2024-2025学年度上学期九年级阶段练习 （一）
英语
（时间：90分钟 满分：90分）
一、阅读理解 （共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节 阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Are you interested in helping your kids take up a new hobby Here are some ideas for you.
Gardening Gardening not only allows your kids to get their hands dirty but also makes them quiet. It can provide a good way to work out. You don’t even need to have an outdoor space of your own, because community gardens will work just fine.
Bread-making Bread-making is a hands-on activity. Kids get excited to make something they like. Also, they learn some simple cooking skills. Most importantly, you get closer to your kids while spending time doing something fun.
Calligraphy （书法） Chinese calligraphy is beautiful handwriting. It is done with a special brush or pen. This hobby will improve your kids handwriting, hand-controlling skills and help them focus better
Paper-folding Paper-folding is special: It helps to improve your kids’ hand-controlling and. creative thinking, , skills, It also saves money because there are a lot of videos online to teach your kids for free.
1. Gardening ________.
A. requires a private garden B. provides a good way to work out
C. teaches kids to save money D. helps kids keep their hands clean
2. What can improve kids’ creative thinking skills
A. Gardening. B. Bread-making. C. Calligraphy. D. Paper-folding.
3. The passage is written for ________.
A. teachers B. students C. parents D. visitors
4. According to the passage, which statement is TRUE
A. Gardening makes kids noisy.
B. Kids don’t learn cooking skills in Bread-making.
C. Calligraphy will not help kids focus.
D. Paper-folding makes kids’ hand-controlling skill better.
B
After work, you go back home, open an app, place your order, and wait for your food to be delivered （递送） to your home. This is what many young people do in China these days. According to the latest report from the China Internet Network Information Center, 421 million Chinese people use online food delivery services. It is half of the total number of Internet users in China.
Which group of people is ordering food online the most For, sure, it is mainly young people. A recent report that was published by the China Hospitality Association-and Meituan, a food delivery service, showed that 86.3 percent of the service’s users are between 20 and 34 years old. These people, are the main force driving the development of the food delivery industry.
Small families rely largely on food delivery services. According to the National Bureau of Statistics. Chinese families have changed in size over the past ten years. In 2002, only 7.7 percent of families have only one person. But this number increased to 15.6 percent in 2017. The percentage of two-person families rose from 18.4 in 2002 to 27.2 in 2017. For small families, cooking always takes a lot of time and energy, so ordering food online has become more popular.
The improvement of China’s food delivery services has also made more customers interested. According to Meituan’s report, the average （平均的） time it takes to make a food delivery dropped from 38 minutes in 2016 to 29 minutes in 2020. Many delivery platforms are also offering more services, delivering products such as fruit, vegetables, medicine and even flowers. As their services continue to improve, it’s certain that the food delivery industry will keep growing in the future.
5. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2 ________
A. Food delivery has developed rapidly. B. More and more people will live in small families.
C. Most Internet users like to order food on Meituan. D. Food delivery is popular with young people.
6. The underlined word “rely” in Paragraph 3 has the same meaning as “________”.
A. come B. depend C. work D. rest
7. Why is ordering food online becoming more popular according to the passage
a. Because it saves time and energy.
b. Because it is cheaper.
c. Because young people nowadays don’t cook.
d. Because people don’t have to wait long to get their orders.
e. Because there are more choices of products to order
A. acd B. bed C. ade D. cde
8. What’s the best title for this passage ________
A. China’s food delivery industry is growing. B. Fewer people in China like home cooking.
C. The number of Internet users in China is rising. D. Food delivery services bring people convenience.
C
①So far, China has successfully sent a large number of satellites （卫星） and spaceships into space. Space scientists have been greatly inspired （赋予灵感） by the old stories and ancient famous people when giving them names.
②Since thousands of years ago, Chinese people have dreamed of going to the moon. Chang’e Flies to the Moon is one of the most popular stories. As you can see, China’s first man-made satellite to circle around the moon was named Chang’e I. More interestingly, the moon rover （巡视器） was named after the Jade Rabbit, who is the partner of Chang’e in the story. These old stories carry people’s best wishes and dreams. With the development of science and technology, our scientists have made them come true.
③Kua Fu Runs After the Sun is another story to show how much ancient Chinese people wanted to know about the unknown world. Now, Kua Fu is going with the scientists to “visit” the sun, because we have a space project called Kua Fu Mission.
④Besides the ancient stories, space scientists also get ideas from ancient famous people. For example, Mozt, an ancient scientist, discovered that light travels in a straight line over 2000 years ago. His discovery made space study take a big step at that time. So, China’s first quantum （量子） science satellite was named Mozi, making Chine the first country in the world to achieve quantum communication between satellites and the ground.
⑤From such simple things as giving names to the satellites, we can see how great our traditional culture is and what influence it has on our modern science and technology.
9. What do we know about Chang’e 1 according to the passage
A. It moves around the moon. B. It ”visits” the sun with the scientists.
C. It protects the Jade Rabbit. D. It is the world’s first man-made satellite.
10. How does the writer support his opinion in Paragraph 4
A. By listing numbers. B. By comparing facts.
C. By giving an example. D. By reporting a result.
11. Which is the best structure of the passage (①=Paragraph 1 ②=Paragraph 2, ...)
A. B. C. D.
12. What’s the writer’s main purpose of writing the passage
A. To spread the traditional Chinese culture.
B. To explain how our scientists develop the space.
C. To introduce the achievements in our science and technology.
D. To tell how traditional Chinese culture influences our space science.
D
Evans was from a poor village of Africa. He had to do homework by the light of a kerosene lamp （煤油灯）. Evans’ eyes hurt and this made studying difficult.
However, Evans was excellent enough to enter a university. But he continued to worry about the kerosene lamp. He realized it was mot just bad for schoolchildren but for the whole family. First, it can cause illnesses such as coughs. Also, the light can hurt people’s eyes. Besides, it can lead to fires. Lastly, kerosene is expensive, so families have less money for food. It was difficult to come up with a different kind of lamp that was cheap and good for the environment. Yet Evans did not give up.
One day, he had an idea. He could use a small solar （太阳能） light. Sunlight is free and solar power is clean. Evans built his first solar lamp, and it worked. He began to build more lamps and sent them to local families. An organization heard about this and provided money for him to build more solar lamps.
Each lamp only cost $20. However, this was a lot of money to many villagers, so Evans made sure he kept the cost down. He used recycled materials and ask volunteers to build the lamps. Finally, people from many countries gave away money to his team, so the lamps were usually free.
The solar lamps made a big difference, to thousands of people. Julia, a mother of three, said, “Thanks to Evans, my children have light to read, and I have my own light to cook.”
13. The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A. living in a poor village B. doing homework
C. having eye problems D. entering a university
14. Which of the following is the correct order of the story
a. Evans went to a university.
b. Thousands of people had safe light.
c. His first solar lamp was invented
d. Kerosene lamps hurt Evans’ eyes.
e. Recycled materials were used in the lamps.
f. People from many countries gave away money.
A. d-a-c-e-f-b B. d-f-b-a-e-c C. a-d-f-e-c-b D. a-e-c-d-f-b
15. The purpose of giving Julia’s example in Paragraph 5 is ________.
A. To share Julia’s experience. B. To show Evans’ influence.
C. To describe Evans’ feelings. D. To introduce Evans’ invention.
16. The best title of the passage would be ________.
A. Evans—A Poor Boy B. Evans and His Great Invention
C. The Use of a Small Solar Light D. An-Environmental-friendly Lamp
第二节 阅读下面短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
Winter is coming! Every season brings itself with a special feeling, and winter is no exception. In fact, the season’s cold weather has caused many phrases.17 ________.
Dead of winter
Winter is known as the season when many plants die and animals go to sleep until spring. The phrase “dead of winter” shows the middle part of the season, 18________. A similar phrase, “dead of night”, means the middle of the night. At this time, like in the dead of winter, there is. typically not much activity going on.
The tip of the iceberg （冰山）
In very cold places, icebergs can be found moving in the sea. Only a small part of these icebergs can be seen from above the water. Since it is hard to tell how large icebergs actually are. many ships, including the famous RMS Titanic, have hit them. This may have led to the phrase “the tip of the iceberg”, 19________.
Break the ice
When meeting someone for the first time, you need to break the ice. In this phrase, ice means a difficult atmosphere （氛围）. 20 ________. Some say this phrase became popular because of icebreaker ships that could travel through icy waters. And until the late 17th century. people began to use the phrase for social communications.
A. Even in the dead of winter, these sayings are sure to develop your vocabulary B. when it seems to be the coldest and darkest time of the year C. Let’s take a look at a few of them D. When the ice is broken, everybody feels more comfortable talking to each other E. which means something is only a small part of a much bigger, unseen object
二、完形填空 （共10小题，每小题分，满分10分）
The first cellphone was invented fifty years ago. The man who built that phone, Martin Cooper, is now 94 years old. He has been 21 ________ the “father of the cellphone”.
In the early 1970s, Cooper worked for American technology company Motorola. At the time, Motorola and other companies were competing to create cellphones. Cooper made the first public call 22 ________ a handheld telephone in New York City on April 3, 1973. The device （设备）, called Dyna - TAC, weighed about 1 kilogram and was 28 centimeters long.
He has 23 ________ the phone with his team at Motorola for over five months. They could only 24 ________ on it for about 25 minutes. Cooper noted that such a call time was not a problem. because this phone was so 25 ________ that you couldn’t hold it up for 25 minutes. Cooper said, “The only thing that I was worried about: “Is this thing going to work ’ And it did. At the time. we had no way of knowing this was an 26 ________ moment in history.”
Today, the phone 27 ________ us to do many things. Cooper said the progress of cellphones is sure to continue long into the future. He thinks batteries （电池） of the future phone could even be replaced by human energy. He believes that one day, our phones might be small devices inside our ears.
Cooper has also expressed his 28 ________. “We don’t have any privacy （隐私） any more because 29 ________ is now recorded someplace.” Cooper said. However, he said 30 ________ that cellphones will continue to develop in ways that can greatly help humans.
21. A. called B. improved C. shouted D. regarded
22. A. at B. in C. of D. with
23. A. accepted B. developed C. added D. shared
24. A. talk B. play C. hold D. depend
25. A. useless B. heavy C. weak D. powerful
26. A. embarrassing B. active C. important D. awful
27. A. lets B. makes C. allows D. agrees
28. A. worry B. excitement C. disappointment D. doubt
29. A. something B. thing C. nothing D. everything
30. A. politely B. bravely C. hopefully D. secretly
三、语篇填空 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Ella disliked learning fractions （分数） before, because she thought they weren’t useful. 31 ________ after talking with her mom, she changed her mind.
One morning, Ella walked into the kitchen while her mom was cooking. “Mom, I can’t understand fractions. so I 32 ________ (fail) the math examinations many times so far. I must be silly.” Ella said.
“No. I had difficulty dealing with math problems before, but after trying hard could work them out finally. You should believe in 33 ________ (you),” her mother said. However, Ella disagreed. “I don’t think they are 34 ________ (help) in my life,” Ella said. Her mom watched her in silence. After 35 ________ while, she asked, “Would you like 36 ________ (make) cookies with me ” “Yes.” Then they started. Ella’s mom took out a measuring cup （量杯） and said, “First, I need exactly three 37 ________ (four) of a cup of sugar.”
“No more, no less. Next, I need one half of a cup of milk…”
Ella seemed to understand something 38 ________ (sudden). She said, “We are not just making cookies. You are showing me the 39 ________ (important) of fractions in our daily life, right ” Mom 40 ________ (laugh), “Smart girl!” “Thank you, Mom. I think I have known how to learn math well.”
四、阅读与表达 （共4小题，41-43每小题2分，44题4分，满分10分）
One day. Reuben, a stableman （马夫）, drove the coach （四轮马车） home from another house. He was very drunk. He could not hold the reins （缰绳）;
“You cannot work for me any more,” the lord told him.
Later, Reuben was given another chance. Reuben promised never to be drunk again.
Sadly, Reuben did not keep his promise. One day, he rode a horse into town. He went into an inn. When he came out, he was drunk. He got onto the horse’s back.
“Faster, faster!” he shouted at the horse.
The horse moved as fast as it could. Then the shoe came off its hoof. The horse could not walk with pain. Then the horse fell. Reuben fell off the horse’s back. He lay on the ground. He did not move.
Many hours later, some people came and found Reuben was dead.
—Taken from Black Beauty
41. What was Reuben
42. How did Reuben go to into town
43. What happened to Reuben in the end
44. Should we keep our promise in our daily life Why (Write 30words or more)
五、书面表达 （满分20分）
“你养我长大，我陪你变老。”父母一直在为我们的成长默默付出，成长要学会感受爱回报爱。假如你是李辉，你校英文社团正在举办以“感恩父母”为主题的征文活动。请你用英语写一篇短文，叙述你感恩父母的一件事，并谈谈你的感悟。
内容包括：1. 感恩的事情是什么？（起因、经过、结果）
2. 你的感悟。
提示：Be thankful：cook a meal，make some tea，help do chores （做家务），make a gift...
要求：1. 词数：80-100词
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
3. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称
2024-2025学年度上学期九年级阶段练习 （一）
英语 参考答案
一、阅读理解 （共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
1-4 BDCD 5-8 DBCA 9-12 ACAD 13-16 CABB 17-20 CBED
二、完形填空 （共10小题，每小题分，满分10分）
21-25 ADBAB 26-30 CCADC
三、语篇填空 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
31 But 32 have failed 33 yourself 34 helpful 35 a
36 to make 37fourths 38 suddenly 39 importance 40 laughed
四、阅读与表达 （共4小题，41-43每小题2分，44题4分，满分10分）
41. A stableman.
42. He rode a horse into town. / By riding a horse.
43. He fell off onto the ground and died. / He died in the end.
44. 略
五、书面表达 （满分20分） 略

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