1、 1 湖南省张家界市永定区2018届九年级英语上学期期中试题 题 号 第卷 第卷 总 分 得 分 考生注意：本卷分卷、卷两部分，满分120分，时量 120分钟。 第卷（共四个部分，满分 100分） 、听力 (共两节，满分20 分) 第一节（共5小题，每小题 1分，满分5分） 听下面 5 段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。 听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题， 每段对话读两遍。 ( )1How often does the boy go to the English club? AOnce a
2、 week. BTwice a week. CEvery day. ( )2What festival are they going to celebrate probably? AThe Spring Festival BThe Dragon Boat Festival CThe Mid-Autumn Festival ( )3Where will the woman go next? ATo the restaurant. BTo the station. CTo the bookstore. ( )4What did the man use to do in his spare time
3、? AWatch movies. BPlay games. CRead books. ( )5What does the man think of the suit? ASmall. Blarge. CCheap. 第二节（共5小题，每小题 1分，满分5分） 听下面2段对话，每段对话后有 23个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后各小题 将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第 6和第7两个小题。 2 ( )6Where will Bob spend his Than
4、ksgiving Day? AIn Australia. BIn the UK. CIn the USA. ( )7What do we know about Bob? AHes never been to the USA. BHe likes Thanksgiving Day a lot. CHes going to visit his relatives. 听第7段材料，回答 8至10 三个小题。 ( )8Where did the boy lose his schoolbag? AOn the playground. BOn the school bus. CIn the superma
5、rket. ( )9When did the boy buy his schoolbag? AAbout a week ago. BAbout half a month ago. CAbout a month ago. ( )10What is not in his schoolbag? AA pencil box. BA basketball. CSome books. 第三节（共5 小题，每小题 2分，满分 10 分） 听下面一段独白，根据所听内容填空。 Event of the summer Time On 11._14 Place At Sun Valley Amusement Par
6、k. Its on the 12._Coast It has more than 13._ amusement rides. There are basketball courts and 14._walls. Coat $25 Transpor t You can take the 15._ there. 、知识运用（共两节，满分 20 分） 第一节 单项选择（共10小题，每小题 1分，满分10 分） 从A、B、C三个选项中，选择最佳选项填空。 3 ( )16_ do you learn Chinese, Tom? _ watching Chinese TV and talking with
7、 my Chinese friends. AHow；with BWhen；By CHow；By ( )17Glass _ bottles in this factory. Ais made up of Bis made into Cis made from ( )18Im afraid _ mistakes in English class. Ato make Bof make Cmaking ( )19He _ warn you the other day, remember? Adid Bwas Cwell ( )20_ is necessary to talk with your par
8、ents from time to time. AThat BThere CIt ( )21_ your grandma _ watch TV at home after dinner? Yes. But now she is used to _ out for a walk. AIs; used to; go BDid; use to; going CDoes; use to; go ( )22Rice _ in the south of China. Ais grew Bis growed Cis grown ( )23Im going to London alone. I believe
9、 _ it will be a great experience. Awhat Bthat Cif ( )24Our teacher said there _ eight planets in the solar system. Awould be Bwere Care ( )25_ you read, _ youll be. AMore, faster BMost, fastest C The more, the faster 第二节 完型填空。（共10 小题，每小题1 分，满分 10分） 通读下面的短文，从 A、B、C 三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项填空，使短文意思通顺，结构完 整。 Ric
10、ky was good at everything. He had always gotten As in all his 26 . This year, he was taking calculus. This was a subject he had never taken before. He found it very 27 and had trouble understanding it. When the teacher handed his first test back. Ricky was 4 shocked at his score. He had 28 the test.
11、 It was the first failure for him. Ricky did not know what to do. Finally, he had a 29 with the teacher. He wondered if there was a mistake or if he could retake the test. The teacher explained to him that it was 30 that he did not do well in the first test. She gave a list of books and websites tha
12、t might help Ricky. 31 suggestion she made was that he should reach out to friends and form a study group. Ricky liked the idea of a study group because he felt more comfortable asking his friends for 32 . He asked his friends if they would like to form a study group. They 33 the idea, too. They wer
13、e also struggling with calculus. These students decided to meet twice a week at the school library. They did homework together and went through each problem step by step. Before the next test, they 34 longer and more often. Perhaps Ricky would not get everything tight in the next test, 35 he felt mo
14、re confident. ( )26Atextbooks Bsubjects Cabilities ( )27Ainteresting Bboring Cdifficult ( )28Apassed Bfailed Cmissed ( )29Aconversation Bparty Ctrip ( )30Anormal Bunusual Cnecessary ( )31AOther BSome CAnother ( )32Ahelp Bmoney Ctrouble ( )33Ahated Bloved Crefused ( )34Acollected Bplayed Cstudied ( )
15、35Aand Bbut Cor 、阅读技能（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节 （共15小题，每小题 1.5分，满分22.5分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给三个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案填在题前括号里。 A Treasure Hunt 5 ( )36The treasure hunt will be held at _. AAggies Ice-cream shop BFeather and Fish Pet Store CBenoit Park ( )37Who can take part in the game? AA little baby BA primary school stude
16、nt. CA young mom ( )38What is inside the treasure box? AA map with ten clues. BSome coupons CA movie ticket. ( )39If it rains on September 30 th , the game will be _. Aheld another day Bheld at another place Ccanceled ( )40Which of the following is TRUE? AThe treasure hunters will meet at school. BC
17、hildren must hunt alone. CThe game will be held at 1:00pm. B A college graduate（毕业生）from Shanxi named Wu Jun created a 9-page “WeChat guide”. With drawings and simple words, the step-by-step guide explains how to send messages, take pictures 6 and make video calls. Wu made the guide for her parents.
18、 “My parents are getting old. They need an easy way to learn how to use technology, she said. Wus experiences is common nowadays. Worldwide, 40 percent of parents learn about new technologies, including computers, mobile Internet, and social media（媒体）, from their children, according to a study. Pare
19、nts used to teach their kids about almost everything. Now for the first time, the teachers become the students, while the students turn into the teachers. The change of the roles comes from the rapid development of society tea and technology, says Zhou Xiaohong, a professor（教授）from Nanjing Universit
20、y. Zhou said the Internet and other forms of media give children ways to get information besides from asking older generations（辈）. As a result, in the age of information, its possible that children know more than their parents do. Its reported that 56.7 percent of Internet user and 67.2 percent of s
21、ocial media users in China are under the age of 30. The young generation usually acts as a link（桥 梁）between their families and the new environment. When they teach their parents new technologies, parents can connect to the new world by themselves. In Wus eyes, teaching her parents about WeChat bring
22、 her closer to her parents. “People can communicate more by using new technology. Why should we keep our parents out?” said Wu. ( )41Wus 9-page “WeChat guide” made it for her parents to learn the new technology. A. harder Bsimple Cslower ( )42What has caused the change of the roles about teaching in
23、 the family? A. The rapid development of society and technology. BThe growing numbers of old people. CThe unscientific design（设计）of new technology. ( )43Why is it possible that children know more than their parents do? ABecause children have better memories. BBecause children have more ways to get i
24、nformation. CBecause their parents refuse to accept new things. ( )44What does Wu think of the phenomenon（现象）that kids teach parents？ 7 AThere is no need for parents to learn new technology. BParents are supposed to learn new technology by themselves. CChildren should teach their parents new technol
25、ogy to make communication convenient. ( )45We can infer（推断）from the passage that . Aits never too old tolearn Balls well that endswell Ca good beginning is halfdone C Three students are talking about the New Year tradition of their own country. AChristina from Spain On the last day of the year, the
26、31st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a grape. But we cant ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This
27、 tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Years Eve. BCordon from Britain On New Years Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 oclock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the rad
28、io we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. Its lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the New Year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. T
29、hey all give me a drink. CAngela from Brazil In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Years Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks (焰火)We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear whi
30、te clothes for good luck during the New Year. ( )46Which is NOT mentioned (被提到) in the passage? AHave 12 grapes to eat. BHave parties. CGive flowers to others. 8 ( )47Who have parties during the New Year? APeople in Britain. BPeople in Brazil CBoth A and B. ( )48From the paragraph of “Cordon from Br
31、itain”， we know that _. ACordon cant drink much Bpeople hear Big Ben on the radio Cpeople sing a song about good luck ( )49On New Years Day, Brazilians usually wear white clothes because _. Athey hope that can bring them good luck Bthat reminds them of their happy life Cthey think that they look bea
32、utiful in white ( )50This article mainly tells us_. Awhat people in Britain do on New Years Day Bwhen and where people have New Year parties Cwhat people in different countries do on New Years Day 第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 根据短文内容回答问题。 What do you think about foxes? Cunning(狡猾)?Smart? Well, they are
33、always wild animals. Foxes would never make good pets. At least, that is what people thought. Then a scientist changed everything. The scientist was Dmitry Belyaev. He was studying genetics in Russia. Genetics is the study of genes(基因). All living things have genes. Genes can decide many things of u
34、s. Belyaevs study started 60 years ago. He wanted to know how dogs first became friendly to people. So, Belyaev and other scientists decided to study foxes. They picked foxes because they are almost the same as dogs in many ways. Belyaevs team chose some foxes that were not friendly to people and st
35、arted to raise them. When they had babies, the scientists divided the babies into two groups. One group was friendly to people, while the other was not. Then, these friendly foxes grew up and had babies, too. This continued for a long time. Now there is a large group of domesticated（驯服的） foxes. Thes
36、e foxes are not afraid of people. They even want to be near people, just like pet dogs. 9 Scientists found that the friendly foxes look different from the wild foxes. There are spots (斑点)on the friendly foxes bodies. Many people are interested in Belyaevs study. They think maybe one day foxes can ma
37、ke good pets, too! 51What do you know about genetics? 52What is the purpose（目的） of Belyaevs study? 53Why did Belyaev decide to study foxes? 54What did the scientists do after the foxes had babies? 55What is the difference between the friendly foxes and the wild ones? 、写作（共两节，满分25 分） 第一节 补全对话。（共 5小题，
38、每小题2 分，满分 10 分） 根据上下文补全对话。 A: Hey, Amy, 56_? B: Im reading a fashion magazine. Look at the little girls green dress. Its beautiful. A: 57_? B: No. Its not made of silk. Its made of paper. A: I cant believe it. Is it made by herself? B: 58_. And she has made a lot of dresses like this. A: Really? 59_
39、? B: About 100. A: She is amazing. 60_? B: Well, it says it takes her a week at most to make such a dress. 第二节 书面表达（满分15 分） 10 转眼间，初中的学习生活只有最后一年了，经过两年多的时间，相信你在各方面都有了很大的 改变。请根据以下提示，以 How Ive changed 为题写一篇短文，描述自己的变化。 Two years ago Now Appearance thin short tall strong Personality shy quiet brave outgo
40、ing Hobby playing computer games doing sports English learning being afraid of speaking English making speeches in public 要求： 80词左右，开关已给出，不计入总词数。 内容需要包含所给要点，紧扣主题，适当发挥。 How time flies! Now I am a student in grade nine. Everything has changed. So have I. 第卷（共二个部分，满分 20分） 、通读下面的短文，从 A、B、C 三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项填空，使短文意思通顺，结构完 整。（共 10 小题，总计10 分） I am not a brave girl, and even a little mouse scares(惊吓) me. 1 Ive been crazy about bungee jumping(蹦极). One day, I found a good place for this exicing 2 in Thailand by surfing the Internet. I packed my bag and flew there. However, I had no idea how to get
