1、广东省珠海市香洲区梅华中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、语法选择请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。My family lived in the countryside. My father 1 in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would come back to help to harvest rice every year. One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, w
2、ho 2 his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice. After father harvested 3 own, his little rice picker broke. Whats 4 , he had to return to work the next day because his partner was 5 in hospital. It meant that father wouldnt be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help ou
3、t the neighbor. Father told us that he wouldnt let the neighbors rice rot（腐烂） in the field. He decided to harvest it 6 hand without a machine. “If tonights weather is clear, I think I can do it,” added my father. In fact, he was rather tired after a days harvest work. After dinner, father had a shor
4、t rest and made his 7 to the field. A full moon was glowing（发光） in the sky and the weather was cold 8 clear. He spent the whole night 9 his word. I would never forget the image（画面） Father 10 rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of rice stocks（稻秆） stood at attention, showi
5、ng respect for a man who kept his word.1Awas used to workBused to workCwas used to working2Ahas lostBlostCwas lost3AherBoursCour4AworseBwrongCmatter5AillBpatientCbad6AwithBinCby7AwayBpromiseCdirection8AandBevenCbut9AkeepingBkeepCto keep10Awas cuttingBcutCwas cut二、完形填空请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳
6、答案。Have you ever heard of Huawei? Has your father got a Mate60 pro?In 1987, a small company named Huawei 11 in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years of 12 , the company has now beaten Apple and become the worlds second largest maker of smart phones. It has also become the worlds supplier(供应者)of 5G. In
7、China and even in the world Huawei is a wonder. 13 it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies. But in 2019, Huawei faced some 14 . The US government made a law to stop its sales in America. At the same time, the US government planned t
8、o stop 15 parts and services to Huawei. They believed Huaweis business would be hurt this way. “We have never received such a request from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information, ” Ren Zhengfei, Huaweis president said. “The law would have litt
9、le 16 on our company. Huawei has enough ability to 17 the problems,” Ren added. In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, “I started Huawei with only 4000 at the beginning, but now it has become a 100-billion company. 18 experience was not as romantic as you imagine. ”Facing the law of t
10、he US, Huawei is growing. Its smartphone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared with a year earlier in the first three months of 2019. So far Huawei has grown into the worlds 19 telecommunication equipment suppliers in 170 countries. It may beat Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in th
11、e near future. Huawei 20 a good example for Chinese companies. We should make more high-technology products and change Made in China into Created in China.11AstartedBbeganCwas startedDwas begun12AdevelopingBdevelopmentCdevelopDdeveloped13ABecauseBWhenCAfterDAlthough14AdifficultiesBchancesCproblemDbu
12、siness15Ato sellBto buyCsellingDbuying16AinfluenceBchangeCrequirementDpunishment17Acome up withBend up withCtake care ofDdeal with18ATheBACAnD/19AlargeBlargerCthe largestDlargest20Ahas madeBhas setChas takenDhas put三、阅读单选Have you ever left your child alone at home? Being alone at home, especially if
13、 its a new experience, can be scary. Please pay attention to the following guidelines for leaving kids alone. 7 & underYou shouldnt leave them alone at any time. 8-10 years oldYou shouldnt leave them alone for more than 1.5 hours during the daytime and early evening. 11-12 years oldYou may leave
14、 them alone for up to 3 hours but not late at night. 13-15 years oldYou may leave them alone but not for the night. 16-17 years oldYou may leave them alone for up to two days and nights. *Ask your child to remember your full name, home address and telephone number. *Let neighbors know that your chil
15、d may be home alone. *Make a list of local numbers to call in an emergency. *Call the child several times while you are away. *Make sure your child knows how to lock windows and doors. *Tell your child not to go into others houses without permission. *Tell your child to choose a safe house to run to
16、 if he or she feels like in danger. *Teach your child to keep safe in the kitchen. *Ask your child not to turn on the home appliances(家电) alone. 21How long could a 9-year-old kid be left at home? AFor less than 0.5 hour. BFor less than 1.5 hours. CFor up to 3 hours. DFor up to 2 days and nights. 22I
17、ts not necessary for children to remember their parents _. Afirst nameBoffice addressClast nameDtelephone number23What should children learn while theyre left at home? AWhere to find food and drinks. BHow to open windows and doors. CHow to turn on the home appliances. DWho they can call in an emerge
18、ncy. 24Who is the passage mainly written for? AChildren. BTeachers. CParents. DDoctors. 25In which part of a magazine can you read the passage? ALife and Safety. BSports and Health. CHistory and Culture. DScience and Technology. Escape（逃离）From the British Museum: A Cultural JourneyA popular short vi
19、deo series titled Escape From the British Museum has millions of viewers. The three-part series tells the story of a jade teapot（玉茶壶）that comes to life and goes on a journey from the British Museum back to China. With over 340 million views and nearly 2 million comments（评论）on Douyin, a short-video p
20、latform, the series has become very hot. In the story, the jade teapot changes into a young woman and escapes from the museum. She meets a Chinese journalist named Zhang Yongan in the United Kingdom and asks him to take her back to China. On the way home, she not only travels across the country but
21、also carries letters written by other artifacts（古器物）in the museum to their families in China. The series were created by two young Chinese vloggers Jianbing Guozai and Xiatian Meimei. Jianbing Guozais real name is Zhang Jiajun, graduated from Sichuan University of Media and Communications. The video
22、s have deeply moved all Chinese people. The British Museum houses about 23, 000 Chinese artifacts. These include paintings, prints, jades, bronze ware, lacquer ware, and ceramics. Some artifacts were collected between the late 19th and early 20th centuries when British forces invaded（入侵）Beijing twic
23、e. The creator of the series, Zhang Jiajun, expresses his thanks for being focused and hopes that more attention would be paid to the artifacts still located overseas.26What is the title of the hot short video? AEscape（逃离）From the British Museum: A Cultural Journey.BA jade teapot.CA Cultural Journey
24、.DEscape From the British Museum.27The jade teapot in the video is _.Aa manBa teapot from BeijingCa character createdDa teapot from London28Who created the series of the video? AZhang Jiajun.BJianbing Guozai.CZhang Jiajun and Xiatian Meimei.DJianbing Guozai and Zhang Jiajun.29What Chinese artifacts
25、are mentioned in this passage EXCEPT _?Apaintings and lacquerwareBjades and bronzewareCprints and ceramicsDstone carvings and mummies30What can we infer from this passage?AThe series of video becomes hot because all people love China.BThe creators wishes overseas Chinese artifacts could come back to
26、 China.CZhang Yongan has a wonderful journey to the United Kingdom.DThe series of video has got over 340 million views on bilibili.四、阅读匹配配对阅读。中国文化受到世界各地人们的喜爱，请先阅读左栏人们的兴趣介绍，然后为他们介绍合适的文化艺术。 31 Sofia is a student from Switzerland. She is now studying in Tsinghua University. She is going to experience C
27、hinese Spring Festival but she doesnt know how to decorate her room. 32 Tony is from Australia. He is travelling in Zhuhai now. He is going to Sichuan next week. He wants to see something special there. 33 Jack comes from Russia. He takes great interest in Chinese embroidery (刺绣) and he wants to kno
28、w more about it. 34 Anna is a painter working in Shanghai. She has five children. She wants to learn something interesting to make her children happy. 35 Tom once bought a piece of Chinese clay art. He heard the name of China came from a traditional clay artchina. He wants to see it in person. ASich
29、uan Opera is a kind of traditional Chinese opera. The most interesting part of it is face-changing. The actors show their feelings by changing their face masks on the stage. The spitfire (喷火) is another special for Sichuan Opera. BChinese knot is a typical local art of China. It is loved by people o
30、f all ages. It looks beautiful but it can be difficult to make one. Each knot is made with only one thread and it means differently according to its shape for union, friendship, peace and so on. It is often used to decorate houses or stores. C Suzhou embroidery comes from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, w
31、ith a history of more than 2, 600 years. It has beautiful designs, fantastic embroidery, vivid images, and different materials, including flowers, animals, people and so on. DSanzao bamboo weaving comes from zhuhai, Guangdong province. Smart craftsman can weave different everyday things like tables,
32、 chairs, baskets as well as art pieces with bamboo. E. Shadow play is an ancient art form. It first appeared about 2, 000 years ago and by the Song Dynasty it had become highly developed. The performers manipulate colourful leather or cardboard figures whose silhouettes are reflected on a screen by
33、lantern light. F. Porcelain (瓷器) has been well-known in the world for thousands of years. Jingdezhen (Jiangxi province) is the most famous town of porcelain. From bowls to plates to vases, porcelain has also been a carrier for cultural exchanges. Along with Chinas silk and tea, porcelain was one of
34、the first goods to receive worldwide trade. G. Sugar painting is very different from normal painting. The sugar painters use syrup (糖浆) as the material, a spoon as the “paintbrush”, and a table as the “paper”. They move the spoon full of syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting of an
35、 animal, a flower or a bike is done. 五、短文语境提示填空请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次, 有两词为多余项。请将答案写在答题卡对应题目的答题位置上。makes, if, an, look, afraid, uses, women, young, out, take, her, oldAlena Wicker is a 13yearold black girl. She enjoys singing, cooking and hanging 36 with her friends. But unlike o
36、ther teenagers, she is now studying biological sciences at university. As a teenager, she is much 37 than the other university students. Alena is always 38 forward to learning new knowledge and skills. Alena has had a strong interest in STEMscience, technology, engineering and math from 39 early age
37、.“ 40 extra classes is more of a pleasure than a pain for me, ”Alena said. “I am not 41 to face challenges. ”But you are wrong 42 you think Alena is just a bookworm（书呆子）. Besides schoolwork, the girl has talked about the“Brown STEM Girls” program. These days, only 28 percent 43 work in science and e
38、ngineering in the US, not to mention（提到） women of color. Alena tries to create a path to success for all girls like 44 . What 45 the girl different from the other teenagers is not her brain but her heart. She wants to prove（证明） that someones age should never stop his or her success.六、根据句意及音标填空46The
39、garden produces vegetables and fruit. They are /pk/ and then sent to the market.47The love story has /spred/ across the whole town in the past few months.48 nld comes from questioning.49Lily is very shy and she doesnt like speaking /n pblk/.七、其他50a ju:st tu: bi: fred v dark.（根据音标写句子） .八、完成句子51这件衣服是棉
40、制的，它是中国生产的。The cloth is made cotton and it is made China.九、改写句子52Mr. Black gave us an interesting talk. （改为感叹句） interesting talk Mr. Black gave us!十、同义句转化53“How can I improve my pronunciation?” He wonders. （同义句转换）He wonders improve his pronunciation.十一、其他54请写出该句子是五种基本句型中的哪一种。He hopes that in the fut
41、ure China will also get better at making high-technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world. 十二、将所给单词连成句子55请将所给的单词或词组以及标点符号连成一句话。tell, when, starts, the, band, playing, us, could, this, you, evening? ?十三、读写综合回答问题。阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息回答下列问题，把答案写在答题卡指定的位置上。请阅读下面短文，根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写
42、答案语法正确、语义完整切题。We found it interesting that Chinese writing habit was changed. In ancient times, people used to write from right to left in vertical columns（竖列）. But now, we write from left to right in horizontal rows（横行）. Why did this change? This has to do with writing tools and the habits of peopl
43、e. Before paper was created, people wrote on bamboo slips（竹简）. They were connected into one long passage. Then they were rolled up（卷起）. While opening a roll, people held it with their right hand and opened it with their left hand. So this made it possible to start writing from the righthand side. Th
44、is writing habit also has something to do with social status（地位）. The topright corner stood for high status, while the bottomleft corner stood for low status. Near the end of the Qing Dynasty, some people began to spread the Western habit of writing. In 1917, Qian Xuantong wrote a letter to the lead
45、er Chen Duxiu. He suggested writing from left to right, following Western writing habit. However, Chen didnt accept the idea. In the early 1950s, the Chinese writer Guo Moruo raised this suggestion again. Gradually, newspapers and books were printed in horizontal rows. People got used to writing from left to right in rows. 56What made peoples writing ways change? 57When did the Western habit of writing spread in China? 58Chen Duxiu didnt accept the idea raised by Qian Xuanto
