2023年第二學期九年級英語第一次適應性考試試題卷

卷一

說明：本卷共有兩大題，30小題，滿分45分

一、完形填空(本題有15小題，每小題1分，共計15分)

閱讀下面短文，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

My mother had a great influence on my life. When I was a child, she always told me, "Sharing __1__ is a simple act. You don't have to do much to make others happy." I didn't fully understand it until my friend Helen told me about her amazing trip to a small town called Gary. Then, I __2__ to go there, too.

However, my parents didn't __3__ at first when knowing my plan. They said I didn't know much about the place. They worried about my __4__ there. After I explained my plan to them in detail (詳細地), they __5__ said yes.

After arriving in Gary, I __6__ the town was so different from where I lived. There were few stores or restaurants in the town, so you would be __7__ enough to find a place to buy food or drinks. Houses were built on small hills and __8__ of them had broken doors or windows. My job was to help the local people to __9__ their houses. The workdays were long and hot, __10__ it was really good to see the houses taking on a new look day by day.

The kids there were also different. They seemed to enjoy every moment in life though they were poor. The small things could make them __11__. I couldn't find words to describe their joy when they received an ice cream, a ball or __12__ a hug (擁抱). The community was like a big family. Everyone knew each other and was ready to __13__ help.

What a wonderful __14__ I had in Gary! I truly learned the __15__ of what my mother said. You don't need to do much to make a difference to others' lives.

二.閱讀理解(本題有15小題，每小題2分，共計30分)

閱讀下面四篇材料，然后從各題各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

(A)

16. From the passage, the travelling people in ancient China would get ____________ as a gift.

A.hugs B. willow branches C. flowers D. red lanterns

17. According to the comments, lots of people think the performance is ____________.

A. common B.moving C. convenient D.lively

18. Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage?

A. When the performers were trained.

B. Where the closing ceremony was held.

C. What the performance wanted to show us.

D. How Chinese showed their feelings at the closing ceremony.

B

Roberta, Peter and Phyllis lived in a large house in London. Father worked hard in a government office. He was never angry and always ready for a game. Mother was almost at home, ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them do their home-lessons.

These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely playroom and a dog called James. They had a happy life, but they did not know how happy till the pretty life in the large house was over.

Peter had a toy engine and it broke. After dinner, Peter showed Father the engine. Father looked it over and promised to do it on Saturday.

At that moment two men came to see Father. Minutes passed. Father's voice came out from the study, loud and angry.

More time passed. Then Mother came in and said, "Father's been called away- on

business."

A week after their father went away, their mother said, "Now, we're going to move to the country. A pretty little white house, called Three Chimneys."

The family started packing: clothes, plates, candles and also tables and chairs. "We seem to be taking all the ugly things," said Roberta.

"We're taking the useful ones," said Mother. "We've got to play at being poor for a bit."

Peter said joyously, "I do like moving! I wish we moved once a month." Mother laughed and said, "I don't like moving!"

As she turned away, Roberta saw her face. She never forgot it.

"Oh, Mother," she whispered, "how I love you! You are brave enough to laugh when

you're feeling like that! "

Then they took a train to Three Chimneys. No one knew how long they had been in the train when Mother woke them up.

They stood in the cold night air on the dark platform. At that moment they didn't know how important the station and the trains would become to them. They didn't know they were going to be the railway children.

——Taken from The Railway Children

19. The family packed things like plates and candles because Mother thought they were ____________.

A.useful B. new C. expensive D. beautiful

20. Which of the following questions is answered in this passage?

A. How did Peter's toy engine break?

B. When would the children's father be home?

C. What was the family like before Father was away?

D. What was the family's life like in Three Chimneys?

21. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Phyllis wanted to move a house once a month.

B. Father said goodbye to the children when he left.

C. Mother wanted to leave London and move to the country.

D. Mother was brave enough to laugh when she was feeling sad.

22. What can we infer (推斷) from the underlined sentences in the last paragraph?

A. The children don't like their life in London.

B. The station has nothing to do with the family's future life.

C. Something is going to happen to the children later in the story.

D. Parents can better deal with life changes than their children.

C

The monster statues (怪獸雕像) in the Forbidden City (故宮) come alive! They can move and talk. They even have their own languages. Li Xiaoyu, an 11-year-old student, joins them on an adventurous journey.

This cartoon story comes from the book series (系列) Monsters in the Forbidden City. There are many special things in the cartoon. It has real actors. Li Xiaoyu becomes a monster and gets into the world of monster statues. There are red walls, yellow roofs, and water-ink paintings.

The books' writer is Chang Yi. When Chang was a little girl, she often heard stories of monsters in the Forbidden City from older people. She also read about them in some books. Interested in these monsters, she kept reading to find out more about them in ancient books.

As she grew up, she found that many Chinese people knew more about monsters from Western movies and TV programs. Some loved Japanese monsters, but many of these came from China. Chinese monsters were less well-known. Chang decided to make a change by writing books. The Monsters in the Forbidden City series was born. Each chapter of the books tells the story of a monster statue in the Forbidden City.

23. What does the underlined word "them" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Languages. B. Books. C. Monster statues. D. Older people.

24. Which are special in the cartoon?

A. Red roofs. B. Real actors.

C. Oil paintings. D. Yellow walls.

25. How did Chang Yi learn more about the monsters?

A. By reading books. B. By playing with them.

C. By drawing pictures. D. By watching cartoons.

26. Why did Chang Yi write the book series?

A. To make up new stories.

B. To develop her interest in writing.

C. To make monsters move and talk.

D. To let Chinese monsters more well-known.

D

About 50 percent of food in the US is wasted. Wasted food produces gas that will cause global warming, and brings other problems like energy emergency. To reduce food waste, people in the food packaging industry are working to develop products for longer shelf life.

Jonathan Deutsch, a professor of food science, says, "All food packaging is designed to explain the contents, protect the quality, and make sure the safety of the product. "When packaging keeps food safe and fresh for a longer time, less waste happens.

Making food last longer is not easy because different foods need different packaging. Fats, for example, change when meeting air and light. That's why fatty foods, like potato chips, are always kept in packages which light can't get through. And cookies are afraid of getting wet. Keeping those snacks in a fully closed package will help them stay fresh and tasty longer.

Packaging can extend shelf life by keeping out gases in the air, like oxygen (氧氣). Oxygen causes problems for many different foods. So many food packages are designed to solve the air problem. Vacuum-sealed packaging takes off any oxygen between the food and packaging, which can increase shelf life from a few days to a few weeks. Modified atmosphere packaging is another solution. Unlike vacuum-sealed packaging, which takes off as much air as possible, this packaging replaces the air with a right mixture of gases. Red meat needs some oxygen to keep its colour, but too much oxygen can make it go bad. This kind of packaging can extend shelf life while keeping the product's colour.

While packaging can help reduce food waste, people also need to consider the environmental influence of the packaging itself. Scientists are working to develop more proper materials. And more people get to know the importance of reducing food waste. "Unlike many of the challenges we face right now on our planet," said Shukla from Food &Wine magazine, "Food waste is something that every single person can do something about."

27. People work on food packaging to make food ____________.

A. produce more energy B. produce less harmful gas

C. be kept for a longer time D. be away from air pollution

28. In Paragraph 3, the writer mentioned potato chips and cookies to ____________.

A. explain food must be kept without light

B. explain packaging depends on the food type

C. show wasted food is bad for the environment

D. show food goes bad quickly when getting wet

29. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Packages are designed to keep oxygen inside.

B. Vacuum-sealed packaging is used to package red meat.

C. The materials of packages are friendly to the environment.

D. Modified atmosphere packaging mixes air properly in packages.

30. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Package Food

B. Creative Packaging Designs

C. Food Waste: Causes and Solutions

D. Packaging: A Way to Fight Food Waste

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三、詞匯運用(本題有15小題，每小題1分，共計15分)

A.用方框中所給單詞的適當形式填空，每詞僅用一次。

31. We share the same bright future, ____________ we come from different places.

32. The lady ordered ____________ a cup of coffee to keep awake.

33. The students in the ____________ grade will soon say goodbye to their school because of the graduation.

34. It's amazing that Jack finished all the work on his ____________.

35. Water taxi is a ____________ traffic tool to get around Venice.

B.根據短文內容和所給中文提示，用單詞的正確形式完成以下短文。

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a national road in Eastern North __36__ (美國). The roadway goes through six mountain chains mostly along the Blue Ridge. It has become very __37__ (受歡迎的) with millions of visitors.

Unlike most national parks, the parkway is a planned landscape. In 1933, President Franklin decided to __38__ (連接) Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a "park-to-park" roadway. The project started on __39__ (九月) 11, 1935, and was completed in 1987.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a top spot for a (n) __40__ (令人愉悅的) driving. It offers visitors many __41__(機會) to get out of the car and hike. Moreover, the roadway has many historical structures __42__ (包括) log cabins and railways. Thus it is considered a __43__ (博館) of the countryside.

With more than 100 kinds of trees , the parkway is also a beautiful place to view the different colors of fall. The sunshine and the height __44__ (在....之上) sea level can affect the timing of the change of the leaves. Leaves start turning first at the higher and wetter places. The color of the leaves change later at the lower and __45__ (干燥的) areas.

四、語法填空(本題有10小題，每小題1分，共計10分)

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個適當的詞，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。

Mr. Jafri is a 44-year-old artist from England. Last year, the coronavirus __46__ (spread) and many countries went into lockdown. Jafri decided to take on a huge project that could "make a __47__ (real) big difference".

He decided to create __48__ world's largest painting. He asked children to send him pictures showing __49__ they felt during the pandemic. He got artwork from kids in 140 different countries.

The painting is huge-over 1,600 square meters. __50__ took Jafri seven months to create the painting. He worked long hours-often up to 20 hours a day. He hurt his back by bending over so much while he painted. He used over 1 ,000 paintbrushes __51__ 6,300 liters of paint to create the painting.

Jafri hoped that his painting would help __52__ (bring) the world together during a difficult time. He included the children's drawings in the artwork.

When he finished last October, he had set a Guinness World Record __53__ the world's largest painting.

The painting was split up into 70 large pieces. Jafri hoped that by selling the pieces, he could raise 30 __54__ (million) dollars.

But when the auction (拍賣) ended on March 22, Jafri did much better than that. And he didn't have to split up the pieces. The whole artwork __55__ (sell) for 62 million dollars. A French businessman bought all 70 pieces.

五、任務型閱讀與表達

閱讀下面材料，根據文中信息完成以下任務。(本題有5小題，每小題1分，共計5分)

Oceans of Plastic: Time for Action

Plastic is useful. It's in a lot of things we use every day, from clothes to pens, and bottles to toys. But there's a problem. Most plastic is not biodegradable (可生物降解的)，and a lot of it ends up in our oceans.

How big is the problem?

There are billions of bits of plastic in the world's oceans! Every ocean and every beach has plastic, from large objects to tiny pieces called microplastics. Tons of plastic enter the ocean every year. Increasing like this, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans!

How does plastic harm animals?

Fish, sea turtles, and birds think plastic is food, and they eat it. The plastic stays in their stomachs. Dead seabirds are found with stomachs full of plastic. Whales, dolphins, and seals are caught by plastic bags or fishing nets. It's said that millions of ocean animals die each year because of plastic rubbish in oceans around the world.

Is there any good news?

Yes! Scientists, schools, businesses, and people are taking action. In some countries, plastic bags aren't allowed to use. Scientists are developing new biodegradable plastics. Many communities are trying to use less plastic and recycle more. Kids are playing their part, such as working to make their schools "zero plastic".

What can you do?

Don't use plastic bags.

Don't buy plastic bottles.

...

One person can't solve the problem alone, but together we will make a difference.

補全56-59小題信息。每空限填一詞。請再寫出一條保護海洋的建議，完成第60題。不超過15個詞。

六、書面表達(本題有1小題，共計15分)

61.假如你是學生會主席李華，學校"英語角”將舉辦一次以“緩解壓力(Cope with pressure)”為主題的心理主題講座。請根據下表提供的信息，用英語寫一則通知。

注意：1.詞數80~100;

2.通知的開頭與結尾已給出，不計入總詞數;

3.不得出現你的真實校名和人名。

Dear students,

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Student Union

March 20

2023年第二學期九年級英語第一次適應性考試試題卷

參考答案

一.完形填空

1-15ABCBA/CDBDC/CADCB

二.閱讀理解

16-18BBA 19-22ACDC 23-26CBAD 27-30CDCD

三.詞匯運用

31-35although/herself/ninth/own/common

36-45America/popular/connect/September/pleasant/chances/including/museum/above/drier

四.語法填空

46-55spread/really/the/how/It/and/to bring/for/million/was sold

五.任務型閱讀

56-60problem/dead/must/less/People should be further educated about the importance of these problems.

六.書面表達

Dear students,

In order to help the students cope with pressure properly, our school will invite Dr. Chen from Peking University to give a lecture on in the school hall. Al the students of Junior Three are required to attend it. Dr. Chen will introduce some effective ways of dealing with pressure through some activities. It will last two hours from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on July 15th. Please take your notebook with you and keep quiet during the speech. After the speech, anyone with questions can communicate with the professor individually. Please get your questions ready.

All the students are required to be present on time. Please don't be late.

Student Union

March 20