江苏省盐城市康居路初中教育集团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、单项选择1．To build ________ greener world, we are supposed to plant trees in our city every spring. A．a B．an C．the D．/2．Wang Yaping taught a class from space to all the students in China ________ Mar. 23, 2022.A．in B．on C．at D．for3．It’s ________ of Tom to work out the difficult maths problem in ten minutes. A．surprising B．exciting C．clever D．impossible 4．The high-speed railway will make it easier for people ________ around.A．travel B．travelling C．to travel D．travelled 5．Believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have ________ to fear. A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything 6．Tiklok(抖音) has become ________ among people and I can learn to cook nice dishes from it.A．exciting B．difficult C．different D．popular 7．—Did the doctor save the girl?—Yes, she ________ on the morning of May 10th. She is out of danger now.A．was operated on B．operated on C．was operated D．operated 8．You may easily lose your way in the rain forest ________ you don’t have a map or a guide. A．if B．unless C．though D．until 9．Yancheng High-speed Railway Hub Bus Station has been ________ since 18 May 2021. A．in trouble B．in use C．in danger D．in surprise 10．—WeChat has changed people’s life in many ways.—________. We can use it to communicate with others more easily.A．Completely B．Exactly C．Probably D．Possibly 11．—Have you got any books on birdwatching? I want to borrow ________.—Yes, here you are. But you must return it by Thursday.A．one B．it C．this D．that12．—Could you help the twins with their homework after supper?—Sorry, I ________. I will prepare a speech on the history of the Party tonight. A．couldn’t B．can’t C．needn’t D．shouldn’t 13．Smoking isn’t allowed in public in our city. If anyone is found smoking in public, he________.A．is going to be punished B．is going to punish C．is punishingD．has punished14．China’s Shenzhou 13 has successfully sent three astronauts into space and successfully connected with Tiangong 1. Do you know ________?A．what does it look like B．why it was sent thereC．how many photos does it take there D．what will it discover15．—How about going shopping together at one o’clock this afternoon?—________. Will three be OK?A．Sorry, I can’t make it B．Certainly, no problemC．Sure, it depends on you D．Sorry, I’m not free today二、完形填空When I was very young, my parents were busy working all day. One day, we moved to a house with a yard in Brighton on my third birthday. My first memory was our ____16____ . Arlene handing me strawberries from her garden. She and her husband, Bill, lived next door.There weren’t any kids of my age in the neighborhood, so I ____17____ played in the yard with my dogs. Arlene spent lots of time ____18____ in the garden, and I was always talking to her from our yard.She never got ____19____ of listening to me talk. I think Arlene saw herself in me - we were both lonely kids - and that may be why she always listened to me.One day, my parents asked Bill and Arlene whether they’d ____20____ me while they were out. They agreed and they had a spare room in their house, which became“ ____21____ ” room. Arlene and I would do things together. We made clothes for dolls. Bill taught me how to ride a bike. He was always ____22____ something in his garage. I would hang around to ___23___ to him, and he would always stop ____24____ to me, just like Arlene did.When I was about five, I had a(an) ____25____ . One day, I knocked on Bill andArlene’s door and said, “Will you be my ____26____ ?” They started crying and excitedly ____27____ my advice. They had never thought of having the ____28____ to be parents or even grandparents one day. From then on, I called Bill and Arlene Grandpa and Grandma. Over the years, Bill and Arlene supported me in all my dreams.Arlene passed away in 2021. ____29____ the end of the funeral(葬礼), I gave the eulogy(悼词), “The greatest joy of my life, my grandmother.” After the funeral, Bill gave me a ring. It’s a gold ring that I wear on my ring finger to help me remember the kind of____30____ I wish to put into this world.16．A．relative B．assistant C．neighbour D．teacher 17．A．hardly B．exactly C．nearly D．mostly 18．A．to work B．working C．worked D．works 19．A．angry B．satisfied C．tired D．worried 20．A．1ook after B．look for C．look at D．look up 21．A．his B．her C．their D．my 22．A．stealing B．fixing C．searching D．finding 23．A．talk B．say C．chat D．tell 24．A．listening B．to listen C．to hear D．hearing 25．A．idea B．advice C．way D．question 26．A．grandparents B．parents C．friends D．neighbours 27．A．refused B．regretted C．received D．accepted 28．A．chance B．change C．choice D．ability 29．A．In B．At C．From D．By 30．A．hope B．peace C．love D．luck三、阅读单选On January 13th, 2022, as a member of the Sunshine student reporter group, I went to Yancheng City Park to have some street interviews.I asked some parents and kids about their opinions on the “Double Reduction” policy. Here’s what they said .31．The writer in the passage must be ________.A．a student B．a worker C．a nurse D．a driver32．What are the interviews about?A．Family activities.B．The “Double Reduction” policy.C．A holiday plan.D．Healthy living habits.33．Where may the passage be from?A．A novel.B．A newspaper.C．An ad.D．A poster.In Spain, children and their families are riding bikes to school together in large groups. The program is called “bicibus” or bike bus. In Barcelona, the program started with only five children and grew quickly to hundreds of riders.The bicibus begins around 8: 25 every Friday morning. It starts off with just a few students and parents, with more and more joining as it travels along. The bicibus takes over all the lanes (车道) of the street, not only the bike lanes. With music playing, it feels like a party. When students reach their school, they leave the bus and park their bikes.Nine-year-old Maria Pitarch says, “The best part of the bicibus is that we ride along and pick up friends and we ride together.”It was impossible to bike to school before, because it was unsafe for kids. One of the main roads used by the bicibus has about 20, 000 cars every day. Because these are busy streets, the local police are helping stop traffic by riding in front of the bicibus and behind it.Parents are hoping that the bicibus will help change ideas about how people can commute in the city. They want the city to create wider, kid-friendly bike lanes, and point out that the bicibus also helps cut down on pollution.Pictures of the bicibus got a lot of attention when they were posted online. Many people pointed out what a simple idea it is, and how easy it is to get started. Already some other areas are also organizing bicibus.34．Maria will probably think bike bus is ________.A．common B．terrible C．enjoyable D．boring 35．The underlined word “commute” in this passage means ________.A．think B．stay C．study D．travel 36．Why did fewer children ride to school before?A．Because there was too much traffic.B．Because it wasn’t interesting enough. C．Because the police didn’t help at all.D．Because they weren’t allowed to ride alone.Five, four, three, two, one, blast off (发射升空) ! At 00: 23 on Oct 16, 202l, the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft rose into the sky from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. Three Chinese astronauts—Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu—set off for the Tiangong space station.The spacecraft successfully docked (对接) with the space station core module Tianhe. The astronauts will stay in space for six months, carrying out the longest-ever space mission by Chinese astronauts.Shenzhou XIII is the fourth spacecraft to visit the Tiangong station and the second manned (载人) ship to transport astronauts to the orbiting outpost (轨道位置) . Before it, Shenzhou XII manned spacecraft was launched on June 17, carrying three astronauts—Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo. They stayed in the space station for three months and returned to Earth on Sept 17.The Shenzhou XIII astronauts have a wide range of tasks, such as doing medical experiments, setting up robotic (机械的) arms and checking the devices inside the station.They have performed two space walks to work outside the station—one was on Nov 7, with Wang becoming China’s first female spacewalker, while the other was on Dec 26.The Shenzhou XIII mission has fueled (点燃) teenagers’ passion for space exploration as well. On Dec 9, the astronauts gave a science lesson to millions of students on Earth. They showed the kids their space life and did some fun science experiments. For example, Wang made a water ball to show that water in space is different from that on Earth. It will not flow downward (向下) if you try to pour it into a cup.Denis Simon, director of the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke University in the US, told Xinhua that China’s success in space continues to be impressive. “China is now well on its way to being a leader in space exploration,” he said.37．What do we know about the mission of Shenzhou XIII?A．It has the most astronauts ever sent into space.B．It is the first mission to send astronauts to an orbiting outpost.C．The spacecraft is the first one to visit the Tiangong space station.D．It is the longest-ever space mission by Chinese astronauts.38．Paragraph 4 mainly tells us about ________.A．devices astronauts used to finish their tasks B．the tasks for Shenzhou XIII astronauts C．how the space walks were performed D．who spacewalkers are39．What do we know about water in space?A．It does not flow downward.B．Its color is different from water on Earth. C．It flows quicker than it does on Earth.D．It will break a cup if people try to pour it. 40．What does Denis Simon mean in the last paragraph?A．There will be more success in space exploration around the world.B．Cooperation between China and the US is going well.C．China has followed the laws of space exploration.D．China has done a great job in space exploration.“Well, I’ll eat the cake,” Alice said. If I get taller, I can reach the key on the table. And if I get smaller, I can go under the door into the garden.” Then she finished the cake very soon.“I shall be as tall as a house in a minute,” she said. She tried to look down at her feet. And could only just see them.Just then her head hit the ceiling（天花板）of the room. She was now about three metres tall. Quickly, she took the key from the table and hurried to the garden door. But she was too tall to go through the door. She began to cry. The tears ran down her face, and soon there was a large pool of salt water all around her on the floor. Suddenly, she heard a voice, and she stopped crying to listen.”Oh, the Duchess（公爵夫人），the Duchess! She’ll be very angry! I’m late, and she’s waiting for me, Oh dear, oh dear!” It was the White Rabbit again. He was hurrying down the long room, with a pair of white gloves in one hand and a fan in the other hand. Alice was afraid, but she needed help. So she said in a low voice, “Oh, please, sir—”Her voice frightened（使惊恐）the Rabbit. He dropped the gloves and the fan, and ran away quickly.Alice picked up the gloves and the fan. The room was very hot, so she cooled down with the fan. She said, “Oh dear! How strange everything is today! Shall I get smaller during the night?”She began to feel very unhappy again, but then she looked down at her hand. She was wearing one of the Rabbit’s white gloves. “How did I get it on my hand?” she thought. “Oh, I’m getting smaller again! I’m already less than a meter tall and getting smaller every second! How can I stop it?” She saw the fan in her other hand. “It must be the fan!” she thought, and quickly she dropped it.She was now very, very small, and the key was still lying on the table.“Things are worse than ever,” thought poor Alice. She turned away from the door, and fell into sail water, right up to her neck. At first she thought it was the sea, but then she saw it was the pool of her own tears.“Oh, why did I cry so much?” said Alice. She swam around and looked for a way out, but the pool was very big. Just then she saw an animal in the water near her. It looked like a large animal to Alice, but it was only a mouse.“Shall I speak to it?thought Alice. “Everything is very strange here, so perhaps a mouse can speak.Then she began, “Oh, Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired ofswimming.”But the mouse looked at her with its little eyes and said nothing.Perhaps it doesn’t understand English, thought Alice. “Perhaps it’s a French mouse.” So she began again, and said in French, “Where is my cat?”(This was the first sentence in her French book.)The mouse jumped half out of the water and looked at her angrily.“Oh, I’m sorry!” cried Alice quickly. “Of course, you don’t like cats, do you?“No. I don’t like cats,” the mouse replied.(Adapted from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) 41．What did the White Rabbit drop when he heard Alice’s voice?A．The cake and the fan.B．The cake and the key.C．The gloves and the fan.D．The gloves and the key.42．How did Alice feel after the White Rabbit ran away?A．Bored.B．Excited.C．Curious.D．Unhappy. 43．What is the correct order of what happened to Alice in the story?a.Alice fell into the salt water.b.Alice ate up the whole cake.c.Alice met a mouse and spoke to it.d.Alice took the key and hurried to the door.A．b-a-d-c B．c-b-d-a C．b-d-a-c D．c-d-a-b 44．What can we learn from the story?A．The key was taken away by a French cat.B．The fan made Alice get smaller and smaller.C．The mouse couldn’t speak French or English.D．The White Rabbit was waiting for the Duchess.45．Which of the following is the best title for the story?A．Alice’s strange experience B．The ceiling of the roomC．A cute mouse and a lazy cat D．The White Rabbits house四、阅读还原6选5There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not.___46___ When someone says they have to “face the music”, it does not mean they are going to a concert. “Facing the music” means to accept the punishment of an action.___47___ For example, “I can’t face another night of camping! It’s cold and rainy.”“In life, you must face your fears.” Face used in this way is very common. Back to facing the music: Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her expensive sports car. She gives you the keys and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I’m away. But please, do not drive it. It is an extremely（极其）fast car.” ___48___ You want to show off to some friends. So, you drive it around town one night. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. Bang!When your friend returns, you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”. ____49____ It could be losing her friendship or paying to repair her car—or both. Whatever the music is, you must face it.___50___ To “take your medicine” means to accept the results from something bad you have done. And if someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it,” they mean you created a bad situation and how you have to experience the results!阅读短文，从A--F六个选项中，选出五个适当的选项补全短文。
