1、陕西省延安市吴起县三校联考2024-2025学年九年级上学期9月月考英语试题一、完形填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。Do you know traditional Chinese activity Shehuo? It began in the Qin and Han Dynasties and developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It was even 1 during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Up to now, Shehuo ha
2、s become 2 activity expressing peoples good wishes. It is a celebration that is always acted by local farmers during the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival. There 3 kinds of Shehuo shows. Lets have a look. Dragon Dance is a traditional dance in China. There are usually more than ten 4 who act
3、under a dragon. They show a strong feeling. The dragon is regarded as a symbol of the Chinese nation. It also means 5 and the people are at peace. Stilt-walking (踩高跷) performers usually dress up as ancient people 6 walk on stilts carefully in the streets. These people need 7 the skill a lot before p
4、erforming. If they are not careful enough, they will fall and get hurt easily. 8 fantastic and dangerous activity! The Boating Dance is also called land-boat dance. 9 usually includes one boat with two dancers: a man and a woman. Some include many dancers and many boats. Its different in forms 10 pl
5、ace to place. The Boating Dance is warmly held everywhere in China.1Amost popularBmore popularCpopularlyDthe most popular2AanBaC/Dthe3AwereBwasCareDis4AperformersBperformersCperformerDperformers5Athat the country is richBthat is the country richCwhether the country is richDwhether is the country ric
6、h6AandBsinceCbecauseDbut7AenjoyingBto enjoyCpracticingDto practice8AHow aBWhat aCWhatDHow9AItselfBItsCItDIts10AwithBamongCbetweenDfrom阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。Why are short stories best for English learning? You get more time to focus on (关注) words. When a 11 is short, you can have m
7、ore time to learn how every single word is used and what importance it has in the text. This is more useful for those who are beginners of English. You can read a 12 story at a time. Attention length is very important for learning. And the ability to finish the story gives you more time to 13 it. Sh
8、ort stories are written to give you more information with less effort. It is best for consistency (一致性). It is much easier to read one story every day than trying to read a big novel that 14 seems to end. You can share them easily in a group. Since short stories can be 15 in any place, they are perf
9、ect for book clubs and learning circles. You can focus more on ideas. Language is 16 about words and more about the meanings behind them. If you spend all your time learning 17 and grammar, you will never be able to speak a language smoothly because you will have little to 18 . Short stories give yo
10、u the chance to understand big 19 in a short text. In a word, short stories will not only 20 your English reading comprehension (理解力) but also open your mind to different worlds.11AnewspaperBdiaryCtextbookDtext12AmeaningfulBwholeClongDwarm13AunderstandBcountCcreateDforget14AusuallyBalwaysCneverDofte
11、n15AtreatedBrepeatedCreadDlaid16AbetterBmoreClessDworse17AvocabularyBpronunciationCexpressionDknowledge18Alook upBtalk aboutCthink ofDpart with19AcustomsBnotesCsecretsDideas20AimproveBexperienceCsmellDcompare二、阅读理解China is a country with 56 nationalities (民族). Does each nationality celebrate New Yea
12、r in the same way? Lets see some of them. Tibetan peopleTibetan New Year called Losar falls on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar (late January or early February). The word Losar is a Tibetan word for New Year. People visit temples (寺庙) to make offerings and give gifts to monks (
13、僧人). Dai peopleDai people in Yunnan Province usually celebrate the Water Festival, also their new year, from April 13th to April 15th. They take part in many interesting activities like the Dragon Boat Racing, fireworks shows and other performances on the first day. And the most popular eventwater s
14、plashing will be on the second day. Han peopleHan people have the largest population in China. The new year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. New Years Eve and New Years Day are a time for family reunion. People get together to enjoy a
15、 big family meal, watch TV, play mahjong and so on until the next morning. 21The Tibetan New Year always falls in _.AJuly or AugustBApril or MayCJanuary or FebruaryDOctober or November22Dai people usually celebrate their new year by _.Aplaying mahjongBvisiting templesCmaking zongziDenjoying firework
16、s shows23Which of the following about Han people is TRUE?AHan peoples new year starts with the New Moon.BHan people give gifts to monks in the new year.CHan people have the smallest population in China.DHan people have family reunion only on New Years Day.Youve been told to study, but how do you do
17、that? We get it! We interviewed four top students from No. 1 Middle School to bring you the best advice, so read on to learn how to study efficiently (高效地). Wang Tingyu: Managing (管理) your time can help you study better and more wisely. Make a weekly plan and spend some time studying every day. Even
18、 30 minutes a day can make a difference. The most important fact is the insistence (坚持). Lucy: Finding a good study place can help you feel more productive. Find a quiet place with a comfortable chair and a desk where you can lay out all your school things. Avoid studying in bed which encourages you
19、 to fall asleep. Wu Jie: Silencing your phone and turning off the TV keep you focused. The ring of a phone and background noise from a TV may not seem like distractions (使人分心的事), but they can keep your mind in 2 places at once. Avoid this by turning off them or putting them in a different room. Fang
20、 Ling: Taking good notes can help you study better. Catch all the important information and write down what the teacher says even if its not in the textbook. Go over your notes before you take exams.24Which of the following is time management according to Wang Tingyu?AI will read books for 30 minute
21、s before going to bed this week.BI have finished my homework early today.CI forget to read books today.DI get up early to do my homework.25What is Wu Jies advice on the phone?APutting it on the desk while studying.BPutting it away while studying.CGiving it away to others.DTurning it down while study
22、ing.26What does Fang Ling write down in class?AEvery word the teacher writes on the blackboard.BEvery piece of information the textbook includes.CThe question he doesnt understand.DThe important information the teacher says.The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar c
23、alendar. Ancient people also called it the Shangyuan Festival. Celebrations and traditions on this day began from the Han Dynasty and became popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Watching the red lanterns is one of the main traditions. Lanterns of different shapes and sizes are usually put on trees
24、 or along river banks on show. It is said that sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming to ask for help when he was in trouble. Today, when the lanterns slowly rise into the air, people make wishes. Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometim
25、es humorous. The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character, a famous persons name, or a places name. The most important thing is to eat sweet dumplings with different tastes. In northern China, they are called yuanxiao while in southern parts they re named tangyuan. Making sweet dumplings is lik
26、e a game or an activity, so they are usually done happily by a group of friends or family members. In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic*. Watching lanterns gave young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, a poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this: Hundreds and th
27、ousands of times I looked for her in the crowd. Suddenly I turned my head, and there she stood, in the dim light. * The word “romantic” means connected or concerned with love.27When did celebrations and traditions of the Lantern Festival start?AIn the Song Dynasty.BIn the Tang Dynasty.CIn the Han Dy
28、nasty.DIn the Sui Dynasty.28What does the underlined word “humorous” mean in Paragraph 3?AUnfair.BAncient.CStupid.DFunny.29Paragraphs 24 mainly tell us something about _ of the Lantern Festival.Adifferent namesBthe historyCthe traditionsDdelicious food30The line from Xin Qiji shows the Lantern Festi
29、val was _ in old times.AromanticBpopularCrelaxingDexciting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。Welcome to English in a Minute. Here you can learn more about idioms (习语) in American English. Idioms in American English can be hard to understand. So lets see if you can find out what these idioms me
30、an. Thats just my two cents. 31 “My two cents” is a different way of saying “my ideas” or “my thoughts on the subject”. Two cents isnt a lot of money. Saying “something is just my two cents” is like saying that your idea is important to you, 32 Not everyone will always agree with you, so saying this
31、 lets people know that. Whats the game plan? This expression is very common in American English. But it does not have anything to do with playing a game. 33 When you say “Whats the game plan?”, its another way to ask someone for the details (细节) of a plan. In sports, a game plan is a set of instruct
32、ions for the players to follow, so they can win the game. 34 In your dreams. In American English, when someone responds (回应) to you by saying “In your dreams”, does he mean that youre really dreaming? “In your dreams” is a different way of saying “I dont believe you.” 35 It is a way to tell people t
33、hat you think they are making up a story.AIts a way to ask for information.Band its hard to come up with the bright idea.Cbut it might not mean much to someone else.DDoes it make you wonder what money has to do with giving someone advice?EOutside of sports, it could be a plan for going to dinner or
34、watching a game.FBut its impossible for us to learn a language well only by repeating.GIt also means theres no way thats true.三、完成句子36文旭总是积极参加学校活动。Wen Xu always takes a(n) part in school activities.37亲爱的同学们，请学会欣赏别人，也要欣赏自己。Dear students, please learn to both others and yourselves.38凯文通过大声朗读学习汉语。Kevin
35、 studied Chinese by .39每天早上，我在花园里能闻到花香，听到鸟鸣。I can smell the flowers and hear the birds singing every morning.40这学期保罗在化学方面取得了多么大的进步啊！What great progress Paul has made in this term!四、选词填空用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。）dothreetheykeepbeChinagohealthchangesongDo you know something about the
36、 Shangsi Festival? It comes on the 41 day of the third lunar month. It is an ancient 42 festival. The day is said to be the birthday of the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi), people often take a bath in the river on that day to 43 away from bad luck easily. So far, the tradition of the festival has 44 . In t
37、he Jin Dynasty, people took a bath while drinking from cups going along the river. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people 45 activities like hiking and listening to music. In modern times, during the festival, the Han people would 46 outside to enjoy flowers. It is a festival for the young Zhuang pe
38、ople to sing 47 and then find their true love. Bamboo dancing is another choice for 48 . For the Li and Miao people in Hainan, it is a day for remembering ancestors (祖先). Special food 49 also important to the festival. Five-colored rice and painted eggs are traditional food for the Shangsi Festival.
39、 The Zhuang people believe the rice is good for 50 and the painted eggs are the symbol of love.五、任务型阅读阅读下面的语篇材料，根据所读内容，完成下列各题。Do you speak a dialect (方言) in daily life? While many Chinese people speak Putonghua, some local dialects are in danger of disappearing (消失). To save them, the Chinese govern
40、ment started the Chinese Language Resources Protection Project a few years ago. This project looks at how people talk in 1, 712 places. Their languages include 103 dialects that are almost gone. It has helped China to build the largest language resource library in the world. According to British lin
41、guist Harold Palmer, dialects are a key to store local cultures. “Language faithfully shows the history, the beliefs and the biases of an area,” he said. Scholar Zhang Hongming talked about his worries of the disappearing of dialects. “For about over 10 years, in the Wu dialect areas such as Shangha
42、i and Suzhou, children aged 6 to 15 can understand but hardly the dialect. Meanwhile, young people above 15 years old sometimes speak it, but not very well. If this keeps happening, the dialect might disappear.” he said. So how did China make this big library? “A big national effort (努力) has been pu
43、t into the project to make it happen,” said Cao Zhiyun, chief expert on the project. Over five years, more than 350 universities and research groups joined in, along with over 4, 500 experts and more than 6, 000 dialect speakers. The project is now entering into its second part. This includes creati
44、ng digital tools like apps and mobile dictionaries to help people learn dialects.51Why did the Chinese government start the project? Because the Chinese government wanted to .52What does the British linguist think of dialects? He thinks dialects are .53Whats scholar Zhang Hongming worrying about? He
45、 is worrying about .54What word can you put in the “ _”? I can put “ ” there.55How can people protect dialects? They can to protect dialects.六、补全对话根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。A: Good morning, Liu Hui. 56 ? B: Not bad. How about you, Chen Tao? A: Pretty good. Im learning to play tennis in a cl
46、ub these days. B: Really? 57 . A: Once a week. Its fun and relaxing. Do you want to play it with me this Sunday? B: 58 . A: Why? B: There is a food festival in my community on Sunday. I am going to do some preparations for it. A: Wow! Sounds interesting. 59 ? B: Of course. Everyone is welcome. We can make some food together at the food festival. A: That sounds great. See you then. B: 60 .七、书面表达61假如你是李华，上周你们班召开了有关英语
