1、2023學(xué)年九上英語期末模擬測試卷注意事項1考生要認真填寫考場號和座位序號。2試題所有答案必須填涂或書寫在答題卡上，在試卷上作答無效。第一部分必須用2B 鉛筆作答；第二部分必須用黑色字跡的簽字筆作答。3考試結(jié)束后，考生須將試卷和答題卡放在桌面上，待監(jiān)考員收回。. 單項選擇1、 Look at the sign! You are not allowed to smoke here. _.AOK, I will BSorry, I wontCYes, Id love to DYoud better not2、 Would you like some . Oh, yes, just a little

2、.AmilkBappleCpearsDoranges3、More and more cities in China begin to build subways!Thats right! It will make our lives than before.Athe busiestBbusierCthe easiestDeasier4、Jane any letter to her friends since she left home.Adoesnt writeBdidnt writeChasnt writtenDwont write5、 Could you please tell me _?

3、Because my alarm oclock didnt go off.Awhy you were late for schoolBwhy were you late for schoolCwhy did you come to school late6、Its humorous_ you to tell funny jokes to those_ teenagers.Aof；lonely Bof；alone Cfor；alone Dfor；lonely7、Have you ever been to Disneyland?Yes. I _ there last summer.Awill go

4、BwentChave goneDwas going8、The magician is planning to hide the Oriental Pearl Tower before a big audience.Really? I have never heard _ idea before.Athe crazierBa crazierCthe craziestDa craziest9、Helen, can I wear jeans and a T-shirt to the school talent show?OK, but a dress might be_.Agood Bbad Cbe

5、tter Dworse10、There are a lot of colorful flowers on sides of the street.AeachBbothCeitherDall. 完形填空11、Doar Nista：Moving is hard work! Mother and I 1 to pack things just eight weeks before we left. 2 new house is in a town called St. Cloud, Minnesota. Its very quiet. The weather in July is warm and

6、sunny, and there are no 3 seasons. My sister Sunil and I can play together, but we 4 have any friends here. It isnt easy for us 5 neighbours.Dad started his new job 6 a doctor at the hospital here. Hes happy working here, 7 I am not happy. I just feel lonely.Winter is in the air. The weather is gett

7、ing colder and colder. It snowed 30 centimeters last night. Today, Sunil and I threw snowball with Emily. Emily is my neighbour and my classmate. We went 8 last week on a lake. Someone made 9 hole in the ice and was fishing. It was so cold.Tomorrow Emily and I 10 one of my favourite movies. I miss y

8、ou so much. Please write soon.1AbeginBbeginsCwill beginDbegan2AWeBUsCOurDOurs3AArainBrainyCrainsDraining4AdontBdoesntCisntDarent5Ato meetBmeetingCmeetDmet6AforBwithCofDas7AandBbutCorDso8AskateBskatedCskatingDto skating9AaBanCtheD/10AwatchBare watchingCare going to watchDwatched. 語法填空12、五、語法填空閱讀下面短文，

9、在空白處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。Have you ever heard of friendships among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed 1a cat and a bear.No one is quite sure how the friendship first began. One day, some 2(worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bears cage(籠子), and the two ani

10、mals were playing together peacefully. They were surprised 3well the small cat seemed to get along with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat to stay with the bear. And later the pair and their unusual friendship 4(become) a hot topic at the zoo.After several years, a new cage5 (build) for

11、 the bear. However, the cat was still in the same cage, so it walked around 6(angry) and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper finally took pity on the cat 7let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got 8 (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in 9sun.Sometimes it m

12、ay be natural for animals 10(have) their own ideas about who would make a good friend. These may surprise humans, who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species. 閱讀理解A13、Hip hop or rap (說唱) music started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 197

13、0s. People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.Rapping in class.Would you like to rap in class? Well, actually hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USAWhy? There is a new school program called “Flocabulary” in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to

14、help teach different school subjects. The words of the songs are just what students are studying. This makes learning easy and fun. Students and teachers are excited about the good results it has had on exam marks. Mr. Lee, a teacher in a high school, said, “Ive used hip hop songs in class, and I ha

15、ve never seen my students so crazy about history! You cant imagine how well they remember what I teach! We even try to write our own songs.”Whose idea was Flocabulary?Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary. The word “Flocabulary” comes fro

16、m the word “flow” and “vocabulary”. “Flow” is a rap word for “style”, or the way a rapper says the words of a song. “Vocabulary” means the words you have to learn in a language. How did he get the idea? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily. So, why not make les

17、sons into songs? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for math, science and literature (文學(xué)). They are now used in schools with great success.1Rap music started _ in the New York City in the 1970s.Ain a high school Bin a music classCon the street Din a CD sh

18、op2From the passage, we can learn “Flocabulary” is a program to _.Awrite rap music Bremember the words of a songCwrite our own songs Dhelp teach school subjects3Blake has produced hip hop sings for school subjects EXCEPT _.Amath BhistoryCscience DLiteratureB14、Learning to love readingTaking public t

19、ransportation in the United States, you can often see people reading books on their way to school or work. But in China, I rarely (很少地) see people reading during their free time.Are peoples attitudes toward reading different here? Not really. Data (數(shù)據(jù)) released by Amazon China in December 2017 show

20、that Chinese people still read a lot. They simply prefer e-books over regular books.However, other data show that reading is still more popular in the us than in China. Is there a reason for this difference? Im not sure. What I do know is that China has a rich history of literature (文學(xué)). From classi

21、c novels like Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義) to the modern science-fiction books The Three-Body Problem (三體), and many other styles, Chinese authors have created many fantastic written works.Perhaps the difference starts from childhood. Reading textbooks and doing homework can make you feel qu

22、ite tired. By the time you finish it, you might not feel like reading for fun. Chinese students definitely (肯定) have to read more and do more homework than US students. So its no wonder that they might not want to read much in their spare time.But learning to love reading can be great. Reading can o

23、pen doors to places, people and ideas that you cannot imagine. Even just a single book has the power to change your own personal beliefs and attitudes. Where will your next book take you?1From Paragraph 1, what do we know about people in the US?AMost people take public transportation to work.BStuden

24、ts have homework to do on their way to school.CMany of them have the habit of reading.DThey read books that are left behind on public transportation.2Chinese authors have created many fantastic written works including _.Aclassic novelsBscience-fiction booksCrealistic novelsDAll above3Which of the fo

25、llowing is TRUE?AChinese peoples attitudes toward reading have changed.BChinese people prefer e-books to regular books now.CChinese people never read in their spare time.DChinese people bought the most books from Amazon China in 2017.4Why is reading less popular in China, according to the author?ABe

26、cause Chinese people prefer to watch plays instead of reading.BBecause its hard to choose what to read.CBecause Chinese people already read enough books during their childhoods.DBecause Peoples childhood experiences may influence their reading habits.5According to the author, reading books can _.Ahe

27、lp you learn more about schoolworkBtake too much of your timeCmake you feel tiredDchange your view of the worldC15、Little Mikes grandmother died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city park where his grandmother used to go. There he saw an old lady. She looked very ki

28、nd. She was sitting there, watching pigeons（鴿子）. Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was very sweet and Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled. Mike was very happy.The

29、y sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it was dark, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged the old lady and she gave him her sweetest smile.When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the happy look on his face. “ I met an old lady in the park. Her smile was like the smil

30、e I used to see on Grandmothers face.”The old lady also returned to her home happily. She told her son she had food and drinks with a little boy. “ He was as lovely as Bill.” She said. Her son was surprised, because he had never been so happy since Bill, her grandson, died weeks ago.1Little Mike wen

31、t to the park and _.Aplayed with pigeonsBfed pigeonsCmet an old ladyDsaw a friend of his grandmothers2The old ladys smile showed _.Ashe hated to meet the boyBshe wanted to get some drinksCshe missed her sonDshe liked the little boy3Mike felt very happy because _.Ahe gave the old lady some food and d

32、rinksBthe old ladys smile was like his grandmothers smileChe met his grandmother in the city parkDhe saw many lovely pigeons in the park4Mike and the old lady _.Awere good to each other(相互)Bknew each other wellCoften met in the parkDdid nothing that afternoon5What do we learn from the story?AWhen on

33、e feels unhappy, he must go to a park.BOld people are always kind and happyCChildren should be polite to old people .DWhen people get on well, they feel happy.D16、How should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation (通貨膨脹)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the i

34、nterest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks,

35、 which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with

36、twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round peoples wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves（奴隸）.Whether or not we are slaves of time today depen

37、ds on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring（量） the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout

38、tire time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable（可靠的） ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour- glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any

39、serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap on

40、es for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit（收益）?1According to the passage, collecting antique clocks_.Acan hardly keep the value of your savingsBwill cost much of your savingsCmay increase your wealthDnee

41、ds your bravery2By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to_.Asuggest human beings are controlled by a clockBdescribe why clocks can rule the planet EarthCtell readers what clocks look likeDcompare chocks to human beings3Which of the following is NOT mentioned as

42、 a way to measure the time?ACounting the beating of ones own heart.BMaking use of candles, sand and water.CObserving shadows cast by the sun.DKeeping slaves busy day and night.4The underlined phrase stately homes in paragraph（段落）4 means_.Astate-owned housesBhouses in very good conditionCgrand houses

43、 open to the publicDhouses where statesmen meet regularly5The purpose of the passage is_.Ato introduce the culture of antique clocksBto offer some advice on collecting antique clocksCto compare different ways to make a future profitDto explain convenient and reliable ways of telling timeE17、 Have yo

44、u ever hiccupped (打嗝）in a quiet room full of people? Have you ever hiccupped so hard that you had to stop what you were doing? The hiccups is a problem that almost everyone has experienced.The reasons for getting hiccups People get hiccups for some reasons. Hiccups might result from eating or drinki

45、ng too much or too quickly. A sudden change in the stomachs temperature, such as drinking hot water immediately after drinking cold water, may also cause hiccups. They may even happen because of being excited or being under a lot of stress.Making hiccups go awayIdeas on how to stop hiccups have been

46、 created, shared, and tried for years. However, what works for one person may not work for everyone. Perhaps the most common method people use is to hold their breath for a few seconds. If this doesnt work, you can try swallowing (吞下）hard while holding your breath. There are also some strange-soundi

47、ng ways, like drinking a lot of water. Someone might even try to scare away hiccups.Ideas for curing (治愈）hiccups often include things found in the kitchen. Some people put sweet and sour things into water. Many people believe that eating some sugar can make hiccups go away.Award-winning methodIn 201

48、0, a young girl named Mallory Kievman couldnt make her hiccups go away. None of the ideas that she knew worked for her. So she decided to find her own cure for hiccups. She knew that sweet and sour things were commonly used to cure hiccups, and she knew that swallowing hard could also help. She deci

49、ded to use the two ideas to make a special lollipop(棒棒糖). She experimented with different things in the kitchen. After she failed many times, Mallory invented a lollipop that worked by putting water, sugar and vinegar (醋) together. She named her invention Hiccupops.Mallory wanted to find out whether

50、 her lollipops would help others. She gave her lollipops to friends. Most of them were cured of their hiccups after eating the lollipops.Mallory entered a competition with her lollipop and won three awards for her creative idea.1Why does the writer begin the passage with the ideas in Paragraph 1?ATo

51、 make the time of getting hiccups clear.BTo suggest what it feels like to have hiccups.CTo explain to us why people have trouble curing hiccups.DTo interest us in a subject that many people have experienced.2In which situation will you probably get a hiccup? .AYou are going to take an exam without p

52、reparation.BYou drink a bowl of soup slowly.CYou swallow some medicine.DYou eat a Hiccupop.3The way people use most to stop hiccups isAholding the breath for a few secondsBswallowing hard while holding the breathCdrinking a lot of waterDeating some lollipops4Which of the following is TRUE about Mall

53、ory Kievman?AIt was not easy for her to invent her lollipops.BThe ingredients (材料）of her lollipops arent easy to find.CHer lollipops can help everyone get away from hiccups.DShe won three competitions with her lollipops.F18、WORLDWATCHBusiness JournalistThis international(國際的）business magazine with 2

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