广东省广州市天河区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题.docx

2023 学年第一学期期末考试九年级英语

本试卷共四大题，10 页，满分 90 分。考试时间 100 分钟。注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的学校、姓名、班级、座位号和考生号填写在答题卡相应的位置上，再用 2B 铅笔把考号的对应数字涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔或涂改 液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保证答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。一、语法选择（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
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 1 ~ 15 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。
There once lived a bird and her two babies in a forest. One day, there 1 a big storm. A heavy branch

fell and killed the mother bird. 2 the wind blew the baby birds away and they survived. One of them came

down near a cave where robbers (强盗) lived. 3 landed outside a wise man’s house.

Days passed and the baby birds grew up. One day, a king came to the forest 4 .

He saw a deer and rode after it deep into the forest. Soon he lost his way. Very tired, he sat down 5 a

tree. Suddenly, he heard a voice. “Quick! 6 is here. Come and take his gold and horse. Hurry 7

he’ll run away. ” The king was 8 . He looked up and saw a big, brown bird. He also heard low noises

9 from the cave. He rode away as 10 as he could.

Soon, he came to 11 wise man’s house. He heard a gentle voice, “Welcome, Sir. Please go inside and

rest. ” The king looked up and saw another big, brown bird.

Later the wise man came back. The king told him the story of the two birds “They look so alike, 12

they behaved so differently. The forest 13 with surprises.” The wise man smiled, “After all, one is known

by the company one keeps. That bird has heard so much talk about robbing 14 he talks like a robber now.

This one has repeated 15 he has always heard. He welcomes people.”

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1.

A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
2.

A. Luck
B. Lucky
C. Luckily
D. Most luckily
3.

A. Other
B. Another
C. Others
D. The other
4.

A. hunt
B. to hunt
C. hunting
D. hunted
5.

A. above

6
B. under
C. in
D. on
A. Someone
B. Everyone
C. Anyone
D. No one
7.

A. and
B. so
C. or
D. unless
8.

A. surprising
B. surprised
C. surprise
D. surprisedly
9.

A. come
B. came
C. to come
D. coming
10.

A. quick
B. quicker
C. quickly
D. more quickly
11.

A. the
B. a
C. an
D. /
12.

A. after
B. but
C. so
D. because
13.

A. fills
B. filled
C. has filled
D. is filled
14.

A. that
B. which
C. as
D. if
15.

A. when
B. that
C. how
D. what

二、完形填空（本大题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳 答案。
Long long ago, a king loved riddles. Once a year he made a new riddle and offered a 16 to the person

who could first solve it.

Bob, a young man, was famous for his fine 17 . Bob had almost everything he needed except for

18 . He wanted to sell his products to every corner of the kingdom.

One year the king made a new riddle. People came from far and wide. He drew a line on the courtyard. “Make this line shorter without erasing (清除) any part of it. Whoever wins can pick one of my strongest horses! Yet, is there anyone smarter than me? I doubt it!” the king 19 the crowd.
People looked at the line in different directions. “How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?” the crowd asked each other. Some of them 20 . The dressmaker kicked dirt over the end of the line to
21 it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it 22 . None of these efforts worked.

Then Bob came with a bag of flour (面粉) from his shop. “Your Majesty, this riddle is just a piece of cake. ”

23 , Bob opened his bag of flour and poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line was

24 than the king’s line.

“Now, my king,” Bob smiled, “your line is shorter.”

“Such a clever trick!” the people were 25 . The king laughed. “You made it Now you can have any

horse you like.”

16.

A. yard
B. prize
C. dinner
D. job
17.

A. bread
B. clothes
C. cheese
D. riddles
18.

A. a car
B. a horse
C. some bread
D. some money
19.

A. promised
B. advised
C. ordered
D. challenged
20.

A. tried
B. explained
C. succeeded
D. joked
21.

A. fix
B. reach
C. hide
D. divide
22.

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A. pass
B. connect
C. float
D. disappear
23.

A. Politely
B. Confidently
C. Nervously
D. Carelessly
24.

A. shorter
B. longer
C. smaller
D. bigger
25.

A. annoyed
B. bored
C. amazed
D. moved
三、阅读(共两节，满分 35 分)
第一节 阅读理解(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 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。
(A)

Scene 1

(In the palace , the Queen sits. Zahrah stands on her side. Amram is showing some silk to the Queen.) Amram: Would your Majesty be good enough to feel this silk? See how fine and soft it is!
(Amram comes a little closer to the Queen and holds out some purple silk. She feels it.)

Queen: Yes, it is. And I like this color. (She turns to Zahrah.) Zahrah, what do you think of it? Zahrah: It is a good color for a queen, your Majesty. (She folds up the silk and puts it to one side.)
Amram: Our king, the wise King Solomon, likes this bright purple best, so he asked me to bring some here. Queen: I have heard many things about your king.
Amram: He is a good king, your Majesty, and a kind man. All his people love him.

Queen: I have also heard that he is very wise. Is it true that he understands what animals say? Amram: It is true, your Majesty.
Queen (Smiles): It’s very hard to believe.

Amram: If I told you a true story of the king, I think you would believe it. Queen: I’d like to hear it.
Amram: One day our king was riding ahead of us. All at once he pulled his horse to stop. He looked down at the sand in the road. Then he turned his horse off the road.
Queen: Did he say why?

Amram: He told us he saw some ants hurrying along in the sand of the road. He said he heard them say they were afraid that the horses would walk on them.

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Queen: And that was why?

Amram: Yes, your Majesty. King Solomon turned off the road to save the little ants from being hurt. Queen: Then he must be as wise and as kind as people say he is.
Amram: Now you can believe it, can’t you?

Queen I won’t fully believe it until I see and hear him myself.

Amram: Then why don’t you come to our country and pay him a visit, your Majesty? Queen: Yes, I shall do that. You may go now, Amram.
(Amram backs away.)

Queen (to herself): .

26. What’s the relationship among the characters?

A. Amram was sent by King Solomon.

B. Zahrah and Amram were friends.

C. The Queen was King Solomon’s wife.

D. The Queen trusted King Solomon.

27. How did Amram feel about his King?

A. Surprised. B. Embarrassed. C. Proud. D. Thankful.

28. What would be the best sentence to put in the blank ?

A. I must send Zahrah to visit the King for me.

B. I must think of a way to test this wise King.

C. I would like to meet the King in my country.

D I would like to buy some silk from the King.

(B)
Stephen Hawking was probably the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He was an expert on black holes. He put his whole life into digging into the beginning and the end of the universe.
“My goal is simple,” Hawking once said. “It is to completely understand the universe, why it is as it is and why it is there at all.”
Hawking received many awards and prizes for his work over the years. This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics (理论物理). But Hawkin’s achitvements are even greater
if you think of his disability.

Hawking had a bad illness that stopped him from moving or talking. Later he got a wheelchair with a computer

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by his side. He moved two fingers to control the computer’s mouse. He chose his words from

then spoken by a voice synthesizer (合成器). This helped him communicate better.

To have had the disease for most of my life, and I even have had no way to communicate except by simple eye movements since 2019. Hawking once said, “Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work. ”
Hawking tried to make science more popular with people. In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, sharing his understanding of the universe with other people. The book was a best-seller for a long time. So far, it has sold more than 10 million copies around the world. Hawking also wrote a children’s book—Unlocking the Universe with his daughter. He said the book would be “a bit like Harry Potter” but without the magic.
Hawking liked pop culture. He sang in rock songs. He even played roles in popular TV plays including Star Trek (1992), The Simpsons (1999) and The Big Bang Theory (2012). He played himself in all these shows and was proud of making the audience laugh.
29. Which field hasn’t Hawking succeeded in?

A. The study on universe. B. Writing books on science.

C. Acting in TV plays. D. Showing talent in computers.

30. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Hawking should be given bigger awards for his spirits.

B. Hawking was praised because people felt sorry for his illness.

C. Hawking had to work much harder than a healthy person.

D. Hawking’s difficulty to move gave him more time to study science.

31. What improved Hawking’s difficult situation?

A. His two fingers. B. His eye movements.

C. The help of his daughter. D. A wheelchair and a computer.

32. What does the passage mainly want to show?

A. Hawking made science popular.

B. Hawking lived his life to the full.

C. Hawking was a genius in science.

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D. Hawking had a great sense of humour.


(C)

It was the final part of an international race. With just 700 metres to go, Mike was in third place and his younger brother, John, was in the lead. Mike pushed himself towards the finish line in the burning heat, but as he came around the corner, he saw his brother about to fall onto the ground. Mike had to choose—brotherly love, or a chance to win

the race?

For Mike, the choice was clear. His brother was in trouble. He had to help. Mike ran towards John, caught him and started pulling him towards the finish line. Mike then pushed his brother over the line. The move put John in second place and Mike himself in third. It was an unexpected end to the race, so reporters quickly crowded around Mike, asking him all kinds of questions. But Mike did not want to discuss it. His younger brother was rushed to the medical area, and he, just wanted to check on his dear younger brother.
The brothers have been practising running since they were children. “Naturally, when your elder brother is doing it, you think it’s a cool thing to do,” says John. Mike says that they encourage each other as much as they can when they train. Although they have disagreements about “stupid things” now and then, Mike agrees that having a brother is an advantage. “Throughout my whole life, I’ve had my brother trying to beat me at everything I do. It has been a great power to push me forward. ”
Watched by millions, the ending to the race has different opinions: should the brothers be highly praised for their actions, or shouldn’t they get the prizes? But for Mike, his decision was easy to explain: “Mum wouldn’t be happy if I left John behind.” At that moment, he was no longer a sportsman trying to win a prize—he was just a brother.
33. What happened at the final part of the race?

A. John almost fell down. B. John was behind others.

C. Mike was running ahead. D. Mike passed out in the heat.

34. How did Mike deal with the situation?

A. Mike sent John to see a doctor.

B. Mike asked the reporters for help.

C. Mike pulled John over the finish line.

D. Mike helped John reach the finish line.

35. What does Mike think of his brother?

A. A strict partner. B. A pushing power.

C. A huge responsibility. D. An annoying competitor.

36. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Just a prize B. Just a brother

C. Just a winning chance D. Just an unexpected race

(D)

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We all know that eating junk food can make us fat. However, a new study suggests that it can do more than that－it can also make us lazy.
In the study, researchers divided 32 rats into two groups. In the first experiment, the first group was fed a diet

of healthy food such as corn and fish, while the second was given a diet rich in sugar and fat, namely “junk food”.

Within three months, the rats in the second group were already much fatter than those on the healthy diet. And when researchers trained the rats to do simple tasks, they found even more differences between the two groups other than weight.
During the task—pushing a lever to receive a prize of sugar water—the rats on the junk food diet were found to be less willing to move, and they took longer breaks between each push than the fit rats did.
“It is as if the rat is thinking ‘This is too much work’,” said the leader of the study.

According to researchers, these differences suggest that junk food changed the chemistry in the rats’ brains.

The experiments didn’t end there. After six months, researchers began the second experiment. The rats’ diets were changed, and the overweight rats were given a healthy diet for nine days. However, this didn’t help reduce their weight or improve their ability to perform tasks. It means the effects of their junk food diet lasted for long. “There’s no quick way to reduce the harm,” researchers said.
For a long time, we’ve believed that people become fat because they are lazy. But this study has shown that the opposite is true as well. Being lazy and getting fat can go hand in hand.
So, if you always feel tired, and not willing to get up from your chair, it could be that you’ve been studying too hard. But you should also pay attention to your diet.
37. What can be included in the diet for the second group?

A. B. C. D.

38. What did the first experiment show?

A. Fit rats prefer healthy food. B. Fat rats don’t like sugar water.

C. Junk food has harmful chemistry. D. Junk food can make rats fat and lazy.

39. What can we learn from the second experiment?

A. Fat rats should perform more tasks.

B. Our diets have long-term effects on us.

C. There is no quick way to change a diet.

D. It is no good to change an unhealthy diet.

40. Ben is heavy and lies in the sofa all day. What advice would the writer give him?

A. He should get up and do some exercise.

B. He should focus more on his study.

C. He should stay away from junk food.

D. He should have regular meals on time.
第二节 阅读填空（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The film you see on the screen is the product of a huge amount of hard work. 41

To begin with, visual spec