2024届浙江省温州市秀山中学英语九年级第一学期期末学业水平测试试题含解析

2024届浙江省温州市秀山中学英语九年级第一学期期末学业水平测试试题

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I.单项选择

1、一Ithinkittakesalotofpracticetoplaytheviolinwell.

—,Practicemakesperfect.

A.NowayB.MypleasureC.FmafraidnotD.Thafstrue.

2、Ihatetravelingbyairyouusuallyhavetowaitforhoursbeforetheplanetakesoff.

A.becauseB.thoughC.untilD.sothat

3、Susanherfriend^invitationbecauseofanimportantmeeting.

A.tookdownB.putdownC.turneddownD.wrotedown

4、一DidTom'sparentsgotothemeetingyesterday?

-Yes,ofthemdid,butspoke.

A.each;noneB.both;noneC.neither;bothD.both;neither

5、Youcanworkinsmallorlargegroups:ityourpersonalchoice.

A.putsonB.comesonC.dependsonD.hangson

6、一Alexisplanningtoclimbthemountainwithoutevenusingarope.

一What?Itveneverheardofideabefore.

A.acrazierB.thecrazierC.acraziestD.thecraziest

7、-Whereareyougoing?-Tothelibrary.I'vefinishedreadingthisbook,soIamgoingtoit

A.buyB.throwC.returnD.borrow

8、一doyoustayup?

一Never.Ialwaysgotobedearly.

A.HowlongB.Howoften

C.HowsoonD.Howmuch

9、--youcomewithmetoLangLang'spianoconcertthisevening?

--I*dloveto,butIhavetostudyformymathtest.

A.ShouldB.MayC.MustD.Can

10、-Teamworkisveryimportantinthiskindofwork.

…Ithinkso..

A.TheearlybirdcatchesthewormB.Everydayhasitsday

C.Onetreecan'tmakeaforestD.Everythingcomestohimwhowaits

II.完形填空

11、Choosethethewordsorexpressionsandcompletethepassage.(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)

Howisyoursummerholidaygoing?PmhavingfuninTianjin,China.I'msittingina1now.Itisbigand

thereareabout50tablesinit.Iam2sometofuandasmallbowlofmuttonnoodleswithcarrots.I'malso

drinkingsomeblacktea.Iwill350yuanonthemeal.ThedumplingsherelookgoodandIwilleatthemnext

time.Thefoodhereisverygood.Thenoodlesandtofuare4Thevegetablesarefresh,buttheteaisn'tverygood.

Thepeoplehereusechopstickstohavemeals.Ican'tusethem.I'mlearning5tousethem.Itisveryinteresting.

Ithinkitwilltakemealongtimeto6themeal.IwillgobacktoNewYorknextweek.Yours,Lucy.

1.A.restaurantB.bankC.supermarketD.cinema

2.A.drawingB.leavingC.eatingD.cooking

3.A.takeB.costC.spendD.put

4.A.softB.deliciousC.differentD.large

5.A.whyB.whereC.whenD.how

6.A.collectB.finishC.shareD.get

m.语法填空

12、OnesunnyafternoonBernardShawwashavingawalkinthequietfield.Theairwasfreshandtheviewwas

beautiful.Whilehe1.(walk),abikeriderranintohim.MrShaw2.(fall)totheground.Theriderwasverysorry.He

gotoffhisbike3,(help)MrShawgetup.Luckily,MrShaw4.(nothurt).'Tmsosorry!nsaidtherider.HOh,no,Hsaid

BernardShaw."Ishould5^_(say)sorry.Tmsorryfornot(give)lucktoyou.*1MrShawlookedatthepuzzledrider

andadded,MIfyoukilledme,youknow,youwouldbefamousallovertheworld.n

IV.阅读理解

A

13>Oneday,Itookanundergroundtowork,Isawsomethingthatmademeverysad.Onthetube(undergroundin

London),amotherkeptlookingatherphonescreenandplayingagamewithherdaughtersittingbesideher.Thelittle

girl,about5yearsold,wastalkingtohermotheraboutherday,repeatingthenextstop'snamecheerfully,praisingher

mother'slongnails—tryingtocatchhermother'sattention.Hermotherjustnoddedandanswered"Mm,hm^^with

hereyesgluedtothescreen,busypassingthelevelsofthegame.Iwatchedthegirlgiveafinaltrytoatleastgether

mumtolookather,butitwasnouse.Thenthelittlegirlturnedsilent.Itwasashamethemother

didn'tnoticethat.

Itbrokemyheartandgotmewondering-whatkindofgamewouldmakethemotherforgetshehasthemost

beautifulthingintheworld,thehumanshecreated,thepersonsheloveswithallherheart?Whatitmeantwhenshe

couldn'tlookintoherdaughter'seyesandevenstoptolistentothegirl?

Someparentsarealmostliketheteenagers,alwaysontheirphoneswithmindlessgamesorgoingthroughWeChat.

Perhapsparentshavemanythingstodealwith,butsometimestheyareeverythingtotheirkids.

Thisisnotanonlyexample.I'veseentoomanysuchexamples.Imightnotbeaparentmyself,andprobablystill

havealongwaybeforebecomingone,butIknowwhatIsawisn'tright.

Thesceneusedtobeseenamongteenagersveryoftenwhenparentscomplainedhowtheirchildrenwerecrazy

abouttheirmobilephones.Lookhowthesituationhaschanged!Theparentshavebecome“technologyslaves（奴隶）”，

thatistosay,theycan'tcontrolthemselveswhileusingmobilephones.Nowsomemiddle-agedparentsholdthebest

iPhonesorSamsungphones,whichareprobablytheonlytwobrandstheyknow.Theyareplayingthesimplegames

withsoexpensivemobilephones.Pmuncertainwhethertolaughortocry.Butmyhopeisthatthisstormpasses.

1.Thelittlegirlturnedsilentbecauseshefailedto.

A.stoptolistentohermum

B.catchhermother'sattention

C.knowthebrandofhermobilephone

D.controlherselfwhileusingmobilephone

2.Inthepassage,thewritermainlywantstoexpress,

A.thehopethatparentsusenewtechnologyproperly

B.thehappinessthatparentscanusemoderntechnology

C.thesadnessthatparentshavemanythingstodealwith

D.theworriesthatchildrenarecrazyaboutmobilephones

3.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.TechnologySlavesB.Middle-agedParents

C.ASceneontheTubeD.MindlessPhoneGames

B

14^Manyofusfeeluneasywhensomeonestandstooclosetous,talkstoustooloudlyormakeseyecontactwithusfor

toolong.Buthaveyoueverwonderedwhythosethingsmakeyouuncomfortable?

It,sallaboutpersonalspace,whichmeansnotonlytheimaginaryspacearoundthebody,butalsothespacearoundall

thesenses.Peoplefeelthattheirspaceisbeingviolated（侵犯）whentheymeetwithanunwelcomesound,smellorlook.

Thisisprobablywhyamanonacrowdedbusshoutingintohismobilephoneorawomannexttoyouputtingonstrong

perfume（香水）makesyoufeelangry.

Whetherpeoplehavehadastrongerdesire（渴望）toprotecttheirpersonalspaceinrecenttimesishardtosay.Yetstudies

ofairlinesshowthatpeoplehaveastrongdesiretohavespacetothemselves.InasurveybyTripAdvisor,atravel

website,peoplesaidthatiftheyhadtopaymoreforsomeextraservice,theywouldratherhavelargerseatsthanextra

food.

Althoughpeoplemayneedtheirpersonalspace,somehardlyrealizeit.Forexample,peopleonabuswhohold

newspapersinfrontoftheirfacestoreadinfactkeepadistancefromstrangers.

Goandwatchalibrarytable.Youwillnoticethatoneofthecornerseatswillusuallybetakenfirst.becausetheyarethe

farthestway.Whatifsomeonesitsoppositetoyou?Maybeyouwillpileupbooksasiftomakeawall.

Preference（偏好）forpersonalspacearedifferentfromculturetoculture.ScientistshavefoundthatAmericansgenerally

prefermorepersonalspacethanpeoplefromothercultures.InLatin（拉丁人的）cultures,however,peoplearemore

comfortablestandingclosetoeachother.

1.Whomightfeelhispersonalspaceissafeaccordingtothepassage?

A.Apersonwhohastositnexttoaladyputtingonstrongperfume.

B.Apersonwhohasbeenwatchedbyastrangerforalongtime.

C.Apersonwhohearsstrangenoiseswhenreadingathome.

D.ALatinboywhoischattingwithafriendsittingclosetohim.

2.WhatcanweknowfromthesurveybyTripAdvisor?

A.Peopleneedsmallerpersonal.paceinrecenttimesthanbefore.

B.Peoplehaveawrongdesireforpersonalspaceinrecenttimes.

C.Therearenotenoughseatsontheplanetomeetpeople'sneeds.

D.Foodserviceisbetterprovidedthanseatsontheplane.

3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thespacearoundthebodyismoreneededthanthataroundallthesenses.

B.Ifyouholdnewspapersonthebus,yourpersonalspacewon*tbeviolated.

C.Peopleusuallychoosethecornerseatsfirstinalibraryforpersonalspace.

D.Differentculturessharethesamepreferencesforpersonalspace.

C

15、AFatherandaSon

PassingthroughtheAtlantaairportonemorning,Icaughtoneofthoseshuttlesthattaketravelersfromthemain

terminals（航站楼）totheirboardinggates.Notmanypeopleconsiderthemfun,butonthisSaturdayIheardlaughter.

Atthefrontofthefirstshuttlewereamanandhisson.

Wehadjuststoppedtoletoffpassengers,andthedoorswereclosingagain.wHerewego!Holdontometight!”the

fathersaid.Theboy,aboutfiveyearsold9madesoundsofhappiness.

“Lookoutthere!”thefathersaidtohisson."Seethatpilot?Ibethe'swalkingtohisplane."Thesonturnedhisneckto

lookforward.

AsIwasearlyformyflight,Idecidedtogobacktotheterminal.WhereIwentbackagain,Isawthatthemanandhis

sonhadreturnedtoo.Irealizedthenthattheyhadn'tbeenheadingforaflight,buthadjustbeenridingtheshuttle.

“Iwanttoridesomemore!”

“More?”thefathersaid,mock・anR「ybutclearlypleased.wYouarenottired?”

“Thisisfun!”hissonsaid.

“Allright."thefatherreplied,whenadooropened,weallgoton.

ThereareparentswhocanaffordtosendtheirchildrentoEuropeorDisneyland,andthereareparentswholivein

million-dollarhousesandgivetheirchildrencarsandswimmingpools,yetsomethinggoeswrong.

“Whereareallthosepeoplegoing,Daddy?”thesonasked.

66Allovertheworld/5camethereply.

Theotherpeopleintheairportwereleavingforfardestinations（终点）orarrivingattheendsoftheirjourneys.The

fatherandson,though,werejustridingthisshuttletogether,makingitexciting,enjoyingbeingtogether.

Somanytroublesinthiscountry.Somanyquestionsaboutwhattodo.Herewasafatherwhocaredaboutspendingthe

daywithhissonandwhohadcomeupwiththisplanonaSaturdaymorning.

Theanswerissosimple:parentswhocareenoughtospendtime,andtopayattentionandtotrytheirbest.Itdoesn't

costacent,yetitisthemostvaluablethingintheworld.

Theshuttlepickedupspeed,andthefatherpointedsomethingout,andtheboylaughedagain.

1.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat.

A.thefatherandhissonwerewaitingfortheflight

B.thefathergottiredwhenhissonwantedtoridetheshuttleagain

C.thefathertoldhissonaboutthetroublesinthecountry

D.thefatherspentthedaywithhissonandenjoyedit

2.Theunderlinedwordmock-angnmeans.

A.feelingbored

B.lookingexcited

C.notreallyangry

D.nottrulysurprised

3.Fromthestorywecanlearn.

A.sometimespeopledon'trealizewhattheyhave

B.maybethemostvaluablethingdoesn'tcostmuch

C.childrenshouldstaywiththeirparentsmoreoften

D.parentsshouldgivetheirchildrenabetterlife

D

16、Manypeoplebegintousepencilsfromanearlyage.Therearemanykindsofpencils:somehaveeraserson

top;somearecolorful.Youmayhaveusedmanykindsofthemformanyyears,butdoyouknowthehistoryofpencils?

Manyyearsago,peopleinEgyptusedlead（铅）towrite.Nowpencilsaremadefromgraphite（石墨）insteadoflead.

In1564,peoplefoundthatgraphitecouldleaveblackmarks.Atfirst,peopleusedittomakemarksontheirsheep.Later

theyusedthegraphitetowrite.Theythoughtitwaslead.Graphiteleftablackermarkthanlead,butitwasnotstrong

enoughsoitneededsomethingtoholdit.

In1565,ConradGesnerfirstputgraphiteintosomethingtoholdit.Later;inthe1600s,Germanpeoplemixed

graphitewithsomeotherthingsandusedthemforwriting.Later,Francecouldn'tgetpencilsfromboththeEnglishand

theGermans,soNicholasJacquesContebegantomakepencils.InFrance,therewaslittlegraphite,sohemixed

graphitewithclay（粘土）.

In1812,WilliamMunroemadethefirstAmericanwoodpencils.Later;amanputasmalleraserontopofapencil.

Anewkindofpencilwasborn.

1.Thepassageismainlyabouttheofpencils.

A.kindsB.history

C.materialsD.shapes

2.Peoplebegantowritewithleadfirstin.

A.EgyptB.England

C.GermanyD.China

3.Graphiteisthanlead.

A.blackerandsofterB.blackerandharder

C.softerandlighterD.softerandharder

4.NicholasJacquesContemixedgraphitewithclaybecause・

A.heneededsomethingtoholdgraphite

B.Francecouldn'tgetpencilsfromboththeEnglishandtheGermans

C.hecouldn'tfindenoughgraphiteinFrance

D.hewantedtoputasmalleraserontopofapencil

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Todaypencilsarenotmadefromleadorgraphite.

B.ThefirstwoodpencilsweremadeinAmerica.

C.Germanpeoplefirstusedmixedmaterialstomakepencils.

D.Peoplefirstusedgraphitetomakemarksontheirsheep.

E

17、InAmerica,seldomdoyougoanywherewithouthearingaprinciplecalledWIN-WIN.Itsoundsstrangetomeat

firstbecausethroughoutmychildhood,Ihavealwaysbeentaughttotryeverythingpossibletowinanupper-hand,

ratherthantohelpotherpeoplewin.However,astimegoesby,Ihavegraduallyunderstoodtheessence（真谛）of

WIN-WINprinciple—itisthewayofwinningonbothsides.

WhenIwaslittle,IusedtoplayChinesecheckers（跳棋）whichincludestwobasictactics（战术）：Oneistocreatepaths

foryourself;theotheristopreventyourrival（对手）moving.Playersmayusethesetwototallydifferentwaysinthe

game,butthekeyfortheplayertowinistocontinuouslycreatepathsforhimevenifhisrivalmaytakeadvantageofit.

Finallyhecanalwaysreachthegoalafewstepsaheadoftheotherplayer.

Inthe1990s,astrategy（战略）calledWIN-WINbecamewidespreadinthewesternworld.Itsaimistoachieveyour

successwhilegivingotherpeoplesomeadvantages,sothereisnorealloser.OneexampleofusingtheWIN-WIN

principleisthevoluntarysystemintheUS.MostAmericanssupportthespiritofvoluntarycontribution.IntheUS,

schoolsandchildrenorganizationsusuallyencourageandsupportkidstotakepartincommunityactivitiessothatthe

voluntaryspiritcanbeintheirmindsfromchildhood.

InChina,it'squiteusualthatsomepeoplearetooselfishandnevertakepeople'sinterestsintoconsideration,while

someonewhoreallyhascouragetodosomethingfbrthepublicisoftencalled“foolish”or“silly”.Actuallyhelpingother

peoplecanbeofgreatdelightforthehelper,forhecanalsolearnsomethingusefulforhislifesuchassympathy,care,

devotion,etc.Soonlyifyoutakeotherpeople'sinterestsintoconsideration,youcanmakesuretowinwhatyouwant.

1.Thepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthepassageis.

A.totellustheculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandtheUS.

B.totellusthedifferenteducationalsystemsintheUSandChina.

C.totellustheimportanceandmeaningofWIN-WIN.

D.toshowthatWIN-WINispopularintheUSandChina.

2.Whatistheauthor飞attitude（态度）towardsWIN-WIN?

A.Criticism（批评）.B.Encouragement.

C.Disagreement.D.Doubt.

3.Theunderlinedword"enrooted”inthethirdparagraphmeans.

A.removedB.controlled

C.plantedD.influenced

F

18^Wegotupatsixinthemorningonthatsummerday,becauseGrandpawastotakemetothepark.With

Mum,Auntandthreecousins,ittooktwotaxistogetusalltothepark.

Everyonewaspreparedtogetonthebigbusandseethewildanimalsinthepark.Asthebusmoved,Isawmany

animals.Thereweretigers,lions,bears,monkeys,pandasandelephants.Somewerelyingdown;somewerestanding

there;someotherswerewalking.Andnoneofthemwereafraidofpeople.

Afterseeingthewildanimals,wehadlunchatthewildanimalrestaurant.Wethenwatchedgoatfightingandhorse

fightingshows.Theparkhadmanyothershowsbesidesthefightingshows.Forexample,therewasasealionshow.We

watchedmountaingoatswalkingonasteelwire（钢丝），monkeysridingbikes,andtigersjumpingthroughhoopsof

fire（火圈）.

ThemostunforgettablethingatthezoowasthatIgotinatigercageandtookapicturewithatiger.Iwasvery

scaredatthattime,butwhenIsawalotofpeopletakingpictures,Iwasnotsoafraid.GrandpasaidIhadmore

expressionsthanthetiger.

ThisvisittotheShanghaiWildAnimalParkisanunforgettableone,butitcametoanendwhenwehadtogohome

atfiveo'clock.

1.Howmanypeopleinthewriter'sfamilywenttotheparkonthatday?

A.Four.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.

2.Howdidthefamilygotothepark?

A.Bytrain.B.Bytaxi.C.Onfoot.D.Byboat.

3.Thewritersawallthefollowinganimalsintheparkexcept____•

A.foxesB.pandasC.ho