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海淀实验学校2024-2025学年度九年级上学期期末考试(2025.1)
英语C卷
考试时间:90分钟
满分:100分
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1.本试卷共4页,共四道大题,60道小题。
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Section 1 Vocabulary (20')
Part 1 Complete the sentences.Use the correct form of the words in the box.(10')
score
offend
dismiss recognize
bear material
budget
advice
subject
polite
1.1
an a on my math test because I studied every day.
2.The school meeting
early today,so we had an extra break.
3.It's important to
when you need help with your homework
4.My parents
me to join a sports team to stay active and healthy.
5.The noise from the hallway is
so I can still focus on my reading
6.We need different
for our science experiment,like paper and water.
7.It's
to interrupt when someone is speaking,so I always wait for my turn.
8.I didn't take
when my friend gave me constructive criticism on my essay.
9.We set a
for our class field trip to make sure we have enough money for everyone
10.In our science experiment,the
was a group ofinsects we studied for their behavior.
Part 2 Complete the sentences.(10')
11.我们的老师以重要的学习技巧武装我们,帮助我们准备即将到来的考试。
Our teachers
important study tips to help us prepare for
the upcoming exams
12.我提前完成了家庭作业,所以有时间读书。
I finished my homework
schedule,so I had time to read a book
13.我缺乏睡眠时我在考试中难以集中注意力的原因。
My lack of sleep
my difficulty in concentrating during the test.
14.毋庸置疑,规律的学习是学业成功的关键。
study regularly is the key to success in school.
15.我父母这周出差了,所以我住在祖父母家。
My parents are
this week,so I'm staying with my grandparents
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Section 2 Grammar (10')
Part 1 Complete the sentences.Use the correct form of the words.(10')
The Gathering of Experts
Many experts
16 (come)together in Beijing recently to discuss Spring Festival
culture.The event 17 (organize)by a local cultural institution,aiming to promote a
deeper understanding of this traditional festival.
During the discussion,they shared different views on 18 the Spring Festival is
celebrated in various regions.Some emphasized the importance of family reunions,19
others talked about the unique customs 20 pasting spring couplets and setting off
fireworks.These customs have been handed down from generation to generation,21
(carry)the good wishes of people.
The gathering provides a 22 (value)platform for cultural exchange.It enables people
to learn more about the Spring Festival,23 is an essential part of Chinese culture.And
it makes the festival culture richer and more vibrant.We should encourage more such activities
24(preserve)and spread our precious cultural heritage.Let's look forward to its 25
(far)development.
Part 2 Cloze.(10')
I was born with a genetic disease that causes severe weakness in my limbs.My disability
means I've never been able to stand or walk,but in the water,I was weightless and could move
more 26.So my 27 memories of my childhood are of learning to swim in
school PE lessons.It was the only sport I was ever able to 28 participate in,without
being assigned to watch.Back in class,with wet-hair and sore eyes,I felt like an equal.
As I approached adolescence,I underwent further surgery,which left me even less
29.Visiting the hydrotherapy (pool was my final effort to return to the water.I now
needed specialist equipment to get me into the pool.It was a stressful and alarming experience,
far from the fun I remembered.I knew I would never 30 again!I cried the whole way
home.My tears weren'tjust because ofthe loss-they were a(n)31,too.Self-forgiveness!
And I made a decision:I was never going back in the water again.
But now I want to32 myself for the first time.Like other disabled people who are
always forced to fit in,I often feel a social 33 to push myself,to ignore my body's
needs,to be a high achiever,however miserable or exhausted.Giving up on swimming was a
tough lesson about accepting the 34
ofmy body.It was the first big loss in my life,but
I know there will be others as I age.I've learned it's OK to 35
what my body could do
before,but it's also important to find ways to adapt and enjoy what I can do.
26.A.awkwardly
B.freely
C.gracefully
D.painfully
27.A.earliest
B.bitterest
C.fondest
D.shortest
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28.A.fully
B.hesitantly
C.dependently
D.violently
29.A.pessimistic
B.speechless
C.isolated
D.mobile
30.A.walk
B.swim
C.stand
D.breathe
31.A.acceptance
B.agreement
C.solution
D.recovery
32.A.turn to
B.look out for
C.attend to
D.stand up for
33.A.environment
B.circle
C.pressure
D.movement
34.A.desires
B.limitations
C.strengths
D.requirements
35.A.bear
B.prove
C.deny
D.miss
Section 3 Reading Comprehension(40')
Passage A
A.Attend events on the cheap
There is a website where members of the site
are able to receive special offers on tickets for
36
I'm Peter.Many ofmy happiest
sporting events of all types.Take a few minutes
to sign up and you will buy the tickets at a much
memories bring me back to the times when I
lower price.
was sitting in a stadium,watching my
B.Save money by storing wisely
favorite team play.But the cost of tickets is
rising every year,and I may not be able to
With a little careful planning and by
afford the best seats.
spending about 10 minutes preparing your fruit
before you store them in the fridge,you'll never
37 I'm Helen.My daughter,Lucy,
have to throw out costly fruit again.
is at primary school.She is in poor health,so
C.Keep healthy for less
I usually buy her expensive food to offer her
Some people go to the gym to do some
good nutrition.I need some suggestions that
will help me save money and offer good
exercise to keep healthy,which is a bit
nutrition to my kid.
expensive.Here are some ways for you to keep
38 I'm Linda.The price of fruit is
healthy without spending much money.For
going up these days.I think there's nothing
example,you can run in the park or play
basketball in the neighborhood.
worse than taking some fruit out of the
D.Cook at home
fridge,only to find that they have gone bad
You can cook some nutritious food for your
and that you cannot eat them.It is really a
kid at home,which can save you much money
waste.
and your kid can get balanced nutrition.There
are a lot of videos online which teach how to
cook.It is easy for you to learn.
Passage B
14-year-old Leanne Fan from San Diego,California,was named the grand prize winner of the
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2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge,the nation's top middle school science competition.
Leanne Fan developed the Finsen Headphones,a low-cost headphone device that uses machine
learning and blue light therapy (to detect and treat mid-ear infections in children-
potentially preventing up to 60%of hearing loss in children.The world sees 700 million cases of
mid-ear infections every year.Fan hopes that this can be an effective and low-cost treatment
option for the thousands who are affected.
Three years ago,Fan learned about Niels Finsen,who won the Nobel Prize in 1903 after
inventing light therapy to treat bacterial (infections."I thought,This is an amazing idea,
and I can apply it to something else in my daily life,""Fan said.
Fan took home the top prize,earning the title of"America's Top Young Scientist"and $25,000.
She is planning to use some of the prize money to start the patent process for the headphones.Fan
is optimistic that the Finsen Headphones will be able to help people in the near future.
"Being part of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge was absolutely the best part of my year,"Fan
said."I could meet scientists that are my age and going for their dreams too,and made some
friends."She hopes to inspire other girls who want to become inventors."I had an idea to use blue
light to kill bacteria and three years later,I'm here,"she said.
39.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.The cases of mid-ear infections.
B.The process of blue light therapy.
C.The cost of the headphone device.
D.The description of the headphones.
40.What inspired Leanne Fan to create the headphones?
A.Her own daily life.
B.Her desire for the Nobel Prize.
C.The facts of bacterial infections.
D.Niels Finsen's invention of light therapy.
41.Which of the following can best describe Fan?
A.Outgoing and diligent.
B.Patient and optimistic.
C.Creative and dedicated.
D.Hardworking and persistent.
42.What can we learn from Fan's story?
A.Even a small idea can go far.
B.Many hands make light work.
C.Roses given,fragrance in hand.
D.Actions speak louder than words.
Passage C
In the face of all kinds of changes in nature and life,our survival and development have been
closely tied to our complexity.An idea called self-complexity refers to people's thoughts about
their different roles.It is the key to a strong and lasting identity (the sense of self)which can help
us go through unexpected changes we all face.With self-complexity,people have developed
various parts to their identities.For example,imagine a woman who sees herself as student,wife,
daughter and tennis player and who has a wide variety oflife experiences.Social scientists would
say that she has high self-complexity.On the other hand,a man who regards himself only as a
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student or only as a member of the hockey team and who has limited life experiences would be
said to have low self-complexity.For those with high self-complexity,the various parts of the self
are separate.This means the positive and negative thoughts about a certain part of the self won't
affect thoughts about other parts.
A large body of research shows that if you depend too much on any one part of the self,you
will become fragile.When one's identity connects too closely with the only one part that he cares
deeply,then one will easily get stressed and burnt out when unexpected changes appear.This is
especially true for an athlete during periods of change when his main-and all too often,only-
sense of identity feels at risk.Yet while it may be heightened for athletes,it's a pattern that holds
true in all walks of life:if you want to be excellent and experience something fully,then you've
got to go all in,but only to a point.
If your identity becomes too involved in any one part,then you are likely to suffer when things
change.So what you need to do is to challenge yourself to put the various parts of your identity
into a whole.This allows you to emphasize (and reemphasize certain parts of your identity
at different periods of time.The result is a fluid(流动的)sense of self.
Developing a fluid sense of self doesn't mean you can be careless or just do things without
effort.Caring deeply about the people,activities,and projects you love is undoubtedly the key to
a rich and meaningful life.The problem is not caring deeply,it is when your identity is too closely
fixed to any single goal
43.Which most probably shows you have high self-complexity?
A.You complete your science project with music on.
B.You turn to the people around you when in trouble.
C.You make an effort to improve English through practice
D.You keep a balance between schoolwork and sports training.
44.The word"fragile"in Paragraph 2 probably means
A.cold
B.lazy
C.weak
D.careless
45.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Most people get stressed out more easily than athletes
B.A strong identity comes from going all in for a single goal.
C.Doing well in one area betters other parts of a person's identity
D.Developing a fluid sense of self helps deal with unexpected changes.
46.What's the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?
A.To introduce different ways to face challenges.
B.To stress the importance of trying hard in one area.
C.To remind us to care about various parts of the self.
D.To discuss the meaning of a strong and lasting identity
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Passage D
I had to say something after reading The Anxious Generation.It is going to sell well,because
Jonathan Haidt is telling a scary story about children's development many parents are led to
believe.However,the book's repeated suggestion that digital technologies are rewiring our
children's brains and causing the epidemic (of mental illness is unsupported by science.
Worse,the rude proposal that social media is to blame might distract (us from effectively
responding to the real causes of the current mental-health crisis in young people.
Researchers have searched for the effects suggested by Haidt.Our efforts have produced a mix
of no,small and mixed associations.Most data are correlative.When associations over time are
found,they suggest not that social-media use predicts or causes depression,but that young people
who already have mental-health problems use such platforms more often or in different ways from
their healthy peers.
We are not alone here.Several analyses and systematic reviews centralize on the same message.
An analysis done in 72 countries shows no consistent or measurable associations between well-
being and social media globally.Moreover,studies from some authorities finds no evidence of
intense changes associated with digital-technology use.
As a psychologist studying children's and adolescents'mental health,I appreciate parents'
frustration (and desire for simple answers.As a parent of adolescents,I would also like to
identify a simple source for the pain this generation is reporting.There are,however,no simple
answers.The beginning and development of mental disorders are driven by a complex set of
genetic and environmental factors.
More young people are talking openly about their mental-health struggles than ever before.
But insufficient services are available to address their needs.In the United States,there is,on
average,one school psychologist for every 1,119 students.We have a generation in crisis and in
desperate need of the best of what science and evidence-based solutions can offer.Unfortunately,
our time is being spent telling stories that are unsupported by research and that do little to support
young people who need,and deserve,more.
47.What is presented in The Anxious Generation?
A.Scary stories affect children's brains.
B.Parents are responsible for children's health.
C.Teen's mental illness results from screen time
D.The epidemic of mental illness is unavoidable.
48.What does "the same message"underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Many countries do research in mental health
B.Well-being and social media are closely related.
C.The young are trapped in the mental-health crisis,
D.Social media don't necessarily cause mental illness.
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49.What is implied in the last paragraph?
A.Positive stories should be shared
B.Broader research should be done.
C.Effective actions need to be taken.
D.Financial support needs to be provided.
50.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A.To suggest ways to help those in need.
B.To encourage parents to brave the crisis.
C.To recommend a newly-published book
D.To give a voice to children's mental
ssues.
Passage E
The Science of Risk-Seeking
Sometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worthwhile because when we weigh
the risk and the reward,the risk seems worth taking.51 Some of us enjoy activities that
would surprise and scare the rest of us.Why?Experts say it may have to do with how our brains
work.
The reason why any ofus take any risks at all might have to do with early humans.Risk-takers
were better at hunting,fighting,or exploring.52 As the quality of risk-taking was passed
from one generation to the next,humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for
risk.
So why aren't we all jumping out of airplanes then?Well,even 200,000 years ago,too much
risk-taking could get one killed.A few daring survived,though,along with a few stay-in-the-cave
types.As a result,humans developed a range of character types that still exists today.So maybe
you love car racing,or maybe you hate it.53
No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range,scientists say that your willingness to take
risks increases during your teenage years.54 To help you do that,your brain increases
your hunger for new experiences.New experiences often mean taking some risks,so your brain
raises your tolerance for risk as well.
55 For the risk-seekers,a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active,while for
the rest of us,a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.
As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking,we'll continue to hit the mountains.
the waves or the shallow end of the pool.
A.It all depends on your character.
B.Those are the risks you should jump to take.
C.Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.
D.Thus,these well-equipped people survived because they were the fittest.
E.This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world
F.However,we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.
G.New brain research suggests our brains work differently when we face a nervous situation.
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Section 4 Writing (20')
Part 1 Read and answer the following questions.(10')
On a small hill in Huaping,Yunnan,there is a small school.However,over the past twelve
years,it has rewritten the fate()of 1,804 poor girls by sending them to universities
Zhang Guimei,now 63,is the headmaster of this school.She began teaching in Huaping-one
of China's poorest areas-twenty years ago.The teacher wondered why many girls in her class
would just one day stop coming to school.After some investigations ()Zhang learned that
they were from very poor families.These girls were forced to work or get manied at a young age.
"We often say that we want every child to have a fair start,"she said."But these poor girls don't
even have a chance to stand on the starting line."
Zhang wanted to change this.She spent years trying to raise money.Finally in 2008,she set
up the Huaping High School for Girls.It's China's first and only free public high school for girls.
Zhang gets up at 5 a.m.every day to turn on the lights on each floor of the teaching building
Many girls are timid ()the headmaster explains.She wants them to feel safer on their way
to classes.After years of tiring work,Zhang is now in poor health,but the school and the children
matter more than anything else in her mind.
Zhang's story has warmed hearts all around China and inspired many to follow in her footsteps
Zhou Yunli was one of her students.After she finished university,she heard that her alma mater
(was short of math teachers.She immediately returned to the school to teach."Without Ms
Zhang,I would be nobody,"Zhou said with a smile."When you become strong,you must
remember to help others.This is what Ms Zhang taught us."
56.What happened to the 1804 girls from a small school in Huaping?(2)
57.Why did many girls in Ms Zhang's class stop going to school?(2')
58.What did Ms Zhang teach her students according to Zhou Yunli?(2')
59.Summarize 2 qualities of Zhang Guimei based on the article and give evidence to support your
idea.(4)
Part 2 Writing.(10')
60.联欢会策划团队开始招募,以下是策划团队外籍主理人Tm发布的岗位需求,请你
完成一篇不少于60词的申请邮件。邮件需包含以下2点:
1.表达对于加入策划团队的期待:
2.从下列岗位需求中选择2项表现突出的能力,并结合自身经历进行论证。
Qualifications:
1.Time Management:finish tasks on time as the plan goes.
2.Creativity:come up with new ideas,like fun games or shows.
3.Teamwork Spirit:work with others,sharing ideas and listening.
4.Problem-solving Skills:find quick and effective ways to solve a problem.
5.Communication Skills:use English to have good talks with international friends.
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