贵州省黔东南州从江县斗里中学2024-2025学年度第一学期12月质量监测九年级英语试卷

从江县斗里中学2024-2025学年度第一学期12月质量监测九年级英语试卷第一部分完形（共两节，满分16分）第一节（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）阅读下面短文，从框内7个选项中选出能分别填入6个小题空白处的最佳选项。A.StudiesB.asC.withD.thinkingE.talkF.healthierG.FinallySadnessandhappinessareoftentalkedaboutbypeopleintheirsparetime.Hereareafewsuggestions（建议）tohelpyoubehappier.Thefirstsecretofhappinessistoenjoythesimplethingsinlife.Toooften，wespendtoomuchtime

1.aboutthefuture.Youshouldenjoysimplepleasuresinlife，such

2.readingagoodbookandlisteningtomusic.Peoplewhohaveseveralclosefriendsoftenliveahappierand

3.life.Anothersecretoflivingahappylifeistobeactive.Manypeoplegodancingorplaysports.Peoplecanforgetabouttheirproblemsandonlythinkabouttheactivities.

4.，manypeoplefindhappinessinhelpingothers.

5.showthatpeoplefeelgoodwhentheyspendtheirtimehelpingothers.Ifyouwanttofeelhappier，dogoodthingsforsomeone.Youcanhelpafriend

6.hisorherstudies，orhelpoutwithsomethingsaroundthehouseforanelderlyperson.Ifyoudotheabove，youwillbehappy.第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。Iwascomingdownstairstogetbreakfastwhenthepostcame.Iwas

7foraletterfrommyfriendSam.SoIpickedthelettersupand

8them.Iwasn’tsurprisedtoseethatthereweresomebills.Therewasaninvitationtoaparty.Therewasn’taletterfromSam.Therewasapostcard，showingsomecliffsandsea.Whatanice

9！Iturnedthe

10over.Itwasn’teasytoread.Rainhadmadethewriting

11，includingthenameofthepersonwhohadsentthepostcard.

12wasitfrom？Itriedtoreadanyofthewords.Icouldread“DearTom，I’mhavingalovelytimein...”Thenthewritingbecameunclear.Icouldn’tread

13else.Whohadgonetotheseaside？Icouldn’tthinkofanyone！Itwasamystery.Therewasanother

14too.WherewasSam’sletter？Justthenthephonerang.ItwasSam！“I’mcallingtoseeifyougotmypostcard，”hesaid.“Weareattheseaside，notinLondon.We

15ourminds.MumandDadarerestingafterourwalk.SoI’mringingyou.I’msorryIdidn’twritealetter.We’vebeenso

16.”Bothmysteriesweresolved！（）7.A.asking B.paying C.waiting（）8.A.lookedafter B.lookedfor C.lookedthrough（）9.A.symbol B.view C.object（）10.A.postcard B.invitation C.letter（）11.A.unclear B.uncommon C.uncomfortable（）12.A.How B.Where C.Who（）13.A.something B.anything C.nothing（）14.A.mystery B.method C.mistake（）15.A.changed B.kept C.lost（）16.A.amazed B.busy C.curious第二部分阅读（共三节，满分44分）第一节（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）阅读下面三个语篇，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出各题的最佳选项。A（）17.Whatisthematerialabove？A.Abookreport. B.Abookcover. C.Abookreview.（）18.WhichofthefollowingisNOTincludedintheDetectiveCharlie’sseries（系列）？A.TheCaseofaMurderintheNeighbourhood.B.TheSecretoftheFloatingHouseontheRiver.C.TheMysteryattheMillinNorthVillage.（）19.“Over50，000youngreadershaveenjoyedTheAdventuresofDetectiveCharlie.Nowhehasreturnedtosolveanewseriesofmysteries.”Inthissentence，whatdoes“he”referto？A.JamiePinkaton. B.Lenny. C.Charlie.（）20.Whatcanwelearnfromthematerial？A.Charlie’sseriesarepopularwithyoungreaders.B.Charliedidn’tfindanycluestilltheendofthestory.C.ThebookwaspublishedbyMarvellousNewsPress.BThestoryhappenedonJanuary31st，1978.ThreeboyswereskatinginMontvale，NewJerseywhentheysawaflyingobjectinthesky.Theboyshadagoodlookattheobject，foritstayedfornearlyfiveminutes.Itwassquarewithroundcorners.Andateachcornertherewasayellowlight.Beforetheytalkedaboutwhathadhappened，theynoticedamaninayellowsuitcrosstheroadfromthefield.Theboysthoughthewastheneighborwhooftenwalkedintheevening.“Mr.Johnson，”theyasked，“didyouseethatUFO？”Suddenlythemanturnedtotheboys，butitwasnotMr.Johnson.Helookedmorelikeahawkthanaman.Then，beforehecouldanswer，tenothercreatures，allinyellowsuits，joinedhim.Eachonehadlarge，dark，squareholes.Theboysnoticedanotherone—awoman，theybelieved.Shewaswearingashortdressandwalkingdowntheroad.Asshegotfartheraway，somethingevenstrangerhappened.Partsofherbodykeptgoingawayandcomingbackagain.Finally，thewomandisappearedcompletely.Theboysconcentratedsomuchonthewomanthattheydidnotseewhathadhappenedtotheothercreaturesbeforetheydisappeared.Theboyshurriedtothenearesthouseandafterafewminutes’discussion，theydecidedtotelephonethepolice.ItturnedoutthatnootherUFOreportshadbeenmadethatnight，buttheboysdidn’tdoubtwhattheyhadseen.（）21.Theboyssaw

whentheywereskating.A.anicekite B.astrangecreature C.aflyingobject（）22.Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingisTRUE？A.Themanwasinabluesuit.B.Themanlookedlikeahawk.C.Themanwastheboys’neighborMr.Johnson.（）23.

waswearingashortdress.A.Awomancreature B.AwomanreporterC.Themotherofoneboy （）24.Thebesttitleofthepassageis

.A.SkatinginMontvaleB.ThreeBoysandTheirNeighborC.WasItaUFO？CAmythissomethingthatisnotcorrect，butmanypeoplebelieve.Therearealotofmythsaboutthehumanbrain.Oneofthebiggestmythsisthatweonlyuse10percentofourbrains.Thenextpartofthemythisthatifwecanlearntousetherestofourbrains，thenwe’llbemuchsmarter.Peoplesaythisallthetime，butit’sabsolutelynottrue！Thetruthisthatalthoughwedon’tknoweverythingaboutthehumanbrain，weknowthateachpartofithasanimportantfunction（功能）.Modernscientiststhinkthe“10percentmyth”ridiculous（荒谬的）.Anothermostpopularmythisaboutbeing“rightbrained”or“leftbrained”.Accordingtothismyth，peoplewhousetherightsideoftheirbrainsaremoreartisticandcreative.Peoplewhousetheleftsideoftheirbrainsarebetteratmathandscience.Thisisaspopularasthe10percentmyth，andit’salsowrong.In2013，astudyatanAmericanuniversityexaminedtherightbrainandleftbrainmyth.Accordingtothestudy，weusebothsidesofourbrainsequally（相等地）.It’struethatweusedifferentpartsofourbrainsfordifferentthings.Weuseourleftsideforlanguagemore，andourrightsidewhenweneedtopayattention.Butthereisnoevidence（证据）thatcreativepeopleusetherightsidemore，orthatscientificpeopleusetheleftsidemore.We’vetalkedaboutmyths，solet’slookatafewinterestingfactsaboutthebrain.Firstofall，thebrainfeelsnopain.Second，about75percentofthebrainismadeofwater.It’salsothefattestorganinyourbody.Here’sanotherinterestingfactaboutthebrain.Aroundthetimeyouturn18yearsold，itstopsgrowing.（）25.Wecaninferthat

fromParagraph2.A.thereareonlytwomythsaboutthehumanbrainB.wecan’tusetherest90％ofourbrainsC.everypartofourbrainshasitsownfunction（）26.Theunderlinedword“This”inParagraph3refersto

.A.theleftbrainmythB.therightbrainandleftbrainmythC.theuseofhumanbrains（）27.Accordingtothefactsmentionedinthepassage，

mayusethe

leftbrainmore.A.Robert，whoislearningEnglishB.Kate，whoisdrawingpicturesC.Jenny，whoisdesigningclothes（）28.Thepassagemainlytellsabout

.A.thegrowingofthebrainB.differentfunctionsofthebrainC.mythsandfactsaboutthebrain第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从框内6个选项中选出能分别填入5个小题空白处的最佳选项。A.Somenowstandinfrontofpeople’shouses！B.Buteventoday，nobodyknowswhatcausedit.C.Infact，strangethingshappenintheworldeveryday.D.Buttherearestillthingsthatpeopledon’tunderstand.E.Andcompasses（指南针）havestoppedworkingproperly.F.Theyhadfoundalmostperfectlyroundstoneballsindifferentsizes.InoneareaoftheAtlanticOcean，strangethingshavehappenedformanytimes.Boatsandplaneshavesuddenlydisappearedwithoutatrace（踪迹）.Peoplehaveseenstrangethingsinthesky.

29.ThisareaiscalledtheBermudaTriangle（百慕大三角）.Everyday，scientistslearnmoreabouttheworld.Theyarealwaysinterestedintheworldmysteriesandwonders.Withhightechnologynowadays，theyhaveknownalotofthem.

30.Inthe1940s，theUnitedFruitCompany’sworkerswereclearinglandinCostaRicaforabananaplantation.Suddenly，theworkersstopped.

31.Thesmallestonesweretwocentimetersacross.Thelargestonesweretwometersacross.Thesocietythatmadethemisgone，andnooneknowswhytheyweremade.Becausepeoplehavemovedtheballs，itisdifficulttostudythem.

32.⁠InJuneof1908，therewasalargeexplosion（爆炸）overRussia.Theexplosiongaveoffabout1，000timesmoreenergythantheatomicbombdroppedinJapan.Itknockeddownabout60milliontreesover2，000squarekilometers.Peoplecalltheexplosion“TheTunguskaEvent”.

33.Scientistsarestillworkingtounderstandit.Somedaywemayunderstandthesemysteries.Butuntilthen，theyarestillpuzzlesforusall.第三节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，根据其内容填空和回答问题。（34至37题每题答案不超过3个单

词，38题须用完整句子回答。）Manystrangecreaturesliedeepintheocean.Oneofthemostmysteriousisthegiantsquid（巨型乌贼）.Somehadbeencaughtinfishingnetsorfoundwasheduponshore.Noonehadeverseenagiantsquidaliveupclose—orhadevengottenapictureofone.Thatallchangedafewyearsago.Researchersgotthefirstpicturesofagiantsquidaliveandswimminginthedeepocean.Scientistsdidn’tknowjustwheretolookforthesquid.Itlivesintheocean，about660to2，300feetdeep.Thenthescientistshadabrightidea.Theyknewspermwhales（抹香鲸）likenothingbetterthanadelicioussquiddinner.Whynotfollowthewhales？Scientists，ledbyTsunemiKubodera，followedsomespermwhalesoffthecoastofJapan.Theirideaturnedouttobecorrect.Justastheythought，thewhalesledthemtoahugesquid.Thesquidwasn’tgoingtocometothescientists.Sotheyusedabaited（带诱饵的）fishinglinetodrawitin.Scientistsdroppedaremote-controlcameraintotheocean.Thentheyusedthebaittoattractthesquid.Thetrickworked.Asthesquidwentafterthebait，thescientiststookhundredsofpictures.Thesquidswamawayfinally.Inthisway，scientistsgotthefirstpicturesofagiantsquid.34.Noonehadevergottenapictureofagiantsquidalivebecausesomeinfishingnetsorfoundwasheduponshore.35.Thesquidlivesintheocean，about660to36.Thescientistsfollowedtolookforthesquid.37.Theunderlinedword“they”inthethirdparagraphreferstothe38.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout？第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分15分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）根据中文意思，补全英语译文。（每空限填一词，缩写算一词）39.看这条尾巴！树后一定有一只猫在玩耍。Lookatthetail！mustacatplayingbehindthetree.40.那个男孩太矮了，够不着树上的苹果。Theboyisshortreachtheapplesonthetrees.41.他不仅是一位好老师，也是一位好朋友。Heisnotagoodteacher，butagoodfriend.42.莎士比亚写了许多剧本。他最伟大的戏剧之一是《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。Shakespearewrotemanyplays.hisgreatestplaysisRomeoandJuliet.43.今天早上我在操场上捡到了一串钥匙。Iasetofkeysontheplaygroundthismorning.第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，在各题空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Canyouimaginewakinguponedayaftersleepingfor17years？That’swhat

44.hugenumberofcicadas（蝉）didthissummerinmanypartsoftheUS.Cicadasarecommoninsects.Theyspendmostoftheyear

45.（hide）undergroundandcomeouteverysummer，singingtheir“songs”.Buttherearesomecicadasthatsta