安徽省合肥四十五中学2023学年九年级英语第一学期期末达标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、Last December, a man who stole a shared bike 1,000 yuan by the police.AfinedBis finedCwas fined2、What do you think of the TV serie

2、s All is well?Oh, I am so moved because Ive never seen a_ one beforeAbetterBworseCgoodDbad3、Can we play soccer here?No, you play it near the road. Thats too dangerous!AcanBmayCmustnt4、Cindy, did you watch the Airshow （航展） 2018 on TV?You mean the one that _in Zhuhai? Of course I did!AheldBis heldCwas

3、 held5、The boy wants to behonest and brave policeman when he grows up.AaBanCtheD不填6、 Nowadays more and more foreigners are becoming interested in Beijing Opera.Thats true. Its an important part of Chinese_.AcultureBinventionCcustomDinformation7、China is trying to develop winter sports for the 2022 W

4、inter Olympics,No wonder people are showing more in them.AinterestBcourageCvictory8、You to the meeting this afternoon if you have something important to do.Aneednt to comeBdont need comeCdont need comingDneednt come9、Grade 9 students are usually _ by their parents to work harder to enter a top senio

5、r high school.AallowedBexpectedChopedDsuggested10、She_live alone. But she_living alone because she feels lonely.Aused to, doesnt used toBis used to, was used toCused to, is not used toDwas used to, doesnt used to. 完形填空11、I lived in a poor family with my wonderful mother. She often told me that no ma

6、tter how poor a person was, he could still afford a dream. My dream was athletics. When I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 1 anything that moved on the field.I was also 2 : my high school coach was John, who believed in me and taught me how t

7、o believe in myself. Hetaughtme the difference 3 having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One unusual 4 with Coach John changed my life forever. A friend helped me to find a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket for a new bike, new clothes and the 5 of saving for a house for

8、 my mother. Then I realized I would have to 6 up summer baseball and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldnt be playing. When I told John, he was 7 as I expected him to be. You have your whole life to work, he said. You dont have too many playing days in your life. You cant afford to waste th

9、em. I stood before him with my head 8 , trying to think of the 9 that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his disappointment in me.How much are you going to make at this job, son? he asked. 3.5 dollars an hour, I replied. Well, he

10、 asked, Is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream? That simple question made me understand the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I decided myself to play sports that summer and within the year I was taken on by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 10 a $ 20 00

11、0 agreement. Two years later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!1Akick Bhit Cpass Dplay2Aright Bshy Clucky Dcomfortable3Abetween Bto Cabout Din4Aaccident Binterview Cproblem Dexperience5Aidea Bstart Cview Dpurpose6Aput Btake Cpick Dgive7Asad Bhappy Cfrightened Dhelpful8Aup Boff Con Ddown9Aans

12、wers Bexcuses Cwords Dways10Agot Bpaid Coffered Dpresented. 语法填空12、五、用所给动词的正确形式填空。Mrs. Wilson is my neighbor (邻居). She 1(work) at a post office and she meets lots of people every day .She is friendly to everyone and likes 2(help) others . She is over fifty years old, but she looks very young(年轻). Sh

13、e always buys many beautiful clothes. She always says, ”Old people still want3 (be) beautiful!” Yesterday she 4 (have) a trip . She went to a farm. She 5(see) many interesting things and she 6(take) some photos . Look, she7(show) her pictures to us now . 阅读理解A13、 Last summer I went to one of the wor

14、lds most famous historical places, the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It was the home of the emperors (皇帝) of the last two dynasties (朝代) in China, the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Forbidden City was built in 1,420. The palace has over 10,000 rooms. It was where the emperors dealt with the offici

15、al business with their ministers (大臣). In Mandarin (普通话), the Forbidden City is called the Purple Forbidden City. However, the color of the palace itself is not purple. The color purple stands for power of the great emperors of China. It was so sacred (神圣的) that the common people could not even drea

16、m of ever going in. The emperor also had some of the largest festival celebrations at the Forbidden City. During Chinese New Year, the emperor would invite all the members of his family and his officials to a banquet. The banquet had a hundred and eight Chinese dishes. It was such an expensive banqu

17、et that it could feed a common family for three generations (三代人). Right now the Forbidden City is known as a historical site for tourists from all over the world. Everyone can go in there. It is a museum with priceless Chinese antiques (古董) and treasures in it. I really learned a lot about the Chin

18、ese culture and its history from this trip to the Forbidden City. It was like a dream which has come true. And I was excited to go on the trip and see the things that I had always wanted to see.1How long is the history of the Forbidden City?AAbout 600 years.BMore than 600 years.C1,420 years.DOver 10

19、,000 years.2We call the palace the Purple Forbidden City because the color purple is the symbol for _ of the emperor.ApowerBbeautyCinterestDhealth3Whats the Chinese meaning of the word “banquet” in Paragraph 4?AperformanceBcompetitionCexhibitionDdinner party4Which of the following is NOT TRUE about

20、the Forbidden City in the passage?AThe emperor lived there.BThe wall of the Forbidden City was purple.CIt is a historical place for visiting.DThe emperor had festival celebrations there.5In the passage, the writer wants to show us _ of the Forbidden City by comparing its past with present.Athe beaut

21、yBthe treasuresCthe changes in useDthe building processB14、 China is a large country. The population is over 1.3 billion. It has a special culture with a very long history.Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families. Different foods have special meanings. The main difference is that Ch

22、inese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market.Chinese calendar is different from the one used in western countries. New Years Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has

23、 a big celebration of ringing out the old and ringing in the new. It has special foods and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Years Day sweeps away all the old years bad luck.The Chinese zodiac(生肖), known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelveyear cycle. Each year is named for an animal

24、. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year that begins in 2018 is the year of the monkey.Chinese is a complex(复杂的)language. Chinese writing developed almost 4，000 years ago and may even be older. Chinese writi

25、ng has thousands of characters. A character stands for a word and also a meaning. Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects1Whats the population of China?AAlmost 4，000.B12 million.CMore than 1.3 billion.D13 million2The underlined “d

26、ialects” probably means “_” in Chinese.A交际B文字C方言D对话3According to the passage, whats one of the main foods in China?ATea.BMeat.CBeef.DRice.4The year that begins in 2018 isnt the year of the monkey, is it?AYes, it is.BNo, it isnt.CI dont know.DNo, it is.5Whats the main idea of the passage?ADifferent f

27、oods have special meanings in Chinese culture.BChinese culture.CChinese is a popular language.DThe Chinese zodiac follows a twelveyear cycleC15、Where is the university(大学)?This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them an exact answer, for there is no wall to be fou

28、nd around the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, libraries , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers of the thirty-one colleges. Cambridge was already a town long before the first students a

29、nd teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Cranta, and the river was once called the Cam. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name Cambridge. In the 14th and 15th centuries more and more land was for college buildings. The town grew much faster in t

30、he 19th century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100, 000. Many young students in other countries expect to study at Cambridge. A large number of people from all over the world come to visit the university. It has become a

31、famous place all around the world.1According to the passage, Cambridge University is made up of _ colleges.A31B15C875D8002The town got its name from _ .Athe first students and teachers.Bthe bridge built over the river Cam.Cthe members of the university.Dthe person who designed the bridge.3From the p

32、assage, we know that _.Athe town grew much faster before 875.Bthe city has a population of 100,000 in 1951.Cmany young students dream of studying at Cambridge University.Dthe Cambridge University has a history of more than 1,000 years.D16、People sometimes say, “Its raining cats and dogs!” when there

33、 is a heavy rain. Nobody has ever really seen cats and dogs falling from the sky, but there have been many reports of other strange things “raining” down. In 156, the people of a town in the USA saw a small black cloud in the sky. It started to rain from the cloud normally, but only in a small area.

34、 The cloud then turned white, and fish started to fall to the ground. Most of them were still alive. During a storm in July 1901 in Minneapolis, people heard something falling from the sky that did not sound like rain. When they went outside, they found all kinds of frogs covering four streets. Ther

35、e are other reports of strange “rains” falling from the sky including worms (蠕虫), insects and snakes. Can these strange “rains” be explained by science? Scientists usually say that a tornado(龙卷风)has picked up the animals from a river or ocean, carried them for miles, and then dropped them somewhere

36、else. But this does not completely explain all of them. On May 15th, 1890, in Italy, there was a rain of blood birds blood. Scientists said that flying birds must have been torn to pieces by strong winds. But if so, why did only their blood fall from the sky, and not other parts of their bodies? And

37、 anyway, there were no strong winds that day!1What does it mean when people say, “Its raining cats and dogs”?ACats and dogs are falling from the sky. BIts raining heavily.CAnimals started to fall to the ground. DThere is a black cloud.2Which of the following has not been reported as strange things f

38、alling from the sky?ACats and dogs. BWorms and insects.CFish and blood. DSnakes and frogs.3What does the underlined word “torn” mean in Chinese?A破裂 B撕破 C切碎 D割破4Scientists explanation for rain of blood is that _.Athe tornado picked up the birds bloodBflying birds were torn into pieces by strong winds

39、Cthere were no strong winds that dayDother parts of birds bodies did not fall with the blood5Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?AStrange “Winds” BStrange “Clouds” CStrange “Rains” DStrange “Animals”E17、It was a beautiful sunny day in a small village in Africa. I was playing

40、with the children outside. A little boy, about 7 years old, gestured to me to follow him. He had a shy smile on his small face and said something to me.You want me to go to your home? I asked. He nodded. So we went hand in hand to his home.We went to the place where the cabbages were growing. Piga p

41、icha he said Take a picture. Then, I took a photo and showed him the photo on the camera, and he nodded.We walked closer to the house and the little boy stood by the coffee tree. There his younger brother was picking coffee berries（咖啡豆）. Piga picha he said again. I took a picture quickly for his you

42、nger brother.He then pulled me by the hand to his mothers grave（墓地）around the back of the house. Mama Sue, he said almost in tears, Piga picha. It was my turn to nod. I silently obeyed his simple request. Piga picha.A picture of a little boy at his mothers grave! That reminded me: 40 years ago, when

43、 I was 7 years old, I was also standing at my own mothers grave.What a day!1What did the little boy really want the writer to do?ATo play with him.BTo go to his home.CTo see his shy smile.DTo visit the small village.2From the passage we know Piga picha means _.Atake a photoBgrow cabbagesCpick coffee berriesDlook at the camera3How did the boy feel at his mothers grave?AAnxious.BWorried.CHappy.DSad.4What is the best title for this articl