江苏省盐城市盐城经济技术开发区2024-2025学年九年级上学期1月期末考试英语试题（含答案）

2024年秋学期九年级英语期末试卷
（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分 考试形式：闭卷）
一、补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
下面是手机群聊的界面，请根据聊天内容，从下面所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。
(Lily, Wendy and Amy are talking about their plan for the weekend.)
@ Lily @ Wendy September is a perfect time to hang out. 1 The weather is neither too cold nor too hot. Have you been to Binhai Bird Paradise 2 Me, neither. I hear there are many special birds there. 3 Good idea! How can we get there It’s not far. 4 That’s OK. Let’s meet at 10: 00 at the gate. Remember to take a camera. 5 Cool! I’m sure we’ll have a good time!
A. No, I haven’t. B. I agree with you. C. Taking a taxi would be a good choice. D. I can’t wait to go there! E. Shall we go there this Sunday F. We can take some pictures of birds.
2. 3. 4. 5.
二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)
阅读下面的短文，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。
When Dave was 18, he bought an secondhand car for＄200 so that he could travel to work more__6__ than by bus. It worked quite well for years, but then it got so old, and it cost him__6__much in repairs that he decided that he had better ___8___it.
He asked all his friends to see if anyone wanted to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so___9____ of them wanted to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was worried one evening, and said, “What’s ___10___, Dave ”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper You may ___11__more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s___12__was right , he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, __13___ very little oil, only two owners. Bargain (成交) at＄50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no __14___.But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to see the car. Dave felt very happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be__15___or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll ___ 16__my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to __17___ it.”
　The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, waiting there for the people who had answered his advertisement. Even Dave had to admit(承认) that the car really ___18__ like a wreck(残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean__19__ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this __20__ to us yet, sir ”
6. A. easily B. safely C. properly D. directly
7. A. so B. such C. very D. too
8. A. keep B. repair C. sell D. throw
9. A. some B. neither C. none D. most
10. A. on B. up C. it D. that
11. A. get B. miss C. learn D. find　
12. A. message B. advice C. request（要求） D. description
13. A. uses B. loses C. has D. spends　
14. A. doubt B. help C. trouble D. answer　
15. A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late　
16. A. follow B. meet C. bring D. introduce
17. A. praise B. get C. admire D. test
18. A. looked B. smelled C. tasted D. sounded
19. A. as B. that C. so D. such
20. A. bargain B. sale C. accident D. result
三、阅读理解
（一）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。（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）
A
As usual, Amber was hurrying to catch the yellow school bus. Luckily the traffic lights turned green as she was to cross the road, so she made it. When the bus passed a golden arch（拱形门）, it reminded her of a hamburger. She hadn’t had breakfast that morning because the fruit salad on the blue dish didn’t look delicious at all. However, Amber remembered that she was still on a diet. So now she was really in a black mood.
You may have noticed that several colours were used in the above story so as to help describe Amber’s morning. In fact, colours influence your life more than you can ever imagine. Take language for example: You may describe a sick person as being “a bit green”. To describe a depressed（沮丧的） person, you say that the person is “feeling blue”. In short, colours do add interest to daily conversations.
Besides, colours can be used in many parts of your daily life. Have you ever thought about why many school buses and taxis are painted yellow, and stop signs red Since yellow is the most eye-catching colour, it can catch people’s attention, especially in heavy traffic. As for red, it is the colour which usually shows warning. As a result, some traffic signs use this colour. For the same reason, hot- water taps are usually marked red.
The colours of a dining environment possibly decide how much you eat. Most fast-food restaurants are often decorated in bright colours such as red, yellow, orange, and white for the purpose of increasing people’s appetites（胃口）. This is because bright colours are natural colours found in many foods, and, therefore, able to raise people’s spirits. Blue, in comparison（对比）with bright colours, is said to lower people’s appetites because few foods are blue in nature. For those who are on a diet, blue dishes and bowls might help!
“Morning, Amber! What happened You look a bit green,” said Violet, Amber’s best friend.
“Nothing… just feeling … blue,” said Amber.
“Hey! Come to my place tonight. Do you know what I just bought A phone! It’s red-hot.”
Amber was tickled pink to have the chance to play with the phone and said, “Sounds great!”
21.According to the passage, if you are on a diet, ________ might help.
A.putting your food in a blue dish or bowl B.turning on a yellow light during the meal
C.painting the walls of the dining room white D.covering the dining table with an orange cloth
22.Most school buses are painted yellow because ________.
A.it tells other drivers to prepare to stop B.it helps bus drivers stay in a good mood
C.it can easily catch other people’s attention D.it is the colour that most school children like
23.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage
A.Colours influence people’s daily lives. B.Most fast-food restaurants are painted grey.
C.Different colours are used for different purposes. D.Colours make daily conversations more interesting.
B
It is said that Thomas Edison used to chase the twilight (追求模糊状态) moments between wakefulness and sleep. Supposedly, he used to fall asleep in a chair, holding two balls in his hands. As he nodded off, the balls fell down. The resulting noise woke him up. Then, he could write down his inventive ideas before he fell into a deep sleep and forgot them. This inspired a new study.
Researchers tested Edison's method of encouraging creativity with 103 healthy people. Volunteers came to the lab to solve a number problem. They were asked to change some numbers into a shorter sequence(序列). They were told to follow two simple rules. However, what the volunteers weren't told was that there was an easy trick to finish this task. The second number in the sequence would always be the correct final number.
After doing this task 60 times, volunteers got a 20-minute break. Volunteers held the similar balls that Edison used as "alarm clocks". The researchers told them to rest or sleep if they wanted to. All the while their brain waves were kept track of(跟踪). More than half of the volunteers stayed awake. Twenty- four fell asleep and stayed in the stage(阶段) of sleep called N1. Fourteen others progressed to N2, a deeper stage of sleep.
After their rest, volunteers returned to their number problem. People who reached the N1 stage of sleep were 2.7 times as likely to discover the hidden trick as people who stayed awake and were 5.8 times as likely to discover the trick as people who fell into a deeper sleep stage.
"Such obvious(明显的) differences in such experiments are not common," said Delphine Oudiette, a scientist. "We were quite surprised at the results, and more work is needed to show the connection between N1 and creativity." Interestingly, according to the result of the experiment, people may be able to learn to take advantage of that twilight stage of sleep. Undoubtedly. Edison is such a great person, but there is no need to pay too much attention to Edison's habit. He is also said to have considered sleep "a total waste of time".
24. Why did Edison chase the twilight moments between wakefulness and sleep
A. To fall asleep faster. B. To have inventive ideas. C. To keep healthy. D. To be different.
25. How many volunteers stayed awake after the researchers told them to rest or sleep
A. 65 B. 24 C. 14 D. 51
26. Who was the most likely to discover the hidden trick in the test
A. Volunteers who stayed awake. B. Volunteers who progressed to N2.
C. Volunteers who reached the N1 stage of sleep. D. All the volunteers who took part in the study.
C
Sending astronauts to Mars is a big challenge. Astronauts will have to take everything they need, including food, air and water. The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars.
Six astronauts on an eight-month trip to Mars will need at least 18,000 kilograms of water for drinking and washing. They’ll also need water to protect themselves from space rays which can pass right through spaceship walls and harm astronauts’ living cells. But a layer of water placed around the ship can stop the harm.
That’s a lot of water. And sending water into space is too expensive. It costs $33,000 to send one cup of water to Mars. The more you take, the more it costs. We have the technology to get to Mars, but the problem is that it’s too expensive.
But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem. Instead of building a heavy spaceship and packing it full of stuff (物料), why not use the stuff as part of the spaceship
Imagine a spaceship that blows up like a balloon. Inside, the walls have pockets like a big honeycomb (蜂巢). These hold lots of plastic bags filled with water, dried food and algae (水藻). All these make hard walls and great radiation (辐射) protection. And stopping radiation doesn’t influence the food or water itself—it’s safe to eat and drink. And what if the same water could be reused again and again Flynn and his team call their packed-pocket idea Water Walls.
Making oxygen and taking away CO2—the waste gas you breathe out—is another problem in space. “Water Walls will take away CO2 the same way it’s done here on our Earth—with living plants,” Flynn says. Living plants take in CO2 to make their food, and give off oxygen. “Plants are hard to grow in a spacecraft, so we use algae,” he says.
Algae are tiny plants that live in water. The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO2 and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe.
Flynn thinks his onboard recycling system has many advantages. He hopes it will help make flying to Mars a reality very soon.
27. What does the underlined phrase “packing a spaceship” in paragraph 1 most probably mean
A. Repairing things in a spaceship B. Recycling things in a spaceship
C. Checking things in a spaceship D. Putting things into a spaceship
28. What is the advantage of Flynn’s system
A.Cost is saved. B. Travelling time is saved. C. Plastic bags are saved. D. Food is saved.
29. What is one purpose of Flynn’s idea of Water Walls
A.To prevent space rays during the space trip. B. To make the whole spaceship stronger.
C. To control the temperature in the spaceship. D. To produce water in the spaceship.
30. Why are algae put in the plastic bags
A.To prevent water from being polluted. B. To serve as food for astronauts.
C. To provide oxygen for astronauts. D. To help other plants grow in a spaceship.
D
Once I took a vacation in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a full view of the blue sea, white buildings and green trees, I stopped to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo.
Unluckily, just as I took out my camera, a woman came from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, she was there to appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and looking at the shot I would finally take, I grew angry. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so lost in her world. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I looked at it, I found her figure (身影) in the photo was what made the photo interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow came to life because of her.
The photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined (破坏)” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure was once captured (捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall Perhaps we all live in each other’s private space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
31.What happened when the writer took out her camera
A.A friend got close from behind. B.Someone asked her to leave.
C.A woman was in front of her view. D.Her camera stopped working.
32. According to the writer, the woman was ________.
A.losing her patience B.enjoying the landscape
C.thinking about the past D.waiting for the sunset
33. In the writer’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive
A.The perfect position of the camera. B.The beautiful landscape.
C.The soft sunlight on that summer day. D.The woman in the photo.
34. The photo makes the writer have a better understanding of ________.
A.the importance of private space B.the beauty of the unexpected
C.the meaning of life D.the need to make friends
35. The passage is mainly about the writer’s ________.
A.unforgettable friendship B.memory of climbing a hill
C.art of taking photos D.thoughts on an experience
（二）阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通畅，结构完整，其中有一项为多余选项。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
Would you completely trust your friends if you couldn’t see anything Our teacher helped us to find the answer.
36. One day, he said that he had a game for us to try. He made us into two groups. One of the students from the first group stands in front of us with his eyes closed，and then falls backwards . The second group stands behind him. Before he falls on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt . Most of us felt bad with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would fall on the floor. 37. _ We just stood there and laughed.
Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl called Sarah, decided to move. She put her arms in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. 38.
For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor. 39.
We were all surprised，and were also encouraged . The girl was happy, too. Seeing this, Morrie felt happy and said to the girl, “When you close your eyes, you can’t see anything. You won’t feel safe . When you are falling, you may feel worried.
“But if you trust them, they won’t let you down. 40. But if you trust them, they won’t let you down.”
But before it, the other students caught her and finally helped her stand up. She looked quiet but not scared. C. You aren’t sure whether you will fall on the cold floor or the warm hands of your friends. D. Our teacher is named Morrie. E. We’re sure to fall to the floor with our eyes closed if nobody catches us from the behind. F. No one would like to try this game in front of the class.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
四、词汇运用
（一）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语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）
1
attention quick creative put up follow get low marks ten competition towards each
When I was in middle school, there was one thing that often made me nervous: competition. I couldn’t keep up with others. In exams, I always 41 , which made me very nervous. One day, all students were called to meet an education expert in our classroom. All of us were waiting for him when we saw a thin man come 42 us. He was full of confidence, with a smile on his face. He introduced himself to us and started his speech. It was very interesting and we were all listening with full 43 . After his speech, he said, “Now I need 20 students to take a talent test.”All of us 44 hands at the same time. He chose some students and gave 45 of them a question paper and said, “There are 10 questions on the paper, and the 46 one will be the winner!” The minute he told them to start, all the students started quickly. When the 47 was over, he said no one was the winner. We were all surprised. He said between the first instruction and the first question, there was another line which said, “Read all the questions carefully and answer only the 48 question.” No one saw the words. He told us not 49 other people blindly. He also said we should stay careful and 50 in life. His words encouraged me, and I no longer felt nervous about my studies and my life from that day on. I realized that to win success, the speed never matters.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
（二）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）
Denis Rancourt is a famous physics professor and a leading scientist in his field. He has published hundreds of scientific papers and dozens of books. One day, he d 51 to change the way he had been teaching for many years. Why
It all started a few years earlier. While doing research, he found that both water and land were p 52 , and animals were disappearing.
“What should I do ” he asked himself, “Should I continue to focus on my own teaching and research, or should I do something to s 53 these things from happening ”
As a person who cares d 54 about the environment, he started doing things differently. He began with a science course which was open to everyone. He i 55 speakers to give talks on topics such as environmental policy, poverty, medical care, war, globalization, trade. He encouraged students to think, d 56 , and take action to make the world a better place. Once, a hall was filled with more than 120 people to listen to these speeches, i 57 two l2-year-old twins.
He became a controversial (有争议的) figure on campus. Some people admired him for his bravery, sense of society and for his exciting teaching m 58 . Others argued that he was damaging the reputation (名誉) of the university.
In an interview, he was asked w 59 he did all of this at the risk of his own career. “As educators, we should make people realize problems. What m 60 most is to stop the bad things from happening, whether they are China or in foreign countries.”
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
五、读写综合
（一）阅读并回答问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
Zhou Qi is a 17-year-old student from Hangzhou. Zhejiang. Last September he broke the Guinness (吉尼斯) World Record for the most single skips in one minute, with a result of 374. The record had stood unbroken for ten years. Daisuke Mimura from Japan held it with 348 skips in 2013.
Interestingly, Zhou’s new record is not even his personal best. “My best performance was 396 times in one minute. That was done in the 2nd Primary and Secondary School Students’ Rope Skipping Championship in 2020. My coach said I had already broken the world record. It was at that time that I made up my mind to apply for the Guinness World Record,” Zhou said.
However, the road to success was far from smooth. For years, Zhou practised with a special steel rope designed for competítion. It’s light and strong. But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid (无效). After online communication with the records management team, Zhou quickly changed to a common rope recognized (认证) by the Guinness World Records. He soon got used to it.
Whatever kind of rope Zhou used, his strict training stood him in good sporting condition. Zhou has been in the school rope skipping team for seven years. He has jumped rope for about four hours each day. He would also run around the playground to improve his physical strength.
Now a high school student, Zhou said he’ll put his studies first. But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
61. When did Zhou Qi break the Guinness World Record for the most single skips
What is Zhou Qi’s Guinness World Record for the most single skips
63. Why was Zhou Qi’s first Guinness application considered invalid
64.Which English saying will you use to describe Zhou Qi according to Paragraph 4
65. What is Zhou Qi’s dream
（二）书面表达（共1题，计20分）
66.如今，人工智能(artificial intelligence，简称AI)已走进人们的生活，它正迅速地改变着世界。一方面，它给大家带来诸多便利，比如，有的翻译软件，它能使人们轻松与外国人交流，在医院……。另一方面，它也引发不少问题，例如很多工作将被人工取代，许多人会失去工作，有的人过于依赖AI 而不会自己思考了……。请你根据下表提示，以“AI in Our Life”为题写一篇英语短文，介绍同学们的不同观点，并谈谈你的看法。
advantage life, easy; translation apps; in hospital, read pictures …
disadvantage problem; job, be taken; depend on, think less …
your opinion use properly …
写作要求：
1. 文中须包含所选观点的要点提示，并结合自身实际，可适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现考生的真实姓名和学校姓名：
3. 词数100左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
AI in Our Life
Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) has come into almost every part of our daily lives, and it’s changing our world really fast.
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参考答案
一、补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
1-5BAECF
二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
6-10 AACCB 11-15 ABADB 16-20 CDAAC
三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，计40分）
21-25ACBBA 26-30CDAAC 31-35CBDBD 36-40DFBAC
四、词汇运用
（一）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语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）
41.got low marks 42.towards　 43.attention 44. put up　 45. each　
46.quickest petition　 48. tenth 49. to follow 50. creative
（二）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）
51.decided 52.polluted 53.stop 54.deeply 55.invited
56.discuss 57.including 58.methods 59.why 60.matters
五、读写综合
（一）阅读并回答问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
61. Last September.
62.374.
63.Because of the rope he used.
64. Hard work pays off.
65. To beat his own record.
（二）书面表达 （共1题，计20分）
AI in Our Life
Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) has come into almost every part of our daily lives, and it’s changing our world really fast.
On the one hand, AI makes our lives much easier. For example, we can talk to people from other countries easily with the help of some translation apps. In the hospital, doctors can use AI to read pictures and find diseases early.
On the other hand, AI brings some problems. Lots of jobs might be taken by AI. Many people will lose their jobs because of this. What’s more, some people depend too much on AI. They don’t want to think by themselves any more.
In my opinion, we should use AI properly. We should find ways to stop the bad things about AI. Only in this way can AI do more good for us and serve us well.