湖北省随州市广水市2024届九年级下学期3月月考英语试卷(含答案)

湖北省随州市广水市2024届九年级下学期3月月考英语试卷

学校：___________姓名：___________班级：考号：

一、完形填空

Oneday,MiriamgotaletteralongwithawatermelonseedfromUncleEsai.Theletter

said:

Miriam.

Thisisamagicseedforyou.Plantit,anditwillgrant]threewishes.Rememberto

bepatient:theworldhasitsownrhythm.

UncleEsai

Miriamthought,"Amagicseed?MaybeifsUncleEsai's2,butwhynothavea

try?”Sheplantedtheseedintheyard,andmadeher3wish,力wantthewatermelonto

growasbigasamountain!99

Thenextmorning,Miriamwasvery4toseeahugewatermelonintheyard.She

couldn'tbelieveit."Imust5itatonce!^^Shehurriedtocutthewatermelon,butitwas

toohard.Shebecameangry."Thisisasillywatermelon!Idon'twantit!”

Immediatelythefruitbecameaseedagain.Miriam6hersecondwishhadbeen

granted."Humph!Thisisnotfun!^^shecried.

Afewdayslater,MiriamfoundUncleEsai's7andreaditagain.Shestoppedwhen

shesawthewords“bepatienf9.Howcouldsheforgetit?Sherushedoutofthedoorand_8

rantotheyardtofindtheseed.Thistime,shepromisedshewouldmakethebestuseofthe

thirdwish.

Shethoughtforawhile."Ihopemy9couldspendmoretimetogether79Buther

parentsneededtowork.Howcouldtheseedhelp?Althoughitseemedimpossible,shestill

decidedto10theseedwithpatience.

Miriamgotsomeinformationabout11toplantawatennelon,andthenfollowedthe

stepscarefully.Whentheseedturnedintoanormal-sizedwatermelon,she12itwithher

friendsandneighbours.Everybodylikeditstaste.

Miriam'sfamilygottheseeds13thewatermelonandplantedmoreafterwards.They

weresodeliciousthattheneighboursofferedtobuysome.Thewatermelonsbroughtextra

money14Miriam'sparentsdidn'thavetobeawayfbrworkasmuch.Theyhadmore

familytime.

MiriamfinallyknewwhatUncleEsaimeant-bepatient,andlifewillbeas15asa

watermelon!

1.A.meB.youC.himD.her

2.A.ruleB.jokeC.choiceD.example

3.A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth

4.A.boredB.afraidC.relaxedD.surprised

5.A.eatB.washC.climbD.draw

6.A.heardB.explainedC.realisedD.imagined

7.A.bookB.postcardC.letterD.newspaper

8.A.calmlyB.carefullyC.politelyD.quickly

9.A.classB.familyC.teachersD.neighbours

10.A.putawayB.talktoC.lookafterD.searchfbr

11.A.howB.whyC.whenD.where

12.A.wateredB.protectedC.watchedD.shared

13.A.forB.fromC.behindD.beside

14.A.soB.ifC.butD.unless

15.A.newB.bigC.sweetD.quiet

阅读理解

Children'sgamesinancientChina

Duringancienttimes,childrendidn'thavesmartphone,iPadorcomputertoentertain

them.Instead,theycameupwithinterestinggamestoplayintheirchildhood.Let'stakea

look.

Playinghide-and-seek

Hide-and-seekisatraditionalgamefbrchildren,popular

aroundthenation.Therearetwowaystoplay:coveringachild's

eyeswhileotherkidsrunaroundtoplayatrickonhimor,more

commonly,othershideandonechildmusttrytofindthem.

Flyingkites

KiteshavequitealonghistoryinChina.Theearliestkites

weren'tmadeofpaper.Theyweremadeofwoodinstead.

Nowadays,thethreemostfamouskitesaretheBeijingkite,

TianjinkiteandWeifangkite.Eachhasitsownstyle.For

example,thebird-shapedkitewithlongwingsisaspecialkind

oftheBeijingkite.

Watchingshadowplays

Themostsimilarthingtowatchingafilmduringancient

timeswasgoingtoseeashadowplay.Theartistscontrolled

puppetsbehindthescreentomakethemmovelikepeopleand

tellstories.Peoplelikedlisteningtothemusicandenjoyedthe

beautifulpuppets.

Kickingstoneballs

DuringtheQingDynasty(1644—1911),kickingastone

ballaroundwasapopularsportinthenorthernpartofChina,

anditwasoftenplayedinthewintertokeepwarm.Stoneswere

carvedintosmallballsandkickedalongwithfeet.

16.Howcanhide-and-seekbeplayed?

A.Oneplaysandotherswatch.B.Onemustcryandotherslaugh.

C.Onetriestofindandothershide.D.Onerunsandotherstrytocatch.

17.Thegamethafslikewatchingafilmis.

A.kickingstoneballsB.flyingkites

C.watchingshadowplaysD.playinghide-and-seek

18.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“them"referto?

A.artistsB.puppetsC.peopleD.stories

19.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat.

A.Tianjinisfamousforthebird-shapedkitewithlongwings

B.allthechildrenmustcovertheireyeswhileplayinghide-and-seek

C.kickingastoneballwasapopulargamebeforetheQingDynasty

D.thepuppetscouldmovelikepeoplewiththeartists9controlling

20.Thepassageabovemaybetakenfroma(n).

A.adB.storybookC.novelD.magazine

MyfamilyjoinedanenvironmentalprotectionclubnamedGreenFuture一aclubto

remindpeopletoprotecttheearth.Soourfamilyheldanactivity"BottleofRubbishTask”.

Thatmeanstherubbishneedstobeputina600mlbottle.Wedecidedtotestourabilityand

produceaslittlerubbishaspossible.

Myfatherworkedonlineallday,sohedidn'tproduceanypaperwasteexceptpaper

napkins.Hemadetheleastrubbishinourfamily.

Mymothercookedandproducedplentyofkitchenwaste,suchasvegetableleaves,

eggshellsandfoodbags.What'sworse,wecouldn'teatupallthefoodofthedinnerthatday.

Soleftoverscouldn'tbeavoided.Itwasnoteasyformomtodealwithalltherubbish,but

shefoundawaytoputitallintothebottle.Howamazing!

Mysister,a16-year-oldstudent,wasbusypreparingforherexams.Shehadtousepaper

toworkoutmathorphysicsproblems.Sheusedonlyonesideofthepaperinthepast.But

fromthenon,shetriedtousebothsidesofthepaperbecausesherealizedwewere

challengingourselves.Shedidagoodjob!

Iwasdifferentfrommysister.Ilovesnacksanddrinks.Somyrubbishwasalmostfrom

them.Iwashighlyalert（警觉的）thatImustproducelesswaste.Ihardlyeverhadsnacks

ordrinks.Itwastoodifficult,butIdidit!

I'velearntalotfromthisactivity.Irealizethateveryonecanproducelessrubbish.We

shouldstartwithsmallactionstoprotecttheearth!

21.Whatactivitydidthewriter'sfamilyholdwhentheyjoinedtheclub?

A.Acompetition.B.Atrip.C.Apicnic.D.Aparty.

22.Whydidthewriter'sfatherproducetheleastrubbishinthefamily?

A.Becauseheateless.

B.Becausehedidn'tcook.

C.Becausehedidn'tusepapernapkins.

D.Becauseheworkedonlineallday.

23.Whatdoestheword“leftovers"meaninthethirdparagraph?

A.Dishesthatarecookedbymother.

B.Wastethatisproducedinthekitchen.

C.Foodthathasn'tbeeneatenupattheendofameal.

D.Foodbagsthatareusedtoputthevegetableleaves.

24.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thewriter'smothercandealwiththerubbisheasily.

B.Thewriterstoppedeatingsnacks.

C.Thewriter9ssisterusedonlyonesideofthepaper.

D.Thewritermightbecomethinneraftertheactivity.

25.Whichcanbetheslogan（口号）oftheactivity?

A.Nopain,nogain.

B.Nevertoooldtolearn.

C.Smallactionsmakeabigdifference.

D.HewhodoesnotreachtheGreatWallisnotatrueman.

①Haveyoueverthoughtaboutwhafsmoreimportant,lookingfashionableorfeeling

comfortable?Youmighthavenoticedmanypeoplechoosingstyleovercomfortandsome

evengotoextremes（极端）tofollowfashion.Butweshouldremember:beingfashionable

isn'teverything.It9smoreimportanttobehealthy.

②Somepeoplebelievethattheyneedtobeacertainsizetolookgood.So,theystart

extremediets（日常饮食）thatarenotgoodfbrtheirhealth.Theymightnoteatmealsoreat

toolittle,whichcanmakethemfeelsick.Isitahealthywaytolive?

③Also,manygirlswearshoeswithveryhighheels.Theymightthinkhighheelsmake

themlooktaller.Buttheseshoescanactuallyhurttheirfeetandmakeithardtowalk

comfortably,anditcanincreaserisksoffalls.Someevenweartight（紧的）clothesthat

influencebloodcirculation（循环），makingithardtobreathe.Shouldweputfashionover

comfortandphysicalhealth?

©Besides,someboysandgirlsspendalotoftimeandmoneychangingtheirhaircolor.

Thematerialtheyuseisusuallyharmfultotheirhealth.Tomaketheirhairstraightorcurly,

theyalsousetoolsthatarehotenoughtobumtheirhair.Butusingthesetoolstoooftenorat

veryhightemperaturescanmakethehairdryorevenburnt.Isitreallyworthittoriskour

health,spendingsomuchtimeandmoney?

⑤So,lefsrethinkwhafsreallyimportant.Isitfashionorisitourwell-being?Clothes

orhairstylesdon'ttellusanythingaboutaperson'scharacter.Insteadofspendingalotof

timechoosingclothes,wecouldusethattimetodofunthingswithfriends.Andinsteadof

followingextremediets,let'seatproperlyandexerciseregularly.Remember,yourworthis

notdecidedbyyourappearance（外貌），butbywhoyouareasaperson.

26.Whydosomepeoplegoonextremedietsaccordingtothepassage?

A.Becausethedietsarehealthy.B.Becausetheyjustwanttolookgood.

C.Becausetheywanttosavetime.D.Becausetheywanttosavemoney.

27.Whatisthewriter'spurposeofusingaquestionineachparagraph?

A.Toaskforhelpfromreaders.B.Totellhowtospendtimeandmoney.

C.Todescribethelatestfashion.D.Toleadreaderstothinkaboutthetopic.

28.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“well-being“inParagraph5mean?

A.Growth.B.Health.C.Warmth.D.Wealth.

29.Whichistherightstructureofthepassage?

30.Whafsthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.BeautyAroundUsB.SpaceDreams

C.TheValueofMoneyD.TheAnimalPlant

Haveyouheardofthesaying"Don'tjudge（评价）abookbyitscover"?Well,in

Chinese,weoftensay"Don'tjudgepeoplebytheirlooks.”

Imagineyoumeetsomeonenewatschool.Theymightlookdifferentfromyouinhair,

clothes,orlooks.Ifsimportantnottomakeanyjudgmentsaboutthemjustbecauseofhow

theylook.

Sometimes,peoplemakeamistakebyjudgingothersbytheirlooks.Theymightthink

someoneismeanorunfriendlyjustbecausetheyhaveaseriousfaceorwearunusualclothes.

Butsometimesseeingisnotbelieving!

Inreality,peoplearelikebookswithagreatmanypages.Inordertounderstandthem,

weneedto“readmanypages”.Thatmeanstalkingwiththem,learningabouttheirinterests

andideas,andspendingtimewiththem.Thinkaboutyourbestfriends.Whenyoumetthem

forthefirsttime,youmightnotknowtheywouldbeyourfriends.Butasyouspenttime

together,yourealizedhowamazingtheywere.

Don'tjudgepeoplebytheirlooks,andopenourhearttothepeoplearoundus.Ifwedo

so,we'llstarttounderstandandtreasurethedifferencesbetweenus,likedifferentcultures,

differentbackgrounds,anddifferentwaysofthinking.

So,lefskeepanopenmindandbenicetoeveryonewemeet,nomatterhowtheylook.

Whenwedoso,wemakeabigdifferencetotheworld,andwemakeaworldwhereeveryone

feelsimportantandaccepted.Afterall,themostamazingthingsarehidden.Theyareineach

oneofus!

31.Thepassagemainlywantstotellusthat.（10个词以

内）

32.AccordingtoParagraph3,ifsomeone,it

doesn'tmeanthepersonisunkindorunfriendly.（10个词以内）

33•Tounderstandotherpeople,wecandosomethinglike

.（列举两项，10个词以内）

34.Whatwillhappenifweopenourhearttothepeoplearoundus?（10个词以内）

35.What'sthewriter'sadviceonhowtotreatthepeoplewemeet?（20个词以内）

三.填空题

36.Nomatterwhoyouareandwhereyoulive,themostimportantthingiswhatkind

ofpersonyouare.①Amongthemthefollowingqualities（品质）arethemosthelpful

ones.

Haveapositiveattitude（积极的态度）.Lifeisnotalwaysabedofroses.Whenyouface

difficulties,don'tloseheart.Doyouknowwhatcanhelpyouovercomedifficulties?It'syour

attitude.Cheerup!②Whenyousmileinfrontofit,itwillalsosmileatyou.

Keeplearning.Maybeyouareusedtoyourpresentlife.Everydayyouhavesomuch

worktodothatyoucan'tfindanytimetolearn.However,theworldaroundyouischanging

allthetime.Neverbesatisfiedwithyourself,oryouwillfallbehindothers.（3）

Becreative.Inthemodernworld,thestudentswhohavecreativethinkingareneeded

most.（4）Thosewhoarecreativehavemorechoicesintheirlife.

⑤Honestyisthebestpolicy（策略）.Nobodylikesapersonwhotellslies.The

onewhokeepshiswordsispopulareverywhere.

Aslongasyouhavethesequalitiesmentionedabove,youwillbeexcellentandmakea

differencetotheworld.AlbertEinsteinoncesaid,“Trynottobecomemanofsuccessbut

rathertrytobecomemanofvalue.”

A.Lifeislikeamirror.

B.Behonestandkeepyourpromise.

C.Beingpoliteisagoodhabitinyourlife.

D.Keepinglearningcanhelpyougetsuccessinthefuture.

E.Therearemanygoodqualitiesthatcanbenefityoualotinyourlife.

F.Beingcreativemeanscomingupwithnewideasandhavingcreativeimagination.

37.阅读短文，从方框中选出正确的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完

整。每空限填一次，每词限用一次。

stealwhatwhileotherlaughvisitorpolitehighwiselyenvironment

Manyyearsago,thereweremanystatesinChina.TheStateofQiusedtobeverystrong,

butitbecamelesspowerful.YanZiwasa①adviser,sothekingofQisenthimto

askChutosupporteachother.

ThekingofChuknewYanZiwasveryshort.HetriedtomakeYanZifeelshyabouthis

②.WhenYanZiarrived,theguardtoldhimtoenterthroughthesmallgate.YanZi

didn'tgetangry."Onlyastateofdogswillgreet③withagatefordogs.I'm

visitingtheStateofChu.Thisgateisn'tforme."YanZisaid.Sotheguardhadtotakehim

throughthemaingate.

ThekingofChuwasunhappyat④YanZidid."WhydidQisendyou?Don't

theyhaveanyonebetter?^^thekingtried⑤way.

“IfQimeetsagreatking,it'Hsendthebestambassador（使臣）.I'mtheworst.That's

whyTmhere."YanZirepliedcalmly（镇定地）.Atthistime,theguardsbroughtathief（小偷）

totheking.ThethiefwasfromQi.“Ha!YanZi,isQiastateofthieves?”askedtheking⑥

YanZireplied,"TheorangetreessouthofHuaiRiverproducebiganddeliciousfruit,⑦

theorangetreesnorthofHuaiRiverproducesmallandsourfruit.The⑧

makesthefruitgrowdifferently.InQi,peoplearegoodandhonest,buthere,they⑨

.Whatmadethatpersonathiefhere?”Finally,thekinglookedatYanZiand⑩

，力waswrongaboutyouandyourstate!”

四、写作题

38.中考临近，班上部分同学有些紧张，情绪比较低落。这种负面情绪对学习甚至身

心健康都造成了不利影响。学校广播站正为此征稿，现在请你以李华的身份根据下列

内容提示用英文写一篇短文，从放松方法、生活方式和倾诉对象等方面提供一些有用

的建议。

要点提示：

1.Whatdoyouthinktheycandotorelaxthemselves?

2.Howcantheyhaveahealthylifestyle?

3.Whocantheyaskforhelpifnecessary?

4.Somemoresuggestionsyoucanthinkof.

要求：

1.词数100词左右（标题已给出，不计入总词数）；

2.要点提示均需涉及，可适当增加内容；

3.不使用真实姓名、校名、地名。

Dearfriends,

We'refacingimportantexamsandyoumay

Sincerely,

LiHua

参考答案

1.答案：B

解析：本题考查代词。根据设空前的"Thisisamagicseedforyou”可知，UncleEsai在

信中对Miriam说的是“种植这粒种子，然后它能够满足你三个愿望“，故you符合文

屈、O

2.答案：B

解析：本题考查名词。rule规则；joke玩笑；choice选择；example例子。结合文意可

知，当时Miriam觉得那可能是UncleEsai开的一个"玩笑"，故joke符合文意。

3.答案：A

解析：本题考查数词。根据上文提及的"threewishes"以及文意可知此处是说，Miriam

许下了她的“第一个"愿望，故用first。

4.答案：D

解析：本题考查形容词。bored无聊的；afraid害怕的；relaxed放松的；surprised惊讶

的。根据空后提到的"Shecouldn'tbelieveit"以及"Shehurriedtocutthewatermelon"可推

知,Miriam看到一个巨大的西瓜时她很"惊讶"，故surprised符合文意。

5.答案：A

解析：本题考查动词。eat吃；wash洗；climb爬；draw画。根据设空后提到的"She

huniedtocutthewatermelon"可知，Miriam想马上"吃"那个西瓜，故eat符合文意。

6.答案：C

解析：本题考查动词。hear听见；explain解释；realise意识到；imagine想象。根据上

文可知，随着Miriam话音刚落，大西瓜立刻变成了一粒种子，Miram才"意识到“她的

第二个愿望被满足了，故realised符合文意。

7.答案：C

解析：本题考查名词。根据上文提及的"Oneday,Miriamgotaletteralongwitha

watermelonseed"可知此处是说，几天后Miriam找到那封"信"又读了一遍，故letter符合

文意。

8.答案：D

解析：本题考查副词。calmly平静地；carefully小心地；politely礼貌地；quickly迅速

地。根据上文中的"Howcouldsheforgetit?Sherushedoutofthedoor"可知，她冲出门外，

“迅速地”跑到院子里去找那粒种子，故quickly符合文意。

9.答案：B

解析：本题考查名词。根据设空后提到的''但是她的父母需要工作”可推断，她的愿

望是“我希望我的家人能花更多时间在一起"，故family符合文意。

10.答案：C

解析：本题考查短语动词。putaway将...收起；talkto跟谈话；lookafter照

顾，照料；searchfor寻找。结合文意可知此处是说”虽然看起来不可能，但她仍然决定

耐心地照料那粒种子”，故选C。

11.答案：A

解析：本题考查疑问词。结合文意可知此处说的是Miriam获取了很多关于“如何”种西

瓜的资料，how意为“如何”，符合文意。

12.答案：D

解析:本题考查动词。water给...浇水；protect保护;watch观察；share分享。根据

设空后的"withherfriendsandneighbours.Everybodylikeditstaste"可知当种子长成~•个

正常大小的西瓜时，Miriam和朋友及邻居一起“分享"了它，故shared符合文意。

13.答案：B

解析：本题考查介词。根据设空后的“后来种植了更多西瓜"可推断，Miriam的家人从

西瓜中得到了许多种子，故from”（表示来源）来自，源于，出自，从……来”符合文

意。for因为,为了；behind在...之后；beside在...旁边。

14.答案：A

解析：本题考查连词。设空前的句子意为“那些西瓜带来了额外收入"，设空后的句子

意为“Miriam的父母不必经常外出工作了“，根据设空前后的因果关系可知so”因此“符

合文意。if如果；but但是；unless除非。

15.答案：C

解析：本题考查形容词。new新的；big大的；sweet甜的；quiet安静的。结合文意可

知此处是说，要有耐心，然后生活会像西瓜一样“甜”，故sweet符合文意。

16.答案：C

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17.答案：C

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19.答案：D

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20.答案：D

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21.答案：A

解析：细节理解题。根据"Soourfamilyheldanactivity'BottleofRubbishTask'.That

meanstherubbishneedstobeputina600mlbottle.Wedecidedtotestourabilityand

produceaslittlerubbishaspossible."可知他们在家里开展了一个比赛，故选A。

22.答案：D

解析：细节理解题。根据"Myfatherworkedonlineallday,sohedidn'tproduceanypaper

wasteexceptpapernapkins."可知作者的父亲整天都在网上工作，除了餐巾纸外，他没

有产生任何废纸，所以他产生的垃圾最少。故选D。

23.答案：C

解析：词义猜测题。根据"What'sworse,wecouldn'teatupallthefoodofthedinnerthat

day.Soleftoverscouldn'tbeavoided.Itwasnoteasyformomtodealwithalltherubbish”

可知晚餐上吃不完的东西变成剩菜，故选C.

24.答案：D

解析:推理判断题。根据"Ihardlyeverhadsnacksordrinks.Itwastoodifficult,butIdid

it!"可知作者几乎不吃零食和饮料，由此推知作者可能会在活动后变瘦。故选D。

25.答案：C

解析：推理判断题。根据"Weshouldstartwithsmallactionstoprotecttheearth!”可知

作者从这个活动意识到应该从小事做起，保护地球;由此推知“小行为，大作用”可用

作口号。故选C。

26.答案：B

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27.答案：D

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29.答案：A

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30.答案:A

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31.答案：weshouldn'tjudgepeoplebytheirlooks.

解析：根据“It'simportantnottomakeanyjudgmentsaboutthemjustbecauseofhowthey

look.”可知，本文强调了不应仅凭外貌来评判他人。故填weshouldn'tjudgepeopleby

theirlooks。

32.答案：hasaseriousfaceorwearsunusualclothes

解析：根据“TheymightthinksomeoneismeanOrunfriendlyjustbecausetheyhavea

seriousfaceorwearunus