2024-2025学年（上）天水市九年级质量检测英语

1、我的阿姨是一位天生的艺术家。(born)

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2、The children are still upstairs. Go and get them to come________for breakfast.

A. to downstair

B. from downstairs

C. downstairs

D. downstair

3、 — Could you tell me ______?— Certainly. In half an hour.

A. when will the high speed train arrive

B. when the high speed train will arrive

C. when does the high speed train arrive

D. when the high speed train arrive

4、I spent half an hour ___________ my homework.

A. finishing to do   B. to finish doing

C. finishing doing   D. Finished

5、—Tom, let me help you to work out the math problem.

—No, thanks. I can ________ it myself.

A．afford

B．manage

C．share

6、 ________ Matthew didn’t win speech contest, he was still wearing a smile on his face.

A.Since B.Unless C.Because D.Although

7、Little Tom seems to know who _________ to get more pocket money.

A.can he talk to   B.he can talk

C.to talk to   D.to talk

8、Don’t be ______ ,you can’t make such great progress(进步) in a day. It takes time.

A. practical B. patient   C. stressed D. powerful

9、With the development of China, Chinese ________a bridge to connect China with the rest of the world for years.

A.became B.has become C.becomes D.will become

10、Thanks to the development of science and technology, our lives are much ________than before.

A.most convenient B.the most convenient C.convenient D.more convenient

11、--How can we help the children in the mountain village?

--We can ____ leaflets to ask people to donate money．

A. give in   B. give off

C. give up   D. give out

12、The second Sunday of May is ________ Mother’s Day. It’s ________ special day for children to show their love for their mothers.

A．a; the

B．the; a

C．不填; a

D．不填; the

13、—Which do you prefer, oranges or apples?

—___. I’d like bananas.

A．Yes, both   B．Neither, thank you

C．Sure, I would   D．No, please

14、She wanted to know ________.

A.where she will go camping B.where will she go camping C.where she would go camping

15、Lucy has ________ all of the goals(目标)she set for herself in high school and is ready for her new life.

A．spared

B．supported

C．pushed

D．achieved

16、My mother is a good teacher. __________students all like her very much.

A.Our B.Her C.His D.Their

17、There is lots of English_____ in this movie, we can learn English by watching it.

A. dialogue B. role   C. value   D. instrument

18、— Who was it __________?

— Thomas Edison.

A. invented by B. invented from C. invented of D. invented in

19、The work is _________ ,so I often feel ________.

A. bored , boring   B. boring , boring

C. boring, bored   D. bored ,bored

20、The children think Father Christmas waits  ________  they fall asleep and then comes in and leaves presents for them.

A.until B.before C.while D.after

21、—China has made a complete victory in its fight against COVID-19.

—As Chinese, we ________ our country.

A．are satisfied with

B．are friendly to

C．are interested in

D．are proud of

22、Jess: Hello! How are you doing today?

Betty: 【1】. I just had a test and I'm not sure how well or how badly I did.

Jess: 【2】. You know, the test is over and you can't change any of your answers.

Betty: That's true, perhaps that's why I'm feeling so tired.

Jess: Let's go and get some coffee together. That will help you put yourself together again!

Betty: OK. I feel like sitting down and having a chat. How are you recently?

Jess: Pretty good. You see, I'm always happy. 【3】.

Betty: That's a good idea. Sometimes friends can be very helpful. I usually just sit at home alone and get increasingly moody.

Jess: I hate spending too much time staying at home. I get bored of it quickly. 【4】.

Betty: Perhaps I'm too shy. 【5】.

A．I'm doing well, thanks

B．If I get into a bad mood, I'll call some friends to have a chat

C．Maybe I should stop worrying about my tests and go out more

D．Oh, I am having butterflies in my stomach

E．To be honest, it's no use crying over spilt (溢出) milk

F．In fact, better late than never

G．I'm always excited about going out to embrace (拥抱) nature and meeting different people

23、从方框中选出最佳选项完成下面的对话。

Kangkang: Hi, Maria! A wonderful movie will be shown tonight. 【1】

Maria: Great! What’s it about?

Kangkang: 【2】

Maria: 【3】 . I like science fiction movie very much.

Kangkang: Yes. All the people travel by spaceship in the movie, and they can visit planets like Mars.

Maria: Really?   【4】

Kangkang: Yes. I think we will live in space one day. We can do anything that can be done on the earth.

Maria:   【5】

24、The right name is important in the business world. All you have to do is think of the names for some of the products you buy every day and you’ll agree that the name and the product are connected in everyone’s mind.

In many countries, successful trade or brand names are protected by law. This is so that other companies cannot make a product that looks like another. People might think that they are buying one product and, in fact, more than 1, 000 products and company names are registered（注册）ever hour. Many companies spend a lot of money to find the right name for their products. A good example of this is in the car industry. Some successful names for cars have powerful associations（联系）. The Ford Mustang and the Jaguar are only two examples of choosing the names of animals that are fast and strong.

When a U.S. company decides to sell its product in another country, it has to make sure that the product’s name translates properly. When Coca-Cola introduced its soft drink to China, it looked for the right name. It wanted a name that would do two things. One was to present its image in Chinese and the second was to be close to its first brand name—Coke. It took some efforts before finding the right word which sounds similar and translates as “happiness in the mouth”. Asian company names are not new to the United States. The brand names of Samsung and Sony have been successful. Finding the right brand name is a big business. Asian companies that sell to foreign markets pay to find a name that will connect with its customers. There are even naming companies that specialize in inventing product names. These companies can charge up to 100,000 a word for their creations. But it’s worth it. Successful companies know how important the right brand names are for their growth.

【1】Why are trade names protected by law in many countries?

A．To make companies pay for naming service.

B．To help people choose the best products.

C．To present good images of the products.

D．To prevent good images from being copied.

【2】What was NOT considered when Coca-Cola tried to find a name in Chinese for its product?

A．The name should sound powerful.

B．The name should have similar pronunciation to “Coke”.

C．The name should be able to pass on the image of the product.

D．The name took lots of efforts to find.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Many companies care about the cost of finding the right names.

B．Creative trade names can help companies have a larger sale.

C．The government often does business with naming companies.

D．It is necessary for cars to be named after animals.

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The Business of Names

B．The History of Names

C．The Rules of Translating Names

D．The Methods of Choosing Names

25、People use languages to communicate. Any language has its ways to express people’s minds. One of the ways in common is the use of idioms. An idiom is a group of words. It has a special meaning that is different from the usual meaning. For example, under the weather means ill. So when people say “I’m under the weather”, they are saying that they’re not feeling well. Another example, in all weathers means in all kinds of weather. So, “There are homeless people sleeping on the streets in all weathers.” tells us that they sleep on the streets no matter whether it’s cold or hot.

Metaphor(比喻) is often used in idioms. Let’s read some:

●It makes my blood boil(煮沸) when people litter.

●The night was dark and quiet; my blood ran cold when I heard a strange noise at dark night.

In neither situation above, our blood can reach the point so high or so low in temperature. But with the situations the two sentences created, it is not difficult to work out the unhappy feeling of really angry in the first example and very afraid in the second.

Of course, not all idioms are easy to understand. When we come to idioms of a foreign language, a good dictionary of idioms is always suggested.

【1】This passage mainly tells us something about ________ in English.

A．writing

B．reading

C．grammar

D．idioms

【2】If your brother breaks your computer, you can say “________” to him.

A．I’m under the weather.

B．I’m here in all weathers.

C．You’ve made my blood boil.

D．My blood runs cold.

【3】When you come to an expression like “under the weather”, you should ________.

A．look it up in a good idiom dictionary

B．try to express your minds with it

C．find an interesting way to learn it

D．create situations to guess its meanings

【4】You may read this passage in the ________ part of a magazine.

A．health

B．sports

C．culture

D．music

26、“Thumper,” I called. “Thumper, where are you?”

Our family just came home. We had been away for one week.

“Thumper,” I called. “Thumper, we are home,” I called.

Mom looked for Thumper. Dad looked for Thumper. He wasn’t around.

“Thumper,” we called.

“I think he is missing,” I said.

We looked in the garage. We looked in the doghouse. No Thumper. He was not at the house. We went in the house. We unpacked our bags. All I could do was think about Thumper. Was he hurt? Had he run away? Where was my dog?

I tried to unpack my bags. I tried to think about other things. My mind kept going back to Thumper. I started to cry.

I heard the phone ring. Dad was talking to someone. He was laughing.

“Teresa,” Dad called. “Please come down here. Someone wants to talk to you!”

“Who is it, Dad?”

“You will see,” he said with a smile.

I took the phone. “Hey, girl. It is Grandpa Allen.”

“Hi, Grandpa, what’s up?”

“I just called to tell you I came over last night. I hope you didn’t mind. Thumper was sad. He was missing you. Grandma and I brought him home for the night. We left a note, but I think it blew away!”

【1】How long had the family been away?

A．One day.

B．Two days.

C．Four days.

D．Seven days.

【2】How did Teresa feel when she just got home?

A．Worried.

B．Happy.

C．Angry.

D．Calm.

【3】Where was Thumper?

A．In the garage.

B．In the dog house.

C．In Teresa’s bag.

D．In Allen’s house.

【4】What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．The phone.

B．The dog.

C．The note.

D．The wind.

【5】In which section of a newspaper can you read the text?

A．Sports News.

B．Job Wanted.

C．Story Time.

D．Science Study.

27、配对阅读。左栏是五个人的情况介绍，右栏是七款旅游应用软件的介绍，请将情况介绍和应用软件进行匹配。

28、根据短文内容，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

  There are all kinds of trains in the world. There are trains to carry people, trains to carry animals or carry things. There are fast trains and slow ones. When I 【1】 (watch) or take trains from one place to another, I will often think of this great man — George Stephenson.

  George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He 【2】 (begin) to work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time 【3】 (learn) about engines. On holidays, he often took engines into pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he 【4】 (not read) or write.

  He started to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way 【5】 (have) lessons from a young teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, his own name 【6】 (write) by himself for the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them.

  From then on, people have been improving the train all the time. So far people 【7】(develop) many kinds of high-speed trains in China, such as High-Speed Electric Multiple Units (EMU) Train (高速动车组列车), Direct Express (直达列车), express (特快), fast trains, and so on.

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

I have been interested in languages for as long as I can remember. My father is really good at learning languages. My family traveled widely when I was a ________. My father would talk to everyone we met with in an ________ way. I was impressed(钦佩) by his language ability. I wished when I grew up, I could be able to speak as many languages as my father could.

I wasn’t a natural language learner. When I was 11 years old, I made slow progress with French at school and almost gave it ________. After I entered college, I read many German books in translation. I loved them so much that I wanted to read them in their native tongue. This drove me to pick up German. Once I mastered German, I found myself in love with languages. Since then, I have never ________ learning new languages. By in my late twenties, I was able to speak German, French, Latin and Greek.

I am often asked what my secret is. The ________ is very simple. It is endless hours of reading and studying. Before I got married, I ________ 16 hours every day studying languages. I used to like walking fast outdoors while ________ to the recording and repeating it out loud.

Now I can read books in about 20 languages and speak most of them ________. My wish came true. I live in Singapore now. My wife is from Korea, so I learned Korean. It is difficult to learn! At home, I speak French with my sons. If my wife is there, we speak English.

The world would be a ________ interesting place if there were only one language. It would be like visiting a garden ________ there was only one type of plant!

【1】

A．teacher

B．child

C．parent

【2】

A．easy

B．important

C．uncomfortable

【3】

A．away

B．out

C．up

【4】

A．stopped

B．started

C．enjoyed

【5】

A．effort

B．answer

C．technology

【6】

A．cost

B．spent

C．took

【7】

A．choosing

B．trying

C．listening

【8】

A．well

B．much

C．quick

【9】

A．more

B．super

C．less

【10】

A．which

B．where

C．what