北京海淀实验中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语C卷

北京海淀实验中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试

英语C卷

考试时间：90分钟       满分：80分

 

Section 1 Listening (6’)

Part 1 Listen to the conversation and answer Questions 1-2. The text will be read twice. (2’)

1. What position is the woman interested in?

A. The position in the sales department.

B. The position in the service department.

C. The position in the marketing department.

2. When can the woman’s application be accepted?

A. Until next Friday.    B. Until next Tuesday.    C. Until this Friday.

 

Part 2 Listen to the conversation and answer Questions 3-4. The text will be read twice. (2’)

3. Where is Lily probably now?

A. In a bookshop.     B. In the library.     C. At the school gym.

4. When will the talk about Peking Opera start?

A. At three o’clock.    B. At five o’clock.    C. At seven o’clock.

 

Part 3 Listen to the conversation and answer Questions 5-6. The text will be read twice. (2’)

5. What can we learn from the talk?

A. A woman who wears a ring is married.

B. Family is talked about between close friends.

C. There are three people in most Western families.

6. Why does the speaker give the talk to the students?

A. To show family types.   B. To introduce Westerners.  C. To make friends with them.

 

Section 2 Vocabulary (15’)

Part 1 Complete the sentences. (5’)

7. He was born with such __________ (n. 创造力).

8. Children show __________ (n. 好奇心) about everything.

9. I have been picked out to __________ (v. 代表) the whole team.

10. I was amazed at her knowledge of French __________ (n. 文学).

11. It’s too early to make a __________ (n. 预测) about the final results.

12. We __________ (v. 道歉) for any inconvenience that this may cause.

13. People would __________ (v. 受益) greatly from a pollution-free car.

14. An unhappy home __________ (n. 环境) can affect a child’s behaviour.

15. One major __________ (n. 不利因素) of the area is the lack of public transport.

16. She felt increasingly __________ (adj. 不舒服的) under the woman’s steady gaze.

 

Part 2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the words in the box. (5’)

17. Since the fire in 1990, dozens of homes __________.

18. My drinking was starting to have a(n) __________ effect on my work.

19. She __________ calm and waited till he had finished shouting at her.

20. My father often __________ dropping out of school at such a young age.

21. Nowadays, new energy __________ are chosen by more and more people.

 

22. I knocked on the door but there was no __________.

23. The car accident was caused by the driver’s __________.

24. I don’t think you can win the competition without any __________.

25. She won the __________ of many people in her battle against cancer.

26. His speech was very __________, making me hopeful about the future again.

 

Part 3 Complete the sentences. (5’)

27. 一些学生放学后做兼职工作来帮助家庭谋生。

Some students have part-time jobs after school to help their families __________ __________ __________.

28. 在学校运动会之后，运动员们虽然喘不过气来但满是兴奋。

After the school sports day, the participants were __________ __________ __________ but full of excitement.

29. 老师对你的作文做出评价是一次学习和提高写作技巧的机会。

When the teacher __________ __________ __________ your essay, it’s an opportunity to learn and improve your writing skills.

30. 一旦将作业交上去，我们就可以开始着手科学课的小组项目了。

Once the homework is handed in, we can __________ __________ __________ __________ with our group project for science class.

31. 如果你长时间盯着屏幕，过度用眼，可能需要佩戴眼镜。

If you __________ __________ your eyes by staring at the screen too long, you might need glasses.

 

Section 3 Grammar (13’)

Part 1 Complete the blanks. Use the correct form of the words. (5’)

In remote and rugged mountains, Zhang Guimei, a determined middle-aged rural teacher,    32   (make) her way wearily toward a dilapidated village home.

This poignant scenario takes place in the TV series She and Her Girls,    33    has earned a remarkable score of 9.4 out of 10 points on the popular review aggregator Douban, making it    34   (high) rated Chinese drama on the platform this year.

With Song Jia playing the lead role of Zhang, the biographical drama    35   (adapt) from the real-life

experiences of the female middle school principal, a trailblazing educator    36    founded the Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Lijiang, Yunnan province, in 2008.    37    China’s first public all-female high school to offer free education and financial assistance for living expenses, the school    38   (help) more than 2,000 girls from impoverished rural    39   (background) to enter colleges.

“I was deeply moved. Zhang’s kindness, generosity and distinctive teaching methods have left    40    deep impression on me.” Yuan says. “We need more educators like Zhang. Consistently producing exceptional teachers is crucial for a country    41   (shape) future generations. We want more outstanding and dedicated teachers, as well as more popular films and television shows telling their stories,” says Song Huan.

 

Part 2 Cloze. (8’)

Rob made ends meet for his family as a handyman, doing odd jobs around the area. But those odd jobs quickly dried up due to a financial crisis. Then he lost his apartment. This    42    his family into renting a motel room.

“We have to pay rent every day, and I’m running    43    on money,” Rob said. So, the    44    handyman took to the streets with a sign that read: “Handyman, 25 years exp., Need work.” Rob wasn’t asking for money or looking for a handout but rather for an opportunity to make money.

Rob stood on the side of the highway holding his sign for a week. The temperatures were scorching (灼热的) but he    45    the hot sun each day in the hopes of finding work. Someone took a photo of him and shared it on social media! Kyle, the owner of Greenstar Home Remodeling, saw Rob’s photo online. And he offered the handyman a chance to help him get back on his feet.

Kyle brought Rob on to help with some demolition (拆除的) work. Rob didn’t even ask how much the job paid. He just showed up. “I    46    out as a painter, and then I became a landscaper—roofing—whatever could make money at,” the handyman explained.

Rob    47    intends to put his all into working for Kyle for as long as Kyle has jobs for him. And after seeing Rob’s dedication and    48   , Kyle is willing to do all he can to help the man build a brighter future.

Sometimes all someone needs is to be given a    49   .

 

42. A. fooled    B. forced   C. frightened   D. persuaded

43. A. deep    B. free    C. hard     D. short

44. A. careless   B. aimless   C. unemployed   D. unwilling

45. A. braved   B. escaped   C. expected    D. enjoyed

46. A. reached   B. started   C. dropped    D. hung

47. A. fully    B. hardly   C. possibly    D. casually

48. A. creativity   B. curiosity   C. drive     D. interest

49. A. lesson    B. choice   C. challenge    D. chance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4 Reading Comprehension (26’)

Passage A

Children’s Games in Ancient China
Flying kites	Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite, which each has distinctive features. The swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Playing diabolo	Diabolo is always made of wood or bamboo and is hollow in the center. By juggling diabolo on ropes, the high-speed rotating diabolo will make a sound. Playing diabolo is a very interesting folk game, especially popular in North China. Through many changes, it has become an item in Chinese traditional acrobatics(杂技). Playing diabolo was also included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
Watching shadow plays	The closest thing to watching a film or television for entertainment during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. Folk artists control puppets behind the screen, narrating stories and accompanied by music. Shadow play was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006, and was added to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list in 2011.
Setting off firecracker	Firecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that there was a beast named Nian in ancient China, and to scare off the beast, people burnt bamboo joints to make it blast. After gunpowder was invented, it gradually replaced the bamboo joint cracker. Crackers are still set off during Spring Festival to symbolize hope and luck.

 

50. How do the children play diabolo?