1、山东省济南育英中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学预备测试英语试题一、完形填空Teacher Tyler Henderson is color blind, and the world in his eyes is only black and white. When he directed a musical at school, his students discovered his 1 . They wanted to do something to help him see the 2 world. These student actors began to 3 money. W
2、ith the donated money from their classmates, they bought a pair of Enchroma glasses, which allow color blind people to see red color. The students believed the 4 would be a surprise to their respected teacher. The day finally came. Standing on the stage, Mr. Henderson was going to give instructions.
3、 Suddenly, the students broke out into a song from the musical and presented their teacher with a banner (横幅) “You helped us see our colors. Now were helping you see 5 ” Then the Enchroma glasses were 6 to Henderson with a touching letter. All the students in the theatre were holding their breath an
4、d eagerly watching Mr. Henderson as he 7 put on his new pair of glasses. One of the students couldnt wait to ask 8 the glasses helped. “They 9 very well.” Henderson answered in amazement. As he had never expected to receive such a gift, he was speechless. He sat down on the stage with tears of 10 in
5、 his eyes. Hours after he received the gift, Henderson was still emotional. “I had trouble 11 them on because my eyes were filled with tears,” Henderson said. The students know that the ability to see colors is 12 important for Henderson. “He has devoted (投身于) himself 13 theater, but he hasnt been a
6、ble to see the red color on stage,” student Ariana Brown said. “And now he will lead a 14 life.”“The new glasses not only color my world, but also light up my life.” said Henderson. The 15 in the glasses will inspire him to express his gratitude on his life stage.1AmistakeBproblemCgoalDchoice2Acolor
7、fulBmeaningfulCfunnyDnoisy3AraiseBspendCtakeDborrow4AmusicBmoneyCgiftDplay5AmineByoursChisDhers6AleftBlentCmadeDhanded7AcarefullyBsuddenlyCquicklyDcertainly8AifBunlessCthatDwhat9AgoBworkCstayDdevelop10AsadnessBachievementCsatisfactionDjoy11AsittingBturningCputtingDgetting12AwidelyBespeciallyChardlyD
8、simply13AtoBonCbeyondDwith14AdifficultBsimpleClivelyDdifferent15AtrustBbenefitCloveDneed二、补全对话阅读对话，从每题 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案完成对话。 Ben: Hi, Fred. Im really worried. Fred: Why? Ben: I dont know how to finish my school project. Can you help me think of anything cool? Fred: Let me thinkhmmI know!
9、 The Four Great Inventions! Ben: The Four Great Inventions? Is it really a good subject? Fred: Think about how important they are in Chinese history! You can see them everywhere in our lives. Ben: Well, Fred: Sure! The Four Great Inventions have left an excellent page in human history. Ben: Great! D
10、o you think it is easy for me to collect the information about this subject? Fred: Almost any information that we need can be found out easily on the Internet now. Ben: OK. Thank you so much. Fred: Youre welcome.16AWhats wrong?BHow are you?CHows it going?DWhat about you?17AI am sorry.BIt doesnt matt
11、er.CWith pleasure.DThats right.18AOf course.BMe, too.CI hope not.DSo do I.19AThats too bad!BI have no idea about it.CThats all.DYou do have a point.20AThats impossible.BSure.CIts hard to say.DI disagree.三、阅读理解Once upon a time there was no tea at all in England. People there used to drink a light bee
12、r. No coffee or milk but large glasses of beer stood on the breakfast table!When tea was first brought to England, an old couple got some as a special treat. But they did not know how it should be used they cooked the leaves in hot water, and spread them on a piece of bacon (熏肉) which they were goin
13、g to have for dinner. They ate the leaves, and threw the tea away! However, tea is becoming as popular as coffee and milk in England today. Tea is the leaf of a plant which grows widely in China, Japan and some other countries. Tea farmers usually grow a great many tea plants on a large piece of lan
14、d. When the tea leaves are ready to be picked, it is the busiest time for tea farmers in a year. They pull off the leaves and dry them. In their spare time, they pick out the best leaves and get them ready for the market. In China, whenever a visitor comes into a house, he is served with a cup of te
15、a.21What was served for breakfast in England long ago?ABeer.BTea.CCoffee.DMilk.22How did the old couple deal with the tea leaves?AThey sold them.BThey ate them.CThey burnt them.DThey threw them away.23Tea farmers are the busiest in a year when they _.Aserve visitors at homeBsell tea at the marketCpi
16、ck and dry tea leavesDlook for a piece of land24Where can we read the article?AStory book.BMagazine.CDictionary.DGuide book.25What is the best title of this passage?AThe tea artBThe tea cultureCThe tea leavesDThe tea historyEvery school day, we use schoolbags to carry all of our things to school. Th
17、ey are a big part of our lives. But have you ever thought about the history of the schoolbag?In the Han Dynasty (汉朝), students in old-style private schools used bamboo boxes to carry books to school. People consider the bamboo boxes to be the earliest schoolbags. They were usually two or three layer
18、s (层) in the box. Kids put different things like books, brushes, ink stones (砚) and paper in the boxes.Hundreds of years later, people developed a new kind of schoolbag called the budai, or the hip-pocket. The budai was lighter than the bamboo box. With the founding (成立) of the Peoples Republic of C
19、hina, military rucksacks (军用帆布包) became popular. Many people carried them when they were in school. Ask your grandparents or parents about these bags. Maybe they can tell you about their experiences of carrying them when they were in school.A new style of schoolbags has appeared in recent years. Man
20、y of them have colorful and fashionable designs (时尚的设计) on them, such as pictures of cartoons or pop stars. And they are more comfortable to use. Some students pull wheeled bags filled with heavy textbooks and others carry backpacks.Schoolbags are still changing. Can you imagine what future schoolba
21、gs will be like?26Schoolbags in the Han Dynasty were made of _.AclothBpaperCplasticDbamboo27Which is NOT true according to the passage?AMilitary rucksacks were popular in the 1950s.BThe budai was heavier than the bamboo box.CThere are some pictures on the new style of schoolbags.DSchoolbags have cha
22、nged a lot.28To carry heavy textbooks, students would like to use _.Awheeled bagsBmilitary rucksacksCbamboo boxesDthe budai29We can usually read the article in _.Aa letterBa guidebookCa newspaperDa notice30The purpose of the article is _.Ato tell us how to use schoolbagsBto explain why we use school
23、bagsCto introduce the importance of schoolbagsDto introduce the development of schoolbagsYou don t have to be a scientist to solve big environmental problems. One Dutch designer is finding creative ways to make a changeand hes inviting bikers to join him.Daan Roosgaarde, 38, is a designer from Holla
24、nd. He uses creative ideas to improve city life. For his Smog (雾霾) Free Project, he designed a special tower that cleans air in Chinese parks. InHolland, he designed a shining bicycle path.Now Daan and his team are working with engineers at Chinese bike-sharing companyto create a new product for pub
25、lic use. Its an air-cleaning machine connected to a bicycle and is part of the Smog Free Project. In smoggy weather, the machine would breathe in the air in front of the bike and blow out a stream of clean air toward the bikers face.Its no secret that air pollution is a big problem for China. In win
26、ter, its common for thick clouds of haze (霾), caused largely by factory production, burning of coal and car emissions (排放物), to cover areas of China.In 2016, only one-fourth of Chinese cities met the countrys air quality standards, according to a survey of 338 cities nationwide from the Ministry of
27、Environmental Protection. “Of course one tower and a few bikes wont solve Chinas air pollution problem,” Daan said, “But smog-free bikes are an exciting idea that will hopefully inspire communities to create greener cities.”31According to the writer, _ .Aair pollution is not a big problem in ChinaBc
28、reative ideas may help improve city lifeConly scientists can solve big environmental problemsDthe survey of 338 cities nationwide was not necessary32The air-cleaning machine offers clean air to the biker by .Ablowing out dirty airBrunning fast with the bikeCcleaning the air around the bikerDbreathin
29、g in dirty air and cleaning it33From the passage, we know that .Apeople who have creative ideas can get free bikesBonly smog-free bikes can go on the shining bicycle pathCDaan and his family spent all their time improving Chinas air qualityDChinas haze in winter happens because of more than three ca
30、uses34Daan is inviting bikers to join him in order to .Araise money for the towerBtest his new machineChelp solve the air pollution problemDmake more Chinese friends35What is the best title for the passage?ABreathing In and OutBBiking for Fresh AirCSurvey from the GovernmentDChinas Air Pollution Pro
31、blemThe first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in a town of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shops business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle and they joined into a small compa
32、ny. Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year. Howard Schultz met the three men who run (经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen instrument. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was interested in th
33、e company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original (原先的) Starbucks owners chose Schultz as the companys head of marketing. In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The special atmosphere (氛围) of the coffee
34、 bars there caught his eye. To Schultz, it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work, and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle. Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and cust
35、omers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores-and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day! Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six coun
36、tries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open
37、 stores in the right places for their customers.36Which is true about Starbucks first ten years of business?AIt grew very quickly.BIt was run by Howard Schultz.CIt made special coffee makers.DIt was a small company.37Who is Howard Schultz?AA coffee seller in New York.BAn Italian coffee maker.CThe ma
38、n who developed the company.DOne of the original owners of the company.38How many new Starbucks stores probably opened in the year 2000 around the world?A3.BAbout 1095.CTwo thousand.DThirty-six.39What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States? AOpening restaurants in just a few loc
39、ations each year.BOnly selling locally produced coffee beans.CWorking with other major coffee-making companies.DLearning about local customers.40What is the main idea of this passage?AHow Starbucks has grownBWhat Starbucks makes.CStarbuckscustomers.DHow Starbucks makes its coffee.四、短文填空James Dyson i
40、s a famous British inventor. One of his well-known inventions is the bagless vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器). It 41 (invent) in 1978. Today, Dyson still remembers that day. “I felt very 42 (excite) at that time because I was the only man in the world with a bagless vacuum cleaner,” he said. Dyson is over sev
41、enty years old now. At first, he wasnt 43 inventor. Later, he 44 (discover ) his talent. When he studied art at the Royal College of Art in London, he did well 45 making new things. In 1975, he invented his own 46 (produce ) the Sea Truck. It was a boat for carrying things between islands. Then he s
42、et up a company with his partners to make and sell another invention, the Bllbarrow, a kind of vehicle. But later, Dyson left his company 47 he didnt agree with his partners. After that, Dyson began to improve on the vacuum cleaner. In 1985, Dyson took his invention to Japan to 48 (sell) it. However
43、, few people paid money for this. And he didnt make much money. Several years later, Dyson decided to produce and sell the machine by 49 (he). By 2005, Dyson controlled both the European and American markets. Along the way, Dyson discovered the secret to success, “People 50 (buy) your products if th
44、eyre better.”五、阅读理解阅读理解，七选五。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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 The history of chocolate begins with a plant whose name is cacao (可可豆). For centuries, people worldwide have been enjoying the rich favor of chocolate, a product made from cacao. 51 Americans eat an average of more than five kilog
45、rams of chocolate per person every year. The specialty (特产) shop shows the culture of chocolate and sells chocolates from different areas of the world. Historians believe the Mayan people of Central America first learned to farm cacao plants around 2,000 years ago. 52 Then they grew them around thei
46、r homes. They cooked the cacao seeds (种子) and pressed them into soft powder (粉末). They mixed the powder with water to make a delicious chocolate drink. There are often images of cacao plants on Maya buildings and art objects. The rulers drank chocolate at ceremonies. 53 The Aztecs also valued chocolate in the Aztec culture. But the cacao plant could not grow in the area where they lived. 54 They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay or give as offerings (祭品) to the gods. Only the very rich people in Aztec societies could a
