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厦门五缘第二实验学校2024—2025学年第一学期期中学业诊断 九年级 英语 （试卷满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟） 注意事项： 本试卷分为两大部分，第一部分（1-70小题）为选择题，请同学们将答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上；第二部分为非选择题，请同学们将答案用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔书写在答题卡上。 Ⅰ.听力（共三节，20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节 听句子 听下面五个句子，从每小题所给的A、B、C三幅图中选出与句子内容相符的选项。（每个句子读两遍） 1. A. B. C. 2. A. B. C. 3. A. B. C. 4. A. B. C. 5. A. B. C. 第二节 听对话 听下面七段对话，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案。（每段对话读两遍） 听第1段对话，回答第6小题。 6. What does the girl ask Peter to do? A. To teach her French. B. To visit her school. C. To give her some useful advice. 听第2段对话，回答第7小题。 7. How much is the pen now? A. $2. B. $5. C. $7. 听第3段对话，回答第8小题。 8. What are the speakers talking about? A. A friend. B. A trip. C. A gift. 听第4段对话，回答第9小题。 9. How will the woman get to the Sunshine Cinema? A. By taxi. B. On foot. C. By bus. 听第5段对话，回答第10、11小题。 10. Who did the girl’s brother have a fight with yesterday? A. His sister. B. His father. C. His friend. 11. What will the speakers probably do next? A. Meet friends. B. Play football. C. Have a party. 听第6段对话，回答第12、13小题。 12. What does Jack’s father think of his volunteer work? A. Difficult. B. Relaxing. C. Useless. 13. What does the girl advise Jack to do? A. To have a talk with his father. B. To improve his social abilities. C. To pay more attention to his studies. 听第7段对话，回答第14、15小题。 14. What are the speakers talking about? A. How to spend the weekend. B. How to spend the Spring Festival. C. How to spend the summer vacation. 15. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Mother and son. C. Father and daughter. 第三节 听下面对话，根据你所听到的内容，完成以下表格，每空填一词。（对话读三遍） The building The location Details （详情） The library In the 16. ________ of the town It is a 17. ________ building The bank On 18. ________ Avenue It’s between a 19. ________ and a post office. The mall On Second Street It opens at 20. ________ am on weekday s and at 9:00 am on weekends. Ⅱ.选择填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. —Excuse me, where is Mr. Huang’s office? I come here for ________ interview. —On the 7th floor. Just take the lift over there. A. a B. / C. an 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：打扰一下，黄先生的办公室在哪里？我来这里参加一场面试。——在7楼。就坐那边的电梯。 a一个；/不填；an一个。interview是以元音音素开头的单词，表示泛指“一场面试”，前面应用an。 2. ________ we’re interested in something, our brains are more active and it’s easier to focus. A. If B. Though C. So 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果我们对某事感兴趣，我们的大脑就会更活跃，也更容易集中注意力。 If如果；Though尽管；So所以。根据句意可知，前半句是后半句发生的条件，表示“如果”感兴趣，大脑才会更活跃，用if引导条件状语从句，应填if。 3. Fan Jinshi, born in 1938, has spent all her time protecting Dunhuang cultural heritage (遗产) ________ writing lots of books about it. A. on B. by C. with 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：樊锦诗出生于1938年，她把所有的时间都花在了保护敦煌文化遗产上，通过写很多关于它的书。 on在……上面；by通过……方式；with和……一起。根据语境可知，此处表示通过写书这种方式来保护文化遗产，by doing sth.表示“通过做某事”。 4. If you want to get a better understanding of Water Margin (《水浒传》), you can look for the historical ________ of it. A. technology B. celebration C. background 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果你想更好地了解《水浒传》，你可以查找关于它的历史背景。 technology技术；celebration庆祝；background背景。根据“If you want to get a better understanding of Water Margin“可知，为了更深入地理解这部文学作品，查找相关的历史背景是合理的，“historical background”意为“历史背景”，符合语境。 5. — The flower cake tastes so amazing. Did your mother make it? — No. Actually, I made it myself. I searched for the making ________ on the Internet. A. process B. product C. progress 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——这花蛋糕尝起来太神奇了。是你妈妈做的吗？——不。实际上，是我自己做的。我在网上搜索了制作过程。 process过程；product产品；progress进步。根据“I made it myself”和“searched...on the Internet”可知，是自己动手做的，需要参考制作流程，所以是在网上搜索了制作“过程”，process符合语境。 6. Some apps such as Pu Pu are very popular these days as they make it ________ for people to buy fruit and vegetables online. A. active B. patient C. convenient 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：如今像“Pu Pu”这样的一些应用程序非常受欢迎，因为它们使人们在网上购买水果和蔬菜变得方便。 active积极的；patient耐心的；convenient方便的。句中“make it...for people to buy fruit and vegetables online”，说明应用程序使网购变得更加便捷，convenient符合语境。 7. Xiang’an is a district (区) in Xiamen, which is ________ its beautiful ancient buildings. A. known for B. popular with C. absent from 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：翔安是厦门的一个区，它因其美丽的古建筑而闻名。 be known for“因……而闻名”；be popular with“受……欢迎”；be absent from“缺席”。根据“its beautiful ancient buildings”可知，此处表示翔安因古建筑而出名。故选A。 8. Last week, students ________ by the schools not to ride electric bikes without helmets. A. warned B. are warned C. were warned 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：上周，学生们被警告不要骑电动车不戴头盔。 根据时间状语“Last week”可知句子时态为一般过去时；主语students与动词warn之间是被动关系，且有标志词“by”，所以用一般过去时的被动语态were warned。故选C。 9. Our city is expected to ________ the sixth subway line by 2027. A. require B. discover C. complete 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：预计到 2027年，我市将完成第六条地铁线路。 require需要；discover发现；complete完成。根据“the sixth subway line”和“by 2027”可知，此处指预计在某时间前建成或完成某项工程，complete符合句意。 10. In digital (数字的) age, people prefer to use computers to take notes instead of writing things ________. A. for free B. by hand C. on time 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：在数字时代，人们更喜欢用电脑记笔记，而不是用手写东西。 by hand用手；for free免费；on time准时。根据“use computers to take notes instead of...”可知，此处是将用电脑记笔记与另一种方式作对比，即用手写东西。 11. We should make a shopping list before Double Eleven Day to avoid __________ unnecessary things. A. buy B. to buy C. buying 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们应该在双十一之前列一个购物清单，避免买不必要的东西。 考查非谓语动词。avoid doing sth.“避免做某事”，动名词作宾语。故选C。 12. —Did you know that Pan Zhanle won the men’s 100m freestyle championship at the Paris Olympic Games? —Of course. ________ wonderful player! A. What B. How C. What a 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你知道潘展乐在巴黎奥运会上赢得了男子100米自由泳冠军吗？——当然。多么棒的一位运动员啊！ 中心词是名词 player为可数名词单数，应用“What+a/an+形容词 + 名词！”结构。wonderful以辅音音素开头，不定冠词用a，What a 符合句意。 13. As a ninth-grade student, you should learn how to plan your time ________, and you can make full use of every day and live a meaningful life. A. widely B. normally C. wisely 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：作为一名九年级的学生，你应该学会如何明智地规划你的时间，这样你可以充分利用每一天，过上有意义的生活。 widely广泛地；normally正常地；wisely明智地。根据“make full use of every day and live a meaningful life”可知，要充分利用时间并过上有意义的生活，需要“明智地”规划时间，填wisely。 14. —Do you know ________? —At 8:00 a.m. every day. A. how the school library runs B. when the school library opens C. where the school library lies 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你知道学校图书馆什么时候开放吗？——每天早上8点。 根据答语“At 8:00 a.m. every day.”可知，此处询问的是具体时间。A项引导词how表方式；B项引导词when表时间；C项引导词where表地点。只有B选项符合语境。 15. —Sorry, mom. I didn’t do a good job. —________. After all, you’ve tried your best. A. Never mind B. With pleasure C. Not at all 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——对不起，妈妈。我没有做好。——没关系。毕竟，你已经尽力了。 Never mind没关系（用于安慰他人）；With pleasure乐意效劳（回应请求）；Not at all不客气（回应感谢）。此处用来安慰对方，Never mind符合语境。 Ⅲ.完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） When I was a kid, I often heard my teachers say, “Oh, Tina has a talent for math. Susan has a talent for history...” While watching sports ____16____, my parents would say, “These sports players are born with such ability.” ____17____ like these made me believe people were born with certain talents. If people didn’t have one at birth, they never would. As a result, I ____18____ paid attention to my math because I believed I was not born with talent for it. ____19____ told me that if you keep trying and trying, a difficult math task will be easy. In fact, it was my young ____20____, Samaya, who taught me this lesson. One day, while I was finishing some paperwork, I exclaimed (感叹), “Oh, no, how could ____21____ have made that mistake!” Samaya immediately said, “Mom, don’t worry. Mistakes make your brain grow bigger.” I was excited at ____22____ this eight-year-old girl said, so I wrote it down to remember. What a nice ____23____! Indeed, we all need to be reminded that mistakes or failures are just ____24____ and that they are a huge part of growth and success. I suppose that’s why the scientist Thomas Edison, after so many failed experiments, ____25____ to believe that each try brought him closer to success. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying! 16. A. games B. concerts C. movies 17. A. Rules B. Reports C. Opinions 18. A. still B. hardly C. always 19. A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Nobody 20. A. son B. sister C. daughter 21. A. I B. she C. we 22. A. why B. what C. how 23. A. idea B. try C. day 24. A. bad B. fine C. simple 25. A. refused B. offered C. continued 【答案】16. A 17. C 18. B 19. C 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者小时候认为天赋是天生的，直到8岁的女儿告诉她错误能让大脑成长，作者才意识到错误和失败是成长的重要部分，不断尝试就能接近成功。 【16题详解】 句意：在看体育比赛时，我的父母会说：“这些运动员天生就有这种能力。” 前文的“sports”和后文的“sports players”，说明父母是在看体育比赛，games符合语境。 【17题详解】 句意：像这样的观点让我相信人们天生就具有某些天赋。 前文提到老师、父母的相关说法，这些都属于他人的看法观点，Opinions（观点）符合语境。 【18题详解】 句意：结果，我几乎不关注我的数学，因为我相信我天生没有数学天赋。 句中“because I believed I was not born with talent for it”，说明作者认为自己没有数学天赋，所以结果是“几乎不”关注数学，hardly（几乎不）符合逻辑。 【19题详解】 考查不定代词辨析。句意：没有人告诉我，如果你不断尝试，一项困难的数学任务就会变得容易。 前文作者一直认为天赋是天生的，说明以前“没有人”告诉她努力尝试的作用，Nobody（没有人）符合语义。 【20题详解】 句意：事实上，是我年幼的女儿萨玛亚给我上了这一课。 后文萨玛亚说“Mom, don’t worry.”以及“this eight-year-old girl”，说明萨玛亚是作者的女儿。daughter（女儿）符合称呼逻辑。 【21题详解】 考查代词辨析。句意：有一天，当我在完成一些文书工作时，我感叹道：“哦，不，我怎么会犯那个错误！” 句中“while I was finishing some paperwork”，说明是作者自己在做工作，所以是感叹“我”自己怎么会犯错。I（我）符合语境 。 【22题详解】 句意：我对这个八岁女孩所说的话感到很激动，所以我把它写下来记住。 介词at后接宾语从句，从句中动词said缺少宾语，需用what引导，表示“所说的话”。 【23题详解】 句意：多么好的一个想法啊！ 前文女儿说“错误让你的大脑成长”，这是一个非常好的想法和观点，idea（想法）符合语境。 【24题详解】 句意：事实上，我们都需要被提醒，错误或失败是没关系的，它们是成长和成功的重要组成部分。 后文“they are a huge part of growth and success”，说明错误和失败对成长有益，所以它们是没关系的、可以接受的（fine）。 【25题详解】 句意：我想这就是为什么科学家托马斯·爱迪生在经历了这么多失败的实验后，继续相信每一次尝试都让他离成功更近。 句中“after so many failed experiments”和“believe that each try brought him closer to success”，说明爱迪生在失败后仍然“继续”相信尝试的意义，continued（继续）符合人物行为逻辑。 Ⅳ.阅读理解（共三节，25小题；满分45分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选出最佳答案。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A https:// schoolsciencefestival.com / Come and join in the Science Festival! Our school is organizing the 2024 Science Festival! During the festival, you are encouraged to bring and introduce your inventions to teachers and students. Of course you can also learn about interesting and useful inventions created by other students. What are you waiting for? The theme of 2024: Inventions make our life convenient Schedule Application deadline （申请截止日期） September 15, 2024 Students who have invented something can apply to take part in the festival. The Science Festival date October 9th -11th, 2024 Students and teachers can go to the school library to enjoy different inventions. Requirements  Your invention needs to be created by yourself or your team.  Your invention should be useful in daily life. Prizes Teachers and students will vote （投票） for their favorite inventions. The inventor or the team with the highest votes will win and get a certificate （证书） and some money. All inventors or teams will receive notebooks as special gifts. Come and show your creativity. Click here to apply! 26. The Science Festival is held to ________. A. make school life convenient B. show students’ improvement C. introduce new students and teachers D. encourage students to invent something 27. How long will the Science Festival last? A. For one day. B. For three days. C. For nine days. D. For eleven days. 28. To take part in the festival, Alice needs to ________. A. apply on September 30 B. create something herself C. buy something useful D. learn science in a team 29. The inventor or the team with the lowest votes can get ________. ① a certificate ② some money ③ a notebook A. ①② B. ②③ C. ② D. ③ 30. Where can we find the reading? A. On a website. B. On a blackboard. C. In a science report. D. In a science magazine. 【答案】26. D 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，为学校科技节的网上招募通知，介绍了2024年学校科技节的主题、时间、参赛要求以及奖品相关信息。 【26题详解】 根据文章第一段“you are encouraged to bring and introduce your inventions to teachers and students”可知，举办科技节是为了鼓励学生发明创造。 【27题详解】 根据Schedule部分“The Science Festival date: October 9th‑11th,2024”可知，科技节从10月9日到11日，一共持续三天。 【28题详解】 根据Requirements部分“Your invention needs to be created by yourself or your team.”可知，想要参加科技节，Alice需要自己或者团队创造发明。 【29题详解】 根据Prizes部分“All inventors or teams will receive notebooks as special gifts.”可知，所有参赛者，包括得票最低的参赛者都可以得到笔记本；证书和奖金是得票最高的队伍获得。 【30题详解】 根据网页网址“https:// schoolsciencefestival.com /”和“Click here to apply!”可判断，这篇文章来自一个网站。 B Li Shizhen, a well-known medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty, is famous as a great master (大师) of medicine in China. He put his heart and soul into medicine, only to save the dying and cure the sick. Li was born in 1518 in Hubei. Both his grandfather and father were doctors. Li’s grandfather was a country doctor who travelled from place to place with a bag of herbs (药草). Such doctors were called Lingyi (bell doctors), because they could tell others their arrival by ringing a bell. Li’s father was also a famous doctor in their local area. From childhood, Li went to the mountains with his father to pick herbs, getting wide knowledge about animals, plants and medicine. Although Li’s father hoped his son could get a government job, Li failed the exam three times. He then turned his attention to medicine. At the age of 33, Li became famous for curing Prince Zhu Houkun’s son. A few years later, he was invited to work at the Imperial Medical Institute (太医院) in Beijing. During that time, he read many ancient medical texts, and noticed a mess (混乱) in the naming and categorization (分类) of herbs. To deal with it, he decided to leave his job and devote himself to writing a book about herbs. After that, Li travelled to many places and got much first-hand experience. He also read hundreds of medical books and collected different kinds of herbs. After 27 years of efforts, his first draft (初稿) of Ben Cao Gang Mu was completed in 1578. The book is highly detailed and well-organized and is considered one of the greatest scientific achievements of the Ming Dynasty. 31. Which of the following is TRUE according to paragraph 2? A. Li’s father followed in his father’s footsteps. B. Li’s grandfather sold herbs by ringing a bell. C. Li’s father was not as famous as his grandfather. D. Li’s family moved to Hubei when Li was very young. 32. How did Li learn medicine as a child? A. Through receiving education at school. B. By learning it from his grandfather. C. Through personal practice. D. By reading many ancient books. 33. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to? A. A child’s illness. B. Writing his new book. C. His work in Beijing. D. Wrong information about herbs. 34. Why did Li go to many places? A. To cure more patients. B. To prepare for his book. C. To spread his medical ideas. D. To visit some famous medical scientists. 35. Which word can best describe Li Shizhen? A. Proud. B. Popular. C. Hard-working. D. Independent. 【答案】31. A 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了中国传统医学之父——李时珍。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Li’s grandfather was a country doctor”和“Li’s father was also a famous doctor in their local area.”可知李的祖父是一位乡村医生，李的爸爸也是一名医生。故选A。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据“From childhood, Li went to the mountains with his father to pick herbs, getting wide knowledge about animals, plants and medicine.”可知从小，李就和父亲一起上山采药，对动物、植物和医学有了广泛的了解，所以是通过个人实践学习的。故选C。 【33题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“During that time, he read many ancient medical texts, and noticed a mess (混乱) in the naming and categorization (分类) of herbs. To deal with it, he decided to leave his job and devote himself to writing a book about herbs.”可知在那段时间里，他阅读了许多古代医学文献，发现草药的命名和分类很混乱，为了解决这个问题，他决定辞掉工作，专心写一本关于草药的书，故此处it指代“关于草药的错误信息”。故选D。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据“After that, Li travelled to many places and got much first-hand experience.”可知李游历了许多地方，获得了许多第一手经验，为他的书做准备。故选B。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。根据“After 27 years of efforts, his first draft (初稿) of Ben Cao Gang Mu was completed in 1578”以及文章内容可知，他去了很多地方，读了很多本书，经过27年的努力，终于完成了《本草纲目》的初稿，可见他是非常努力的。故选C。 C Do you sometimes pay no attention to your mom while talking with friends? If you’re a teen, that’s quite common. And new research may explain why so many teens tune out (无视) their moms’ voice. Young kids’ brains are very attuned to their mothers’ voices, science has shown. But as kids enter their teenage years, everything changes. Teenagers listen to strangers’ voices more than their own mom’s, a new study has found. “Teens have this whole other class of sounds and voices that they need to listen to,” explained Daniel Abrams from Stanford University School of Medicine in California. He and his team shared their findings this April in Journal of Neuroscience. The researchers studied what happened in the brains of 7-to 16-year-olds as they listened to three words said by their mothers or by strange women. The words had no meaning and were impossible to understand. They were teebudieshawlt, keebudieshawlt and peebudieshawlt. Using them allowed the scientists to study voices on their own, not what they were saying. According to the study, as the kids listened, certain areas of their brains became active. For teens, these brain areas responded (作出反应) more to strange voices than to their moms’. However, it’s not that teenagers purposely (故意地) tune out their mothers’ voices but that their brains become more open to other voices as they grow up. “Just as a baby knows to tune in to his mother’s voice, a teen knows to tune in to new voices,” said Abrams. “As a teen, you don’t know you’re doing this. You’re just being you.” Here’s why. As kids grow up, they become independent and expand (扩大) their social connections outside their family. As a result, their brains begin paying more attention to that wider world. “Both teens and their parents may sometimes feel upset by missed messages. That’s okay,” Abrams said. “This is the way the brain is connected, and there’s a good reason for it.” 36. How does the writer start the passage? A. By telling a story. B. By raising a question. C. By comparing two facts. D. By imagining a situation. 37. What can we learn about the new study from Paragraph 2? A. It was done by a team from a hospital. B. It helped know more about the brain. C. It appeared in a magazine. D. It built on a 2021 study. 38. What does the writer explain to us in Paragraph 3? A. Why the researchers chose kids between 7 and 16 years old. B. Why young kids are tuned in to their mothers’ voices. C. Why everything changes as kids become teenagers. D. Why the researchers used three special words. 39. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about? A. The results of the study. B. The process of the study. C. The subjects of the study. D. The meaning of the study. 40. Which of the following would Daniel Abrams most probably agree with? A. Teenagers don’t want to listen to their moms. B. Teenagers depend on strangers more. C. It’s a good thing that kids are interested in all voices. D. It’s a good thing that kids become more independent. 【答案】36. B 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. D 【解析】 【导语】本文说明青少年大脑会更关注陌生人的声音，这是其独立、拓展社交的正常生理表现，并非故意无视母亲。 【36题详解】 第一段“Do you sometimes pay no attention to your mom while talking with friends? ”表明，作者以提出问题的方式开篇。 【37题详解】 第二段“He and his team shared their findings this April in Journal of Neuroscience.”表明，此研究成果发表在《神经科学杂志》这一刊物上。 【38题详解】 第三段表明研究人员使用这三个特殊词汇的原因：“Using them allowed the scientists to study voices on their own, not what they were saying.”，说明使用这些词汇是为了单独研究声音本身，排除内容语义的干扰。 【39题详解】 第四段表明研究结果：“According to the study, as the kids listened...but that their brains become more open to other voices as they grow up”，青少年大脑对陌生声音反应更强，同时说明这不是刻意忽略妈妈，是大脑自然变化，整段在介绍研究结果。 【40题详解】 最后一段表明Abrams的观点：“ As kids grow up, they become independent and expand (扩大) their social  connections outside their family...‘That’s okay’...‘and there’s a good reason for it.’ ”，青少年在成长过程中走向独立、拓展家庭外的社交联系是大脑发育的合理机制，可推知他会认同孩子变得更加独立是一件好事。 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） D Reading a good book is a wonderful journey because the reader can live in someone else’s world for a while. Reading together with others, known as buddy (同伴) reading, will make this journey even more fantastic. During the journey, the buddies spend time doing a lot of reading activities. This not only adds to the pleasure of reading, but also deepens their understanding of the books. Although it is all right to have students join in buddy reading with same-aged schoolmates, schools usually pair up older students with younger ones. In 2021, Green School started such a program and has achieved a great success. Both younger and older readers in this school have learned a lot from this two-year program. For example, when they listened to each other, they learned to be kind and patient. This experience also provided them with a chance to practise lifelong skills such as exercising leadership or communicating with others. A student called Jason said that reading to a younger buddy was really helpful. He became more confident, as he knew he was a role model for someone. The school also became a closer community. The reading buddies felt more connected as they often met each other. The students were always excited when they saw their buddies pass by in the hallway. Now summer vacation is coming. It’s a great time to get into books. Why not pair up with a friend, choose a book you both like and read it together? 根据语篇内容，回答下列问题。 41. What is buddy reading? _________________________________________________________________________________ 42. How do schools usually pair up buddies? _________________________________________________________________________________ 43. How long did the reading program in Green School last? _________________________________________________________________________________ 44. Why did Jason think the program was helpful? _________________________________________________________________________________ 45. What benefit did the school get from the program? _________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】41. Reading together with others./Reading together with other is (known as) buddy reading. 42. By pairing up older students with younger ones. Schools/They usually pair up older students with younger ones. 43. (For) 2 years./The program /It lasted (for) 2 years. 44. Because he became more confident (as he knew he was a role model for someone). 45. The school/It became a closer community. 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了学校启动的关于阅读的项目，呼吁大家找一个朋友，选一本两人都喜欢的书进行阅读。 【41题详解】 根据“Reading together with others, known as buddy (同伴) reading,”可知，与他人一起阅读，被称为伙伴阅读。故填Reading together with others./Reading together with other is (known as) buddy reading. 【42题详解】 根据“schools usually pair up older students with younger ones.”可知，学校通常会把大一点的学生和小一点的学生配对。故填By pairing up older students with younger ones. Schools/They usually pair up older students with younger ones. 【43题详解】 根据“Both younger and older readers in this school have learned a lot from this two-year program.”可知，这个阅读项目持续了两年。故填(For) 2 years./The program/It lasted (for) 2 years. 【44题详解】 根据“He became more confident, as he knew he was a role model for someone.”可知，Jason变得更加自信，因为他知道自己是别人的榜样。故填Because he became more confident (as he knew he was a role model for someone). 【45题详解】 根据“The school also became a closer community.”可知，学校也成为了一个更紧密的社区。故填The school/It became a closer community. 第三节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） E 阅读短文，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。 Good friends or bad friends? Let’s start with a powerful saying from poet John Mark Green, “Toxic people (有毒人) attach themselves like cinder blocks (煤渣) tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.” “Toxic relationships” sound pretty bad, don’t they? Yet many of us continue to stay in toxic friendships. ____46____ So how do you know whether a friendship is toxic or not? Here are 3 signs to help you.  ____47____ Generally, when you share your achievements with those around you, they are happy for you. However, toxic friends may act jealously (妒忌地). They may show happiness for your success in front of you but not feel it inside. They try to weaken your confidence by doubting your abilities and making you think that you don’t deserve your success.  Humiliate (羞辱) you in front of others Another sign of a toxic friendship is going too far with joking. Among friends, it’s common for one person to laugh at another, and then the other makes a joke back so everyone laughs together. All this is fine, ____48____  Separate you from others One of the most common things you’ll find in a toxic friendship is that toxic friends might want to control you. They might want to keep an eye on all your activities. ____49____ You may also be driven far from doing the right things at the right time. Although it may be hard to let go of a toxic friendship because you’ve invested so much into it, you need to do so. ____50____ A. Always try to put you down. B. but when the joke starts humiliating the person, that shows a toxic attitude. C. Some of us realize it, while some of us do not. D. They might also prevent you from making new friends. E. Spend more time with those who truly know and value you. 【答案】46. C 47. A 48. B 49. D 50. E 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文，主题为辨别不良友谊。文章先引入“有毒友谊”概念，接着列举三种不良友谊的特征，最后建议及时远离这类友谊。 【46题详解】 前文提到很多人依旧身处有毒友谊中，后文开启如何辨别有毒友谊的话题。C选项“Some of us realize it, while some of us do not.”承接上文，说明人们对此认知不一，自然过渡到下文辨别方法。 【47题详解】 本段后文阐述不良朋友会嫉妒你的成就、打击你的自信心。A选项“Always try to put you down.”作为本段小标题，总领本段内容。 【48题详解】 前文说明朋友间适度开玩笑无伤大雅，本段小标题是当众羞辱你。B选项“but when the joke starts humiliating the person, that shows a toxic attitude.”形成转折，区分正常玩笑与带有羞辱性质的不当玩笑。 【49题详解】 本段小标题为孤立你，前文提到不良朋友想要控制你、监视你的行动。D选项“They might also prevent you from making new friends.”补充说明控制行为的表现，和小标题 “Separate you from others”呼应。 【50题详解】 前文提出要放下有毒友谊，E选项“Spend more time with those who truly know and value you.”给出后续积极做法，作为文末建议收尾全文。 Ⅴ.情景交际（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 51. 你想知道在哪里可以买到药，可以这样礼貌地询问： Excuse me, do you know _______________________________________________________________________? 【答案】where I can buy some medicine 【解析】 【详解】根据题干中文“想知道在哪里可以买到药”，可知空格处需要表达“我在哪里可以买药”这一含义；空格处位于动词“know”之后，作宾语从句，从句必须使用陈述语序（即：引导词+主语+谓语）；“哪里”用引导词“where”，“我”作主语“I”，“可以买”作谓语“can buy”，“药”作宾语“some medicine”。此处应填“where I can buy some medicine”，符合语法结构。 52. 外出旅游，你感叹食物太美味了，可以这样说： How _______________________________________________________________________________________! 【答案】delicious the food is/delicious the food was 【解析】 【详解】本题考查how引导的感叹句结构，句式为“How+形容词+主语+谓语”，此处形容词选用delicious修饰食物food，用来赞叹食物美味；is用于即时感叹，was用于回顾已经吃过的食物，两种写法均符合语境，因此可填delicious the food is/delicious the food was。 53. 你想知道同桌以前是否有戴眼镜，可以这样问他： ___________________________________________________________________________________________? 【答案】Did you use to wear glasses? 【解析】 【详解】根据情境可知，是询问同桌过去是否戴眼镜，时间为过去，需用一般过去时的一般疑问句。表示“过去常常做某事”的固定搭配是“used to do sth.”，used to变为一般疑问句时，需借助助动词Did置于句首，后面的used必须还原为原形use，即“Did+主语+use to+动词原形……?”；“戴眼镜”表达为wear glasses。故填Did you use to wear glasses。 54. 你想知道朋友新买的衬衫是否是棉质的，可以这样问他： __________________________________________? 【答案】Is your new shirt made of cotton 【解析】 【详解】根据情境可知，可用一般现在时的一般疑问句来询问。be made of意为“由……制成”，指物理变化，能从成品看出原材料（如衬衫看出棉质）；主语your new shirt是单数，be动词用is，变为一般疑问句时，需将is提至句首并大写，句末加问号。故填Is your new shirt made of cotton。 55. 老师想知道你学英语的方法，你可以这样回答： I study English by ____________________________________________________________________________. 【答案】listening to English songs/taking notes in class/practicing speaking every day… 【解析】 【详解】题意要求说明学习英语的方法，介词by后需要接动名词形式来表示“通过某种方式”，可以填写合理的学习方式类动名词短语，例如listening to English songs“听英文歌”、taking notes in class“课堂记笔记”、practicing speaking every day“每天练习口语”这类表达都符合语境，这里以常用答案为例，故填listening to English songs/taking notes in class/practicing speaking every day(答案不唯一)，合理即可。 Ⅵ.看图写句（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据图片和提示词，写出完整的句子。 56. (important) _________________________________________________________________ 57. (afraid) _________________________________________________________________ 58. (interested) _________________________________________________________________ 59. (invent, 1876) _________________________________________________________________ 60. (symbol) _________________________________________________________________ 【答案】56. It’s important to take notes. 57. I’m afraid of this snake. 58. I’m interested in playing the piano. 59. The telephone was invented in 1876. 60. Sky lanterns are symbols of happiness. 【解析】 【56题详解】 根据图片和提示词“important”可知，该句可表达为“做好笔记十分重要”。本句讲述客观真理，时态是一般现在时。it’s important to do sth.表示“做某事是很重要的”，动词不定式作真正主语，后接动词原形；take notes表示“记笔记”。 【57题详解】 根据图片和提示词“afraid”可知，该句可表达为“我害怕这条蛇”。时态是一般现在时。I“我”；be afraid of...“害怕……”；主语是“I”，be动词用am；this snake“这条蛇”。 【58题详解】 根据图片和提示词“interested”可知，该句可表达为“我对弹钢琴感兴趣。”。时态是一般现在时。I“我”；be interested in doing sth.“对做某事感兴趣”；play the piano“弹钢琴”，此处用动名词playing。 【59题详解】 根据图片和提示词“invent, 1876”可知，该句可表达为“电话发明于1876 年”。时态是一般过去时，句子使用一般过去时的被动语态。the telephone“电话”，首字母需大写；was invented“被发明”，作谓语；in 1876 表示“于1876 年”，作时间状语。 【60题详解】 根据图片和提示词“symbol”可知，该句可表达为“孔明灯是幸福的象征”。此句描述客观事实，时态是一般现在时。sky lanterns“孔明灯”，可数名词复数表示泛指，首字母需大写；be symbols of happiness“幸福的象征”，主语“Sky lanterns”是复数，故be动词用are，表语“symbol”也用复数形式symbols。 Ⅶ.短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Technology plays an important role in our life. In recent years it has ____61____ (develop) rapidly and has greatly changed the way we travel by public transport. In the past, we had to hold the paper tickets when taking the train. But today we can travel more ____62____ (easy) by scanning (扫描) our faces, ID cards or QR codes. And more new ways are coming. A subway line in Beijing allows passengers to get into and out of ____63____ (station) by just scanning the palm (手掌) of a hand. It is ____64____ first subway line that provides palm scanning service for passengers in the world. To use the service, passengers need to register (注册) ____65____ (they) palm prints and online payment information on the ticket machines at the subway station. “It’s very convenient. Passengers just need to place a palm above the scanning machine when getting into and out of the subway station. And then the ticket gate will open ____66____ the palm scan matches the palm print they registered before,” said Zhang Li, an expert at the Beijing Metro Network Control Center. “What’s more, the service ____67____ (require) no physical contact (接触). So it is much faster and ____68____ (safe) than traditional check-in ways.” The service is popular ____69____ both the old and the young. It saves passengers the trouble of ____70____ (carry) a card around or scanning a QR code to take the subway. 【答案】61. developed 62. easily 63. stations 64. the 65. their 66. if 67. requires 68. safer 69. with 70. carrying 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了科技在公共交通中的应用，特别是北京地铁推出的一项新技术——刷掌进出站服务。 【61题详解】 句意：近年来，它发展迅速，极大地改变了我们乘坐公共交通工具出行的方式。分析句子结构，根据助动词“has”和并列谓语“has greatly changed”可知，此处构成现在完成时，结构为“have/has+过去分词”，“develop”的过去分词为“developed”。 【62题详解】 句意：但今天，我们可以通过扫描人脸、身份证或二维码更轻松地出行。空处修饰动词“travel”，应用副词形式，“easy”的副词形式为“easily”。 【63题详解】 句意：北京的一条地铁线路允许乘客只需扫描手掌即可进出车站。“station”为可数名词，此处表示泛指进出各个地铁站，且前面没有限定词，应用复数形式“stations”。 【64题详解】 句意：这是世界上第一条为乘客提供手掌扫描服务的地铁线路。“first”为序数词，其前通常加定冠词“the”，表示“第一”。 【65题详解】 句意：要使用该服务，乘客需要在地铁站的售票机上注册他们的掌纹和在线支付信息。空处修饰名词短语“palm prints”（掌纹），应用形容词性物主代词，“they”的形容词性物主代词为“their”。 【66题详解】 句意：北京地铁网络控制中心专家张利表示：“如果手掌扫描与他们之前注册的掌纹相匹配，检票闸机就会打开。”前文“And then the ticket gate will open”与后文“the palm scan matches the palm print they registered before”为两个完整的句子，结合语境可知，此处表示条件关系，意为“如果”，应用连词“if”引导条件状语从句。 【67题详解】 句意：更重要的是，这项服务不需要人体接触设备。该句陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时；主语“the service”为第三人称单数，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式“requires”。 【68题详解】 句意：因此，相比传统检票方式，它速度更快、也更安全。根据连词“and”和后面的“than”可知，设空处与“faster”并列，应用形容词比较级形式，“safe”的比较级为“safer”。 【69题详解】 句意：这项服务深受老年人和年轻人的欢迎。“be popular with...”为固定搭配，意为“受……欢迎”，此处应填“with”。 【70题详解】 句意：它省去了乘客随身携带卡片或扫描二维码乘坐地铁的麻烦。空处位于介词“of”之后，且与后面的“scanning”并列，应用其动名词形式作宾语，应填“carrying”。 Ⅷ.书面表达（满分15分） 71. 转眼间，我们已经来到了初三，初中生活即将画上句号。你还记得刚踏入初中的那个自己吗？现在的你经历了哪些变化？面对即将到来的中考，你又制定了怎样的具体计划呢？请根据图示，写一篇英文短文。 要求：1. 词数80词左右； 2. 包含以上图示要点（其中变化至少提及三点）； 3. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名。 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 范文： How time flies! I’m now in Grade 9 and have changed a lot. I used to be short and quiet, but now I am much taller and more outgoing. I used to play games, but now I enjoy reading and get better grades. The high school entrance examination is coming. I plan to listen carefully in class. Also, I will read English every morning. What’s more, I will run every day to keep healthy. I believe my dream will come true if I try my best. 【解析】 【详解】写作步骤 [第一步：审题立意] 确认文体：这是一篇变化与计划类记叙文，时态使用一般过去时、一般现在时以及一般将来时 明确要点：需包含外貌、性格、爱好、学习等方面的变化以及面对中考的具体计划 确定人称：第一人称（I） 注意事项：词数80左右；包含图示要点（至少提及三点）；不得出现真实人名和校名 [第二步：构思布局] 三段式结构： 第一段：感慨时间飞逝，概述自己的变化，并具体描述在外貌、性格、爱好、学习等方面的变化 第二段：阐述面对中考的具体计划 第三段：表达信心和决心 [第三步：要点展开] 要点一：开头引入 时间感慨：How time flies!/Time goes by so fast./It seems like only yesterday that...等 现状：I’m now in Grade 9/I have changed a lot/Looking back, I see many changes.等 要点二：具体变化 外貌和性格变化：used to be short and quiet, but now I am much taller and more outgoing/used to have long hair but now I keep it short/used to be shy but now I can speak in class等 爱好变化：used to play games but now I enjoy reading/used to watch cartoons but now I like sports等 学习变化：get better grades/used to be weak in math but now I am better at it/used to get bad grades but now I study harder等 要点三：中考计划 计划一：listen carefully in class/finish homework on time/take notes carefully等 计划二：read English every morning/practice speaking every day/review lessons regularly等 计划三：run every day to keep healthy/do sports to stay energetic/get enough sleep at night等 要点四：信心与决心 具体表达：I believe my dream will come true if I try my best./I am ready to face the challenge.等 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 厦门五缘第二实验学校2024—2025学年第一学期期中学业诊断 九年级 英语 （试卷满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟） 注意事项： 本试卷分为两大部分，第一部分（1-70小题）为选择题，请同学们将答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上；第二部分为非选择题，请同学们将答案用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔书写在答题卡上。 Ⅰ.听力（共三节，20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节 听句子 听下面五个句子，从每小题所给的A、B、C三幅图中选出与句子内容相符的选项。（每个句子读两遍） 1. A. B. C. 2. A. B. C. 3. A. B. C. 4. A. B. C. 5. A. B. C. 第二节 听对话 听下面七段对话，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案。（每段对话读两遍） 听第1段对话，回答第6小题。 6. What does the girl ask Peter to do? A. To teach her French. B. To visit her school. C. To give her some useful advice. 听第2段对话，回答第7小题。 7. How much is the pen now? A. $2. B. $5. C. $7. 听第3段对话，回答第8小题。 8. What are the speakers talking about? A. A friend. B. A trip. C. A gift. 听第4段对话，回答第9小题。 9. How will the woman get to the Sunshine Cinema? A. By taxi. B. On foot. C. By bus. 听第5段对话，回答第10、11小题。 10. Who did the girl’s brother have a fight with yesterday? A. His sister. B. His father. C. His friend. 11. What will the speakers probably do next? A. Meet friends. B. Play football. C. Have a party. 听第6段对话，回答第12、13小题。 12. What does Jack’s father think of his volunteer work? A. Difficult. B. Relaxing. C. Useless. 13. What does the girl advise Jack to do? A. To have a talk with his father. B. To improve his social abilities. C. To pay more attention to his studies. 听第7段对话，回答第14、15小题。 14. What are the speakers talking about? A. How to spend the weekend. B. How to spend the Spring Festival. C. How to spend the summer vacation. 15. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Mother and son. C. Father and daughter. 第三节 听下面对话，根据你所听到的内容，完成以下表格，每空填一词。（对话读三遍） The building The location Details （详情） The library In the 16. ________ of the town It is a 17. ________ building The bank On 18. ________ Avenue It’s between a 19. ________ and a post office. The mall On Second Street It opens at 20. ________ am on weekday s and at 9:00 am on weekends. Ⅱ.选择填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. —Excuse me, where is Mr. Huang’s office? I come here for ________ interview. —On the 7th floor. Just take the lift over there. A. a B. / C. an 2. ________ we’re interested in something, our brains are more active and it’s easier to focus. A. If B. Though C. So 3. Fan Jinshi, born in 1938, has spent all her time protecting Dunhuang cultural heritage (遗产) ________ writing lots of books about it. A. on B. by C. with 4. If you want to get a better understanding of Water Margin (《水浒传》), you can look for the historical ________ of it. A. technology B. celebration C. background 5. — The flower cake tastes so amazing. Did your mother make it? — No. Actually, I made it myself. I searched for the making ________ on the Internet. A. process B. product C. progress 6. Some apps such as Pu Pu are very popular these days as they make it ________ for people to buy fruit and vegetables online. A. active B. patient C. convenient 7. Xiang’an is a district (区) in Xiamen, which is ________ its beautiful ancient buildings. A. known for B. popular with C. absent from 8. Last week, students ________ by the schools not to ride electric bikes without helmets. A. warned B. are warned C. were warned 9. Our city is expected to ________ the sixth subway line by 2027. A. require B. discover C. complete 10. In digital (数字的) age, people prefer to use computers to take notes instead of writing things ________. A. for free B. by hand C. on time 11. We should make a shopping list before Double Eleven Day to avoid __________ unnecessary things. A. buy B. to buy C. buying 12. —Did you know that Pan Zhanle won the men’s 100m freestyle championship at the Paris Olympic Games? —Of course. ________ wonderful player! A. What B. How C. What a 13. As a ninth-grade student, you should learn how to plan your time ________, and you can make full use of every day and live a meaningful life. A. widely B. normally C. wisely 14. —Do you know ________? —At 8:00 a.m. every day. A. how the school library runs B. when the school library opens C. where the school library lies 15. —Sorry, mom. I didn’t do a good job. —________. After all, you’ve tried your best. A. Never mind B. With pleasure C. Not at all Ⅲ.完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） When I was a kid, I often heard my teachers say, “Oh, Tina has a talent for math. Susan has a talent for history...” While watching sports ____16____, my parents would say, “These sports players are born with such ability.” ____17____ like these made me believe people were born with certain talents. If people didn’t have one at birth, they never would. As a result, I ____18____ paid attention to my math because I believed I was not born with talent for it. ____19____ told me that if you keep trying and trying, a difficult math task will be easy. In fact, it was my young ____20____, Samaya, who taught me this lesson. One day, while I was finishing some paperwork, I exclaimed (感叹), “Oh, no, how could ____21____ have made that mistake!” Samaya immediately said, “Mom, don’t worry. Mistakes make your brain grow bigger.” I was excited at ____22____ this eight-year-old girl said, so I wrote it down to remember. What a nice ____23____! Indeed, we all need to be reminded that mistakes or failures are just ____24____ and that they are a huge part of growth and success. I suppose that’s why the scientist Thomas Edison, after so many failed experiments, ____25____ to believe that each try brought him closer to success. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying! 16. A. games B. concerts C. movies 17. A. Rules B. Reports C. Opinions 18. A. still B. hardly C. always 19. A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Nobody 20. A. son B. sister C. daughter 21. A. I B. she C. we 22. A. why B. what C. how 23. A. idea B. try C. day 24. A. bad B. fine C. simple 25. A. refused B. offered C. continued Ⅳ.阅读理解（共三节，25小题；满分45分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选出最佳答案。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A https:// schoolsciencefestival.com / Come and join in the Science Festival! Our school is organizing the 2024 Science Festival! During the festival, you are encouraged to bring and introduce your inventions to teachers and students. Of course you can also learn about interesting and useful inventions created by other students. What are you waiting for? The theme of 2024: Inventions make our life convenient Schedule Application deadline （申请截止日期） September 15, 2024 Students who have invented something can apply to take part in the festival. The Science Festival date October 9th -11th, 2024 Students and teachers can go to the school library to enjoy different inventions. Requirements  Your invention needs to be created by yourself or your team.  Your invention should be useful in daily life. Prizes Teachers and students will vote （投票） for their favorite inventions. The inventor or the team with the highest votes will win and get a certificate （证书） and some money. All inventors or teams will receive notebooks as special gifts. Come and show your creativity. Click here to apply! 26. The Science Festival is held to ________. A. make school life convenient B. show students’ improvement C. introduce new students and teachers D. encourage students to invent something 27. How long will the Science Festival last? A. For one day. B. For three days. C. For nine days. D. For eleven days. 28. To take part in the festival, Alice needs to ________. A. apply on September 30 B. create something herself C. buy something useful D. learn science in a team 29. The inventor or the team with the lowest votes can get ________. ① a certificate ② some money ③ a notebook A. ①② B. ②③ C. ② D. ③ 30. Where can we find the reading? A. On a website. B. On a blackboard. C. In a science report. D. In a science magazine. B Li Shizhen, a well-known medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty, is famous as a great master (大师) of medicine in China. He put his heart and soul into medicine, only to save the dying and cure the sick. Li was born in 1518 in Hubei. Both his grandfather and father were doctors. Li’s grandfather was a country doctor who travelled from place to place with a bag of herbs (药草). Such doctors were called Lingyi (bell doctors), because they could tell others their arrival by ringing a bell. Li’s father was also a famous doctor in their local area. From childhood, Li went to the mountains with his father to pick herbs, getting wide knowledge about animals, plants and medicine. Although Li’s father hoped his son could get a government job, Li failed the exam three times. He then turned his attention to medicine. At the age of 33, Li became famous for curing Prince Zhu Houkun’s son. A few years later, he was invited to work at the Imperial Medical Institute (太医院) in Beijing. During that time, he read many ancient medical texts, and noticed a mess (混乱) in the naming and categorization (分类) of herbs. To deal with it, he decided to leave his job and devote himself to writing a book about herbs. After that, Li travelled to many places and got much first-hand experience. He also read hundreds of medical books and collected different kinds of herbs. After 27 years of efforts, his first draft (初稿) of Ben Cao Gang Mu was completed in 1578. The book is highly detailed and well-organized and is considered one of the greatest scientific achievements of the Ming Dynasty. 31. Which of the following is TRUE according to paragraph 2? A. Li’s father followed in his father’s footsteps. B. Li’s grandfather sold herbs by ringing a bell. C. Li’s father was not as famous as his grandfather. D. Li’s family moved to Hubei when Li was very young. 32. How did Li learn medicine as a child? A. Through receiving education at school. B. By learning it from his grandfather. C. Through personal practice. D. By reading many ancient books. 33. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to? A. A child’s illness. B. Writing his new book. C. His work in Beijing. D. Wrong information about herbs. 34. Why did Li go to many places? A. To cure more patients. B. To prepare for his book. C. To spread his medical ideas. D. To visit some famous medical scientists. 35. Which word can best describe Li Shizhen? A. Proud. B. Popular. C. Hard-working. D. Independent. C Do you sometimes pay no attention to your mom while talking with friends? If you’re a teen, that’s quite common. And new research may explain why so many teens tune out (无视) their moms’ voice. Young kids’ brains are very attuned to their mothers’ voices, science has shown. But as kids enter their teenage years, everything changes. Teenagers listen to strangers’ voices more than their own mom’s, a new study has found. “Teens have this whole other class of sounds and voices that they need to listen to,” explained Daniel Abrams from Stanford University School of Medicine in California. He and his team shared their findings this April in Journal of Neuroscience. The researchers studied what happened in the brains of 7-to 16-year-olds as they listened to three words said by their mothers or by strange women. The words had no meaning and were impossible to understand. They were teebudieshawlt, keebudieshawlt and peebudieshawlt. Using them allowed the scientists to study voices on their own, not what they were saying. According to the study, as the kids listened, certain areas of their brains became active. For teens, these brain areas responded (作出反应) more to strange voices than to their moms’. However, it’s not that teenagers purposely (故意地) tune out their mothers’ voices but that their brains become more open to other voices as they grow up. “Just as a baby knows to tune in to his mother’s voice, a teen knows to tune in to new voices,” said Abrams. “As a teen, you don’t know you’re doing this. You’re just being you.” Here’s why. As kids grow up, they become independent and expand (扩大) their social connections outside their family. As a result, their brains begin paying more attention to that wider world. “Both teens and their parents may sometimes feel upset by missed messages. That’s okay,” Abrams said. “This is the way the brain is connected, and there’s a good reason for it.” 36. How does the writer start the passage? A. By telling a story. B. By raising a question. C. By comparing two facts. D. By imagining a situation. 37. What can we learn about the new study from Paragraph 2? A. It was done by a team from a hospital. B. It helped know more about the brain. C. It appeared in a magazine. D. It built on a 2021 study. 38. What does the writer explain to us in Paragraph 3? A. Why the researchers chose kids between 7 and 16 years old. B. Why young kids are tuned in to their mothers’ voices. C. Why everything changes as kids become teenagers. D. Why the researchers used three special words. 39. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about? A. The results of the study. B. The process of the study. C. The subjects of the study. D. The meaning of the study. 40. Which of the following would Daniel Abrams most probably agree with? A. Teenagers don’t want to listen to their moms. B. Teenagers depend on strangers more. C. It’s a good thing that kids are interested in all voices. D. It’s a good thing that kids become more independent. 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） D Reading a good book is a wonderful journey because the reader can live in someone else’s world for a while. Reading together with others, known as buddy (同伴) reading, will make this journey even more fantastic. During the journey, the buddies spend time doing a lot of reading activities. This not only adds to the pleasure of reading, but also deepens their understanding of the books. Although it is all right to have students join in buddy reading with same-aged schoolmates, schools usually pair up older students with younger ones. In 2021, Green School started such a program and has achieved a great success. Both younger and older readers in this school have learned a lot from this two-year program. For example, when they listened to each other, they learned to be kind and patient. This experience also provided them with a chance to practise lifelong skills such as exercising leadership or communicating with others. A student called Jason said that reading to a younger buddy was really helpful. He became more confident, as he knew he was a role model for someone. The school also became a closer community. The reading buddies felt more connected as they often met each other. The students were always excited when they saw their buddies pass by in the hallway. Now summer vacation is coming. It’s a great time to get into books. Why not pair up with a friend, choose a book you both like and read it together? 根据语篇内容，回答下列问题。 41. What is buddy reading? _________________________________________________________________________________ 42. How do schools usually pair up buddies? _________________________________________________________________________________ 43. How long did the reading program in Green School last? _________________________________________________________________________________ 44. Why did Jason think the program was helpful? _________________________________________________________________________________ 45. What benefit did the school get from the program? _________________________________________________________________________________ 第三节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） E 阅读短文，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。 Good friends or bad friends? Let’s start with a powerful saying from poet John Mark Green, “Toxic people (有毒人) attach themselves like cinder blocks (煤渣) tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.” “Toxic relationships” sound pretty bad, don’t they? Yet many of us continue to stay in toxic friendships. ____46____ So how do you know whether a friendship is toxic or not? Here are 3 signs to help you.  ____47____ Generally, when you share your achievements with those around you, they are happy for you. However, toxic friends may act jealously (妒忌地). They may show happiness for your success in front of you but not feel it inside. They try to weaken your confidence by doubting your abilities and making you think that you don’t deserve your success.  Humiliate (羞辱) you in front of others Another sign of a toxic friendship is going too far with joking. Among friends, it’s common for one person to laugh at another, and then the other makes a joke back so everyone laughs together. All this is fine, ____48____  Separate you from others One of the most common things you’ll find in a toxic friendship is that toxic friends might want to control you. They might want to keep an eye on all your activities. ____49____ You may also be driven far from doing the right things at the right time. Although it may be hard to let go of a toxic friendship because you’ve invested so much into it, you need to do so. ____50____ A. Always try to put you down. B. but when the joke starts humiliating the person, that shows a toxic attitude. C. Some of us realize it, while some of us do not. D. They might also prevent you from making new friends. E. Spend more time with those who truly know and value you. Ⅴ.情景交际（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 51. 你想知道在哪里可以买到药，可以这样礼貌地询问： Excuse me, do you know _______________________________________________________________________? 52. 外出旅游，你感叹食物太美味了，可以这样说： How _______________________________________________________________________________________! 53. 你想知道同桌以前是否有戴眼镜，可以这样问他： ___________________________________________________________________________________________? 54. 你想知道朋友新买的衬衫是否是棉质的，可以这样问他： __________________________________________? 55. 老师想知道你学英语的方法，你可以这样回答： I study English by ____________________________________________________________________________. Ⅵ.看图写句（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据图片和提示词，写出完整的句子。 56. (important) _________________________________________________________________ 57. (afraid) _________________________________________________________________ 58. (interested) _________________________________________________________________ 59. (invent, 1876) _________________________________________________________________ 60. (symbol) _________________________________________________________________ Ⅶ.短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Technology plays an important role in our life. In recent years it has ____61____ (develop) rapidly and has greatly changed the way we travel by public transport. In the past, we had to hold the paper tickets when taking the train. But today we can travel more ____62____ (easy) by scanning (扫描) our faces, ID cards or QR codes. And more new ways are coming. A subway line in Beijing allows passengers to get into and out of ____63____ (station) by just scanning the palm (手掌) of a hand. It is ____64____ first subway line that provides palm scanning service for passengers in the world. To use the service, passengers need to register (注册) ____65____ (they) palm prints and online payment information on the ticket machines at the subway station. “It’s very convenient. Passengers just need to place a palm above the scanning machine when getting into and out of the subway station. And then the ticket gate will open ____66____ the palm scan matches the palm print they registered before,” said Zhang Li, an expert at the Beijing Metro Network Control Center. “What’s more, the service ____67____ (require) no physical contact (接触). So it is much faster and ____68____ (safe) than traditional check-in ways.” The service is popular ____69____ both the old and the young. It saves passengers the trouble of ____70____ (carry) a card around or scanning a QR code to take the subway. Ⅷ.书面表达（满分15分） 71. 转眼间，我们已经来到了初三，初中生活即将画上句号。你还记得刚踏入初中的那个自己吗？现在的你经历了哪些变化？面对即将到来的中考，你又制定了怎样的具体计划呢？请根据图示，写一篇英文短文。 要求：1. 词数80词左右； 2. 包含以上图示要点（其中变化至少提及三点）； 3. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名。 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $