江苏省盐城市初级中学2022-2023学年下学期5月份月考九年级英语试卷（含答案）

2023年春学期九年级英语月考试卷
(卷面总分：120分 考试时间：100分钟)
本试卷包含第I卷选择题和第II卷非选择题两部分。请将第I卷和第II卷的答案填涂到答题卡上。本试卷共 4 页。
第I卷（选择题，共65分）
一、根据对话内容，从A-F选项中选出5个适当的选项补全对话。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
Prince: Who are you You are very pretty to look at.
Fox: 1
Prince: Come and play with me. I am so unhappy.
Fox: 2 I am not tamed.
Prince: I am looking for men. 3
Fox: It is an act too often neglected(忽略). It means to establish ties.
Prince: To establish ties
Fox: 4 To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world..."
Prince: 5 There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me...
二、完形填空。（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
It was December and the snow was falling quietly outside. The four March sisters were sitting around the fire in the living room. They were knitting(织) socks for 6 . There was a war and everyone had to help.
Meg was the 7 of the four sisters. She was sixteen. She was very pretty and she loved pretty clothes. Jo was fifteen. She was very tall and thin. She was different from Meg. She didn’t 8 dresses or hairstyles. She was a tomboy(假小子). Beth was thirteen. She was very shy and 9 and she seemed to live in a happy world of her own. The youngest, Amy, looked like a snow princess with her blue eyes. She loved beautiful things and she was a little vain(虚荣的). She also thought that she was a very important person.
“Christmas isn’t Christmas without any presents,” Jo said 10 .
“I hate being unwealthy!” Meg said, looking at her old dress.
“Some girls have lots of nice things, and 11 girls have nothing at all,” said Amy. “I don’t think it’s 12 !”
“But we’ve got Father and Mother, and each other,” said Beth.
The four sisters looked happy for a moment when they remembered this.
“But we haven’t got 13 ,” said Jo. Their smiles suddenly disappeared. Mr March was far away 14 the soldiers.
“Mother says our men are suffering and we 15 spend money for pleasure,” Meg said. “That’s why we can’t have presents this year.”
“Well, each of us has a dollar to spend,” said Jo. “ 16 can the army do with four dollars 17 ! I don’t expect anything from Mother but I’d like to buy a book for myself!” Jo was a(an) 18 .
“I want to spend mine on some new music.” said Beth. She played the piano and she loved singing.
“I’m going to buy a box of drawing pencils. I really need them!” said Amy. She wanted to be an artist.
“Mother didn’t 19 anything about spending our own money,” cried Jo. “Let’s each buy what we want and have a little fun; I’m sure we 20 hard enough to earn it.”
It was true. The two older sisters had jobs. Meg worked as a teacher for the King family and Jo looked after Aunt March, their father’s rich, bad-tempered(坏脾气的) old aunt. Beth and Amy helped with the housework.
( )6. A. neighbours B. sisters C. parents D. soldiers
( )7. A. prettiest B. oldest C. smartest D. youngest
( )8. A. care of B. care for C. care about D. care with
( )9. A. noisy B. quiet C. generous D. mean
( )10. A. sadly B. happily C. loudly D. gently
( )11. A. other B. the other C. others D. the others
( )12. A. fair B. right C. unfair D. necessary
( )13. A. parents B. Father C. Mother D. presents
( )14. A. for B. with C. from D. in
( )15. A. needn’t B. wouldn’t C. mightn’t D. mustn’t
( )16. A. How B. Why C. What D. Who
( )17. A. Everything B. Something C. Nothing D. Anything
( )18. A. pianist B. artist C. bookworm D. writer
( )19. A. say B. talk C. tell D. speak
( )20. A. study B. work C. save D. help
三、阅读理解。 (共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，计 40 分)
A. 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
A tsunami(海啸) is a very large ocean wave usually caused by an earthquake under the ocean. Most earthquakes happen where two plates, or blocks of Earth’s crust(地壳) come together. When the plates push against each other, one plate can snap up suddenly, sending out energy upward. The energy is then transferred(转移) into the ocean, causing a tsunami wave to rise and spread out in two directions. A tsunami can travel more than 600 miles before it reaches the shore.
( )21. What do the circles in the middle of the diagram(图表) show
A. Movement of the plates. B. Movement of deep water.
C. Energy from the tsunami. D. Energy from the earthquake.
( )22. According to the diagram, how are both of the plates moving
A. They move toward each other. B. They move away from each other.
C. They move in an upward direction. D. They move in a downward direction.
( )23. What can we learn from the reading material above
A. How to prevent a tsunami. B. How a tsunami forms.
C. The causes and effects of a tsunami. D. The differences between wave types.
B
Do you know full confidence in your memory Look at the two pictures and choose the one which you think is correct. Then check with the answer.
Answer: The one on the right is correct. Pikachu never had a black tail in any of its various versions. Its yellow tail does have brown fur at its base, but there is no sign of black fur on its tail.
There has been a discussion about whether it is shi or si in the sentence “Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man...” (“故天将降大任于是/斯人也……”).
Most people voted si as what they learned at school. However, People’s Education Press (PEP), a leading publisher of Chinese textbooks, claimed on Oct. 26, 2002 that all its textbooks say shi.
Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the “Mandela Effect”—the situation in which a large number of people believe that an event happened when it didn’t.
Many people believed that former South African president Nelson Mandela died in the 1980s in prison. However, Mandela was alive and well, eventually passing away in 2013. US researchers Fiona Broome created a website to detail her discovery of this public phenomenon, coining the term (术语) which has been in use till now.
Some often joke that our memories have been changed by a strange force. In fact, psychologists have looked into the reasons for the Mandela Effect, as reported on the US-based website Verywell Mind.
For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation (虚构症). However, try not to feel bad—this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened.
The Internet may be another reason why we tend to have Mandela Effect events, as the news we read can be false from the beginning. In 2018, Science Journal published a study of over 100,000 news stories discussed across Twitter. It showed that false news can spread faster and reach more people than the truth. As a powerful way to spread information, the Internet might be the main reason for falsehoods to enter our minds.
( )24. Why does the writer mention the discussion about the sentence in Paragraph 3
A. To solve a mystery of Mandela Effect. B. To raise readers’ interest in confabulation.
C. To introduce the topic of the Mandela Effect. D. To discuss which word is the right one, si or shi.
( )25. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “coining” in Paragraph 6
A. Inventing. B. Borrowing. C. Describing. D. Correcting.
( )26. How does the writer further explain the Mandela Effect
A. By showing pictures. B. By giving examples.
C. By listing numbers. D. By drawing conclusions.
( )27. What can we infer(推断) from the passage
A. Most people know the former South African president Mandela well.
B. The word si or shi both appeared in Chinese textbooks published by the PEP.
C. If you can tell the right Pikachu, you will never suffer from the Mandela Effect.
D. If you remember details that never happened, you may experience the Mandela Effect.
C
Language changes all the time. New words and phrases appear and develop. The words and pronunciations used by young people in the UK can be very different to those used by adults. Living in a multicultural(多元文化的) society has an effect on language, especially on young people, whose friends are often from a mix of backgrounds. TV and music also have big influence on the language of the young. Often UK singers sing in American accents(口音) without realizing.
Young British people use lots of language that you usually can’t find in most dictionaries. These informal words and expressions are known as “slang”. It is not possible to make a complete list of modern British slang. By the time the list was finished, it would be out of date! New words come and go like fashions.
However, here are a few examples:
Safe, sorted, sound, cool or wicked all mean “That’s good” or “I understand”.
Instead of using different tag questions like... isn’t it , can’t you or don’t they , people use innit.
Instead of saying very, really or completely, people use well.
Whatever means I don’t care.
“He’s fine” or “He’s fit” both mean “He’s good-looking”. “Fine” and “fit” can describe a boy or a girl.
Not everybody uses slang and not everybody likes it. A school in Sheffield, in the north of England, recently stopped its pupils using slang words such as hiya (hello), cheers and ta (both mean thank you). The head teacher says that if young people learn to speak “correctly”, this will help them get a place at university and a good job.
When British people use language like this, it’s no surprise that some students say they can’t understand native speakers. But perhaps learners don’t need to worry about communicating with native speakers so much. Research shows that most of the English spoken in the world today is spoken between non-native speakers of the language. In fact, when we think about “International English”, there is no such thing as a native or non-native speaker.
( )28. In the UK, you can find little slang in ________.
A. pop songs B. TV programmes C. most dictionaries D. young people’s language
( )29. The writer uses the example of a school in Sheffield to support that ________.
A. slang is out of date B. slang is changing quickly
C. slang words can be used easily D. some people don’t like slang
( )30. Which slang can be used in the following dialogue
—But the teacher says we can’t leave until we’ve finished.
—________. I’m going.
A. Sound B. Fine C. Cheers D. Whatever
( )31. What can we know from the passage
A. Learning English slang will help young people get a good job.
B. It is impossible to make a complete list of modern British slang.
C. The young people in the UK speak English slang less than adults.
D. English between non-native speakers in the world today includes a lot of English slang.
D
Zibo City Becomes Famous for Barbecue
Zibo city in Shandong has unexpectedly become famous on Chinese social media since late February for its local barbecue specialty, and this trend(趋势) continues as the local government takes the chance to promote tourism and spending.
The latest promotion allows visitors to visit the places of interest in the city for free with their train tickets as long as their final destination is Zibo. This move followed another on March 31 under which the Jinan bureau of China Railway added a weekend special round-trip “barbecue tour” train between Jinan.
Passengers who get on the train are greeted by a banner reading “Welcome to the Special BBQ Train” at the entrance of the train. Many also took videos and posted them on social media, drawing more visitors.
Barbecue is popular in China, and Zibo’s barbecue has its own local features: it’s made on a stove, and is served with flatbread and dressings. The food is 70-80 percent cooked before it is brought to the table, where diners can finish cooking it on their own stoves. Diners are served with flatbreads, scallions(大葱) and other dressings（调料） at the table so they are able to make their own barbecue parcels, in much the same way Peking Duck is eaten.
The barbecue suddenly became famous after a group of college students shot videos of themselves enjoying a meal in Zibo and posted them on social media in late February. Since then, many people, mostly young, have come to the city from all over the country to try the dish.
On several streets, lines can be seen outside barbecue restaurants, which stretch for more than 100 meters on the weekend.
“Zibo barbecue is bringing more and more people to the city, and the local government needs to think about how to promote the city as a whole, its culture and tourism, as well as its living and business environment,” said Sun Xiaorong, an expert of tourism marketing and promotion. The trend will eventually end if the local government doesn’t take proper follow-up measures, he added.
( )32. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about
A. Zibo city’s snacks. B. Zibo city’s places of interest.
C. The reasons why Zibo is famous recently. D. The challenges Zibo meets with at present.
( )33. What can we know about Zibo’s barbecue from Paragraph 4
A. It is very cheap and popular.
B. It is as delicious as Peking Duck.
C. It is totally toasted by the cook on the stove.
D. It is usually paired with flatbread and dressings.
( )34. What made Zibo’s barbecue suddenly well-known
A. Young people’s dreams. B. Local government’s actions.
C. Barbecue restaurants in Zibo city. D. Some college students’ videos.
( )35. What is Sun Xiaorong’s attitude towards the popularity of Zibo barbecue
A. Objective.(客观的) B. Hopeless. C. Curious. D. Doubtful.
B. 根据短文内容，从A-F选项中，选出5个适当的选项补全短文。
FAQs about giant pandas
What animal is black and white, cute and endangered It can only be the giant panda! Here are some interesting facts about them.
Why are giant pandas black and white
Scientists are not sure what’s behind their color, but think it has to do with camouflage(保护色). The panda’s white body color helps it hide in the snow, while the black part helps it hide in the shade.36. ▲ However, not all pandas are black and white. There is also a rare brown and white panda.
Why do giant pandas look so cute
Scientists say their round faces, snub(短平而上翘的) noses and way of walking remind us of human babies. Usually babies who have big eyes look cute. 37. ▲
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Researchers have spent years studying giant pandas in the wild. They have noticed that wild giant pandas normally start to be active before daybreak, rest and then reach a second active peak(高峰) again before sunset and then rest until late at night. 39. ▲ In summer and autumn, for example, activity levels are much higher in the daytime than at night.
What should we know when visiting giant pandas
It’s important for pandas to have a quiet environment. 40. ▲ Also, don’t throw food to pandas unless the panda keeper tells you it’s okay to do so, or it could cause them to get sick.
A.Daily activities often change with the seasons.
B.So don’t make noises or sudden movements that might scare them.
C.Do giant pandas stay active during the day and sleep at night like humans
D.Other scientists believe that their color may have something to do with finding a mate.
E.Similarly, the dark circles around the eyes make their eyes appear larger, so they look cute.
F.Giant pandas usually spend 10 to 12 hours feeding, 8 to 9 hours resting, and 2 to 3 hours playing.
第II卷（非选择题，共55分）
四、词汇运用。 (共两大题，计 25 分)
A. 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每词或短语限用一次。(共10小题；每小题1.5分，计15分)
Wu Ming, a 27-year-old German, is a big fan of Chinese culture, like the Shaolin kung fu. He has been learning TCM — traditional Chinese medicine since 2016. Now he 41 at Henan University of Chinese Medicine.
As he thought some illnesses can’t 42 well with modern medicine, he decided to study TCM. Wu came to Henan Province in 2015, where the TCM culture can be enjoyed because Henan Province is the 43 of Zhang Zhongjing. After learning the Chinese language for one year, he started to learn Chinese medicine. “TCM is one of the best parts in Chinese culture,” said Wu. He hopes to solve problems and understand Chinese culture by learning TCM.
Studying TCM also changed Wu’s mind and lifestyle. He used to spend much time playing computer games and stay up late every night, lost himself in this fast-paced but 44 lifestyle. But now he lives a healthy and peaceful life, practicing good habits like drinking tea and sitting 45 , as well as reading ancient books, 46 the Yin-Yang theory (理论) in TCM,
Wu also makes use of what he has learned 47 his family. Acupuncture (针灸) tools and Chinese medicine were welcomed when he went back to 48 home in Germany. With acupuncture and Chinese-style massages, many physical health problems of his families have been solved. Now, he always provides his family with some advice about staying healthy after he checks their tongues (舌头) online. Over time, his family began to understand his passion about TCM.
In Wu’s opinion, there’s no big difference between China and 49 countries. He plans to run a traditional Chinese clinic (诊所) in China or Germany after university, which could 50 a bridge between the two countries and make TCM and its culture known by more people.
B.根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。(共10小题；每小题1分，计10分)
In 2011, a tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant(福岛第一核电站) in Japan, l 51 to big nuclear damage(损害). To stop further problems, Japan d 52 to use water to cool the damaged reactors(反应堆).
Now, more than 1.3 million tons of water—enough to fill 500 Olympic sized swimming pools have been used since t 53 . It’s still going up with more than 100 tons every day. The water is p 54 by radioactive(放射性的) materials and is kept in storage tanks.
Without enough space to store the tanks, Japan said that it would release the wastewater into the Pacific Ocean this spring. On March 17, part of the equipment to release the wastewater started operation for the f 55 time, according to Japanese media TV Asahi.
This decision has caused a number of hot d 56 . The Japanese government insisted that the radionuclides(放射性核素) in the wastewater will have been mostly cleared. So it is safe to release the water into the ocean and it won’t be bad for the environment.
H 57 , not everyone agrees with this decision. Japan’s environmental groups and f 58 worry about the sea life and the fishing industry there, the BBC reported.
Some neighbouring countries, s 59 as South Korea, are worried about the possible problems brought on their own fishing industries and the environment. China, along with Russia, asked Japan a list of technical questions on the plan in May 2022. But the Japanese side was unable to answer these questions or talk f 60 about the matter.
On March 14, the Chinese Foreign Ministry once again denounced(谴责) Japan’s decision to release the wastewater into the sea.
五、读写结合。 (共两大题，计 30 分)
A.阅读并回答问题。 (共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，计 10 分)
The story behind “Bro Shank You”
Row Row Row Your Boat, a traditional English nursery rhyme, which is still popular today, has enjoyed a second wave of popularity because of a Chinese farmer.
Liu Tao, a middle-aged farmer from Yangshuo, Guilin, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, loves English and nicknames himself “Teacher Liu” on a short video platform(平台). Netizens(网友) are amused by his funny accent, and tease him calling him “Bro Shank You”.
“In the 1980s, so many international friends came to visit Yangshuo that they even outnumbered the Chinese people on the street. When seeing me, they would say hello.” Liu said. From then on, he dreamed of being an English tour guide.
He then returned home to do farm work, but he never stopped learning English. Borrowing textbooks from friends, Liu began homeschooling.
“Practice makes perfect. Only when I repeat one sentence several times, can I remember it.” Liu even has a diary of oral English where he wrote down many dialogues used in different occasions.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the local tourism, Liu remains true to his original aspiration. He turned to a short-video platform to introduce his hometown in both Chinese and English.
Some people laugh at Liu’s accent, but most of them show their support for him after hearing his story. “If you had been him, most of you might have given up.” “He is pretty good at self-learning!” “I do admire his thought of introducing his hometown.”
Liu doesn’t feel lost in people’s attention, as he knows too well how transient(转瞬即逝的) people’s attention can be. But he does hope that the audience can get happiness and enjoy the beautiful views of his hometown from his videos.
回答下面 5 个问题，每题答案不超过 6 个词。
Why has Row Row Row Your Boat enjoyed a second wave of popularity
What are netizens amused by
When did he dream of being an English tour guide
What did Liu Tao do after he borrowed textbooks from friends
What do you think of Liu Tao
B.书面表达 (共 1 题，计 20 分)
66. 近几年，我们被很多闪光的人物感动：有为国争光的奥运健儿，有抗击疫情的医护人员，有风雨无阻的快递小哥，有兢兢业业的社区工作人员……他们在各自的工作岗位上奉献着光和热。某英文网站正在开展“My ideal job”为主题的征文活动。请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你的未来职业设想，你这样选择的理由及如何使之实现。提示问题：
●What is your ideal job？
●Who or what experience makes you have such an idea
●How are you going to make it come true (at least 2 points)
注意事项：
1.词数 100 左右(文章开头已给出，不计入总数)；
2.文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息。
My ideal job
Everybody has his ideal job.
请将所有答案填写到答题卡上并仔细校对一卷涂卡和二卷填写
参考答案
补全对话 1-5 BFCAE
完型填空
6-10 DBCBA 11-15 AABBD 16-20 CCCAB
三、阅读理解
A. 21-23 DAB 24-27 CABD 28-31 CDDB 32-35 CDDA
B. 36-40 DECAB
四、词汇运用
A. 41. studies/is studying 42.be treated 43.hometown 44.unhealthy 45.silently
46.according to 47. to help 48. his 49. Western 50.serve as
B.51.leading 52.decided 53.then 54.polluted 55.first
discussions 57.However 58. fishermen 59. such 60. further
回答问题
Because of a Chinese farmer.
Liu Tao’s funny accent.They are amused by Liu’s accent. (写His funny accent. 得一分)
In the 1980s.
He began homeschooling/ teaching himself.
Hard-working./Modest./ He is good at self-learning.(言之有理即可）
写作（略）