九年级英语
23-24秋学期期中考试英语试卷参考答案
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59.patient 60.happier2023-2024秋学期九年级期中考试英语试卷
（本试卷满分100分，考试时间90分钟）
听力部分（20分）
第一部分听力部分（共2节共20分）
第一节：听对话答题，下面你将听到5段小对话。请根据对话内容选择能回答所给问题的最佳选项。（ 共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
( )1. How does Cindy learn about the Mid-Autumn Festival
A. By watching TV.
B. By using the Internet.
C. From her Chinese friend’s emails.
( )2. How soon will Christmas be
A. In three weeks. B. In three days. C.In two weeks.
( )3. Who should the woman ask for help
A. The stranger. B. The policeman. C. The teacher.
( )4. What festival are they talking about
Thanksgiving. B. April Fool’s Day.C. Christmas Day.
( )5. Where can the man het some magazines
A. In the first store. B.In the second store. C. In the third store.
第二节：听五段对话或独白答题，每段对话或独白后有几个小题。请根据听到的内容从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项完成各小题。每段对话或独白听两遍。
( 共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
听第6段材料，回答6 至7题。
( )6. How much does the man need to pay for the gifts
A. 39 yuan. B. 50 yuan. C. 100 yuan.
( )7. Whom has the man bought flowers for
A. His kids. B. His daughters. C. His wife.
听第7段材料，回答8至9题。
( )8. How’s the weather in Beijing
A. Warm. B. Cold. C. Cool.
( )9. When is Sandra’s father going on business
A. Tomorrow. B. Next week. C. Next month.
听第8段材料，回答10至12题。
( )10. What language does Tom want to learn
A. English. B. Japanese. C. Chinese.
( )11. What does Li Hua advise Tom to do first
A. Practice grammar. B. Practice pronunciation. C. Practice listening.
( )12. Which of the following books should Tom buy
A. A book about ancient buildings.
B. A book about great inventions.
C. A book about the Dragon Boat Festival.
听第9段材料，回答13至16题.
( )13. Where is the girl from
A. Japan. B. England. C. America.
( )14. How old was the girl when she started studying English
A. Five years old. B. Eleven years old. C. Sixteen years old.
( )15.What does the girl think of making foreign pen pals
A. Boring. B. Difficult. C. Helpful.
( )16. What does the man ask the girl to do to improve her listening skills
A. Learn English songs. B. Listen to VOC or BBC. C. Listen carefully in class.
听第10段材料，回答17至20题.
( )17. Which place is NOT mentioned in the passage
A. The Great Wall. B. The Summer Palace. C. The Water World.
( )18. What kind of language are many people in Beijing learning
A. French. B. English. C. Japanese.
( )19. What are the people in Beijing like
A. Serious. B. Friendly. C. Shy.
( )20. Which is NOT the speaker’s advice
A. Learning about the traffic in Beijing.
B. Learning about the weather in Beijing.
C. Learning Chinese before you come to China.
笔试部分（80分）
第I卷
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
Wildwood School Library Guide This will offer you some information about our school library.You can use this guideto help your kids use our library. Service hours: 3: 00 p.m. -5: 30 p.m.school days; 8: 30 a.m. -11: 00 a.m.on weekends. On school days,your kids may borrow or return books during opening hours only when his classroom teacher allows him to. At the weekend,our library is open to both you and your kids. Borrowing: Each student can borrow one or two books at a time. More books can be borrowed only for class reading activities and school research. Returning: Books borrowed from the library can be kept for 15 days. The books must be returned on time,or thekid can't borrow other books. Damaged (破损的）or Lost Books: When a book is returned in a damaged condition,the kid will have to pay three dollars for the damage. Full price must be paid if a book is lost.
( )21. On weekends, the library opens from ______
A. 8: 30 a.m.to 11: 00 a.m.B. 3: 30 p.m.to 5: 00 p.m.
C. 8: 30 a.m.to 11: 30 a.m. D. 3: 00 p.m.to 5: 30 p.m.
( )22. How long can you keep the library books
A. A week. B. Two weeks C. Ten school days. D.Fifteen days.
( )23. If a kid loses a book that is seven dollars, how much should he pay
A.One dollar. B. Two dollars. C. Three dollars. D. Seven dollars.
B
A young man went to an expert on gems (宝石) and wanted to learn from him. The expert shook his head. He worried that the young man wouldn’t have the patience to learn. In his opinion, young men were always in a hurry.
The young man asked the expert many times to let him have a try. Finally the expert said, "Be here tomorrow. "
The next morning the expert put a jade(翡翠)stone in the man’s hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing, and setting gems. The man sat and waited excitedly. The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in the man's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and fifth days the expert repeated the action.
On the sixth day the young man still had to hold the jade stone, but he could no longer stand the silence. "Sir," he asked, " when am I going to learn something " "You will learn," the expert replied.
Several more days went by. The man became more and more upset. However, when the expert placed a stone in his hand one morning, the young man said in surprise without looking at it, " This is not the same jade stone!"
"You have begun to learn," the expert said with a smile.
( )24. The expert__________ the young man at first.
A. played a joke on B. got angry with
C. refused to teach D. made friends with
( )25. The man held the jade stone for____________ without asking anything.
A. three days B. five days C. seven days D. half a month
( )26. Why did the expert ask the man to hold a stone for days
It was a way of learning.
B. He was too busy to teach the man.
C. It was all that he could give the man
D. There was no other work for the man to do.
( )27. What does the passage mainly tell us
A. A real expert on gems. B. Some good learning habits.
C. The secret to learning quickly. D. The importance of being patient.
C
My mother loves flowers. We live next door to each other, so she often spends much time planting flowers in my garden. In summer, she often makes colorful bouquets(花束) and puts them inside the houses---both hers and mine.
One year, shortly before Christmas, a local flower shop offered an activity for mothers in each month of the next year. It seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years. I couldn’t wait the new year so that I could give a bouquet to her!
After the Christmas, in early January. I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month’s bouquet. The small bouquet would hardly fill a small vase. I was so embarrassed. “Mum, I’m sorry,” I told her. “I didn’t know how skimpy that bouquet was.” She looked at me and smiled. “It’s okay,” she said. “It allows me to enjoy the beauty of each one better.”
I was amazed at what she said. It helped me realized something more important---we often fail to enjoy the beauty of each thing when we have too many good things.
Mum! Thanks for helping me understand that less is sometimes more.
( )28. The mother often spends much time.
cleaning her son’s house B. planting flowers in her own garden
C. planting flowers in her son’s garden D. making bouquets in a flower shop
( )29. We can infer(推断) from the story that.
A. the writer couldn’t afford a big bouquet
B. the mother was unhappy when receiving the bouquet
C. the writer would pick up another bouquet the next month
D. the mother would send back the bouquet to the flower shop
( )30. The underlined word “skimpy” means .
A. small B. cheap C. beautiful D. colorful
( )31. What did the writer learn from his mother
How to buy flowers. B. How to enjoy flowers.
C. How to grow flowers. D. How to consider things in another way.
D
Usually，we buy a paper ticket when we want to see a film，take a plane，take a train and so on. The tickets have caused a lot of paper wasting. In order to help save energy, paper tickets have been taken the place of e﹣tickets step by step.With the use of e﹣ticket service on the high speed line linking Lanzhou of Gansu Province and Urumqi of Xinjiang on April 29th, 2020, all 1,075 high speed and intercity（城际的）railway stations on the Chinese mainland will allow passengers to check in without a paper ticket. The action will simplify the process and shorten the time of check in. That can also improve the services of the stations.
When entering the station and checking in，passengers only need to swipe an ID card at the self﹣service counters. Before taking the train，passengers can book the tickets they need on the Internet. After booking successfully，a message will appear on their screen of cellphone. Passengers don't need to wait in line to buy the tickets in the stations. The service was introduced on the island looping high speed rail line of Hainan Province in November of 2018. And in July of 2019，there had been four lines using e﹣tickets. It was then promoted to the majority（大多数）of the high speed railway stations across the country during the fourth quarter of last year.
It's reported that it only takes 1.3 seconds to have a ticket checked by using e﹣tickets. But it usually takes three times longer to check a paper ticket. With the help of e﹣ticket service，our traveling has become more convenient. So it is so popular with people all around China that more than 736 million e﹣tickets had been sold by April 28th, 2020.
( )32.What do passengers have to take to get on the train after they book e﹣tickets online？
A. Their ID cards. B. Paper tickets only.
C. Paper tickets and ID cards. D. Their personal cellphones.
( )33.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？
A. Using e﹣ticket service is bad for the environment.
B. The high speed rail line of Hainan was the first to use e﹣ticket service.
C. E﹣ticket service has become popular because it can help people save money.
D. All the high speed railway stations in our country used e﹣ticket service in 2019.
( )34.How long will it take a passenger to have the paper ticket checked？
A. 1.3 seconds. B. 1.3 minutes. C. 3.9 seconds. D. 3.9 minutes.
( )35.What's the main idea of this passage？
How to take a high speed train.
E﹣tickets for high speed trains.
The advantages of taking high speed trains.
D. How to have tickets checked.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Do you want to be cleverer and get more knowledge Five ways can make you cleverer.
▲ Don’t Watch TV Too Much
36 If you’re too tired, listen to some music. When you’re with your friends or family, leave the TV off and have a conversation. All of these things make your mind run better than television does and also allow you to relax.
▲ 37
Taking exercise always leads to greater learning. Use your body to clear your head and create more energy. Afterwards, you will feel more energetic and can concentrate (专注) more easily.
▲ Read Challenging Books
If you want to improve your thinking and writing ability, you should read books that make you concentrate. 38
▲ Early to Bed, Early to Rise
You’ll be most refreshed if you go to bed early and don’t sleep more than 8 hours. 39
Waking up early makes you active all day.
▲ Take Time to Reflect (反省)
Spending time alone on reflecting gives you a chance to organize your thoughts. Afterwards, you’ll have a better understanding of what’s important and what isn’t. 40
A. Reading a classic novel will make you think more clearly. B. Try to Learn C. Watching a lot of TV does no good to your mind. D. Then the unimportant things won’t trouble you anymore. E. Take Exercise F. The more you sleep, the better it is. G. The early morning hours are most peaceful and productive (多产的).
第二部分 英语知识应用
完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I grew up on a farm as the sixth of seven children. We lived a poor life at that time. My parents often 41 during meals how everything on the table came from the farm.
My42 used to work as a carpenter(木匠).In the fall of 1970,something43 happened. The ladder (梯子) broke when Dad was working on a house. His back was so badly hurt that he 44 stay in hospital for three weeks.
During the Spring Festival, Dad was 45 in hospital. We always butchered (屠宰)pigs before the holiday, and that year one of our neighbors 46 to help us. Dad returned home some days later, 47 he was still unable to work. I was too young to realize our family had no money coming in.
One day after dinner, we heard a car coming. When Mom 48 the door, we saw Peggy Phelan with an envelope(信封). She told us that she had collected some 49 for us. Dad didn't want to 50 the money, but Peggy said, "Archie, whenever someone needed help, you were always there, Now, it’s 51 turn to do something.
That evening. I 52 what a good neighbor was like. Because my parents were both good neighbors, others were glad to repay all their 53 . Anyway, my parents were used to being givers 54 receivers. They never stopped showing us kids the value of being 55 . Their act of kindness not only changed others’ lives, but also their own lives.
( )41.A.encouraged B. imagined C. explained D. believed
( )42.A.mom B. brother C. dad D. sister
( )43.A.strange B. interesting C. exciting D. terrible
( )44.A.had to B. used to C. might D. could
( )45.A.once B. still C. never D. ever
( )46.A.offered B. forgot C. feared D. asked
( )47.A.so B. because C. but D. if
( )48.A.painted B. closed C. fixed D. opened
( )49.A.food B. paper C. money D. water
( )50.A.raise B. accept C. return D. lend
( )51.A.your B. our C. his D. their
( )52.A.realized B. described C. decided D. guessed
( )53.A.spirit B. advice C. kindness D. fairness
( )54.A.instead of B. more of C. among of D. because of
( )55.A.careful B. honest C. helpful D. patient
第II卷
综合填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个单词）
Life would be very boring without hobbies. You may have a list of hobbies, such as playing musical instruments (乐器) and looking after a pet. You may make your garden more beautiful by (56) ________ (put) stones of different shapes in it. You can also make models with glass or other things that may look good in your garden. When you take up a hobby, you should wisely think about (57)________ it’s expensive or you have enough money to start it.
Family backgrounds also play (58)________ important role in taking up a hobby. For example, if one of your family members is a artist, it's probably that he/she may advise you to take up a hobby having to do with art.Hobbies depend on personality(性格). A person who gets angry easily may not like making models, because he or she won't be (59)________ (patience) with it.
In fact, life is great and you can "make" hobby out of the most important thing in your everyday life. It helps you to think about good things, and it makes you even (60)________（happy）.
第三部分 写作技能（满分20分）
假如你是李华，你的加拿大笔友Carla给你发来一封电子邮件(内容如下)，请你根据邮件内容回复她。
Dear Li Hua, How are you doing In your last e-mail, you said you had changed a lot in your life and study since you started junior high school. People sure change. Could you please tell me what changes you have had and how you have changed What’s more, are you happy with these changes Looking forward to your reply. Yours,Carla
要求：1. 语言表达要准确，语意要通顺、连贯； 2. 词数不少于100，电子邮件的格式、开头及结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Carla,
It’s good to hear from you! I’m very glad to tell you something about how I’ve changed.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
