2024-2025学年江苏省泰州市泰兴市九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2024-2025学年江苏省泰州市泰兴市九年级上学期期中考试英语试题
1. —Black Myth: Wukong has taken the gaming world by storm since it came out.
—Great! What ________ amazing progress China’s video game industry has made!
A．an B．a C．the D．/
2. Suzhou is famous for its beautiful gardens. They are all ________ the Chinese style.
A．at B．on C．in D．over
3. The online ________ is a useful tool for language learners, with meanings and examples for new words.
A．script B．fiction C．dictionary D．calendar
4. —Mr Wu, could you please tell me what the words by Abraham Lincoln mean?
—It means “In the course of our life, whether we live a meaningful life ________.”
A．represents B．proves
C．matters D．appears
5. To protect the old man from fraud (诈骗), the policeman kept explaining to him _________ he completely understood the risk of sending money to an unknown account.
A．since B．if C．after D．until
6. —Have you read the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
—Yes. It’s ______ interesting that I’ve read it twice.
A．too B．such C．very D．so
7. —I’m sorry I’m late again, Miss Tan. There’s something wrong with my alarm clock. —That’s all right. But I hope you didn’t ________ stories.
A．put up B．make up C．set up D．pick up
8. —Uncle Wang, may I visit the museum with you?
—OK, dear, as soon as your homework ________.
A．has finished B．is finished C．was finished D．will finish
9. —Could you tell me ________?
—15 key parts, like the Bell and Drum Towers in the north and Yongdingmen Gate in the south.
A．what the Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线) includes
B．what does the Beijing Central Axis include
C．what the Beijing Central Axis is like
D．what is the Beijing Central Axis like
10. —I’m sure I can win the first prize in this English writing competition.
—________. I’ve found lots of spelling mistakes in your writing.
A．I hope so B．In your dreams C．Good idea D．Well done
My father retired (退休) last month. He went back to our hometown with my mother last Thursday. They had never traveled by air before, so I just took this ________ to make his experience wonderful. Although they told me they preferred to travel by train, I got them ________ tickets.
The moment I ________ the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked two plane tickets for them. He was very ________, waiting for the travel. He was enjoying himself and I was also filled with ________, watching him experience all these things.
As they were leaving, my father ________ to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. I knew he was thankful not because I had done something great, ________ because of the fact that this meant a great deal to him. Thinking about the whole process, I realized I had done what my father had
________.
We as children ________ our parents for foods, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Whether they can
________ them or not, our parents meet almost all our needs. ________, when it comes to our children, no matter how much money is needed, we will make sure that we give them the best.
But we sometimes forget that our parents have ________ a lot to make us happy, so it is our duty to make sure they can experience all that they ________ to see when they were young.
Just as we take care of our children, the ________ care and attention needs to be given to our parents. I do thank them because they have done so much for me. However, that doesn’t mean they have to give up everything. They have their own ________ and dreams, too.
11.
A．chance B．holiday C．challenge D．pity
12.
A．bus B．air C．train D．film
13.
A．introduced B．suggested C．gave D．threw
14.
A．excited B．calm C．nervous D．tired
15.
A．anger B．wonder C．happiness D．fear
16.
A．listened B．walked C．explained D．replied
17.
A．or B．and C．so D．but
18.
A．looked forward
B．tried out for C．taken notice of D．come up with to
19.
A．remember B．ask C．praise D．thank
20.
A．reach B．catch C．have D．afford
21.
A．Strangely B．Luckily C．Similarly D．Finally
22.
A．left B．found C．done D．planned 23.
A．failed B．used C．managed D．disliked 24.
A．active B．helpful C．same D．hopeful 25.
A．secrets B．talents C．achievements D．wishes
FIRST AID FOR BURNS
Degree of burns
Treatment If you have a first-degree burn, follow these steps:
①Cool the burnt area under cool running water.
②Remove jewellery (去除配饰) and any clothing unless stuck to the burn.
③Apply (涂抹) a burn ointment or aloe vera. Don’t use ice, eggs or oil.
④ Cover the burnt area with a clean cloth.
If the burn is serious, call 120 or go to the hospital at once.
Prevention
▲Avoid touching hot water directly.
▲Stay away from fire.
▲ Deal with chemicals under instructions.
▲Be careful when using electricity (电).
26. How many degrees of burns are shown in the material?
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four. 27. If we touch boiling water (开水) by accident, what should we do first?
A．B．C．D．
28. Which of the following can be used in the treatment of burns?
A．Oil. B．Aloe vera. C．Eggs. D．Ice.
29. What can we do to prevent ourselves getting burnt according to the material?
①Keep away from fire. ②Don’t use electricity alone.
③Follow instructions when using chemicals. ④Don’t touch hot water directly.
A．①②③B．①②④C．①③④D．②③④30. When do we need to see a doctor if we get burnt?
A．When we get burnt by chemicals. B．When we get burnt by hot water.
C．When we have a first-degree burn. D．When we get burnt seriously.
What’s your dream job? How much do you know about it? A group of students from Tianjin found a very common problem among young teenagers: Most of them have little idea about their career plans as there is too little help from school or family.
To offer teenagers helpful advice on career, the students from Tianjin TEDA No. 1 Middle School started a project called “Dian Zhi Cheng Shi (点职成诗)”. “Our survey shows that 72% of students want to know more about different jobs. Being doctors is one of the best jobs,” said Wang Xinran, 16, the project leader.
Accor ding to students’ needs, the team interviewed 32 excellent workers with different jobs and put their interviews on the Internet. These workers shared true stories behind each job, allowing students to learn about the jobs further.
“We also invited the workers to give speeches in our school. In this way, students could have a chance to talk to them face to face,” said Wang.
Team member Lu Jinyan said his most impressive interview was with a photographer. “I thought being a photographer was cool and romantic in the past. But now I realize that they need to deal with lots of problems, such as a sudden change of weather or broken cameras. They also need to communicate with different people. This is not easy.”
But the project do esn’t mean to disappoint (使失望) students by telling them the truth. “We want to show the workers’ love and spirit of never giving up instead of the bad sides,” said group member Zhao Yajie. “The project’s name means to turn a career into a poem. We believe working is not just about bread and butter. It should be like a poem, full of love and beauty. And we hope our project can let students know that.”
31. Why do most students know little about their career plans?
A．Because it’s a common problem among them.
B．Because schools or families can hardly provide help.
C．Because students may meet problems in their families.
D．Because students don’t want to know more about different jobs.
32. The purpose of the project “Dian Zhi Cheng Shi” is to ________.
A．turn s tudents’ dream jobs into beautiful poems
B．help students communicate with different people
C．provide useful career advice for teenagers
D．make students disappointed by telling them the truth
33. What can students do after they join “Dian Zhi Cheng Shi” according to the passage?
B．Interview team members face to face.
A．Show their love and spirit of never
giving up.
C．Give speeches in school. D．Learn about the true job situation.
34. What does the project member Lu Jinyan think of being a photographer now?
A．Hard and challenging. B．Cool and romantic.
C．Exciting and amazing. D．Practical and meaningful.
35. What is the best title for the passage?
A．Dealing with job Problems B．Communicating with Workers
C．Knowing about Dream Jobs D．Learning Poems about Jobs
People know animals do have feelings, but they are not sure if these feelings are correctly understood. In recent years, scientists have done research about the feelings of cows, frogs and pandas. A new study adds chickens to the list. It says that humans can tell whether a chicken is happy or sad by listening to its calls. ①________
The researchers put a bowl behind a door. Inside the bowl, sometimes, there was something chickens love to eat, such as rice or insects. Sometimes, there was nothing. When the chickens saw food behind the door, they seemed happy and produced fast and loud sounds, known as food calls. When there wasn’t food, the chickens made low and long noises to express disappointment. ②________ Then the researchers chose 16 recordings of such chicken noises. Half were from the chickens seeing the food and half were from the chickens finding no food. The recordings were played to 194 volunteers. Sixty-nine percent of the volunteers correctly understood whether the chickens were feeling happy or not, and some of them even had no experience of taking care of chickens.
③________
The result shows that humans have the natural ability to understand the feelings of chickens. Hopefully, this finding can bring about new technology to help with chicken-raising, a big industry in many countries. Some scientists are already working on a smart computer program that can identify chickens’ feelings. This is good news for farmers who want to make the birds happier and healthier. ④________
36. The sentence “The researchers recorded all these sounds and studied their waves.” can be put in ________.
A．①B．②C．③D．④
37. Which is most probably the sound wave of a sad call by a chicken?
A．B．
C．D．
38. How did the researchers know humans have the natural ability to understand the feelings of chickens?
A．They made the chickens happy.
B．They asked volunteers to take care of the chickens.
C．They asked volunteers to find food for the chickens.
D．They played the chicken calls to volunteers.
39. What does the underlined word “identify ”mean in Paragraph 4?
A．care about B．hide from C．pick out D．turn into
40. What is the main idea of the passage?
A．A study about chicken-raising. B．A study about farmers’ best choice.
C．A study about chickens’ feelings.D．A study about humans’ natural ability.
①The world’s highest ski place, Chacaltaya, was closed after the 18, 000-year-old glacier melted (冰川融化) in 2009. Many scientists agree that the glaciers around the world could disappear in this century, much faster than we thought.
②As we all know, the reason for this is global (全球的) warming. When certain gas such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) is largely emitted (排放) into the air, it causes the greenhouse effect (效应) which makes Earth warmer.
③As Earth becomes warmer, glaciers melt quickly, and dark rocks are uncovered. Then these rocks take in more heat, causing the temperature to rise. As a result, the remaining snow on glaciers melts faster.
④Global warming will have a bad influence. While the melting of glaciers may bring floods in some areas of Earth, in other places, it is making water disappear. More and more heat waves and droughts (干旱) will also change the face of the world in the future.
⑤Global warming is a real problem, and one largely caused by human activity. Solving the problem is not easy, and there is no magic way. However, we can begin it by reducing CO₂ in our daily lives.
⑥Peter Miller, along with his wife, took part in a scientific test to see how much CO₂ they could cut down in a month. The average (平均) U. S. family produces about 80 kilos of CO₂, which was more than twice the European average and almost five times the global average. Their final goal was to make less CO₂ than most American families.
⑦First, they found out how much CO₂ they were making. Then they asked an environmentalist for advice. According to the advice, they changed their house, their lights, and some of their living habits. At the same time, they either biked, walked, or used public transportation. A month later, they saved 70% on electricity than before, 40% on gas, and drove half as much as others. Their daily CO₂ emissions were less than the U. S. average, at 32 kilos.
⑧Protecting our earth starts small: change a light, open a window, walk or bike. With a little effort, and not much money, most of us can make a difference.
41. What does the writer think of global warming?
A．Impossible. B．Serious. C．Meaningless. D．Amazing.
42. Which of the following diagrams can explain why glaciers melt faster?
A．B．
C．D．
43. How does the writer show that Peter succeeded in the scientific test?
A．By listing numbers. B．By asking questions.
C．By giving examples. D．By giving advice.
44. Which of the following shows the structure of this passage?
A．B．
C．D．45. Where is the text probably taken from?
A．A science magazine. B．A storybook. C．A science
fiction.
D．A travel guide.
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Having fun on your phone
Grammarly
English grammar can be very difficult sometimes. Just use Grammarly! Change your phone keyboard to Grammarly, then type your message. Grammarly will check your words and see if you have made a grammar mistake. Grammarly can help with not only grammar mistakes but also other kinds of mistakes, such as spelling mistakes and punctuation mistakes.
Mathway
Do you have problems with maths? Now there is an app to help. It’s called Mathway. This app can show you how to solve difficult math problems. Even better, the app can explain each step for solving math problems. This way, you can understand how to solve a math problem.
Watoo
We are all very busy. How can we better organize ourselves? Watoo can help us organize our tasks. As a result, we can pay attention more easily. The most interesting thing for people is its colorful faces. We can organize our tasks by using these colorful faces. A big red face means a task is really important. A small, happy yellow face means we can take our time.
Fitbod
A healthy body is as important as studying well. But how can we exercise? Fitbod is here to help! The app can show you how to do correct exercise with videos and text. The instructions are very clear and easy to follow. Fitbod will even change to meet your needs after each exercise. You need to pay money to use the app, but the first three workouts (锻炼) are free.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology (生理学) or Medicine 2024
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was presented to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for discovering “micro RNA” and how they help control genes (基因). The announcement took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The great news 56 (cover) live.
This is the 57 (three) year that the scientists in this field got this prize continually. In 2023, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won for their research on mRNA. In 2022, Svante Pääbo won for studying the DNA of ancient 58 (human) and how they evolved (进化).
There 59 (be) many great discoveries since scientists started studying genes in 1944. These discoveries allowed people to start changing genes. This helped improve plants and animals 60 (quickly) than before.
More importantly, scientists started using this knowledge to create new medicines and treatments for diseases 61 they finished making the map of the human genome in 2003. Although 62 is not easy to change genes in human babies before they are born, scientists have found ways to treat diseases by 63 (make) small changes to DNA already. Now they can remove or fix genes with tools like
CRISPR/Cas9, known as “genetic scissors”, to treat cancer. CAR-T cell therapy, 64 new treatment that helps people fight blood cancer, also uses gene technology.
The discovery of micro RNA may lead to even bigger progress in medicine. This gives hope to many people 65 serious diseases that may one day be cured. People have said that the 21st century is the age of life sciences, and the progress in gene science is proving that to be true.
66. 假如你叫李华，你校英语报正为创建正能量校园而开展“Give ________ a Thumb up征稿活动。

请你用英语写一篇短文，介绍一位你身边的向真向善向美向上的人，向校英语报投稿。

内容包括：
1. Who do you want to share?
2. What did he or she do to make an influence on you?
3. What do you learn from him or her?
要求：
1. 补全标题；
2. 包含所有要点，表达清晰，过渡合理，衔接自然，可适当拓展；
3. 不得使用真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息；
4. 词数100左右 (首句已给出，不计入总词数)。

Give ________ a Thumb up
Hello, everyone! I’m Li Hua from Grade 9.
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