1、湖南省衡阳市实验中学2021-2022学年九年级下学期期中考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、完形填空A window is a common but powerful toola patch（小块）of the world, from which our body is separated. The only thing we can do is to look. You have no _1_ on what you will see. However, your brain may make an assumption （猜想）out of whatever happens
2、to appear. One day, I was taking a nap in my office when I woke up to the _2_ of a car crash. I looked out of my window. A car had just backed into a fence and damaged（毁坏）it. The driver got out of the car. He was short without hair on his head. I _3_ him at once. To my surprise, the man tried to _4_
3、 the damage he caused. However, his efforts all failed. Once he even funnily fell onto the road when trying to pull the fence. I _5_ a lot. The failure of this terrible man was brightening my whole day. About 10 minutes later, the man left. That, I thought, would be the _6_ of his efforts. The manth
4、at villainous（可憎的）man was going to _7_ all the mess behind for someone else to clean up. But this is the _8_ of windows. They contradict （与矛盾）your easy assumptions. The man appeared a few minutes later with some _9_ . For the next hour, I watched out of my window as he kept on fixing the fence _10_
5、it was extra safe, stronger than before. This man was a hero. I would be scared and run away if I came across such a messy situation. My window had woken me up from a nap to teach me a lesson, a lesson that changed my whole day and even my whole life.1AagreementBinfluenceCdiscovery2AsymbolBsightCsou
6、nd3AacceptedBrememberedCdisliked4AconfirmBavoidCrepair5AcomplainedBlaughedClearnt6AendBfunCproblem7AhideBpushCleave8AqualityBshameCpower9AfriendsBtoolsCmedicines10AuntilBwhenCafter二、阅读还原6选5根据短文内容，从短文后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选项。Do you know which social app Chinese young people use a lot now? _11_
7、Some users use Tik Tok(抖音) and Kuaishou. They think it is fun to share short videos about their lives, while others have other purposes as well. A 12-year-old user named Elsa has about 2.7 million fans on Tik Tok. The girl has shared videos about her dancing studies since last July. _12_ “I feel rea
8、lly glad to share happiness with people by short videos,” said Elsa As some videos are about the latest news a group of users depend on them to get information. To some other users, they have a different puepose. “Because I cant spend many hours watching a whole video and Im not a very patient perso
9、n. _13_ I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts in programs,” said Wang zhizhao._14_ “Killing time is the main reason for me to watch the short videos, but many are almost the same, so I think it is a waste time. Whats more, I really dont like the videos which show strange even dangerous t
10、hings,” said Wen Nan, another college student.Recently, something else has happened. Some videos are telling people what products are worth buying. _15_ So they should think twice. Some short videos even sell bad products, but these sellers wont let you get your money back.AI dont like waiting for a
11、 program to end.BShort videos are certainly the most popular.CBut after they buy the products, they may regret soon.DOne of the videos won her about one million fans.EI can make money with short videos.FHowever,some young Chinese feel bored with some short videos.三、阅读回答问题阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答所提问题。Do you
12、 often put off doing something that you should be doing? Its a bad habit called procrastination（拖延症）. Most of the tasks that you procrastinate on arent actually difficult to doyou have the skills to complete themyou just dont want to start them for one reason or another. 2-Minute Rule is a method of
13、 dealing with the problem and the goal is to make it easier for you to get, started on the things you should be doing. It includes two parts. Part One comes from David Allens book, Getting Things Done. Its surprising how many things we put off that we could get done in two minutes or less, for examp
14、le, taking out the litter, cleaning up your desk and sending an email. If a task takes less than two minutes to complete, then follow the rule and do it right now. Can all of your goals be achieved in less than two minutes? Of course not. But, every goal can be started in 2 minutes or less. And that
15、s the purpose behind the rules second part. Once you start doing something, its easier to continue doing it. The most important part of any new habit is getting startednot just the first time, but each time. I love the 2-Minute Rule because it accepts the idea that all good things happen once you ge
16、t started. Want to become a better writer? Just write one sentence（2-Minute Rule）, and youll be likely to find yourself writing for an hour. Want to make reading a habit? Just read the first page of a new book（2-Minute Rule）, and before you know it, youve read the first ten pages.Use next 120 second
17、s to get one thing done. Go!16What can 2-Minute Rule help us to do?（No more than 10 words）_17What does the writer think is the most important part of a new habit?（No more than 10 words）_18Can all of your goals be achieved in less than two minutes?_19What do the two examples at the end of the passage
18、 try to tell us?（No more than 10 words）_20What have you learned from the passage?（No more than 20 words）_四、阅读单选阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。Everyone needs help sometimes. People depend on one another. Thats why communities have special people ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who need
19、s it. For example, what would we do without a community fire station? If a home catches on fire, as the Jackson place did last week, it might be burned down and people get hurt or even worse. Were so lucky to have firemen to come to save people and put out the fire safely. If the fire station hadnt
20、come so fast, the Jacksons might have lost everything. And what about our local police who protect our families, our homes and valuable things? The police have helped so many families this past year, especially saving people and pets and protecting our houses and other things after the heavy rains.
21、Think about all the other service workers we have in this community. We have people who collect waste and rubbish and keep our community sanitary. We have road workers who put up and repair traffic sings and fix holes in the streets to protect not just us, but our cars! And where would this communit
22、y be without the teachers in our school and the doctors, and nurses in our community hospitals?Think again about what we, eat every day, think again about what we wear every day. We cannot produce them, but we use them all the time. We get a lot from all these tireless workers who keep out community
23、 running. We need these people in the community. We depend on each other. Lets support each other and help each other. Only in this way can we make our community a better place.21What happened to the Jacksons last week?ATheir pets were lost.BTheir car was badly burnt.CTheir house caught on fire.22Wh
24、o offered help to families after the heavy rains?AFiremen.BLocal policeCRoad workers,23What does the underlined word “sanitary” mean?AClean.BSafe.CQuiet.24Which question could best help us find out the writers purpose?ADid the writer make us laugh?BDid the writer want us to do something?CDid the wri
25、ter teach us what to do when a fire breaks our?25What is the best title for the passage?APeople Depend on Each OtherBPolicemen Save Peoples LivesCService Workers Do Important JobsYou have been told to wash your hands many times a day to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus (新冠病毒). But what ab
26、out the mobile phone that youre always using? Scientific studies have shown that the virus can live for two to three days on smooth materials like plastic and stainless steel. Experts suggest cleaning all “high touch” surfaces every day, including phones, keyboards and computers. However, few people
27、 know how to do the cleaning. Here are some things not to do when cleaning the phone. *Do not spray (喷) cleaners directly on the phone. *Do not put the phone into any cleaning liquids. *Do not use tools that use forced air, which are often used to clean computer keyboards. *Do not clean the phone wi
28、th hard materials. They could make small cuts on it. So, what is the right way? Below are some suggested ways to clean the phone. With any of these suggestions, be sure not to get the phone wet. *Start by turning off the phone. Make sure the phone is not connected to the electricity. *Use cleaning c
29、loths with 70 percent alcohol instead of the common ones. *Use paper cloths, or other soft cloths like those you use to clean the eyeglasses. Its OK to cover the cloths lightly in cleaners. But do remember to clean the phone “gently”. Cleaning the phone is one of the measures that are helpful to kee
30、p away from the new coronavirus. You should clean your own phone often and tell others the correct ways to do it.26We can learn from Paragraph 1 that _.Apeople neednt wash their hands as requiredBpeople pay less attention to viruses on mobile phonesCviruses can live on mobile phones much longer27Whi
31、ch of the following can be used to clean the phone?AHard materials.BTools using forced air.CPaper cloths with cleaners.28Which of the suggested ways has a direct relation with virus killing?ACleaning the phone gently.BUsing 70 percent alcohol.CUsing soft cloths.29What does the underlined word “measu
32、res” mean?ATools.BMaterials.CWays.30What can be the best title for the article?ACleaning mobile phones: dos & dontsBThe best way to fight against the coronavirusCThe correct ways to protect mobile phonesWhat will astronauts eat when a space trip takes years?“Lots of fresh vegetables,” says Dr. Janet
33、 Williams, whose team have spent the last 10 years learning how to grow plants in a space station. And its a good thing that she has already started her work, because space gardening can be really hard. As usual, astronaut George White looked into the closed plant room. He had planted Dr. Williamss
34、quick-growing seedlings in it, but none of the stems were showing. He opened the room to check and found the problem. The stems werent growing upward and the roots werent growing downward. On Earth, gravity helps a plants stems and roots to find “up” and “down”. However, in the space station, there
35、was almost no gravity. Dr. Williams suggested a solution: give the plants more light, as plants also use sunlight to find their way. And it worked. When the plants had more light, the stems turned up and the roots went down. Now Dr. Williams was free to worry about the next problem: Would her baby p
36、lants live to flower? Can we grow food on a space journey?Many plants died in the space station. Dr. Williams thought she knew why: the space plants were hungry for air. Plants live by taking up CO2 from the air. Since a plant uses it up in the air around, the plant needs moving air to bring more CO
37、2 close to its surface. On Earth, the air is always movinggravity pulls down cold air, and warm air rises. And with these air movements, plants get enough CO2. Many earlier experiments with plants in space had used closed rooms. Dr. Williams tried a new greenhouse that had a fan to keep the air move
38、. The plants loved it. They flowered and even produced more seeds. Using Dr. Williamss method, astronaut George completed the first seed-to-seed experiment in space, and moved one plant closer to a garden in space. “And this,” says Dr. Williams, “is good news for long-term space travel.”31Why have D
39、r. Williamss team tried to grow plants in space?ATo produce fresh air for astronauts.BTo help astronauts relax themselves.CTo provide food for long space journeys.32How did light help solve the problem mentioned in Paragraph 3?AIt caused the gravity to change.BIt encouraged the plants to grow faster
40、.CIt helped the plants to grow in the right direction.33Why did many plants die in the space station?AThe air condition was not good enough.BThere was too much CO2.CThere was not enough room to grow.34The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refers to _.Athe moving airBthe closed roomCthe space garde
41、n35What can we learn about Dr. Williamss team from the passage?AThey mainly live on fresh vegetables.BThey have worked on space gardening for many years.CThey have successfully built a space garden.五、短文综合填空根据所给汉语或英文首字母写出短文中所缺英语单词。Some things usually have different meanings in different cultures. Her
42、e are some words about animals that are used differently in western cultures and Chinese culture. Most phrases in Chinese about the dog, s_36_ as “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have negative meanings. But in western countries, dogs are considered _37_ (诚
43、实的) and good friends of humans. The word, “dog”, has positive meanings. For example, “you are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. And “every dog has its day” means _38_ person has good luck at times. A_39_ we know, dragons are very important in Chinese culture. In ancient times, dragons were
44、r_40_ as strong and magical creatures. They brought hope and good luck. The ancient emperors compared themselves to dragons. Nowadays, many parents want their children to become “dragons”. But in western cultures, dragons were dangerous animals. Heroes killed them to protect people.六、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处
45、填入一个适当的词或填入括号中的所给单词的正确形式。Hometown FeelingsSome people still live in their hometown. However, others may only see it once or twice a year. Nowadays _41_（million） of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities. Among these is Zhang Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. He has lived
46、 in Wenzhou _42_ the last 13 years. With a hand job in a factory, he doesnt find much time to visit his hometown. “I used _43_（return）home at least once a year, but I havent been back for three years now,” he says. Many people like Zhang Wei are _44_（interest）in how their hometowns have changed. Perhaps large hospitals and new roads have appeared. _45_ many places, the government has also built new schools and sent teachers from the cities to help. “I noticed thats true of my hometown,” adds Zhang Wei. “Children have learned to read and count at my old p
