2023-2024學(xué)年浙江省溫州市甌海外國語學(xué)校九年級(jí)（上）開學(xué)英語試卷

一、閱讀單選

• 1．Most people buy a lot of gifts just before Christmas.But some people think we buy too much.They start a special day called Buy Nothing Day.They don't want anyone to go shopping that day.
     Buy Nothing Day is November 29.It's 25 days before Christmas.It's after Thanksgiving and often the first day of Christmas shopping.At this time，we see ads in newspapers and on TV telling us to "buy，buy，buy!"
     The idea for Buy Nothing Day started in British Columbia（哥倫比亞）.Now people all over the world celebrate Buy Nothing Day.In California（加利福尼亞），parents and children get together to read stories，sing songs，and paint pictures.The children talk about why they don't need a lot of toys.This year，in England，people dress up to tell people that we buy too much.
     In New Mexico（新墨西哥州），high school students want to tell other students about Buy Nothing Day.They organize a spaghetti（意大利細(xì)面） dinner to give people information about Buy Nothing Day.They ask restaurants in the neighborhood to donate the food.They make posters and talk to other students about it.The dinner is a big success，and many students agree not to buy anything on November 29.The students at high school like the idea of this new tradition.Next year，they want to have another dinner to tell more people about Buy Nothing Day!
  
  （1）Why do people all over the world celebrate Buy Nothing Day？

  
  A．people need more time to do other things.
  B．people buy too many gifts for Christmas.
  C．people have no money to buy a lot of gifts.
  D．people waste too much time going shopping.
  （2）How do people celebrate Buy Nothing Day？

  
  A．In California，parents and children get together to play games.
  B．They buy nothing and make the others decide not to.
  C．In England，people celebrate by performing plays.
  D．In Mexico，high school students dressed up.
  （3）What do the students do in New Mexico for the day？

  
  A．They talk to others about Buy Nothing Day.
  B．They dress up to tell people that we buy too much.
  C．They organize a spaghetti dinner to donate the food.
  D．They get together to read stories，sing songs，and paint pictures.
  （4）What's the best title（標(biāo)題） of the passage？

  
  A．Christmas shopping.
  B．Buy Nothing Day.
  C．Shopping around the world.
  D．Buy，buy，buy!
  組卷：3引用：3難度：0.6

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• 2．Sarah ran in，shouting， "Look what I found!" Over the top of the paper I was reading；came a terrible thing that caused me to jump.It was a snake skin found in our garden.
     "Isn't it beautiful？" said my seven-year-old daughter.
     I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear.I didn't think it was beautiful，but I learned never to appear nonchalant（冷漠的）with children.Everything they see for the first time is important to their sense of beauty；they see only excellence in the world.
     "Why does it do this？" Sarah asked.
     "Snakes shed（蛻） their skins because they need to renew themselves，" I explained.
     "Why do they need to renew themselves？" Sarah asked.
     "We often need to shed our skins，those coatings that we cover ourselves with，" I said to my daughter. "We leave some things and find other thing unwanted or unnecessary.This snake no longer needs this skin.It is probably too little for him，and he probably doesn't think he looks as smart in it as he once did. "
     As we talked，I knew that she began to understand.Although she couldn't understand clearly，she would know that renewal is part of progress；that we need to take a good look at ourselves，our rooms，schoolwork and spirit，and see what we need to keep and what we need to leave.I was careful to tell that this is a natural way，not one to be forced.
     "Snakes don't peel off their skins when they like them. "I explained. "It happens as a natural thing of their growth. "
     "I see，Dad，" said Sarah as she held the snake skin，and then ran off.
     I hoped she would remember this；we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary.Then we can store them as memories m our deep hearts.
  （1）Father jumped up when her daughter came to him with a snake skin because

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  A．he didn't want to read any more
  B．he was in great fear of it
  C．he wanted to praised her daughter
  D．he hated snakes
  （2）Father's patient explanation shows that

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  A．his daughter didn't want to listen to him at all
  B．he knew children saw only excellence in the world
  C．his daughter couldn't follow him at all
  D．he wanted to teach everything to her
  （3）In this reading the underlined word "renew "means

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  A．to begin to do something again
  B．to make something newer than before
  C．to replace something old with something new
  D．to cover something old with something new
  （4）We learn from the reading that

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  A．the girl seemed to understand what her father said
  B．the girl wasn't interested in the explanation
  C．the father was good at raising snakes
  D．the father liked the snake skin better
  （5）Which of the following titles is the best for the reading？

  
  A．Snake Skin
  B．Renew Ourselves
  C．Father and Girl
  D．Great Discovery
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.6

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• 3．The city of music Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Danube in the center of Europe.It's the capital city of Austria and the center of European classical music.In the eighteenth century a lot of musicians came to study and work in Vienna.
     In the Strauss family，there were two composers called Johann Strauss：the father and the son.The father，Johann Strauss the elder，wrote and played music for traditional dances，called the waltz.His dance music made him famous all over Europe.The son，Johann Strauss the younger，was also very successful and popular.He wrote over 150 waltzes.In 1867 he wrote The Blue Danube waltz.
     Mozart was another very important composer.He was born in Austria in 1756.Before he was six，he played not only the piano but also the violin.His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities.He wrote hundreds of pieces of music.But he became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only thirty-five.Like Johann Strauss，father and son he was a great European musician，and many people still think his music is perfect.
  
  （1）Where is Vienna？

  
  A．In Africa.
  B．In Austria.
  C．In America.
  D．In Australia.
  （2）What kind of music does the waltz belong to？

  
  A．Blues music.
  B．Rock music.
  C．Country music.
  D．Classical music.
  （3）Who wrote The Blue Danube waltz？

  
  A．Mozart.
  B．Beethoven.
  C．Johann Strauss the elder.
  D．Johann Strauss the younger.
  （4）When was Mozart born？

  
  A．In 1756.
  B．In 1762.
  C．In 1791.
  D．In 1867.
  （5）Which of the following sentence is true？

  
  A．Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Thames.
  B．The father，Johann Strauss the younger，wrote and played music for traditional dances.
  C．Johann Strauss the younger wrote more than 150 waltzes.
  D．Mozart became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only 53.
  組卷：2引用：2難度：0.5

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• 4．A year ago，I paid no attention to English idioms （習(xí)語），though my teacher told us the importance again and again.But soon，the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
     One day，I happened to meet an Englishman on the road，and soon we began to talk.As I was talking about how I was studying English，the foreigner seemed to be surprised.Gently shaking his head，shrugging his shoulders，he said，"You don't say!" "You don't say!" I was puzzled.I thought，perhaps this is not a right topic. "Well，I'd better change the topic." So I said to him. "Well，shall we talk about the Great Wall？By the way，have you ever been there？" "Certainly，everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing jye.ai.It was wonderful." He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. "The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world.We are very proud of it." Soon I was interrupted （打斷） again by his words： "You don't say!" I couldn't help asking， "Why do you ask me not to talk about it？" "Well，I didn't ask you to do so，" he answered，greatly surprised.I said， "Didn't you say 'you don't say'？" Hearing this，the Englishman laughed to tears.He began to explain， " 'You don't say' actually means 'really'!It is an expression of surprise.Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms." "▲ " Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.Remember：what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
  （1）What does the underlined word "amusing" probably means in this passage？

  
  A．interesting
  B．important
  C．a(chǎn)mazing
  （2）A year ago，I paid no attention to English idioms because

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  A．I had no interest in them
  B．my teacher didn't tell us the importance of them
  C．I did not realize the importance of them
  （3）At first，on hearing "You don't say，" I thought the foreigner meant

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  A．I had talked too much
  B．I had to stop talking
  C．he was not interested in the topic
  （4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

  
  A．The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
  B．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
  C．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
  （5）The sentence "▲" will be the missing one in this passage.

  
  A．I realized I had made a fool of myself.
  B．You had better pay more attention to it.
  C．I realized the Englishman made me a fool.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

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二、閱讀還原6選5，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，從下列選項(xiàng)中選出能填入文中空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

• 5．Joel Sartore is a writer，teacher，and photographer（攝影師）.Here is what he says about his job.
     My first job was for a newspaper.After a few years there，I met a National Geographic photographer. （1）

  I did that as he told me.That gave me a one-day job.
     And that gave me a nine-day job and so on.To get into National Geographic，you have to give them something they don't have. （2）

  You also have to，for example，be a scientist，or be able to jump under sea ice，or spend several days living in a tree.
     It's now more and more difficult to work out for magazines.Technology now makes it easy to take good pictures，which means there are more photos and photographers. （3）

  These photos are often good enough to be put in books and magazines.
     Advice？Well，work hard.Take lots of pictures in different situations（情況）.
     （4）

  And be curious about life.There's something to photograph everywhere.But be a photographer for the right reasons.If you do it for the money，you probably won't really be happy.Do you want to make the world a better place？ （5）

  If so，you will enjoy the work much more.
  
  A．Look at others' photos carefully and learn from them.
  B．Also，the Internet is full of free photos from all around the world.
  C．Do you want to make people see things in a different way？
  D．Putting your photos online can help you get other jobs.
  E．It's not enough just to be good at taking photos.
  F．He liked my photos and said I should send some to the magazine.
  組卷：5引用：1難度：0.5

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三、完形填空，通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出一個(gè)最佳答案，并將答題卡上對(duì)應(yīng)題目所選的選項(xiàng)涂黑。

• 6．I have a good friend．His name is Nick．He is a middle school student．He usually（1）

  at 5：30 every day．Then he has（2）

  quick breakfast and（3）

  to school at six．He usually goes to school by bus．First he（4）

  to the bus stop．Then the bus takes（5）

  to school．It usually takes him forty minutes（6）

  to school．
  My home is about two miles from school．I usually leave for school at about 6：30．I usually get to school（7）

  ．It takes me about twenty（8）

  ．But sometimes I got there by bike．It takes me only ten minutes．
  There are different（9）

  to get to school．But I like（10）

  best．
  

  （1）	A．gets up	B．get up	C．got up	D．gets
  （2）	A．the	B．a(chǎn)	C．a(chǎn)n	D．/
  （3）	A．go	B．going	C．goes	D．went
  （4）	A．walk	B．on foot	C．walks	D．on feet
  （5）	A．he	B．his	C．himself	D．him
  （6）	A．to get	B．get	C．gets	D．getting
  （7）	A．take a car	B．ride a bike	C．on foot	D．take the subway
  （8）	A．hour	B．minute	C．minutes	D．hours
  （9）	A．ways	B．way	C．the way	D．the ways
  （10）	A．walked	B．walks	C．walking	D．walk．
  組卷：7引用：2難度：0.3

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五、根據(jù)首字母填空

• 17．China is a developing country with the largest p

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  組卷：1引用：3難度：0.6

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六、電子郵件

• 18．假如你是李華，鄞州圖書館將舉行"愛心漂流書庫進(jìn)涼山（Love Offering，Books Donating）"活動(dòng)，請(qǐng)你寫一封郵件邀請(qǐng)?jiān)趯幉ǖ耐鈬讶薚om一起參加。
  注意：1.郵件須包含邀請(qǐng)函所有內(nèi)容，并適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；
  2.文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的人名和校名；
  3.詞數(shù)：80-100個(gè)；
  

  Love Offering，Books Donating Time：this Saturday afternoon，April 22nd ●Place：on the playground in Yinzhou Library ●Activities： .put on performances；.write a letter to children in Liangshan；... ●Meanings： ... INVITATION

  Dear Tom，
     _______________________________________________________________________________________
  I am looking forward to your coming.
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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