2024屆廣東省惠陽市馬安中學(xué)九年級英語第一學(xué)期期末學(xué)業(yè)質(zhì)量監(jiān)測模擬試題考生請注意：1．答題前請將考場、試室號、座位號、考生號、姓名寫在試卷密封線內(nèi)，不得在試卷上作任何標記。2．第一部分選擇題每小題選出答案后，需將答案寫在試卷指定的括號內(nèi)，第二部分非選擇題答案寫在試卷題目指定的位置上。3．考生必須保證答題卡的整潔?？荚嚱Y(jié)束后，請將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。Ⅰ.單項選擇1、Thestrongestpeoplearenotalwaysthosewhowin,butthosewhodon’t________whentheylose.A．setup B．cheerup C．giveup D．showup2、—MayIspeaktoJudy?—Sorry,sheaspeechinthehallnow.A．makesB．hasmadeC．madeD．ismaking3、---Mom,mykneeshavegone___myjeans.---Nokidding!Ijustboughtitforyoulastweek.A．off B．on C．through D．out4、—Youlooksoworried,James.Whathappened?—I’mstillthinking______Icanpasstheexamornot.A．thoughB．whetherC．unlessD．until5、—_________didthestudentsinGradeNinestudysohard?—Tomaketheirdreamscometrue.A．Why B．Which C．Who D．What6、——I'mreally_______whenIspeakEnglishinclass.——Takeiteasy.You'rethebest.A．nervous B．surprised C．comfortable D．confident7、It's9:30pm,children!______istimetogotobed.A．ThatB．ItC．ThisD．They8、—Ihaven'tbeentothePalaceMuseum.Whataboutyou?—Iamplanningtogotherethisweekend.A．Metoo B．Meneither C．SodidI D．NeitherdidI9、-----Whydidn’tyouenjoytheconcert?-----Itwas_____concertIhadeverlistenedto.morewonderfulB．lesswonderfulC．theleastwonderfulD．themostwonderful10、--Heseems_____ill.Shallwetakehimtothehospitalrightnow?--Idon’tthinkitmatters.Maybehe’scaughtabitofacold.A．terrible B．terribly C．even D．tobeterribleⅡ.完形填空11、Agameofcatchissimplytwopeoplethrowingaballbackandforth（來回地）.Itseemsalittle1andmanypeoplemaynotbeinterestedinit.Thetwopeoplearecloseenoughtotalk,buttoofartotouch.Theymighthavebaseballgloves,ortheymightusetheirhands.Infact,playingcatchispartof2practice—tomakeyougetusedtousingaballandglove.ButanyAmericankidwillteachyouit’smuchmorethanthat.Playingcatchisatimeforkidsto3withyourfather.It’satimewhenthere’s4toworryaboutexceptcatchingaball.It’satimewhenwordsmoveasseamlessly（準確不誤地）astheballitself,backandforth,easyandrelaxing.It’sanexcuseto5timetogether.BecausebaseballisanAmericansport,andabigpartofbeingAmerican,playingcatchiskindofanall-Americandadactivity.Inthesuburbs（郊區(qū)）,mostpeoplehavebackyards—not6enoughtoplaybaseballin,butjustbigenoughforagameofcatch.Thosewhohaveno7canplayinthestreetorinthepark.Whenadultsareaskedtotalkaboutthegood8oftheirdads,manyofthemwillsaysomethingaboutplayingcatch.Why?Probablybecausedadsareusuallyvery9.Acatchgameisatimethatisonlyforonething.Thisisatimewhenakidhasherdad's10.Thereisnowork,nophoneandnootherpeoplearoundtotakeyourdadawayfromyou.Forthetimethatittakestoplayagameofcatch,yourdadisallyours.1．A．interesting B．boring C．a(chǎn)mazing D．exciting2．A．basketball B．baseball C．football D．volleyball3．A．fight B．compare C．have D．be4．A．nothing B．something C．everything D．a(chǎn)nything5．A．waste B．save C．spend D．forget6．A．small B．large C．clean D．tidy7．A．time B．money C．yards D．friends8．A．jobs B．a(chǎn)chievement C．education D．memories9．A．busy B．brave C．strict D．kind10．A．help B．worry C．courage D．a(chǎn)ttentionⅢ.語法填空12、DoyouknowStephenHawking?He’soneofthemostwell-known1．（scientist）onspaceandtimeintheworld.HewasborninEnglandin1942.Hawkingis2．（study）howtheuniversebeganandhowitends.WhenhestudiedmathandscienceatOxfordUniversity,hefell3．(serious)ill,whichmadehimunabletospeakorbreathe.Tillnow,hecan’tmoveorfeed4．(him).however,hehasawheelchairwith5．specialcomputer,withwhichhecancommunicatewithothers.6．hewasfacingallthesedifficulties,herefusedtogiveuphishopeofliving.Because7．hisillness,itwasdifficultforhimtodrawdiagramsortowrite.Sohestarted8．(think)inpictures.Withthisnewwayofthinking,heisrespectedbypeopleintheworld.Oncehe9．(invite)toChinatogivelectures.Hisself-confidenceandhumorousconversationsimpressedusdeeply.Heoncesaid,“Whensomethingunfairhappens,10．isnoneedtoworryaboutit!Youjusthavetodothebestinyourownsituation.”Ⅳ.閱讀理解A13、Sometimeswewishthatwecouldhavemoretime.Thegoodnewsisthatthisyearwillbelongerthantheprevious!Althoughdon’tgetexcitedjustyet,becauseifyoublink(眨眼),youmayjustmissit.That’sbecause2015willbeonesecondlongerthan2014－alsoknownasaleapsecond(閏秒).Andsurprisingly,theyareprettycommon.Butwhydoweneedthem?Overthecenturies,Earthhasbeenslowingdown.ThismeansthatwemustkeepchangingourclockstokeepinstepwithEarth’stime.We’veallheardofleapyears.Ourcalendarshold365daysinayear.YetEarthtakesslightlylongertoorbitthesun.Sowesavethistimeandevery4yearswehaveanextradayinFebruary.Asfortheleapseconds,theInternationalEarthRotationService(IERS)managestheglobaltime,knownastheatomictime(原子鐘時間).Thisisthetimekeepingthat’susedforeverysinglecountry.TokeepupwithEarth’stime,theyaddasecondeverynowandthen.They’vebeendoingthissince1972.Andthisyearwillbethe26thsecondthey’veadded!It’llbeaddedjustbefore8:00a.m.onJuly1Beijingtime.Soyouwillsee7:59:60onJuly1.Althoughaddingasecondsoundsharmless,itcanhavenegativeeffects.In2012whenaleapsecondwasadded,itcausedproblemsforcompanieslikesocialnetworkingsitesRedditandLinkedIn.Astheyweren’tpreparedforthechange,itcausedtheircomputerstorecorderrors.1．Whydoesaleapsecondhavetobeaddedinsomeyears?A．Becausethisyearisshorterthanthepreviousone.B．Becauseweneedtohavemoretime.C．BecausetheEarthisslowingdown.D．Becauseitcanhelpmakealeapyear.2．Inaleapyear,thereisanextradayin_____.A．JanuaryB．FebruaryC．MarchD．December3．InordertokeepupwithEarth’stime,howmanysecondshavebeenaddeduntillastyear?A．43B．42C．26D．254．What’sthenegativeeffectofaddingaleapsecond?A．Itmakesthedaylongerthanthepreviousone.B．Itcausessomerecordingerrorsforcompanies.C．Itmakespeoplestayuplate.D．Itdoesharmtopeople’shealth.B14、TimBerners-Leeisnotthemostfamousinventorintheworld.However,hisinventionhaschangedourlives.HewasborninLondon,Englandin1955.Whenhewasasmallboy,Timwasinterestedinplayingwithelectricalthings.HestudiedscienceatOxfordUniversity.Hemadehisfirstcomputerfromanoldtelevisionattheageof21.Timstartedworkingonearlycomputers.Atthattime,theyweremuchbiggerthannow.HeworkedinEnglandthenSwitzerland.Timwasreallyinterestedintwothings,computersandhowthebrainworks.Howcouldthebrainconnectsomanyfactssoquickly?Hehadtoworkwithpeopleallovertheworld.Theysharedinformationaboutcomputers.Itwashardtomanagealltheinformation.Heansweredthesamequestionsagainandagain.Ittookalotoftime.ItwasevendifficultforcomputersinthesameofficeinSwitzerlandtoshareinformation.Timalsoforgotthingseasily.Couldacomputerworklikeabrain?Couldit“talk”toothercomputers?TherewasanInternetalreadybutitwasdifficulttouse.In1989,TimBerners-LeeinventedtheWorldWideWeb(WWW)allbyhimself.ThishadaspeciallanguagethathelpedcomputerstalktoeachotherontheInternet.Whenpeoplewantedtoshareinformationwithothers,theyusedtheWorldWideWeb.TheInternetgrewquicklyafterthat.TimBerners-Leedoesn'tthinkhedidanythingspecial.HesaysthatalloftheideasabouttheInternetwerealreadythere.Allhedidwastoputthemtogether.HesaysthatmanyotherpeopleworkedtogethertomaketheInternetwhatitistoday.Mostinventorswanttobecomerich.ButTimgaveawaytheWorldWideWebfornothing.HenowworksinAmerica.HehelpspeoplesharetechnologyandwantstheInternettobefreeforeveryonetouse.Maybeheisthemostimportantbutleastfamousinventorintheworldtoday!1．WhatwasTimBerners-Leeinterestedin？A．Lookingforjobsindifferentcities.B．Talkingtopeoplearoundtheworld.C．Studyinghowtoconnectcomputers.2．Theunderlinedword“It”inParagraph3refersto“________”．A．WorkingonearlycomputersB．ConnectingdifferentfactstogetherC．Repeatingtheanswerstothesamequestions3．WhyisTimBerners-Leeoneofthemostimportantmenintheworld?A．HemadeinformationsharingontheInternetpossible.B．Hemadethefirstcomputerwhenhewas21yearsold.C．Hehelpedpeopleunderstandbetterhowthebrainworks.4．Inwhatorderdidthefollowingeventstakeplace?a．TimworkedinEngland.b．TimworkedinSwitzerland.c．Timmadehisfirstcomputer.d．TiminventedtheWorldWideWeb.e．TimstudiedscienceatOxfordUniversity.A．c－e－d－a－bB．e－b－a－c－dC．e－c－a－b－d5．WhatdoesthewriterthinkofTimBerners-Lee?A．Heisnotfamousbecauseheisnotrich.B．Hehaschangedourlivesandheisgreat.C．Hedidnothingspecialbutmakepeopleagoodlife.C15、Childrenwithautism(孤獨癥)havedifficultywithsocialskillsandcommunication.Theyoftenactinlimitedandrepeatedwaysandhavewhatseemlikeunusualstronginterests.Autismismoreoftenseeninboysthangirls.Whatcausesitisnotclear.ScientistsarestudyingDNAandpossibleenvironmentalinfluences.Doctorsusuallycannotconfirmadiagnosis(確診)ofautismuntilachildisaboutthreeyearsold.RebeccaLandaisaresearcherattheKennedyKriegerInstitute.ProfessorLandawantedtofindoutwhatdifferencesindevelopmentmightbeseenearlier.Sheledanewstudythatobserved235babiesbetween6and36monthsofage.“Atsixmonthsofage,whenyoulayyourbabyontheirbackandyoupullthembythearmsgentlyintoaseatedplace,thebaby’sheadmaynodbackbehindtheshoulders,likepoorheadcontrol.Butthatdoesnotmeanthatthebabyisgoingtohaveautism.Itdoesmeanthebabyneedstohavesomeexercisestohelptheirbodygetstronger.Andwhenthebabiesstrengthentheirbodies,theyarebetterabletoplaywithtoysandalsowithpeople,whichwillhelpthemhavebetteroutcomes.”Bythetimeababyisoneyearold,signsofpossibleautismincludedifficultyinusingwordsandnotlookingeye-to-eyeorreachingouttootherpeople.By14months,thebabymightsmilelessanduselanguageless.However,ProfessorLandasaysthesesignscanbeverysmallandtheirchildrenmightbemissedduringashorthealthexam.“It’simportantforparentstopayattentiontotheirchildren’sdevelopment,andiftheycareaboutachild’sdevelopment,theyshouldlistentoexperts.”Theearlierparentsnoticedelays,shesays,thesoonertheycanbeginsimplethingsthatmayhelpimprovetheirchildren’sdevelopment.Forexample,theycantalktothechildrenaboutwhattheyaredoing,giveopinionswhenthechildrenshowthemsomething,andplaysimplegamesthatkeepthechildren’sattention.1．What’sthebesttitleofthepassage?A．HowtoConfirmaDiagnosisofAutismB．CatchingtheEarlySignsofAutisminBabiesC．WaystoHelpChildrenwithAutismtoGetBetterD．ChildrenwithAutismwithDifficultyinCommunication2．Whatcanwelearnfromthethirdparagraph?A．Landatriedtofinddifferencesinbabies’developmentearlier.B．Landahasfoundwaystoconfirmadiagnosisofautism.C．Doctorsledanewstudytoconfirmadiagnosisofautism.D．Doctorshelpedbabieswithautismdevelopwithoutdifference.3．Whenababywithsignsofautismis14monthsold,heorshemay________.A．nodtheheadbackbehindtheshouldersB．havedifficultyraisinghisorherheadC．disliketocommunicatewithothersD．likereachingouttootherpeopleD16、Gettingahighgradeinanexamdependspartlyonhowmuchyoucanremember.So,improvingmemoryisimportanttosuccessinstudying.Butisthereanythingthatwecandoaboutit?Onewaymightbewalkingbackwards.Accordingtoanewstudy,walkingbackwards,whetherdoingitreallyorjustimaginingit,canimprovethememoryintheshortterm.Inthestudy,114volunteerswereaskedtowatchavideo.Inthevideoawomanhadherbagstolen.Thentheyanswered20questionsaboutthedetailsshowninthevideo.Tenminuteslater,thevolunteersweredividedintothreegroups.Thefirsttwogroupsweretoldtomoveforwardsorbackwards10meterswhilethethirdgroupwasaskedtostaystillonthesamepoint.Theresearchersfoundthatthebackwards-walkinggroupgottwomorecorrectanswersonaverage(平均)thantheothertwogroups.Thissuggeststhatarelationshipbetweentimeandspaceisbasictothewayourmindsformmemories.Whenwewalkbackwards,everythingwelearnbecomesstrangetous.“Thisforcesthebraintothinkinadifferentway—thebrainneedstomatchallthethingsagainandchangesthefocus(關(guān)注點),”theresearcherChristineWebersaid.Italmostalwaysmeansthatourbrainneedstobemoreactiveintheshorttime.Naturally,ourshort-termmemorywillbeimproved.Backwardwalkingalsoplaysanimportantroleinphysicalhealth,especiallyfitness.AstudypublishedinJournalofBiomechanicsin2012foundthatthereislesspainintheknees.Moreover,backwardwalking,comparedtoforwardwalking,ismorechallenging.Itrequiresyoutousemuscles(肌肉)andmovementsthatyouprobablyseldomuse,makingitaperfectwaytochangeyourexercisehabitforgreaterfitnessgains.Atthesametime,bymakingpeopleputinextraeffort,itnaturallyburnsmorefatandcalories.1．Backwardwalkingcan________accordingtothepassage.A．improvethememoryinthelongterm B．improvethememoryintheshorttermC．causemuchmorepaininourknees D．forcethebraintothinkinthesameway2．Whichoneisthecorrectorderofthefollowingaccordingtothepassage?①Thebackwards-walkinggroupgottwomorecorrectanswersonaverage.②Thevolunteersanswered20questionsaboutthedetailsshowninthevideo.③Thevolunteersweredividedinto3groupsand1groupmovedbackward10meters.④Thevolunteerswatchedavideoinwhichawoman’sbagwasstolen.A．④②③① B．④③①② C．④②①③ D．③④②①3．WhatdoestheunderlineswordItinParagraph5referto__________?A．Short-termmemory B．PhysicalhealthC．Forwardwalking D．Backwardwalking4．Inwhichpartofthenewspapercanwereadthispassage?A．YouthVoice B．StarStories C．OurWorld D．ScienceStudyE17、Now，itmaybedifficulttopredict(預(yù)言)thefuture，butmanypeoplebelievethatwewillliveonMarsbytheyear2100.Ourownplanet，Earth，isbecomingmoreandmorecrowdedandpolluted.Well，whatproblemswillweneedtosolvebeforewepreparetogotoMars?Firstofall，transportshouldbemuchbetter.Atpresent，humansneedtospendmonthsgoingtoMarsbyspaceship.However，by2100，spaceshipcantravelathalfthespeedoflight.Itmighttakeustwoorthreedaystogetthere!Secondly，humansneedfood，waterandairtolive.ScientistsshoulddevelopplantsthatcanbegrownonMars.Theseplantswillproducethefood，waterandairthatweneed.However，thereisnoanswerforalltheproblemsnow.ThereisalsoaproblemforustoliveonMars.MarsattractsusmuchlessthantheEarthdoes.Thiswillbedangerousbecausewecouldeasilyjumptoohighandflyslowlyawayintospacethere.Wewillhavetowearspecialshoestomakeourselvesheavier.Insomeways，lifeonMarsmaynotbebetterthanthatontheearthtoday.Foodwillnotbethesame—mealswillprobablybeintheformofpillsandwillnotbeasdeliciousastheyaretoday.Also，spacetravelwillprobablymakemanypeoplefeelveryuncomfortable.1．Accordingtothepassage，bytheyear2100，wewillpossiblylive_____.A．onMarsB．onthemoonC．inthespaceshipD．inthesea2．Sofar，howlongdoesittakeusfromtheearthtoMarsbyspaceship?A．Twoorthreedays.B．Afewdays.C．Afewmonths.D．Afewyears.3．Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingiswrong?A．Aspecialplantwhichcanproducewater，airandfoodshouldbeneededonMars.B．WemaygotoMarswhentransportismuchbetterandfaster.C．WecanjumphigheronMarsthanontheearth.D．FoodonMarswillbemuchbettertoeat.4．Wewillhavetowearspecialshoesto_____ifwewanttoliveonMars.A．makeourselveslighterB．walkfasterC．makeourselvesheavierD．jumphigher5．WhydowewanttoliveonMars?A．LifeonMarsismoreinterestingthanthatontheearth.B．Theearthisbecomingdirtyandcrowded.C．ThejourneytoMarsisveryinteresting.D．Thescientistswantustodothat.F18、I1iveonthetwelfthfloorofabuilding．Oneafternoonlwascominghomefromafriend’shouse．Itwasjustafterfouro’clock．IgotquicklyintotheliftandpressedButton（按鈕）12。Theliftstartedtogoup，butveryslowly．Andthen，halfwayup，itsuddenlystoppedbetweentwofloors．Icouldn’tunderstandit．Ipressedallhebuttonsfromlto1．Icalledforhelpveryloudly．Butnobodyanswered．Thensuddenlythelightswentout．a(chǎn)ndIwasaloneinthedark．Istartedtocryandbeatthewallsofthelift．Icriedandcrieduntillhadnovoiceleft．Then，．Ifelthopeless，andpressedallthebuttonswithmyopenhands．Andallatthesametime，therewasabellfaraway．Itrangandrang．Itwasthefirealarm（火災(zāi)警報）．Ithoughtthewholebuildingwasonfire．IsaidtotheGodquietly?！癑ustgetmeoutofhere．I’11neverbebadagain．”Justthen，Irealizedtheliftwasmovingveryslowly．Onthegroundflooritstopped，andthedooropened．Amanwasstandingthere．“Howlonghaveyoubeeninthere?Itisgoodthatyoupressedthealarmbell．Buthaven’tyoulearnedtoreadatyourschool?”Hepointedatasmallpieceofpaperonthewallbesidethelift．Itsaid：“Attention：Thisliftwillbestoppedforrepairsbetween4P．m．a(chǎn)nd5p．m．onThursdayMarchl2．”3．Whathappenedtothelift?A．Ithadafireaccident．B．Itstoppedhalfway．C．Itwasturnedoffbythewriter．D．Itmovedfastuptothetopfloor．4．Asthesituationwenton。thewriterbecame_______．A．moreandmorescared B．calmerandcalmerC．moreandmorebored D．clearerandclearer4．Whydidabellringfromfaraway?A．Theliftwastostartagain．B．Therepairworkerrangthefirealarm．C．Thebuildingwasonfire．D．Thewriter