宣城市重点中学2022年英语九年级第一学期期末经典模拟试题含解析

1、2022-2023学年九上英语期末模拟试卷考生须知：1全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。2请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。3保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。. 单项选择1、To protect endangered elephants, government should make rules to prevent people from buying and selling things_ of ivory（象牙）.A

2、make.Bare madeCbe madeDmade2、-I have a problem. I dont know what to do.-Lets ask Dick for help. He can _a good idea to solve your problem.Athink up Bgive up Chang out Dlaugh at3、Bethune even worked for sixty-nine hours without stopping and managed _ over a hundred lives.AsavedBto saveCsavingDsaves4、

3、Tom has already the book for ten days. He must return it the library today.Aread; back to Bbought; to Cborrowed; back to Dkept; to5、A smile costs , but gives much, so always keep smiling!AsomethingBanythingCnothingDeverything6、To protect the environment, supermarkets dont _ free plastic bags to shop

4、pers.AtakeBshowCprovideDcarry7、 _ you come with me to Lang Langs piano concert this evening? Id love to, but I have to study for my math test.AShouldBMayCMustDCan8、Rio 2016 Olympics will _ 16 days from August 5th to August 21st.AlastBcontinueCcountDkeep9、 Did you go to the cinema last night? Oh, no.

5、 I go to the cinema. I think the tickets are too expensive.AalwaysBhardlyCusuallyDoften10、Some farmers _how to feed chickens.Ataught IBtaught usCtaught sheDtaught we. 完形填空11、 Hello! My name is Dave Brown. My 1 name is Dave. I play sports every day and I am very 2 . I eat a lot of fruit and 3 . For f

6、ruit, I like apples, oranges, pears and 4 . For vegetables, I like tomatoes and 5 . I dont like ice-cream. I like chicken 6 dinner every day. I like playing sports, too. I 7 in the morning. I likeLin Shuhao. Do you 8 him? Yeah, he is a basketball player. I like 9 basketball, too. I play it every aft

7、ernoon. It is not 10 for me. Healthy food and lots of sports make(使得) me healthy.1AfirstBlastCfamilyDEnglish2AgoodBhealthyCdearDboring3AsaladBeggsCvegetablesDrice4AiceBbananasCcreamDhamburgers5AorangesBapplesCcarrotsDchicken6AofBforCinDon7ArunBspellCloseDfind8AneedBcallCmeetDknow9AplayingBto playing

8、CplayDplays10AdifficultBinterestingCgreatDrelaxing. 语法填空12、用所给动词的正确形式填空。Every year animals all around the world take part in some wonderful journeys.Here 1 (be) the stories of two amazing animal travelers Humpback whales prefer a Slowjourney. The humpbacks, which travel over10,000 kilometers on thei

9、r journey from Alaska to Hawaii, swim at a 2(relax) speed of about 1.6 kilometers an hour. Although they3 (not swim) fast, humpback Whales travel farther than any other kinds of whale.Every August a fantastic sight can4 (see) in the skies above Ontario and Montreal-millions of amazing Monarch butter

10、flies beginning their 4,000-kilometer journey from Canada to Central Mexico. In fact, the journey, which 5 (take) about 3 months, is longer than the average life of the butterfly. Finally many of the butterflies reaching their final place are the great grandchildren or even the great great grandchil

11、dren of the butterflies who6 (begin) the journey in Mexico the year before. 阅读理解A13、Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult probl

12、em: It seemed really hard to get the thread(线) to run smoothly around the needle(针).Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamed that he had been caught by terrible soldiers whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewi

13、ng machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the prison and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears(矛) raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. Ther

14、e was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that fi

15、nally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine.Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Cha

16、rlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problem

17、s you have had during the day. It stores all kinds of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It us

18、es strange images(图像) which the conscious part may not know at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves ”.1According to the passage, Elias Howe was _.Athe first person that solved problems in his sleepBmuch more hard-working than other inventorsCthe first person to

19、 design a sewing machine that really workedDthe only person at the time who knew the value of dreams2The problem Howe was trying to solve was _.Awhat kind of thread to useBwhere to put the needleChow to design a needle which would not breakDhow to prevent the thread from getting caught around the ne

20、edle3Thomas Edison is spoken of because _.Ahe also tried to invent a sewing machine Bhe got some of his ideas from dreamsChe was one of Howes best friends Dhe also had difficulty in falling asleep4What does the underlined phrase “secret messages to ourselves” mean?AStrange images are used to communi

21、cate ideas.BImages which have no meaning are used.CWe can never understand the real meaning.DSome specially trained people can know them.B14、Dont be surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days.In March, 2018, baidu was given a license to test its self-drivin

22、g cars in Beijing, China Daily reported.Self-driving cars have been in development since 2010, when google announced that it was making such cars. Since then, companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self-driving cars. self-driving cars are expected to cha

23、nge the way we get around. They are safer and more environmentally friendly than regular cars. They can remove the stress(压力) of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around mroe easily. But self-driving cars have their own disadvantages as well. In one test, researchers pointed a laser

24、pointer（激光棒） at the cars sensors（感应器） while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam（波束） was in its way and slowed down or changed directions. The software(软件) that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. Reported Live science. Sometimes, without any reasons,it may br

25、eak down when we use our computers or smartphones. If the software in a self-driving car happened to crash. The results could be deadly.Maybe improvements to the software could solve this problem.1when did Baidu get a testing license of its self-driving cars in BeijingAIn february, 2018 Bin march,20

26、18 Cin april,2018 Din may, 20182which company has firstly developed self-driving cars since 2010.AGoogle Btesla CUber Dbaidu.3the moving car may _. if a laser beam is in its way.AStop itself Bhit others Cslow down Dmove on4the underlined word “crash” in paragraph 5 probably means_.A奔溃 B碰撞 C暴跌 D坠毁5th

27、is passage may come from _AA story book Ba travel guideCa sports newspaper Da science magazine.C15、Whats the best way to remember our happiest moments, like a birthday or festival? I bet you would answer , “Take lots of photos!” Well, here is a great surprise. People who always take photos may actua

28、lly be harming(伤害) their memory, because theyre not concentrating on the event itself. Thats according to new research by Fairfield University, Connecticut, in the US. They call this the “photo-taking impairment(损害) affect”.“People so often take out their cameras almost mindlessly to catch a moment,

29、 to the point that they are missing what is happening right in front of them,” Henkel and her team decided to perform an experiment. They wanted to find out whether taking photos in a museum weakened(减弱) a visitors memory of what they had seen. So they simply told a group to look around the museum,

30、and either take photos of the items on display, or try to remember what they had seen. In addition(另外), the amount(数量) of detail(细节) they remembered was worse than those who didnt take photos. “These results show how the minds eye and the cameras eye are not the same,” said Henkel.But dont put your

31、camera down just yet. Other studies have found that looking back at old photos helps us remember an event, compared to just taking a photo and forgetting about it. So next time youre thinking of taking a photo, just think: is it better to look at the beauty around you with your own eyes, or behind t

32、he eye of the camera?1（小题1）When we take photos, we _.Afail to focus on the event itselfBcant record the detailsCremember what we have seenDare likely to have a poor memory2（小题2）Which of the following is NOT true about the experiment?APeople who didnt take photos did better in the experiment.BThey as

33、ked a group to try to remember what they had seen.CThe experiment aimed to learn what people were interested in at the museum.DPeople who took photos in the museum could remember less details.3（小题3）According to the passage, wed better _.Anever use our camerasBremember an event by heartCalways rememb

34、er an event with the help of a cameraDsee everything only with our own eyes4（小题4）What do the results of the experiment show us?AThe minds eye and the cameras eye are not the same.BPeople remember happiest moments by taking photos.CLooking back at old photos helps us remember an event.DPeople dont li

35、ke taking photos.5（小题5）Where can we probably read this passage?AThe entrance of a museum.BA guidebook on how to take good pictures.CAn instruction of how to use a camera.DA scientific report.D16、THREE CENTURIES OF HOAXES(骗局;恶作剧)!A THINKING MACHINEIn 1769, long before computers were invented, a man f

36、rom Hungary(匈牙利)built a wonderful machine that could play chess very well. It made people all over Europe happy and beat nearly everyone it played against .including famous people like French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, and scientist and inventor Yenjamin Franklin. For years, many people believed tha

37、t it was truly a thinking machine. There were people who said it was a hoax, but could not prove it or explain how it worked. About 85 years later, the secret was finally found. There was a man hiding inside the machine all the time. who was very good at playing chess!ZOO ESCAPE(逃脱)On November 9, 18

38、74, New York newspaper, The Herald, ran a terrible story on its front page. It said that all the animals in the Central Park Zoo had escaped and were running around the city. It said the police were working to save people, but 27 people had already been killed, and 200 people hurt. It warned everyon

39、e to stay at home to avoid the danger. Many people in New York were terrified, and did as the paper said. If only they had read the final words of the article, which said; Not one word of it is true. Not a single act described has taken place. It was just a hoax. The story was made up by Thomas Conn

40、ery, aneditor at The Herald, who wanted to draw attention to the poor condition of cages in the zoo.ROSIE THE RUNNERThe first woman to cross the finishing line of the 1980 Boston Marathon(马拉松)was 23-year-old Rosie Ruiz. However, as she climbed the stairs to receive her prize, people started to becom

41、e suspicious(怀疑的).She didnt seem to be tired at all. Furthermore, none of the other runners remembered seeing her, and her picture never appeared in photos or TV broadcasts of the race. Later, several people said that they had seen her join the race only at the end. It turned out she had run only ha

42、lf a mile(about 805 meters) and taken the train for the rest of the race! Her prize was taken away, of course.1Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?AThe thinking machine used a computer to win games.B200 people were killed by zoo animals in 1874.CRosie Ruiz wasnt tired at the finishing

43、 line.DRosie Ruiz didnt appear in TV broadcasts of the race.2What is true about all the hoaxes in the passage?AThey made people scared. BThey fooled a lot of people.CThey made people suspicious. DThey made people happy.3The title of the passage shows us that the writer thinks that hoaxes .Aare not n

44、ew Bare easily avoidedCare always interesting Dare usually unbelievableE17、 Nine-year-old Justin Henry met a force so powerful that it lifted him into midair. It made the shoes of his feet. Justins mom had to catch his foot to stop the monster from taking him. Justin had just come face-to-face with

45、a tornado(龙卷风),one of natures strongest storms. They can reach speeds of more than 25 mph.During a tornado, the whole neighborhood can be destroyed. Tornadoes destroy houses, pull trees from the ground, and throw cars and trucks several hundred yards through the air. People are hurt and even killed.

46、The deadly weather can catch many Americans off guard. Tornadoes in the United States happen mostly in spring and summer, and often touch down in tornado alley,” an area between central Texas and Nebraska.Generally, tornadoes develop one at a time, but sometimes there can be a large number of them.

47、Here are the steps how tornadoes form.Tornadoes are born of strong thunderstorms. When warm,wet air pushes through cool, dry air,the cool air pushes the warm air up. High clouds form.Dry air then blows in from another direction. The wind starts to spiral(螺旋).As the wind grows stronger, air rushes in

48、 from all sides at high speeds. It forms a funnel(漏斗).As the tornado gets stronger, the funnel stretches and becomes longer. Finally, it touches the ground.As one of natives strongest storms, tornadoes are really powerful. How can we live through the deadly weather? Quick thinking helps many people

49、go through deadly weather. A tornado in Van Wert, Ohio, blew the top off a movie theater just minutes after a showing. No one was hurt because the theater manager had been warned of the tornado by a tornado warning system. As a result, he told the moviegoers to hide in the stronger parts of the buil

50、ding.1How does the writer lead in the topic of tornadoes in the passage?ABy showing Justins experience.BBy describing how tornadoes form.CBy telling a story in a movie theater.DBy explaining why tornadoes happen.2The second paragraph mainly talks about _.Athe causes of tornadoesBthe influence of tor

51、nadoesCpeoples opinions towards tornadoesDpeoples activities after tornadoes3According to the passage, what is the correct order in which the tornadoes are formed?Air rushes at high speeds and forms a funnel.Dry air blows in and the wind starts to spiral.After the funnel becomes longer, it touches t

52、he ground.The warm, wet air and. cool, dry air push against each other.ABCD4What can we learn from the passage?AThe highest speed of tornadoes is 25 mph.BGenerally , there can be a lot of tornadoes at a time.CTornadoes are developed from strong thunderstorms.DMost of the tornadoes in America happen

53、in spring and fall.F18、You may have heard of the famous saying, East or West, home is the best. What does the word home mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Chinese? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it sometimes has no exact translation. Its not surpr

54、ising, because the idea of home is different from country to country, and from person to person. A home is more than a roof and four walls. Its the cooking, eating, talking, playing and sleeping that go on inside. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed.Homes look different in different countr

55、ies. They also have different things inside. For example, in cold northern Europe, theres a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it. In the south, where the sun shines a lot and its more important to keep the heat out, there are small windows and cool stone floors.We asked some

56、 people about their homes.How often do people move house in your country.In my country many people dont stay in one place for a very long lime. Theyoften move every ten years or so. Chery, Boston, USAWhat are features(特征) of homes in your country？In Britain, even in town, theres always a garden. We

57、have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we dont often have balconies(阳台). The weather isnt warmenough!Pat. Exeter, England1The word home sometimes has no exact translation because _.Apeople cant find this word in the dictionaryBno one knows what it isC it has different meanings in different countriesCpeople cant understand each other very well2According to the passage, at home, you can do everything except _.Amaking friends Bcooking and eatingC playing and talking Csleeping and relaxing3Why is it important to keep the heat out of the houses