2023學年江蘇省鹽城市鹽城中學九年級英語第一學期期末考試試題含解析

1、2023學年九上英語期末模擬測試卷注意事項:1答題前，考生先將自己的姓名、準考證號碼填寫清楚，將條形碼準確粘貼在條形碼區(qū)域內。2答題時請按要求用筆。3請按照題號順序在答題卡各題目的答題區(qū)域內作答，超出答題區(qū)域書寫的答案無效；在草稿紙、試卷上答題無效。4作圖可先使用鉛筆畫出，確定后必須用黑色字跡的簽字筆描黑。5保持卡面清潔，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皺，不準使用涂改液、修正帶、刮紙刀。. 單項選擇1、-_do you think it is since he left for Shenzhen?-No more than half a month.AHow longBHow soonCHow oft

2、enDHow far2、Mr. White became _ because the plane couldnt take off on time.AnervousBangryCgladDcareful3、-How did you feel when you talked to Miss Sun, Billy?- At fist I didnt know what to say, but later the warmth of her voice made me feel _.Amore nervousBless nervousCmore seriousDless serious4、Did y

3、ou_the first place of the league match?Of course we did. We_all the other teams.Abeat; beatBbeat; wonCwin; wonDwin; beat5、The weather there isnt nice,_?Ais thereBis itCisnt thereDisnt it6、-OMG! How could this happen?-What?-The strawberries _ for at least a week. They still look so fresh!Ahave bought

4、Bhave been boughtChave keptDhave been kept7、Of all the mountains, Qomolangma is the most dangerous to climb.Yes. There are usually some serious difficulties including thick clouds, _ weather conditions and heavy storms.AfreezingBtypicalCpeaceful8、Lily is _ active girl and she is fond of playing _ vo

5、lleyball.Aan; aBa; theCan; /Da; /9、Do you still remember our primary school teacher, Mrs. Liu?Yes, she always encouraged us and gave us support we met difficulties.AwhateverBwheneverChowever10、They _ the coming of the year 2018 when an accident happened.Awere celebrating BcelebratedCwould celebrate

6、Dhave celebrated. 完形填空11、Today many Chinese people want to 1 their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contest 2 singing popular English songs 3 all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable 4 stage. Some of these singers were able

7、 to sing English songs just as 5 as native speakers.The singers really came from all age groups and from all over China. The 6 of the mens competition was a 40-year-old man from Xian, and the winner of the 7 competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. 8 winners were very modest and said that the

8、y didnt think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the womens competition, said 9 English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was 10 , so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning E

9、nglish.This kind of contest encourages people in China 11 English. Many people agree that they make 12 by singing English songs and that it is a good idea to have fun with English. Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why dont you find out about it? It suggests ways for

10、 Beijingers to take an interest in learning English 13 singing English songs, there are many other fun 14 to learn English. What about watching English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even make friends with a 15 speaker of English. If you look hard enough, youll find a good way to

11、learn English better.1Aleant Blisten Cimprove Dhear2Ain Bby Cfrom Dwith3APossibly BNearly CLuckily DHardly4Aon Bonto Cin Dunder5Agood Bwell Cbetter Dbest6Awinner Bhost Chostess Dlistener7Awomans Bwomens Cgirls Dladys8ABoth BEither CEvery DEach9Astudy Bstudying Cstudies Dstudied10Anot well enough Bve

12、ry well Cnot good enough Dvery good11Ato speak Bspeak Cspoken Dspeaking12Aprogress Bprogresses Cmoney Dfriends13ABeside BBesides CExcept DNot only14Astories Bsongs Cmovies Dways15Astrange Bfriendly Ckind Dnative. 語法填空12、 I was feeling a little sad because my mother had lost her job. One day, while I

13、1 (walk) on the street, I heard that a beautiful piece of piano music2(play) above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly 3 (find) out where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano. She was singing songs about love, believing yourself and keeping on4(try). The way she w

14、as singing made me 5 (relax). I stood there quietly, watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be brave enough to perform in front of so many people.She noticed me. I walked over and 6 (tell) her how good her music sounded. Thank you. she said. I have been going

15、 through a hard time recently, but youve made me hopeful again. I said to her.Im glad that I could help, she replied. Why are you so sad?Well, my mom 7 (lose) her job, and Im not sure what to do .Did you notice the way you were walking? Your head was down. she said. 8 (not be) upset, because opportu

16、nity comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should smile more . lift your head up.I looked at her, amazed at how she was encouraging me. Why are you playing the piano here now? I asked her with a smile.She explained that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the wor

17、ld and she tried to cheer them up by playing music. I smiled a little wilder, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on. 閱讀理解A13、Welcome to our Toy Museum. We can tell you stories behind toys. Do you know who invented the Barbie Doll? How did your toys get their names? Lets find out

18、 about some of the worlds favorite toys.The Barbie Doll Ruth Handler designed the The Barbie Doll in 1959. She named it after her daughter, Barbara, who gave Ruth the idea while playing with her friends. The first Barie Doll wore a black and white swimsuit, but these days she has many kinds of great

19、 clothes to choose from.Rubiks Cube Emo Rubik invented his famous puzzle in 1974. It is a cube with nine small squares on each of its six sides. Every side has one color. Players mix up the small colored squares, and they try to put them back in place again. It certainly keeps people busy.ScrabbleIn

20、 1931, Akfred M Butts invented a board game called Criss-Cross which was similar to a crossword puzzle. Butts couldnt sell his game, but in 1948 James Brunot improved the rules and design of the game and gave it a new name, Scrabble, which became a brand name. It is now one of the most popular games

21、 in the world.1Which of the following was invented earliest?AThe Barbie Doll.BRubiks CubeCScrabbleDCriss-Cross2How did the Barbie Doll get its name?AIt was named after the inventors daughter.BIt was named according to its shape.CIt was named after a brand.DIt was from the inventors friends.3What is

22、a Rubiks Cube like?AIt has six sides with different colors.BIt has nine squares with the same color.CIt has nine sides with mixed colors.DIt has six squares with mixed colors.4Which of the following descriptions is NOT true?AThe Barbie Doll has more clothes now than when it was first invented.BYou n

23、eed to think hard about how to put the colored squares in place.CScrabble was made on the basis of Criss-Cross.DThe three toys were all made by an American.5What can we learn from the reading?AHow we can play with the most popular toys.BWhere we can buy the wonderful toys.CWhat the stories behind th

24、ese fun toys are.DWhy these great toys are so popular.B14、 The monarch is one of the most beautiful butterflies. It is famous for its yearly migration（遷徙）from the northern part of North America to Mexico, There, millions of monarchs spend the winter together in one small area. This migration is one

25、of the greatest wonders of nature. Yet this behavior has now put the monarch at risk.Every September, millions of monarchs from the United States fly to Mexico. After about two months of flying time, they reach their sanctuary(庇護所)in central Mexico. Then, in the warm climate of private and quiet val

26、leys, far from most human activity, the butterflies create one of natures great scenes. They cover every tree with bright color. The show lasts until spring, when the butterflies return north.While they are all crowded together, the monarchs are highly weak. If the environment in those valleys was d

27、isturbed, the whole species could be hurt or even die out. That is why for many years scientists who knew about the monarchs winter sanctuary kept the location a secret.In recent years, however, the monarchs secret has been discovered. Today, the butterflies winter sanctuary is crowded with tourists

28、, who disturb the environment. Worse still, local farmers who need more land to farm have begun to take up the area. They are cutting down trees, making it difficult for the butterflies to survive. They should not farm in the monarchs sanctuary.People should act immediately to protect the species wi

29、nter sanctuary. Local farmers must be helped so that they no longer need to take land from the butterflies. Tourist visits to the butterflies hidden valleys must also be limited. Unless these steps are taken soon, in a few years the monarch butterfly of North America may be just a beautiful memory.1

30、What do we know about monarch butterflies?AThey fly to the US in autumn.BThey spend the winter together.CThey are the most beautiful butterflies.DThey have been known to human beings until recent years.2What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?AThe monarchs diet.BThe monarchs colors.CThe monarchs life cycle

31、.DThe monarchs migration.3Why did scientists keep the monarchs winter sanctuary a secret?ATo keep the valleys from being destroyed.BTo stop farmers from cutting down trees.CTo do their research secretlyDTo protect the monarchs.4What is the purpose of the text?ATo tell about a great place to watch mo

32、narch butterflies.BTo provide information about monarch butterflies.CTo ask people to protect monarch butterflies.DTo call on people to save the environment.C15、If youve tried studying when youre tired, you know that it can seem very impossible to do well.A study of sleep in sparrows suggests the re

33、lationship between sleep and the ability to learn may be more complicated(復雜) than people knew.Niels CRattenborg, a scientist from Wisconsin-Madison, wanted to find out how the sparrows were able to deal with getting so much less sleep. He and his team brought eight wild birds into a lab and watched

34、 them for one year. They invented a game to check how well the birds could learn. In the game, the sparrows had to peck(啄)three buttons （按鈕）in a right order to get a food treat. The scientists discovered that the birds ability to learn the right button order depended on(依靠)two things: the time of ye

35、ar and the amount of sleep the birds had had.During the migration（遷徙）season, the sparrows were restless at night and got much less sleep than usual. Even so, they were able to understand how to get the food quickly as if theyd had a regular night of sleep. Outside the migration season, they found th

36、e sparrows that got less sleep than usual had much more difficulty learning how to get the food treats than birds that had a regular sleep.The results show that the sparrows can deal with much less sleep during the migration season than usual. If scientists can find out why, they may learn from spar

37、rows and find ways of helping people deal with getting much less sleep. Until scientists fully understand the relationship between sleep and learning, its better to get plenty of sleep when preparing for an exam.1The passage is mainly about .Asparrows migration.Bsleep lessons from Sparrows.Chow to g

38、et less sleep while studyingDhow sparrows that got less sleep get food treats2Why can sparrows get much less sleep during the migration season?AThey eat more.BThe climate is betterCThey can get food quicklyDScientists still dont know the reason.3What fact does the passage lead you to believe?AWe sho

39、uld sleep as little as sparrows do.BWe should get enough sleep before an exam.CWhen tired, we should try to focus on(聚焦) our study.DWhen tired, we should check how we can sleep less than usual.D16、My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts(煙頭)for seven year

40、s. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It”.At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is not your ashtray(煙灰缸)”written

41、on them. We put the pictures around our hometown-in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers dont think that dropping butts hurts the Earth. But it does, and all rubbish does!Later, we wrote to companies and asked

42、 them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didnt have to drop butts.At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies want to do it. Man

43、y people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups in America. Now there even groups in England, Australia, and India! Many newspapers have written about my sister and me over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for what we do. B

44、ut we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people.One day, it will be.1What did the writer think about the cigarette butts in the first place?AThey made the town smelly. BThey made the town unhealthy.CThey made the town dirty

45、. DThey made the town poor.2What does the writer do with the cigarette butts?AGive ashtrays to the smokers. BStop people buying cigarettes.CPick up the cigarette butts. DWin prizes for starting groups.3The writer put the pictures with “The Earth is not your ashtrays” .Ain hospitals Bon buses Calong

46、rivers Dby beaches4From the passage we can know that .Ano companies wanted to give money to themBThe writer believes that the Earth will be a better and cleaner placeCThere are only 45”No Butts About It”DThe writer likes to be on newspapers and win prizes5Which is the best title for the passage?ASav

47、e our Town From Cigarette Butts. BBuy Yourself An Ashtray.CCigarette Butts Also Destroy Other Countries. DNo Butts Prize.E17、As a parent, its necessary to know how to best support your child in school. Today well talk about how you can support your child.1)Your child will be tired. The new school ye

48、ar means a while new schedule(進度表)，so with the period may come a bit of fatigue.You should:Make sure your child get enough sleep.Prepare and pack in the evening for the next day of school.2) Your child may feel nervous. Everything is new! Everything is different!You should:Talk, talk, talk! Ask abou

49、t the day and ask how hes feeling.Know your child. Maybe he needs a bit of time after school and wants to talk in the evening, or maybe hes tired in the evening and wants to chat after school. Find it out an follow!3) Your child wants to do well. He really does. Remember that no matter what last yea

50、r looked like, this year is a fresh and new start!You should:Make it clear that you want to help him.Celebrate successes!4) Your child really needs you. No matter what he says, your child needs you.You should:Be there when he needs you.Know what is going on. Know what your child needs for class and

51、get it for him.1What does the underlined word “fatigue” mean in Chinese ?A疲倦 B亢奮 C尷尬 D孤獨2What should parents do if their child feels nervous ?ATell him to get enough sleep. BHave a relaxing chat with him.CTell him to be independent. DGet everything ready for him.3What can be the best title for the p

52、assage ?ALearn to let go BSchoolchildren are not easyCProblems of schoolchildren DWays to support schoolchildren4We can probably find the reading in a(n)_ magazine.Atravel Bbusiness Ceducation Dsports5Who might be interested in this reading ?AStudents. BParents. CTeachers. DDoctors.F18、Shadow puppet

53、 play(皮影戲), also called “shadowplay”, is a traditional Chinese art of storytelling. Dramas were played out in screen or walls for thousands of years toentertain(娛樂) and instruct. It was very popular in manyparts of China during the Tang (618907) and Song periods.Shadow puppets are made of hard leath

54、er(皮革). Theleather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or anobject. Each puppet is painted in bright colors and put on a stick. Different colors are used toshow good and bad of persons in the drama. Some puppets have movable arms and legs . Theyrereflected(反射，映出) on the white screen throu

55、gh the light.During a shadow puppet play, the players stand behind a white screen with lights behind itThe audience sit in front of the screen. The players hold the puppets very close to the screen sothe audience can see the puppets shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do thevoices

56、 of the different roles.Now with TV and films, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. But the basicprinciple(愿望) and ways of shadow performance played an important leading role in theinvention of the modern movie and the development of the movies and cartoons. Nowadays, theChinese shadow

57、puppet plays have been collected by the museums of many countries in theworld. It is the treasure in the world culture and art family.1Shadow puppet play was very popular _.Athrough the Tang and Song periodsBbefore the Tang and Song periodsCafter the Tang and Song periodsDbetween the year 907 and th

58、e year 9602_ do the voices of the different roles.AThe puppetsBThe inventorsCThe playersDThe screen3The underlined word “audience” might mean _ in the passage.A藝人B觀眾C木偶D皮影4According to the passage, which of the following in NOT true?AShadow play is an art of storytelling to entertain and instructBThe colo