the street, she looked through the windows and ___40___ the plants growing underground. And even though seeing the first sparrow of the year almost made her jump, still she waited. Now it was ___41___, and the weather was getting warmer. Ava opened the door and ran down the steps to the garden, getting down on her hands and knees to look for the tulips. There they were! She did exactly as Grandpa had instructed her, clearing away the old leaves that protected them. Eight tiny green sprouts(苗芽) finally ___42___ where she and her grandfather had planted the bulbs. Ava hurried back inside to call her grandpa. Grandpa bent down and ___43___ brushed some snow off one of the smaller plants that had sprouted. Grandpa looked at the plants, and then at Ava, and smiled. “They were growing while the earth was still ___44___. They waited for the right time. And I'm proud of you, Ava,” he said. “You have been like the tulips.” 35. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 36. A. lucky B. secret C. patient D. beautiful 37. A. after B. before C. unless D. whether 38. A. darker B. shorter C. cooler D. longer 39. A. waited B. waits C. wait D. waiting 40. A. saw B. heard C. smelt D. imagined 41. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter 42. A. appeared B. disappeared C. left D. waited 43. A. gently B. angrily C. curiously D. carelessly 44. A. dry B. wet C. warm D. frozen 四、阅读理解 (本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分) A ( A Farewell Song Wang Wei No dust is raised on the road wet with morning rain; The willows by the hotel look so fresh and green. I invite you to drink a cup of wine again; West of the sunny pass no more friends will be seen. ( Translated by Xu Yuanchong) )“A Farewell(告别) Song” is about saying goodbye to a friend. It mixes beautiful pictures and human feelings to creates a feeling of quiet sadness. After a morning rain in spring, the road, the willows(柳树) and the hotel are completely different. The hotel looks green. The willows look fresh. Everything is nice, gentle and silent. Willow branches are considered as a typical symbol of farewell in China, used as gins when they said goodbye to friends. “I invite you to drink a cup of wine again” is the poet's warm and real way of not wanting to say goodbye to his friend. Having another drink together is like a symbol of their goodbye. The last sentence shows the feeling of being alone and missing someone as well as the poet's sincere love and care for his friend. 45. When did Wang Wei's friend leave in the poem? A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter. 46. What is considered as a typical symbol of farewell in China? A. A morning rain. B. A hotel. C. A willow branch. D. A cup of wine. 47. What does Wang Wei want to show in this poem? A. To show his excitement after seeing his old friend. B To show his joy before separating from his friend. C. To show a feeling of quiet sadness before farewell. D. To show his worries about his old friend. B In a Shaoxing Open performance, a reversed (反串的) role has taken the young audience and social media by storm. Chen Lijun plays Jia Ting in New Dragon Gate Inn, a Shaoxing Opera show called the “Jade-faced Mao”, Jia has a handsome look and unique charm. In her acting, Chen brings out the chemistry (化学反应) with her co-stars. For example, with just one arm, she spins (旋转)a co-star around easily. Chen's performance is winning many hearts in the theater and online. “At first, most of the audience were common opera fans. But later, newcomers to theater, many of them young people, began showing up. Now, the ticket competition has become heated and only those with fast internet can get them,” Chen joked. Chen is a member of Zhejiang Xiaobaihua, one of China's most famous Shaoxing Opera groups. They created New Dragon Gate Inn based on the 1992 classic wuxia film of the same name, and adapted (改编) it to better align with (与……一致) ideas in today's society and the Shaoxing Opera genre itself. For example, Jia Ting changes from an old person in the film into a charming young man. This aligns with the characteristics of a young kunsheng role, or a female actor who takes a male role in Shaoxing Opera. Shaoxing Opera is famous for its feminine (女性) style, as most of its performers are women. Xiaobaibua is an all-female group. As a kunsheng, Chen sees her role as a combination of both female and male charms while havinga mysterious sense of beauty. “Internet users jokingly say that women understand best what women want to see. I think this is because female actors show images that align with the idealized (理想化的) males in the hearts of women,” Chen said. 48. What do we know about Chen Lijun? A. She is the only female to play a man in the opera. B. She got popular online by playing Jia Ting. C. The role she plays in the opera is an old man. D. She plays a female role in the opera. 49. With Chen's growing popularity, ________. A. young people are getting interested in Shaoxing Opera. B. she faces great competition in her opera group. C. the opera group adapted the play to please the audience. D. the audience watched reversed roles in traditional operas closely 50. What made Chen's role popular in her opinion? A. The mix of traditional and modern operas. B. Her handsome look and unique charm. C. The idealized image she shaped. D. Her good understanding of men. C It was dark. Holmes, Lestrade and I moved towards the house. “Let's wait here,” Holmes said. “We can hide behind these rocks. Watson, go to the house and see what they are doing. Make sure they don't see you.” I hid behinda wall,I could see Mr. Stapleton and Sir Henry sitting at a table. Then, Mr. Stapleton left the room and walked to a shed (棚屋) in the yard. He opened the door and there was a strange noise from inside. After a minute he locked the door and went back into the house. I hurried back to report everything to Lestrade and Holmes. There was now a thick white fog over the moor (荒漠). “The fog is getting thicker,” said Holmes. “This is very serious— Sir Henry must leave Mr. Stapleton's house soon.” Suddenly, we heard footsteps. They got closer and we saw Sir Henry walking towards us through the fog. Then, we heard something. A terrible animal appeared. It was a huge black hound (猎犬). There was fire coming from its mouth and its huge eyes were glowing (发光). The bound ran after Sir Heary. Holmes and I both fired our guns, We hit it but the hound didn't stop. It jumped on Sir Henry and pushed him to the ground. Holmes pointed his gun and shot the hound five times. The giant hound was dead. Sir Henry was lying on the path. We ran to him and found he was alive. I put my hand on the hound's glowing face and found my own fingers glowed in the dark. “Phosphorous(含磷的),” I said. We walked towards Merripit House to search for Mr. Stapleton. In the house we didn't find him, but we found Mrs. Stapleton tied up in a bedroom. We untied her. When she knew Sir, Henry was alive and the hound was dead, she cried, “Thank God!” “Now we have proof(证据), but we need Mr. Stapleton.” said Holmes. (Adapted from The Hound of the Baskervilles) 51. What did Watson see Stapleton do in the yard? A. He took the hound for a walk in the yard. B He looked at the thick fog with Sir Henry. C. He drank and talked with Sir Henry happily. D. He opened a shed door and locked it again soon. 52. What's the order of the following events in the story? a. Holmes killed the bound with his gun. b. Sir Henry came out of the house to the path. c. We found Mrs. Stapleton in Merripit House. d. Giant hound ran after Sir Henry. e. Mr. Stapleton opened a shed door. A. e-b-d-a-c B. e-b-d-c-a C. b-e-d-a-c D. b-e-d-c-a 53. What do you think will happen next in the novel? A. Mr. Stapleton will tell Holmes what he has done. B. Sir Henry will be in danger after returning home. C. Mrs. Stapleton will take them to search for Mr. Stapleton. D. Holmes will talk about Mr. Stapleton's case at once. D Have you ever wondered how we know the things that we know? How do we know, for example, that the stars are really huge balls of fire like the Sun and very far away? And how do we know that the Earth is a smaller ball turning round one of those stars, the Sun? The key to these questions is “evidence”, which means the facts, signs or objects that make you believe something is true. Sometimes evidence means actually seeing (or hearing, feeling, smelling……) that something is true. Astronauts have travelled far enough from the Earth to see with their own eyes that it is round. Sometimes our eyes need help. The “evening star” looks like bright twinkle in the sky, but with a telescope (望远镜) you can see that it is a beautiful ball. Something that you learn by direct seeing (or hearing or feeling…) is called an observation. Often evidence isn't just observation on its own, but observation always hides at the back of it. If there's been a murder (谋杀), often nobody (except the murderer and the dead person!) actually observed it. But detectives can gather together lots of other observations which may all point towards the suspect. If a person's fingerprints match those found on a knife, this is evidence that he touched it. It doesn't prove that be did the murder, but it can help when it's joined up with lots of other evidence. Prediction(预测) helps to look for evidence. Scientists make a guess about what might be true. For example, if the world is really round, we can predict that any of us, going on and on in the same direction, should eventually find ourselves back where we started. People sometimes say that you must believe in feelings deep inside, but not all the inside feelings are real evidence. What can we do about all this? When somebody tells you something that sounds possible, think to yourself: “Is there any evidence for that?” And, next time somebody tells you that something is true, why not say to them: “What kind of evidence is there for that?” Remember, always think carefully before you believe a word. 54. Which of the following is TRUE? A. What you see directly is real evidence. B. Prediction helps to prove something if it is true. C. People should always believe their inside feelings. D. Astronauts find the Earth is round with a telescope. 55. Why does the writer use the example of a detective in Paragraph 4? A. To explain what the prediction is. B. To tell what observation is called. C. To introduce how detectives work. D. To prove evidence is not just observation. 56. The underlined word “eventually” in Paragraph 5 means ________. A. finally B. probably C.completely D. luckily 57. What's the best title of the passage? A. Evidence speaks. B. Scientists make predictions. C. Inside feelings help get ideas. D. Observation offers the facts. 五、词汇运用 (本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) (A)根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 58. David put the key into the keyhole, and it ______________ (奏效)! 59. Libai, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, was ______________ (天生的) with a silver spoon in his mouth, 60. ______________ (根据) to the statistics,12.91million students applied for the College Entrance Examination in 2023. 61. Because of the rainstorm, he was ______________ (缺席的) from his best friend's wedding. 62. As is known to all, Ivy League refers to the eight top ______________ (大学) in the USA. (B)根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 63. My friend tried to comfort me, but what he said drove me even ______________ (mad). 64. For foreigners, it's hard to understand those duoyinzi, that is, Chinese characters with several different ______________ (pronounce). 65. Hard to believe the professor who has won the Nobel Prize is only in his ______________ (forty)! 66. The runway in the village is ______________ (simple)a strip of grass. 67. In the fairy tale, Snow White is described as a girl of ______________ (usual) beauty. 六、动词填空 (本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 68. When someone ______________ (help), usually it more than doubles his or her chances of offering others help. 69. Is the washing machine I have used for ten years worth ______________ (fix)? 70. ______________ (make) sure that there are no mistakes, he will check the paper carefully. 71. —What do you think ______________ (lead) to his success? —Countless failures in the past years. 72. What really ______________ (matter) is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try your best. 73. The expert said the gold price ______________ (not drop) until next July. 74. Very Little of the house ______________ (remain) after the fire, but luckily nobody was hurt. 75. I'd rather ______________ (not go) out because there was a sea of faces on every scenic spot during the National Day Holiday. 76. The kids ______________ (sit) around the fireplace while snowflakes were falling slowly outside. 77. Why not ______________ (ask) Mr. Liu for help if you can't work it out? 七、阅读表达 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过6个单词。(本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分) On April 26, 2024, the Shenzhou XVIII manned spaceship's three astronauts, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu successfully entered the space station and met with the Shenzhou XVII astronauts. The crew (乘组) will carry out more than 90 experiments (实验) in space so that they can study microgravity in space, medicine and many other science topics. This mission (任务) is special because it is China's first space-based study of water ecosystems (生态系统). The astronauts brought a fish tank filled with water to the space station, Four zebra fish and algae (水藻) live in it. The algae can give the fish oxygen, keeping them alive. The tank can also feed the fish, control the temperature and lighting, and collect fish eggs by itself. Why zebra fish? Because they share 87 percent of their genes with humans. Next scientists plan to take mice to space. They' ll raise them there and then bring them back to Earth for further study. Studying animals in space can help scientists understand bow the human body reacts to space conditions. The Shenzhou XVIII crew will return after six months in space. After that, they will help achieve China's first manned landing on the Moon. 78. When did the Shenzhou XVIII enter the space station? _____________________________________________________________ 79. How will the astronauts study microgravity in space? _____________________________________________________________ 80. What can algae do in the tank? _____________________________________________________________ 81. How much of zebra fish's genes are similar to humans'? _____________________________________________________________ 82. What do you think of the mission of the Shenzhou XVIII crew? _____________________________________________________________ 八、书面表达 (本大题共20分) 2024年8月巴黎奥运会，中国跳水女子运动员全红婵再现全满分场面，以17岁的年纪，成为中国奥运史上最年轻的赢得三枚金牌的运动员。她的精神影响了很多人，尤其是青少年。请根据要点，以“The PersonIAdmire Most”为题, 完成下列文章。 ( 1 ) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 基本信息 1、2007年出生于一个贫困家庭； 2、参加选拔，独占整头； 3、迄今取得很多成就。 成功的原因 1、刻苦训练，坚持不懈； 2、…… 对我的启发 …… 要求：1、语法正确、语句通顺、意思连贯； 2、包括所有要点，省略部分适当发挥； 3、100词左右， 开头不计入总词数。 参考词汇：中国国家跳水队Chinese Diving Team The Person I Admire Most Quan Hongchan, an excellent diver in China, is the person I admire most. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 一、听力（略） 二 单项选择 DCBBB DCCAD CDAC 三 完形填空 CCBDD DAAAD 四 阅读理解 45-47 ACC 48-50 AAC 51-53 DAC 54-57 BDAA 五 词汇运用 58. worked 59.born 60.According 61.absent 62.universities 63. madder 64.pronunciations 65.forties 66.simply 67.unusual 六 动词填空 68. is helped 69.fixing 70.To make 71.has led 73.wouldn’t drop 74. remained 75.not go 76.were sitting 77.ask 七 阅读表达 78. On April 26,2024. 79. By carrying out experiments in space. 80. It can give the fish oxygen. 81. Eighty-seven percent/87 percent. 82. It’s special./It’s meaningful. $