贵州省黔南州2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

 阅读下面短文，从短文前的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个为多余选项。

A. Suddenly B. island C. As D. them E. simply F. on

One day, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of  brought his pet monkey along on the long journey.

When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would drown. , a dolphin appeared and picked him up.

They soon reached an and the monkey came down from the dolphin's back. The dolphin asked the monkey, "Do you know this place?"

The monkey replied, "Yes, I do. In fact, the king of the island is my best friend. Do you know that I am actually a prince?"

Knowing that no one lived the island, the dolphin said, "Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can be a king!" The monkey asked, "How can I be a king?"

the dolphin started swimming away, he answered, "That is easy. As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!"

From this story, we can learn that those who lie and boast (吹嘘) may end up in trouble.

 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给 A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Xia Yuyu was born on April 22, 1998 in Bijie City, Guizhou Province. Now she is studying in Tsinghua University. Zhu Mingquan, Xia Yuyu's P. E. teacher of primary school, was the person to 1 that Xia Yuyu was talented in sports. Then he invited her to join in the Track and Field Training team (田径队). During the training, Xia Yuyu was never 2 no matter what the weather was like. At first, her parents and uncle didn't want her to train so much, because they thought that would 3 the way of her schoolwork. But Xia Yuyu never gave up and managed to communicate with her uncle and parents. Luckily, she passed every sports test and was allowed to enter the affiliated (附属的) Middle School of Tsinghua University. In this August, Xia Yuyu won the gold medal in the women's 10,000 meters in the 31st FISU World University Games 4 was held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

"Stars don't ask passers-by, and time pays off those who have a heart. Your effort will be realized." Xia Yuyu told the reporter. Difficulties are unavoidable in the process of achieving our dreams. 5 , we should learn valuable lessons from the experiences so that we can improve ourselves.

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In recent years, thanks to modern technologies, people's lives are becoming more and more convenient. 5G, AI and VR are the best examples. However, what are they? What can they do? Do you know?

5G •Refers to the fifth generation mobile of communication network.  •Enables higher speeds and lower costs. •Provides the world's clearest broadcast for people. Experts predict that 5G will be used for almost half of the country's mobile connections with 460 million users by 2025.

AI •Refers to technology that enables machine learning and sometimes even develops human-like intelligence in it. •Is used to answer questions, give information and complete requested tasks and so on. Most cars have a GPS system that uses AI and it is also applied in education games and medical areas widely.

VR •Is an artificial world made by a computer. •Can make games more real. •Facing fears in VR can help people overcome those fears in real life.  •Helps to make teachers' teaching more lively and easier for students to understand. It also has been used to decrease pain and anxiety in medical field.

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Starting from primary school and continuing through high school, reciting masterpieces (著作) of Tang Dynasty poets such as Li Bai and Du Fu has always been an integral part of Chinese children's education.

This year, the film Chang An, directed by Xie Junwei and Zou Jing, has started a trend of Tang poetry. The film is set in the Tang Dynasty, an especially prosperous period of Chinese history from 618 to 907, and tells stories of famous poets, including Li Bai, Du Fu and Gao Shi in China. Seeing a child softly reciting the poems while writing the characters in the movie can be a familiar experience for Chinese audiences. Let's enjoy one of these famous poems.

Hard Is the Road of the World

Pure wine in golden cup costs ten thousand coins, good!

Choice dish in a jade plate is worth as much, nice food!

Pushing aside my cup and chopsticks, I can't eat;

Drawing my sword and looking round, I hear my heart beat.

I can't cross Yellow River: ice has stopped its flow;

I can't climb Mount Taihang: the sky is blind with snow.

I poise a fishing pole with ease on the green stream.

Or set sail for the sun and like the sage in a dream.

Hard is the way. Hard is the way.

Don't go astray! Whither today?

A time will come to ride the wind and cl eave the waves;

I'll set my cloud-like sail to cross the sea which raves.

The writer of this poem is highly honored with the title "The Poetic Genius (诗仙)". This poem expresses the writer's anger to the life; at the same time, it shows his positive attitude to making the dream come true, too.

 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

No one was born to be good at languages. However, there are people who learn languages well. Here is some of what good language learners do. It may help you learn more easily.

Don't be afraid to take risks.

A Dutch friend of mine speaks English, Spanish, German, and of course, Dutch. I asked her what she thought was the most important in learning a language. She answered immediately, "Courage." They know that with every mistake, they get a small victory toward improving their language.

When learning something new, do you like talking about it or thinking about it? Or do you get new information in pictures or words? These are just some questions that help you discover how you can learn best.

Be actively involved in (参与) learning.

They know practice is very important and are willing to take risks and appear foolish if necessary. They don't expect to learn English only by sitting in the classroom but look for creative ways to try out what they have learned.

Learning a language means learning the culture where it is spoken as well. Good language learners learn the customs of the important values of the culture. They learn how to act in society. For example, they learn that "How are you?" is just a greeting in English, not a real question.

A. Be good cultural learners. B. Act as locals do when in different cultures. C. Find a learning method that suits them. D. Good language learners create more chances to use the language. E. Good language learners face the fear of making mistakes. F. Help language learners learn much better in language learning.

 阅读下面短文，根据其内容填空和回答问题。（46至49题每空不超过3个词，50题回答问题。）

Red, yellow, orange... in autumn, green leaves turn into many different colors. How does it happen?

Inside a leaf, there are little colored "bags". The green bags are chlorophyll (叶绿素). The yellow ones are xanthophyll (叶黄素). The orange ones are carotene (胡萝卜素). In summer, chlorophyll is busy. It makes food for the trees. It gets sunshine to turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar. There is more chlorophyll than other things in the leaves. So the leaves are green. In autumn, days are shorter and leaves get less sunshine. So leaves need less chlorophyll. The other colors, such as yellow and orange, come out. In all, the leaves don't really "turn" yellow or red. They just lose their green.

How do we see colors?

We see colors because of light. Sunlight has seven colors inside. For example, you are wearing a red T-shirt. The light hits your T-shirt. Then the T-shirt sends back the red light and takes in the other colors of light. The red light then goes into your eyes. A black shirt is black because it takes in all the light. And a white shirt is white because it sends back all the light.

How do plants and animals use colors?

Call for friends: Bees visit flowers and take away pollen to make honey. And in this way, there will be more new flowers. They use their colors to call bees for help.

Talk to each other: Some animals have strong colors. They look dangerous to others. Chameleons (变色龙) can change colors to show how they feel.

Hide away: Some animals may look like things around them. Then they can go near their "food" and other animals can't see them.

 沿着川藏318 线旅行是一次多么令人兴奋的经历啊！

  exciting experience it is to travel along 318 Sichuan-Tibet line!

 最著名的民间音乐之一《二泉映月》是由阿炳写成的。

One of the most famous folk music Erquan Yingyue   by Abing.

"熟能生巧"的意思是你练习得越多，你犯的错误就越少。

"Practice makes perfect" means the practice you do, the mistakes you will make.

为了更好地推动"一带一路"的发展，每个成员国都应该为之作出努力。

In order to promote the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, every member country is   make an effort to do that.

 《红星照耀中国》非常受欢迎，我们班所有的学生都读完了。

Red Star Over China is  popular that everyone in our class has finished  it.

 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How much do you know about tea and coffee?

China is the home of tea. It is said that tea was invented by a Chinese ruler named Shen Nong (accidental) about 5,000 years ago. Lu Yu, the saint of tea, wrote the (one) book about tea. Nowadays, many provinces have their special (type) of tea, like the West Lake Longjing tea in Zhejiang Province and Pu'er tea in Yunnan Province. Since the end of last year, a new trend called "stove-boiled tea (围炉煮茶)" has appeared among young people in China. It's popular way for young people to relax. It also shows that "stove-boiled tea" is changing young people's (understand) of drinking tea. Maybe more and more young people will fall in love tea culture in the future.

Coffee  (be) around for over 11 centuries. According to a legend (传说), coffee was said to be discovered  an Ethiopian (埃塞俄比亚人) Kaldi around 800 A. D. When he noticed his goats had more energy  eating the cherry-red that contained the coffee bean. He tried the beans and soon felt  (he) energetic. Coffee drinking became popular in Yemen in the 15th century. By the 19th century people all around the world were drinking coffee. And this year, China Moutai and Luckin Coffee have got a hit with a new baijiu-flavored latte.

同学们，我们在学习、生活中会碰到各种各样的困难，在困难面前，我们首先要想办法去克服并战胜它，但是当我们解决不了的时候，可以选择向他人寻求帮助。积极求助是一种生活智慧。它能帮我们找到方向，带我们走出迷茫。学校正在开展以"积极求助"为主题的英语征文活动。假如你是李华，请根据以下提示问题用英文写一篇短文投稿，介绍你向他人求助的一次经历，以及你的收获。

提示问题：1. What was your problem?
2. What was your story of asking for help?
3. What have you learned from it?

要求：1．内容须包含所有提示问题，可适当发挥；
2．文中不得出现自己的真实姓名和学校名称；
3．不少于80词，开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

参考词汇：problem, encourage, explain, improve, confidence

Asking for help plays an important role in our life.