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2024年莘松中学九年级上学期英语阶段测试2024.12 （满分140分，完卷时间90分钟） Part 1 Listening （第一部分 听力） Ⅰ．Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共25分） A． Listen and choose the right picture （根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片 1．________ 2．________ 3．________ 4．________ 5．________ B．Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear （根据你听到的对话和问题，选择最恰当的答案）（5分） 6．A．Steak. B．Chicken wings. C．Salad. D．Vegetables. 7．A．By bus. B．By car. C．By taxi. D．By ferry. 8．A．At 6:30. B．At 6:45. C．At 7:00. D．At 7:15. 9．A．At a post office. B．At a restaurant. C．In a book store. D．In a library. 10．A．The village was quite near B．The village was not worth visiting. C．They only took a bus to the village. D．They enjoyed the beautiful scenery. C．Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false. （判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用表示）（5分） 11．Tim is the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. 12．Tim thinks the Earth looks really beautiful from space. 13．The astronauts had a lot of time to relax at the space station. 14．The astronauts watched a movie together once a week. 15．Tim hopes to explore the secrets of Mars in the future. D．Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks （听短文，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）（10分） 16．A new study suggests people should call friends ________ ending a text. 17．In the study, many people chose to contact an old friend ________. 18．Actually, hearing someone’s voice made the experience ________. 19．People like to text because they won’t be ________ or interrupted while messaging. 20．When calling, people don’t need to overthink the ________ behind the words in a text. Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary （第二部分 语音、语法和词汇） Ⅱ. Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）（15分） 1. We have to share the kitchen for ______ time being. A. a B. an C. the D. / 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们不得不暂时共用一下厨房。短语for the time being意为“暂时”，是固定搭配，其中的定冠词the不可省略，故选C。 【点睛】总结定冠词的用法：定冠词的主要用法：1）与名词连用，表示特指的某一个或某一些人和物。如：The book on the desk is a Chinese dictionary. 桌上的那本书是一本英语词典。（特指桌上的那本书。注意名词 book被on the desk短语所限定。）He went to his room and shut the window. 他回到房间里把窗户关上。（特指他房间里的窗户。）2）用于可数名词单数前，表示整个一类人或东西。3）用于独一无二的个体前。如：the sun（太阳），the moon（月亮），the earth（地球），the globe（地球），the sky（天空），the universe（宇宙），the world（世界），the equator（赤道），the Bible（圣经），the east（东方），the north（北方），the left（左边），the right（右边）。4）用在形容词前，①形容词最高级前。如：the best最好，the highest mountain最高的山。②有些形容词与定冠词连用，作用相当于一个名词。a．表示一类人。the rich（富人），the poor（穷人），the deaf（聋人），the blind（盲人），the unemployed（失业者）；b．表示一类东西。the beautiful（美丽），the false and the true（真假）；c．表示物体的一部分。the white of an egg（蛋白），the middle of a river（河的中央）等。③下列形容词前要加定冠词：same, following, only, very, chief, main, last, next等。5）用于by后表示计量单位的名词前（一定是单数名词）。如：They are paid by the day. 他们按日领取报酬。Eggs are sold by the dozen. 鸡蛋论打（dá）出售。6）专有名词前一般不加冠词，但在以下情况要加定冠词： ①地名、江河海岸、山脉群岛、海峡、海湾等。如：the Pacific（太平洋），the Yangtze（长江）；②在多数由普通名词构成的专有名词前加定冠词--某些国名、机关团体、建筑物、报纸、条约等。如：the United Nations（联合国），the Great Wall（长城）。7）在first，last和next前加定冠词。但是如果其后的名词是day，week，month和year的名称时，则不加冠词。如：I''ll see you next Sunday. 我下周日去看你。I''ll leave here next month. 我下个月离开这里。 8）"the+ Chinese/ English/ French…"统指该国的人民或民族。 2. Many scientists were awarded _______ the government for their great work. A. from B. by C. for D. to 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：许多科学家因其杰出的工作而受到政府的嘉奖。 考查介词。from从……；by被……；for为了；to朝，向；此处是一个被动句，表达的是科学家被政府嘉奖，主动句变成被动句时，原主动句的主语应用介词by连接，故选B。 3. I'm afraid that we need _________ six cups for tomorrow's dinner party． A. another B. other C. others D. the other 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意“恐怕明天的晚宴我们还需要六个杯子”。another再一个，又一个，后接基数词，表示“再几个”，即another+数词+名词复数；other其他的，后面加名词，others其他的人或物．the other 两个中另一个，根据句意可知，表示“还需要6个杯子”。故选A。 4. Compared with the earthquake in San Francisco of 1906, the one in Haiti of 2010 caused far_______ injuries. A. serious B. more serious C. most serious D. the most serious 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：与1906年旧金山地震相比，2010年海地地震造成的影响要严重得多。 考查形容词。serious严重的；more serious更加严重；most serious最严重；the most serious最严重的。这里表示两者作比较，far后会接形容词的比较级，只有B选项是比较级，故选B。 5. As the little boy saw the stranger, he turned ______into the narrow street where he lived. A. quiet B. pale C. clearly D. quickly 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：当小男孩看到陌生人时，他迅速拐进了他住的狭窄街道。 考查副词。quiet安静的；pale苍白的；clearly清晰地；quickly迅速地。横线上所填词是来修饰动词turned的，故需要一个副词来修饰它，根据前句“As the little boy saw the stranger”当看到陌生人时。可推测出，小男孩应该是迅速地拐进了他住的狭窄街道。故选D。 6. I think one effective ______for me to improve my memory is to have enough sleep. A. information B. advice C. method D. conclusion 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意:我认为提高记忆力的一个有效方法是有足够的睡眠。 考查名词。information信息；advice建议；method方法；conclusion结论。根据“improve my memory is to have enough sleep”有足够的睡眠来提高我的记忆力。可推断，这是一个有效的方法。只有C. method方法，符合题意，故选C。 7. —Who will be responsible for the operation, Jim or Nancy? —It ______ be Jim because he is on holiday. A. needn't B. shouldn't C. mustn't D. can't 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——谁将负责这次手术，吉姆还是南希?——不可能是吉姆，因为他在度假。 本题考查情态动词。needn't不必，shouldn’t不应该，mustn’t禁止，can’t不可能。根据because he is on holiday.可知，他去度假了，因此有把握的推测不可能是他，故选D。 8. My grandma _________ all my photographs and toys since I was born in 2004． A. kept B. has kept C. had kept D. will keep 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意"自从我2004年出生以来，我奶奶一直保存着我所有的照片和玩具"。A.一般过去时；B.现在完成时；C.过去完成时；D.一般将来时。根据since I was born in 2004可知，要用现在完成时，其构成为have/ has done．故选B。 【点睛】常见的现在完成时的标志词：in the last few years; for; since; since then; lately; so far；since+过去时间点；for+一段时间等。 9. I tried to call to apologize to Mary, but she refused _______the phone. A. answer B. answering C. to answer D. answered 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我试图给玛丽打电话道歉，但是她拒绝接我的电话。 考查动词。answer回答。根据refuse to do sth拒绝做某事，可直接得知答案，故选C。 10. The thief _________ on the scene when he was trying to escape from the shop． A. caught B. was caught C. had caught D. had been caught 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意"小偷在试图逃离商店时被当场抓住"。A.一般过去时；B.一般过去时的被动语态；C.过去完成时；D.过去完成时的被动语态。主语The thief和动词"抓住"是被动关系be done，排除A和C。本句话中并未体现出“过去的过去”，排除D。再根据when he was trying to escape from the shop可知，要用一般过去时的被动语态，其构成为was/ were done，故选B。 11. Let’s just imagine ________ on Mars in the near future! Isn’t it amazing! A. living B. lives C. to live D. live 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：让我们想象在不久的将来住在火星上！是不是很神奇！ 考查非谓语动词。此空作动词“imagine”的宾语，应用动名词形式，“imagine doing sth”意为“想象做某事”。故选A。 12. Mind your steps as you go, ________ you’ll fall down into the river. A. and B. but C. so D. or 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：你走的时候当心脚下，否则你会掉到河里去的。 考查连词辨析。and和；but但是；so因此；or否则。此句是“祈使句+and/or+简单句”的结构，根据“Mind your steps as you go, … you’ll fall down into the river”可知，要当心脚下，否则就会掉到河里，故选D。 13. I knew nothing of the murder case ________ I read the newspaper report last night. A. when B. because C. until D. since 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：直到昨晚读了报纸上的报道，我才知道这起谋杀案。 考查连词辨析。when当……时；because因为；until直到；since自从。根据“I knew nothing of the murder case...I read the newspaper report last night.”可知，此处表示“直到……才”，应用“not...until”结构，句中“knew nothing”相当于“didn’t know anything”，符合该结构。故选C。 14. ________ hot weather it was this summer! There were over ten days above 40℃. A. What B. What a C. What an D. How 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：今年夏天是多么热的天气啊！有超过十天温度在40℃以上。 感叹句中，weather是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词a/an修饰，排除B、C；How引导感叹句时结构为“How+adj./adv. (+主谓)”，此处中心词是名词weather而非形容词hot，排除D；What可直接修饰不可数名词，结构为“What+不可数名词+主谓”。故填A。 15. Perhaps there will be no cormorant fishermen in the world in 50 years,_______? A. will there B. will they C. won’t there D. won’t they 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：也许50年后世界上就没有鸬鹚渔民了，是吗？ 考查反意疑问句。这里是反意疑问句，遵循前面是肯定的陈述句，后面是否定的一般疑问句，根据“Perhaps there will be no cormorant fishermen in the world in 50 years”含有no，可知是否定句，后用肯定一般疑问句，排除CD；这里是there be句型的一般将来时，构成特殊疑问句用will there。根据题意，故选A。 Ⅲ．Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once. （共8分） A．relationship B．various C．special D．custom E．disappointed Tea culture is different in countries in the world．There are___16___ ways that are commonly used to make tea，such as white tea，green tea and black tea．And how to prepare tea may be different，too．In some places，people often boil tea with salt and butter．People may drink tea at home or in public，for example，at tea houses．As part of culture，tea has a___17___with history，health，education，communication and so on． In some countries，tea plays an important part in social activities．For example，afternoon tea is a British___18___．Families or friends can communicate with each other while having afternoon tea． Tea has remained a way of daily life in China and drinking tea has a lot of advantages．It makes people less tired and helps to clear heat in the human body．Chinese people are also good at using tea to cook some ___19___ dishes．Tea eggs and tea shrimps are among the most popular ones． 【答案】16. B 17. A 18. D 19. C 【解析】 【分析】短文大意：本文是文化类阅读，介绍了世界各地制作茶叶的不同方法和不同的饮茶习俗。 【16题详解】 句意：制作茶叶的常用方法有很多种，比如白茶、绿茶和红茶。 根据前一句：Tea culture is different in countries in the world．可知在世界上的各个国家，茶文化不同。再结合题干：There are（46）ways that are commonly used to make tea．可知一般用于沏茶的方法有很多种，又因题干的关键词ways是名词，所以用形容词来修饰，结合选项various各种各样的，是形容词，符合题意，故选B。 【17题详解】 句意：作为文化的一部分，茶与历史、健康、教育、交流等都有关系。 根据题干：As part of culture，tea has a（47）with history，health，education，communication and so on．可知茶文化和历史，健康，教育，交流等都有联系，又因题干前面的不定冠词a，可知该空需要填一个可数名词的单数．再结合选项推知relationship关系，联系，是可数名词，符合题意，故选A。 【18题详解】 句意：例如，下午茶是英国的习俗。 根据下一句：Families or friends can communicate with each other while having afternoon tea．句意：当家人或朋友彼此联系的时候，他们就喝中午茶．可知茶成为了一种习俗． 又结合题干：For example，afternoon tea is a British（48）．的关键词a British，可知该空需要填一个可数名词的单数． 根据给出的选项可推知custom风俗，习俗，是可数名词，符合题意，故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：中国人也擅长用茶来做一些特别的菜。 根据下一句： Tea eggs and tea shrimps are among the most popular ones．可知茶蛋和茶虾是其中最流行的．又结合题干Chinese people are also good at using tea to cook some （49）dishes．可知中国人也擅长用茶做一些特殊的菜肴．又因题干中的关键词dishes菜肴，是名词，所以该空填形容词修饰它。根据选项，所以special特殊的，特别的，符合题意，故选C。 A．operated B．immediately C．blew D．extremely E．collected Money really fell from the sky!Many people in Garden City were___20___surprised at this last week．This happened in the afternoon when there was a sudden strong wind．A 22﹣year﹣old girl was taking the money in an envelope from her company to the bank．She was ready to cross a busy street when the strong wind___21___her skirt up．To hold skirt down，she put her hands on her skirt___22___．Then the envelope dropped．There were fifty thousand US dollars in cash inside and the wind carried the money into the air．The money started falling all over the street．She ___23___all the money she could find and with the help of the people passed by，she got back most of the money．The clerk's manager was very understanding，but he told her to wear trousers to work from then on． 【答案】20. D 21. C 22. B 23. E 【解析】 【分析】短文大意：短文讲述了一次事故。一个22岁的女孩把（五万块）钱装在一个信封里去银行，正准备穿过一条繁忙的街道时，突然一阵大风把她的裙子吹了起来。为了拉住裙子，她立即把手放在裙子上。但是信封掉了下来，风把钱吹到了空中。在路过的人的帮助下，她拿回了大部分钱。经理告诉她从那时起要穿裤子上班。 【20题详解】 句意：上周，花园城的许多人对此感到非常惊讶。 根据前一句：Money really fell from the sky! 句意：钱真的能从空中掉下来! 再结合题干：Many people in Garden City were（50）surprised at this last week．可知住在花苑城市的很多人对这种情况很吃惊，又根据题干关键词surprised吃惊的，是形容词，可用副词来修饰，以该空填一个副词；又因所给选项extremely是“非常，很”的意思，符合题意，故该空选D。 【21题详解】 句意：她正准备穿过一条繁忙的街道，突然一阵大风把她的裙子吹了起来。 根据题干：She was ready to cross a busy street when the strong wind（51）her skirt up．可知固定短语blow…up突然吹起，又因when引导的时间状语从句，主句是一般过去式，所以从句也用一般过去式，而blow的过去式是blew，故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：为了拉住裙子，她立即把手放在裙子上。 根据题干：To hold skirt down，she put her hands on her skirt（52）．可知为了抓她的裙子下来，她立即把她的手放在裙子上．所以该空需要填一个副词做时间状语，选项immediately立即，马上，符合题意，故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：她把所有能找到的钱都收了起来，在路过的人的帮助下，她拿回了大部分钱。 根据前一句：She all the money she could find and with the help of the people passed by．可知钱全落在马路上，她在路人的帮助下，她收集她能找到的所有钱．又根据全文语境可判断该句是一般过去时，所以该空填collect的过去式，故选E。 Ⅳ．Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. （共8分） 24. It is reported that several ________ happened in the village last year. (robbery) 【答案】 robberies 【解析】 【详解】句意：据报道，去年这个村子里发生了几起抢劫案。根据提示词robbery及句中several（几个）可知，several后需接可数名词复数；robbery的复数形式为robberies。 25. They held a party for their cousin’s ________ birthday last weekend. (twenty-five) 【答案】 twenty-fifth 【解析】 【详解】句意：上周末他们为他们表弟的二十五岁生日举行了一场派对。基数词用来表示数量，序数词用来表示顺序；twenty-five是基数词，结合句意，设空处应用序数词表示第二十五个生日；twenty-fifth是序数词，第二十五。 26. We will have to depend on ________ during the survival training in the wilderness. (we) 【答案】 ourselves 【解析】 【详解】句意：在野外生存训练中，我们将不得不依靠我们自己。根据语境和提示词we，此处表达“依靠自己”，需使用反身代词；句子主语是we，对应的反身代词为ourselves。 27. He travels around the world and makes ________ for university students. (speak) 【答案】 speeches 【解析】 【详解】句意：他环游世界各地，为大学生们发表演讲。括号内speak是动词，意为“说话、讲话”。固定搭配make speeches意为“发表演讲”，此处需要把动词speak变为可数名词复数形式speeches，表示泛指多次演讲。 28. The crime that happened ________ made each one of us very shocked. (recent) 【答案】 recently 【解析】 【详解】句意：最近发生的这起犯罪让我们每一个人都非常震惊。句中“happened”为过去发生的动作，需要用副词修饰动词“happened”，recent的副词形式是recently，表示“最近”。 29. In some ways, sports, music and painting can ______ our children’s life.（rich） 【答案】enrich 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：在某种程度上，体育、音乐和绘画可以丰富我们孩子的生活。情态动词can后接动词原形，rich是形容词，其对应的动词是enrich“使丰富”，故填enrich。 30. After years of searching, the police ________ found the lost boy and sent him back to his family. (success) 【答案】 successfully 【解析】 【详解】句意：经过多年的搜寻，警察终于找到了失踪的男孩并把他送回了家。句中“found”为动词，需用副词修饰，括号内所给词“success”为名词，其副词形式为“successfully”。 31. The engineer said that the main ________ of the project was the high cost. (advantage) 【答案】disadvantage 【解析】 【详解】句意：这位工程师说这个项目的主要缺点是成本高。根据“The engineer said that the main...of the project was the high cost.”以及英文提示可知，成本高是项目存在的缺点，所以这里应表达“缺点；不利之处”，advantage的反义词是disadvantage“缺点；不利条件”，由“the high cost”可知，用单数形式。故填disadvantage。 Ⅴ．rewrite the following sentences as required （根据要求改写句子）（共14分） 32. The young man denied stealing the purse from the old lady on the bus. (改为否定句) The young man ________ ________ stealing the purse from the old lady on the bus. 【答案】 ①. didn’t ②. deny 【解析】 【详解】句意：年轻人否认从公交车上的老妇人那里偷了钱包。原句是一般过去时，一般过去时的实义动词变否定句，需借助助动词did加not（常缩写为didn’t），后面的动词要恢复原形。 33. The boring movie will come to an end in ten minutes. (对划线部分提问) ________ ________ will the boring movie come to an end? 【答案】 ①. How ②. soon 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：这个无聊的电影将在十分钟后结束。根据划线部分“in ten minutes”可知，应该用特殊疑问词how soon“多久”进行提问，首字母大写，故填How；soon。 34. We must freeze the dough in the fridge for eight hours. (改为被动语态) The dough must ________ ________ in the fridge for eight hours. 【答案】 ①. be ②. frozen 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们必须把面团放进冰箱冷冻8小时。原句“We must freeze the dough…”是含有情态动词must的主动语态句子。变为被动语态结构为“情态动词+be+过去分词”。原句谓语动词是freeze（冷冻），其过去分词形式是frozen。题目中must已给出，故填be；frozen。 35. He didn’t know what he could say to his parents on the phone.(改为简单句) He didn’t know what ________ ________ to his parents on the phone. 【答案】 ①. to ②. say 【解析】 【详解】句意：他不知道他能在电话里对父母说些什么。根据“what he could say to his parents on the phone”可以和“what+动词不定式”进行转换，作“know”的宾语，say“说”不定式是to say，故填to；say。 36. It took the students half an hour to clean the classroom after school. (保持句意基本不变) The students ________ half an hour ________ the classroom after school. 【答案】 ①. spent ②. cleaning 【解析】 【详解】句意：放学后，学生们花了半个小时打扫教室。根据题干可知，原句结构为：It took/takes sb.+时间+to do sth.“做某事花了某人多少时间”；根据“The students”可知，其同义表达为sb. spend time (in) doing sth.。根据“took”可知，句子为一般过去时。故填spent；cleaning。 37. “Is the school library open at the weekend?” the visitor asked us.(改为间接引语) The visitor asked us ________ the school library ________ open at the weekend. 【答案】 ①. if##whether ②. was 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：“学校图书馆周末开放吗？” 客人问我们。原句可表示“客人问我们学校图书馆周末是否开放”，“是否”译为“if/whether”，原句be动词is在从句中需与“asked”的时态一致。故填if/whether；was。 38. help, memorize something, is, a good way, to, making a picture, us (连词成句) ___________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Making a picture is a good way to help us memorize something. 【解析】 【详解】根据所给单词可知，本句是陈述句。Making a picture“制作图片”，动名词短语作主语，句首首字母大写；is“是”，系动词；a good way“一个好方法”，作表语；to help us memorize something“帮助我们记住某事”，不定式短语作后置定语，说明“way”的作用。故填Making a picture is a good way to help us memorize something.“制作图片是帮助我们记住某事的一个好方法”。 Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分 阅读和写话） Ⅵ．Reading comprehension （阅读理解）（共50分） A． Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) Ping Pong Door Do you want a ping-pong table in your room? But you may not have enough space. Now this door is here to help you. It can turn into a ping-pong table when you pull it down. After the ping pong game is over, it goes back to being a normal door. It was designed by Tobias Fränzel from Germany. Cool concept Dog Watch The dog watch is actually a “clock for keeping time at a rate (比率) other than human time” and was invented in 1991. With this handy watch, you can be aware of time at your animal’s rate instead of your own. According to the inventor, the watch multiplies every human second, minute and hour by seven, thus giving us “doggy time”. If a dog lives to be the age of 14, that translates into 98 human years! Earthquake House Big earthquakes can damage a house, possibly making the people in it get hurt. But our inventor has a solution, the Earthquake House! His idea is simple, build a round house that has earthquake sensors (传感器) in it. If the sensors signal the big earthquake, the house is automatically released from its chains. Don’t worry. You always remain upright in it. We don’t recommend this for a hillside home because there aren’t any brakes to stop it! Smell this How do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It’s difficult to know because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this situation. You just place the mask on your face, then breathe out through your mouth and breathe in through your nose. 39. In Paragraph 1, “it” refers to ________. A. your room B. enough space C. ping pong game D. ping-pong table 40. If a dog lives to 5 years old, that translates to ________ human years. A. 25 B. 30 C. 35 D. 40 41. In Paragraph 3, the underlined word “brakes” means ________. A. something for repairing B. something for slowing or stopping C. something for eating D. something for breathing 42. Which invention is best to use before meeting someone important to you? A. Smell This. B. Earthquake House. C. Dog Watch. D. Ping Pong Door. 43. Which of the following statement is right? A. With Dog Watch, you can know when the dog wants to eat. B. We had better use the Earthquake House for a hillside home. C. It’s difficult to smell the air from our own mouth without Smell This. D. Ping pong Door requires a beginner skater to train in a strict manner. 44. You can find such a passage in the materials except ________. A. newspapers B. magazines C. science books D. story books 【答案】39. D 40. C 41. B 42. A 43. C 44. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了四种新奇有趣的科学发明的相关信息。 【39题详解】 第一段中提到“It can turn into a ping-pong table…After the ping pong game is over, it goes back to being a normal door”，说明在打球期间门被当作乒乓球桌使用，比赛结束后这个“乒乓球桌”又恢复成门的状态，因此“it”最贴切的指代是“ping-pong table”。 【40题详解】 第二段中提到“the watch multiplies every human second, minute and hour by seven”，说明狗的1年相当于人类的7年。因此，如果一只狗活到5岁，换算成人类的年龄就是35岁（5×7=35）。 【41题详解】 第三段划线词后的“because there aren’t any brakes to stop it!”说明“brakes”的作用是使物体减速或停止，即“刹车（something for slowing or stopping）”。 【42题详解】 第四段提到“How do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad?…Smell This is useful for this situation”，说明“Smell This”这个发明是用来检测自己口气是否清新的。在去见重要的人之前，检查自己的口气是非常必要的，因此最适合使用该发明。 【43题详解】 第四段提到“it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this situation”，说明如果没有“Smell This”的帮助，我们很难闻到自己嘴里呼出的气味，C选项表述正确。 【44题详解】 本文主要介绍了四种新奇有趣的科学发明，属于科普类说明文。这类文章通常会出现在报纸（newspapers）、杂志（magazines）或科学书籍（science books）中，而不会出现在虚构类的故事书（story books）中。 B． Choose the words and complete the passage （选择最恰当的单词，完成短文） Experts often tell students to put their efforts into a narrow field to get a job after school. But recent research into Nobel Prize winners suggests that wider interests are ____45____. One of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was Danish scientist Morten Meldal. When describing his career, Meldal said he started out as an engineer but changed to chemistry because he “wanted to understand the world”. Meldal’s experience and the way he sees things may come as a(n) ____46____ to students. They might believe they have to center their work and school life in one field to be successful. But a study from professors at Michigan State University rejected that belief. They said that many Nobel Prize winners can be described as “polymaths,” those who have many interests in both their work and personal lives. The professors looked at past Nobel Prize winners and their students. They decided that when students of winners go on to win Nobel Prizes, some of what they ____47____ their teachers is how to live a life with many interests. They are, in a way, learning how to be creative. Having many interests ____48____ scientists to look for creative ways to deal with problems. In fact, one important part of science is not discovering answers, but ____49____ problems that need to be settled. For example, Alexis Carrel won his Nobel Prize in medicine in 1912 by transferring techniques he learned from the clothing business. He realized that people who used thread to make and fix clothing had a skill that could be used in ____50____ to put new organs into people’s bodies. One winner in medicine—Christiane Nusslein-Volhard—once told young scientists not to follow the “mainstream” but to move out of their study areas to be independent and original. The Michigan State researchers say that the Nobel winners have an open mind about their life experiences. Unlike many people who spend long hours at work and give up some of their outside interests, Nobel winners believe their hobbies are important to creativity. 45. A. scientific B. convenient C. essential D. immediate 46. A. decision B. surprise C. example D. freedom 47. A. heard from B. cared for C. depended on D. learned from 48. A. gives B. suggests C. enables D. expects 49. A. applying B. recognizing C. controlling D. worrying 50. A. operations B. engines C. clothing D. medicine 【答案】45. C 46. B 47. D 48. C 49. B 50. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章通过诺贝尔奖得主的研究，表明广泛的兴趣对成功和创造力至关重要，鼓励学生拥有多种兴趣，不要局限于单一领域。 【45题详解】 句意：但最近对诺贝尔奖得主的研究表明，更广泛的兴趣是必不可少的。 根据上文“Experts often tell students to put their efforts into a narrow field”及转折词“But”可知，专家建议窄领域，但研究表明广兴趣很重要。essential“必不可少的”体现重要性。convenient“方便的”；immediate“立刻的”；scientific“科学的”不符合研究结论的积极意义。 【46题详解】 句意：Meldal的经历和他看待事物的方式可能会让学生们感到惊讶。 根据下文“They might believe they have to center their work and school life in one field…But…rejected that belief”可知，学生的固有认知被否定，因此会感到惊讶，应用surprise。decision“决定”；example“例子”；freedom“自由”无法体现这种认知冲突带来的心理反应。 【47题详解】 句意：研究人员发现，当这些获奖者的学生日后也相继斩获诺贝尔奖时，他们从老师身上学到的其中一点，就是如何拥有丰富多样的爱好。 根据语境及下文“learning how to be creative”可知，学生是从老师那里“学习”到了生活方式，应用learned from，其它选项不符合师生间知识传递的语境。 【48题详解】 句意：拥有多种兴趣使科学家能够寻找创造性的方法来解决问题。 根据固定搭配“enable sb. to do sth.”及语境可知，兴趣赋予了科学家能力。根据语境，enables的合理性在于表达“赋予能力”；gives搭配不当，suggests、expects放在此处语义不通。 【49题详解】 句意：事实上，科学的一个重要部分不是发现答案，而是认识到需要解决的问题。 根据逻辑顺序，先认识到问题才能解决问题。根据“not discovering answers, but…”的对比关系，可知此处指认识到问题，应用recognizing。hear from“收到来信”；care for“照顾”；depend on“依靠”不符合科学探索的逻辑过程。 【50题详解】 句意：他意识到，那些用针线缝制、修补衣物的人所掌握的技艺，可以运用到外科手术中，为人体移植新器官。 根据“put new organs into people’s bodies”可知，这是具体的医疗手术操作。engines、clothing、medicine的适配性弱，operations意为手术，精准对应器官移植的操作场景，应用operations。 C． Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给） Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a loud “yes!” Besides helping you feel c____51____ and connected to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring lots of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm hug might even help you a____52____ getting sick this winter. In a recent study involving over 400 healthy adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived (感知) social support and the receipt of hugs on the participants’ developing the common cold after being exposed to the virus. People who perceived greater social support were less l____53____ to come down with a cold, and the researchers calculated that the stress-reducing effects of hugging explained about ____54____ (32) percent of that beneficial effect. Even among those who got a cold, the o____55____ who felt greater social support and received more hugs had less severe symptoms (症状). “Hugging protects people who are under stress from the increased risk for colds that’s usually associated with stress,” notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie.“Hugging is a marker of a very close relationship and helps cause the feeling that others are there to help in the face of d____56____.” Some experts attribute (把……归因于) the stress-reducing, health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called “the bonding hormone (荷尔蒙)” b____57____ it promotes attachment (依恋) in relationships, including that between mothers and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made mainly in the central lower part of the brain, and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it r____58____ in the brain, where it influences mood, behavior and physiology. 【答案】51. close##lose 52. avoid##void 53. likely##ikely 54. thirty-two 55. ones##nes 56. difficulties##ifficulties 57. because##ecause 58. remains##emains 【解析】 【导语】本文通过研究介绍了拥抱对身心健康的益处，包括降低感冒风险、减轻症状，并解释了背后的生理与心理机制。 【51题详解】 句意；除了能让你感觉和在乎的人更亲近、更有联结感之外，事实证明，拥抱还能给你的身心带来许多健康益处。根据首字母提示和“connected to people you care about”可知，此处为固定搭配feel close to somebody，意为“感觉和某人亲近”。故填close。 【52题详解】 句意：信不信由你，一个温暖的拥抱甚至可能帮你在这个冬天避免生病。help somebody (to) do something是固定用法，意为“帮助某人做某事”。结合首字母提示后文“生病”的语境，avoid doing something（避免做某事）符合逻辑。故填avoid。 【53题详解】 句意：那些感受到更多社会支持的人患感冒的可能性更低；而且研究人员计算得出，拥抱所带来的减压效果，大约能解释这种有益影响的32%。该处需一个形容词，在句中作表语。上下文围绕患感冒的概率展开，语义和可能性相关。此处遵循be likely to do something的固定搭配。结合首字母，故填likely。 【54题详解】 句意：那些感受到更多社会支持的人患感冒的可能性更低；而且研究人员计算得出，拥抱所带来的减压效果，大约能解释这种有益影响的32%。该处需一个数词，在句中作定语修饰“percent”。根据所给数字，因此填写thirty-two。 【55题详解】 句意：即使在那些得了感冒的人当中，那些感受到更多社会支持、得到更多拥抱的人，症状也更轻。该处需一个代词复数形式，在句中作主语。前文出现了感冒的人群，该词用来指代前文提到的人，避免语句重复，结合首字母，故填ones。 【56题详解】 句意：拥抱是亲密关系的标志，有助于让人产生这样的感觉：面对困难时，有人会伸出援手。该处需一个名词，在句中作介词“of”的宾语。根据首字母提示及“help in the face of”可知，此处为固定搭配in the face of difficulties，表示“面对困难”，符合上下文提到的“压力、生病”等困境的语境。故填difficulties。 【57题详解】 句意：一些专家将拥抱带来的减压和健康益处归因于催产素的释放，它常被称为“联结荷尔蒙”，因为它能促进人际关系中的依恋感。该处需一个连词，用来引导原因状语从句。根据首字母提示及前后句是因果关系，此处应填入because，解释了催产素被称为“联结荷尔蒙”的原因。 【58题详解】 句意：但部分催产素会留在大脑中，在那里它会影响情绪、行为和生理机能。该处需要动词第三人称单数形式，在句中作谓语。根据首字母提示及上下文“some of it…in the brain”提示语义与“停留、保留”相关；句子主语为单数，时态为一般现在时，动词需用第三人称单数形式，故填remains。 D． Read the passage below and answer the following questions (根据文章内容回答下列问题) Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. One night, the two of them sat side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud music filled the room and made them feel very happy. The next morning, however, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a note under their door during the night. One of their neighbors had written to complain about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent (管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all nice people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their neighbors and apologize for their playing. “Maybe we could go and visit everyone in person.” his mother said. “How about inviting them to come here for a party instead?” Dario asked. They both loved the idea. Over the next few days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts for their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers (彩带) and party lights. In the end, the day of the party arrived. Some guests brought presents and flowers, and others brought desserts to share. One woman, Mrs Gilbert, gave Dario’s mother a book of piano music by Chopin. “I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I was afraid that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.” Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs Gilbert. “I think maybe we should apologize to you.” she said. “I didn’t realize how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.” “I like what you play! Just try not to be so loud at night.” Mrs Gilbert said. She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such loud music.” “These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be happy to play them in the evening.” “And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to practicing the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of warmth and made him feel that they were home at last. 59. How was the jazz music Dario and his mother played one night? ___________________________________________ 60. Did Dario and his mother visit their neighbors or write a letter to their neighbors? ___________________________________________ 61. What did Dario and his mother do to their neighbors later? ___________________________________________ 62. Who wrote a short note to Dario and his mother? ___________________________________________ 63. Why did Mrs Gilbert send them a book of piano music by Chopin? ___________________________________________ 64. What can you learn from the story? Please give a proper title to the passage. (In less than six words) ___________________________________________ 【答案】59. It was loud. 60. Neither. 61. They invited their neighbors to a party. 62. Mrs. Gilbert. 63. Because the songs were not loud music. 64. We should think of others in our life. A Party for Neighbors. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了Dario和母亲搬进新公寓后，因弹钢琴声音过大收到邻居投诉，随后通过举办聚会邀请邻居，最终化解矛盾并重获邻里和谐的故事。 【59题详解】 第一段结尾提到“The loud music filled the room”，可推知他们当晚弹奏的爵士乐声音很大。答案为原文信息，简述为It was loud. 【60题详解】 第二段第三段提到建议“Dario suggested that they write a letter”及“Maybe we could go and visit everyone”，第四段提出新的建议“inviting them to come here for a party instead”，第五段开头表示同意新建议“They both loved the idea”。说明他们既没有写信也没有拜访，而是选择了举办聚会。答案是对这些信息的总结，简述为Neither. 【61题详解】 第四段提出新建议“How about inviting them to come here for a party instead?”及第五段描述可知，他们后来邀请邻居们参加了聚会。答案为原文信息，简述为They invited their neighbors to a party. 【62题详解】 第七段Mrs Gilbert说的话“So I wrote a short note”可推知写便条的人是Mrs Gilbert。答案为原文信息，简述为Mrs. Gilbert. 【63题详解】 第九段中Mrs Gilbert指着书说“These songs are not such loud music”，可推知她送肖邦钢琴曲集是因为这些曲子声音不大，适合晚上演奏。答案为原文信息，简述为Because the songs were not loud music. 【64题详解】 本题是开放性试题，答案不唯一。第一问可从沟通、理解、友善解决问题等角度总结启示，如We should think of others in our life.全文围绕Dario一家与邻居通过聚会化解矛盾展开，标题应体现这一核心事件且少于六个单词，如A Party for Neighbors. Ⅶ．Writing 65. 假如你是李华，就要送别学校国际交流节上认识的外国学生Frank，你给他送了一个有中国元素的礼物，请你在礼物卡上写上你对他说的话。内容包括： 1. 礼物的名称、特点、功能等； 2. 选择这份礼物的理由。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文： Dear Frank,   This is a Chinese knot, a traditional handicraft. The intricate pattern symbolizes good luck and happiness. The red color is auspicious in Chinese culture. I chose this for you as a token of our friendship and to remind you of our wonderful time during the international exchange festival.   I hope you’ll always remember our time together and cherish this small gift.     Best wishes, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏信息提示的内容，适当增加细节，并且突出写作的要点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍礼物，包括礼物的名称、特点、功能等； 第二步，解释你选择这份礼物的原因； 第三步，书写结语。希望友谊长存。 [亮点词汇] ①handicraft手工艺品 ②intricate复杂的 ③auspicious吉祥的 ④token标志，信物 [高分句型] ①The intricate pattern symbolizes good luck and happiness. （and连接并列成分） ②I hope you’ll always remember our time together and cherish this small gift. （宾语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2024年莘松中学九年级上学期英语阶段测试2024.12 （满分140分，完卷时间90分钟） Part 1 Listening （第一部分 听力） Ⅰ．Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共25分） A． Listen and choose the right picture （根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片 1．________ 2．________ 3．________ 4．________ 5．________ B．Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear （根据你听到的对话和问题，选择最恰当的答案）（5分） 6．A．Steak. B．Chicken wings. C．Salad. D．Vegetables. 7．A．By bus. B．By car. C．By taxi. D．By ferry. 8．A．At 6:30. B．At 6:45. C．At 7:00. D．At 7:15. 9．A．At a post office. B．At a restaurant. C．In a book store. D．In a library. 10．A．The village was quite near B．The village was not worth visiting. C．They only took a bus to the village. D．They enjoyed the beautiful scenery. C．Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false. （判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用表示）（5分） 11．Tim is the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. 12．Tim thinks the Earth looks really beautiful from space. 13．The astronauts had a lot of time to relax at the space station. 14．The astronauts watched a movie together once a week. 15．Tim hopes to explore the secrets of Mars in the future. D．Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks （听短文，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）（10分） 16．A new study suggests people should call friends ________ ending a text. 17．In the study, many people chose to contact an old friend ________. 18．Actually, hearing someone’s voice made the experience ________. 19．People like to text because they won’t be ________ or interrupted while messaging. 20．When calling, people don’t need to overthink the ________ behind the words in a text. Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary （第二部分 语音、语法和词汇） Ⅱ. Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）（15分） 1. We have to share the kitchen for ______ time being. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. Many scientists were awarded _______ the government for their great work. A. from B. by C. for D. to 3. I'm afraid that we need _________ six cups for tomorrow's dinner party． A. another B. other C. others D. the other 4. Compared with the earthquake in San Francisco of 1906, the one in Haiti of 2010 caused far_______ injuries. A. serious B. more serious C. most serious D. the most serious 5. As the little boy saw the stranger, he turned ______into the narrow street where he lived. A. quiet B. pale C. clearly D. quickly 6. I think one effective ______for me to improve my memory is to have enough sleep. A. information B. advice C. method D. conclusion 7. —Who will be responsible for the operation, Jim or Nancy? —It ______ be Jim because he is on holiday. A. needn't B. shouldn't C. mustn't D. can't 8. My grandma _________ all my photographs and toys since I was born in 2004． A. kept B. has kept C. had kept D. will keep 9. I tried to call to apologize to Mary, but she refused _______the phone. A. answer B. answering C. to answer D. answered 10. The thief _________ on the scene when he was trying to escape from the shop． A. caught B. was caught C. had caught D. had been caught 11. Let’s just imagine ________ on Mars in the near future! Isn’t it amazing! A. living B. lives C. to live D. live 12. Mind your steps as you go, ________ you’ll fall down into the river. A. and B. but C. so D. or 13. I knew nothing of the murder case ________ I read the newspaper report last night. A. when B. because C. until D. since 14. ________ hot weather it was this summer! There were over ten days above 40℃. A. What B. What a C. What an D. How 15. Perhaps there will be no cormorant fishermen in the world in 50 years,_______? A. will there B. will they C. won’t there D. won’t they Ⅲ．Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once. （共8分） A．relationship B．various C．special D．custom E．disappointed Tea culture is different in countries in the world．There are___16___ ways that are commonly used to make tea，such as white tea，green tea and black tea．And how to prepare tea may be different，too．In some places，people often boil tea with salt and butter．People may drink tea at home or in public，for example，at tea houses．As part of culture，tea has a___17___with history，health，education，communication and so on． In some countries，tea plays an important part in social activities．For example，afternoon tea is a British___18___．Families or friends can communicate with each other while having afternoon tea． Tea has remained a way of daily life in China and drinking tea has a lot of advantages．It makes people less tired and helps to clear heat in the human body．Chinese people are also good at using tea to cook some ___19___ dishes．Tea eggs and tea shrimps are among the most popular ones． A．operated B．immediately C．blew D．extremely E．collected Money really fell from the sky!Many people in Garden City were___20___surprised at this last week．This happened in the afternoon when there was a sudden strong wind．A 22﹣year﹣old girl was taking the money in an envelope from her company to the bank．She was ready to cross a busy street when the strong wind___21___her skirt up．To hold skirt down，she put her hands on her skirt___22___．Then the envelope dropped．There were fifty thousand US dollars in cash inside and the wind carried the money into the air．The money started falling all over the street．She ___23___all the money she could find and with the help of the people passed by，she got back most of the money．The clerk's manager was very understanding，but he told her to wear trousers to work from then on． Ⅳ．Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. （共8分） 24. It is reported that several ________ happened in the village last year. (robbery) 25. They held a party for their cousin’s ________ birthday last weekend. (twenty-five) 26. We will have to depend on ________ during the survival training in the wilderness. (we) 27. He travels around the world and makes ________ for university students. (speak) 28. The crime that happened ________ made each one of us very shocked. (recent) 29. In some ways, sports, music and painting can ______ our children’s life.（rich） 30. After years of searching, the police ________ found the lost boy and sent him back to his family. (success) 31. The engineer said that the main ________ of the project was the high cost. (advantage) Ⅴ．rewrite the following sentences as required （根据要求改写句子）（共14分） 32. The young man denied stealing the purse from the old lady on the bus. (改为否定句) The young man ________ ________ stealing the purse from the old lady on the bus. 33. The boring movie will come to an end in ten minutes. (对划线部分提问) ________ ________ will the boring movie come to an end? 34. We must freeze the dough in the fridge for eight hours. (改为被动语态) The dough must ________ ________ in the fridge for eight hours. 35. He didn’t know what he could say to his parents on the phone.(改为简单句) He didn’t know what ________ ________ to his parents on the phone. 36. It took the students half an hour to clean the classroom after school. (保持句意基本不变) The students ________ half an hour ________ the classroom after school. 37. “Is the school library open at the weekend?” the visitor asked us.(改为间接引语) The visitor asked us ________ the school library ________ open at the weekend. 38. help, memorize something, is, a good way, to, making a picture, us (连词成句) ___________________________________________________________________ Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分 阅读和写话） Ⅵ．Reading comprehension （阅读理解）（共50分） A． Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) Ping Pong Door Do you want a ping-pong table in your room? But you may not have enough space. Now this door is here to help you. It can turn into a ping-pong table when you pull it down. After the ping pong game is over, it goes back to being a normal door. It was designed by Tobias Fränzel from Germany. Cool concept Dog Watch The dog watch is actually a “clock for keeping time at a rate (比率) other than human time” and was invented in 1991. With this handy watch, you can be aware of time at your animal’s rate instead of your own. According to the inventor, the watch multiplies every human second, minute and hour by seven, thus giving us “doggy time”. If a dog lives to be the age of 14, that translates into 98 human years! Earthquake House Big earthquakes can damage a house, possibly making the people in it get hurt. But our inventor has a solution, the Earthquake House! His idea is simple, build a round house that has earthquake sensors (传感器) in it. If the sensors signal the big earthquake, the house is automatically released from its chains. Don’t worry. You always remain upright in it. We don’t recommend this for a hillside home because there aren’t any brakes to stop it! Smell this How do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It’s difficult to know because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this situation. You just place the mask on your face, then breathe out through your mouth and breathe in through your nose. 39. In Paragraph 1, “it” refers to ________. A. your room B. enough space C. ping pong game D. ping-pong table 40. If a dog lives to 5 years old, that translates to ________ human years. A. 25 B. 30 C. 35 D. 40 41. In Paragraph 3, the underlined word “brakes” means ________. A. something for repairing B. something for slowing or stopping C. something for eating D. something for breathing 42. Which invention is best to use before meeting someone important to you? A. Smell This. B. Earthquake House. C. Dog Watch. D. Ping Pong Door. 43. Which of the following statement is right? A. With Dog Watch, you can know when the dog wants to eat. B. We had better use the Earthquake House for a hillside home. C. It’s difficult to smell the air from our own mouth without Smell This. D. Ping pong Door requires a beginner skater to train in a strict manner. 44. You can find such a passage in the materials except ________. A. newspapers B. magazines C. science books D. story books B． Choose the words and complete the passage （选择最恰当的单词，完成短文） Experts often tell students to put their efforts into a narrow field to get a job after school. But recent research into Nobel Prize winners suggests that wider interests are ____45____. One of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was Danish scientist Morten Meldal. When describing his career, Meldal said he started out as an engineer but changed to chemistry because he “wanted to understand the world”. Meldal’s experience and the way he sees things may come as a(n) ____46____ to students. They might believe they have to center their work and school life in one field to be successful. But a study from professors at Michigan State University rejected that belief. They said that many Nobel Prize winners can be described as “polymaths,” those who have many interests in both their work and personal lives. The professors looked at past Nobel Prize winners and their students. They decided that when students of winners go on to win Nobel Prizes, some of what they ____47____ their teachers is how to live a life with many interests. They are, in a way, learning how to be creative. Having many interests ____48____ scientists to look for creative ways to deal with problems. In fact, one important part of science is not discovering answers, but ____49____ problems that need to be settled. For example, Alexis Carrel won his Nobel Prize in medicine in 1912 by transferring techniques he learned from the clothing business. He realized that people who used thread to make and fix clothing had a skill that could be used in ____50____ to put new organs into people’s bodies. One winner in medicine—Christiane Nusslein-Volhard—once told young scientists not to follow the “mainstream” but to move out of their study areas to be independent and original. The Michigan State researchers say that the Nobel winners have an open mind about their life experiences. Unlike many people who spend long hours at work and give up some of their outside interests, Nobel winners believe their hobbies are important to creativity. 45. A. scientific B. convenient C. essential D. immediate 46. A. decision B. surprise C. example D. freedom 47. A. heard from B. cared for C. depended on D. learned from 48. A. gives B. suggests C. enables D. expects 49. A. applying B. recognizing C. controlling D. worrying 50. A. operations B. engines C. clothing D. medicine C． Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给） Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a loud “yes!” Besides helping you feel c____51____ and connected to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring lots of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm hug might even help you a____52____ getting sick this winter. In a recent study involving over 400 healthy adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived (感知) social support and the receipt of hugs on the participants’ developing the common cold after being exposed to the virus. People who perceived greater social support were less l____53____ to come down with a cold, and the researchers calculated that the stress-reducing effects of hugging explained about ____54____ (32) percent of that beneficial effect. Even among those who got a cold, the o____55____ who felt greater social support and received more hugs had less severe symptoms (症状). “Hugging protects people who are under stress from the increased risk for colds that’s usually associated with stress,” notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie.“Hugging is a marker of a very close relationship and helps cause the feeling that others are there to help in the face of d____56____.” Some experts attribute (把……归因于) the stress-reducing, health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called “the bonding hormone (荷尔蒙)” b____57____ it promotes attachment (依恋) in relationships, including that between mothers and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made mainly in the central lower part of the brain, and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it r____58____ in the brain, where it influences mood, behavior and physiology. D． Read the passage below and answer the following questions (根据文章内容回答下列问题) Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. One night, the two of them sat side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud music filled the room and made them feel very happy. The next morning, however, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a note under their door during the night. One of their neighbors had written to complain about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent (管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all nice people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their neighbors and apologize for their playing. “Maybe we could go and visit everyone in person.” his mother said. “How about inviting them to come here for a party instead?” Dario asked. They both loved the idea. Over the next few days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts for their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers (彩带) and party lights. In the end, the day of the party arrived. Some guests brought presents and flowers, and others brought desserts to share. One woman, Mrs Gilbert, gave Dario’s mother a book of piano music by Chopin. “I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I was afraid that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.” Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs Gilbert. “I think maybe we should apologize to you.” she said. “I didn’t realize how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.” “I like what you play! Just try not to be so loud at night.” Mrs Gilbert said. She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such loud music.” “These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be happy to play them in the evening.” “And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to practicing the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of warmth and made him feel that they were home at last. 59. How was the jazz music Dario and his mother played one night? ___________________________________________ 60. Did Dario and his mother visit their neighbors or write a letter to their neighbors? ___________________________________________ 61. What did Dario and his mother do to their neighbors later? ___________________________________________ 62. Who wrote a short note to Dario and his mother? ___________________________________________ 63. Why did Mrs Gilbert send them a book of piano music by Chopin? ___________________________________________ 64. What can you learn from the story? Please give a proper title to the passage. (In less than six words) ___________________________________________ Ⅶ．Writing 65. 假如你是李华，就要送别学校国际交流节上认识的外国学生Frank，你给他送了一个有中国元素的礼物，请你在礼物卡上写上你对他说的话。内容包括： 1. 礼物的名称、特点、功能等； 2. 选择这份礼物的理由。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $