福建省厦门科技中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期第二次月考英语试题

2024-2025学年初三 (上) 厦门科技中学第二次月考 英语 (满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟) Ⅱ. 选择填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 1. The film Home Coming is ________ very educational film and I have seen it twice. A. a B. an C. the 2. —Why could you write so well? —I read a lot, and the works of Ernest Hemingway had a strong ________ on me. A. difference B. influence C. situation 3. —Jack ________ so much in the past two years. —Yeah, he ________ be shy, but now he is confident and active. A. has changed; used to B. changed; is used to C. changed; used to 4. It’s difficult for me to do ________ much work in ________ a short time. A. so; so B. such; so C. so; such 5. —Why is the photo of Mo Yan always hung on the wall in your bedroom? —Because I ________ him and want to be a great writer like him. A. hold on to B. look up to C. look forward to 6. —Jay is well known ________ a singer, isn’t he? —Yes, and he is also known ________ his film. A. for; for B. as; for C. for; as 7. This is my ________ thing, so I don’t want anyone else to do it for me. A. private B. public C. general 8. —________ sweet music! Do you like it? —Mm, it ________ beautiful! A. How; listens B. What a; sounds C. What; sounds 9. ________ half of the students in the village are left-behind children. A. Normally B. Hardly C. Nearly 10. Nobody can avoid ________ mistakes, so please don’t stop ________ A. make; practice B. to make; to practice C. making; practicing 11. The nurse won’t leave her patients ________ she’s sure they are all ________. A. until; taking good care of B. since; take good care C. until; taken good care of 12. — How often ________ the trees ________? — Well, we ________ them three times a day. A. do, water; water B. are, watered; are watered C. are, watered; water 13. When the baby dog ________, it was very hungry. So we gave it some food. A. is found B. was found C. found 14. —I seem to be lost. Could you please tell me ________? —Sure. You can take the subway Line 4 to get there. A. where is the biggest shopping center B. how I can get to the biggest shopping center C. how long it will take me to get to the biggest shopping center 15. —It’s so kind of you to share the umbrella with me to the metro! —________! It’s just on my way home. A. My pleasure B. Don’t say so C. Not exactly Ⅲ. 完形填空 (每小题1. 5分，满分15分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选择一个最佳答案，使短文意思完整。 In the Chinese history, writing tools play an important role. Among ____16____, the writing brush is the first one that should be paid attention to. The beginning ____17____ the writing brush in China can go back to the Neolithic Age (新石器时代), while its popularity was during the Warring States Period (战国时期). This tool is ____18____ used in Chinese writing and painting. Nowadays, calligraphy (书法) classes ____19____ to students at school. Teachers teach students how to use the writing brush ____20____ and spread traditional Chinese culture. The soft brush can create strong and powerful lines on paper. But that only comes through ____21____ of hard work. If you want to be an excellent writing artist and be highly praised by others, you need to keep practicing for a ____22____ time every day. For many Chinese artists, the brush is more than a writing tool. “It seems in my blood ____23____ I pick up the writing brush, suddenly my thoughts, ideas and even stories build a relationship with the brush,” said Liu Qinghe, ____24____ famous Chinese artist. With a good writing brush, when we _____25_____our ideas into it, we give it life. 16. A. us B. them C. you 17. A. of B. with C. to 18. A. wisely B. politely C. widely 19. A. are sent B. are bought C. are taught 20. A. to manage B. to enjoy C. to produce 21. A. months B. years C. days 22. A. long B. heavy C. big 23. A. When B. Until C. Although 24. A. a B. an C. the 25. A. warn B. hold C. put Ⅳ. 阅读理解 (共两节，25小题，满分45分) 第一节 阅读下面ABCD四篇短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 (每小题2分，满分40分) A Create Your Own Story Competition If you love to write, draw and create stories, here’s your chance! Come and join in the Create Your Own Story Competition (13—19 October 2024). 1st place 1 dictionary and 20 books 2nd place 1 dictionary and 10 books 3rd to 6th places 1 dictionary and 5 books All you have to do is to create your own stories. ● The competition is only open to the students in Grand Middle School. ● Please write a story in at least 300 words. ● Pictures are not necessary but stories with creative pictures will get extra (额外的) points. Get an entry form (参赛表格) from www.GrandMiddleSchool.org/createyourownstory. The closing date: October 20, 2024. The best stories will be posted on www.GrandMiddleSchool.org/beststories. Everyone will have the chance to vote (投票) for their favorite stories from 23 to 25 October 2024. Names of winners will also be posted on www.GrandMiddleSchool.org/beststories on October 30, 2024. Please call 180062214422 or visit www.GrandMiddleSchool.org/storycompetition for more information. 26. If you win the 5th place, what prizes will you get? A. 1 dictionary and 5 books. B. 1 dictionary and 10 books. C. 1 dictionary and 15 books. D. 1 dictionary and 20 books. 27. Jimmy is refused to take part in the competition probably because ________. A. he creates the story all by himself B. his story has more than 300 words C. his story doesn’t have any pictures D. he isn’t from Grand Middle School 28. When can you vote for your favorite stories? A. On October 13. B. On October 20. C. On October 24. D. On October 30. 29. What can you find on www.GrandMiddleSchool.org/storycompetition? A. Best stories. B. More information. C. An entry form. D. Names of winners. 30. Who is the text written for? A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Parents. D. Artists. B Ed was a professional football player, but in 2017 he had an accident in a swimming pool. After that, he couldn’t move his body from the shoulders down. Doctors told him that he’d probably never walk again, but Ed didn’t want to believe this. He had recently got engaged (订婚) to the woman who is now his wife and he said that she was the main reason he wanted to get better. He spent six days staring at his toes (脚趾) and trying to make them move—and, finally, he succeeded! This was the start of a long journey. While in hospital, Ed met Paul, a man in his late thirties. Doctors had also told Paul he would never walk again, but Ed encouraged him not to give up and six months later, Paul told Ed he was walking with a stick. Only a year after his accident, Ed climbed the highest mountain in Wales. Since then he has also climbed a 6,500-meter mountain in Nepal and he said that after each big climb he noticed his body could do new movements. Two years later, 31-year-old Ed climbed over 8,848 meters, the height of the world’s highest mountain, by going up and down his parents’ stairs 2,783 times. When he finished, he told a news reporter he had loved it although it sometimes was “painful” and “boring”. He also raised £46,000 for charity. Ed hopes his story can help people. That’s why he started his own charity, M2M, which aims to support “people facing challenges in life”. 31. Who did Ed want to get better mainly for? A. His parents. B. His doctor. C. His friend. D. His wife. 32. What is Ed like according to Paragraph 3? A. Brave. B. Helpful. C. Honest. D. Hard-working. 33. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to? A. Raising money. B. Doing new movements. C. Visiting parents. D. Going up and down stairs. 34. Put the events about Ed into the correct order according to the passage. a. Ed started M2M. b. Ed succeeded in making his toes move. c. Ed had an accident in a swimming pool. d. Ed climbed the highest mountain in Wales. e. Ed climbed his parents’ stairs 2,783 times. A. c-e-b-d-a B. c-b-d-e-a C. e-a-b-d-c D. e-b-d-c-a 35. What would be the best title for the passage? A. A Football Player. B. A Challenge Lover. C. A Charity Worker. D. A Mountain Climber. C It’s the weekend, and you decide to visit your grandma who lives alone. When you arrive, however, you realize that she has another visitor, and you hear through the door the two of them laughing. You walk in and find that the visitor, sitting across the dining table from your grandma, is a robot. It’s laughing at your grandma’s joke. Such a robot is something that a team of scientists at Kyoto University in Japan are working toward. They are teaching a robot named Erica how to laugh while talking to a human. “We think that one of the important abilities of robots is empathy,” said Dr. Koji Inoue, the leader of the team. So we decided that one way a robot can empathize with users is to share their laughter. Erica’s development began with recording different human laughter. The scientists recorded more than 80 conversations. Then they studied the conversations and put the laughter in these conversations into different groups. Next, they trained Erica to learn the characteristics of each group of laughter in order to show them correctly in different situations. Although the scientists have made some encouraging progress, they said that we are not able to have a natural talk with Erica as we have with a friend now. But then wait a few years, and you may find your own self at that dining table, telling jokes to a robot named Erica. 36. How does the writer introduce the topic of the passage? A. By asking a question. B. By listing numbers. C. By giving an example. D. By making a comparison. 37. Scientists are teaching Erica how ________ while talking to a human. A. to do housework B. to laugh C. to do homework D. to write 38. What does the underlined word “empathy” in the third paragraph mean? A. Understanding. B. Talking. C. Crying. D. Dreaming. 39. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A. The writer thinks we can have a natural talk with a robot in a few years. B. The laughing robot is invented by a team of scientists in Japan. C. The scientists have recorded only 80 conversations in the robot called Erica. D. Scientists think one of the most important abilities of laughing robots is empathy. 40. Which can be the best title for the passage? A. A Visitor of My Grandma B. Laughing Robot C. Scientists of Japan D. Sharing Laughter D Have you ever counted the number of remote controls (遥控器) in your home? There are probably more than you realize. That’s because they are used for all kinds of everyday activities, such as changing TV channels, opening doors. Toy cars also make use of remote controls. But how did they become such a common feature of our lives? While you may think that the remote control is a fairly new piece of technology, it actually dates back over 100 years. In 1898, the famous inventor Nikola Tesla showed what is considered to be the world’s first remote control in New York City. Using a box with an antenna (天线), he controlled the movements of a small boat. This early remote control was able to communicate with the boat using radio waves. Although nothing much came of this first invention, it served as the first step in the development of modern remote controls. Remote controls have come a long way since Nikola Tesla’s invention. They became common in homes around the world after the 1950s, when the Zenith Radio Company first paired them with TVs. Today, however, their importance spreads well beyond changing channels as they can be used for activities that are too dangerous for humans. For example, remote-controlled robots can be sent into harmful environments while their operators guide them from a safe distance. Remote controls are still being improved on all the time, and now many ordinary people can buy advanced technologies like remote-controlled drones (无人驾驶), which can take amazing photos and videos from on high. With the development of voice-operated remote controls, we may soon be able to work our phones without even touching them. So when it comes to remote controls, who knows what the future will bring? 41. What is written at the beginning of the text? A. The popularity of remote controls B. The result of a research on remote controls. C. The problems of remote controls. D. The styles of remote controls. 42. What does the second paragraph NOT tell us about the first remote control? A. Who invented it. B. What it looked like. C. What it controlled. D. How it was made. 43. What does the underlined sentence mean? A. It still has a long way for remote controls to go. B. Remote controls have had great progress. C. Remote controls have experienced many difficulties. D. It takes a long time for remote controls to develop. 44. What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) towards the future remote controls? A. Hopeful. B. Doubtful. C. Worried. D. Uncertain. 45. What’s the writer’s purpose in writing the text? A. To make us fall in love with remote controls. B. To encourage us to invent more remote controls. C. To introduce the history and use of remote controls. D. To express the need for more remote controls. 第二节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) E 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。 We all love spending time by the sea. Some lucky ones might live on the coast and enjoy benefits (益处) all around the year. ____46____. Most of us would say we feel healthier by the ocean. In the past, doctors would actually suggest spending time by the sea to their patients. And research has shown that people who live on the coast are more likely to believe their health is good compared to those living in a city. So how do we benefit, exactly? Well, to start with, it’s great for our mental (心理) health. Scientists have discovered that we have something called a blue mind. They have shown that watching, listening to the waves (海浪) or being in the ocean helps our brains slow down. ____47____. This is why people who have trouble sleeping are often told to listen to recordings of the sound of waves hitting the beach to help them relax at bedtime. ____48____. We go out a lot more when we’re on holiday by the sea. We often become more active on holidays and people who live on the coast are usually more active too. ____49____. Walking on sand requires more effort than on the pavement. And the sea air is good for people with breathing problems too. There is less pollution in the air near the ocean and in autumn and winter the air is fresher. This is healthier than the dry air in homes with central heating. It has even been found that the chemicals in seawater may help us have healthy skin. ____50____. We look forward so much to having our next one! A. And if you take your walks on the beach, this is a lot better B. Others usually have to wait for the next vacation. C. Being by the sea is also good for our physical health. D. The sound of them can help us relax and feel free from stress. E. Naturally we often feel so great at the end of a seaside holiday 第二部分 (非选择题) Ⅴ. 看图写话 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 根据每小题所提供的图画情景和提示词，写出一个与图画情景相符的句子。 51. (made) _________________________________________________ 52. (not, allow, school) _________________________________________________ 53. (from, China) _________________________________________________ 54. (take up, ago) _________________________________________________ 55. (spend) _________________________________________________ Ⅵ. 情景交际 根据情景提示，完成下列各题。 (每小题2分，共10分) 56. 你想告诉同桌你过去喜欢打篮球，你可以这样说： _________________________________________________. 57. 你想知道Lucy过去戴眼镜吗，你可以这样问： Lucy, _________________________________________________? 58. 你告诉妈妈柠檬吃起来非常酸，你可以这样说： _________________________________________________. 59. 你想知道茶是如何生产的，你可以这样问： _________________________________________________? 60. 你认为不应该允许青少年做兼职工作，你可以这样说： Teenagers _________________________________________________. Ⅶ. 短文填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，每空不超过两个单词。 As China grows stronger and stronger, more and more foreign people have started to learn Chinese. However, most of them find it difficult ____61____ (learn) Chinese. The problem has caught the attention of a famous AI company (人工智能公司) in China. To help foreigners learn Chinese, it has developed ____62____smartphone app (应用程序) called IFLY Chinese. With the help of AI-based voice technologies, the app users can learn Chinese ____63____ (quick). When users speak into the app in their own languages, the app can turn the voice messages into Chinese. When they read ____64____ (sentence) in Chinese, it will give them feedback (反馈). It can also correct (纠正) ____65____ (they) mistakes in their pronunciation and grammar. Finally, it will provide word cards for them to practice and review. With the help of the app, many people have the ability to speak ____66____ use Chinese. Henry is one of them. He was born in Australia. He started to learn Chinese two years ago. He ____67____ (make) great progress since he started to use the app. Now he can have conversations ____68____ his friends. The app has been very popular in foreign countries since it was developed. Now it ____69____ (use) by hundreds of thousands of people. They are in ____70____ (many) than one hundred countries. How quickly the number of its users has increased! Ⅷ. 书面表达 (满分15分) 71. 假如你是李华，在英语兴趣班的活动中，你被邀请做关于发明的发言。请结合下面的表格要点写一篇三段式发言稿 (第一段已给出) 。80-100词左右 (已给文字不计入)，需增加细节内容，不是简单的翻译句子。 Inventions When/Who/Where 用途 你对发明的看法及其意义…… zipper 1893/Whitcomb; 1917广泛使用 制作衣服包包…… Potato chips 1853/George Crum 深受年轻人的喜爱…… Sky lanterns Zhuge Kongming 以前……现在…… camera 1839/法国 拍照；记住美好的时光…… Hello, everyone! I’m Li Hua from Grade 9. I’m so glad to have the chance to introduce some inventions to you. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2024-2025学年初三 (上) 厦门科技中学第二次月考 英语 (满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟) Ⅱ. 选择填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 【1题答案】 【答案】A 【2题答案】 【答案】B 【3题答案】 【答案】A 【4题答案】 【答案】C 【5题答案】 【答案】B 【6题答案】 【答案】B 【7题答案】 【答案】A 【8题答案】 【答案】C 【9题答案】 【答案】C 【10题答案】 【答案】C 【11题答案】 【答案】C 【12题答案】 【答案】C 【13题答案】 【答案】B 【14题答案】 【答案】B 【15题答案】 【答案】A Ⅲ. 完形填空 (每小题1. 5分，满分15分) 【16~25题答案】 【答案】16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. A 24. A 25. C Ⅳ. 阅读理解 (共两节，25小题，满分45分) 第一节 阅读下面ABCD四篇短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 (每小题2分，满分40分) A 【26~30题答案】 【答案】26. A 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. A B 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. D 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. B C 【36~40题答案】 【答案】36. C 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. B D 【41~45题答案】 【答案】41. A 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. C 第二节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) E 【46~50题答案】 【答案】46. B 47. D 48. C 49. A 50. E 第二部分 (非选择题) Ⅴ. 看图写话 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 【51~55题答案】 【答案】51. The chopsticks are made of wood. 52. Students should not be allowed to ride bikes at school. 53. Paper cutting comes from China. 54. He took up the book two hours ago. 55. I spend an hour doing my homework. Ⅵ. 情景交际 根据情景提示，完成下列各题。 (每小题2分，共10分) 【56题答案】 【答案】I used to like playing basketball 【57题答案】 【答案】did you use to wear glasses 【58题答案】 【答案】The lemon tastes very sour 【59题答案】 【答案】How is the tea produced 【60题答案】 【答案】should not be allowed to take part-time jobs Ⅶ. 短文填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 【61~70题答案】 【答案】61. to learn 62. a 63. quickly 64. sentences 65. their 66. and 67. has made 68. with 69. is used 70. more Ⅷ. 书面表达 (满分15分) 【71题答案】 【答案】 Hello, everyone! I’m Li Hua from Grade 9. I’m so glad to have the chance to introduce some inventions to you. The zipper was invented in 1893 by Whitcomb. It is widely used for making clothes and bags. Potato chips were created by George Crum in 1853. They are popular among young people today. Sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. In the past, they were for asking for help, but now they are for festivals. The camera appeared in 1839 in France. It helps us take photos and remember beautiful moments. In my opinion, inventions change our lives. They make things easier and more colorful. We should study hard to create more useful things in the future. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $