鹰潭市重点中学2023学年九年级英语第一学期期末质量检测模拟试题含解析

1、2023学年九上英语期末模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 单项选择1、Have you asked the policeman _?Yes. He told us to turn left onto Main Street. Its on the right.Aif there is a bank near hereBhow can we

2、get to the nearest bankCwhere can we find a bankDwhen we can go to the nearest bank2、Grade 9 students are usually _ by their parents to work harder to enter a top senior high school.AallowedBexpectedChopedDsuggested3、Many green parks in our city last year.AbuildBbuiltCwere builtDare built4、Do you ha

3、ve any plan to return to Chongqing?Yes. I will be back _ two years.AforBinCbefore5、Here are the jobs for you, young man. Thank you. Could I choose ?Awhat I like to do mostBwhat I liked to do mostCwhat do I like to do mostDwhat did I like to do most6、My deskmate is really _. She likes to attend diffe

4、rent activities after school.AactiveBquietClazyDhonest7、- I have been to Mars several times.-You _ be joking. Its impossible.AcanBmayCmust8、She eats ice-cream a lot, _it isnt good for her.AafterBuntilCbecauseDalthough9、Have you watched the latest TV program Running Mat?Of course! Its popular with_th

5、e young_the old.Aeither; orBneither; norCboth; andDnot; but10、Song of Youth is a very popular movie these days. Thats true. people, especially the young, enjoy watching it.AMillions ofBTwo millionsCTwo millions of. 完形填空11、 When the Spring Festival falls, red flowers bloom(盛开) on the windows of my ho

6、me. Of course, these are not 1 flowers. But in the cold of 2 , these wonderful flowers bring warmth to us. They are made of paper by my grandma, who is in her 3 with a few cuts, she 4 a piece of paper into a beautiful work of art.When my grandma was young, all the 5 thought she was clumsy(笨拙的). But

7、6 a cold winter night, she saw some beautiful red paper works of art on her new neighbors windows. She was so interested in it and decided to 7 from her neighbor. Tons of paper was wasted, and her fingers were cut many times. But she 8 practicing. It took 10 years 9 my grandma could make paper art s

8、killfully(娴熟地). The red flowers, blooming like burning fire, light up her world. Now, everyone in the village respects her.My grandmas story has shown me 10 takes us time to realize ones dream.1AniceBrealCfullDsweet2AspringBsummerCautumnDwinter3AseventyBseventiethCseventiesDseventeen4AchangesBspread

9、sCplacesDburns5AvillagersBparentsCstudentsDanimals6AinBonCatDamong7AbuyBstealClearnDborrow8Aended upBkept onCput offDthought about9AbeforeBafterCwhileDsince10AthisBafterCitDone. 语法填空12、阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。Think before we speak!It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the railway sta

10、tion was waiting for the train1(arrive). Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.It was a busy station with a lot of people and some juice shops, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shops, etc. The train was arriving and everyone prepared to get into the train

11、 to their seats.The group of friends made loud noise2(welcome) the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats before anyone entered the train.The empty seats were3(fill) and the train whistled (鸣汽笛) to move. An old man with a young boy4(age) around 15 had their seats just next t

12、o the friends group. The young boy was so5(surprise) to see everything. He cheered, Dad, the train is moving and the things6(move) backward.His father smiled and7(nod) his head.As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed (尖叫) , Dad, the trees are green in color and run backward ve

13、ry fast. His father said, “Yes, dear, and smiled.Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great8(interesting).A fruit seller passed9(sell) apples, bananas and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, I want to eat apples. His father bought some for him. He said, Oh, this apple looks a lot10(swe

14、et) than it tastes. I love this color. The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boys father, Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving so11(different)?His son is mad, I think, a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.The father of the young boy, with pa

15、tience, replied to the friends group, “My son was born blind. Only a few days ago he12(operate). He is seeing different things in his life for the first time.The young friends became very quiet. 阅读理解A13、The idea for the book Harry Potter and the philosophers Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in

16、1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal.Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her lifes dream to be a

17、 published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was short of money, living in a small apartment with her daughter. She could not afford heat in the winter.Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England. The book also really took off in the United States. After her secon

18、d and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers lists of best-sellers. Then the books were made into popular movies. Without question, Rowlings life had completely changed, in just three years.Harry Potter has now sold more than 30 millio

19、n books around the world and has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned 70 (about US$110) a week. By the end of 2001, she had earned over 150 million ($250 million), making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.1Rowlings dream was .Ato be a book

20、 seller Bto make a movieCto have her books published Dto be an English teacher2Which sentence is TRUE about the first Harry Potter book?AFour publishers bought it. BIt took the writer many years to finish it.CIt was first published in Portugal. DRowling got the idea from her daughter.3Harry Potter h

21、as been translated into languages.Aabout 50 Bmore than 35 Cabout 70 Dmore than 1504This reading is about .Athe writers life BHarry Potters lifeChow the book became a movie Dwhy Harry Potter is popularB14、Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to connect the brain with computers. Br

22、aincomputer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines. Recently, two scientists, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytehnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, show a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts. In the laborator

23、y, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.“Our brain has billions of body cells(细胞). These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the body part to give us the ability to m

24、ove. But spinal cord injuries(脊柱受伤) or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the body part.” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with outer world and also to control machines.” The scientists designed a special cap for the user. This hea

25、d cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer finds meanings of the signals and commands the wheelchair with an engine. The wheelchair also has two cameras that tell objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Prof. Milla

26、n , the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that finds meanings of brain signals and turns them into simple commands.” The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two kinds: communication, and controlling objects. One exam

27、ple is this wheelchair.” He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can get advantages from. And the other is sure that they can use the technology for long.1BCI is a technology that can_.Ahelp to make computer systems more mo

28、dernBconnect the human brain with computersChelp the disabled to be healthierDcontrol a persons thoughts2Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?AscalpcomputercapwheelchairBcomputercapscalpwheelchairCscalpcapcomputerwheelchairDcapcomputerscalpwheelchair3The team

29、 will test with real patients to_.Amake money from themBprove the technology useful to themCmake them live longerDlearn about their physical condition4Which of the following would be the best title for the text?ASwitzerland, the BCI research CenterBNew Findings About How the Human Brain WorksCBCI Co

30、uld Mean More Freedom for the DisabledDRobotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain SicknessC15、When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my fathers friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul.Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Berni

31、e would call. Dad and I would go to Bernies place. We d sit on the edge of the dock（码头）, feet dangling（摇晃）, and got ready for a big meal. Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then wed bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the he

32、artthe reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed-free partand throw away the rest. Bernie was my fathers idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernies wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that m

33、y father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon.What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If yo

34、u dont take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy lifes small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life. For many years, I forgot that lesson Id learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could. Well, Ive relearned it. I hope I have time left t

35、o enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. Thats the heart of the watermelon. I have learned again to throw the rest away.1We learned from the second paragraph that the writer and his father were feeling _.Arelaxed Bworried Chungry Dproud2How did the writer and his father eat the

36、 watermelon?AThey ate it in a polite way. BThey only ate its best part.CThey ate every part of it. DThey shared only one piece.3In the eyes of the writers father, Bernie _.Awas just a rich businessman Bworked hard all the timeClived a rich but healthy life Dknew how to make money4The underlined part

37、 “the heart of the watermelon” in the last paragraph refers to _.Athe best part of the watermelon Bthe writers busy lifeCthe writers decision of making money Dthe writers hope of enjoying life5It can be learned from the passage that _.Aone has to work hard to reach his goal Ba friend in need is a fr

38、iend in deedCwatermelon is the healthiest fruit Done should keep work-life balanceD16、In recent years, there have been many breakthroughs in the AI (人工智能) field. Here, let us see four of the most interesting developments in AI in 2017.Magic RadioWant a friend that you can talk to anytime? Then you m

39、ight like Magic Radio from Microsoft. Magic Radio features a cool cartoon figure. You can talk to it about anything. There is also an app for Magic Radio. With it, you can decorate the cartoon figure and even send it a gift online. Parents can also use the app to talk to their children. Magic Radio

40、also records your life and analyzes(分析) your behavior. This way, it is easy for parents to know what youre doing when theyre not around.Sophia, RobotSophia is the first robot in the world to get citizenship(公民身份) in Saudi Arabia. In 2015, a US company built Sophia. She looks and acts like a human wo

41、man. She can talk to people naturally. She even has her own body language. For example, she may blink her eyes when she is talking about something funny. She also has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet. Sophia was designed to have her values. “Dont worry, if youre nice to me, I

42、ll be nice to you.”Samsungs BixbyLike the voice recognition (识别) system, Siri on iPhones, Samsung has a similar system called Bixby. Experts said that it is smarter than any other similar system. If you once asked it to complete a certain task, it will remember that task the next time you talk to it

43、. For example, you might like to listen to certain music while youre baking a cake. Next time when you tell Bixby “ I want to make a cake”, it will show you how to make a cake and play music for you automatically.AlphaGo ZeroAlphaGo is an AI program that plays the board game GO(). Google Company has

44、 created a new version of the AI program called AlphaGo Zero. The new AI program is unique in the way it learned to play Go. AlphaGo Zero mastered Go in just two days without any human knowledge of the game. On the third day, it beat AlphaGo by 100 games to zero, becoming the best Go player on the p

45、lanet.1Which of the following developments can help parents learn about their children?AMagic RadioBRobot SophiaCSamsungs BixbyDAlphaGo Zero2What is the most amazing development from AlphaGo to AlphaGo Zero?AIt can record other players life and analyzes their behavior.BIt can remember all the tasks

46、it has done and show you again.CIt has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet.DIt has very strong learning ability and masters Go in two days.3What can you read about Samsungs Bixby?ASamsungs Bixby is more practical and enjoyable.BSamsungs Bixby can talk in the way Sophia does.CSam

47、sungs Bixby has a smarter voice recognition system.DSamsungs Bixby is better than new version AlphaGo Zero.4Which of the following can be the best title?AAlphaGo Zero VS AlphaGoBSamsungs Bixby VS Siri On IphoneCBreakthroughs in the AI FieldDWelcome to the AI FieldE17、Nearly everyone is shy in some w

48、ays. If shyness is making you uncomfortable, it may be the time for a few lessons in confidence. You can build your confidence by following some suggestions from doctors.Make a decision not to hold back in conversations. What you have to say is just as important as what other people say. And dont tu

49、rn down party invitations just because of your shyness.Prepare yourself for being with others in groups. Make a list of good qualities you have. Then make a list of ideas, experiences, and skills you would like to share with other people. Think about what you would like to say in advance. Then say i

50、t.If you start feeling self-conscious (自我意识) in a group, take a deep breath and focus your attention on other people.Remember, you are not alone. Other people are caring about the impression they are making, too.No one ever gets over being shy completely, but most people do learn to live with their

51、shyness. Even singers admit that they often feel shy. They work at fighting their shy feelings so that they can face cameras and the public. Just making the effort to control shyness can have many rewards(回报). But perhaps the best reason to fight shyness is to give other people a chance to know more

52、 about you.1The main purpose of the article is to _.Aexplain how shyness developedBprove that shyness can be got overCtell readers that shyness is naturalDsuggest ways of dealing with shyness2Which of these can you conclude from the article?AThe attempt(尝试) to overcome shyness is always worthwhile.B

53、Singers choose their work to fight shyness.CThe attempt to overcome shyness is always bad.DShy people never have any fun.3What is the source of suggestions for fighting shyness.AThe author of the article.BShy men and women.CPopular singers.DDoctors.4According to the passage, a shy person should_.Atr

54、y to be confidentBtry to be skilledCperform better with othersDbe careful.5Where would this article probably appear?AOn the front page of a newspaper.BIn a popular magazine.CIn a science book.DIn an interesting story book.F18、Shenzhen Daily news: A team of volunteers in Shenzhen set out at night to

55、search destroyed or not properly placed bikes. They called themselves as shared bikes hunters, who are trying to rescue the shared bikes.Wang Bing is a team leader of these volunteers. He is also the citys first hunter. His highest record for one hunters and rescue was 300 bikes.Wang and his team me

56、mbers are not paid for their work. A mobile phone, charge pal (充电宝), flashlight and card. These are the only things the volunteer hunt needs. And in the day, the hunters return to their usual jobs.The team of 10 volunteers usually work in four groups. They move the bikes to the right places. They al

57、so report broken bikes to the company through the app, because the company needs the number.They search, take photos, report problems and move bikes. Each of them walks more than 8,000 metres in about three hours. They finally finish rescuing nearly 200 bikes.Many people dont understand why the hunters do this for no pay. We want to warn people not to break the rules of sharing, moreover we want more people realize the importance of protecting the shared bikes said Wang.1What do the shared bikes hunters often do?ATo destroy bikes.BTo hunt something to share.CTo re