1、2022-2023 学年第一学期期中学业水平评估九年级英语时长：90 分钟满分：100 分. 短文复述及提问第一节短文复述（8 分）你将听到一段关于 William Shakespeare的介绍，录音播放两遍。请根据所听到的内容，依据思维导图的提示，完成短文复述。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】现在，你有 10 秒钟的时间阅读思维导图。15. 你的复述可以这样开始：William Shakespeare was born._你希望了解和短文相关的信息，请根据以下提示提问。16. 你想知道 William Shakespeare 的出生地是哪里，你问：_17. 你想知道 William Sh
2、akespeare 写了多少首诗歌，你问：_第二部分：笔试（7分）V. 完形填空（10 分）阅读下面短文，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。Like many teenage boys, I was crazy about music. When I was sixteen years old, I joined a _18_. One day, we were invited to give a hospital a one-hour performance. To prepare for it, we kept _19_ and improving our playing skills.Th
3、e day finally came. Standing on the stage and facing lots of chairs below made us _20_. Seeing it, the hospitals director, Jenny, came to us and said, “Just relax. Your audience are old and very sick and never saw live entertainment before.” When it was Showtime, we started our songs. Everything was
4、 _21_. We hardly missed a note of any song, yet we didnt feel satisfied. As each song _22_, there was a pause(停顿)before we played our next song. During all pauses, we didnt get applause. The _23_ made us decide to win the audience over. However, they remained still.After forty-five minutes we decide
5、d to stop our show and explained to Jenny that the audience didnt like us. She replied, “This is the first live entertainment theyve experienced. They dont know how to act _24_. But they love your show. Theyll be _25_ if you stop performing now.” Hearing that, we decided to finish our show.Finally,
6、the show was over; we still hadnt _26_ any applause. But soon, many patients shook our hands, and said they were _27_ by our show. Finding our show was finally recognized(被认可), we felt happy that night!18. A. classB. partyC. bandD. trip19. A. laughingB. writingC. runningD. practising20. A. ashamedB.
7、 embarrassedC. nervousD. surprised21. A. perfectB. popularC. secretD. possible22. A. spreadB. finishedC. organizedD. mentioned23. A. performanceB. accidentC. achievementD. silence24. A. carefullyB. properlyC. weaklyD. regularly25. A. lowB. sleepyC. excitedD. tired26. A. countedB. actedC. rememberedD
8、. received27. A. praisedB. expectedC. cheeredD. beatenVI. 阅读理解（40 分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应字母编号涂黑。（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分）AIt is now common for young people in Shenzhen to study in a paid study room, Shenzhen Evening News reported Monday.People just need to spend under 100 yuan (U
9、S$14.95) to have a quiet study space for a day. Some used the rooms to prepare for their examinations and some took online classes or sought for a quiet working place. Others used the space to experience the popular “immersive learning (沉浸式学习)”. “We not only value the comfortable learning environmen
10、t, but also enjoy the learning atmosphere of the whole city,” one young person said.Even on weekends, the rooms attendance rate exceeds 50%, the report said. Paid study rooms became trendingin 2020, along with the development of the sharing economy. In Shenzhen, paid study rooms generally cover an a
11、rea of about 100 to 200 square meters in office buildings.The rooms are usually divided into several areas such as a computer area where customers can use computers, discussion area for team cooperation and an immersion study area. In addition, these rooms also have a small rest area with two or thr
12、ee single sofas and various books on the shelves, as well as other services including coffee, tea, snacks, stationery and power banks.The room provides each customer with their personal space via bulkheads (隔板) with desks, chairs, electrical outlets and lights. Moreover, to save customers troubles b
13、ringing books back and forth, the room also offers lockers for rent.28. Why is it now common for young people in Shenzhen to study in a paid study room?A. Because they are free.B. Because they are rich.C. Because they dont like studying at home.D. Because they can enjoy a comfortable learning enviro
14、nment at a fair price.29. Which of the following is NOT the use of the paid study rooms?A. Preparing for an examination.B. Taking online classes.C. Having a party.D. Experiencing the popular “immersive learning”.30. What does the underlined word “trending” in the 3th paragraph probably mean?A. popul
15、arB. famousC. attractiveD. silent31. Why do the rooms offer lockers for rent?A. To make more money.B. To save customers troubles.C. To make the rooms more attractive.D. To provide each customer with their personal space.32. What can we learn from the passage?A. People spend under 14.95 yuan to have
16、a quiet study space for a day.B. People can get coffee, tea, snacks in the rest area for free.C. Only on weekends, the rooms attendance rate exceeds 50%.D. The room provides desks, chairs and lights for customer.BHave you ever bought Genki Forest(元气森林) sparkling water because its advertised as “suga
17、r-free”?The company said the drinks are “sucrose-free”(零蔗糖), but this is not the same as “sugar-free”. Now the company has changed the words “sugar-free” to “low sugar” on the bottles. The company then apologized for its misleading advertisement.In fact, there are many kinds of sugar. Sucrose is jus
18、t one of them. Other kinds of sugar, such as fructose(果糖) and sugar alcohol(糖醇), are still in Genki Forest drinks. These types of sugar are used as sweeteners(甜味剂). They offer little energy, but a small amount of them can make drinks taste sweet. Thats why diet drinks like Genki Forest are popular a
19、mong people who want to lose weight.However studies find that sweeteners might make people eat more. When you eat sweet-tasting things, it sends your brain a “sweet signal”. Then your brain tells your body to prepare itself to take in energy. But since the diet soft drink has little energy, the brai
20、n will not receive what it is expecting. At this time, you will feel hungry and start getting energy by eating more food.According to China Daily, drinking too many diet drinks might lead to obesity(肥胖). Its time for you to think twice about the diet drink trend.33. Why did Genki Forest apologize?A.
21、 For making too many advertisements.B. For not having any sugar in its drinks.C. For misspelling words on its packaging.D. For advertising its products incorrectly.34. What can we infer about Genki Forest from Paragraph 3?A. There are sweeteners in its drinks.B. Its drinks have high levels of sucros
22、e.C. Its drinks taste sweeter than other drinks.D. People can lose weight with its drinks.35. What do studies show about sweeteners?A. They cause the brain to stop receiving signals.B. They provide enough energy for people.C. They stop the body from getting energy.D. They probably make people feel h
23、ungrier.36. According to the last paragraph, drinking diet drinks can be _.A. funB. harmfulC. refreshingD. fashionable37. We can learn from the article that _.A. its time for you to drink twice of the diet drinksB. fructose and sugar alcohol offer a lot of energy, and a large amount of them can make
24、 drinks taste sweetC. though diet drinks are popular among people, they are not as healthy as you thinkD. since sucrose-free is the same as sugar-free, you could enjoy the diet drinks freelyC“Life is speeding up. Everyone is becoming unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. Bu
25、t in fact, an unwell person who lived in ancient Rome wrote it.We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But is it true that having all these developments really improves the quality of our lives.Picture this: Youre rushing to finish your homework on the c
26、omputer. Your mobile phone rings. A message from your friend appears on the screen. The noise from the telephone is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.Inventions have speeded up our lives so much th
27、at they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps that is because they live simpler lives.One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life
28、 was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons, Benjamin, 10, and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more d
29、ifficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a fashionable granny to one who cooked things.38. Who was the quote (引语) in paragraph 1 written
30、 by?A. The old granny.B. The unwell writer.CAn ancient Roman.D. A creative inventor.39. What does the writer want to tell us in paragraph 3?A. New inventions can bring us some troubles.B. New inventions can help us work more efficiently.C. New inventions can improve the quality of our lives.D. New i
31、nventions can make people feel relaxed while working.40. Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house?A. Because they loved to live simple lives.B. Because they were troubled by modern inventions.C. Because they all enjoyed by modern inventions.D. Because they wanted to experience l
32、ife without modern inventions.41. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Their life became simpler.B. The family enjoyed living together.C. They fell in love with the old house.D. They felt their life was full of excitement.42. What is the passage mainly about?A. The history of technology.B. P
33、roblems caused by technology.C. The development of technology.D. How technology improves our life.第二节阅读填空（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）以下是一篇短文。请阅读全文并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯。When we get into middle school, we find we can easily get angry with our parents and that sometimes we even quarrel with t
34、hem. Although we know we love our parents, sometimes we still have different opinions. Then how can we solve this problem? _43_If we have recently had a fight with our parents, we should try to calm down (冷静) first. _44_ We can go to our own rooms. We can sit outside or go for a walk. Take this time
35、 to think about what happens and how we feel about it. This will give us time to deal with our feelings._45_ Choose a time when were all calm. Then, sit down and talk about how we feel and what we need from them. Sometimes we dont think our parents can understand us at all. This may be true, so we n
36、eed to tell them how we feel and whats going on in our life. _46_Of course, the communication is mutual (相互的). We can find out why they have these different feelings. _47_ We should also reply calmly when they say something that makes us upset. Its important that we should keep ourselves calm. Theyr
37、e more likely to listen to us if we dont shout at them.A. Then we can talk with our parents again.B. We should listen to what our parents say.C. Then, discuss what we expect them to do.D. Think about what they have ever done for us.E. We can spend some time alone making ourselves feel better.F. How
38、can we keep a close relationship with our parents again?第三节信息匹配（每小题 1.5 分，共 7.5 分）右栏A-F分别给出了六个中华成语故事，请根据左栏五个学生英语学习中常见的问题，帮助他们选出对应的成语故事，并将其标号填入题前横线上。_48_ “Because” and “so” shouldnt be put together. But some students often add “so” to the sentence with “because”._49_ Some students may be lucky to get
39、 the right answers. But if they depend only on luck failure may come._50_ Some students pretend that they know the grammar rules but in fact, they dont._51_ Students need to learn a lesson from mistakes so that they wont make them next time_52_ Some students seem to be able to recite(背诵) the English
40、 texts in groups. But if they asked to do it alone, they cant.A. The old emperor liked group music. A man knew this and joined the musical team. But the new emperor enjoyed the music played by every single musician. The man without any music ability was afraid and ran away.B. Several men were drawin
41、g snakes on the floor. One man was the first to finish a snake but he didnt win because he added feet to his snake.C. One day, a rabbit knocked itself into a tree and fell dead. A farmer nearby enjoyed the rabbit for dinner and waited for more at the same place every day. However, no rabbits came an
42、d his fields went worse.D. A man wanted to steal a big bell next door. However, he had to make a lot of noise so he covered his ears with pieces of clothes, thinking if he couldnt hear the noise, neither could others.E. A sheep keeper found a sheep was gone and he discovered there was a hole in the
43、sheep hold(羊圈). So he fixed it right away. As a result, the rest of the sheep were safe.F.A hard-working young man was so poor that he had to make a small hole in the wall to get light from next door at night. He read a lot of books and became an important officer for the emperor.VII. 语法填空（10 分）阅读下面
44、短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Have you ever read The Diary of a Wimpy Kid? It may be _53_ (famous) diary in the world. It tells the story of Greg Heffley, a middle school student. Greg gets _54_ diary from his mother. In it, he records his _55_ (interest) everyday life at school.The writer of the Wimp
45、y Kid books is Jeff Kinney from the US. He _56_ (publish) twelve Wimpy Kid books since 2007. To write a book, Kinney first finds 350 jokes, then develops them into a story. He also draws the cartoons _57_ (he).After years of designing characters _58_ (care) and creating jokes, Kinney sold the manusc
46、ript (手稿) that became the Wimpy Kid series in 2006.One reason kids love Kinneys books is the main character, Greg Heffley. Greg is smart but naughty. He has many interesting ideas, but he _59_ (cause) trouble all the time._60_ the books dont teach you what you should do, they inspire (启迪) you with f
47、unny jokes. “I made mistakes. I wasnt that smart. I wasnt that brave,” Kinney recalled his own middle school years. Kinney gives Greg these _61_ (advantage), he said, so children can learn _62_ Gregs mistakes.VIII. 书面表达（15 分）63. 你是英语校报编辑李华。校报收到初一新生Ben的来信，他提出了所面临的两个问题。请你根据以下提示写一封回信，说明 Ben 的问题，提出你的建议并陈述理由。要点：Bens problemsYour advice and reasons朋友少，感觉孤单1.参加学校社团(club)结识更多朋友2. (请你补充)英语单词难记1.多阅读英语故事、新闻，在运用中学单词2.(请你补充)要求：1. 80 词以上，短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数；2. 条理清楚，意思连贯，语句通顺，标点正确；3. 文中不
