2020-2021学年浙江省宁波市慈溪市九年级（上）期中英语试卷
二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D
四个选项中，选出最佳选项．
1. Things like hula hoops（呼啦圈）ud to be very popular．Did you ever own any of the? If you
didn't, don't feel too bad．They were all fads．A fad is something that becomes very （1）_______among a large number of people, but only for a short time．（2）_______ can become a fad very quickly, but can stop being popular just as quickly．（3）_______ it is no longer "cool", a fad goes away．Anything can become a（n）（4）_______ ﹣﹣﹣fashion, food, music, technology, even language．
In the late 1970s, Erno Rubik, a professor was looking for a （5）_______ way to teach his students about 3D objects．He （6）_______ a six﹣color plastic object that would be called the Rubik's Cube（魔方）．The goal was to get each side of the cube a（7）_______ color．It was very challenging．It took a few years for the toy to become popular, but then（8）_______ , in 1982, it emed everyone had one．People bought over a hundred million of the （9）_______．There were 50 books
available that year offering solutions．Then, just as suddenly as the craze（风尚）started, it （10）_______．By 1983, people were not interested in the Rubik's Cube anymore, perhaps becau so many people（11）_______ had one in their home．
In 2012, a South Korean musician named Psy relead a song called "Gangnam Style"．The music video show Psy pretending（假装）to hor ride while he is dancing．In six months, it became the first Youtube video ever to reach a billion views（观看）．Six months after that, （12）_______ went on to reach two billion views．The song and video started a worldwide （13）_______ craze．" Gangnam Style" had a huge influence on world popular culture．U．S．President Barack Obama and U．K．Prime Minister David Cameron even （14）_______ the dance．" Gangnam Style" became less and less popular, （15）_______the "Korean Wave" of culture remains popular all over the world．
（1）
A.uful
B.popular
中国复兴之路C.valuable
（2）
A.Anybody
B.Someone
C.Something
D.Nothing
（3）
A.Although
B.Whether
C.Before
D.When
（4）
A.invention
B.fad
D.dream
（5）
B.difficult
<
（6）
A.found
B.bought
C.invented
D.borrowed
（7）
A.same
B.dark
C.bright
D.different
（8）
A.suddenly
B.slowly
D.riously
（9）
A.videos
C.clothes
D.books
（10）
A.spread
B.appeared
D.failed
（11）
A.already
B.hardly
C.especially
地球与人类
（12）
A.he
B.they
C.we
D.it
（13）
A.food
B.dance
C.language
D.sport
（14）
A.depended on
C.gave up
D.put off
（15）
A.then
B.and
C.but
D.so
三、阅读理解（共4小题；每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项
中，选出最佳选项．
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
By SAM EHREN DEC．30, 2018
（1）Sam Ehren wrote this passage on________．
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A. Jan．1，2019
B. Jan．1，2018
C. Dec．30，2018
D. Dec．31，2018．
（2）From the puzzle，we can find the writer's favorite pet is a________．
A. mou
B. dog
C. cat
D. bird．
（3）Which one is NOT a resolution according to the passage？________
A. Flip over the calendar．
B. Be nicer to your family members．
C. Read news more often．
D. Have a pet．
3. In recent years military（军事的）, movies are becoming more popular, such as 2017's British
hit Dunkirk, 2014's American Sniper．It's common to e heroes fighting for their countries on the big screen．But even though we are ud to eing patriotic Western soldiers saving the world, Chine filmmakers are also showing that China also has heroes that they want to share with the audience．
Operation Red Sea is bad on the real﹣life events of the Chine Navy who ________ hundreds of Chine and foreign nationals from Yemen in 2015．This military action movie came out on Feb．16, 2018 in Chine cinemas．It became headlines across the country, from newspapers to social media．
Many Chine people may have thought that the Chine military only dealt with disaster and public safety within Chine boundary．However, the success of Operation Red Sea changed people's ideas．
"The days there is more and more news in China about the military, perhaps reflecting the global environment and China becoming a great power, " Beijing﹣bad film and box office Jiang Yong said．" It's influencing young people more．"
Operation Red Sea was co﹣produced by the Chine Navy's media arm, and came hot after Chine
box office records Wolf Warrior 2（《战狼2》）．The Chine military's willingness to show its latest arms and equipment（装备）is due to the fact that " the national strength of China has rin and in some aspects even surpass（超过）other leading powers", Chine naval expert Li Jie told the Global Times．
（1）Why did the Chine government nd military army to Yemen according to the passage？________
A. To show that China has the latest arms and equipment．
B. To deal with disaster and public safety．
C. To help people get out of the country．
D. To influence Chine people more．．
（2）The underlined word " ________ " may mean________ in the cond paragraph according to the passage．A. saved B. attracted C. influenced D. fought．
（3）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？________
A. Operation Red Sea is bad on an international event that happened in Yemen．
B. After watching the movie，people will learn more about China's army．
C. The movie caught many people's eyes and became very popular．
D. Chine filmmakers made the film only becau military movies are popular the years．．
（4）The passage is probably taken from a（n）________．
A. science magazine
B. newspaper
C. travel guidebook
D. military novel．
4. If you go shopping in any toy store, you can e clearly the different games and toys for boys and girls: there
are a lot of pink toys on one side of the store for girls; and dark﹣colored cars, guns and soldiers for boys．Some big stores with toys may even have a pink floor for girls and a blue floor for boys．In fact, it is difficult to buy a toy for a girl that is not pink．
Some people think that too much pink is bad for girls．Sue Palmer, writer of Toxic Childhood, is very worried that most girls over the age of three are crazy about the color．According to some scientists, this happens for two reasons．Firstly, most companies offer too many products in pink．Also, many parents think their little daughter looks cute in pink．Sue Palmer says that girls at this age cannot make proper decisions by
themlves, but the pink can affect the choices and the decisions they will make in the future．
Some parents are worried too﹣﹣﹣for example, Vanessa Holburn, thirty﹣two, who has two girls under the age of four．Their bedrooms are a a of pink and Vanessa is not happy．" Pink says that you are soft and gentle．Blue says that you are strong and powerful．I want my daughters to be strong and powerful．I'm worried that pink will not help them with ________, " she says．
But not everyone thinks there's something wrong with pink．Grayson Turner is a father of three girls and he isn't worried at all．"People forget that things change all the time, " he says．"My girls ud t
o love pink when they were little, but as they get older, they change．" Turner explains that his twelve﹣year﹣old daughter never wears pink clothes anymore．"This love of pink is just a fashion and all fashions change, " he adds．" It's only since the 1940s that people have started dressing girls in pink﹣﹣﹣before that it was a color for boys．"
（1）Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage？________
（2）The underlined word "that" in Paragraph 3 means________．
A. being soft and gentle
B. being strong and powerful
C. being gentle but powerful
D. being cute and beautiful．
（3）According to Grayson Turner，________．
A. parents needn't worry about pink toys
B. all little kids love the color pink
C. pink has always been a color for girls
D. his girls now prefer the color blue．
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（4）The purpo of this passage is to________．
A. explain why girls are crazy about the color pink
B. make parents less worried about the color pink
C. encourage girls to give up playing with pink toys
D. show people's different opinions about the color pink．
5. Scene 1
（The tting is a room in the palace of the Queen of Sheba．The Queen sits at one end of the roo
m on a chair．Zahrah stands on one side of the chair．Amram is showing some silk to the Queen．）
Amram: Would Your Majesty be good enough to feel the silk? See how fine and soft it is!
（Amram comes a little clor to the Queen and holds out some purple silk．She feels it．）
Queen: Yes, it is．And I like this bright purple color very much．（She turns to Zahrah．）Zahrah, what do you think of it?
Zahrah: I like it very much, and it is a good color for a queen, Your Majesty．（She folds up the silk and puts it to one side．）
Amram: The king of my own country, the wi King Solomon, likes this bright purple better than any other color．
Queen: I have heard many things about your king．
Amram: He is a good king, Your Majesty, and a kind man．All his people love him．
Queen: I have also heard that he is very wi．Is it true, Amram, that King Solomon understands what animals say?
Amram: It is true, Your Majesty．
Queen（Smiles）: It's very hard to believe．
Amram: If I told you what happened one time when I was with the king, I think you would believe it．
Queen: I'd like to hear your story．
Amram: Well, one day our king and some men of his palace were riding on horback to a nearby city．The king was riding ahead of the rest of us．All at once he pulled his hor to stop．He looked down at the sand in the road．
Queen: Go on．
Amram: Then the king turned his hor off the road and onto the grass．He kept his hor on the grass a little way before turning back onto the road．
Queen: Did he say why he stopped and then turned his hor off the road?
Amram: King Solomon told us he had en some ants hurrying along in the sand of the road．He said he had heard them say they were afraid that the hors would walk on them．
Queen（Surprid）: And that was why your mighty king turned off the road?
Amram（Proud）: Yes, Your Majesty．The mighty King Solomon stopped to hear what the little ants in the sand were saying．He turned off the road to save them from being hurt．
Queen: Then he must be as wi and as kind as people say he is．
Amram: Now you can believe it, can't you?
Queen: I won't fully believe it until I e and hear him mylf, Amram．
Amram: Then why don't you come to our country and pay him a visit, Your Majesty?
Queen: Yes, I think I shall do that, Amram．But first I must think of a way to test this wi king．You may go now, Amram．
Amram: Good day, Your Majesty．（He backs away．）
（Curtain）
（1）Where does this scene take place？________
A. On the way to a city．
B. In a room of a palace．
C. In the sand of a road．
D. On the grass near a road．．
（2）Amram told the story of his king to show________．
A. King Solomon is wi and kind
B. King Solomon is afraid of ants
C. King Solomon looks after his hor well
方耀
D. King Solomon can talk to animals．
（3）Which of the following words is ud to help readers know the feeling of the Queen？________
A. Fine．
B. Surprid．
C. Proud．
D. Afraid．．
（4）What may happen next according to Scene 1？________
A. Amram will refu to leave the Queen's palace．
B. Zahrah will certainly keep the purple silk for herlf．
C. King Solomon will test whether Amram's story is true．
D. The Queen will pay a visit to King Solomon's country．
四、任务型阅读（共1小题；每小题5分，满分5分）根据制作步骤重新排列A、B、C、D、E五幅图片的
顺序．
6. May Day is the day when we celebrate the end of winter and the arrival of spring．It's a time of new life，
with new leaves on the trees and wildflowers growing in the woods and fields．On that day，children in Britain and other parts of Europe often make May baskets and hang them on a neighbor's door as a gift of love and friendship．
Here are the steps of making this kind of basket．
Step 1 Fold paper into a cone（圆锥形）and stick it to keep the shape．
Step 2 Cut top of the cone with scissors．
Step 3 Make two holes on opposite sides of the cone．Leave 5cm form the top．
Step 4 Pass ribbon（彩带）through holes and tie it to create a basket handle．
Step 5 Fill your basket with different kinds of flowers．
（1）________ （2）________ （3）________ （4）________ （5）________
试题卷II五、词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）A. 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空白处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一词．
7. When you have English class，do you feel________（语法）is too difficult？
8. As teenagers，we should speak to the old men________ （礼貌地）．
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9. For good learners，something interesting is often________（联系）to what they need to learn．
10. A fine﹣looking young man broke into a shop and________（偷）450 dollars．
11. A great party will be held on his________（四十）birthday．
12. The poor child looks more________（死的）than alive．
13. I'm afraid that it will be a slow________（过程）to get things changed．
14. France，Germany，Italy and Denmark are all________ （欧洲的）countries．
15. Tom went off in the________（方向）of home．
16. I am really looking forward to________ （采访）the great scientist next Friday．
相应是什么意思B.根据对话内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次．遗失说明
17.
restroom anyway start excited clo
He Wei：This is Fun Times Park﹣﹣﹣the biggest amument park in my city!
Alice：I'm （1）________ to try the rides!
He Wei：Where should we start？There's Space World，Water World，Animal World…
Alice：Oh，could you tell me where the （2）________ are first？
He Wei：Pardon？Restroom？You want to rest？But we haven't even （3）________ yet!
种大蒜的方法
Alice：Oh no，I don't mean a room for resting．I mean…you know，a washroom or bathroom．
He Wei：Hmmm…so you mean …the toilet？
Alice：Yes! Sorry，maybe the word "restroom" is not often ud in China．
He Wei：Right．We normally say "toilet" or "washroom" in English．（4）________，they are just over there．
Alice：OK．I'll be quick! I wonder when the park（5）________today．
He Wei：Nine thirty．So you don't need to hurry．
六、语法填空（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中单词的正确形式．
18. A lot of people like keeping pets．The most common pets that are （1）________ （keep）across the world are cats and dogs．The followings are the major advantages（优点）of keeping pets．Pets （2）
________dogs need regular walking and exerci for proper development．As you take your dog out for （3）
________walk，you are also going to exerci your whole body．In fact，dog owners spent a lot more time （4）________（walk）than other people．
（5）________ sharing your problems and difficulties with good friends is good，study show that spending some time with your pets might be more uful．Also，when doing something difficult，people experience （6）________ （little）stress if they have their pets with them．This could possibly be becau pets do not question or judge their （7）________ （own）；they simply support them．People who walk with their pets，especially dogs，are more welcoming and it （8）________（provide）them something to talk about with other people．This way，they can make friends much （9）________（easy）．
Keeping pets has many advantages ，but （10）________ also has some disadvantages．Pets come with extra work and this can cau stress to people．
七、书面表达（满分20分）
19. 阅读是同学们未来参与社会应具备的关键能力，无论你喜欢哪种阅读方式，它都能让你增长知识，开阔
眼界．最近，某出版社在两万人中，针对人们喜欢的阅读方式做了一项调查，下图是相关的统计结果，其中包括电子阅读和纸质阅读的人数．
请你用两段话写一篇短文，第一段简要说明图表内容，第二段从图表中选出一项你喜欢的阅读方式，结合自己的经历，谈谈这种阅读方式的好处．
要求：1．词数：80﹣100字．
2．首句已给出，不计于总词数．参考词汇仅供参考．
3．文中不得出现真实的人名、校名．
参考词汇：different interests，hobbies，easy to take，good for eyes，relaxed，moved，old feelings，open one's eyes，increa knowledge…
Recently，a survey was done among 20，000 people about the ways of reading．________．
参考答案与试题解析
二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D
四个选项中，选出最佳选项．
1.
【答案】
B
C
D
大学个人小结
B
A
C
A
安全乡
A
B
C
A
D
B
B
C
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【考点】
说明文完形
【解答】
（1）B．考查形容词．uful 有用的；popular 流行的；valuable 有价值的；relaxing令人放松的．根据上文"Things like hula hoops ud to be very popular"可知，呼啦圈之类的东西过去很流行．一时的风尚就是在很多人中很流行，但是仅仅持续短暂时间的东西．故选B．
（2）C．考查代词．Anybody 任何人；Someone有人；Something 某事物；Nothing没有事物．根据语境可知，某个事物可能很快成为一时的风尚，但是可能也很快不再流行．故选C．
（3）D．考查连词．Although虽然；Whether是否；Before在……之前；When当……的时候．根据上文"（2）can become a fad very quickly，but can stop being popular just as quickly"可知，某个事物可能很快成为一时的风尚，但是可能也很快不再流行．虽然它不再"时髦"，时，这种风尚就消失了．故选D．
（4）B．考查名词．invention 发明；fad 风尚；goal目标；dream梦想．根据上文"（2）can become a fad very quickly，but can stop being popular just as quickly"可知，根据下文""可知，某个事物可能很快成为一时的风尚，但是可能也很快不再流行．任何事物（时装、食物、音乐、技术，甚至语言）都可能成为风尚．故选B．
（5）A．考查形容词．creative创造的（有创造力的）；difficult困难的；traditional 传统的；common普通的．根据下文"He （6）a six﹣color plastic object that would be called the Rubik's Cube"可知，在1970年代晚期，一位叫厄尔诺•鲁比克的教授正在寻找一种有创造性的方法来教他的学生学习3D物体．他发明了一种六色的塑料物体，它将被称作鲁比克魔方．故选A．
（6）C．考查动词．found 发现；bought购买；invented 发明；borrowed借用．根据上文"In the late 1970s，Erno Rubik，a professor was looking for a （5）way to teach his students about 3D objects"可知，在1970年代晚期，一位叫厄尔诺•鲁比克的教授正在寻找一种有创造性的方法来教他的学生学习3D物体．他发明了一种六色的塑料物体，它将被称作鲁比克魔方．故选C．
（7）A．考查形容词．same 相同的；dark黑暗的；bright 明亮的；different不同的．根据语境可知，它的目的是让魔方的每个面都是相同的颜色．故选A．
（8）A．考查副词．suddenly突然；slowly 慢慢地；exactly 确切地；riously严肃地．根据上下文并列句可知，很多年以后它才变得流行起来，但是突然在1982年，似乎人人都有一个魔方．故选A．
（9）B．考查名词．videos 视频；toys玩具；clothes衣服；books书籍．根据上文"in 1982，it emed everyone had one"可知，但是突然在1982年，似乎人人都有一个魔方．人们购买了一亿多个玩具．故选B．（10）C．考查动词．spread 传播；appeared出现；ended 结束；failed失败．根据下
文"By 1983，people were not interested in the Rubik's Cube anymore"可知，后来，就像它突然成为一种风尚一样，正在风尚结束了．到1983年为止，人们不再对鲁比克的魔方感兴趣．故选C．
（11）A．考查副词．already 已经；hardly 几乎不；especially特别是（地）；only仅仅．根据上文"but then（8），in 1982，it emed everyone had one"可知，但是突然在1982年，似乎人人都有一个魔方．也许是因为人人很多人家中已经拥有魔方．故选A．
（12）D．考查代词．he 他；they 他们；we 我们；it它．根据上文"In six months，it became the first Youtube video ever to reach a billion views"可知，在六个月之内，它成为Youtube视频中第一个点击率达到100次的视频．六个月之后，它的点击率达到200万次．it在此次指该视频．故选D．
（13）B．考查名词．food 食物；dance 舞蹈；language 语言；sport运动．根据下文"U．S．President Barack Obama and U．K．Prime Minister David Cameron even （14）the dance"可知，这首歌曲和视频在世界上掀起了一股舞蹈风尚．美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马和英国首相戴维•卡梅隆甚至参加这个舞蹈．故选B．
（14）B考查depended on依靠；tried out 尝试；gave up 放弃；put off取消．根据上文"Gangnam Style"
had a huge influence on world popular culture"可知，《江南风格》对世界流行文化产生了重大影响．甚至连美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马和英国首相戴维•卡梅隆都尝试这个舞蹈．故选B．
（15）C．考查连词（副词）．then 后来；and 并且；but但是；so 因此．根据前后两句的句意和语气可知，《江南风格》越来越不流行，但是文化上的"韩国风"在全世界仍然很流行．故选C．
三、阅读理解（共4小题；每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项
中，选出最佳选项．
2.
【答案】
C
C
A
【考点】
日常生活类阅读
【解答】
（1）C．细节理解题．根据文章最后一句话By SAM EHREN DEC．30，2018，可知本文写作时间为2018年12月30日，故选C．
（2）C．细节理解题．从文中You may only move across or down．可知在这个拼图游戏中，寻找作者宠物的规则为只能上下左右读，拼图中第三行自左向右可拼出cat，故选C．
（3）A．判断推理题．从文中For example，you make a New Year resolution，a promi to yourlf that you'll try to be better in the year ahead．Maybe that means being nicer to your family members，or reading news more often．My favorite pet is in the puzzle on the right，例如，你制定了一个新年计划，对自己承诺在新的一年里努力变得更好．也许这意味着对你的家人更好，或者更经常地阅读新闻．我最喜欢的宠物在右边的拼图里，可知不能成为决定的是Flip over the calendar，翻日历本身是一个动作，并不能称之为一个决定，故选A．
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【解答】
（1）C．细节理解题．根据Operation Red Sea is bad on the real﹣life events of the Chine Navy who rescued hundreds of Chine and foreign nationals from Yemen in 2015．可知红海行动是基于中国海军的真实生活的事件，这些海军援救了许多中国人和外国人．故选C．
（2）A．词义猜测题．根据Operation Red Sea is bad on the real﹣life events of the Chine Nav
y who rescued hundreds of Chine and foreign nationals from Yemen in 2015．句意为："红海行动"是根据2015年中国海军从也门﹣﹣﹣数百名中外侨民的真实事件改编的．可知意思是救出．故选D．
（3）D．细节理解题．根据Chine filmmakers are also showing that China also has heroes that they want to share with the audience．中国电影制造者也想展示中国也有也有他们想要分享给观众的英雄．可知D项不对．故选D．
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