广东省广州市增城区2022-2023学年九年级上学期期末英语试题.docx

2022-2023 学年广东省广州市增城区九年级（上）期末英语试卷
一.语法选择
阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What do you think of your parents? I am always very pleased 1 them. 2 I have grown up, I
act like a small child sometimes. This feeling lets me 3 free and relaxed. In my opinion, things seem

4 in the world of adults’ than those of children’s.

One day, I went to buy some Christmas cards for my friends. After I went in, the shop-keeper showed me

5 I could choose the cards. I met a young mother and her baby there.

There 6 a lot of toys on the shelf. It was 7 high that the little girl was not able to pick up a

toy. The young mother tried 8 by the shelf closely, but it was still too difficult for the little girl. Then the

young mother stopped. She picked up a toy for her child and made her 9 .

The big smile 10 was on the face of the little girl made me think of my childhood. When I was a small

child, my parents came along whenever I needed them. Almost every problem 11 for me. I almost got lost

in that happy memory. Suddenly, the young mother’s words brought me back to 12 .

“Dear, one day, when you become 13 adult, I hope you can manage your own life, ” she said to the

little girl.

The words woke 14 up. I was no longer a small child. I should learn to be independent and face

problems 15 by myself. And my parents would certainly be proud of me.

1.

A. at
B. with
C. for
D. to
2.

A. Whether
B. If
C. Although
D. When
3.

A. feel
B. to feel
C. feeling
D. felt
4.

A. much difficult
B. more difficult
C. most difficult
D. the most difficult
5.

A. when
B. what
C. who
D. where
6.

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A. are
B. were
C. is
D. was
7.

A. so
B. too
C. very
D. such
8.

A. pass
B. passed
C. passes
D. to pass
9.

A. happy
B. happily
C. happiness
D. happiest
10.

A. what
B. who
C. why
D. which
11.

A. was solving
B. were solving
C. was solved
D. were solved
12.

A. reality
B. real
C. really
D. realize
13.

A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
14.

A. I
B. my
C. mine
D. me
15.

A. brave
二.完形填空
B. braver
C. bravely
D. bravery
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
During the Tang Dynasty, there lived a man named Zhao Gu. He was so good at writing 16 that many

people enjoyed reading them.

One day, people who 17 Zhao’s poems got together. They talked about Zhao’s old works happily. But

it was such a pity that Zhao didn’t write 18 poems very often. So they discussed how they could get Zhao

to write.

After a while, a man said, “Zhao will travel to Yuhang in Zhejiang province. He will 19 visit Lingyan

Temple because it is very famous.” He continued, “Let’s do something before he 20 .”

Finally they came up with a good 21 . There was a wall in the temple for people to write. So they

invited a man to write only two lines of poems on the wall.

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After several days, Zhao went to Lingyan Temple. When he saw the two lines of poem on the temple wall, he
could not help adding another two lines to make it a 22 poem with four lines.
When Zhao’s fans 23 it, they were excited. The man was not as 24 as Zhao, but the two
lines led to Zhao’s wonderful poem. This could be described as“throwing a brick to attract jade（拋砖引玉）”.
Now people often express in this way when they give an opinion or a speech. It is a polite and modes（t 谦逊的）
way to show their hope in seeing others offer something 25 . Have you learnt it?

16.

A. letters
B. stories
C. articles
D. poems
17.

A. doubted
B. burned
C. liked
D. wrote
18.

A. great
B. new
C. funny
D. useful
19.

A. surely
B. correctly
C. suddenly
D. hardly
20.

A. writes
B. finishes
C. sleeps
D. arrives
21.

A. survey

22
B. idea
C. sign
D. present
A. strange
B. simple
C. complete
D. modern
23.

A. heard about
B. waited for
C. looked after
D. worried about
24.

A. beautiful
B. polite
C. talented
D. serious
25.

A. bigger
B. better
C. worse
D. smaller
三、阅读（共两节；满分 30 分）
阅读理解阅读下列短文, 从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

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“All right, are you ready? Okay, the camera’s rolling.” I really made my dream. I stood inside the empty school hallway and held the script On Patrol. “For this scene, ”I explained, “all I need you to do is to walk quietly. ”In front of the camera was my best friend, Gavin, wearing a blue uniform. This was certainly not a Hollywood blockbuster. I didn’t have a producer, a script director, or even something as simple as a light set up. The only tools I had was my camera and my tripod（三脚架）, but they were enough. “Okay, are you good? ”I asked. Gavin nodded his head.
“Okay. Action!” I said.

Since I was in kindergarten, movies have been my life. Some people may think back to their childhood as they hear the sound of table tennis or see a baseball flying into the blue sky during a backyard game. Some people may smell the salty air of the ocean during a family vacation. As for me, I hear the sound of the video recorder. The movie I watched most as a child was Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. From then on, I watched as many movies as I could. When I began high school, I was wondering what I should choose as a job. After months of not having any idea of what I would become, an idea appeared: If I love movies so much, why not make it a career? I began to write my first short film, On Patrol, a ten-minute silent video about a hall monitor trying to stop someone from throwing rubbish at a school. After I finished my first script, I was very excited. Then I was thinking, "Now it is up to me to make my first movie."
It was not a famous movie, but it was my stepping-stone. Now looking back at On Patrol still gives me a dream that could direct more good movies. Watching my first movie not only gives me a laugh, but also gives me the encouragement to continue running after a love I have had since I put Spider-Man into my video recorder many years ago.
26. What was the writer doing according to Paragraph 1?

A. Writing a script. B. Directing a movie.

C. Taking photos of his friend. D. Acting a movie with his friend.

27. What is the writer’s memory of childhood?

A. The sound of table tennis. B. The scene of a baseball.

C. The smell the salty air of the ocean. D. The sound of the video recorder.

28. What did the writer most probably think of his first film?

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A It was his best movie. B. It was a big success.

C. It was an encouragement for him. D. It was a humorous story.

29. Which of the following words can best describe the spirit of the writer?

A. Humorous. B. Careless. C. Dependent. D. Strong willed.

Christopher Columbus(哥伦布), who is one of several historical persons regarded as the first European to discover the Americas, was born in 1451 in Italy. His father was a wool businessman. When he was young, Columbus loved sailing adventure very much. When he was 26 years old, he began to make business voyages(航海). The farthest countries he reached were Iceland and Guinea.
At that time, many European countries became stronger and stronger. Their ships reached Africa and Asia. They got gold, silver, silk, tea and other things from the countries of Asia. The book The Travels of Marco Polo greatly influenced him, in which China and India were written perfectly. Columbus wanted to make another way to these two countries. Since he didn’t have enough money, he asked some countries for help, such as, Portugal, Spain, the UK and France. He told the leaders the Earth was round and if they helped him, he could easily get to China. Nobody believed his words and he was regarded as a cheat. Of course, he didn’t succeed.
It was not until 1492 that his dream came true. The queen of Spain persuaded the King to support Columbus. On August 2, 1492, Columbus left Spain and began his voyage. He had three ships. After two months’ hard sailing, on October 12, they got to an island in the Bahamas. On October 29, they reached Cuba. But a few days later, one of his ships left them. And on December 25, his flagship sunk. Luckily, the ship that left them joined him again.
They went back to Lisbon on March 4, 1493.

Although they didn’t get to rich Asian countries and took back wealth, they found a new place that nobody had gone to. Columbus thought it was India and called the islands the West Indias.
From 1493 to 1504, he sailed to America three times. He reached most of the coast of southern America and set up many colonies.
On May 20, 1506, Columbus died because of a disease.

30. What was Columbus' dream according to the passage?

A. To be a rich man.

B. To reach Africa and Asia.

C. To make another way to China and India.

D. To get gold, silver, silk, tea and other things.

31. How long does it take Columbus to take his voyage from Spain to Lisbon?

A. 2 months
B. 8 months
C. 11 months
D. 26 months
32. In what order did the following take place in Columbus' life?

a. He sailed to America three times.

b. In 1477, he began to make business voyages.

c. He began his voyage with the help of the queen of Spain.

d. He found a new place that nobody had gone to.

e. He tried to get support from some countries.

A. b-e-d-a-c B. b-e-c-d-a C. c-b-e-a-d D. c-d-e-a-b

33. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Columbus and His Voyages

B. How Columbus Found India

C. Columbus Loved Sailing Adventure

D. How Columbus Got the Sailing Support

New books recommended (被推荐的) for both adults and children
Love China All My Life: Isabel Crook’s Stories The book is written by Tan
Kai. It is about Isabel Crook, a woman who spent many years on China’s English language education and the communications between China and Canada.

Great Wall Underground:
Karez Irrigation System (坎儿井灌溉系统)
The book is for children aged 5-10. With beautiful pictures and vivid language, it can let young readers know the history and function of the karez underground irrigation system in Xinjiang.
A Brief History of the Spreading of Chinese Culture
Written by Wu Bin, once the director of the Shenyang Palace Museum, the book is about special
people and great events in history
An Appreciation (欣赏) of the Old Summer Palace
The beauty of the ruined (被毁坏的) Old Summer Palace could only be found in paper. However, Guo Daiheng, a professor of Tsinghua University, and her
students give life to 60% of the Palace’s look with the

modern technology. The book, with hundreds of pictures,

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when Chinese culture went
is a record of their work.
abroad.

34. Eric is interested in ancient palaces. He will most probably choose to read .

A. An Appreciation of the Old Summer Palace

B. Love China All My Life: Isabel Crook’s Stories

C. Great Wall Underground: Karez Irrigation System

D. A Brief History of the Spreading of Chinese Culture

35. From the text, we know that .

A. Love China All My Life: Isabel Crook’s Storiesis written by Wu Bin

B. Great Wall Underground: Karez Irrigation Systemis written for kids

C. A Brief History of the Spreading of Chinese Cultureis about museums

D. An Appreciation of the Old Summer Palaceis mainly about modern technology

36. This text is most probably from the part of in a newspaper.

A. culture B. business C. health D. sports

Do you know black boxes?

Black boxes are flight recorders placed in an aircraft for the purpose of making it easier to know how the accidents happened in flight.
An airplane actually has two black boxes. The flight data recorder catches the information, which can discover whether human error or instrument problems contributed to an accident. The cockpit (驾驶舱) voice recorder records pilot voices and cockpit sounds.
The black boxes are not black. They are painted bright orange to help with their recovery after accidents. The

outside is with stripes of reflective tape (反光带). The black boxes are usually placed in the tail of a plane where they are more likely to survive a crash. A flight data recorder is required to store at least 25 hours of flight

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information. A cockpit voice recorder is required to record at least 2 hours of audio information.
For the black boxes to survive a crash , they are built to be waterproof, fireproof, shockproof, heat and

pressure and corrosion resistant (耐腐蚀). The black box must be able to hold 3, 400 times the force of gravity, when the airplane goes down at the speed of about 500 km/h. It must also survive flames up to 1, 100 degrees Celsius for one hour, and the boxes should be able to give out a signal once per second while put under 6, 000
meters of saltwater for at least 30 days.

How is data from black boxes picked up? It needs special skills to physically bring the black boxes back.

Investigators may need to clean and dry the black boxes and download data from them. It takes time to download and get the information from data. If the storing units go wrong, it will take longer time, either days or months.
So, the black boxes are very important to explain to everyone what happened during the flight.

37. What does the unlined word “recovery” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. 恢复 B. 找回 C. 保存 D. 覆盖

38. Which of the following sentences is True according to the passage?

A. Black boxes help us know how flight accidents happen.

B. It takes little time to download data from the black boxes.

C. Black boxes are painted black with stripes of reflective tape.

D. One black box is in the head of a plane and the other is in the tail.

39. In Paragraph 5, the writer uses numbers to show .

A. the black boxes are strong enough

B the black boxes can help the plane land safely

C. the black boxes can tell people the cause of the accident

D. the black boxes can hold a lot of information about the plane

40. This passage mainly tells us .

A. how long black boxes work B. how black boxes pick up data

C. what messages black boxes carry D. what we know about black boxes
四、阅读填空
COVID-19 out broke in 2020. People may still have bad feelings, such as sadness, anxiety and fear because of it. 41 Below are some ways to keep both your body and mind strong.
● Recognize and accept your feelings.

When you are required to stay at home for a long time, it is normal to feel upset or anxious. The first step is to

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recognize and accept these feelings. 42 Accepting your feelings can actually help you manage them.
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Have a balanced diet and follow a daily routine. People who stay at home for a long time may easily have their routine turned upside down. Some people may stay up late at night and fail to get up during the day. Sleep is important for your personal health. Good sleep, especially deep