2023学年江苏省仪征市扬子中学英语九年级第一学期期末经典试题含解析

1、2023学年九上英语期末模拟测试卷考生须知：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、 You made _ same mistake again. You missed _ “l” here.- Oh, sorry. Ill correct it right now.Aa, theBthe, theCthe, aDthe, an2、She w

2、as happy to get a gift from her friend, _it was only a card.Aif .BunlessCthoughDbecause3、Lucy knew nothing about it _ her sister told her.Abecause Buntil Cif Dsince4、Sir, I know youve already slowed down. But could you please _? Im not feeling well now.Ato drive slowlierBdrive more slowlyCto drive m

3、ore slowlyDdrive slowlier5、Kelly is thinking about how these old books can be put _ good use.AtoBinConDat6、-The man I saw yesterday _ around my house again.-Lets call the police right now.Awas walking Bhas walked Cis walking7、Mr. Hu, can you tell us how to learn swimming well?Sure. But remember we c

4、an learn nothing well _ hard work.Awith Bafter Cwithout Dat8、Could you please tell me ?Yes. He came to study here just last month.Athat he is a new student Bwhen did he come hereCif she likes English best Dwhether he is a new student9、Look! Here comes Cindy! She is always full of .So she is. Because

5、 she takes a lot of exercise every day.Acourage Bpride Cenergy Dknowledge10、Last night I said hello to you in the street, but you didnt answer me.I _ out with my parents. Maybe it was too crowded to see you.Aam hangingBwas hangingCwill hangDhave hung. 完形填空11、I looked the word “successful” in my dict

6、ionary and some of the words listed were: happy, fortunate, and hard-working. If thats the definition of “successful”, then Im truly successful after 1 .I started dabbling(涉足)in the Internet marketing in October 2010.It didnt take long for me to become a 2 of the “become-a-millionaire-overnight” tho

7、ught that was so popular on the internet. I had supposed that selling things on the Internet was so easy that even beginners could start making money on the very 3 day. I spent most of my time advertising rather than learning 4 to advertise. However, half a years hard work led to no money at all.In

8、June, I found a program that was 5 ,and I began to learn from it. It wasnt long before I gave 6 the “get-rich-quick” mind. I began to 7 that the Internet sale is a job like any other job and I would have to take it 8 . I kept trying to cheer myself up, which I thought was the key to success in sales

9、. I insisted on the excellent Internet marketing and then good 9 came. My dabbling became a hobby, and then passion (热情). Later passion 10 my business. I have really become a millionaire within a year.The more I learn, the more I realize I need to learn more. Ive made a lot of mistakes, but I know t

10、hat every mistake is just one more forward, as a song tells us “youve got to lose to know how to win.”1Afailure Bdanger Ccourse Dwarning2Alover Bvictim Chater Dsupporter3Anext Blast Cfirst Dsecond4Ahow Bwhat Cwhen Dwhere5Ahelpless Bvaluable Ccomfortable Dmeaningless6Aout Baway Cup Din7Acomplain Bima

11、gine Cwonder Drealize8Aquietly Bseriously Cslightly Dheavily9Aluck Bmatter Cplace Devent10Aorganized Bdescribed Ccorrected Dencouraged. 语法填空12、根据短文内容及首字母提示写出所缺单词，并将完整单词写在下面对应题号后的横线上。April Fools Day is on April 1st. People can play j1on others on this special d2If you succeed, you usually laugh and s

12、ay, “April Fool” The person who has been fooled by you l3, too, and he will never be angry with you.Mothers Day is on the second Sunday of May. Its a day to t4mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can

13、 have ar5.Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which on or after March 21st. It is called Easter Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l6. Many people go to church and children often get p7such as toy rabbits.Thanks-giving Day is on the fourth Thursday in

14、 November. Its a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get t8and have a big dinner.Christmas Day comes on D925th. Its the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be s10everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friend

15、s. 阅读理解A13、Sometimes we wish that we could have more time. The good news is that this year will be longer than the previous! Although dont get excited just yet, because if you blink (眨眼), you may just miss it. Thats because 2015 will be one second longer than 2014 also known as a leap second (闰秒). A

16、nd surprisingly, they are pretty common. But why do we need them?Over the centuries, Earth has been slowing down. This means that we must keep changing our clocks to keep in step with Earths time. Weve all heard of leap years. Our calendars hold 365 days in a year. Yet Earth takes slightly longer to

17、 orbit the sun. So we save this time and every 4 years we have an extra day in February.As for the leap seconds, the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) manages the global time, known as the atomic time(原子钟时间). This is the timekeeping thats used for every single country.To keep up with Earth

18、s time, they add a second every now and then. Theyve been doing this since 1972. And this year will be the 26th second theyve added!Itll be added just before 8:00 a.m. on July 1 Beijing time. So you will see 7:59:60 on July 1.Although adding a second sounds harmless, it can have negative effects. In

19、 2012 when a leap second was added, it caused problems for companies like social networking sites Reddit and LinkedIn. As they werent prepared for the change, it caused their computers to record errors.1Why does a leap second have to be added in some years?ABecause this year is shorter than the prev

20、ious one. BBecause we need to have more time.CBecause the Earth is slowing down. DBecause it can help make a leap year.2In a leap year, there is an extra day in_.AJanuary BFebruary CMarch DDecember3In order to keep up with Earths time, how many seconds have been added until last year?A43 B42 C26 D25

21、4Whats the negative effect of adding a leap second?AIt makes the day longer than the previous one. BIt causes some recording errors for companies.CIt makes people stay up late. DIt does harm to peoples health.B14、Before I even started school, people felt that I was not going to_At the age of four, I

22、 started speech lessons because even I could not speak well enough to be understood.First grade was a struggle. I not only had difficulty speaking, but I was expected to learn to read and I just couldnt do it. My parents grew more and more frustrated. They bought books and offered great rewards if I

23、 could read one of them from start to finish to them. Well, with my speech problems and now my reading problems, I did not like to do reading and so refused to do it whenever possible.Second grade was not much better. It was in the second grade that the teacher decided that I needed special educatio

24、n. I remember the days of taking the physical exams. However, after all that, they decided that I did not qualify for special education.It was in third grade that a new school was built close to where I lived. I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we coul

25、d transfer(转学). It was a happy day that we started school at Vandalia. However, things did not get better as my parent expected.It was now time for fifth grade. Mrs. Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her. She did not make me feel upset. Inste

26、ad, she helped me in so many ways and built my self-confidence so that I actually did believe that I could do something special. And that is just what I did.For the past 2 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher. Because of Mrs. Wakefields influence in my life, I am now encouraging students who hav

27、e had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome and become someone. I have won a large number of awards but I know that all of them belong to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be.I still have a class picture of her with her fifth

28、grade class hanging on the wall of my office, encouraging other teachers to reach out to their students.1What does the underlined phrase “amount to much” mean in Paragraph l?Aget rich. Bget successful.Cget recovered. Dbecome healthy.2From the second paragraph we know that_.Athe writers parents lost

29、confidence in the writer completelyBthe writers speech problems didnt stop him from readingCthe writers parents tried many things to encourage himDthe writer couldnt improve his speech ability from reading3What can we infer from the passage?AThe writers parents believed he could get improved in his

30、speech ability.BThe new school was not far away from where they lived.CThe teachers in the new school were gold starsDThe writer himself wanted to transfer to a new school.4In which grade did the turning point in writers life appear?AIn Grade Two. BIn Grade ThreeCIn Grade Four DIn Grade Five5.What c

31、an we learn from the passage?AA good teacher is hard to find in our lives.BMany students have speech difficulties,CConfidence is very important in ones lifeDDifferent teaching methods work the sameC15、Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he bec

32、ame the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the

33、 first winter. But with his mothers care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didnt like to go to school, and he often ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was

34、 nearly drowned nine times.After his fathers death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write shor

35、t stories. Afterwards he became a full time writer.In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him great fortune.Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investme

36、nts(投资) and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of his children passed away.At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 2

37、1, 1910.1In his childhood, Mark Twain, _.Alearned a lot at school Bhe often went swimming with other boysChis mother often worried about his safety Dhe often played jokes on others2In order to make a living, Mark Twain _.Afirst worked as a printer Bdid many kinds of workCwrote stories in the beginni

38、ng Djoined the army after he worked in a mine3From the passage we can see that Mark Twain _.Ahad a happy childhood Bwas a good boy and always did what he was askedCwas very naughty when he was young Dlived a pleasant life4Before his death, Mark Twain _.Abecame a white man Bwas in low spiritsCliked t

39、o buy all kinds of clothes Dhad nothing on5Which of the following shows the right order about Mark Twain? a. He started to write short stories. b. He got into debts. c. He played jokes on others. d. He wrote the book Tom Sawyer. e. He worked as a printer.Ac-a-d-e-b Bc-e-a-d-b Ce-a-d-b-c De-c-a-b-dD1

40、6、A little boy was playing in his sandbox on a Saturday morningWhile he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandboxThe little boy pushed and pulled, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the stone tipped (倾斜) and then fell b

41、ack into the sandboxThe little boy tried his best, but his only reward was to have the stone roll backFinally the boy criedAll that time the boys father watched him from his living room windowAt the moment tears fell, his father came to the boy and the sandboxGently but surely he said, Son, why didn

42、t you use all the strength that you had? The boy said sadly, But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had! No, son, corrected the fatherYou didnt ask meWith that, the father reached down, picked up the stone and removed it from the sandboxDo you have stones in your life that need to b

43、e removed? Are you discovering that you are too weak to lift them? There is ONE who is always ready to give us the strength we needIsnt it funny how we try so hard to do things on our own?1The first paragraph mainly tells us _Ait was Saturday that dayBthe boy had a sandboxCthe boy created roads and

44、housesDthe boy found a large stone in the sandbox2Why did the boy cry?AIt was too boring for him to play with the stoneBHis father just watched him from the windowCHe was too weak to remove the stone by himselfDHis fingers were hurt when he tried to remove the stone3From the passage we can know that

45、 _Awe can do anything on our ownBwe should continue doing everythingCwe should learn to ask for help sometimesDsomeone is always ready to give up the strengthE17、阅读理解。Arthur sat at the desk in his room， pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “I dont know what to wri

46、te about，” he complained to his dog Toby， who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends， yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.By bedtime Arthur had drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He h

47、ad also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday. But he had not written a single word of his story.On Wednesday， Mrs. Solomon， Arthurs English teacher， asked the class to turn in the first draft of their stories. His heart sinking， Arthur turned in the only work he hadth

48、e page with his name， the drawings and the note.Arthur wasnt surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. “This is an attractive story， Arthur. The dog， the movie， the tree in the windI cant wait to find out how they all fit to

49、gether.”“That isnt my story， Mrs. Solomon，” Arthur admitted. “I havent been able to think of one yet.”“Oh，_” Mrs. Solomon replied， “Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you.”That night Arthur sat at his desk， and this is what he wrote： “One Saturday Mike went downstairs to

50、meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain， so Mike carried his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in， bending the trees. The noise of the wind sounded like the barking of Mikes dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike real

51、ized that it wasnt the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street， barking. The sound was filled with blame. Mike felt guilty because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain s

52、tarted to pour down.”Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did was to write his name proudly at the top of the page.1Why did Arthur turn in the page with only his name， the drawings and the note at first?ABecause he had no time to fit them together.BBecause he had difficulty in writing a

53、story.CBecause he wasnt willing to do his homework.DBecause he wanted to show his talent for drawing.2What does the sentence “I think you have the seed of a story there”mean?AToby is an imaginative and lovely dog.BThe small tree will grow into a big one.CHis friend Lee can give him a lot of support.

54、DHe can develop his story based on the first draft.3Which of the following statements is not right according to Arthurs last story?AA storm made the tree fall down.BMike carried his umbrella to go to the cinema.CThe dog was barking and running after Mike down the busy.DMike returned home and let the

55、 dog in the door.4What kind of teacher do you think Mrs. Solomon is ?AShe is a strict teacherBShe is a wise teacherCShe is an honest teacherDShe is an energetic teacher5What can we infer(推断)from the story?AArthur is a shy and quiet studentBArthur isnt very satisfied with his storyCThere will be a st

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