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安庆市外国语学校2024-2025学年第一学期 九年级期中考试英语试卷 （满分120分，时间：120分钟） 一、听力（共20小题） 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 will the woman buy? A. B. C. 2. How will the speakers go to the city hall? A. B. C. 3. Where is Bill going? A. A restaurant. B. A hotel. C. A coffee shop. 4. What’s the matter with Paul? A He has a stomachache. B. He has a headache. C. He has a toothache. 5. Who is Eva going to the museum with? A. Tina. B. Gina. C. Jessica. 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至7小题。 6. Where is the man going? A. To the History Museum. B. To the Science Museum. C. To the Art Museum. 7. Which bus should the man take to get there? A. The No. 30 bus. B. The No. 40 bus. C. The No. 50 bus. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8. Why is Tina unhappy? A. Because her English teacher was angry with her. B. Because she didn’t pass the English exam. C. Because she forget to do her English homework 9. What is the hardest for Tina in her English study? A. Writing. B. Speaking. C. Listening. 10. What does the boy advise Tina to do? A. Ask the teacher for help. B. Listen to the tapes. C. Join in an English club. 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，在每小题给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. How was Tom when he was young? A. Happy. B. Angry. C. Sad. 12. What did his father do first to help him? A. He asked him to taste sweet water in a cup. B. He asked him to taste salty water in a cup. C. He asked him to taste water in a lake. 13. Where did his father take him? A. To a mountain. B. To a river. C. To a lake. 14. How did the father make his son understand him? A. By letting his son taste the water. B. By letting others tell his son. C. By letting his son read. 15. What did Tom learn from what his father did? A. His heart should be as small as the cup. B. His heart should be like a lake. C. His heart should be like salt. Ⅳ. 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。 Wang Yaping, first woman to China’s space station In 1980 She was born in a 16. ______ in Shandong Province. In 1997 She became a 17. ______after passing all the tests. In 2001 She learned to fly 18. ______different types of airplane. In 2013 She got on Shenzhou-X spaceship and taught a 19. ______ lesson. From 2021 to 2022 She was 20. ______for the Shenzhou-XI space task and was the first Chinese woman to take a walk in space. 二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分） 1. This pair of shoes ______ hand, and it ______very comfortable. A. is made with, is felt B. are made from, is felt C. are made of, feels D. is made by, feels 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：这双鞋是手工制作的。它摸起来非常舒服。考查主谓一致和形容词短语辨析。be made from 由……原料制成，指原料发生化学变化；be made of指原料发生物理变化；be made by由(某人)制成，后加动作的发出者。feel表感觉系动词，后接形容词，无被动语态；主语it是单数第三人称，动词需用三单形式。hand手，根据句意语境，故选D。 2. He has a good knowledge of American culture because he has traveled ________ in North and South America. A. seriously B. wisely C. widely D. heavily 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：他对美国文化很了解，因为他在北美和南美广泛游历过。 考查副词辨析。seriously严肃地；wisely明智地；widely广泛地；heavily沉重地。根据语境，旅行范围广才能积累知识。故选C。 3. ________ Lily ________ Lucy is interested in Chinese culture. They find it meaningful. A. Both; and B. Neither; nor C. Either; or D. Not only; but also 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：不仅莉莉，露西也对中华文化感兴趣。她们觉得这很有意义。 考查并列连词用法。Both…and…既……又……，谓语动词需用复数；Neither…nor…既不……也不……，表示否定；Either…or…或者……或者……，表示选择；Not only…but also…不仅……而且……，谓语动词采用就近原则。根据“They find it meaningful.”可知，两人都对中华文化感兴趣，谓语为is，D项符合。故选D。 4. We have enough time to ________ the food and drinks before the guests arrive. A. try out B. hand out C. find out D. lay out 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：在客人到达之前，我们有足够的时间来摆放食物和饮料。 考查短语动词辨析。try out试验；hand out分发；find out发现；lay out布置，摆放。根据语境，客人到来前需要准备和摆放食物和饮料，因此用lay out。故选D。 5. I wonder if he ________ to the meeting tonight. If he’s absent ________ it, he’ll be punished. A. will come; from B. comes; for C. comes; from D. will come; to 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：我想知道他今晚是否会来开会。如果他缺席，他会受到惩罚。 考查宾语从句的时态及介词用法。第一个空，if引导宾语从句，意为“是否”，主句时态为一般现在时，从句需要用相应时态，根据时间状语tonight可知，从句使用一般将来时will come；be absent from为固定搭配，意为“缺席……”。故选A。 6. They were wondering where ________ the office party and I suggested ________ to the Chinese restaurant near the station. A. to hold; going B. holds; to go C. to hold; to go D. holding; going 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：他们正在琢磨在哪里举行办公室聚会，我建议去车站附近的中国餐馆。 考查非谓语动词。“where + 动词不定式”结构作“wonder”的宾语，表示“在哪里做某事”；“suggest”后接动名词作宾语，表示“建议做某事”。故选A。 7. —Which country has the ________ population in the world? —China. It’s a little ________ than that of India. A. most; more B. biggest; bigger C. more; most D. bigger; biggest 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——世界上人口最多的是哪个国家？——中国。它比印度的人口多一点。 考查形容词比较级和最高级。most最多，最高级；more比较多，比较级；bigger比较大，比较级；biggest最大，最高级。人口数量多用big或large修饰，第一空在世界上比较，用最高级biggest；第二空有than，表示比较，用比较级bigger，且a little修饰比较级。故选B。 8. ________ he studies hard, he will never pass the examination. A. If B. Unless C. Even if D. Even though 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：除非他努力学习，否则他将永远不会通过考试。 考查连词词义辨析。if如果；unless除非；even if即使；even though即使。由句意和“he will never pass the examination”可知，前句是后句的否定条件，用unless引导条件状语从句。故选B。 9. The film The Volunteers: to the War caught so many Chinese people’s _________ that almost all the cinemas were full of audience during the National Day Holiday. A. celebration B. attention C. position D. suggestion 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：电影《志愿军：雄兵出击》吸引了如此多中国人的注意力，以至于国庆期间几乎所有的电影院都满座。 考查名词辨析。celebration庆祝；attention注意力；position位置；suggestion建议。根据“caught so many Chinese people’s ...”可知，此处指的是吸引人们的注意力。故选B。 10. —Could you please do the dishes? —________. I cut my finger and I’m trying not to get it wet. A. Yes, sure B. No problem C. Sorry, I’m afraid I can’t D. That would be fine 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——请你洗碗好吗？——对不起，恐怕不行。我割破了手指，我尽量不弄湿它。 考查情景交际。Yes, sure是的，可以；No problem没问题；Sorry, I’m afraid I can’t对不起，恐怕不行；That would be fine那太好了。根据答语“I’m trying not to get it wet”可知，我尽量不弄湿我的手指，所以我不能洗碗，故应对请求表示拒绝。故选C。 三、完形填空（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 通读下面的两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。 A You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, ____11____ you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s way of working out the problem was to create an app. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to ____12____ a new table at lunch every day. If she sat by ____13____, she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was ____14____, she felt embarrassed (尴尬的). She created a lunch-planning app to help students like her find people to have lunch with. The app called Sit With Us is simple. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and ____15____ that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to ____16____. This allows students to make ____17____ online instead of face-to-face. Natalie is happy to see that people are replying to her app ____18____, especially those who suffer from bullying (遭受欺凌). She won a prize for the app. She ____19____ appeared in many news stories. Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her talk, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something ____20____ to change lives. Sometimes, a small thing—like having a friend to enjoy lunch with—can make all the difference. 11. A. so B. or C. but D. as 12. A. search for B. fix up C. give out D. point at 13. A. her B. you C. yourself D. herself 14. A. called B. refused C. discussed D. repeated 15. A. miss B. make C. accept D. increase 16. A. exercise B. study C. punish D. meet 17. A. plans B. trouble C. reports D. business 18. A. suddenly B. exactly C. hardly D. actively 19. A. still B. hardly C. also D. never 20. A. enjoyable B. big C. similar D. direct 【答案】11 C 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了娜塔莉制作了一个名为“Sit With Us”的应用程序来帮助学生们找到一起吃午饭的人。 【11题详解】 句意：你想和别人坐在一起，但你不确定他们是否友好。 so所以；or或者；but但是； as因为。根据“You want to join someone at their table,...you’re not sure if they’re friendly.”可知，前后两句是转折关系，用but连接。故选C。 【12题详解】 句意：她发现很难交到新朋友，每天午餐时都得找新桌子。 search for寻找；fix up修整；give out宣布，发布；point at指向。根据“a new table at lunch every day.”可知，此处指找桌子吃饭。故选A。 【13题详解】 句意：如果她一个人坐着，她会感到孤独。 her她；you你；yourself你自己；herself她自己。by oneself“独自”，应用she的反身代词herself。故选D。 【14题详解】 句意：但如果她要求加入某个人，却被拒绝，她就会感到尴尬。 called打电话；refused拒绝；discussed讨论；repeated重复。根据“she felt embarrassed.”可知，被拒绝会感到尴尬。故选B。 【15题详解】 句意：其他学生可以打开应用程序并接受邀请。 miss错过；make制作；accept接受；increase增加。根据“They can then use the app to decide when and where to...”可知，接受了邀请才有确定时间和地点的可能。故选C。 【16题详解】 句意：然后，他们可以使用这款应用来决定见面的时间和地点。 exercise锻炼；study学习；punish惩罚；meet见面。根据“They can then use the app to decide when and where to”可知，此处指约定见面的时间和地点。故选D。 【17题详解】 句意：这使得学生可以在网上制定计划，而不是面对面。 plans计划；trouble麻烦；reports报告；business生意。根据“They can then use the app to decide when and where to...”可知，此处指在网上制定计划。故选A。 【18题详解】 句意：娜塔莉很高兴看到人们对她的应用程序做出积极回应，尤其是那些遭受欺凌的人。 suddenly突然；exactly确切地；hardly几乎不；actively积极地。根据“Natalie is happy to see that people are replying to her app”可知，她很高兴，因为人们对她的应用程序做出积极回应。故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：她也出现在许多新闻报道中。 still依旧；hardly几乎不；also也；never从不。根据“She won a prize for the app.”可知，她赢得了奖项，也出现在新闻报道中。故选C。 【20题详解】 句意：在她的演讲中，娜塔莉想让人们知道，你不必做什么大事来改变生活。 enjoyable令人愉快的；big大的；similar相似的；direct直接的。根据“Sometimes, a small thing—like having a friend to enjoy lunch with—can make all the difference.”可知，不必做什么大事。故选B。 B Exams are a fact of school life for most people. Almost everyone ___21___ about them and feels stressed, although they have prepared well. A little stress caused by the exams is ___22___ as it can make you do better. But too much stress can stop you working to the best of your abilities, so its important not to let it get out of ___23___ . Here are some ideas to help you. The keys to ___24___ unnecessary exam stress are knowing what you need to know, planning and preparing for your revision, and giving yourself enough time to do it. If you can, find a copy of the syllabus (大纲) for each subject. This tells you what you need to know and gives you the ___25___ for revision. Make a week-by-week revision timetable chart. Include the topics you need to ___26___ for each subject. During your exam period you want your brain to work at its very best, so build in relaxation time before bed, try to go to bed early so you get enough ___27___ . If you have difficulty answering a question, ___28___ it and move on to the next one. You are not ___29___ while dealing with the stress. Share your worries and get help from others going through the same experience. Remember that there is ____30____ after exams. Things may feel stressful right now, but it won’t last forever. And then the rest of your life will still be there. 21. A. cares B. worries C. lies D. looks 22. A. useful B. hamful C. wasteful D. successful 23. A. date B. mind C. control D. reach 24. A. avoiding B. regretting C. increasing D. spreading 25. A. topics B. notices C. objects D. pictures 26. A. cut B. cover C. push D. translate 27. A. advice B. food C. sleep D. interest 28. A. paint B. brush C. correct D. leave 29. A. smart B. brave C. true D. alone 30. A. prize B. life C. failure D. safety 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. D 30. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了几种应对考试压力的方法。 【21题详解】 句意：几乎每个人都担忧考试，并感到紧张，尽管他们已经准备好了。 cares关心；worries担心；lies平躺；looks看。根据“…and feels stressed…”可知，他们感到紧张是因为担心考试，故选B。 【22题详解】 句意：考试带来的一点压力是有益的，因为它可以让你做得更好。 useful有用的；harmful有害的；wasteful浪费的；successful成功的。根据“…as it can make you do better.”可知，考试的一点压力是有用处的，故选A。 【23题详解】 句意：但是太多的压力会阻碍你发挥出最好的能力，所以不要让压力失控是很重要的。 date日期；mind想法；control控制；reach到达。根据“But too much stress can stop you working to the best of your abilities…”可知，太多的压力有很大的坏处，所以要防止压力失去控制，故选C。 【24题详解】 句意：避免不必要的考试压力的关键是知道你需要知道什么，计划和准备你的复习，给自己足够的时间去做。 avoiding避免；regretting后悔；increasing提高；spreading扩散。根据“…unnecessary exam stress…”可知，这种压力是没必要的，所以要尽量避免，故选A。 【25题详解】 句意：它告诉你你需要知道什么，并给你复习的主题。 topics主题；notices通知；objects物体；pictures照片。根据“If you can, find a copy of the syllabus for each subject.”可知，找到每个科目的大纲，这样才能确定复习的主题，故选A。 【26题详解】 句意：包括每个科目你需要涵盖的主题。 cut切；cover涵盖；push推；translate翻译。根据“…for each subject.”可知，应该是每个科目里涵盖的主题，故选B。 【27题详解】 句意：在考试期间，你想让你的大脑以最佳状态工作，所以在睡觉前留出放松时间，尽量早睡，这样你就能得到足够的睡眠。 advice建议；food食物；sleep睡眠；interest兴趣。根据“…try to go to bed early…”可知，早点上床睡觉是为了得到足够的睡眠，故选C。 【28题详解】 句意：如果你回答一个问题有困难，那就离开它，继续下一个问题。 paint画画；brush刷；correct纠正；leave离开。根据“…move on to the next one.”可知，应该是先离开上一个问题，再继续下一个问题，故选D。 【29题详解】 句意：在应对压力时，你并不孤单。 smart聪明的；brave勇敢的；true真的；alone独自的。根据“Share your worries and get help from others going through the same experience.”可知，别人和你有相同经历，所以你并不孤单，故选D。 【30题详解】 句意：记住，考试之后还有生活。 prize奖励；life生活；failure失败；safety安全。根据“And then the rest of your life will still be there.”可知，除了考试以外还有生活，故选B。 四、补全对话（5小题，每题1分，共5分） 根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Where are you going, Tony? B: To the library I want to borrow some books. A: ____31____ B: About inventions. You know I have to prepare for the science lesson. A: ____32____ And we humans are really great. B: That’s true. People have made lots of inventions. A: ____33____ B: Sorry, I’m not sure. ____34____ A: I don’t agree. In my opinion, cars are the most useful. B: ____35____ A: Because I can go anywhere quickly and conveniently in my car. A. Light bulbs were invented by Edison. B. Maybe light bulbs (灯泡) are the most useful inventions. C. What kind of books do you want to borrow? D. Great inventions have changed the world a lot. E. Why do you think so? F. What do you think is the most useful invention? G. How long can you keep the book? 【答案】31. C 32. D 33. F 34. B 35. E 【解析】 【导语】本文通过对话的形式，讨论了关于发明的主题。 【31题详解】 根据“To the library. I want to borrow some books.”和“About inventions.”可知，此处是询问对方想借什么方面的书，选项C“你想借什么书？”符合语境。故选C。 【32题详解】 根据“About inventions. You know I have to prepare for the science lesson.”和“And we humans are really great.”可知，讨论的主题是发明，选项D“伟大发明改变了世界许多。”符合语境。故选D。 【33题详解】 根据“People have made lots of inventions.”和“Sorry, I’m not sure.”可知，话题继续围绕发明展开，选项F“你认为最有用的发明是什么？”符合语境。故选F。 【34题详解】 根据“I don’t agree. In my opinion, cars are the most useful.”可知，空处是对方的观点：什么是最有用的发明，选项B“也许灯泡是最有用的发明。”符合语境。故选B。 【35题详解】 根据“I don’t agree. In my opinion, cars are the most useful.”和“Because I can go anywhere quickly and conveniently in my car.”可知，此处询问原因，选项E“你为什么这么想？”符合语境。故选E。 五、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分） 阅读短文，并从所给四个选项中选出最佳答案。（每小题2分，共34分） A A “dark moment” means the most difficult time in your life. Do you know any dark moments before? How do you get through it? Liu Yifei 14 Shanxi When I got to Middle School, I was sad to find out that all of my classmates had studied everything before the class started. During class, everyone knew the answers to our teacher’s questions, but I did not. I came last in the first test. So I looked for ways of learning online (在网上). For example, for history, drawing the timeline (时间线) on paper helped me a lot. My grades then got a lot better. I’m very happy for myself. Lai Yijiang 14 Sichuan When I was in sixth grade, I moved to a new city. At that time, I felt bad every day. My classmates all knew each other and had their small groups. I had no friends and lost interest in everything. My grades also became the worst in the class. Those were my darkest days. Later, I made a friend. He made me open up, and I started to talk to more people. Also, I came to get used to the weather in the city. Step by step (一步步地), I felt better and better. 36. How did Liu Yifei get through the “dark moment”? A. By talking with more people. B. By answering the teacher’s questions. C. By asking her classmates for help. D. By looking for ways of learning online. 37. Which of the following is the CORRECT order according to Lai Yijiang? a. I made a new friend. b. I felt better and better. c. I moved to a new place. d. My grades became the worst A. a-b-c-d B. c-d-a-b C. d-c-a-b D. d-c-b-a 38. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Different school lives B. Different “dark moments” C. How to make friends D. How to solve “dark moment” 【答案】36. D 37. B 38. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要是介绍两名同学的“黑暗”时刻的情况。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据“I came last in the first test. So I looked for ways of learning online (在网上). For example, for history, drawing the timeline (时间线) on paper helped me a lot. My grades then got a lot better.”可知，刘亦菲通过寻找在线学习的方法度过 了“黑暗时刻”，故选D。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“...I moved to a new city...My grades also became the worst in the class...I made a friend...I felt better and better.”可知，正确的顺序是：他搬到了一个新的地方，没有朋友对一切都失去了兴趣，成绩变得越来越差，后来交到了一个新朋友，在朋友的帮助下变得越来越好，故选B。 【38题详解】 最佳标题题。根据“A ‘dark moment’ means the most difficult time in your life. Do you know any dark moments before? How do you get through it?”可知，本文主要是介绍两名同学的“黑暗时刻”的情况，故选D。 B On April 19th, a pottery (陶器) exhibition was held at Wuhan Optical Valley Experimental School. Many pieces of pottery in different sizes were shown at the school. Some were a bit broken, but all of them were beautiful works of art created by the students. At the end of last year, the school started a project that called on teachers to collect disused or broken pieces of pottery from the countryside. So far, they have collected about 3,000 pieces. “Pottery used to play an important role in the daily lives of Chinese people,” the school head Ma Guoxin told the reporter. “By pottery painting, the students can improve themselves in many ways. They can better understand the history of the pottery, put their creativity into the pottery and show the love for life and beauty.” Students turned the pottery into different works of art. They were all encouraged to paint pictures on the pottery, even though some students didn’t know how to paint. In March, the school held a pottery painting competition. Wang Zixuan, a student from Grade Eight, with little knowledge of painting, painted a beautiful night scenery on a piece of pottery. It was so nice that many students loved it. Almost every classroom has colored pieces of pottery. They are either used as flowerpots or pen containers (笔筒). The school has also set up several art corners to show the pottery. For example, the students have put some pottery on bookcases outside of a lecture hall. It has become an enjoyable place for students to rest and read. 39. According to the passage, ________ were encouraged to paint the pottery. A. the students who painted very well B. the students who didn’t get good grades C. the students who didn’t know how to paint D. all the students in the school 40. By pottery painting, the students can improve themselves in many ways EXCEPT ________. A. knowing how to make pottery B. better understanding the history of the pottery C. putting their creativity into the pottery D. showing the love for life and beauty 41. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. The school has collected about 2,000 pieces of pottery so far. B. Wang Zixuan was a student from Grade Seven. C. We can’t find some colored pottery in some of their classrooms. D. The students enjoy resting and reading at the art corners. 42. In which part of a newspaper can we read the passage? A. Sports news. B. Traditional art. C. Healthy living. D. Popular music. 【答案】39. D 40. A 41. D 42. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了学校鼓励学生在陶器上画画，把一些废弃的陶器变成了艺术品。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“Students turned the pottery into different works of art. They were all encouraged to paint pictures on the pottery...”可知，学生们被鼓励在陶器上画画，故选D。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“By pottery painting, the students can improve themselves in many ways...put their creativity into the pottery and show the love for life and beauty.”可知，通过陶艺绘画，学生们可以更好地了解陶器的历史，把他们的创造力融入陶器中，并表现出对生活和美的热爱，而不会知道如何去做陶器。故选A。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“For example, the students have put some pottery on bookcases outside of a lecture hall. It has become an enjoyable place for students to rest and read.”可知，学生们喜欢在艺术角休息和阅读。故选D。 【42题详解】 推理判断题。阅读全文可知，本文主要讲述了学校鼓励学生在陶器上画画，把一些废弃陶器变成了艺术品，锻炼了学生的能力，因此来自报纸的传统艺术部分，故选B。 C If you’ve ever walked through fog, you might have noticed that your skin and hair get wet. This is because fog is made of tiny water drops. Scientists are helping people collect these drops to make drinking water. In some towns, there is no fresh water. People there have to use trucks to carry fresh water. It is expensive. Since rain falls to the ground, it can easily be collected into tanks. But the water drops that make up fog don’t hit the ground. Instead, they float in the air. To turn fog into water, you have to catch the water drops. A fog catcher is made of nets with two posts. The nets are usually set up on the top of hill. As fog passes by, the nets catch the water drops. The drops run down the nets and into channels (水槽). The channels lead the water into large tanks where it can be stored. A fog catcher can collect 10,000 liters of water a day. Scientists have helped set up fog catchers for towns in Chile, Nepal and Mexico. Fog catchers are a great way for people in small and lonely towns to have their own fresh water. Centuries before scientists created fog-catching nets, nature was making fog into water on its own. As fog passed through the mountains, large leaves got the drops just like the nets do. People learned to drink the water collected on the leaves. Thanks to modern fog catchers, enough water can be made for a whole town. 43. What does the word “It” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Trucks’ carrying. B. Rain collecting. C. Fog catching. D. Water making. 44. How many countries have tried fog catchers? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 45. Centuries ago people learned to drink the water collected ________. A. in channels B. on the nets C. in the tanks D. on the leaves 【答案】43. A 44. B 45. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了一种利用雾收集饮用水的科技装置——捕雾网，说明了其工作原理、应用地区以及自然界的类似现象。 【43题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“People there have to use trucks to carry fresh water. It is expensive.”可知，“It”指代的是前一句“用卡车运送淡水”这件事。故选A。 【44题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Scientists have helped set up fog catchers for towns in Chile, Nepal and Mexico.”可知，确提到了三个国家，智利、尼泊尔、墨西哥。故选B。 【45题详解】 细节理解题。根据“People learned to drink the water collected on the leaves.”可知，古人是饮用收集在叶子上的水。故选D。 D For as long as we can remember, one of the most popular ways parents use to punish their children has been the “time out”. It seems that it is a good idea: the child sits on his own to reflect (反思) on what he has done. Then, when the time is up, he will apologize and learn from the mistake. However, just because it’s something that’s been done for years, that doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do. In fact, very often, children don’t sit nicely and think about what they’ve done. Instead, they need to be told a few or many times to go back to their places and stay quiet. They are not reflecting on why they are in the “time out” at all. More likely than not, they’re probably just really angry, and so are the parents. In the end, both the parents and the children make each other unhappy, or even angry. What can parents do to change this situation? You may have already heard of things like peaceful parenting (育儿) and gentle parenting. These focus on the relationship between parent and child by building trust and love. So, instead of starting a “time out”, try something called “time in”. A “time in” needs both the parent and the child to stay close until both get calm. After that, the parent and the child can discuss what happened and solve the problem together. If the child can make changes, everyone can then move on. As we all know, punishment and violence (暴力) seldom work and will never teach the children what the right way to act is. A “time in” can be the great time for the children to learn through mistakes. Kids learn how to build their emotional and social skills through difficult situations. So, instead of punishing them for acting their age, we can use chances to teach and guide them to a place of learning. A “time in” may take more time, but it does work. 46. During a “time out”, a child is told to ________. A. stay outside B. make a promise C. sit alone and reflect D. return to school 47. In the writer’s opinion, a “time out” ________. A. is becoming more popular B. doesn’t always work C. should be parents’ first choice D. takes too much time 48. When a child has done something wrong, the writer suggests that ________. A. both teachers and parents discuss how to solve the problem B. parents try something called “time in” instead of “time out” C. the child say sorry to his or her parents and learn from mistakes D. the child stay at home and reflect until he never makes mistakes 【答案】46. C 47. B 48. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文，作者分析了传统育儿惩罚方式“计时隔离”的弊端，并提出了一种更积极、注重沟通与引导的替代方法——“计时沟通”，旨在通过建立信任和关爱来帮助孩子从错误中学习。 【46题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It seems that it is a good idea: the child sits on his own to reflect on what he has done.”可知，“计时隔离”要求孩子独自坐着反思。故选C。 【47题详解】 推理判断题。根据“However, just because it’s something that’s been done for years, that doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do. In fact, very often, children don’t sit nicely and think about what they’ve done. Instead, they need to be told a few or many times to go back to their places and stay quiet.”可知，尽管“计时隔离”被普遍使用，但效果不佳，由此可推知，作者认为“计时隔离”并不总是有效。故选B。 【48题详解】 细节理解题。根据“So, instead of starting a ‘time out’, try something called ‘time in’.”可知，针对孩子犯错的情况，作者在第三段明确提出了建议：父母尝试用“计时沟通”来代替“计时隔离”。故选B。 E Hanfu fashion has become more and more popular with young people. China has followed Western fashion designs in recent years, but a growing number of young people are now looking to the past for fashion ideas. If you look closely around your city, you might notice hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han dynasty. In a recently published report by an online shopping platform, about 2 million hanfu clothes were sold in 2020, nearly 4 times as many as those sold in 2019. Most of the buyers are between 19 and 24 years old. But why has this traditional clothing become popular with young Chinese people? For some of them, it’s a costume for relaxation. Dafan, a 24-year-old college student, told CGTN that dressing in hanfu is a way for her to get away from the troubles of real life. Modern clothing, on the other hand, represents the identity (身份) people need to show every day. “Hanfu and modern clothing help me to show the different sides in me,” she said. Other teenagers like hanfu because of the culture behind it. They see it as a way to reconnect (重新连接) with traditions. Its wide sleeves, crossed collars (领口) and flowing robes (飘逸的长袍) bring people back to ancient times. “Hanfu is a symbol of the Chinese traditional culture.” Nanhe, a 21-year-old costume studio owner, told CGTN. 49. According to the passage, about ________ Hanfu clothes were sold in 2019. A. 600,000 B. 500,000 C. 2,000,000 D. 8,000,000 50. Who likes to buy Hanfu best? A. Students from 4 to 15 years old. B. Teenagers from 13 to 19 years old. C. Adults between 30 and 50 years old. D. People between 19 and 24 years old. 51. The underlined phrase “wide sleeves” means ________. A. 宽大的衣袖 B. 鲜艳的色彩 C. 漂亮的丝带 D. 纤细的腰围 52. Which paragraphs tell why Hanfu is popular? A. ①②③ B. ②④⑤ C. ③④⑤ D. ①②⑤ 【答案】49. B 50. D 51. A 52. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了汉服在年轻人中越来越流行的现象，以及汉服流行的原因。 【49题详解】 细节理解题。根据“In a recently published report by an online shopping platform, about 2 million hanfu clothes were sold in 2020, nearly 4 times as many as those sold in 2019.”可知，2020年汉服销量约200万件，是2019年近4倍，200万÷4=50万，所以2019年约销售50万件。故选B。 【50题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Most of the buyers are between 19 and 24 years old.”可知，19到24岁的人最喜欢购买汉服。故选D。 【51题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“Its wide sleeves, crossed collars (领口) and flowing robes (飘逸的长袍) bring people back to ancient times.”可知，它宽大的袖子、交叉的领子和飘逸的长袍把人们带回到古代，wide sleeves意为“宽大的袖子”。故选A。 【52题详解】 细节理解题。根据“But why has this traditional clothing become popular with young Chinese people?”、“Other teenagers like hanfu because of the culture behind it.”和“‘Hanfu is a symbol (象征) of the Chinese traditional culture.’”可知，文章第三段以设问的方式引出汉服流行的原因，第三段和第四段分别从两个角度阐述了汉服流行的缘由，第五段强调了汉服的文化象征意义。所以文章的三、四、五段介绍了汉服受欢迎的原因。故选C。 F 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。 Usually, we only think about our relationships with other humans. Have we ever thought more about our relationship with animals? Have we ever thought about how animals feel? Richard Louv is a writer. He wrote a new book called Our Wild Calling: How Connecting With Animals Can Change Our Lives—And Save Theirs. In the book, Louv says that animals have the feelings just like humans. Also, he especially mentions that people need to have a stronger connect ion with animals. In Louv’s opinion, people spend a lot of time looking at screens nowadays. They do online shopping, watch online movies and check online emails. They can do almost everything online. Then, people are less connected to animals or to nature and Louv thinks it is the reason why people have “human loneliness”. Human loneliness is a kind of feeling when people feel lonely and it is bad for people’s health. Louv thinks people need to return to nature. People can keep pets. Louv says our relationship with animals is deep. It’s more than shared DNA. People can try to protect animals. It’s part of how humans protect themselves. In his book, Louv says people need to change how they interact (互动) with nature. What's the true meaning of this book? Well, it asks us to rethink our relationship with nature. 53. What is Richard Louv? (不超过5词) _______________________________________________ 54. Why do people have “human loneliness”? (不超过10词) _______________________________________________ 55. What does the book ask us to do? (不超过10词) _______________________________________________ 【答案】53. Richard Louv is a writer./He is a writer./He’s a writer./A writer./ He works as a writer. 54. Because people are/they are/they’re less connected to animals or to nature.或Because of (people’s/ their) less connection to animals or to nature. 55. It asks us to rethink our relationship with nature. 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了理查德·洛夫在他的书《我们的野性呼唤：与动物相处如何改变我们的生活并拯救它们的生活》中谈论了人与自然的关系。 【53题详解】 根据“Richard Louv is a writer.”可知， 理查德·洛夫是一位作家。故答案为Richard Louv is a writer./He is a writer./He’s a writer./A writer./ He works as a writer. 【54题详解】 根据“Then, people are less connected to animals or to nature and Louv thinks it is the reason why people have “human loneliness”.”可知，人们与动物或自然的联系越来越少是产生“人类孤独”的原因。故答案为Because people are/they are/they’re less connected to animals or to nature.或Because of (people’s/ their) less connection to animals or to nature. 【55题详解】 根据“Well, it asks us to rethink our relationship with nature.”可知，这本书要求我们重新思考我们与自然的关系。故答案为It asks us to rethink our relationship with nature. 六、词汇运用。(每小题1分，共5分) 56. Linda and her friends all a________ (欣赏) John for his courage. 【答案】(a)dmire 【解析】 【详解】句意：琳达和她的朋友们都因约翰的勇气而欣赏他。根据首字母“a”及汉语提示“欣赏”可知，此处应填动词“admire”，意为“欣赏，钦佩”；“Linda and her friends”是复数主语，这句话描述一般状态用一般现在时，动词用原形。故填(a)dmire。 57. We should speak to our parents and teachers p________ (礼貌地). 【答案】politely##olitely 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们应该礼貌地和父母和老师说话。根据汉语及首字母提示可知，空处应填politely“礼貌地”，副词修饰动词speak。故填politely/olitely。 58. It is brave of you to speak in front of so many strangers. I take p________ (骄傲) in your progress. 【答案】(p)ride 【解析】 【详解】句意：你敢在这么多陌生人面前发言，这非常勇敢。我为你的进步感到骄傲。根据句意和首字母以及括号内提示词可推断，此处表示“骄傲”，pride“骄傲”，名词；take pride in为……感到骄傲。故填(p)ride。 59. He is really lazy. I often see him l________ (躺) on the bed. 【答案】lie##ie 【解析】 【详解】句意：他真的很懒。我经常看见他躺在床上。根据句意和首字母以及括号内提示词可推断，此处表示“躺”，lie“躺”，动词；see sb do sth“看到某人在做某事”，强调习惯性动作。故填lie。 60. He spends all his spare time m________ (记忆) English words, so he learns many words day by day. 【答案】(m)emorizing 【解析】 【详解】句意：他将所有空闲时间都用来记忆英语单词，因此他一天天地学了很多单词。根据句意和首字母以及括号内提示词可推断，此处表示“记忆”，memorize“记忆，记住”，动词；spend time doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“花时间做某事”。故填(m)emorizing。 七、书面表达(本大题共1小题，共20分) 61. 假如你是Tom，进入九年级两个月以来，你觉得自己成长了许多，而这些成长和改变离不开陪伴你的老师，请给你的老师写一封信。 内容包括： 1)谈谈你在性格、学习、生活等方面的改变； 2)他/她给你的帮助； 3)表示感谢和真诚的祝福。 写作要求： 1)字数在80词左右，书写规范，卷面干净整洁； 2)包含表格中所有的要点，行文连贯，可适当发挥； 3)文中不得透露个人信息，不出现真实人名和校名。 Dear teacher, How time flies! It has been more than two months since I became a student in Grade 9. I have made great progress in many ways. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Tom 【答案】 例文 Dear teacher, How time flies! It has been more than two months since I became a student in Grade 9. I have made great progress in many ways. With your help, I have been not only good at English, but also confident and outgoing. I used to be afraid to speak in front of my classmates because my English pronunciation was poor and I was shy. In class, I always hid behind my books and never said anything. You taught me how to pronounce words correctly. Gradually, my pronunciation was getting better and better. Now I am no longer afraid to speak in public. Thank you very much for all that you have done for me. I hope you will always be happy. Yours, Tom 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇书信作文； ②时态：时态为“现在完成时”和“一般过去时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏“信息提示”中的介绍要点，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍“我”在性格、学习、生活等方面的改变； 第二步，详细介绍老师是如何让“我”在性格、学习等方面改变的； 第三步，书写结语，表达对老师的感谢。 [亮点词汇] ①made great progress取得很大进步 ②used to do过去常常做某事 [高分句型] ①I used to be afraid to speak in front of my classmates because my English pronunciation was poor and I was shy. (because引导的原因状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 安庆市外国语学校2024-2025学年第一学期 九年级期中考试英语试卷 （满分120分，时间：120分钟） 一、听力（共20小题） 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 will the woman buy? A. B. C. 2. How will the speakers go to the city hall? A. B. C. 3. Where is Bill going? A. A restaurant. B. A hotel. C. A coffee shop. 4. What’s the matter with Paul? A. He has a stomachache. B. He has a headache. C. He has a toothache. 5. Who is Eva going to the museum with? A. Tina. B. Gina. C. Jessica. 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至7小题。 6. Where is the man going? A. To the History Museum. B. To the Science Museum. C. To the Art Museum. 7. Which bus should the man take to get there? A. The No. 30 bus. B. The No. 40 bus. C. The No. 50 bus. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8. Why is Tina unhappy? A. Because her English teacher was angry with her. B. Because she didn’t pass the English exam. C. Because she forget to do her English homework 9. What is the hardest for Tina in her English study? A. Writing. B. Speaking. C. Listening. 10. What does the boy advise Tina to do? A. Ask the teacher for help. B. Listen to the tapes. C. Join in an English club. 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，在每小题给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. How was Tom when he was young? A. Happy. B. Angry. C. Sad. 12. What did his father do first to help him? A. He asked him to taste sweet water in a cup. B. He asked him to taste salty water in a cup. C. He asked him to taste water in a lake. 13. Where did his father take him? A. To a mountain. B. To a river. C. To a lake. 14. How did the father make his son understand him? A. By letting his son taste the water. B. By letting others tell his son. C. By letting his son read. 15. What did Tom learn from what his father did? A. His heart should be as small as the cup. B. His heart should be like a lake. C. His heart should be like salt. Ⅳ. 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。 Wang Yaping, first woman to China’s space station In 1980 She was born in a 16. ______ in Shandong Province. In 1997 She became a 17. ______after passing all the tests. In 2001 She learned to fly 18. ______different types of airplane. In 2013 She got on Shenzhou-X spaceship and taught a 19. ______ lesson. From 2021 to 2022 She was 20. ______for the Shenzhou-XI space task and was the first Chinese woman to take a walk in space. 二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分） 1. This pair of shoes ______ hand, and it ______very comfortable. A. is made with, is felt B. are made from, is felt C. are made of, feels D. is made by, feels 2. He has a good knowledge of American culture because he has traveled ________ in North and South America. A. seriously B. wisely C. widely D. heavily 3. ________ Lily ________ Lucy is interested in Chinese culture. They find it meaningful. A. Both; and B. Neither; nor C. Either; or D. Not only; but also 4. We have enough time to ________ the food and drinks before the guests arrive. A. try out B. hand out C. find out D. lay out 5. I wonder if he ________ to the meeting tonight. If he’s absent ________ it, he’ll be punished. A. will come; from B. comes; for C. comes; from D. will come; to 6. They were wondering where ________ the office party and I suggested ________ to the Chinese restaurant near the station. A. to hold; going B. holds; to go C. to hold; to go D. holding; going 7. —Which country has the ________ population in the world? —China. It’s a little ________ than that of India. A. most; more B. biggest; bigger C. more; most D. bigger; biggest 8. ________ he studies hard he will never pass the examination. A. If B. Unless C. Even if D. Even though 9. The film The Volunteers: to the War caught so many Chinese people’s _________ that almost all the cinemas were full of audience during the National Day Holiday. A. celebration B. attention C. position D. suggestion 10. —Could you please do the dishes? —________. I cut my finger and I’m trying not to get it wet. A. Yes, sure B. No problem C. Sorry, I’m afraid I can’t D. That would be fine 三、完形填空（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 通读下面的两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。 A You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, ____11____ you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s way of working out the problem was to create an app. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to ____12____ a new table at lunch every day. If she sat by ____13____, she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was ____14____, she felt embarrassed (尴尬的). She created a lunch-planning app to help students like her find people to have lunch with. The app called Sit With Us is simple. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and ____15____ that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to ____16____. This allows students to make ____17____ online instead of face-to-face. Natalie is happy to see that people are replying to her app ____18____, especially those who suffer from bullying (遭受欺凌). She won a prize for the app. She ____19____ appeared in many news stories. Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her talk, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something ____20____ to change lives. Sometimes, a small thing—like having a friend to enjoy lunch with—can make all the difference. 11. A. so B. or C. but D. as 12. A. search for B. fix up C. give out D. point at 13. A. her B. you C. yourself D. herself 14. A. called B. refused C. discussed D. repeated 15. A. miss B. make C. accept D. increase 16. A. exercise B. study C. punish D. meet 17. A. plans B. trouble C. reports D. business 18. A. suddenly B. exactly C. hardly D. actively 19. A. still B. hardly C. also D. never 20. A. enjoyable B. big C. similar D. direct B Exams are a fact of school life for most people. Almost everyone ___21___ about them and feels stressed, although they have prepared well. A little stress caused by the exams is ___22___ as it can make you do better. But too much stress can stop you working to the best of your abilities, so its important not to let it get out of ___23___ . Here are some ideas to help you. The keys to ___24___ unnecessary exam stress are knowing what you need to know, planning and preparing for your revision, and giving yourself enough time to do it. If you can, find a copy of the syllabus (大纲) for each subject. This tells you what you need to know and gives you the ___25___ for revision. Make a week-by-week revision timetable chart. Include the topics you need to ___26___ for each subject. During your exam period you want your brain to work at its very best, so build in relaxation time before bed, try to go to bed early so you get enough ___27___ . If you have difficulty answering a question, ___28___ it and move on to the next one. You are not ___29___ while dealing with the stress. Share your worries and get help from others going through the same experience. Remember that there is ____30____ after exams. Things may feel stressful right now, but it won’t last forever. And then the rest of your life will still be there. 21. A. cares B. worries C. lies D. looks 22. A. useful B. hamful C. wasteful D. successful 23. A. date B. mind C. control D. reach 24. A. avoiding B. regretting C. increasing D. spreading 25. A. topics B. notices C. objects D. pictures 26. A. cut B. cover C. push D. translate 27. A. advice B. food C. sleep D. interest 28. A. paint B. brush C. correct D. leave 29. A. smart B. brave C. true D. alone 30. A. prize B. life C. failure D. safety 四、补全对话（5小题，每题1分，共5分） 根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Where are you going, Tony? B: To the library. I want to borrow some books. A: ____31____ B: About inventions. You know I have to prepare for the science lesson. A: ____32____ And we humans are really great. B: That’s true. People have made lots of inventions. A: ____33____ B: Sorry, I’m not sure. ____34____ A: I don’t agree. In my opinion, cars are the most useful. B: ____35____ A: Because I can go anywhere quickly and conveniently in my car. A. Light bulbs were invented by Edison. B. Maybe light bulbs (灯泡) are the most useful inventions. C. What kind of books do you want to borrow? D. Great inventions have changed the world a lot. E. Why do you think so? F. What do you think is the most useful invention? G. How long can you keep the book? 五、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分） 阅读短文，并从所给四个选项中选出最佳答案。（每小题2分，共34分） A A “dark moment” means the most difficult time in your life Do you know any dark moments before? How do you get through it? Liu Yifei 14 Shanxi When I got to Middle School, I was sad to find out that all of my classmates had studied everything before the class started. During class, everyone knew the answers to our teacher’s questions, but I did not. I came last in the first test. So I looked for ways of learning online (在网上). For example, for history, drawing the timeline (时间线) on paper helped me a lot. My grades then got a lot better. I’m very happy for myself. Lai Yijiang 14 Sichuan When I was in sixth grade, I moved to a new city. At that time, I felt bad every day. My classmates all knew each other and had their small groups. I had no friends and lost interest in everything. My grades also became the worst in the class. Those were my darkest days. Later, I made a friend. He made me open up, and I started to talk to more people. Also, I came to get used to the weather in the city. Step by step (一步步地), I felt better and better. 36. How did Liu Yifei get through the “dark moment”? A. By talking with more people. B. By answering the teacher’s questions. C. By asking her classmates for help. D. By looking for ways of learning online. 37. Which of the following is the CORRECT order according to Lai Yijiang? a. I made a new friend. b. I felt better and better. c I moved to a new place. d. My grades became the worst A. a-b-c-d B. c-d-a-b C. d-c-a-b D. d-c-b-a 38. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Different school lives B. Different “dark moments” C. How to make friends D. How to solve “dark moment” B On April 19th, a pottery (陶器) exhibition was held at Wuhan Optical Valley Experimental School. Many pieces of pottery in different sizes were shown at the school. Some were a bit broken, but all of them were beautiful works of art created by the students. At the end of last year, the school started a project that called on teachers to collect disused or broken pieces of pottery from the countryside. So far, they have collected about 3,000 pieces. “Pottery used to play an important role in the daily lives of Chinese people,” the school head Ma Guoxin told the reporter. “By pottery painting, the students can improve themselves in many ways. They can better understand the history of the pottery, put their creativity into the pottery and show the love for life and beauty.” Students turned the pottery into different works of art. They were all encouraged to paint pictures on the pottery, even though some students didn’t know how to paint. In March, the school held a pottery painting competition. Wang Zixuan, a student from Grade Eight, with little knowledge of painting, painted a beautiful night scenery on a piece of pottery. It was so nice that many students loved it. Almost every classroom has colored pieces of pottery. They are either used as flowerpots or pen containers (笔筒). The school has also set up several art corners to show the pottery. For example, the students have put some pottery on bookcases outside of a lecture hall. It has become an enjoyable place for students to rest and read. 39. According to the passage, ________ were encouraged to paint the pottery. A. the students who painted very well B. the students who didn’t get good grades C. the students who didn’t know how to paint D. all the students in the school 40. By pottery painting, the students can improve themselves in many ways EXCEPT ________. A. knowing how to make pottery B. better understanding the history of the pottery C. putting their creativity into the pottery D. showing the love for life and beauty 41. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. The school has collected about 2,000 pieces of pottery so far. B. Wang Zixuan was a student from Grade Seven. C. We can’t find some colored pottery in some of their classrooms. D. The students enjoy resting and reading at the art corners. 42. In which part of a newspaper can we read the passage? A. Sports news. B. Traditional art. C. Healthy living. D. Popular music. C If you’ve ever walked through fog, you might have noticed that your skin and hair get wet. This is because fog is made of tiny water drops. Scientists are helping people collect these drops to make drinking water. In some towns, there is no fresh water. People there have to use trucks to carry fresh water. It is expensive. Since rain falls to the ground, it can easily be collected into tanks. But the water drops that make up fog don’t hit the ground. Instead, they float in the air. To turn fog into water, you have to catch the water drops. A fog catcher is made of nets with two posts. The nets are usually set up on the top of hill. As fog passes by, the nets catch the water drops. The drops run down the nets and into channels (水槽). The channels lead the water into large tanks where it can be stored. A fog catcher can collect 10,000 liters of water a day. Scientists have helped set up fog catchers for towns in Chile, Nepal and Mexico. Fog catchers are a great way for people in small and lonely towns to have their own fresh water. Centuries before scientists created fog-catching nets, nature was making fog into water on its own. As fog passed through the mountains, large leaves got the drops just like the nets do. People learned to drink the water collected on the leaves. Thanks to modern fog catchers, enough water can be made for a whole town. 43. What does the word “It” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Trucks’ carrying. B. Rain collecting. C. Fog catching. D. Water making. 44. How many countries have tried fog catchers? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 45. Centuries ago people learned to drink the water collected ________. A. in channels B. on the nets C. in the tanks D. on the leaves D For as long as we can remember, one of the most popular ways parents use to punish their children has been the “time out”. It seems that it is a good idea: the child sits on his own to reflect (反思) on what he has done. Then, when the time is up, he will apologize and learn from the mistake. However, just because it’s something that’s been done for years, that doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do. In fact, very often, children don’t sit nicely and think about what they’ve done. Instead, they need to be told a few or many times to go back to their places and stay quiet. They are not reflecting on why they are in the “time out” at all. More likely than not, they’re probably just really angry, and so are the parents. In the end, both the parents and the children make each other unhappy, or even angry. What can parents do to change this situation? You may have already heard of things like peaceful parenting (育儿) and gentle parenting. These focus on the relationship between parent and child by building trust and love. So, instead of starting a “time out”, try something called “time in”. A “time in” needs both the parent and the child to stay close until both get calm. After that, the parent and the child can discuss what happened and solve the problem together. If the child can make changes, everyone can then move on. As we all know, punishment and violence (暴力) seldom work and will never teach the children what the right way to act is. A “time in” can be the great time for the children to learn through mistakes. Kids learn how to build their emotional and social skills through difficult situations. So, instead of punishing them for acting their age, we can use chances to teach and guide them to a place of learning. A “time in” may take more time, but it does work. 46. During a “time out”, a child is told to ________. A. stay outside B. make a promise C. sit alone and reflect D. return to school 47. In the writer’s opinion, a “time out” ________. A. is becoming more popular B. doesn’t always work C. should be parents’ first choice D. takes too much time 48. When a child has done something wrong, the writer suggests that ________. A. both teachers and parents discuss how to solve the problem B. parents try something called “time in” instead of “time out” C. the child say sorry to his or her parents and learn from mistakes D. the child stay at home and reflect until he never makes mistakes E Hanfu fashion has become more and more popular with young people. China has followed Western fashion designs in recent years, but a growing number of young people are now looking to the past for fashion ideas. If you look closely around your city, you might notice hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han dynasty. In a recently published report by an online shopping platform, about 2 million hanfu clothes were sold in 2020, nearly 4 times as many as those sold in 2019. Most of the buyers are between 19 and 24 years old. But why has this traditional clothing become popular with young Chinese people? For some of them, it’s a costume for relaxation. Dafan, a 24-year-old college student, told CGTN that dressing in hanfu is a way for her to get away from the troubles of real life. Modern clothing, on the other hand, represents the identity (身份) people need to show every day. “Hanfu and modern clothing help me to show the different sides in me,” she said. Other teenagers like hanfu because of the culture behind it. They see it as a way to reconnect (重新连接) with traditions. Its wide sleeves, crossed collars (领口) and flowing robes (飘逸的长袍) bring people back to ancient times. “Hanfu is a symbol of the Chinese traditional culture.” Nanhe, a 21-year-old costume studio owner, told CGTN. 49. According to the passage, about ________ Hanfu clothes were sold in 2019. A. 600,000 B. 500,000 C. 2,000,000 D. 8,000,000 50. Who likes to buy Hanfu best? A. Students from 4 to 15 years old. B. Teenagers from 13 to 19 years old. C. Adults between 30 and 50 years old. D. People between 19 and 24 years old. 51. The underlined phrase “wide sleeves” means ________. A. 宽大的衣袖 B. 鲜艳的色彩 C. 漂亮的丝带 D. 纤细的腰围 52. Which paragraphs tell why Hanfu is popular? A. ①②③ B. ②④⑤ C. ③④⑤ D. ①②⑤ F 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。 Usually, we only think about our relationships with other humans. Have we ever thought more about our relationship with animals? Have we ever thought about how animals feel? Richard Louv is a writer. He wrote a new book called Our Wild Calling: How Connecting With Animals Can Change Our Lives—And Save Theirs. In the book, Louv says that animals have the feelings just like humans. Also, he especially mentions that people need to have a stronger connect ion with animals. In Louv’s opinion, people spend a lot of time looking at screens nowadays. They do online shopping, watch online movies and check online emails. They can do almost everything online. Then, people are less connected to animals or to nature and Louv thinks it is the reason why people have “human loneliness”. Human loneliness is a kind of feeling when people feel lonely and it is bad for people’s health. Louv thinks people need to return to nature. People can keep pets. Louv says our relationship with animals is deep. It’s more than shared DNA. People can try to protect animals. It’s part of how humans protect themselves. In his book, Louv says people need to change how they interact (互动) with nature. What's the true meaning of this book? Well, it asks us to rethink our relationship with nature. 53. What is Richard Louv? (不超过5词) _______________________________________________ 54. Why do people have “human loneliness”? (不超过10词) _______________________________________________ 55. What does the book ask us to do? (不超过10词) _______________________________________________ 六、词汇运用。(每小题1分，共5分) 56. Linda and her friends all a________ (欣赏) John for his courage. 57. We should speak to our parents and teachers p________ (礼貌地). 58. It is brave of you to speak in front of so many strangers. I take p________ (骄傲) in your progress. 59. He is really lazy. I often see him l________ (躺) on the bed. 60. He spends all his spare time m________ (记忆) English words, so he learns many words day by day. 七、书面表达(本大题共1小题，共20分) 61. 假如你是Tom，进入九年级两个月以来，你觉得自己成长了许多，而这些成长和改变离不开陪伴你的老师，请给你的老师写一封信。 内容包括： 1)谈谈你在性格、学习、生活等方面改变； 2)他/她给你的帮助； 3)表示感谢和真诚的祝福。 写作要求： 1)字数在80词左右，书写规范，卷面干净整洁； 2)包含表格中所有的要点，行文连贯，可适当发挥； 3)文中不得透露个人信息，不出现真实人名和校名。 Dear teacher, How time flies! It has been more than two months since I became a student in Grade 9. I have made great progress in many ways. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Tom 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $