北京市良乡第二中学2020-2021学年第二学期九年级英语开学考试试题（word版含答案，无听力题）

初 三 英 语 开 学 考 试 试 题

知识运用（共24分）
一、选择填空（本大题共12小题，每小题0.5分，共6分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Mr. White is very kind to others. We all like ＿＿very much.
A. me B. him C. her D. us
2. It’s difficult for me to learn French, ＿＿ I don’t want to give it up.
A. or B. and C. but D. so
3. Ben is one of ________ students in our class. He keeps doing sports every day.
A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. the strongest
4. When I got to the classroom, my friend Bob ＿＿ the floor.
A. is cleaning B. was cleaning C. cleaned D. has cleaned
5. — What’s your plan for this weekend, Lucy?
— I_________ my grandparents
A. visit B. will visit C. visited D. have visited
6. — What do you think of the film The Wandering Earth?
— It’s great. I it three times.
A. see B. am seeing C. have seen D. will see
7. —______will it take to drive to Tianjin？
—For about 2 hours．
A. How long B. How far C. How old D. How often
8. You walk on the wet hill path because you fall and hurt yourself.
A. must; might not B. mustn’t; might
C. needn’t; need D. must; must
9. — Son, you have never been abroad, I’m worried about you.
— Don’t worry, mom. As soon as I arrive, I _______ you.
A. call B. will call C. called D. am calling
10. — Grandpa, who is the cute boy in this photo?
— It’s your father. It about 30 years ago.
A. took B. will take C. was taken D. will be taken
11. —Lucy , you can’t use the phone _____ we are far from the gas（天然气）station.
—OK, I won’t do that again.
A. after B. when C. though D. until
12. —What a nice shirt！Can you tell me＿＿？
—Sure，at the shopping center near our school．I went there last Sunday
A. where you bought it B. where did you buy it
C. where you will buy it D. where will you buy it
二、完形填空（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
When Jayce Crowder was in kindergarten，he was sad that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. He had one.
“It started when one boy made fun of him,” says his mother, Cortney Lewis. Jayce’s enthusiasm 13 . He’d return to their home with questions: Why am I different? Why me?
Lewis admitted she didn’t know what to do at that point. How could she 14 answers to her son’s questions when she had never found those answers herself?
A few weeks later, Lewis turned on the TV to a news story about an eighth grader from Washington, Iowa. Trashaun Willis, then 14, had become an Internet 15 after posting videos of his slam dunks (灌篮), and, like Jayce, he was missing most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He was completely attracted, watching dunk after dunk.
At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be an inspiring moment for Jayce. But little did Lewis know that a family friend had already reached out to the Des Moines Register，asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce’s confidence.
The boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon a couple of months later，and stuck together like glue immediately. The day was not spent wallowing (沉浸) in self-pity—it was full of 16 . They rode bikes around the school’s hallways， took photos, played hide-and-seek, and shot baskets. Trashaun 17 gave Jayce a shirt that says “Ten lingers are overrated.”
At one point，Trashaun did get serious with Jayce. He said not to let anyone drag him down（make him weak）and not to let words 18 his confidence. Since that meeting，Lewis has seen a visible difference in her son，who is now seven and in second grade. He recently started wrestling and loves it. Lewis points to Trashaun’s 19 . “Meeting him，” she said，“made Jayce 20 that there are others like him.”
As for Trashaun，his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids，perhaps as a youth coach with a nonprofit organization devoted to coaching kids with limb (肢体) disabilities.
“Honestly，it means a lot to know that I changed Jayce’s life，” Trashaun says. Still，he never dreamed that his videos would have such an effect. “I just thought my friends would see my videos and be like，‘Oh，he dunked it!’” Obviously，he did more than that!
13. A. doubled B. returned C. improved D. disappeared
14. A. discover B. forget C. provide D. inform
15. A. hit B. winner C. fan D. user
16. A. fun B. pride C. sadness D. silence
17. A. still B. just C. even D. again
18. A. gain B. lose C. fix D. shake
19. A. influence B. action C. attitude D. education
20. A. expect B. promise C. understand D. suggest
阅读理解(（共38分）
三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，
选择最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）
A
Interesting festivals in the world
Throwing tomatoes—Spain Spain takes “tomatoes fights” to a whole new level. But the tomatoes are thrown, not eaten. The festival takes place during the last Wednesday in August. Trucks carry tomatoes into the square. People rush to the tomatoes and throw them into the crowd.
Rolling cheese—England This festival is celebrated on the last Monday in May. It takes place on Cooper’s Hill. A large wheel of cheese is rolled down Cooper's Hill. The festival is actually a race where people run down the hill after the rolling cheese. The first person to cross the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese.
Burning man—The United States The Burning Man Festival lasts a week, it falls on the first Monday in September in America. The festival takes place in the Black Rock Desert. The best part of the festival is the burning of a large sculpture(雕塑) of a man.
Pouring water—Thailand The Songkran Festival is the celebration of the New Year in Thailand. Thailand celebrates the New Year from April 13th to April 15th. Thai people run after each other and pour water.
Songkran is one of the most important reasons why foreigners travel to the beautiful land.
Enjoying snow & Ice —China Snow & Ice Festival is held in Harbin in China from Jan. 5th to Feb 5th every year. It lasts a month. The Harbin festival is the largest snow and ice festival in the world. There are all kinds of full-size buildings made of ice and many ice and snow sports activities. All of the people in Harbin do ice and snow activities.
21. When will you probably go to England to enjoy rolling cheese?
A. In February. B. In April. C. In May. D. In August.
22. Which festival is held in the Black Rock Desert?
A. Throwing tomatoes. B. Rolling cheese.
C. Burning man. D. Pouring water.
23. Where will you go if you want to enjoy snow & Ice in January?
A. China. B. England. C. The United States. D. Thailand.
B
Preschool girl lifts old man’s spirits
When Tara Wood brought her daughter to a grocery store to buy the four-year-old some cupcakes, she had no idea that would be a life-changing experience.
As Tara pushed her daughter Norah around the store last month, she passed an old man who was by himself. The old man looked cold, until Norah shouted to him, “Hi! It’s my birthday today!” The man stopped and his demeanor changed from distant and serious to warm and friendly. “How old are you today?” the man asked. After some time talking together, Norah asked her mom to take a picture of her with her new friend “Mr. Dan”, Dan Peterson, 82. They hugged and after ten minutes went their separate ways. That could have been the end of the story. But it is actually the beginning of a special relationship.
Tara posted the picture of her daughter and Mr. Dan on Facebook and someone who recognized him reached out to her with his contact information. It turned out that Mr. Dan’s wife died in March and he had been suffering from depression and anxiety ever since. The person on Facebook told Tara that it was the first time they had seen Mr. Dan smile since the death of his wife. Knowing that, Tara got in touch with Mr. Dan, and ever since Norah and the 82-year-old have developed a friendship unlike any other. “She has shown me a depth of love, a depth that I didn’t know existed,” Mr. Dan told the reporter.
Mr. Dan told Tara that before meeting Norah, he hadn’t had one night of uninterrupted sleep. Anxiety kept him up at all hours and made him restless. After meeting Norah, he said he now sleeps soundly. For Mr. Dan’s 82nd birthday on October 20, the mother and the daughter brought balloons and presents—and, of course, cupcakes. Mr. Dan will also spend a day around Thanksgiving with Norah and her family. “If you don’t take the time to notice people, you will never know how you can positively impact a life,” Tara Wood said.
24. Mr. Dan looked cold because ________.
A. he felt lonely B. he disliked little kids
C. nobody had hugged him D. he knew little about Norah
25. The underlined word “demeanor” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. words B. body C. thoughts D. attitude
26. How did Tara know more about Mr. Dan?
A. From a news reporter. B. From a stranger.
C. From a shop assistant. D. From his neighbor.
C
Have you ever been angry with your parents about putting away the iPad or turning off a video game? Most families are having these fights. In 2018, Brigham Young University and Deseret News did their American Family Survey. It showed that the Number One worry for parents about teenagers was too much technology.
If you’re in school now, you may not remember a time before there were smartphones and tablets everywhere. The iPhone came out in 2007 and the iPad a few years later, in 2010. But screen time is nothing new. When your parents were growing up, they watched as much television as you do now, or even more. They probably played video games, too.
Mobile devices (设备) are different, though, because they can come with us everywhere we go: to the dinner table, to restaurants, into the car, into the bedroom when we’re going to sleep. They are always trying to make us pick them up or keep using them. That’s part of what makes smartphones smart! But it also means that they always stop us from having family time. And unlike with TV, which people often watch as a family, everyone—including parents—is now distracted (分心) by his or her own little machine.
Studies show that too much screen time can cause problems. More than two hours a day of screen time raises your risk of being overweight. Too much screen time at night stops you from getting healthy sleep. Children who grow up with the most screen time (several hours a day) can have a hard time doing well in school. And many families fight about screen time, which is no fun for anyone.
The solution is to talk about screen time. Make an agreement with your family about where, when, and how you are going to use computers and other devices. No more than an hour a day is suggested for children during the school week. Parents, too, should put down their phones.
When you do use a device, remember to enjoy it with your family, perhaps by playing games or watching a movie. The American Academy of Pediatrics says it’s the best way for children to grow up healthy in our digital world.
27. According to the survey, what do teenagers’ parents worry most?
A. Teenagers do badly at school.
B. Teenagers have fights with classmates.
C. Teenagers have risks of being overweight.
D. Teenagers spend too much time in front of screens.
27. The writer compares mobile devices with televisions to explain _____________.
A. why parents prefer watching TV
B. why mobile devices lead to less family time
C. why smartphones are smarter than televisions
D. why mobile devices can cause health problems
29. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To give parents advice on using smartphones.
B. To introduce the development of new technology.
C. To tell children how to use mobile devices in a right way.
D. To ask children to spend less time playing computer games.
D
Feeling sad is an important part of human nature.
Jerome Wakefield, a professor at New York University, mentions that feeling down after your heart is broken is normal and may even be beneficial. Recently, Wakefield’s students have been coming up to him because their parents are pressuring them to get help for their sadness; often the kids want no part of it. Rather than “listen to medicine,” they want to listen to their hearts. He believes these students’ reaction represents an important part of human nature.
Professor Diener, who has studied happiness for a quarter century, finds that the Scots and many other peoples like being sad, and don’t appreciate being told they should be happier. “They say too much happiness might not be such a good thing, no matter where it comes from,” says Diener. He believes it’s wrong for the “happiness industry” to send the message that not only can we all be happier, but we have a duty to be so. He argues that what is considered normal sadness is something we shouldn’t avoid.
Eric Wilson, a professor at Wake Forest University, made every effort to smooth out his habitual frown and wear a sunny smile, since a happy expression can lead to happy feelings. He even tried to be enthusiastic. When neither of these made him happy, he concluded that such a happiness movement was no good for him at all. Americans, love for happiness, he writes, creates an environment where sadness is not valued.
These researchers believe the problem of continuous, extreme happiness should not be surprising, since negative emotions developed for a reason. Fear warns us against the presence of danger, for instance. Sadness, too, seems to be part of our DNA: monkeys, dogs and elephants all display something that looks like sadness. Being “up” all the time can cause you to play down very real threats.
They believe that only by experiencing sadness can we experience the fullness of the human condition. Their studies show that when you are in a negative frame of mind, you become more logical and more creative. Abraham Lincoln was not limited by his dark moods, and Beethoven composed his later works in a sad state. Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickinson and other artistic giants saw the world through a glass darkly.
People who are somewhat unhappy are more motivated to improve both their own lot and the lot of their community. In contrast, people at the top of the happiness charts feel no such urgency. “If you’re totally satisfied with your life,” says Diener, “you don’t feel like working for change. Be careful when people tell you that you should be happier.”
30. According to Jerome Wakefield, the students refuse to get help for their sadness because _______.
A. they believe they have a duty to be happy
B. they prefer to experience sadness themselves
C. they think it useless to take medicine for sadness
D. they trust their professors more than their parents
31. From the article we can learn that ___________.
A. experiencing sadness may help artists create their works
B. sadness will make people aware of the meaning of happiness
C. if you tell the Scots to be happier, they will be grateful to you
D. Eric Wilson managed to achieve happiness by avoiding sadness
32. What does the underlined phrase “smooth out” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. carry on B. hand out C. get rid of D. pay attention to
33. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Value of Sadness B. People Prefer Sadness
C. How to Become Happier D. Happiness Could Be Harmful
四、阅读与表达 (本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)
阅读短文, 根据其内容回答问题。
Most of us probably dreamed about becoming an astronaut when we were little. But how many of us have actually become one, or are at least working toward it? It’s true that the advice “Always follow your dreams” is something that is typically easier said than done.
But still, this is the one piece of advice that Alyssa Carson wants to share with her peers. This 17-year-old girl from the US has become one of the candidates (候选人) for NASA’s 2033 project to go to Mars. If everything goes well, Carson will be one of the first human beings to ever set foot on the red planet.
Carson began to dream of going to mars when she was only three years old. After watching an astronaut-themed cartoon and hearing from her father that humans had only been to the moon but not Mars. Carson decided that she wanted to be the first one to do so.
To realize her dream, she has worked hard toward it. At the age of 12, Carson became the first person to attend all three NASA space camps, and she sat with real astronauts to discuss the future of Mars missions. Now 17, Carson is continuing with her space training while still taking on her high school work like a “normal” teenager, except that she studies all her subjects in four languages-English, French, Spanish and Chinese.
“I don’t think there’s anything specific that makes it easier for me or makes it something that others can’t do,” Carson said in an interview. “I’ve just really focused myself on what I want to accomplish.”
Besides, Carson is willing to make sacrifices (牺牲) for her dream. She’s fully aware of the danger of the mission and the possibility that she might never be able to come back. She also accepts the fact that she can’t get married and start a family because any loved ones left on Earth may be a distraction for her and for the mission. But Carson believes that it’s all worth it, summarizing her view with this ancient Greek proverb she once quoted, “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they’ll never sit in.”
While some people’s dreams may sound out of this world, Carson is on her way.
34. Where is Carson from?
_________________________________________________________________________
35. When did Carson begin to dream of going to Mars?
_______________________________________________________________________
36. What languages is Carson learning?
_______________________________________________________________________
37. Why can’t Carson get married and start a family?
_______________________________________________________________________
38. What does Carson do to follow her dream?
_______________________________________________________________________
书面表达(共10分)
五、文段表达（共10分）
39.从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文大意和英文提示词语，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的英文文段。所给英文提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
题目①
假如你是李华,你们学校正在开展“读书月”宣传活动，倡议大家制作关于多读书的主题海报，你们班交换生Peter给你发邮件询问相关事情。请用英语回复一封邮件，告诉他海报上交的时间，并分享你设计海报的一些想。
提示词语: design，careful，benefit，choose, picture
提示问题: ●When should you hand in the poster?
● What would you like to share with Peter about designing the poster?
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your email ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________If there is anything more that I can help with, please let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
题目②
培养独立自主的生活能力对中学生非常重要。独立自主的生活能力包括自主安排时间、自觉完成作业、自己整理房间、做饭等。某英文网站正在开展以“培养独立自主的生活能力”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你在生活中能独立自主做哪些事情，还需要在哪些方面改进。
提示词语：manage time, waste, tidy up，learn
提示问题：●What can you do independently in your daily life?
●What do you need to improve?
参考答案
一、选择填空（本大题共12小题，每小题0.5分，共6分）
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
B C D B B C A B B C D A
二、完形填空（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
D C A A C D A C
三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
C C A A D B A B C B A C A
四、阅读与表达 (本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)
59. The US
60. When she was only three years old.
61. English, French, Spanish and Chinese.
62. Because any loved ones left on Earth may be a distraction for her and for the mission.
63. She worked hard at it and she is willing to make sacrifices for her dreams.
五、文段表达（共10分）
题目①
Dear Peter,
I'm glad to receive your email. As it is required，you are supposed to hand in the poster before next Friday.
Being your close friend，I am extremely willing to share some ideas about designing the poster with you. First and foremost，the benefits of reading books should be included in your poster. In the second place，following the benefits is the advice about how to choose the great books. Finally, if I were you，I would draw a few pictures on the poster so as to make it more lively and acceptable.
If there is anything more that I can help with, please let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
题目②
It's very important for teenagers to learn to do things independently．I think everyone should be responsible for themselves so that we can develop a good sense of responsibility when we grow up．Let me tell you something about myself．
Firstly，I can do chores to help my parents, such as tidying up our rooms, washing clothes, doing dishes and so on．I think it also can strengthen our relationship with our parents．Secondly, I can manage my time well in my daily life. I know the things I should do in different time．Meanwhile, I should improve myself from some aspects．I sometimes waste some water when I do chores．Of course，learning is a long process during our lifetime．I will go on to learn．