北京实验学校（海淀）2024-2025学年九年级上学期期末考试英语C卷

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：1 00分 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共4页，共四道大题，60道小题。 2. 试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 Section 1 Vocabulary (20’) Part 1 Complete the sentences. (10’) Use the correct form of the words in the box. score offend dismiss recognize bear material budget advice subject polite 1. I ________ 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 of insects 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. 我缺乏睡眠是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，有规律的学习是学业成功的关键。 ________ ________, studying regularly is the key to academic success. 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. 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____ (like) 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 (水疗法) 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’t just because of the loss—they were also about ____31____, too. Self-forgiveness! And I made a decision: I was never going back in the water again. But now I want to ____32____ 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____ of my 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 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 ____36____ I’m Peter. Many of my happiest memories brought me back to the times when I was sitting in a stadium, watching my favorite team play. But the cost of tickets is rising every year, and I may not be able to afford the best seats. ____37____ I’m Helen. My daughter, Lucy, is at primary school. She is in poor health, so I usually buy her expensive food to provide her with good nutrition. I need some suggestions that will help me save money and offer good nutrition to my kid. ____38____ I’m Linda. The price of fruit is going up these days. I think there’s nothing worse than taking some fruit out of the fridge, only to find that they have gone bad and that you cannot eat them. It is really a waste. A. Attend events on the cheap There is a website where members of the site are able to receive special offers on tickets for sporting events of all types. Take a few minutes to sign up and you will buy the tickets at a much lower price. B. Save money by storing wisely With a little careful planning and by spending about 10 minutes preparing your fruit before you store it in the fridge, you’ll never have to throw out costly fruit again. C. Keep healthy for less Some people go to the gym to do some exercise to keep healthy. It is a bit expensive. Here are some ways for you to keep healthy without spending much money. For example, you can run in the park or play basketball in the neighborhood. D. Cook at home You can cook some nutritious food for your kid at home, which can save you a lot of money 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 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 (疗法) 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 (细菌的) 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 of life experiences. Social scientists would say that she has high self-complexity. On the other hand, a man who regards himself only as a 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 (影响) 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 (强调) 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 3 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. 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 that 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 (流行病) of mental illness is unsupported by science. Worse, the crude proposal that social media is to blame might distract (分心) 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 converge 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 find no evidence of intense changes associated with digital-technology use. As a psychologist studying children’s and adolescents’ mental health, I appreciate parents’ frustration (沮丧) 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. Teens’ 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. 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 issues. 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 of us 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. 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 (命运) 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 (调查), Zhang learned that they were from very poor families. These girls were forced to work or get married 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 (胆怯), 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 (母校) 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 1,804 girls from a small school in Huaping? __________________________________________________________________________ 57. Why did many girls in Ms Zhang’s class stop going to school? __________________________________________________________________________ 58. What did Ms Zhang teach her students, according to Zhou Yunli? __________________________________________________________________________ 59. Summarize 2 qualities of Zhang Guimei based on the article and give evidence to support your idea. __________________________________________________________________________ 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Tim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 according to the plan. 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. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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：1 00分 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共4页，共四道大题，60道小题。 2. 试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 Section 1 Vocabulary (20’) Part 1 Complete the sentences. (10’) 【1~10题答案】 【答案】1. scored 2. was dismissed 3. recognize 4. advised 5. bearable 6. materials 7. impolite 8. offense 9. budget 10. subject Part 2 Complete the sentences. (10’) 【11题答案】 【答案】 ①. equip ②. us ③. with 【12题答案】 【答案】 ①. ahead ②. of 【13题答案】 【答案】 ①. accounts ②. for 【14题答案】 【答案】 ①. Without ②. doubt 【15题答案】 【答案】 ①. on ②. business Section 2 Grammar (10’) Part 1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the words. (10’) 【16~25题答案】 【答案】16. have come 17. was organized 18. how 19. while 20. like 21. carrying 22. valuable 23. which 24. to preserve 25. further Part 2 Cloze. (10’) 【26~35题答案】 【答案】26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. D Section 3 Reading Comprehension (40’) Passage A 【36~38题答案】 【答案】36. A 37. D 38. B Passage B 【39~42题答案】 【答案】39. D 40. D 41. C 42. A Passage C 【43~46题答案】 【答案】43. D 44. C 45. D 46. C Passage D 【47~50题答案】 【答案】47. C 48. D 49. C 50. D Passage E 【51~55题答案】 【答案】51. F 52. C 53. A 54. E 55. G Section 4 Writing (20’) Part 1 Read and answer the following questions. (10’) 【56~59题答案】 【答案】56. They were sent to universities. 57. Because they were from very poor families and were forced to work or get married at a young age. 58. When you become strong, you must remember to help others. 59. 1. Selfless. Evidence: She cares more about children than her health. 2. Hardworking. Evidence: She gets up at 5 a.m. every day. Part 2 Writing. (10’) 【60题答案】 【答案】 Dear Tim, I’m writing to apply for the party planning team. I’m excited about joining your team and helping make the party wonderful. I have two strong skills. First, I’m good at time management. Last month, I finished a class project on time by planning each step carefully. Second, I have teamwork spirit. I often work with classmates on group tasks, sharing ideas and listening to others. I believe I can contribute to the team. Thank you for considering my application. Yours, Li Hua 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $