2022-2023學年廣東省珠海市紫荊中學鳳凰校區(qū)九年級（上）期中英語試卷

一、語法選擇 通讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在各小題所給的四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案，并將答題卡上對應題目所選的選項涂黑。

• 1．Are you good at remembering things？Can you remember a long list of English vocabulary easily and（1）

  ？Do you think your memory is as good as（2）

  people？If the answer to these three questions is "no"，you shouldn't worry at all.A new study says everyone can have a（3）

  memory than before if they train their brains.
     Scientists say that we can train（4）

  brains to be a" memory sports player ".In order to win games，sports players need（5）

  hard day and night.It is also true for memory training.There was a memory competition last year and 50 people（6）

  winners at last.A scientist called Martin Dresler found no differences between the memory of winners and normal people.After that，Dresler used 40 days of daily 30-minute training to help people improve their memory successfully.He also wrote a book about his（7）

  experiment（實驗）.
     Molly，a middle school teacher said，" The memory training is useful（8）

  it not only helps teachers teach students how to remember the English words but also helps to build up（9）

  confidence." Sophie is one of the students of Molly.She said，"I used to have a poor memory because I always forgot something important.I was（10）

  about my study all the time.I was lucky to take part in the memory training and made progress since then."
  
  

  （1）	A．exact	B．more exact	C．exactly	D．more exactly
  （2）	A．the other	B．others	C．a(chǎn)nother	D．other
  （3）	A．good	B．better	C．well	D．best
  （4）	A．we	B．our	C．ours	D．us
  （5）	A．to train	B．training	C．trained	D．train
  （6）	A．become	B．becoming	C．have become	D．became
  （7）	A．success	B．successfully	C．successful	D．more successful
  （8）	A．because	B．but	C．so	D．a(chǎn)lthough
  （9）	A．student	B．students	C．student's	D．students'
  （10）	A．worry	B．to worry	C．worried	D．worriedly
  組卷：5引用：1難度：0.4

  解析

二、完形填空 通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案，并將答題卡對應題目所選的選項涂黑。

• 2．I asked my dad if I'd ever made him cry before，because I couldn't remember ever seeing him cry.
     " There was once，" he（1）

  .
     He told me when I was 1 year old，he put a pen，a piece of paper money，and a toy in front of me.He wanted to see which one I'd pick.In China，it's a tradition that a lot of people do when their kids are 1 year old.People believe it（2）

  what the kid will value（珍視） most in the future.For example，if the kid takes the pen，it means he or she will be a knowledgeable person when they（3）

  .If the kid takes the money，it means he or she will become rich.If the kid takes the toy，it means he or she will（4）

  like fun things and play a lot.
     My father was just doing it out of curiosity（好奇心）.It was（5）

  for him to see which one I would take anyway.
     He said that I （6）

  sat there and stared（注視） at the three things.He sat across from me and waited to see the（7）

  .
     According to him，I started to move later and he held his breath（8）

  .Then I pushed everything away and（9）

  his arms.He didn't realize that he was one of the （10）

  .And that was the first and only time I made him cry.
  
  

  （1）	A．replied	B．a(chǎn)greed	C．a(chǎn)ccepted	D．promised
  （2）	A．regrets	B．requires	C．shows	D．deals
  （3）	A．stay up	B．grow up	C．come up	D．cheer up
  （4）	A．a(chǎn)lways	B．seldom	C．sometimes	D．never
  （5）	A．boring	B．moving	C．frightening	D．interesting
  （6）	A．even	B．never	C．just	D．still
  （7）	A．result	B．reason	C．mark	D．order
  （8）	A．peacefully	B．sadly	C．lazily	D．nervously
  （9）	A．went over	B．went away	C．went on	D．went into
  （10）	A．examples	B．choices	C．problems	D．decisions
  組卷：5引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

三、閱讀理解（本大題共15題，每小題10分，共30分）

• 3．

  Liverpool Discover the best music，sport and culture in the UK.

  Liverpool MUSIC The Beatles Story The world-famous 1960s music group came from Liverpool.Find out about The Beatles here. Open every day except Dec.25 and 26. Adult：￡15.95 Student：￡12.00 Child：￡7.00 Child under five：Free

  Liverpool SPORT Liverpool FC This city loves football.Visit Anfield Stadium，home to Liverpool's favorite football team， and take a tour. Closed on weekends. Adult：￡15.00 Under-16s and students：￡9.00 Child under five：Free

  Liverpool MUSEUM Visit the Liverpool Museum Learn all about the history and culture of Liverpool. Free entry! Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

  Liverpool SHOPPING Liverpool ONE Find the best shopping in the center of Liverpool at Liverpool ONE，Liverpool's new shopping center.It opened in 2008. More than 160 shops，restaurants and cinemas.

  （1）We can learn about

  at The Beatles Story.
  A．a(chǎn) music group
  B．a(chǎn) famous writer
  C．the history of the city
  D．the English art culture
  （2）They should pay

  if a student and his parents visit Anfield Stadium.
  A．￡24.00
  B．￡30.00
  C．￡33.00
  D．￡39.00
  （3）Liverpool Museum runs for

  hours daily.
  A．five
  B．seven
  C．nine
  D．ten
  （4）Liverpool ONE is a

  .
  A．cinema
  B．restaurant
  C．music hall
  D．shopping center
  （5）The text is most probably from

  .
  A．a(chǎn) research paper
  B．a(chǎn) health magazine
  C．a(chǎn) travel guidebook
  D．a(chǎn) geography textbook
  組卷：7引用：2難度：0.6

  解析

• 4．Weihai，a coastal（沿海的） city of Shandong province，has built a1，001-kilometer route（路線）.Tourists can see beautiful coastal views jye.aire.The route was put into service in May last year.The route goes along the coastline and runs across the mountains.
     This summer，Zhang Guoliang and his family spent three days of their vacation in Weihai.
     "We drove to the city to escape the heat，but what we experienced was much more than what we had expected."Zhang said.The Zhangs went fishing，visited a tea farm，stayed in a lovely house and enjoyed watching the sky full of stars on clear nights.
     Besides different interesting activities there，the highway is convenient for tourists.Over 70 percent of tourists drove to Weihai this summer and over half of tourists are from outside Shandong province.
     A nearby village called Yandunjiao has a history of more than 400 years.It also
  benefited（受益于） from the convenient transportation.In the village，more than 50 families provide bed-and-breakfast services.
     "Many tourists，especially students come here to learn the tea culture.They can also learn farming work at our base."says Xu Bin，who is in charge of the tea project.
     "We aim to build the base into a one of the most popular places around here in 10 years.If we can achieve this goal，our products will gain more markets，which will bring a higher income to local farmers."says Xu.
  
  （1）Tourists can start to try out the route

  .
  A．in March last year
  B．in April last year
  C．in May last year
  D．in January last year
  （2）The Zhangs chose to visit Weihai because they wanted to

  .
  A．enjoy fishing
  B．a(chǎn)dmire the stars on clear nights
  C．go to a tea farm
  D．spend their holiday in a cool place
  （3）According to the passage，we can know that

  .
  A．over 70 percent of tourists walked to Weihai this summer
  B．half of visitors come from outside Shandong Province
  C．students can know about tea culture and farming work at the base
  D．a(chǎn)ll the families in the village provide bed-and-breakfast services
  （4）The underlined word "gain" probably means

  in the passage.
  A．改善
  B．改變
  C．獲得
  D．保留
  （5）What is the best title of this passage？

  
  A．Yandunjiao，a village with long history
  B．New route，new look of Weihai
  C．An unforgettable vacation of the Zhangs
  D．Famous coastal cities in China.
  組卷：4引用：1難度：0.7

  解析

• 5．左欄是五位同學的學校日常情況介紹，右欄是七個英語俗語及介紹。請為每一個人選擇一個合適的俗語描述他/她的情況。
  

  （1） Though John isn't the most handsome one in his class，he always helps his classmates and all the students in his class choose him to be the"all-round good student". （2） Mike lent his favorite book to his friend Sam，but Sam lost the book a week later.Mike was sad. （3） Although Sally is a ninth-grade student and she is busy studying every day，she spends at least half an hour reading her favorite books on art daily. （4） Smith is always willing to share his thoughts with his teachers and classmates at school.Through the talks，they can learn from each other. （5） Lucy is preparing for an international art competition and she pays full attention to it without doing other things.She hopes she can get a good result.

  A.No talk，no new things.A good friend or a good teacher at school can always bring something ne to the conversation while you talk. B.A good book is the best of friends，the same today and forever.Reading is a really good habit and students should keep doing it. C.He who makes no mistakes，makes nothing.We make mistakes but the mistakes may also tell us what to do. D.A friend without faults will never be found.Everyone makes mistakes and we should know that.Why not try solving the problems together？ E.Good fame is better than a good face.That means people around you think that inner beauty is more important than outer beauty. F.No man can do two things at once.If you really want to get something，you have to do nothing but only the thing you want to do. G.Experience is the best teacher.Experience is important for everybody to gain knowledge and learn from their mistakes.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.6

  解析

四、短文填空

• 6．How much do you know about Christmas Day？Christmas Day is on the 25th day of December.It's one of （1）

  most important festivals in western countries.And how do people in foreign countries （2）

  it？Here are some Christmas activities.
     （3）

  Christmas Eve，people go back home to get together for a big dinner.Most families buy Christmas trees which are decorated with small things and bright lights.Christmas is also a time for exchanging gifts.Children like Christmas because they can receive many beautiful （4）

  .At night，children go to bed early to wait for Father Christmas.They wonder （5）

  Father Christmas will drive his sleigh（雪橇） and carry a lot of gifts and then put them into their stockings.
     （6）

  ，there isn't a Father Christmas in the world at all.In fact，parents prepare some gifts for （7）

  children.And they put those things into the stockings（8）

  telling their children.And the next day，when their children wake up， （9）

  happy they are!Because they think Father Christmas really comes to send them gifts.So they try to behave well from now on so（10）

  they can get the gifts from Father Christmas next year.
     In a word，the true meaning of Christmas is to give love and joy to people around us.
  組卷：6引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

五、讀寫綜合（本大題分為A、B兩部分，共20分）A）回答問題

• 7．Confidence is very important in daily life.It can help you to develop a healthy attitude（態(tài)度）.A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier.They can have more chance to make themselves successful.But how to be more confident？Here are some suggestions：
      Speak loudly.When you are not confident，you can't do well what you want to do.You speak in a voice so slow that other people can hardly hear you.Try to speak aloud enough so that people can hear you clearly.The high voice can help you become more confident.
      Play sports.Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed.When you are athletic，you'll be full of confidence.
      Encourage yourself.Write down a list of things you did during the day and see how many things you have done well.Did you finish your homework？Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh？Give yourself praise for the good things you've done.
      Get rid of（消除） jye.ai.Fear comes along with failure.But it's easy to get over if you know that failure is a part of your life.Don't hide your head just because you said something foolish last time.Try to start again and believe you can do better.
      Pick up a hobby.If you like jye.aiing.Sing as much as you can.In some ways，a hobby can make you outstjye.aiing.And it will make you happy and confident.
  
  （1）What is the main purpose of the passage？

  
  （2）Why should we speak aloud？

  
  （3）What makes you relaxed？

  
  （4）How do you encourage yourself？

  
  （5）How many suggestions are mentioned to be more confident？
  組卷：10引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

七、完成句子（每空0.5分，共5分）

• 22．Her grandmother used to live alone.（改為一般疑問句）
  

  her grandmother

  to live alone？
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.6

  解析

• 23．When does the plane take off？I wanted to know.（改為賓語從句）
  I wanted to know

  the plane

  off？
  組卷：32引用：1難度：0.7

  解析