1、2021-2022学年重庆市巴蜀中学九年级（上）期末英语试卷II. 单项选择。（每小题 1分, 共10分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。1. Shanghai is a lively city in _ east of China.A. aB. anC. theD. /2. Alice, I have a big problem with my English writing. Can you give me some advice? I think you can improve it _ finding a pen pal onl
2、ine.A. forB. byC. toD. with3. David, your father is not sure about the information of the planes to Hong Kong. Can you _?A. look it upB. look up itC. look them upD. look them up4. You need to have an _ with some officers first if you wish to become a volunteer for the Beijing Winter Olympics.A. dial
3、ogB. agreementC. examinationD. interview5. You will achieve your dream if you can stick to _ hard every day.A. workB. workingC. workedD. have worked6. The following products _ China and they are really popular around the world.A. was made inB. are made inC. were made byD. are made by7. Miss Chens cl
4、ass seems quite _. Yes, I agree. I think thats why so many students like her a lot.A. wiselyB. politelyC. livelyD. smoothly8. Our country has controlled the spread of the virus (病毒). _, it has also helped the world with millions of vaccines (疫苗).A. At the same timeB. In that caseC. To start withD. A
5、fter all9. The movie THE BATTLE AT LAKE CHANGJIN is _ a documentary _ a comedy. Its a war movie.A. neither; norB. either; orC. not only; but alsoD. both; and10. Sato kept asking Jean _, for he had never been to the US before.A. that he needs to arrive early if he is invited to a partyB. what did he
6、need to pay attention to at schoolC. if he should bring expensive gifts when visiting American friendsD. how can he be as polite as possible while talking to Americans. 完形填空。（每小题 1分, 共10分）根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。There was a young painter who made a living by painting
7、portraits (画像). One day, a rich man _11_ him to paint a portrait for him and promised to pay him 10, 000 dollars. After a week, the rich man came to take the painting, but he was not satisfied with it. He told the young painter, “I will _12_ pay 3, 000 dollars for this painting.”The young painter wa
8、s _13_. He argued with the rich man, hoping the rich man would keep his _14_. The rich man thought, “The man _15_ the painting is me. _16_ I dont buy this painting, no one else will buy it.” So be said, “I will ask you one last time, will you sell it for 3, 000 dollars?”The young painter said, “No.
9、I would prefer not to sell it, rather than be humiliated (侮辱) by _17_. Someday, you will pay 20 times the cost for breaking your promise.”After that, the painter worked hard night and day. Finally, he became well-known in the art world. The rich man _18_ the artist and what he had told him. But one
10、day, some friends told him, “There is a painting selling for 200, 000 dollars and the man in the painting looks _19_ like you. The painting is named “Thief.”Then, the rich man remembered the artist. He quickly went to apologize (道歉)and paid 20, 0000 dollars to buy the portrait. The young painter mad
11、e the rich man bow his _20_ in the end.11. A. askedB. suggestedC. madeD. meant12. A. onceB. onlyC. everD. even13. A. happyB. politeC. strictD. angry14. A. newsB. promiseC. ideaD. note15. A. inB. aroundC. ofD. like16. A. WhenB. AsC. IfD. Though17. A. usB. themC. itD. you18. A. laughed atB. forgot abo
12、utC. cheered upD. looked for19. A. enoughB. similarlyC. exactlyD. strongly20. A. headB. brainC. shouldersD. mouthIV. 阅读理解。阅读下列材料, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案, 并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。What will You Do with A Dollar? I will hide the dollar in the most beautiful place that I can find, and then create a map to the do
13、llar. I hope someone will discover this map years later and have a magic travel to go on. Philip StocktonI will buy a cup of coffee for the most successful person in New York and ask for his/her secret of success. Patrick MartineA single dollar gets me almost nothing, so I will get my friends togeth
14、er and ask each of them to give dollar. We will give an open-air concert in our town. I hope the show can brighten the day of the town. David AndrewIn my travels, I find people need clean drinking water most. I once saw in Africa 40 to 50 people travel 25 miles for water. So I will use the dollar to
15、 provide free drinking water for people in need. Ben HarrisonFollow us on htps: /frfin. com/art of living for more.21. Who will buy the most successful person a coffee with one dollar? A. Philip Stockton.B. Patrick Martine.C. David Andrew.D. Ben Harrison.22. What will David Andrew do with a dollar?
16、A. To create a tourist map.B. To ask for the secret of success.C. To give an open-air concert.D. To provide free drinking water.23. Where does the text probably come from? A. A film magazine.B. A science report.C. A website.D. A travel guide.Spanish painter Pablo Picasso was a leader of Western art
17、in the 20th century. Last year was the 140th anniversary（周年纪念） of his birth. Picasso created more than 20, 000 pieces of art in his lifetime. It is said that when Picasso was still alive, he was the first artist in the world to see his works enter the most famous art museumthe Louvre. As his style c
18、hanged over time, it became more minimalist（抽象派的）. A common joke is that Picasso forgot how to paint. After all, he was once trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Now he is best known for leading an artistic movement（艺术运动） known as “Cubism（立体主义）”. It used a special way to create humans an
19、d animals. Picasso tried to show people or things from different angles（角度）, all in the same picture. For example, a persons left eye may be shown from straight ahead while his right eye and nose are shown from the side. The result is strange and beautiful, scary and funny. Picasso once said, “I adm
20、ire art and drawings made by children. When I was their age, I could draw like Raphael（拉斐尔）, but it took me a lot of time to learn to draw like them.”Maybe thats why Picasso is still popular. We look at his work and think, “Maybe I could do that! ”24. Picasso was born_.A. in the 1870sB. in the 1880s
21、C. in the 1980sD. in the 1990s25. In Picassos painting, we might see _.A. drawings made by childrenB. animals in real lifeC. a person drawn from different anglesD. animals from Raphaels paintings26. The underlined word “them” in paragraph 4 refers to（指的是）_.A. paintersB. animalsC. childrenD. drawings
22、27. What can we learn about Picasso from the passage? _A. He created less than 20, 000 pieces of art in his lifetime.B. He learned to paint by himself and never changed his painting style.C. He used a special way to make his drawings strange and beautiful.D. He is still popular because he enjoyed th
23、e art works mode by adults.Some people live to climb the highest mountains. Some people only think about climbing while others avoid climbing. But one thing is true that all people come across mountains in their lives.When I was little, my family moved to a small town. It was built at the bottom of
24、a big mountain. One day after school, while walking through the green woods of this mountain, I saw a set of stairs. What could these steps lead to? Could this be the way to the top? I made a decision to find out the mystery behind those steps. I climbed and climbed till it was getting dark, but I w
25、asnt even close to the top.The voice of reason (理智) told me to hurry back home and try again the next day. I ran back home in the dark trying not to get too scared. I didnt tell anyone about what I found that night. I went to bed dreaming about what I would find at the top of the mountain we lived o
26、n. Could there be a prince, treasures or ghosts up there?Ahsuch childhood fantasies (幻想)! Those were the days when we dared to dream. We dared to do crazy things! Now Im grown up, and life has shown me a beating (惨败) at times.I did live on a mountain in a town as I wrote, but I created this childhoo
27、d fantasy to make my days so much more fun as a kid. The challenges we face in life are like mountains we need to climb. Dreaming about whats at the top of the mountain makes us think about what we want out of life. Tomorrow is another day, and still, we must climb.28. The word _ best describes the
28、writers feeling on her way back home.A. sleepyB. crazyC. scaredD. glad29. Paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly talk about _.Aadvice the writer gave on mountain climbingB. a childhood-experience and fantasy of the writerC. how the writer got to the top of a mountainD. what the writers favorite mountain was like
29、30. In this passage, _ was compared to mountains in real life.A. dreamsB. treasuresC. difficultiesD. fantasies31. The writer wrote this passage in order to .A. encourage people to follow their dreamsB. share her childhood memories with readersC. explain the advantages of climbing mountainsD. show ho
30、w adults think differently from childrenIf you like chocolate, youre not alone. Millions of people around the world say they cant live without chocolate. But have you wondered if chocolate is bad for your health? Lets separate the truth from the facts about this popular food.Chocolate makes you happ
31、yThere are over three hundred chemicals in chocolate, which make your brain active and help you feel happy. For example, the obromine (可可碱) can help produce feelings of happiness and make you feel less stressed. The caffeine (咖啡因) in chocolate can give you more energy and is also found in coffee and
32、 tea.Chocolate makes you fatChocolate is commonly seen as a kind of fattening food. In fact, cocoa beans are full of antioxidants (抗氧化剂) that are good for health. However, a lot of antioxidants are removed during the process to clear up their bitterness (苦味). Most store-bought chocolates have high s
33、ugar and fat, and only a little cocoa. Eating these and other high-fat chocolate desserts, like cakes and cookies, can really increase your weight.Chocolate causes bad teethIts not chocolate itself that causes bad teeth, but the sugar in chocolate products and bad teeth-brushing habits! In fact, its
34、 believed that cocoa butter forms a coating over our teeth, and this might actually protect rather than hurt them.As with most things, chocolate only becomes a danger when you eat it too much. Its important to remember that most of the advantages of chocolate come from cocoa. Thats why dark chocolat
35、e is the healthiest choice. So choose your chocolate wisely, eat it properly, and youll get the best of both happiness and health.32. According to the passage, the obromine is helpful because it can .A. make us energeticB. make us less stressedC. control our weightD. improve our living habits33. The
36、 underlined word “removed” in paragraph 3 means .A. 产生B. 增加C. 去除D. 制造34. We can infer that the writers attitude (态度) towards chocolate is .Achocolate is surely not good for peoples healthB. the sugar in chocolate increase peoples weightC. a proper choice of chocolate can be good for peopleD. people
37、can eat as much chocolate as they can35. What is the best title for the passage?A. The caffeine in chocolateB. The ways to have good healthC. The truth about chocolateD. The ways to make you happyLiving robots can reproduce(繁殖) on their own in a dish. This is not a science-fiction movie, but the res
38、ult of a new research. Xenobots, a kind of tiny robot, were first created in 2020, using cells(细胞) taken from an African frog. Under the right lab conditions, the cells could get together in their own ways, move in groups and change themselves as a result of their environment. Now, the researchers h
39、ave found that xenobots can also self-replicate(自行复制). _ Are they living organisms(有机体) or robots? They are organisms because they are made of stem cells and can reproduce. But they are also robots because they can move on their own and do something physical. The ability to replicate makes the robot
40、s have the possibility to do more things. The Washington Post reported that although now xenobots are not that useful, they have the ability to provide a number of services in the future, from cleaning up microplastics(微塑料) in the ocean to safely sending drugs somewhere in a persons body. However th
41、e creation of xenobots comes with worries. Some are afraid that future xenobots, especially the ones that live longer and reproduce, could put other living things into dangerous situations. The researchers think these risks can be dealt with in some way. “If you change the amount of sodium(钠)in that
42、 water to be too high or too low, theyll die, ” Kriegman told The Washington Post. “If theres a piece of copper(铜) in the dish, theyll all die. Its an extremely controllable and stoppable and safe system.”36. What do we know about xenobots? _A. They are only something imagined in a science fiction.B
43、. They come from the cells of a rabbit.C. They can move in groups under natural conditions.D. They are both organisms and robots.37. Which of the following CANT xenobots do now? _A. Moving in groups.B. Doing something physical.C. Moving on their own.D. Carrying medicine inside human bodies.38. Which
44、 of the following sentences can be put in the_?A. Besides, Xenobots are able to do something more.B. There is a popular doubt about Xenobots.C. Scientists will put Xenobots into market in the near future.D. The creation of Xenobots brings humans convenience.39. If we put the passage into 4 parts, wh
45、ich of the following is the best? _（Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6）A. /B. /C. /D. /V. 口语应用。（每题1分, 共5分）根据对话内容，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全对话，其中有两项是多余的。A: Nice to meet you! Im Dave from America. B: Nice to meet you, too! Im He Wei, an exchange student from China. A: China? Its a great coun
46、try. _40_B: Really? Well, next year, you can come to my house for the New Year. A: OK. _41_B: Of course not. On the New Years Eve, we always make dumplings with family and some coins are put in the dumplings. _42_A: Thats cool. Anything else?B: On the New Years Day, we Chinese always visit relatives
47、 and give gifts to each other. A: Oh, I like gifts. _43_B: In China you shouldnt open the gift at once. You should wait and open it later.A: Really? Its interesting. _44_B: Youre welcome.A. Thank you for telling me so much.B. Do you often get a lot of gifts?C. The person with coins is lucky.D. Im interested in Chinese festivals, especially the Chinese New Year.E. When I get a gift, could I open it at once?
