2023学年第一学期九年级质量调研英语样卷Part I Listening (第一部分听力.I. Listening comprehension(听力理解.(共25分.1. A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的句子，选出相应的图片) 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】1. _________ 2. _____________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________ 5. __________B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你听到的对话和问题, 选出最恰当的答案.(共5分.2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. By taxi.B. By car.C. By bus.D. On foot.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. At school.B. On the bed.C. In the school bag.D. On the school bus.4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. It’s 1:10.B. It’s 1:30.C. It’s 1:00.D. It’s 1:45.5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. The police detective with long dark curly hair.B. The police detective with short dark curly hair.C. The police detective with long blonde curly hair.D. The police detective with short blonde curly hair.6. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. He wants Jenny to have a rest.B. He wants to know why Jenny is so busy.C. He wants to offer Jenny help.D. He wants to know what Jenny needs.Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】7. From the introduction we can know that Kin-Ball is as big as a tennis ball.8. In a Kin-Ball competition, you can see three teams play at the same time.9. To start a game, two teams can hit the ball from the center of the court.10. The player must call out the color of one of the other two teams after he hits the ball.11. Kin-Ball is a good kind of ball game because it helps us learn to work well together.Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences. （听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词）【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】12. Charles Dickens was a famous and successful writer in English in the ________ ________.13. When Charles was small, life wasn’t easy because his parents had serious ________ ________.14 Charles got a job in a factory and ________ ________ 6 shillings a week after he left school.15. A short time later, Charles’ father was ________ ________ because he owed money.16. Charles’ stories were ________ ________ people who had same experiences as him.Part 2 Grammar and Vocabulary(第二部分语法和词汇.II. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案.(共15分.17. The captain was going up the stairs—three at _________ time.A. /B. aC. anD. the18. Although the twins look the same, there are still a few differences ___________ them.A. amongB. ofC. betweenD. in19. Jill admitted that the earring near the safe belonged to ________.A. sheB. herselfC. hersD. her20. —You looked sad, Simon. What’s the matter?—I had ________ to do all day. I felt really bored.A. anythingB. nothingC. somethingD. everything21. Each cell in human brain is a thousand times ___________ than a computer.A. powerB. powerfulC. more powerfulD. the most powerful22. —Did you enjoy the film last night?—No. There was not enough ____________ but too much talking.A. actionB. charactersC. plotsD. noise23. Readers ________ tell what the characters are like just from looking at them in a comic strip.A. mustB. needC. shouldD. can24. —Look at the dark clouds, and the wind is blowing strongly. —It ________ that a strong storm is coming.A. soundsB. seemsC. tastesD. smells25. My computer _________ after I downloaded a software program by accident.A. broke downB. turned downC. broke outD. cleaned out26. Doris has been in the volleyball club since _____________.A. two monthsB. next yearC. five years agoD. she is in the middle school27. The task is too hard for Lucy. She had no choice but ________ others for help.A. asksB. to askC. askingD. asked28. Give plants water. The crops won’t grow very well ________ it rains soon.A. unlessB. ifC. becauseD. although29. Tony’s elder sister can memorize more telephone numbers than he, __________?A. can’t heB. can heC. can’t sheD. can she30. —________ do you shop online every month?—Never. Paying online is more unsafe than before.A. How muchB. How farC. How oftenD. How long31. —Have you seen _____________ surprised look Jack showed?—I guess he didn’t expect to be elected chief editor of the school newspaper.A. howB. what anC. whatD. what aIII. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can be used only once (将下列单词或词组填入空格，每空限填一词，每词只能填一次。)A. essential B. picture C. invented D. discovered E. actuallyBelieve it or not, forgetting some things helps your brain remember others! The brain is a complicated (复杂的) part of the body. Scientists will be learning about it for many years to come. However, one thing that they have ____32____ is that your brain needs to forget some information. If it remembered everything, then pulling out a certain piece of information from lots of stored—up memories would be impossible. Let’s ____33____ your brain as a bucket (桶) that is filled with papers. How could you find one little note in all of that clutter (杂乱的东西) ?According to the scientists, some forgetting is ____34____ a very natural and normal process, rather than a failure of memory. Our brains may want us to remember the ____35____ part of what we’ve experienced because that will be most helpful for us in the real world. A. tricks B. store C. drops D. escape E. meaninglessFor example, let’s say you remember a friend’s phone number, but that friend moves away and gets a new phone number. Remembering the old number becomes ____36____ and may make it harder to remember your friend’s new number. So your brain chooses important information to ____37____ and it clears out the rest. Now your memory bucket is much easier to sort through (整理) quickly.But this isn’t a perfect system. Sometimes your brain ____38____ a thought that you wish it had kept, you can help it figure out which information you want by practicing those memories and facts or by using other memory ____39____.IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their words in their proper forms(用括号内所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子.(共8分.40. Take the _______ turning on your left, you will find the market on your right. (two)41. When autumn comes, _________ slowly turn from green to yellow and red. (leaf)42. Tim hid ________ behind the door, waiting for Mum so as to give her a surprise. (he)43. The scenery of a comic strip can usually make the strip come to ________ . (live)44. Finally, the Greeks captured the city of Troy ________ through a trick. (successful)45. People usually have a house-warming party to _________ the removal. (celebration)46. To finish the task, we need good advice rather than ________ complaints. (useful)47. The more ________ a subject is, the more effort and energy it will require. (difficulty)V. Complete the following sentences as required(根据所给要求, 完成下列句子。每空格限填一词.(共14分.48. The rich businessman purchased a vase for 300, 000 dollars last year. (改为否定句)The rich businessman __________ _________ a vase for 300, 000 dollars last year.49. There was plenty of snow on the top of the mountain every winter. （对划线部分提问）________ ________ snow was there on the top of the mountain every winter?50. We shouldn’t talk loudly in the museum. We shouldn’t smoke there, either. (合并为一句)We should _______ talk loudly _________ smoke in the museum.51. Children can learn about responsibilities from keeping animals as pets. （保持句意不变）Children can learn to ________ ________ from keeping animals as pets.52. The fisherman pushes the cormorants into the water to catch fish. (改被动语态)The cormorants ________ _________ into the water by the fisherman to catch fish.53. Caroline said to them, “I think you should buy another DVD.”（改为简单句）Caroline advised them ________ ________ another DVD.54. park the car, you, where, could, tell me, to （连词成句）______________________________?Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写.VI. Reading comprehension(阅读理解. (共50分.A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案.(共12分.Joel Sartore is a writer, teacher, and photographer. His words and beautiful images show his love of photography and of the natural world. Question 1: How did you become a National Geographic photographer?My first job was for a newspaper. After a few years there, I met a National Geographic photographer. He liked my photos and said I should send some to the magazine. So I did. That led to a one-day job. And that led to a nine-day job, and so on. Question 2: __________________________________________ To get into National Geographic, you have to give them something they don’t have. It’s not enough just to be a great photographer. You also have to be a scientist, for example, or be able to dive under sea ice, or spend maybe several days in a tree. Question 3: Is it hard to get a job as a photographer today?It’s now harder to work for magazines. Technology makes it easy to take good pictures, which means there are more photos and photographers. Also, the Web is filled with photos from all around the world that are free, or cost very little. These photos are often good enough to be put in books and magazines. What the magazines need to do these days is to pay for these photos. Question 4: I want to be a photographer. Do you have any advice for me?Advice? Well, work hard. Be passionate (热情的) about every project you work on. Take lots of pictures in different situations. Look at others’ photos thoughtfully and learn from them. And be curious about everything. There’s something to photograph everywhere.55. What kind of passage is it?A. An interview.B. A story.C. A quiz.D. An advertisement.56. Joel Sartore used to _____________________.A. teach in a schoolB. work as a scientistC. work for a newspaperD. work in a forest57. Which of the following can be Question 2?A. Why do you want to work for National Geographic?B. What do National Geographic photographers like to do?C. What kind of photos do you give to National Geographic?D. What kind of photographer is National Geographic looking for?58. How many reasons did Joel Sartore mention in his answer to Question 3?A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 459. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______________.A. Take as many photos as possibleB. There is beauty everywhereC. It’s easy to be a good photographerD. Photographers should travel everywhere60. Who is most likely to be employed by National Geographic?A. Hanson, a photographer who has worked for many magazines.B. Bowie, a photographer who learnt to take photos at an early age.C. Marina, a photographer who is good at science and diving.D. Jason, a photographer who keeps developing skills and ideas.B. Choose the best words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文. (共12分.Every year, wildfires destroy millions of hectares of forest land. Homes are damaged, and thousands of people die. Smokejumpers help to stop this. Smokejumpers are a special type of firefighter. They jump from planes or are lowered by helicopters into areas that are ____61____ to reach by car or on foot, such as the middle of a mountain forest. They race to put out fires as fast as they can. At a fire site, smokejumpers first examine the land and decide ____62____ to fight the fire. Their main goal is to stop a fire from spreading or to slow its progress ____63____ ground-based firefighters arrive. Using basic equipment such as shovels (铲子) and axes (斧头), smokejumpers clear land of burnable material, like dry grass and dead trees. They carry water with them, too, but only a limited amount. Most smokejumpers are men. The most important factors are your height and ____64____. Smokejumpers employed in the United States must be between 54 and 91 kilograms so they don’t get blown away by the strong winds or get ____65____ when they land. The work is dangerous, and the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smoke jumping isn’t just a job. They ____66____ being able to jump out of planes, fight fires, and live in the forest. As 28-year-old Russian smokejumper Alexi says, “This is the best job for tough guys.”61. A. hardB. seriousC. safeD. close62. A. whereB. whyC. whatD. how63. A. ifB. thoughC. beforeD. because64. A. nationalityB. weightC. sexD. age65. A. hurtB. lostC. angryD. sick66. A. imagineB. denyC. mindD. loveC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词, 使其内容通顺, 每空格限填一词, 首字母已给.(共14分.We know animals have emotions. They can feel fear. We also think they feel love, since they have strong relationships with each other. So are animal emotions s____67____ to our own? And do animals have a sense of humor?A Parrot’s JokeSally’s parrot Bongo didn’t get along with her a____68____ parrot, Paco. In fact, Bongo clearly didn’t like Paco at all! One day, Sally cooked a chicken for dinner. She started to cut the chicken with a knife. “Oh, no! Paco!” Bongo said loudly and laughed. Sally laughed, too, and said, “That chicken is not Paco.” “Oh…no,” said Bongo. This time, she sounded d____69____. Then the parrot laughed at her own joke. Yoga DogJean enjoys yoga and so does her dog Buffy. W____70____ Jean does yoga, Buffy carefully places her toys on Jean’s body. If a toy falls, Buffy runs to put it b____71____. Does this behavior have any real purpose? “She thinks it’s funny!” says Jean. Animal LaughterCan dogs “laugh”? Recent research shows that dogs can tell each other when they want to play. They make a special sound a kind of “laugh.”Psychologist (心理学家) Patricia recorded the sound. Then she played it to dogs and s____72____ their behavior. “All the dogs seemed to like the laugh” says Patricia. So do animals have a sense of humor? If laughter is a clue, then p____73____ the answer is “yes!”.D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题.(共12分.Billy Ray Harris was homeless. He spent each day on the streets, begging for money or food. Every day, as he sat thinking about his life, he sometimes heard the sound of a coin or two dropping into his cup. One day, the noise was louder than usual. But he didn’t look up. A little later, when he looked into the cup, he could hardly believe what he saw. At the bottom was a big shining diamond ring. Billy’s first thought was to go to the jeweller’s (珠宝店) and that’s exactly what he did. To his surprise he was offered $4,000. Was this a mistake? But then he thought about his grandfather His grandfather always told him to do the right thing. Billy made up his mind. He had better keep the ring and maybe one day its owner would return. Two days later, a young woman called Sarah came and asked if he had found anything unusual in his cup. Billy reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring. When he saw the smile on Sarah’s face, he knew that he ________. She explained that she forgot putting her ring in her purse (钱包) that day. Sarah was so moved that she posted the story on the Internet and set up an online appeal (呼吁) to raise money for Billy. Finally she had more than $185,000. Billy Ray Harris no longer spends his days begging. He has a home and a job.74. Billy got lots of money every day, didn’t he?__________________________________________________________________75. Why was the noise louder than usual?__________________________________________________________________76. What does this in Paragraph Two refer to?__________________________________________________________________77. Why didn’t Billy sell the diamond ring?__________________________________________________________________78 What can be filled in Paragraph Three? Write no more than 5 words. __________________________________________________________________79. What kind of person do you think Billy is? Why?__________________________________________________________________VII. Writing (作文.(共20分.80. 你觉得学校组织的心理讲座（lectures on mental health）是否有助于缓解压力（reduce pressure）？为什么？你还希望学校开展一个什么活动来有效缓解压力？说说你的理由，写一篇不少于60个词的短文。（注意：1. 短文中不得出现考生真实姓名、校名等个人信息，否则不予评分。2. 照抄阅读语篇不得分）______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________