2021-2022学年第二学期南山外国语学校（集团）5月质量检测九年级 英语 试卷（试卷总分：75分 考试时间：70分钟 ）第一卷 选择题 （50分）Ⅰ.完形填空（10 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分）My dad is a busy engineer Every Saturday he puts on his apron and makes very delicious bread. I think he bakes to ___1___.These days I feel stressed out because I failed in the test of our school swimming team. That means I have to wait for a whole year to try out again. Maybe my dad knew how I ___2___, so this Saturday he invited me to help him bake.He took out all the things needed and told me to ___3___ the ingredients (配料) with a spoon. Then he showed me how to knead the dough (揉面团). It took only ten minutes but a(n) ___4___ large amount of energy to complete. Next came the ___5___ part—doing nothing. We waited for the dough to become ___6___, then pouched (锤打) it down and wait for it to rise again. Dad said ___7___ is always the hardest part as you have to refuse the thought of putting the dough directly into the oven.While we waited we sat and talked.___8___ is like the dough that rises and fills a room with emptiness unless you pouch it down with words. It felt good to listen and share our thoughts. A dough always rises at its own pace and we could do nothing to make it ___9___ faster.I learned how to bake, and I also learned to ____10____ the slowly ticking rhythm of time, to relax and let the bread rise.1. A. exerciseB. relaxC. learnD. forget2. A. didB. triedC. feltD. failed3. A. shakeB. tasteC. cookD. mix4. A. surprisinglyB. unforgettablyC. usuallyD. terribly5. A. most difficultB. most comfortableC. lastD. best6. A. smallerB. betterC. biggerD. faster7. A. the mixingB. the waitingC. the pouchingD. the rising8. A. PuzzleB. HungerC. StressD. Silence9. A. riseB. fallC. lookD. seem10. A. achieveB. controlC. appreciateD. supportⅡ. 阅读理解（40 分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项，并在答题卷上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分）AStudents enjoyed the latest science lecture given by astronauts on board China’s Tiangong space station on Wednesday, March 23.The Shenzhou XIII members gave their second science lesson, also carrying out experiments. In one experiment, Wang used a toy of Bing Dwen Dwen, the popular mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, to show how things fly in a weightless environment. They also showed students two pieces of cutting-edge scientific equipment inside the space station.Before ending the lecture, the astronauts answered questions taken from members of the public and raised by students at the ground sites. The questions covered different parts of life and work in space, such as how to take care of their skin, whether they can drink hot water, if the moon looks different from the Tiangong station, and how tears move in a microgravitational environment.At the end of the class, Wang told the audience that in the coming months, two large space labs—Wentian, or “quest for the heavens”, and Mengtian, or “dreaming of the heavens”—will be launched into space to be with the Tianhe module(舱) to complete the Tiangong station, and then China will have stronger ability in space-based scientific experimentation and the “Tiangong class” will become more interesting.Pang Zhihao, an old spaceflight researcher said the class will be an “eye-opener” for teenagers because it has planted the dream of science in them. “Many scientists were created by their interest and curiosity about ‘strange things’. The experiments done by the astronauts will put ‘question marks’ in our students’ mind, and the teenagers will then move to find answers and explore more places unknown to human,” he said.11. What kind of experiments do the Shenzhou XIII members do?A. Bing Dwendwen the toy experiment.B. The second science experiment in space.C. Two pieces of scientific experiments.D. The science experiments without gravity.12. What are the raised questions connected with?A. The astronauts’ work and life in space.B. The astronauts’ health like skin care.C. The moon and the space station.D. The tears’ different shapes in space.13. What will make our country greater in space-based scientific experimentation?A. The lab called Quest For the Heavens.B. The completing of the Tiangong station.C. The launching of two large spaceships .D. The lab to be with the Tianhe module.14. How does Pang Zhihao feel about the class?A. Interesting.B. Exciting.C. Valuable.D. Surprising.15. Which part of the newspaper does the article belong to?A. Opinion.B. Lifestyle.C. People.D. Health.BA group of scientists from China and other countries are working together to help learn more knowledge and appreciation of China’s ancient cultural heritage (遗产). They are recording and collecting digital images of cultural relics (遗迹) from the Mogao Caves, which were a key stop along the Silk Road throughout China’s ancient history. Nearly 500,000 wonderful digital photographs have been produced since the international project started in 1994.The Mogao Caves have long been a meeting point for different cultures and are part of the history of many countries. Today, the caves are just as international as they were at the time when people travelled the Silk Road. Tourists from all over the world visit Dunhuang to see the caves, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles has even reproduced a copy of the caves and paintings for people to appreciate in America.By sharing so many digital photos over the Internet, the group hopes to help develop even wider interest around the world in China’s ancient history, culture, and traditions. They also hope to further educate people about the importance of safeguarding historic and cultural relics for future generations to understand and appreciate. As one scientist who is working on the project explains, “Appreciating one’s own cultural heritage is very important for understanding oneself. Appreciating the cultural heritage of other countries is very important for international communication and understanding.”16. What are the scientists trying to do with China’s ancient cultural heritage?A. To call on people to visit Mogao Caves.B. To invite people to collect digital images.C. To stop people from travelling to the Silk Road.D. To help develop knowledge and appreciation of it.17. What modern technology are the scientists using?A. International Project.B. Digital Images.C. New Silk Road.D. 500,000 photos.18. Why are so many people interested in the Mogao Caves?A. People can find their history and different cultures from them.B The Mogao Caves are the place where different cultures meet.C. The Mogao Caves are part of the history of many countries.D. People can feel as international as they travel the Silk Road .19. What can you read from what the scientist explained in the last paragraph?A. Cultural heritage can help people’s understanding and communication.B. We should protect our own cultural heritage in order to keep others away.C. Appreciating the cultural heritage of other countries is also very important.D. Protecting the cultural heritage is to educate future people about the fact.20. What is the best title of the passage?A. The Mogao Caves: A Wonder in the WorldB. A Group of Scientists Working TogetherC. Helping Develop Culture Through Digital ImagesD. Dunhuang: Home to China’s Cultural HeritageCA pair of tusks (长牙) is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, peel bark (剥树皮) for food and protect themselves. But because of illegally hunting, those big tusks may invite danger. Now researchers are working out how years of civil war and hunting in Mozambique have led to a greater number of elephants that will never develop tusks.During the war from 1977 to 1992, fighters on both sides killed elephants for ivory to provide fund for the war. In the Gorongosa National Park, around 90% of the elephants were killed. The survivors shared a key feature: half the females were naturally tuskless — they simply never developed tusks — while before the war, less than a fifth lacked tusks. More confusing, two-thirds of the new-born elephants were female.Like eye color in humans, genes (基因) are responsible for this. They found that the mothers have produced the smoking-gun genes for genetic changes. They pass the changed gene to both sons and daughters, but the sons are likely to die early in development. Daughters stay by their mother, many growing tuskless.Most people think of development as something that goes on slowly, but humans can speed it up. “When we think about natural selection, we think about it happening over hundreds, or thousands of years,” said Samuel Wasser, a scientist at the University of Washington. “The fact that tusklessness happened over 15 years is one of the most surprising findings.”Now the scientists are studying what more tuskless elephants mean for the species (物种) and its environment. “The changes will last for at least quite a few elephant generations. If an elephant doesn’t have the tool to peel bark from trees, then what chain reactions will happen?”21. What has happened to the elephants in Mozambique?A. Tusks have helped elephants a lot.B. Quiet a few elephants became tuskless.C. Tusks protected elephants against wars.D. Tusks became a danger to elephants.22. What caused the killing of elephants from 1977 to 1992?A. Too many female elephants.B. No tusks of the elephants.C. Money needed for the war.D. Only 10% male elephants.23. Which of the following can best explain the underlined word “smoking-gun” in Paragraph 3?A. wrongB. carelessC. trueD. useless24. How does the scientist Samuel Wasser feel about the development of the elephants?A. Interested.B. Pleased.C. Disappointed.D. Shocked.25. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. The elephants will develop more tusks as time goes by.B. The elephants may die from hunger with human’s activities.C. The elephants can be fed on themselves with scientists’ help.D. The elephants can change the environment in their own way.第二节 阅读填空请阅读全文，并从下列的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯，并在答题卷上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分）Bobsleigh (雪车) is a fascinating winter sport that makes use of gravity to move a sleigh (雪橇) through the race course, twisting and turning through a narrow, banked ice track.___26___The name Bobsleigh comes from the habit of the early people to move back and forth inside their sleds, called bobbing, trying to make the sled go faster.Bobsleigh is a team game having 2 or 4 members. In the case of two-man Bobsleigh, there are two members of the team, a driver and a brakeman who is in charge of controlling the sleigh. ___27___Bobsleigh is a sport that safety matters, so before starting out, one must make sure that all the safety requirements are met. ___28___ Since the sleighs are driven by gravitational force, 4 man sleighs need higher speeds than 2 man sleighs.It is important to master the art of boarding the sleigh at speed because there is a danger connected with it. ___29___ The brakeman should be the last to board the sleigh for a two-man Bobsleigh. ___30___ If the safety measures are met, it can be extremely enjoyable.A. Bobsleigh is a fun game.B. The game was first played in the 1870s.C. Getting a strong start is extremely important.D. For this, one can practice boarding until he can fully control it.E. All personal protective equipment and emergency response are necessary.F. In four-man Bobsleigh, there is a driver, two push members and a brakeman.第三节 信息匹配（共 5 小题，每小题 1.5 分）阅读下面几则有关世界上最具魅力的图书馆的材料，为五位青少年寻找云上图书馆。并在答题卷上将相应的字母编号涂黑。A. Located in the center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading is a library and cultural organization. It was built in the late 19th century. Open to the public since 1900, the library has the largest collection of Portuguese literature outside Portugal, holding more than 350,000 books.B. The Alexandria Library in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most important libraries of the ancient world. The library, destroyed in 415 AD and rebuilt in 2002, is not only a library, but also a museum and scientific research organization. It is known as the Egyptian cultural center and a lighthouse of thought, culture and science.C. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center officially opened as the main library of Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany in October 2009, with about 2.5 million books, of which about 2 million are available for readers to borrow.D. Mazarin Library is located in the Organization of France, on the left bank of Seine in Paris. Created in the 17th century, it has one of the richest collections of rare books and manuscripts (手稿) in modern France, and is the oldest public library in the country.E. Yunxi Library in East China’s Zhejiang province is located in Daijiashan village, Tonglu county. It is changed from traditional folk houses of the She ethnic group (畲族). With yellow mud rooms and wooden windows, the library has rich categories of books, coffee and cultural areasF. The Indonesian National Library, located in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, has the most complete collection of publications in the country, recording the history, culture and information of Indonesia in various times. Manuscripts written on leaves, bark, bamboo and Indonesian native paper are some of the rare items kept in the collection.____31____ Li Bingbing: I want to visit a national library which is located in Southeast Asia. I hope the library owns a collection of manuscripts written on bark, bamboo or leaves.____32____ Wang Yimin: I am an America-born Chinese. I’m quite interested in minority culture. I want to find a special library located in a faraway county in East China.____33____ Mo Taoran: I study in a foreign language school and my second language is Portuguese. I want to know if there is a large public library with the richest collection of Portuguese literature in South America.____34____ Peng Qirui: This summer holiday I plan to visit Europe. Before starting the journey, I want to know about the main library of Humboldt University in Berlin.____35____ Cao Aiqiang: My hobby is reading the history of ancient countries. I want to visit a library which is the most important one in ancient times and now known as a cultural center and a museum as well.第二卷 非选择题（25 分）Ⅲ. 语法填空（10 分）阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷规定的位置上。One day the great thinker Mengzi visited Liang Hui Wang, the ruler of the Liang State during the Warring States Period in ancient China, from 371-335 BCE. The ruler said, “I care for my people. If the ___36___ (crop) fail to grow in the south, I move the people to the north. If there is a bad harvest in the north, I move the people south. The rulers of other states are not ___37___ me. They don’t help them when they are hungry. Why do my people run away ___38___ the number of people in their states is growing?”“My lord, let me use the battlefield (战场) to show you. There is fighting and one side is winning. The soldiers on the losing side begin to run away because they ___39___ (not want) to get captured. A fast soldier runs 100 steps and a slower one runs 50 steps. When the soldier ___40___ (run) 50 steps looks ahead, seeing the soldiers with100 steps, he laughs at the faster soldier and calls him a coward. Do you think it’s right for the slower soldier ___41___ (judge) the other?”“No. The slower one is no ___42___ (good) as he is not doing anything ___43___ (different).”“Exactly. And you are also right about the other rulers. They may not care for their people during hard times ___44___ way you do. But you send your people into battle all the time. When you do this, you are not caring for your people, either. One hundred steps should not ___45___ (laugh) at by fifty steps.”Ⅳ. 书面表达（15 分）46. 你校学生会英语俱乐部将举行题为 “初中学生是否应该承担家务”的演讲比赛活动。现请你拟写一篇演讲稿参赛。内容需包括：1.赞成与反对的声音；2.你对该问题的看法（观点；理由至少列出两条）；3.你的结论。要求：1. 80 词以上，短文的开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数；2.条理清楚，意思连贯，语句通顺，标点正确；3.可适当增加细节以使全文连贯。参考词汇：家务活 household choresGood morning, boys and girls,Recently the topic of doing household chores has been brought to public attention.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thanks for your listening!