2021学年第一学期期末质量测试九年级英语学科Part 2 Grammar and VocabularyⅡ. Choose the best answer.21.The girl is completely unaware the danger behind her.A.toB. ofC. fromD. with22.I hope you can help to any food in my fridge.A.youB. yourC. yoursD. yourself23.There must be wrong with my computer.A.anythingB. nothingC. somethingD. everything24.Li Bai was considered one of poets throughout the Chinese history.A.greatB. greaterC. greatestD. the greatest25.These senior teachers should be greeted .A.lovelyB. softlyC. politelyD. beautifully26.–is Qingpu Middle school from your home?–About an hour’s drive.A.How longB. How soonC. How farD. How often27.–I have two tickets for the musical‘Les Miserable’?–Sorry. The tickets are sold out.A.MustB. NeedC. ShouldD. May28.I’ve heard that Tom a visit to his disabled father twice a week.A.pays B paid C. will pay D. has paid29.This time yesterday, I to my new class teacher.A.speaksB. spokeC. is speakingD. was speaking30.I saw Tom football with his classmates at three this afternoon.A.playsB. playedC. playingD. to play31.Seven told me that he writing the report a week before.A.finishB. finishesC. finishingD. had finished32.I didn’t go to the cinema yesterday, I had a very important meeting to attend.A.orB. soC. butD. for33.It won’t be long we leave our junior middle school.A.A. becauseB. untilC. beforeD. though34.The little girl has lunch in school every day, ?A.has sheB. hasn’t sheC. does sheD. doesn’t she35.important tool WeChat is in our daily life today!A.How anB. HowC. What anD. WhatⅢ. Choose the proper words in the box to complete the following passage. Each can be used only once.A. slowlyB. similarC. energeticD. differentE. performanceFlamenco is very popular in southern Spain. It begins with guitar music and clapping and then dancers join the36 . Sometimes a woman dances alone and sometimes she danced with a man. The woman always wears a long, colorful dress. She moves her arms and hands 37 but her feet move in fast difficult steps. The manoften wears black. Both dancers click their shoes on the floor when they dance around each other.Cossack dances are from Russia and Ukraine. They are very 38 -some are more like gymnastics than dancing! Dancers have to be very fit because they jump very high and kick their legs up and down. They often jump over swords. The movements are 39to traditional Cossack activities, for example, sword fighting and getting on and off horses.A. repairB. touchC. villageD. celebrationsE. deathLimbo dancing is first from West Africa but today it is an important part of 40 in the Caribbean. Young people have to dance under a pole. The pole is often on fire and the dancer mustn’t 41 it! After a successful“limbo”，they put the pole lower and do it again. Some dancers can dance under a pole just twenty centimeters off the ground!Mask dances are important for the Dogon people in Mali. Each 42makes different masks. They are often huge and colorful. There are masks of people, monsters or local animals like crocodiles and monkeys. Mask dancers are always men and they dance to the sound of drums for hours after the 43 of a person in the village. Today, Dogon villagers also perform the dances for tourists.Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.44.We should join our hands together to come up with more .（method）45.It was said that the criminal had been arrested by that time.（nine）46.The Bund attracts many people with beautiful night view.（it）47.Everyone believes that those chemicals do to the environment.（harmful）48.The man made sure that all the doors had been locked before going to sleep.（secure）49.To our , our school team won the basketball match again this time!（excited）50.The boy promised to love the girl for the rest of their life.（faithful）51.I firmly believe this kind of virus comes from the human body.（main）Ⅴ. Complete the following sentences as required.52.Mike’s behavior created lots of new problems.（改为否定句）Mike’s behavior many new problems.53.The government will think of a new solution to this tough problem.（对划线部分提问）the government think of to this tough problem?54.Detective Wang found some clues in the end.（改为被动语态）Some clues by Detective Wang in the end.55.My mother wanted to know how she could get the needed information.（改为简单句）My mother wanted to know get the needed information.56.She studied the broken vase with great care.（保持句意基本不变）She studied the broken vase .57.“Did you notice the thief?”John asked me.（改为间接引语）John asked me I noticed the thief.58.wanted to, on health problems, Pansy, for the school newspaper, write an article（连词成句）Part 3 Reading and WritingⅥ.Reading comprehension.A. Choose the best answer.The International Climate Champions（ICC）project began in 2007. It gives young people of school age achance to speak publicly on climate change and to encourage action to reduce itseffects. Each country involved selects three teenagers to be Climate Champions,who take part in local and international activities.Climate Champion Irene Sanna lives on the Italian island of Sardinia. Irene isinterested in solar energy, and also believes that Sardinia should use the wavesaround its coast to produce electricity. That would reduce the need to import oiland gas for lighting, heating and cooking.‘Energy conservation is our future. We must make plans to save our coast, which still has no pollution. We must protect the animals, birds and fish in danger from global warming. And we must recycle.’Chinese student Ding Yinghan is the Beijing Climate Champion. Ding feels it is unfair to say that just one country-his own-is causing climate change. He says the air pollution that leads to global warming comes from many parts of the world, including poorer countries that are now growing more quickly. He believes the only way to prevent the situation getting even worse is for rich and poor countries to work together.Sophia Angelis, a junior student in Lake Arrowhead, California, is a US Champion. She’s aga inst young people’s general lack of interest in politics and feels they need to discuss the problems that really matter to their generation. She has written about the need for action on would poverty and her articles have been published in her local newspaper. Sophia strongly believes that climate change is an important issue for her generation. For her, changes in the way teenagers behave are an important way of influencing choices that are made by parents.In 2008, the Climate Champions attended the International Conference of Environment Ministers in the Japanese city of Kobe. At present, 13 countries are involved in the ICC, and more countries are expected to join soon.59.Different Climate Champions are mentioned in this article except the one from .A.ChinaB. JapanC. ItalyD. America60.What does Irene say about the sea?A.The water near the island is now dirty.B. Many types of fish have disappeared.C. There is oil and gas under the water.D. It can provide power for the island.61.What does Ding believe about the climate change?A.It is certain to get much worse.B. Air pollution does not cause it.C. It is wrong to blame China for it.D. It is caused only by rich countries.62.Sophia thinks that young people should .A.publish their own newspapersB. change old people’s habitsC. follow the example of their parentsD. avoid talking about politics63.In which section of the newspaper can we most probably find this article?A.HealthB. EnvironmentC. FashionD. News64.What is the writer’s main purpose in this article?A.to give details about how to become a Climate Champion.B.to explain why the Earth’s climate is changing so quickly.C.to say what some people are doing about climate change.D.to tell people what they can do to prevent climate change.B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.Why save money?There are many reasons why people save money and the reasons change at different stages of life. For example：●Teenagers might save for a nice computer, a car or a big 65 at the end of Year 12.●Houses are so expensive that not many people can afford to pay cash for them. First home buyers must savefor a deposit and arrange the rest through a loan.●For wage or salary earners with children, the saying‘to save for a rainy day’means that it is important tohave some money saved in case illnesses, 66 or other emergencies affect them or their dependents.●Older people save for their retirement by putting funds aside in a superannuation plan. They want to have agood lifestyle and to feel 67 in their old age.●On leaving school, young people may wish to experience the excitement of living in an inner city location.The cost of living in such areas can be 68 , especially accommodation costs. and may make it difficult to save. People living in remote rural communities also experience high living costs, 69 for food and household items, due to the added expense of transporting supplies to isolated areas.●Whatever the age, saving money gives some people a sense of satisfaction and 70 . When you look atyour savings balance, you might feel a sense of achievement.65. A. chance B. holiday C. room D. school66. A. accidents B. challenges C. worries D. endings67. A. worried B. upset C. excited D. safe68. A. hard B. wonderful C. high D. difficult69. A. even B. especially C. hopefully D. strictly70. A. unity B. responsibility C. pleasure D. belongingC. Fill in the blanks with proper words.Li Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy who works hard in school and gets good grades. It is hard to b 71 that he used to be a“problem child”until a conversation with his parents influenced his way of thinking. Li Wen lives in the Sichuan countryside. As a small child, he seldom gave his parents any problems, and they were proudof him. H72, after his parents moved to Guangzhou to work, the boy’s life became more difficult. He had to move in with his grandmother.Li Wen began to cause problems for himself and his family. He was no longer interested in studying. He was o73absent from classes, and he failed his examinations. Finally, his parents made a decision to send him to a boarding school. Li Wen no longer lived with his grandmother. He studied, ate and s 74at the school, and he hated it. There were so many rules, and he used to keep breaking them. One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. Even the teacher agreed that Li Wen was wasting his time.The head teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person. His parents took a 40-hour train ride and a five-hour b 75ride to go back to their hometown. To Li Wen’s surprise, their conversation changed his life. “It was exactly what I needed,” he said. “My parents helped me to u 76how much they had given me. They also told me that even though they couldn’t be there to take care of me, they were always thinking of me and would take pride in everything good that I did. That’s when I decided to change. I realized that since my parents moved away, I’ve been afraid of being a 77 , and have tried to make my parents pay more attention to me.”Now Li Wen has really changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. His parents’ love has made him feel good about himself. “It’s very important for parents to be there for their children,” Li Wen says.D, Answer the questions.‘I’’ve seen a huge difference in Irina since she started talking to a life coach,’says her mother Sylvana. ‘I get on very well with Irina, but you can’t always talk to your mother about everything. Talking to someone who listens but is not a close family member is very important.’What is a life coach?An athlete improves because he trains with a coach. A life coach can also guide you to success. A life coach encourages you to think not only about what you want, but also about how you are going to get it. Until now, life coaches have helped adults, for example business executives who need to make decisions or parents who want some advice on bringing up their children. Now it’s the turn of our young people.Life Coach Simone WaltzSimon Waltz, a former radio producer, set up her life coaching company five years ago.‘I offer teenagers a place to talk, to decide on their future plans and to sort out problems,’says Waltz. Jem’s parents are delighted with what Waltz has done. Jem has got a place at university to study medicine but he has decided to take part in a volunteer project in central Africa first.‘Yes, we were surprised, but Jem is still very young. This experience abroad will help him grow up before he goes to university here.’Life coach Tara NewhouseTara tells the story of a 15-year-old who was failing in science, until they found out she learnt best through music. Once she made up songs to learn by, she achieved 99 percent in her tests. Tara has also helped Sylvana’s daughter, Irina, who was not sure whether she would go to university. Now she hopes to get into a top university. Irina now feels more confident about everything. She has even taken up exercise for the first time in years.Life coach Mo AhmedMo Ahmed has coached children as young as five years old, “It could be something as simple as leaning multiplication tables - asking them how t hey’re going to do it, how are they going to make it fun?’Mo has also helped teenager Regina who was having problems making friends when she moved to a new school. They talked together about the things Regina really enjoyed doing. By joining the school basketball team Regina has made several new friends.78.Irina and her mother Sylvana don’t get on very well, do they?79.According to the writer, how can an athlete improve?80.How long has Simone Waltz worked as a life coach?81.Who helps Irina become more confident?82.What problem did Regina used to have?83.Is working as a life coach meaningful? Why or why not?VII. Writing84.Write at least 60 words according to the given situation（根据以下情境写一篇不少于60 个词的短文，标点符号不占格）在我们的日常学习生活中，我们会遇到各种各样的问题。
