2023 学年普陀区第一学期期末考试九年级英语试卷Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and VocabularyⅡ. Choose the best answer.1. One month ago, the detective broke the case in ________ unusual way.A. aB. anC. theD. /2. It is moving to see strangers care ________ each other after the flood.A. forB. ofC. afterD. in3. If you want ________ drink, just help yourself.A. otherB. the otherC. anotherD. others4. I will forget this, ________ I write it down in my notebook.A. thoughB. unlessC. untilD. because5. The service in that restaurant is good, ________ the food is expensive.A. andB. soC. orD. but6. May’s sister, Betty, is a ________ girl. Everybody likes her very much.A. hardlyB. beautifullyC. lovelyD. carefully7. According to the traffic rules, we ________ ride an electric bike without a helmet(头盔).A. mustn’tB. wouldn’tC. needn’tD. may not8. Water pollution is one of ________ environmental problems we face.A. seriousB. more seriousC. most seriousD. the most serious9. You had better ________ to see a doctor if you don’t feel well.A. goB. to goC. goingD. gone10. Mr Tang expects his sons ________ home as soon as possible.A. comeB. to comeC. comingD. came11. China ________ great achievements in the past few years.A. madeB. is makingC. has madeD. makes12. Bena ________ detective story written by Agatha Christie last night.A. readB. is readingC. readsD. had read13. ________ useful way it is to learn new words with some apps on the phone!A. HowB. What anC. What aD. What14. Eddie didn’t finish ________ his book until he thought of a good ending.A. writeB. to writeC. writtenD. writing15. —________ will Helen’s sister come back from the UK?—In two weeks.A. How farB. How soonC. How oftenD. How longⅢ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once.A. excuses B. take the place of C. fear D. consists of E. solutionsHave you ever been afraid of flying when you sit on a plane? If so you may have aerophobia. The word aerophobia comes from Greek and it ____16____ two parts: aero, which means flight, and phobia, which means feeling afraid. There are a few things you can do to make the process easier. One way to help you reduce the ____17____ of flying is to watch videos of planes landing safely. Breathing exercises are also thought as the best ____18____. One thing you must know is that planes today are equipped with multiple smart systems. That means if one system fails, another will ____19____ it to help the plane fly or land safely.A. continue B. recently C. graduate D. rarely E. recognizeDr. Hassan teaches in a university and she has ____20____ read about a programme called Paying Students. Many students drop out(辍学) of university because of financial problems. However, she doesn’t think paying students will encourage them to ____21____ their studies. She thinks the programme doesn’t solve the real problems. The money would be better spent on student services, like hiring(聘用) more teachers and advisors. Many students ____22____ manage their time and this became the reason why they drop out. Advisors can help them learn to manage their time better. Then students will do better and are more likely to ____23____.Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.24. It’s impossible to get help, so she is doing everything ________. (she)25. Tina’s ________ novel will be about a theft in a small town. (four)26 Did you see the ________ of his hair? So amazing! (long)27. Roy’s ________ were liked by everyone because most of them are very interesting. (speech）28. The children were ________ with the food in the hotel and cried a lot. (happy)29. Doctors think little Jane will ________ become healthy next week. (probable)30. Ms Bake uses ________ methods of teaching to help us study better than before. (variety)31. Hard work is important if you want to ________ in business. (success)V. Complete the following sentences as required(根据所给要求完成句子。1-6小题每空格限填一词)(共14分)32. Damin sits on the side of the river to cook breakfast every morning. (改为一般疑问句)________ Damin ________ on the side of the river to cook breakfast every morning?33. The audience in the back row stood up in order to get a better view. (对划线部分提问)________ ________ the audience in the back row stand up?34. Can you tell me when I can begin my fitness course? (改为简单句)Can you tell me ________ ________ begin my fitness course?35. To call you at any time, we have to buy a phone for you. (改为句意基本相同)We have to buy a phone for you ________ ________ we can call you at any time.36. The man asked me, “Can you point me in the right direction for the bus station?” (改为间接引语)The man asked me ________ I ________ point him in the right direction for the bus station.37. The young artist created a new language of painting. (改为被动语态)A new language of painting ________ ________ by the young artist.38. often, depends on, good, excellent parents, education(连词成句)__________________________________.Part 3 Reading and WritingⅥ. Reading Comprehension.A. Choose the best answer.Banpo Primary School in Guizhou, China is on a mountain. The path(小路) to school was bullt about forty years ago and it is very narrow and dangerous. The children have to walk in a line. When they meet somebody, they have to stand against the mountain while the person passes. For their parents, it is very worrying. Fortunately, the head teacher of the school walks with the children every morning.A group of children from Edu School in Sumatra, Indonesia(印尼), have to cross a wide river every morning on their way to school. The bridge across the river is broken, so about twenty children have to walk across a rope. The rope is ten metres above the water. After that, they have to walk ten kilometres through the forest! And of course, at the end of the school day, they have to do the same journey again on their way home.Children in Minh Hoa, Vietnam(越南) have to cross a river on their way to and from school every day. There are no bridges or boats, so the children swim. The children put the books and clothes in large plastic bags so they do not get wet. The bags also help them to stay safe in the water (the water is 20 metres deep). When they reach the other side, they take their dry clothes out of the bag and put them on.Near Bogota, the capital of Colombia(哥伦比亚), some children have to cross a large valley to get to school. At the bottom of the valley is the Rio Negro, a huge river. There is only one way to cross the valley on a zip wire. That’s a metal rope, 800 metres long and 400 metres above the river. The journey is very fast. In fact, it only takes about one minute! Small children cannot travel across the valley by themselves, so their brother or sister puts them in a bag!39. Some children ________ have to walk along a dangerous path to school.A. in Minh Hoa, VietnamB. in Guizhou, ChinaC. in Sumatra, IndonesiaD. near Bogota, Colombia40. What makes the parents of Banpo Primary School less worried?A. The children are put in plastic bags by their brothers.B. The path to the school is wide enough for the children.C. It only takes the children ten minutes to their school.D. The children travel to school with the head teacher.41. We can know that the students in Sumatra, Indonesia ________ from the text.A. can use the bridge nearby across the riverB. walk 10 km in the valley with 20 other childrenC. have a long walk as part of their journey to schoolD. travel to school on their parents’ boats42. The underlined word they in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.A. clothes and booksB. plastic bagsC. children in Minh HoaD. bridges and boats43 ________ don’t need to cross a river on their way to school.A. The children of Edu SchoolB. The children of Banpo Primary SchoolC. The children in Minh Hoa, VietnamD. The children near Bogota, Colombia44. The best title for the text is ________.A. Different schools in the worldB. Schools far away from homeC. Dangerous journey to schoolD. Facts about children’s school lifeB. Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage.I lost both legs at the age of 30. I had to consider the idea of physical perfection again. My life became different as I was never an attractive woman.I was too busy ____45____ physical pain and limited movement. I was unaware of the change at first. There were so many difficulties before me. But I made up my mind to manage my work and life as well as before. I felt good about the progress I had made.However, as I made my first journey outside the ward(病房), things were different as I had thought. I was happy to be free of limit in the ward and rolled through the shopping mall like a ____46____ survivor(挺过困难者). I felt like a war hero. ____47____ I discovered that others did not view me in the way I had come to view myself.All eyes were upon me. Actually, they only saw my missing legs. Mothers held their children closer as I passed. Elderly women patted(拍) me on the head and said, “It must be hard on you...” with ____48____ in their eyes.While I was thinking about what had happened, a small girl came up to me. She stared with curiosity(好奇) at the empty jeans. After she found nothing there, she looked up at me with a puzzled look, and childishly asked, “Lady, where did your legs go?”I ____49____ that my legs had been sick and the doctors had to remove them. She asked, “Did they go to ‘Leg Heaven’?”...That made me think about different ____50____ from children and adults to the unknown things. To child, a new appearance is an interesting thing and a learning experience, while adults often view same thing with shock and horror I now smile warmly and try to tell others that having a not-so-per body doesn’t mean having a poor quality of life. People like me can also enjoy a colorful life.45 A. asking forB. crying withC. dealing withD. giving up46. A. calmB. proudC. naughtyD. poor47. A. NowadaysB. BesidesC. LuckilyD. Unfortunately48. A. pityB. confidenceC. angerD. ambition49. A. realizedB. complainedC. predictedD. explained50. A. effectsB. responsesC. storiesD. personalitiesC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.Personal opinionsElsie 16 I have my own personal style. I’m not interested in images (形象) from the Internet or magazines. Super stars all look the same these days. And a lot of girls of my age try to be like them. But l don’t want to c____51____ them—I’m different and I try to find my own look. I usually buy my clothes at charity shops, and I have my own ideas about make-up (化妆) too. My friends say look great, but my dad doesn’t always agree.Oscar 17 I have p____52____ to look good I’m not really interested in super stars, but I care about my appearance and want to be fit. I have the habit of going to the sports center four times a week. And it’s a healthy h____53____. In the sports center, I meet many friends. Almost everyone of them works hard and looks great. I don’t want to fall behind. I never take pills, but I sometimes have special drinks for building up my body. They aren’t bad for my health. Is it a problem? I don’t think so. A lot of my friends are the same as me.Bella 15 I p____54____ sports. A lot of the girls at school talk about hairstyles and fashion all the time. They all have favourite super stars and they try to go after them. But I find all that boring. I like sport. I go swimming three times a week and I’m in the basketball and volleyball teams at school. My close friends are s____55____ to me. They don’t worry about their appearance. They just want to be fit and healthy.Grace 17 I enjoy f____56____ with friends. I wear very casual clothes—just a T-shirt with loose pants or a shirt with jeans when I’m a____57____. I don’t wear make-up. But when I’m with my friends, we sometimes dress ourselves in nice clothes and change our hairstyles. We wear make-up, too. We sometimes imitate(模仿) stars from the Internet, but that isn’t a problem for us. We just feel happy. What’s wrong with that?D. (12分)Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题)It was about 2:00 am. I was driving my taxi on the way to pick up a passenger. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark. I just saw a single light in a ground floor window, I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.After a long silence, the door opened and a small woman in her eighties stood before me. She has a small suitcase beside her. I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help her. She took my arm and walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness.“It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”“Oh, you’re such a good young man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through city center?”“It’s not the shortest way.” I answered immediately.“Oh, I’m familiar with the city. And I’m in no hurry.” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long. It would be the last time for me to travel around the city...”I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as a lift operator and the neighborhood where she had lived in. And she also told me to park in front of a furniture shop that once had been a ball room. She had gone dancing there as a girl.Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building. She just sat and stared into the darkness, saying nothing. At dawn(黎明), she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”We drove in silence to the address she had given me. “How much shall I pay you?” she asked, “Nothing.” I replied.“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I said.Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly with tears. Our hug ended with her words, “ 6 ”58. What job did the writer do?____________________________________59. How old was the small woman?____________________________________60. Why did the small woman choose to ride through the city?____________________________________61. How long did the traveling last that night?____________________________________62. How did the small woman feel after the writer gave her a hug?____________________________________63. What can be filled in the blank? (No more than 15 words)____________________________________VII. Writing (作文)(共 20分)64. Read the beginning of the story and write a passage of at least 60 words to complete it. (根据短文情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。字数不少于60词。)Frank and his wife had just parked the car around the corner from their home. Frank got a call from one of his daughters, “The kitchen next door is on fire!” Frank then saw the black smoke coming out of the windows of his neighbour’s home...以下问题仅供参考：(短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。)How did Frank feel after he saw the smoke? What did Frank and his wife do? What happened at last?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________