湖南省长沙市青竹湖湘一外国语学校2020-2021年九年级上半期第一次月考英语题免费试卷在线检测

1. 单选题 详细信息
These days, COVID-19 has been sweeping across India. _______ poor life the people there are living!
A.What B.What a C.How
2. 单选题 详细信息
Most kids think _______ as cartoon characters at parties is fun.
A.dressing up B.dress up C.dressed up
3. 单选题 详细信息
Your learning habits can decide _______ you can learn well or not.
A.whether B.how C.if
4. 单选题 详细信息
_______ your smartphones, and you can spend more time with your families and friends. You know, they are the ones who matter most to us.
A.To put away B.Put away C.Putting away
5. 单选题 详细信息
Judy used to be very independent so that she _______ do a lot of things on _______ own.
A.can; hers B.could; she C.could; her
6. 单选题 详细信息
The _______ life skills you have, the _______ you can deal with the problems.
A.more; easilier B.fewer; more easy C.more; more easily
7. 单选题 详细信息
The doctor warned the old men _______ anymore and they suggested he _______ some exercise to keep healthy.
A.not smoke; did B.not to smoke; do C.no smoking; does
8. 单选题 详细信息
Neither Emma nor her parents _______ to America, but _______ of them speak American English very well.
A.have been; all B.have been; none C.has been; neither
9. 单选题 详细信息
_______ August 11th, 2020, Zhong Nanshan received the “Order of Republic” (共和国勋章). As a hero, he tells us love is what we are born _______, while duty is what we learn _______ life.
A.On; in; for B.In; on; with C.On; with; in
10. 单选题 详细信息
— Do you know _______?
— Since last September.
A.when the milk tea house opened
B.how long the milk tea house has been open
C.how soon the milk tea house will open
11. 完型填空 详细信息
It was a late night. My mom and I were driving home when we passed by a convenience store, where my mom found a corn man. As we drove back around, we ______ in front of the store so that we could buy corn.
I knew I had a $20 bill (钞票) in my wallet, so my mom and I could each get a corn cob (玉米棒) and we could also get some sweet potatoes to take to my ______ at home. As soon as I opened up the bill, I ______ it was actually a $5 bill. However, we had to pay 6 dollars.
I could have gone inside the store to get more money from the ATM (自动柜员机), but I honestly wasn’t comfortable going inside alone because it was too ______ and not safe enough, so my mom told me to just ______ my cousin’s sweet potatoes.
I told the man I didn’t have enough money, so I would leave the sweet potatoes and give him the $5. As I put the sweet potatoes down, my mom and I were about to start walking to the car. A young guy next to us, waiting to get his order, offered to ______ them. He said, “Hey, take the ______. I’ll get them.” I honestly thought to ______ I shouldn’t do that, but he insisted (坚持) doing so. Finally, we said “Thank you” and left.
It may have “just” been a dollar short, but still, he did not have to do that and it was like his first instinct (本能) as soon as he saw me put the sweet potatoes down. My mom and I were so ______. Thanks to that man, my cousin was moved, too.
Sometimes, being kind doesn’t mean doing big things. A small action, an instinct to help others can also ______ a difference.
【1】A.left B.stopped C.turned
【2】A.daughter B.friend C.cousin
【3】A.realized B.thought C.remembered
【4】A.far B.late C.early
【5】A.sell B.buy C.leave
【6】A.prepare for B.look after C.pay for
【7】A.bill B.corn cobs C.sweet potatoes
【8】A.myself B.himself C.herself
【9】A.bored B.moved C.nervous
【10】A.make B.tell C.see
12. 阅读理解 详细信息

Travel Package (包价旅游) to Penghu
Date: 10/6 ~ 10/7

Day 1
9:00 Pick-up at Makung Airport
→ The Old Tree → Penghu Great Bridge
12:30 Lunch (The famous fish feast (盛宴))
→ Bird watching → Sunset on the beach
18:00 Dinner (Pumpkin rice noodles)
→ Rainbow Bridge → Hotel

Day 2
9:00 Breakfast (At hotel)
→ Animal Farm → Back
18:00 Drop-off at Songshan Airport

Cost: $450 per person (If you book this travel package before the Mid-Autumn Festival (10/1), you can get 20% off.) Kids under 10 are free.



【1】If Jack and his parents book the travel package to celebrate Jack’s first year in the primary school on October 1st, they should pay _______.
A.$720 B.$900 C.$1350
【2】Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Tourists will stay at least 2 nights in Penghu.
B.The travel package offers a good chance to get close to nature.
C.Tourists will have great fun experiencing the farm life on Oct. 6th.

13. 阅读理解 详细信息


How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Writer: Dr. Seuss (from America)
Number of pages (页码): 64 Price: $12.5
Story: The Grinch is an unkind guy. He tries to stop Christmas from coming by dressing up as Santa Claus and stealing others’ presents and decorations (装饰品) on Christmas Eve. However, everyone still celebrates the holiday happily. The Grinch decides to return everything.


The Story of Holly and Ivy

Writer: Rumer Godden (from England)
Number of pages: 32 Price: $6.5
Story: This is an interesting story with a happy ending. As Christmas is coming, Holly, the doll (玩偶), wishes for a child to love her. Ivy, an orphan (孤儿), wishes to have a real home. Mr. and Mrs. Jones wish for a child to celebrate the holiday with them. Will the happy ending make you believe the magic of Christmas?


Angelina’s Christmas

Writer: Katharine Holabird (from America)
Number of pages: 87 Price: $9.5
Story: When Angelina sees old Mr. Bell all alone at Christmastime, she decides to bring him some holiday cheer. She asks her cousin Henry for help, but he refuses at first. Anyway, he decides to join Angelina in the end.



【1】Why did the Grinch steal Christmas gifts and decorations?
A.To end Christmas.
B.To play a trick on Santa Claus.
C.To decorate his Christmas tree.
【2】Which of the following is TRUE about the books?
A.Three writers are from the same country.
B.The Story of Holly and Ivy is not as expensive as Angelina’s Christmas.
C.How the Grinch Stole Christmas has the longest story among 3 books.
【3】From the introduction above, we can know that _______.
A.not all the stories take place around Christmas
B.Holly, Ivy and the Jones may spend Christmas together
C.Henry accepts Angelina’s invitation without thinking twice

14. 阅读理解 详细信息

COVID-19 is changing the world of travel, and now a new cabin design (机舱设计) is offering a look at what plane journeys could look like post COVID-19 (the time after COVID-19). The idea of “Pure Skies” has been created by PriestmanGoode, a British company, who wants to find a way taking in personal space and touch-free journeys.
So, what could new cabins look like?
For a start, there would be no more touch screens for passengers to watch movies or play games. That doesn’t mean they won’t be able to do so. Instead, there will be screens which passengers can connect their phones or iPads with, and they can control from here. Besides, safety information will be written on the back of the seat, so passengers can read those all important rules without having to touch the safety card at all.
As for the seat pockets? We already know those sometimes are pretty dirty. So in the POST-COVID-19 world, you wouldn’t have a seat pocket at all. But there will be a removable (可移动的) bag for you to put some little things together.
The way the seats are put could also look different. PriestmanGoode advises that the rows (排) of seats should be staggered (错开的) so that people have more personal space. This also allows people to sit with a group of two or three friends or family members, while staying away from strangers on the plane. Between each row of seats, there would be a screen from the ceiling (天花板) to the top of the seat for further protection.
At the moment the “Pure Skies” cabin is just an idea, but it offers a look at what flying could look like in the future.
【1】The idea of “Pure Skies” _______.
A.comes from PriestmanGoode, a US company
B.may make it possible to take in personal space
C.will change the world of travel completely
【2】The underlined word “touch-free” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
A.不感动的 B.无接触的 C.免费触摸的
【3】Passengers can read safety information _______.
A.on the back of the seat
B.in the seat pockets
C.from the middle of the ceiling
【4】Which is NOT right in the passage?
A.Putting a screen between each row of seats is to further protect passengers.
B.Passengers can watch movies on screens by controlling from their phones or iPads.
C.The staggered seats allow people to sit with strangers as well as their friends.
【5】This article is mainly about _______.
A.how to make more personal space
B.why a company has created the new cabin
C.what flying could look like post COVID-19
15. 阅读理解 详细信息

Today almost everyone has a smart phone. So street phone booths (亭) are out of date and seem to be useless. But cities like Shanghai are trying to bring the old phone booths to life.
Shanghai will make changes to 263 phone booths in Xuhui District. The Library Booth is one of the six new kinds of booths, offering 60 booths for people to borrow and read. Another kind allows users to listen to audiobooks (有声书) and even record their own voices.
Shanghai is not the only city trying to save the old phone booths. London cares about them even more, because the red booths have long been a special scene in London since the 1930s when they were painted all red. In recent years, London has come up with many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens and free WiFi to some booths. Users can use them to surf online and search for maps and weather reports. The company also allows people to rent (租) some booths to change them as they want to. Since 2009, more than 1,500 phone booths have been turned into flower shops, mini-cafes, art museums and even shower rooms.
In New York City, three phone booths in Time Square are turned into places for immigrant (移民) voices. When visitors pick up the phone, they can listen to oral histories of immigration from the newest New Yorkers. They can also open the books inside the booth to know more about the storytellers. Or they can share a part of their own stories if they wish.
Brazil made phone booths works of art. Sao Paulo paired 100 artists with 100 phone booths. Some artists painted on the booths, and others made them sculptures (雕塑) — one was shaped like a brain and another wore a pair of shoes.
Phone booths are finding creative ways to live on. Will they succeed? Only time will tell.
【1】Street phone booths are out of date and seem to be useless because _______.
A.the street phone booths are very old
B.smart phones are widely used in daily life
C.there is no WiFi and screens in the booths
【2】London tried harder than Shanghai to keep the phone booths useful in the following ways EXCEPT _______.
A.providing screens and free WiFi
B.turning the old phone booths into six new kinds of booths
C.giving people a chance to change old phone booths for other uses
【3】For the special use of phone booths in New York, visitors CAN’T _______.
A.share their own stories if they wish
B.read books inside the booth about Time Square
C.listen to oral histories from the newest New Yorkers
【4】Brazil made phone booths artworks by _______.
A.changing them into sculptures
B.making one booth look like a pair of shoes
C.pairing 100 artists with 100 phone booths
【5】What can we learn from the passage?
A.Phone booths will be sure to succeed living on in the near future.
B.Different cities may use different ways to bring phone booths back to life.
C.Some visitors in New York City may be glad to share their own stories in the Library Booth.
16. 选择句子补全短文 详细信息
You spent many nights on your schoolwork. In the end, you still did not make it. You failed your exam. It is very normal to feel depressed (抑郁), especially if you have given it your all. 【1】. Learn to deal with exam failure quickly and properly.
【2】.
Everyone has gone through tons of failures. Some of them may have worse experiences than you. Winston Churchill did not pass sixth grade. Though he became prime minister (首相) in 1962, he lost all of the other elections (选举) he took part in. Abraham Lincoln did not become a successful businessman and lawyer, and he also lost a lot of public elections. But just imagine if they had allowed failures to get the best of them, they would never achieve their goals.
Try again.
Check if there is a possibility you can retake the exam. 【3】. At the same time, you can put more work into what you are doing.
Stop yourself from falling into depression.
The last thing you want to happen is to be depressed. 【4】. You will lose proper concentration (专注力), you will not sleep and eat well, you will lose a lot of weight, and you will get sick so easily. Stress is often one of the leading causes of worry and depression. Take a break. Go out with friends or your family. Take a trip. Do something meaningful with your time like taking up a sport. By the time you are ready to take the time, you will feel refreshed.
A.Know that you are not alone.
B.It will only make things even worse.
C.Tell yourself the failure won’t last long.
D.If you can not, you can just make up for your failure in your next examination.
E.However, you can not allow your failure to get in the way of your future success.
17. 任务型阅读 详细信息

In 1871, when she was twelve years old, Plorence Kelley’s father took her to a Pennsylvania glass factory to show her the wonders of America’s factories. When she went inside, she saw small children working with pots full of acid (酸).
Kelley was angry. She later learned that there were over one million children working in hot, crowded and unsafe factories. The work was very dangerous. Every year tens of thousands of kids died or were seriously hurt. In 1889, Kelley knew that she had to do something. She wrote a book called Our Tolling Children. Kelley asked people not to buy things made by child workers.
Kelley started giving speeches and writing reports. Within a few years, she became famous. Everyone knew her as the leader against child labor (劳动力). In 1893, Kelley fought for new law in Illinois, which said no factories could employ (雇佣) child workers under the age of fourteen. In the same year, a new job, Chief Factory Inspector, was also created, and Kelley got the job to make sure everyone followed the law.
However, in Kelley’s second year as Chief Factory Inspector, something had happened. Smallpox (天花) broke out in Illinois. Lots of people died of it. Kelley knew that smallpox was passed easily from one person to another. It was even passed by clothing.
When Kelley knew that sick people were still making clothes and giving the clothes to the children and people in their village, she then visited factory after factory. Whenever she saw sick workers, she made them stop working. Kelley told the factory owners to burn the clothes. Even though they were very angry, they burned thousands of dollars’ worth of clothes. Kelley’s actions saved many American children from smallpox, and she kept working for children’s rights for the rest of her life.
【1】What were the wonders of America’s factories when Kelley was young?
__________________________________________________________________________
【2】How did Kelley make sure everyone followed the new law?
__________________________________________________________________________
【3】When did Smallpox break out in Illinois?
__________________________________________________________________________
【4】Why did Kelley tell factory owners to burn clothes?
__________________________________________________________________________
【5】Kelley spent her whole life working for children’s rights, didn’t she?
__________________________________________________________________________
18. 详细信息
After 76 days of lockdown (封城), the city of Wuhan was set free on April 8. Lai Yun, 1. a restaurant owner, was preparing to reopen his shop. Lao Ji, a deliveryman (快递员), shared videos of the empty streets of Wuhan that he filmed during the lockdown. Xiao Fanfan and Xiao Sui, a couple, finally got to see each other after months of being apart and decided to get married.
You can watch these stories and more in the documentary Long Time No See, Wuhan. In this documentary, Japanese director Ryo Takeuchi, 41, shows the real lives of 10 families in Wuhan after the city lifted its lockdown. 2. Everyone in the documentary did his or her bit to bring the city back to normal.
3. 这部纪录片已经在中国和日本都得到了大量的关注。Even Zhao Lijian, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, praised it during a news conference (发布会). “This documentary is very touching, as it shows people’s lives in a simple, honest and heart-warming way.” Zhao said.
4. In August, Takeuchi shared his experience of making the film at the Beijing Film Festival. He said Zhao’s praise surprised him. “It was a great honor for us,” he told China Daily. According to Ryo, he wanted to help foreigners feel relaxed and have a fair opinion about Wuhan with the film. He said he worried that Wuhan would become like Fukushima, the Japanese province that is considered a dangerous place even nine years after the nuclear accident (核事故). So 5. 他想通过拍摄这部电影告诉世界这个城市是多么的安全。“This documentary is for not only Chinese movie-goers, but also people abroad,” Takeuchi said. “I want to show the world a real Wuhan.”

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19. 补全对话 详细信息
A: How’s it going, Alice?
B: 【1】! Guess what? I’ve made great progress in English since the beginning of this term.
A: Wow, good for you!【2】?
B: Just by doing a lot of exercises and learning from mistakes. Reading English novels and watching English movies also helped a lot.
A: Wonderful. I’m also interested in English novels.【3】?
B: No problem. The nearest bookstore is in Wal-Mart on Fuyuan Road.
【4】?
A: Not yet.
B:【5】? We’ll have an 8-day holiday soon.
A: Sounds great. We can go there by taxi.
B: OK. By the way, the new movie Mulan is on show these days. Let’s watch it together.
A: OK! I can’t wait. See you then!
B: See you!
20. 书面表达 详细信息
假如你是来自英国的中学生Daniel,今年上半年你在中国交换学习期间一直住在李华家里,受到了李华一家人无微不至的照顾,李华向你介绍了中国的一些传统节日以及如何学好中文的方法,让你对中国的传统文化产生了浓厚的兴趣。因此,你决定以后将中国的传统文化传播到自己去的每个地方。现在你已经回到英国,仍然难忘这段美好的经历,请你给李华写一封感谢信。
要求: (1) 作文请根据实际情况分段。可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
(2) 字数:不少于80词; 开头已经给出,不计入总字数;
(3) 文章中不得出现真实人名、校名;
(4) 书写工整,不能使用修正带。
Dear Li Hua,
I’m writing to express my thanks for your kind help during my stay in China.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Daniel