九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷第6套真题)

九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
一、完形填空
1. 阅读下列短文，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Itwas Saturday, and Mindy was getting ready for her twelfth birthday party. Injust three 1, all of her friends would arrive withpresents and excitement. Every year, Mindy and her mom made a fresh cake on theday of her birthday party. 2,she waited for her mom in the kitchen.
Mindy’smother came into the kitchen and took her apron from a hook on the wall. 3putting it on, she lifted it over Mindy’s head.
“Mindy,I think you’re 4enough to make the cake you rself this year.Remember what we say?”
“Yes... I guess...”
“OK.Now, go ahead and start. I’m going to 5the balloons.” With that, Mindy’s momleft Mindy alone in the kitchen.
6,Mindy made the cake herself. Then she put the pan into the oven and set thetemperature.
Whenthe cake came out, though, 7seemed wrong. Mindy tried to stick a toothpick into it, just as her mother always did. 8the toothpick wouldn’t go through. The cakewas almost as hard as a rock!
“9is that? I was so careful! I measured（测量）the bakin g soda exactly,” Mindy was very upset. “I didexactly what I was 10to.”
“Bakingsoda? Oh, dear, that’s the 11! Youwere expected to use baking powder.”
Mindybegan to 12. “I’msorry, Mom. I tried so hard.”
Mindy’smom gave her a big 13. “I’mthe one who is rea lly sorry. I was hard on you and I 14too much. Now, let’s try again. This time, we’lldo it together.”
“Thankyou so much, Mom! Today, I have 15time to try a second time, but I will.” Abig smile appeared on Mindy’s face.
（1）A . hoursB . daysC . weeksD . months（2）A . AmazedB . EmbarrassedC . ExcitedD . Worried（3）A . Instead ofB . Because ofC . AfterD . Before（4）A . braveB . oldC . activeD . patient（5）A . turn downB . take offC . blow upD . lookafter（6）A . WiselyB . SeriouslyC . SuccessfullyD . Carefully（7）A . anythingB . somethingC . nothingD . everything（8）A . BecauseB . SoC . AndD . But（9）A . WhyB . HowC . WhenD . Where（10）A . toldB . askedC . supposedD . encouraged（11）A . excuseB . problemC . influenceD . secret（12）A . cryB . smileC . doubtD . regret（13）A . mealB . surpriseC . handD . hug（14）A . gaveB . supportedC . expectedD . requested（15）A . muchB . noC . someD . any二、阅读理解
2. 阅读理解
StudentVolunteers Needed
Areyou looking for something fun? Do you want to help others in your spare time?Then join us to be a volunteer.
OnOctober 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Clapton Middle School will be
holding amusical festival in the school gym. A variety of professional musicians andsingers will show up at the special event.
Interestedstudents should speak with Ms Braxton, the music teacher. Students who wouldlike to help at the festival must have written permission（同意书）fromtheir parents.
Tasks
Makeposters
Setup the gym
Helpperformers
Welcomeguests
Clean up the gym
Time
1 p.m.-- 4 p.m.
11a.m. -- 4 p.m.
9a.m. -- 4 p.m.
10a.m. -- 2 p.m.
4 p.m. -- 7 p.m.
Dates
October17
October20
October23
October23
October 23
（1）The musical festival at Clapton Middle School will last .
A . 3 hours
B . 4 hours
C . 5 hours
D . 7 hours
（2）Before the festival, volunteers need to .
A . make posters
B . clean up the gym
C . help the performers
D . welcome the musicians
（3）We can learn from the passage that .
A . student volunteers will also perform at the festival
B . volunteers will be asked to do some work in the evening
C . volunteers will be given some pr esents after the festival
D . students can volunteer if they get their teachers’ written permission
3. 阅读理解
A fewweeks ago, I joined in a camping trip at Pitt Lake. I spent three days and twonights there.
It wasa new experience for me, so I was both nervous and excited at first. Luckily,the weather was beautiful, so we got off to a good start. As there were so manycampers –including both coaches and students –we had one big canoe and one smaller canoe. I chose to be in the smaller canoe with myfriend Mitra, but we soon found that this was not a wise choice. In order tokeep up with the bigger canoe, all of us had to paddle hard. My arms quickly became sore and my hands became numb . To take our minds off the pain, Mitra and I played “20 Questions”while p addling. In this game, one person thinks of an object and the otherperson asks 20 questions to work out what the object is. We had a good laughbefore we finally arrived at the
campsite.
Westarted a campfire soon after we arrived. At night, we got together around thefire, enjoying food and listening to scary stories. Some of the other campersput their wet shoes and socks beside the fire to dry. However, because of thewind, one pair of socks almost caught fire. Everyone panicked –one person got so scared that he fell out of his folding chair.Everyone thought it was pretty funny!
Thetime flew quickly. Soon, it was time to go back. We didn’t want to leave andagreed that we would hang out together again sometime soon.
（1）The writer regretted choosing the small canoe because .
A . the game which they played wasn’t fun
B . they couldn’t move freely in the smaller canoe
C . the people on the bigger canoe laughed at them
D . they had to paddle hard to catch up with the bigger one
（2）Mitra and the writer played “20 Questions” to .
A . forget the pain
B . keep a clear mind
C . have a good laugh
D . train their brains
（3）They panicked at the campsite when .
A . one of the students fell out of his chair
B . they arrived at the campsite late that afternoon
C . they remembered the terrible stories they heard
D . the wind almost set someone’s socks on fire
（4）The writer felt at the end of the trip.
A . proud and relaxed
B . happy and satisfied
C . nervous and excited
D . bored and disappointed
4. 阅读理解
Chinese buyers used to hold the opinionthat products made by American or European companies were of higher quality than Chinese ones. Increasingly, that’s no longer the case.
“Chinese people born before 1985generally think that foreign brands are better than Chinese ones,” WilliamLi, a market researcher told BusinessInsider during a recent interview on CCTV 9. “But for those who wereborn after 1985, it is a different picture.”
“When I first went to the United Kingdomin 1997, I thought that the difference between China and Europe was qu ite big,”Li said. “But for those born in the 1990s, when they visit Europe or theUS, they do not think there is a big difference.”
The change in thinking among Chinese buyers isshowing up in many markets in China where westerncompanies used to control. A study by Credit Suisse published in March foundthat young Chinese buyers are increasingly showing a home brand bias.
More than 90% of young Chinese buyers wouldprefer to buy home brands, according to the study. At the same time, homecompanies producing food, drinks, or personal care products increased theirshare of the market by 3.3% over the last ten years to nearly 70%.
“Chinese buyers, especially theyounger ones, don’t just believe that foreign brands are better. Right now,Chinese buyers think China is good and ‘Made in China’ is not bad at all,”Charlie Chen, head of China buyer
research at Credit Suisse, told South China Morning Post in March.
The Chinese smartphone market is controlledby home companies—Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Apple is the only foreignbrand in the top five, but it has lost large ground to the home brands inrecent years. Its market share is believed to be down to 37% from a 2015 highof 54%.
（1）The main topic of the passage is .
A . the quality of Chinese products
B . the changes in Chinese buyers’ thinking
C . Chinese products in the eye of foreigners
D . differences between older and younger Chinese buyers
（2）People with “a home brand bias” will .
A . make their own products at home
B . prefer home brands to foreign brands
C . refuse to buy products made outside China
D . find a big difference between China and Europe
（3）It can be inferred from paragraph 7 that .
A . the price of foreign products has fallen greatly
B . more foreigners choose to buy Chinese products
C . more Chinese people love China than ever before
D . Apple smartphones are no longer as popular as they used to be （4）Where is the passage most probably taken from?
A . A story book.
B . A newspaper.
C . A science magazine.
D . A TV interview.
5. 阅读理解
TheInternet is shaping our lives. We already have online shopping services andmobile payment. However, this is just a start. The world’s leading technologycompanies are planning to build smarter online communities. They
discussed thisat the World Internet Conference, which was held in Wuzhen.
Thedevelopment of artificial intelligence was a hot topic at theconference. If a machine can learn and solve problems as humans do, it can becalled AI.
Thecompany Alibaba uses AI technology in its unmanned supermarket in Wuzhen. Thereis no salesperson in the supermarkets, just a computer on a desk that says “pleasesmile”. If you smile, it gives you a lower price for your goods. Thebigger you smile, the lower the price will be. Payment is done through yourAlipay account .When you first enter the supermarket, the supermarket’s AI examines your faceand connects you to your account.
There is also AI that can read lips . Sougou brought its lip-readingsystem to the conference. It examines your mouth’s movements and turns theminto voice or messages. This could be very useful when you are trying to talkto someone on your phone in a noisy place. Police could also use the technologyto help them find criminals by lip-reading recordings from video cameras.
Anothertype of AI focuses on understanding human feelings. Microsoft chatbox XiaoIcecan not only provide useful information but also chat with people like a realfriend. XiaoIce has Wechat account. After following the account, users canstart talking with her. She knows when to comfort you or tell jokes. She keepsimproving herself by talking with users.
Thesetechnologies are being put into wider use. We may see a smarter world andbetter life in the near future.
（1）The underlined phra se “artificial intelligence “ probably means .
A . 信息技术
B . 人工智能
C . 人脸识别
D . 三维动画
（2）At the conference, the leading technology companies discussed how to .
A . catch criminals with AI
B . use AI in the supermarkets
C . put the new technologies into use
D . set up smarter online communities
（3）Who will most probably be interested in XiaoIce?
A . Teenagers who feel lonely.
B . Salespeople who work in a noisy shop.
C . Shop owners who want to save money.
D . Customers who have left their wallets at home.
（4）What’s the best title for this passage?
A . Building a Smart Future
B . Developing Artificial Intelligence
C . Shopping in Unmanned Supermarkets
D . Communicating with Microsoft Chatbox
三、选词填空
6. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次（每空一词）。

polite painher avoidsecret
（1）It is ________tospeak loudly in public.
（2）It is a ________ between you and me. Don’t letothers know it.
（3）The father thought it important to teachhis daughter to protect ________.
（4）She almost cried as she recalled the ________memory.
（5）He goes to work early in order to ________the heavy traffic in the
morning.
四、单词拼写
7. 阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语的意思，写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

Mr. Smith has a full time job in the postoffice of his city. He is a ________ and heoften works outside for twelve hours a day in the summer ________ or in the winter cold. Mrs. Smith works at an education center.They ________（很少）have spare time at the same time.
Last week, they both had one day off. So theyhad a fun night out and didn’t get home ________ very late. To their shock, they found their front window broken.They ran inside and turned on all the lights. Everything was ________ on the floor. The television had disappeared , the computer was gone and their wallet wasn’t there. Mrs. Smithfelt so ________ that she wasunable to speak. But very soon, she st arted crying, “The thief has takenaway all our ________. What should wedo? “The police were called in. “It will probably be ________ to find the thief,” they said.
After the policemen left, Mrs. Smithstarted cleaning the house. She ________ a candlelying by the window. Near the candle was ________! She openedit and found their money there. The thief had dropped it when he jumped throughthe window.
五、语法填空
8. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Can you imagine a world without the Internet?It is ________ to think about it.
Now, China has more than 800 ________ Internet users, according to theChina Internet Network Information Center. This is the ________ number of users in the world. Today,66% of Chinese netizens are teenagers. “Theyspend about 13 hours ________ online every week.” said Qian Hulin,________Internet engineer.
Teenagers surf the Internet to search ________information, communicate with friends and havefun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything ________. And surfing the Net can help withtheir homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher ________worksat No. 14 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, likes her students to use theInternet. “When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually knowclearly more background information ________the others,” she said.
Inaddition, people can use the Internet ________ letters or stories and send e-mails.Many teens keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper and quickerthan phoning somebody far away.
六、任务型阅读
9. 阅读下面文章，然后从文后的A-D四个选项中选择正确的选项，并回答问题。

（1）从文后的A-D四个选项中选择正确的选项
NeverForget to Say “Thank You”
A young man wanted to find a job afterfinishing school. ________There
were six young people that day but theyonly wanted one. The interview was very easy. It was only a few min utes’ shorttalk. The six young men all went home. On the morning of the third day, theyoung man got a text message. It said, “We are sorry to tell you thatsomeone did better than you in the interview. ________”.
The young man felt very disappointed. ________Later in that afternoon, the young man gotanother text message. It said, “We are glad to tell you that you can beone of us.”
________The interviewer told him, “That’s becauseof the same message in the morning. Only you said ‘thank you’. That was therea l test, so only you gave the right answer.”
When you feeldisappointed, do not forget to say “Thank you” to the one whodisappoints you.
A. However, he answered “Thank you all the same” inthe text message.
B. One day he came to a big company for it.
C. The young man didn’t know why, so he called the company andasked about it.
D. So you can’t work in our company.
（2）回答：Whatcan we learn from the story?
七、书面表达
10. 假如你校正在实施拓展性课程，请你根据下表内容用英语写一篇短文，并向校英语报投稿。

王涛
你
已选课程
EnglishMovies
NewspaperReading
观点
有趣
很棒
理由
* 提高听力与口语能力
* ……
* 提高阅读水平
* ……
希望
学校再增设一门拓展性课程：……
注意：
⑴短文必须包括表格中所有内容，可适当增加细节；
⑵文中不得出现真实姓名、学校等信息；
⑶词数：80-100。

短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：拓展性课程expansive courses
短文首句：Greatchanges have taken place in our studies since our school began to provideexpansive courses.。