原创2023学年九年级下学期第二次调研测试（二模）英语试题

英语试卷

1.本试卷共12页。全卷满分90分。考试时间为90分钟。试题包含

选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部答在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无

效。

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签字笔填写在答题卡及本试卷上。

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无效。

选择题（共40分）

一.单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

l.Germany,Europeancountry,isworld-famousforthehigh

quality

ofindustrialproducts.

A.aB.anC./D.the

2.earlyNovemberof1503,duringChristopherColumbus'sfinal

trip

toAmerica,hisshipwasseriouslydamagedinastorm.

A.OnB.InC.AtD.For

3.—Willyoufixupthemachineaccordingtothe,David?

—Noproblem.

A.inventionsB.invitationsC.instructionsD.interviews

4.—Doyouhaveanyplansforthecomingweekend?

—rmnotsure,butIgotothecinematorelaxmyself.

A.mustB.mayC.wouldD.need

5.—Excuseme,Tmlookingformyumbrella.

一Oh,sorry.Itookbymistake.

A.hersB.mineC.yoursD.his

6.—The2023SummerOlympicGamesinRiodeJaneirofrom

August5toAugust21.

—Wow,wecanenjoythematchthen.

A.willholdB.willbeheldC.washeldD.isholding

7.—Peter;lookatyourhouse.Itrssountidy.Yourthingsareall

overtheplace.

—Fmsorry.Iwillallmythingsrightnow.

A.putupB.putoutC.putdownD.putaway

8.—Ihaven'tseenyourfatherfordays.Whereishe?

一HeHongKongonbusinessforthreedays.

A.hasbeeninB.hasbeentoC.hasgonetoD.hascometo

9.Whataterribleexperience!,youaresafenow—that'sthe

man

thing.

A.AnywayB.BesidesC.OtherwiseD.Moreover

10.youthetruth,sheknowsnothingaboutit.

A.TellB.TellingC.ToldD.Totell

11.—Howwasyourjobinterviewyesterday?

—Oh,itcouldn7tbe.Icouldhardlyanswermostofthe

questions

theyasked.

A.betterB.easierC.worseD.happier

12.—ItwillbeconvenienttotravelfromLishuitoNanjingif

MetroLineS7isbuiIt.

—Yes.Itzssaidthatdriveisenough.

A.twentyminutesB.twenty-minutes

C.twentyminute'sD.twentyminutes7

13.—Doyouknowthisyear?

—Letmecheckitforyou.Oh,it'sonJune9th.

A.whentheDragonBoatFestivalis

B.howistheDragonBoatFestival

C.whenistheDragonBoatFestival

D.howtheDragonBoatFestivalis

14.一Thesephotoslooksonice.CanIhavealook?

A.MypleasureB.Don'tmentionit

C.FmafraidsoD.Sure,hereyouare

15.一Whenyoufinishthebook,don'tforgettoputitbackon

theshelf.

*

A.Yes,IdoB.No,Idon'tC.Yes,IwillD.No,Iwon't

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，

选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Therearemanyplacestogoonsafari（观赏野生动物）inAfrica,

butridingahorse16thefloodedwatersofBotswana*s

OkavangoDelta（三角洲）mustbeoneoftheworld7smost

excitingwildlife17.

Severalsafaricampsoperateas.thebaseforthisadventure,

18specialridestwiceadaytoexploredeepintothedelta.

Thecampshaveexcellenthorses,professionalguidesandlots

ofsupportworkers.

Themorningride,whentheguidestakeyoutobeautiful,

shallowlakes19

waterlilies（睡莲）,tendstobemoreactive.Itisn'tlikeanyother

ridingexperience.Withrainbowsforminginthesplashingwater

aroundyouandthesoundofhugedropsofwaterbouncingoff

yourbodyandface,itis20exciting.Youareverylikelyto

seelargewildanimals,too.Onhorsebackitis21toget

quiteclosetoelephants,giraffesandmanyotheranimals.The

senseofexcitementandtension（紧张）levelsrisesuddenly

22youmoveclosertothem.

Intheevening,ridesareusuallyslowerandmoreunhurried,

withgoldenlightstreamingacrossthegrassydeltaandthe

anima.Iscomingouttoeatanddrink.

23andpeacefulthoughtheyare,ridesatthistimeofday

arestillveryimpressive.Asthesun'srayspassthroughthedust

24upbythehorses,theromanceofAfricacomestolife.

Lookingbackonyourday,youwillfind25hardto

deny（否认）thatahorsebackSafariisascloseasyouwillever

cometoansweringthecallofthewild.

16.A.overB.onC.towardsD.through

17.A.lessonsB.journeysC.D.sports

celebrations

18.A.B.C.protectingD.presenting

providingpreventing

19.A.famousB.fullofC.fondofD.compared

forwith

20.A.muchB.suchC.trulyD.likely

21.A.possibleB.ableC.impossibleD.unable

22.A.untilB.whileC.whenD.before

23.A.HurriedB.WorriedC.StressedD.Relaxed

24.A..kickB.tokickC.kickingD.kicked

25.A.thisB.thatC.itD.them

三、阅读理解供15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下列材料,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中,选出最

佳选项。

A

.com.cn

HOMECHINAWORLDBUSINESSLIFESTYLECULTURETRAVELSPORTSOPINIONREGIONALIFORUMNEWSPAPER*

HotwordsPekingOperamasterMeiBaojiudiesin

Beijing

PapiJiang39MeiBaojiu,aPekingOperamaster,thesonof

DavidOrtiz34famousPekingOperaartistMeiLanfang,died

attheageof82thismorninginBeijing.

JiangYilei32

TheJungleBookgetssecondweekboxoffice

SinaWeibo23wininChina

KojiUehara21Disney'sTheJungleBookhascontinuedto

leadtheboxofficeinitssecondweekafter

LuoZhenyu18release.

ShenYang17WriterLiuCixinpredictssci-fibookswill

YadierMolina16growinChina

HugowinnerLiuCixinpredictsthemarketfor

JonLester16

scifibooksinChinawillgrowintime.

CarlosBeltran15

26.0nwhichcolumn（专栏）shouldthenewsonthiswebpage

appear?

A.BusinessB.LifestyleC.CultureD.Travel

27.Accordingtothewebpage,whichofthefollowingsentences

isNOTTRUE?

A.YoucangetallkindsofEnglishnewsonCHINADAILY

website.

B.Thewebsiteprovidesthehottestwordsforyoutosearch

fornews.

C.TheJungleBookhasbeentheboxofficewinnerfortwo

weeks.

D.Theword“DavidOrtiz"isthemostpopularofthisweek.

B

Downbythesalleygardens

Downbythesalleygardens

myloveandIdidmeet;

Shepassedthesalleygardens

withlittlesnow-whitefeet.

Shebidmetakeloveeasy,

astheleavesgrowonthetree;

ButIzbeingyoungandfoolish,

withherwouldnotagree.

Inafieldbytheriver

myloveandIdidstand,

Andonmyleaningshoulder

shelaidhersnow-white.

Shebidmetakelifeeasy,

asthegrassgrowsontheweirs;

ButIwasyoungandfoolish,

andnowamfulloftears.

28.ThisisashortwrittenbyYeats,afamous

writerfromIreland.

A.storyB.poemC.sloganD.letter

29.ThebestwordtofillintheblankofLine12shouldbe

A.headB.faceC.handD.arm

3O.Thewriterwantstotellusthat.

A.heshouldtakeeverythingeasyB.heisasfoolishashe

usedtobe

C.hepassedthegardenwithloveD.heisregretfulwith

tearsnow

C

MykidsandIwereheadingintothesupermarketoverthe

weekend.Ontheway,wespottedamanholdingapieceof

paperthatsaid,"Lostmyjob.Familytofeed."

Atthisstore,asightlikethisisnotnormal.My10-year-old

noticedhimandmadeacomment（评论）onhowbaditmustbe

tohavetostandoutsideinthecoldwind.

Inthestore,Iaskedeachofmykidstopicksomethingthey

thoughtour“friend"therewouldappreciate.Theygotapples,

asandwichandabottleofjuice.Thenmy17-year-old

suggestedgivinghimagiftcard.Ithoughtaboutit.Wewere

lowoncashourselves,but...well,sometimesgivingfromour

needinsteadofourabundance（充裕）isjustwhatweneedtodo!

Allthekidsdeclared（宣称）somethingtheycoulddoawaywith

fortheweek.

Whenwehandedhimthebagoffood,helitupandthanked

uswithwateryeyes.WhenIhandedhimthegiftcard,sayinghe

coulduseitforwhateverhisfamilymightneed,heburstinto

tears.

Thishasbeenawonderfulexperienceforourfamily.Fordays

thekidshavebeenlookingforotherswecanhelp!Things

wouldhaveplayedoutsodifferentlyifIhadsimplysaid,"No,

wereallydon'thavemoneytogivemore."Steppingoutnot

onlyhelpedabrotherinneed,italsogavemykidsthe

tasteofhelpingothers.ItzIIgoalongwaywiththem.

31.Fromthepassage,whatisTRUEaboutthewriter'sfamily?

A.Thereweretwochildreninherfamily.

B.Theylivedarichandgenerouslife.

C.Theyhelpedthepoormanatlast.

D.They,didn'thaveanymoneytohelpothers.

32.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"inParagraph3mean?

A.givinghimsomefoodB.givingfromour

abundance

C.givinghimapostcardD.givingfromourneed

33.Whichistherightorderofwhathappenedinthestory?

a.Themanwasgratefulwithtears.

b.Eachchildpickedsomefoodforthemaninthestore.

c.Apoormanlosthisjoban„daskedpeopleforhelp.

d.Allkidsdidawaywithsomethingandgavehimagiftcard.

e.Theysawthepoormanoutsidethesupermarketandtook

pityonhim.A.c-e-d-b-aB.c-e-b-d-aC.e-c-d-b-a

D.e-c-b-d-a

34.ThebestwordcouldbefilledintheblankinParagraph5

shouldbe.

A.sweetB.terribleC.tiringD.hopeless

35.Whatcanweinfer（推测）fromthelastparagraph?

A.Theyhadhelpedmanypeoplebeforeofferingthispoor

manhelp.

B.Theywilltrytheirbesttohelpmorepeopleinthefuture.

C.IfmotherhadsaidNOZthekidswouldhavehelpedina

differentway.

D.Theywon'thelpmorepeoplebecausetheycan'taffordto

doso.

D

Argentinainthelatenineteenthcenturywasanexciting

place.Around1870,itwasexperiencinganeconomicboom（经

;齐繁荣），andthecapital,BuenosAires,attractedmanypeople.

Farmers,aswellasmanyforeignersfromSpainandItaly,came

toBuenosAireslookingforjobs.Thesejobsdidn'tpaywell,and

thepeoplefeltlonelywiththeirnewlifeinthecity.Asthe

unhappynewcomersmixedtogetherinthepoorpartsofthe

city,thedanceknownasthetango（探戈舞）cameintobeing.

Atthebeginningthetangowasadanceofthelower

classes（阶级）.Itwasdancedinthebarsandstreets.Atthattime

women.werefewerthanmen,soifamandidn'twanttobeleft

out,hisonlychoicewastodancewithanothermansothathe

couldattracttheattentionofthewomen.Gradually,thedance

spreadintotheupperclassesofArgentineansocietyand

becamemorerespectable.

InEuropeatthistime,stronginterestindancefromaround

theworldwasbeginning.Theinterestininternationaldance

wasespeciallystronginParis.Everykindofdancefromballetto

bellydancingcouldbefoundinParistheaters.Aftertango

dancesfromArgentinaarriveinEurope,theybegantodrawthe

interestofthepublicastheyperformedtheirexcitingdancein

cafes,thoughnoteveryonelikedthenewdance,thedancedid

findenoughsupporterstomakeitpopular.

Thepopularityofthetangocontinuedtogrowinmanyother

partsoftheworld.Soldiers（士兵）whoreturnedtotheUnited

StatesfromWorldWarIbroughtthetangotoNorthAmerica,It

reachedJapanin1926,andin2003atangodancerofSouth

Koreawashiredtoactasakindofdanceambassador（大使）and

promotetangodancingthroughoutSouthKorea.

36.Accordingtothearticle,thetangodancescamefrom

inthe

beginning.

A.bellydancersB.Americansoldiers

C.aSpanishcityD.thecapitalofArgentina

37.1famandidn'twanttobeleftoutinthetangodancing,he

hadto.

A.danceinthebarsorstreetsB.dancewithanotherman

C.lookforjobsinArgentinaD.performdancesincafes

38.Whatdoweknowfromparagraph3?

A.PeopleinEuropedidn'thavemuchinterestindancing.

B.BothballetandtangocanbefoundinParistheatres.

C.BalletdancingwasverypopularinParisatthattime.

D.EveryonelikedtangodancingwhenitcametoEurope.

39.BeforeWorldWarIzthetangospreadto.

A.AmericaB.JapanC.FranceD.SouthKorea

4O.Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.HowtoDancetheTangoB.TheHistoryoftheTango

C.HowtoimproveTangoskillsD.TheModernTangoBoom

非选择题（共50分）

四、语言基础知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案

填写在答题纸标号为41-45的相应位置上。

41.Tomis（聪明的）enoughtoanswermostofthequestions.

42.Nickcanalwayscomeupwithnewideas,but（没有）isuseful

tomy

knowledge.

43.GaoXiaosongwasarrestedfordrunkdrivingbecauseitwas

（违反）the

law.

44.Theyalwayslosebecausetheyhavenoteam（精神）.

45.TheRussianforeignministeryesterday（取消）hisvisit

toWashington.

B）根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，并将答案填写

在答题纸

标号为46—50的相应位置上。

46.Everyyear,manystudentswritetoMrTaototalkabout

teenageproblemsandask

for（advise）.

47.ChenZhongshiusedtospendtenhoursaday（write）White

DeerPlain.

48.PapiJianghasbeenthe（hot）InternetstarsincelastOctober.

49.Historydoesnotrepeat（it）,butitdoesoftenrhyme.

50.Tooursurprise,Mr.Greenwenttocollegeinhis（sixty）.

c）根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文

内容完整正

确，并将答案填写在答题纸标号为51-55的相应位置上。（每个

单词或词组只

能用一次）

inhistoryannouncedpointscaughteveryone'sattention

KobeBryant,bornonAugust23,1978,isanAmerican

professionalbasketball

51.HeenteredtheNBAdirectlyfromhighschoolandhe

spenthisentire20-yearcareerwiththeLosAngelesLakersof

NBA.HewonfiveNBAchampionshipswiththeLakers.Last

November,the37-year-oldBryant52onThePlayers'

Tribunewebsitethathewouldretireattheendof2023-2023

season.Thenews53Ticketsforhislastgameweresoldas

highas$27,500.EverybodylookedforwardtowatchingitHe

reallydidawonderfuljobandscored6054inhisfinalNBA

game.Bryanthasbeenidolizedworldwide.ManyChinesestars

sharedtheirmemorieswithBryantontheirsocialmedia

accountsinmemoryofoneofthegreatestplayers55

五.阅读填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

A）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容,在文章后第56-65小题的空

格内填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答题纸标号为56-65

的相应位置上。

（注意：每个空格只填1•个•单•词•。）

Honey（蜂蜜）fromtheAfricanforestisnotonlyakindof

naturalsugar,itisalsodelicious.Mostpeople,andmany

animals,likeeatingit.However,theonlywayforthemtoget

thathoneyistofindawildbees'nestandtakethehoneyfrom

it.Often,thesenestsarehighupinthetree,anditisdifficultto

findthem.InpartsofAfrica,though,peopleandanimals

lookingforhoneyhaveastrangeandunexpectedhelper—a

littlebirdcalledahoneyguide.

Thehoneyguidedoesnotactuallylikehoney,butitdoeslike

thewax（蜡）inthebeehives（蜂房）.Thelittlebirdcannotreach

thiswax,whichisdeepinsidethebees1nestSo,whenitfinds

asuitablenest,itlooksforsomeonetohelpit.Thehoneyguide

givesaloudcrythatattractstheattentionofbothpassing

animalsandpeople.Onceithastheirattention,itfliesthrough

theforest,waitingfromtimetotimeforthecuriousanimalor

personasitleadsthemtothenest.Whentheyfinallyarriveat

thenest,thefollowerreachesintogetthedelicioushoneyas

thebirdpatientlywaitsandwatches.Someofthehoney,and

thewax,alwaysfalltotheground,andthisiswhenthehoney

guidetakesitsshare.

Scientistsdonotknowwhythehoneyguidelikeseatingthe

wax；butitisverydeterminedinitseffortstogetitThebirds

seemtobeabletosmellwaxfromalongdistanceaway.They

willquicklyarrivewheneverabeekeeperistakinghoneyfrom

hisbeehives,andwillevenenterchurcheswhenbeeswax

candlesarebeinglit.

Honey-lover'shelper

>Bothpeopleandanimalslikeit56it's

Honeynaturalanddelicious.

from>Iftheywanttogetthehoney,theyhavetofind

thethebee'snest

Africanwhichishiddenhighupin57.

forest>Withthehelpofalittlebird58ahoney

guide,itseasytolookforhoney.

>Unlikepeopleandanimals,itlikeseatingthe

59

waxwhichisdeepinsidethebeehives.

the

>Whenitfindsanest,itcries60to

honey

attracttheattentionofpassingpeopleand

guide

animals.

getsits

>Curiousanimalsandpeople61the

food

honeyguidetothenestfordelicioushoney

andit'stimeforthehoneyguidetowaitand

watchpatiently.

>Asthewaxfalltotheground,thehoneyguide

takesit

62.

>Thereasonwhythehoneyguidelikeswaxis

63_,butitalwaystriesitsbesttogetwax.

>Honeyguidesseemtohaveagoodsmelland

Honey

64_______________smell

guide's

>waxfaraway.

smell

>Whenabeekeeperistakinghoneyout,they

arrivequickly.Whenbeeswax.candlesare

beinglit,theyeven65intochurches.

B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填入所缺单词，并将答案填写在

答题纸标号为66—75的相应位置上。

Thequalitiesofsalthavepuzzledpeopleeverywhere.Today

weknowitschemicalnature.Weknoww66saltcanmelt（融

化）snoworfreezeicecream.Butearlymandidnothavethek

67.

Manprobablyfirstnoticedsaltwhenhesawanimalsneara

saltlake.Whenhetrieds68,ittastedgood.Thenhe

foundoutthatsaltcouldkeepfoodfromspoiling（腐坏）.He

begantoimaginethatitcouldp69himaswell.Hevalued

saltforb70itsmagicalandchemicalqualities.

Inthoseearlydays,saltwasrareinsomeplaces.Itwastoo

valuabletobe

w71.Sotherewasareasonforbeingcarefulnotto

spill®)salt.Spillingsaltwasregardedasans72accident.

It'sawarningofevilnearhim.

Tomanypeople,spillingsaltalsomeants73because

tearsaresalty.Andthereisanoldsaying,“Helpmetosalt,help

metosorrow."

Saltitselflasts,ithelpstosavefood.SomanthoughtitwasI

74friendship.

Wenowknowthattheseveryoldbeliefsarenotlikelytobe

basedon

f75.However;theyshowthatearlyman,likementoday,

wastryingtounderstandtheworldabouthim.

六、书面表达(满分15分)

假定你是销售部的经理，收到了来自一位名叫Cathy顾客

(customer)的投诉电子邮件,了解到了一位女服务员对Cathy的无礼

行为。请认真阅读下面的邮件，并根据信中的内容和实际用英语回复，

可以有适当的发挥。

To:sunshineclothesstore@126.com

From:cathy@

Subject:complaint

DearSalesManager,

Iamwritingtocomplainaboutwhatoneofyour

saleswomenhasdone.LastSunday,Iwenttoyourstoretolook

foraT-shirt.WhenIaskedasaleswoman,MsWangforhelpin

findingmysize,shetoldmethatshewasbusyandsaid

impolitelythatifIcouldn1tfindone,itmeantthestoredidnzt

haveit.Icouldn*tstandit.Wouldyoumindansweringmy

questions?

•Whatisasaleswoman/sjob?

•Asasaleswoman,whatqualityshouldshehave?

•WhatdoyouthinkofMsWang's