2024届北京市昌平二中学南校区英语九年级第一学期期末考试模拟试题含解析

2024届北京市昌平二中学南校区英语九年级第一学期期末考试模拟试题
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Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、Jim, your vegetables, because balanced diet is important.
A．eat up B．drink up C．clear up
2、People usually like the TV channels with funnier programmes but ________advertisements.
A．few B．little
C．fewer D．less
3、一Do you like movie Dangal?
一Yes. It's educational movie. I like it very much.
A．the; an B．a; an C．a; the D．the; a
4、—I will try my best to keep practicing _______ I can write wonderful articles easily.
A．if B．because C．until D．so
5、-- Would you please your radio a little? I can hardly go to sleep.
-- Oh, sorry.
A．turn off B．turn on
C．turn down D．turn up
6、—Linda, are you sure you want to ________Helen's invitation?
—I’m afraid so. I have to look after my sister.
A．turn down B．fall down C．cut down D．die down
7、— Excuse me. How can I get to Shanzihe Airport?
— Take Shanghai R oad, follow the __________ and you can’t miss it.
A．way B．traffic C．notices D．signs
8、—I can’t afford the white dress.
—What about the orange one? The price is a little .
A．cheaper B．lower C．more expensive
9、–Have you ever been to Disneyland?
–Yes. I ________ there last summer.
A．will go B．went
C．have gone D．was going
10、Be quiet, please. There a basketball game between our class and Class 8.
A．has B．is going to be C．will have D．is going to have
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "
Only a few people put 1 some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 2 wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 3 to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see 4 things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who 5 my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 6 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day, 7 I cannot see it. "
Both the 8 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 9 people to help by throwing some money into the 10 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 11 of the day, but the boy couldn't 12 he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn 13 this story. First, be thankful for what
you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 14 be creative. Think differently.
There is always a better way !
1．A．eggs B．coins C．toys D．pencils
2．A．got B．lost C．took D．dropped
3．A．on B．off C．back D．around
4．A．asked B．began C．hoped D．continued
5．A．how B．what C．whose D．which
6．A．put B．found C．changed D．cleaned
7．A．usual B．simple C．different D．dangerous
8．A．as B．so C．for D．but
9．A．signs B．men C．boys D．lessons
10．A．told B．took C．helped D．ordered
11．A．bag B．hat C．pocket D．basket
12．A．food B．songs C．beauty D．pictures
13．A．because B．unless C．before D．though
14．A．about B．with C．from D．except
15．A．First B．Second C．Third D．Fourth
Ⅲ. 语法填空
12、Tyler was a troublesome student. He sat in the back row. Every time I called him to answer questions, he’d r1．with a flip(轻率的) answer. If he got it wrong, he would get very angry.
Usually kids could sit q2．in class. However, Tyler was just loud. One day, Tyler was talking while I was teaching. I said to him, “Tyler, why not join in our discussion i3．of having one of your own?” He got up from his chair, pushed it over, and s4．something I can’t remember. I sent him to the office and he received a week’s out-of-school punishment.
The week was a wonderful time for me, but when it came to an e5．, I began to feel worried. So I came up with a plan. On the day of his r6．, I told him I wanted to start over with him. If he felt like he was going to lose control(控制) in class, he could step o7．the door for a moment.
From then on, Tyler was a changed s8．in my classroom. In fact he was a smart child and he even stopped a fight between two students one day. And he never used the privilege(特权) to leave the class for a moment. I believe that just letting him decide for h9．made all the difference.
When the year was over, he wrote me a thank-you note about h10．good the year had been for him. I still have it today and find it very moving to reread when I get stressed(有压力的) about teaching.
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
13、Who would win in a competition to memorize numbers, a chimp (黑猩猩) or a teenager? The teenager? Think again. Scientists have proved that chimps perform better than human beings when it comes to this kind of problem. We may have to rethink what we believe about human memory.
Memory is our ability to learn something, save it and recall it when needed. Our memories are important to our sense of self, our personalities, and our ability to understand the world.
Scientists say that there are different types of memory. There is short-term memory and long-term memory. Your short-term memory saves information for a few seconds or a few minutes. For example, the time it takes to compare the prices of a few items in a store. Long-term memory involves the information y ou try hard to keep, because it’s meaningful to you (an example is data 数据about family and friends. ) And then there is visual memory and sound memory. But these are not hard and fast: scientists argue a lot about the nature of memory.
Scientists have also found that people memorize things in different ways. Some memorize better with the help of pictures. Others are helped more by sounds. One thing’s for sure. If you can combine different kinds of memory together, you will remember a lot! So why not try pictures with English words? At the same time listen to recordings of the same group of words. It may help when it comes to memorizing it.
Imagination and association can be useful too. By imagination scientists mean picturing a word in your mind. Association means relating the word to something you already know.
1．What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A．Human beings are less clever than chimps.
B．Human memory is not as good as before.
C．Chimps can memorize numbers better than teenagers.
D．Chimps perform better than human beings in many aspects.
2．How many kinds of memory are mentioned in the article?
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
3．According to the article, which of the following is the best way to memorize words?
A．By watching TV.
B．By listening to music.
C．By writing them out many times.
D．By listening and watching pictures.
4．According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Memory is the most important ability for human beings.
B．Long-term memory usually involves more important things.
C．Scientists have made sure of the nature of memory.
D．Imagination is better than association in memorizing things.
5．Where do we probably read the passage?
A．A textbook B．A science magazine
C．An advertisement D．A news report
B
14、The yearly Academy Awards ceremony was once a private affair. Now, because of television, it is very much a public affair. Hundreds of people gather in Hollywood to see the Oscars presented to outstanding actors, and others involved in the motion picture industry. Millions more watch on television.
It all began on May 16, 1929, when 270 men and women sat down to dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. There was no secret about the winners. The names of the winners had been known for months．Janet Gaynor, for example, had won as Best Actress．Douglas Fairbanks presented her with the famous gold statue. The little statue was not then called Oscar. Like a new actor, Oscar was unknown. About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name. A number of explanations have been offered for its origin, but nobody knows the true story for certain.
Nowadays the results of the Oscar voting are kept secret. Only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony. The counting of votes is not done by one group of people but by different groups. Nobody
except two members of an accounting company sees the final results.
The information is not kept in open files. Winners' names are placed in closed envelopes．The accountants each carry a complete set of envelopes to the ceremony．One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one．
1．As used in Paragraph 2, “renowned” means________.
A．strange B．wonderful C．much-disliked D．famous
2．May 16, 1929 marks ________.
A．Douglas Fairbanks' first winning of an Academy Award
B．The first time Oscar got its name
C．The first time the Awards were kept secret
D．Janet Gaynor's recognition as Best Actress
3．Two sets of envelopes are prepared for the ceremony ________.
A．one for New Y ork, one for Hollywood B．in order to be perfectly safe
C．one for the ceremony, one for the newspapers D．just because that is the custom
C
15、The American type of football was developed in the 19th century from soccer and rugby（橄榄球）football and it is one of the most popular sports in the world. The beginning of football may have been a game played by the ancient Greeks. In this game, there was no limit（限制）to the number of players.
The football field of today is 120 yards long and about 53 yards wide. White lines are painted in the field to mark off the distance to the end area. The game is divided into four parts, each fifteen minutes long. The first two parts are known as the first half. There is a rest period （时间）between the two halves. It usually lasts about fifteen minutes.
Each team has eleven players. Players are required to wear protective equipment（设备）to help keep the body safe during the game. Hard hats are worn to protect the head and the face. Pads（防护垫）are worn to protect the shoulders, arms and legs.
The football is made of leather and is brown in colour. It is shaped much like an oval（椭圆形）and has white rings near each end of the football. These rings help the players see the ball when it is thrown or someone is running with it.
The most famous football game of the year is the Super Bowl. It is televised around the world and is watched by millions of people each year.
1．The football field often covers an area of about _____ square（平方）yards.
A．120 B．53 C．6,360 D．63.6
2．A football game from the very beginning to the end lasts about _____.
A．two quarters B．three quarters
C．an hour D．an hour and a quarter
3．Why do players need protective equipment during the game?
A．To keep their uniforms clean. B．To keep the body safe.
C．To see the ball. D．To make them look smart.
4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．There was no limit to the number of players in the first football game.
B．The American football game is played by 22 players in each team now.
C．The American football is brown in colour and oval in shape.
D．The Super Bowl is very popular among people around the world.
5．What is the purpose of writing the passage?
A．To encourage us to learn a new kind of sport.
B．To give us some advice on how to win a game.
C．To recommend some protective equipment for a sport to us.
D．To tell us about a kind of sport.
D
16、Foods that are well known to you may not be familiar to people from different places around the world. Tourists and travelers often get to try some unfamiliar food. That is part of the fun of traveling. Her e are four people’s experiences with foreign food.
1．David King is a student in France and he comes from________.
A．China B．Sweden C．India D．America 2．.Birgit ordered _____in a restaurant during her vocation in Australia. A．cheese B．eggs
C．hamburgers D．flake
3．Chandra is afraid to try new foods because_________.
A．she can’t eat food with beef
B．she doesn’t like their appearance
C．she doesn’t like foreign food
D．she doesn’t need any foo d at all
4．Nathan worked as _______ in China for a year.
A．a worker B．a dentist
C．a teacher D．a student
5．The passage tells us that ___________.
A．David King often drinks milk
B．flake and shark are the same fish
C．a Hindu eats meat from the cow
D．the egg is put in the earth for a hundred years
E
17、
A survey of reading habits shows adult Chinese read 7.78 books a year on average(平均), and children and teenagers under 17 read 8.81 books, according to survey results released on Wednesday in Beijing. This year’s survey, the 15th edition, was conducted and released by Chinese Academy of Press and Publication starting in 1999. The survey focused on the data in 2017.
“Compared with 2016, growth was stable,” said Xu Shengguo, a member of the academy’s research team. “We see it is the result of government efforts. It also shows the reading platforms are different. Besides books in print, there are
e-books on computers, smartphones and kindles.”
Xu said although the number is still rising, the average of books Chinese people read are outnumbered by Japan with 11, South Korea with 9, France with 8 and the United States with 7.
The survey found 67.5 percent of urban residents(城市居民)had a habit of reading books in 2017, while 49.3 rural residents(农村居民)did. In recent years, digital reading has grown in the countryside.
73 percent of adult Chinese read digitally, including online, mobile, digital readers and smart phones, compared to 68.2 percent in 2016.
When it comes to favorite types of books, Chinese readers love literature most, followed by lifestyle, history and psychology. As for digital reading, urban love stories are the most popular, followed by history/military, literature classics and fantasy.
Other interesting points from the survey:
●On average, about one in ten adult Chinese reads more than ten books in print in 2017, and about one of twenty reads more than ten digital books.
●12 percent of Chinese read books for more than one hour a day on average.
●Adult Chinese spent 80.43 minutes a day on their smartphones in 2017, a more than six-minute increase from 2016. During this period of time, an average of 27 minutes is spent on WeChat.
●22.8 percent of adult Chinese listened to audio books regularly in 2017, an increase of 5.8 percent compared to 2016.
1．How many ways can people use to read e-books according to Para 2?
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.
2．What is the meaning of the underlined sentence “Compared with 2016, growth was stable.”?
A．The books Chinese read in 2016 on average are more than those in 2017.
B．The books Chinese read in 2016 on average are fewer than those in 2017.
C．The books Chinese read in 2016 on average are as many as those in 2017.
D．The books Chinese read in 2016 on average are better than those in 2017.
3．How long did Chinese spend on their smartphones in 2016?
A．74.43 minutes. B．80.43 minutes. C．27 minutes. D．86.43 minutes.
4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Chinese only read books in print.
B．Chinese love literature classics most for digital reading.
C．More and more rural residents prefer to have digital reading these years.
D．12 percent of adult Chinese read books for over one hour a day on average.
5．The purpose of the passage is to _________________.
A．show us why Chinese read books
B．encourage more Chinese to read on the smartphones
C．talk about the basic situation of Chinese reading in 2017
D．prove Chinese love reading better than people in any other country in 2017
F
18、TRADITIONAL CHINESE FESTIVELS
Name Lantern Festival Tomb-sweeping Day
The Dragon Boat
Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival Date Lunar January 15th April 5th Lunar May 5th Lunar August 15th
How to celebrate People eat sweet
dumplings for good
luck, watch a lantern
show and guess
riddles.
People sweep the tombs
to remember the dead.
Also they fly kites on
this day.
People hold and watch
dragon boat races in
many places and eat
zongzi to remember
Qu Yuan.
Family members get
together to eat
mooncakes and enjoy the
bright full moon.
riddle字谜tomb墓lunar农历
根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。

1．From above we know all these festivals are _____ traditional festivals.
A．Chinese B．American C．British
2．The Mid-Autumn Festival comes _______than Lantern Festival.
A．eight months earlier B．eight months later C．seven months later
3．People usually eat _____ and watch _______ at Dragon Boat Festival.
A．zongzi, dragon boat races
B．moon cakes, the moon
C．sweet dumplings, a lantern show
4．From the form we know people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival to remember__________.
A．Chang’e B．Qu Yuan C．old people
5．Which of the following is not TRUE according to the information above?
A．People sweep tombs on Tomb-sweeping Day to remember the dead.
B．Family members often get together to guess riddles on Lantern Festival .
C．We can’t see the bright full moon both on Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Day.
Ⅴ.书面表达
19、书面表达（共15分)
暑假就要到了，校英语俱乐部为了帮助同学们参与社会实践活动，联系了一些志愿者工作岗位，计划招募中学生做志愿者。

请根据下面提供的工作岗位，结合你对志愿者工作的理解，为校英语俱乐部写一篇招募志愿者的英文通知。

提示词：sign up for 报名参加
Notice
Boys and girls,
The summer holiday is coming. Are you interested in becoming a volunteer?
______________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ English Club
参考答案
Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、A
2、C
3、A
4、C
5、C
6、A
7、D
8、B
9、B
10、B
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、1．B
2．D
3．D
4．B
5．A
6．C
7．C
8．D
9．A
10．A
11．B
12．C
13．A
14．C
15．B
Ⅲ. 语法填空12、1．reply 2．quietly 3．instead 4．shouted(said) 5．end 6．return 7．outside 8．student 9．himself 10．how
Ⅳ. 阅读理解13、1．C
2．C
3．D
4．B
5．B
14、1．D
2．D
3．B
15、1．C
2．D
3．B
4．B
5．D
16、1．A
2．D
3．A
4．C
5．B
17、1．C
2．B
3．A
4．C
5．C
18、1．A
2．C
3．A
4．B
5．A
Ⅴ.书面表达
19、One possible version：
Notice
Boys and girls,
The summer holiday is coming. Are you interested in becoming a volunteer? This is a good chance for you to learn more about society.
We have many volunteer jobs for middle school students. For example, you can help old people who live alone do housework, you can help look after children who have to spend their summer holiday at home at alone, or you can help students who are weak in their studies?
If you want to help others during your holiday, you can come to Room 505 in the teaching building to sign up for the activities.
English Club。