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 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共4页，共5部分，67道小题。 2. 试题答案一律书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 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’) remain regret vehicle destroy negative 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. admire inspire respond prepare careless 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? A. They burnt it. B. They juggled it on ropes. C. They flew it in the sky. D. They controlled it behind the screen. 51. How could people enjoy beautiful stories in ancient China? A. By watching shadow plays. B. By setting off firecrackers. C. By flying kites. D. By playing diabolo. 52. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. Weifang kite is the most famous kite in China. B. Nian is a symbol of hope and luck in ancient China. C. Diabolo can make a sound because it is made of bamboo. D. Shadow play is not only a game but also a kind of culture. Passage B Ffh. Ffh. Ffh! It was not just the empty nest of a pewee bird as Amy had found the last five days. Amy ran home through the woods. “Mum!” she shouted. “I see birds. Two. In cave. Beautiful!” Mum smiled. Birds! Always birds! From the moment Amy woke up in the morning to the moment she closed her eyes at night, she thought only of birds. Amy climbed straight to her attic room – her museum, she called it. Every shelf, every spare inch of floor, was covered with nests, bird models and natural science books. The walls were covered with pencil and crayon drawings of many different kinds of birds, all signed “Amy in the woods.” “Are those the same birds who built the nest last year? Will they return to the cave next spring?” Amy always wondered. “I will study my cave birds. I will draw them just as they are.” Amy made up her mind. In a week, the birds were used to her. They were busy building their nest as Amy watched and drew with her pencils. Soon the dried brown nest became a soft green bed. Amy watched as two baby birds came out. She watched as the young birds flew for the first time. She began to feel a part of this small family. When the days grew shorter and the autumn air began to bite, Amy knew the birds would leave soon. But would they come back? She had to know! In bed that night, she formed a plan. The next day, when the mother and father birds were away from the nest, she tied something to one leg of each baby bird. A week later, the birds were gone... The days grew longer again. One morning, Amy heard a bird call, “Fee-bee! Fee-bee!” She ran to the cave. Watching the way the birds flew in and out of the cave, Amy knew her friends came back. But where were last year’s babies? Did they return too? She began to search the woods near the cave, listening for their call. Inside a little house, she found two birds building a nest. One wore a silver ring around its leg. Up the small river, under a bridge, she found two more nesting birds. And one wore a silver ring around its leg. Amy smiled and called, “Fee-bee! Fee-bee!” 53. What can we learn about Amy from her museum? A. She often studied birds with her mother. B. She had rich bird-watching experiences. C. She liked drawing more than other hobbies. D. She wanted to keep her hobbies as secrets. 54. How did Amy carry out her plan in the late autumn? A. She marked each baby bird with a silver ring. B. She separated the baby birds from their parents. C. She cared for the birds and watched them grow. D. She used the birds’ language to call them back. 55. What happened to the two baby birds when the second spring came? A. They flew back and looked for their parents. B. They made their own nests under a bridge. C. They flew in and out of the cave to meet Amy. D. They returned and built nests near the cave. Passage C In a recent study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers discovered that our brains may replay memories of learning new skills when we rest. NIH researchers have mapped out the brain activity that flows when we learn a new skill, such as playing a new song on the piano, and found that during short rest the volunteers’ brains rapidly and repeatedly replayed faster versions of the activity seen while they practiced typing a code. The more a volunteer replayed the activity the better they performed during subsequent practice sessions. The study was conducted at the NIH Clinical Center. The team of Dr. Cohen, M.D., senior investigator at the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), used a highly sensitive scanning technique to record the brain waves of 33 healthy, right-handed volunteers as they learned to type a five-digit test code with their left hands. The subjects sat in a chair and under the scanner’s long, cone-shaped cap. An experiment began when a subject was shown the code “41234” on a screen and asked to type it out as many times as possible for 10 seconds and then take a 10 second break. Subjects were asked to repeat this cycle of alternating practice and rest sessions a total of 35 times. During the first few trials, the speed at which subjects correctly typed the code improved dramatically and then leveled off around the 11th cycle. In a previous study, Dr. Cohen’s team showed that most of these gains happened during short rests, and not when the subjects were typing. Moreover, the gains were greater than those made after a night’s sleep and were related with a decrease in the size of brain waves, called beta rhythms. In this new report, the researchers searched for something different in the subjects’ brain waves. “We wanted to explore the mechanisms behind memory strengthening seen during wakeful rest. Several forms of memory appear to rely on the replaying of neural activity, so we decided to test this idea out for procedural skill learning,” said Ethan R. Buch, Ph.D., a staff scientist on Dr. Cohen’s team and leader of the study. To do this, Dr. Buch developed a computer program which allowed the team to understand the brain wave activity associated with typing each number in the test code. Interestingly, they found that the more a volunteer replayed, the better their performance was. “We were a bit surprised by these last results. Overall, our results support the idea that the replay activity during waking rest may be a powerful tool that researchers can use to help individuals learn new skills faster and possibly facilitate recovery from stroke.” said Dr. Cohen. 56. What have NIH researchers recently found? A. The brain activity slowly flows when we learn a new skill. B. The value of short practice sessions can’t be overestimated. C. Short rest makes no difference to the neural replay of the activity. D. The frequency of brain replay contributes to practice performances. 57. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3? A. The process of the research. B. The facilities of the research. C. The application of the research. D. The preparations of the research. 58. What does Dr. Cohen think of the research findings? A. Acceptable. B. Promising. C. Shallow. D. Dismissive. Passage D Ramirez Castañeda, a Colombian biologist, spends her time in the Amazon studying how snakes eat poisonous frogs without getting ill. Although her findings come in many shapes and sizes, she and her colleagues have struggled to get their biological discoveries out to the wider scientific community. With Spanish as her mother tongue, her research had to be translated into English to be published. That wasn’t always possible because of budget or time – and it means that some of her findings were never published. “It’s not that I’m a bad scientist,” she says. “It’s just because of the language.” Castañeda is not alone. There is plenty of research in non-English-language papers that gets lost in translation, or is never translated. A research looked through more than 400,000 peer-reviewed papers in 16 different languages and found 1,234 studies providing evidence on biodiversity conservation which, because they weren’t in English, may have been overlooked. These included Japanese-language findings on the effectiveness of relocating the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl, the largest owl species. Some experts argue that for the sake of the bigger picture, scientific knowledge should converge (转换) into one common language. Science is very globalised and becoming more so, so the use of a global language is enormous for that. Of course, scientists can work with an English partner, or use a translator – but this ultimately strengthens the cycle of dependency on the global north, leading to inequality in international influence. The specific meanings of words can also pose a problem in translation. For example, it is difficult to find in English one single word to describe forest snakes and frogs in the work Castafieda does with indigenous (土著的) communities in the Amazon. “So we’re losing observations for science, too,” says Castañeda. “For me, it’s not possible to just have everything translated into English. We need multilingual science, and we need people that feel comfortable doing science in their own languages. It could be possible to switch to a world where, say, Chinese, English and Spanish are the three languages of science, just as English, French and German were the languages of science in the 19th century.” 59. What prevented Castañeda’s discoveries from being more widely known? A. Poor management. B. Opposition from her colleagues. C. Her bad reputation. D. The language barrier. 60. What’s the consequence of the dominant focus on English in scientific research? A. Inefficient wildlife conservation. B. A knowledge gap in the scientific world. C. A growing interest in non-English papers. D. Inadequate job opportunities for translators. 61. What does the author want to illustrate by mentioning forest snakes and frogs? A. The urgency to protect rare species. B. The need to adopt one global language. C. The challenges in translating scientific texts. D. The biodiversity on the South American continent. 62. What is presented in the last paragraph of the text? A. A potential solution. B. A theoretical model. C. A popular belief. D. A global trend. Section 5 Writing (20’) Part 1 Read and answer the following questions. (10’) What is peer pressure? People who are the same age as you, like your classmates, are called peers. When they try to influence you to act, or to make you do something, it’s called peer pressure. Everyone has to deal with it, even the older people. The influence of peer pressure Peers can have a good influence on each other when they are encouraged to do something positive or pushed to grow in a beneficial way. You might admire a friend who is always good at sports and try to be more like him or her. Maybe you want to make others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyone’s reading it. On the other hand, sometimes peers influence each other in bad ways. Negative peer pressure involves pressure to do something dangerous or damaging to themselves or others. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them when you should study at school or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him. Why do people give in to peer pressure Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked or because they worry that other kids may laugh at them if they don’t go along with the group. Others may go along because they want to try something new. The idea that “everyone has to do it” may influence some kids to leave their common sense behind. How to walk away from peer pressure Choose your friends wisely. If you choose friends who don’t smoke cigarettes, or lie, then maybe you won’t do these things either. Even if you have peer pressure while you’re alone, there are still things you can do. You can be away from peers who pressure you to do something wrong. You can say “no” to them and walk away. At last, if you go on to have peer pressure and you’re finding it difficult to deal with, talk to someone you depend on. 63. What does negative peer pressure involve? (2’) 64. Why do kids have to give in to peer pressure? (2’) 65. How many ways are talked about to be away from peer pressure? (2’) 66. What do you think of peer pressure? Do you have any other effective ways to deal with it, except the ones mentioned in the passage? Please list at least 2 ways. (4’) Part 2 Writing. (10’) 67. 小组活动和两两活动(group work & pair work)是中学英语课堂常见的英语合作学习的方式，但是很多同学不愿用英语交谈。请你(Li Hua)给《中学生英语报》的编辑写一封邮件，内容包括： 1. 同学们不愿用英语交谈的原因； 2. 你对开展英语合作学习的建议。 Dear editor, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $