九年级英语月考试题卷
2024.3
一、完形填空（共 8 小题, 计 8 分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第
一个方框供 1-4 小题选用，第二个方框供 5-8小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项
剩余。
A. had to B. unless C. got lost D. borrow E. if
A long time ago, there was a kind businessman named Antonio in Venice. One day, his
friend Bassanio wanted to ask a lady named Portia to marry him. But he didn’t have any money
to buy clothes and travel to her city. The man then tried to ___1___ some money from his friend
Antonio.
However, Antonio had spent all of his money on some ships at sea. So he decided to borrow
money from Shylock, a money-lender.
“I can lend you money,” said Shylock. “But ___2__ you don’t return it on time, you must
give me a pound of your own flesh（肉）.” Antonio agreed.
Bassanio asked Portia to marry him successfully, but Antonio’s ships ___3___ at sea. This
meant that he had no way to return the money to Shylock. He ___4___ face Shylock in court
（法庭）.
A. without B. cut off C. herself D. with E. punished
Bassanio wanted to help his friend, but he didn’t know what to do. Then portia dressed
__5___ up as a male lawyer（律师）and followed Bassanio to the court. She checked the contract
（合同）between Shylock and Antonio. Then, she told the court that Shylock could ___6___ one
pound of Antonio’s flesh. But he had to do it __7___making Antonio lose blood.
This, of course, was impossible. The court ___8___ Shylock for trying to kill Antonio. The
court took half of his money and gave the other half to Antonio.
二、阅读理解（共 12 小题, 计 24 分）
A
Words in the Snow
In the time of the Yellow Emperor, there were no written words. People recorded things by
tying knots（打结）in ropes and carving（雕刻） shapes on stone walls. One day, the Yellow
Emperor discussed an event with a wise man named Cang Jie. Cang took out a piece of knotted
rope, but found it was rotten（腐烂的）. It was impossible for him to remember the event clearly.
Then he turned to a stone wall, but could hardly read the shapes on it. They had been carved by
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another person except himself.
“The ropes will be rotten. And the shapes can only be read by a few people, "the emperor
said to Cang. “Can you come up with something better ”
Cang thought over the matter for days and nights. On the morning after a heavy snowfall,
the earth was completely white. He saw the footmarks of some different animals by accident.
These footmarks helped him to recognize what animals had passed by. Cang suddenly had an
idea. He picked a stick and drew on the snow-covered ground. He first drew a tiger and a bear
to show that they had passed by. But soon, he found this was taking too much time. He realized
that he had to make the drawings easier.
All the shapes on the stone walls flashed through his mind. Cang kept making all kinds of
shapes on the ground easier. To show the sun, for example, he used a circle with a dot（小点）in
the middle. A half-circle and a vertical line（竖线）made up the moon. And three curves（曲线）
were used to show water. Later, the sun appeared. These simple marks shone brightly in the
snow.
In the end Cang created a whole set of symbols to record things. People could easily
understand these symbols. Since then, they have been able to record their own history.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
9. Cang Jie couldn’t remember the event clearly because he couldn’t ________.
A. record things by tying knots in ropes
B. carve shapes on the stone walls
C. read the rotten rope or the shapes about it
10. The underlined word “recognize” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.
A. know B. praise C. accept
11. In Paragraph 4, the writer explains Cang’s simple marks by ________.
A. giving some advice B. giving several examples C. asking a few questions
12. The passage mainly tells us _________.
A. what reminded Cang Jie to use shapes or marks to show different things
B. why Cang Jie was asked to come up with better ways to record things
C. how Cang Jie created a whole set of symbols to record things
B
Migratory birds （候鸟）fly to different places during different seasons. They may fly day
and night for months at a time. During this long journey, when and how do they sleep
In 2016, some scientists studied a group of frigate birds（军舰鸟）during a ten-day flying
journey. They found that frigate birds can sleep while they’re flying! According to this study,
these birds take two kinds of short sleep.
The first is called Rapid Eye Movement（REM, 快速动眼）sleep. It is the deepest period of
sleep. For humans, REM sleep can continue for many minutes. For flying birds, however, REM
sleep continues for only a few seconds（秒）. Even so, this period of sleep is still very important
for their brain health.
The other kind of short sleep is “half sleep”. Frigate birds put only half of their brain to
sleep, while the other half stays awake. The eyes of these birds are always connected to the
waking part of their brain. In other words, they sleep with their eyes open. It is still a little
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dangerous to take such a short sleep, though. So, these birds prefer to stay awake most of the
time. Before reaching land, they spend less than three percent of their time sleeping.
However, not all migratory birds sleep in this way. Many will make several stops on their
way to get a good rest. Some stay completely awake for their whole journey. Alpine Swifts（高山
雨燕） , for example, can keep flying for nearly 200 days. There are few signs of these birds
sleeping during their long trips.
The sleeping habits of birds are different from species（物种） to species. This makes the
study of migratory birds very exciting for scientists. In the future, we may learn more amazing
things about these animals!
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
13. What do we know about frigate birds
A. Their REM sleep continues for many minutes.
B. They don’t sleep during their long trips.
C. They can sleep with their eyes open.
14. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage （P=Paragraph）
A. B. C.
15. After the study of migratory birds, the scientists have found ________.
A. the sleeping habits of birds are different from species to species
B. why migratory birds fly to different places during different seasons
C. all migratory birds spend a little time sleeping during a long journey
16. What’s the best title for the passage
A. Alpine Swifts’ 200-day Trip B. Frigate Birds’ Flying Journey C. Sleeping in the Sky
C
The Bird Mask
Today, doctors know a lot about how to stop germs (病菌 ) from spreading. They suggest
people cover their mouths when they cough. Washing your hands often also helps.
However, people haven’t always known about germs. For many years, even doctors didn’t
really understand how illnesses spread. ___17___ Some doctors even tried dressing like birds.
In 1619, the French doctor, Charles de Lorme, invented a special uniform. He hoped it
could protect doctors who were treating plague (瘟疫 ) patients. The uniform had a long coat,
gloves, boots (靴子) and a hat.
The doctors also carried sticks so they wouldn’t have to touch the patients. The most
special part of the uniform was the mask (面具).
___18___ It had a beak (鸟嘴) that was about 15 cm long. There were also two eye holes
cowered in glass and two nostril (鼻孔) holes.
At that time, doctors believed the plague was spread by bad air. Any air that had a bad
smell was dangerous. ___19___ They believed this could stop them from breathing the bad air
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and they wouldn’t get sick because of the plague.
Did it work Well, not really. Certainly the germs sometimes traveled through the air, and
the flowers weren’t able to stop them. ___20___
Some forms of plague only spread through certain animals such as mice. The doctors’
uniform helped to protect them from this danger. However, largely the coat, gloves, boots and
hat did the job, not the bird mask.
根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. The bird mask helped to protect the doctors from this danger.
B. Many doctors still got sick by breathing through the nostril holes in their masks.
C. The mask made the doctors look like birds.
D. So the doctors put flowers in the beak of their masks.
E. They did many things to avoid getting sick.
四、语法填空（共 15 小题, 计 15 分）
A
One day,a man was walking by the corner of a street. There he met 21______ little boy
holding a bird cage and selling the birds inside. He stopped and looked very sadly 22_______ the
birds. The birds in the cage were screaming, trying to fly away.
After 23________(stand) for a moment,he said to the boy,“How much does your bird cost
I want...”
“One dollar and fifty cents, sir,"the boy answered quickly.
“I'm afraid that you are mistaken. I'm not asking how much it is,"the man said.“I'd like
24______ (buy) all of them. What I ask is how much you want for them.”
Hearing this, the boy 25.___(happy) counted the number of the birds in the cage.
“They cost five dollars. ”
“Here's the money!”
The boy counted excitedly. However,he then was 26.______ (surprise) to find all the birds
had flown away.
“Oh! What did you do that for,sir You don't even get a bird!"the boy asked.
“My boy, let me 27.______ (tell) you why,"the man said.“I have no right to get them.
They are our friends, so we should give them freedom.”
B
The willow branch(柳树枝）is a part of the willow tree. In ancient China, willow branches
were often used as a parting gift between friends and family 28.______(member). Even today,
willow branches 29.______ (mention) in many cases as a symbol of saying goodbye. Do you
know why
One reason is that willow trees are strong.They can live 30._____ (easy) in any place, wet or
dry, north or south. Because of this, giving a willow branch to say goodbye to loved ones is a
way to tell them you hope they will get used to 31._____(they) new living environment.
For another reason, the pronunciation for the willow tree aliu(柳）”is similar 32._____ the
character “ liu （留）” in Chinese, which means inviting someone to stay only the tones are
different. So 33._____ (offer ) a willow branch means asking the other party to stay for a longer
time, even though we know that they must leave.
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It's said that this custom became popular during the Han Dynasty. At that time, Baqiao, a
bridge in Chang'an, today's Xian, was 34______ common place to say goodbye.
People often 35._____(stop) there and handed willow branches to people who were leaving.
六、阅读表达（共 5小题, 计 10 分）
阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。
Rob Frenette, a Canadian boy, was often bullied （欺凌）at school. He was often lonely and
scared. When he was fifteen, however, he decided to do something about his problems. He
walked into a newspaper office and told them about the bullying. His story went into the
newspaper and soon, all the TV stations in Canada wanted to talk to him about his experiences.
They also wanted to hear his ideas about how to stop bullying.
In his free time after school, Rob helps other people with bullying problems.
With his friend Katie Neu, he set up the website www. bullyingcanada.ca. On the website,
visitors can find advice, stories and poems about bullying, in both English and French. When
people are upset, they can talk on the phone or online to Rob and his team.
Every weekend, Rob answers e-mails from people who have been bullied at school. He also
speaks to children and teachers around Canada about bullying.
Rob’s most important message is: “When you’re bullied, there’s nothing wrong with you.
So, keep trusting yourself. And remember that there are people who care about your problems.
You just have to find those people. ”
One of Rob’s ideas is “Blue Day”, a special day that works to stop the problem of bullying
in schools. On that day, students have to wear blue clothes, and in class, they learn how to stop
bullying from happening. More than 150 Canadian schools now celebrate Blue Day. Rob says he
won’t stop until there is Blue Day in every school in Canada.
36. Why did Rob Frenette often feel lonely and scared
37. How did Rob solve his problems at the age of fifteen
38. List two ways Rob helps other people with bullying problems.
39. What do you think of Rob Frenette And why
40. What can you learn from the story
七、补全对话（共 4小题, 计 8 分）
阅读下面对话，在每个空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整，合乎情境。
Tina: Kate, you showed an old photo on WeChat yesterday. There are two kids and their
parents in it. Is that your family photo
Kate: Yes, it is.
Tina: _____41_____
Kate: It was taken in 2018.
Tina: Is that little baby in the photo your younger sister
Kate: Yes, she is a lovely girl. What about you Do you have a brother or sister
Tina: _____42_____. I am the only child in my family.
Kate: Really How does it feel to be an only child ____43____
Tina: No, I haven’t. I’ve never felt lonely. I have two cousins who live nearby. They’re just
like my brothers.
Kate: My cousins live in Qingdao. We don’t see each other often.
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Tina: What a pity! May I ask what your parents do
Kate: My father is an engineer and my mother is a doctor. What about your parents
Tina: My father is a computer programmer. He is good at computer. _____44_____. She
teaches art at a local school. They’re very busy, but they always make time for me. I think
family is the most valuable thing in the world.
Kate: I agree.
八、书面表达（计 15 分）
45. 假定你是李嘉，请阅读下面的邮件，用英语表示愿意帮忙并根据邮件内容回复。可以适当
发挥。要求：
1. 词数 80 左右，开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数；
2. 语言通顺，条理清楚，书写规范；
3. 文中不要出现任何真实人名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。
Dear Li Jia,
How’s it going We’re doing a project at school about how teenagers around the world
relax. I’d really like you to help me, if you can! So, can you tell me:
-what is your favorite way to relax
-how long you’ve done it
-how often you do it
-whether relaxing is important and why
Thanks very much, and write soon!
Bert
Dear Bert,
Thanks for your e-mail.
______________________________________________________________________________
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Best wishes!
Li Jia
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1-4 DECA 5-8 CBAE
二、阅读理解
9-12 CABC 13-16 CBAC 17-20 ECDB
三、语法填空
21.a 22.at 23.standing 24.to buy 25.happily
26.surprised 27.tell 28.members 29.are mentioned
30.easily 31.their 32.to 33.offering 34.a
35.stopped
四、阅读表达
36.Because he was often bullied at school.
37. He told his story in public./He walked into a newspaper office and told them about the bullying.
38.He set up a website./He set up "Blue Day"./He answers people with bullying problems on the phone/online/by e﹣mail.
39. He is brave and great.Because he helps not only himself but also others.
40. Don't run away from our problems.
五、补全对话
41.When was it taken？ / When was the photo taken ？
42. No.I don't./No
43. Have you （ever） felt lonely
44.My mother is a teacher./My mother is an art teacher
六、作文
Dear Bert，
Thanks for your e﹣mail.I'm happy.【高分句型一】I'd like to tell you about how I relax.（点题，表示愿意帮忙）
There are many ways to relax，but my favorite way to relax is hiking.At the age of 12，I went hiking with my parents for the first time.And I have been in love with it since then.I go hiking with my friends or parents on weekends.We can enjoy the fresh air and the peaceful country scene.Also，we can have a talk happily.（放松的方式）
Relaxing is very important for me.【高分句型二】If I keep studying for a long time without relaxing，I'll feel very tired.This is bad for my health.However，if I relax myself by hiking，I'll feel happy and energetic .All in all，relaxing is good for my body and mind.（放松的原因）
Best wishes!（结尾，表示祝愿）
