江西省九江市四校联考2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2024-2025学年度上学期学在经开期中联考英语试卷

初三英语

时长：120分钟  总分：120分

一、听力理解（每小题1分，共20分）

A请听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都将有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。（每小题1分）

1. How does Tom study for a big test?

A. By studying with a group.     B. By asking the teacher for help.     C. By practicing more.

2. What did Mike do for vacation?

A. He visited his friends.     B. He visited his uncle and aunt.     C. He did some sports.

3. Where is the bookstore?

A. On Main Street.     B. On Center Street.     C. On Green Street.

4. Who used to have short hair?

A. Amy.     B. Bob.     C. Anna.

5. Where are these shirts made?

A. In Canada.     B. In Japan.     C. In China.

B请听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。（每小题1分）

请听第1段对话，回答第6、7小题。

6. Whom are the speakers talking about?

A. A famous doctor.     B. A famous writer.     C. A famous inventor.

7. When was the person born?

A. On January 11th, 1837.     B. On February 11th, 1847.     C. On July 11th, 1857.

请听第2段对话，回答第8、9小题。

8. What is the man in America for?

A. For work.     B. For a vacation.     C. For study.

9. Who live with the man in New York now?

A. His friends     B. His workmates.     C. His family.

请听第3段对话，回答第10至第12小题。

10. When will the speakers go to the theater?

A. On Thursday.     B. On Friday.     C. On Saturday.

11. Why doesn’t Sarah want to sit in the back of the theater?

A. Because she can’t hear the drama clearly.    B. Because she can’t see the stage clearly.    C. Because it is too crowded in the back.

12. How much did Sarah pay for the tickets?

A. 40 yuan.     B. 80 yuan.     C. 160 yuan.

请听第4段对话，回答第13至第15小题。

13. What did the teachers do after Tim made trouble?

A. Punished him.     B. Talked to his parents.     C. Laughed at him.

14. Why did Tim lie down with his bike on top of him?

A. To ask for a new bike.     B. To ask for help from his mother. C. To play a joke on his mother.

15. What’s the conversation mainly about?

A. Tim’s behaviors as a little boy.    B. Tim’s feelings for his school life.    C. Tim’s feelings about his mother.

C请听下面一段独白，根据独白内容完成下列句子，每个空格不超过3个单词。听独白前你将有50秒钟的时间阅读句子内容。独白读两遍。（每小题1分）

16. The speaker is introducing ___________________ building in the world.

17. The building is ___________________ meters high.

18. 57 lifts are used to carry people ____________ in this building.

19. From a ____________ on the top floor, people can see the whole city.

20. More and more ___________ come to visit this building.

二、单项选择（每小题1分，共8分）

请阅读下面各小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —I think that saving the earth begins with little things.

—You’re right. All those little things ________ to a great success.

A. add up B. are adding up C. have added up D. will add up

2. Slow cooking seems to hold the taste of the meat much ________.

A. worse B. worst C. better D. best

3. I ________ ice skating this Sunday. Do you want to come?

A. go B. went C. was going D. will go

4. —Can he get the first prize in the race?

—He ________ so, but he has just hurt his leg. It’s impossible now.

A. will expect to do B. is expected doing

C. has expected doing D. was expected to do

5. Modern technologies ________ in the 19th Asian Games soon.

A. will use B. use C. will be used D. are used

6. Let’s wait ________ the rain stops.

A. so B. while C. since D. until

7. This kind of SmartWatch ________ Mr Li’s daily needs. He wears it all the time.

A. satisfies B. hides C. carries D. brings

8. From my childhood, I have ________ remembered my parents working hard day and night.

A. clearly B. before C. although D. so

三、完形填空（每小题1分，共26分）

A）阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One day, two woodcutters argued over who was the best woodcutter in the world. Neither of them could convince (说服) each other, so they decided to have a ____9____.

In the morning, the two men arrived at a forest. At first, they worked at one speed. But after an hour, one of them heard that ____10____ stopped cutting trees. Realizing that this was his ____11____, the first woodcutter started to cut trees with ____12____ efforts. Ten minutes passed, and he heard that the second woodcutter started to work again. They were working almost synchronously (同步地) when the first woodcutter heard that his opponent ____13____ again. The first woodcutter continued working, feeling the smell of ____14____.

This lasted all day long. Each hour, one of the woodcutters stopped for ____15____ and the other one continued to work. Near the end of the competition, the first woodcutter, who worked ____16____ any stopping, was absolutely sure that the prize was his ____17____ he was surprised to know that he was mistaken.

____18____ did that happen? He asked his opponent. “It’s impossible. Each hour, I heard that you stopped the work for ten minutes. How could you cut more trees than I?” “It is very ____19____, in fact,” answered the second woodcutter, “Each hour I stopped the work for ten minutes. When you were still cutting the trees, I ____20____ the axe (斧头).”

Many people think that if they just simply work hard, ____21____ it will pay off and they will become successful. ____22____, very often it is far more important to work in a ____23____ way, because it is more effective and brings you faster to the goal that you have set.

9. A. game B. discussion C. competition D. fight

10. A. other B. the other C. others D. another

11. A. chance B. time C. work D. duty

12. A. no B. fewer C. less D. double

13. A. worked B. stopped C. cut D. began

14. A. challenge B. power C. winning D. failure

15. A. a minute B. half an hour C. twenty minutes D. ten minutes