第頁2023年元培九下入學(xué)考試英語試卷一、完型填空〔此題15小題，每題1分；共計15分〕Bo,agoldenretriever,wonthisyear’sDogHeroAwardfromtheKenLRationdogfoodcompany. Boacted1._______lastJune.Boandhisowners,RodandLaurieRoberts,weregoingdownthe

Colorado

River

in

a

16-foot

boat.

he

June2.

was

Bo's

first

time

in

a

boat.Laurie

Roberts

said,

"Things

were

fine3.

a

6-foot

wave

broke

in

front

of

us

andfilledwiththeboatwithwater.Anotherbigwavecaughtusfromthebackandturnedthe4.________over.〞Robwasthrownclear,butLaurieandBowereunabletomoveout5._______theboat.〞EvertimeItiredto6._________,myheadhittheboat,〞Lauriesaid,〞Ihitthebottomoftheriverseveraltimes.I7._________Iwasdrowning(溺水).〞Robpickedupthestory,〞Ireachedtheland8.________Laurie.〞hesaid.〞IsawBoswimoutfromundertheoverturnedboat.Thenhe9.________anddived(下滑)。Soonhecamebackup,pullingLauriebythehair.〞Lauriewhowas10.________andbreathless,tiredtocatchBo.Butthedogstayedoutofreachasisknowing11._______ofthemwoulddrownifLauriepulledhimunder12._________LauriecaughtBo’stail.He13.________her30yardstotheland.Lauriewascutandbleeding,butshewas14.________.“Ifithadn’tbeenforBo,15.________wouldn’tbehere.〞LaurietoldeveryoneattheDogHeroawardsdinner.1.A:bravelyB:strangelyC:quietlyD:politely2.A:meetingB:matchC:tripD:prize3.A:sinceB:thoughC:unlessD:until4.A:dogB:waveC:boatD:foot5.A:inB:behindC:underD:above6.A:getoutB:getdownC:getoffD:getalong7.A:promisedB:suggestedC:describedD:realized8.A:lookedafterB:lookedforC:lookedatD:lookedinto9.A:wentaheadB:turnedaroundC:jumpedoutD:stoodup10.A:sadB:sorryC:afraidD:angry11.A:bothB:allC:neitherD:one12.A:AlreadyB:OftenC:BesidesD:Finally13.A:followedB:pulledC:ledD:pushed14.A:busyB:calmC:safeD:hurt15.A:IB:sheC:youD:it答案：.1-5：ACDCC6-10：ADBBC11-15：ADBCA二．閱讀理解〔此題15小題，每題2分；共計30分〕AHaveyoueverheardofa

rattlesnake?

Itisapoisonous(有毒的)

American

snake.When

it

is

angry

or

afraid,

it

makes

a

noise

like

a

rattle

with

its

tail.

It's

very

scary.ButHeatherRamirezandherhusband,fromCalifornia,intheUnitedStates,makealivinginanunusualway.Theyareself-employed(自雇的)snackcatchers!Theycatchsnakes,especially

especially

rattlesnakes

which

have

gone

indoors,

and

return

them

to

the

wild.的)

American

snake.

When

it

is

angry

or

afraid,

it

makes

a

noise

like

a

rattle

with

its

tail.

It's

very

scary.

But

Heather

Ramirez

and

her

husband,

from

California,

in

the

United

States,

make

a

living

in

an

unusual

way.

They

are

self-employed

(自雇的)snake

catchers!

They

catch

snakes,

especially

rattlesnakes

which

have

gone

indoors,

and

return

them

to

the

wild.Heather

describes

her

work

as

"protecting

people

from

rattlesnakes

—

and

protecting

rattlesnakes

from

people!"

In

the

area

where

they

live,

rattlesnakes

often

come

face

to

facewith

people.

They

are

found

in

stores,

offices,

houses

and

gardens.

Heather

explains

that

it's

not

the

snakes

that

are

moving

into

places

where

people

live,

but

it's

the

other

way

round.The

snakes

lived

in

these

places

first

and

then

the

people

built

houses.Most

people

who

see

a

rattlesnake

are

feared.

If

you

keep

your

distance,

however,

the

snake

won't

bite

(咬)

you.

In

twelve

years

as

a

snake

catcher,

Heather

has

never

toucheda

snake.

She

doesn't

take

the

risk.

She

picks

up

the

snakes

with

a

special

tool.

This

doesn't

hurt

them,

but

it

keeps

them

at

a

safe

distance

so

that

they

can't

bite

her.Heatherandherhusbandareverybusybecausetheyareneveroffduty.Catchingsnakesisafull-timejobandtheywon’toftenhaveadayoff.Peoplecangettothematanttimeofthedayornight.Noteveryonecandothisjob,butHeatherdoesn’twanttodoanythingelse.〞Ijustlovemyjob,〞Shesays.16.TheRamirezsmakealivinginanunusualwayby________

.A:catchingandsellingsnakesB:catchingsnakesasapart-timejobC:protectingsnakesinthewildD:beingself-employedsnakecatchers17.InParagraph2,Heatherexplainswhytherattlesnakes_______

.A:neverbitepeopleB:areafraidofpeopleC:arefoundwherepeopleliveD:livedwithpeopleatfirst18.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?A:HeathercatchessnakesonlyatnightB:HeatherisalwaysreadytodoherjobC:HeatherriskstouchingsnakessometimesD:Heatherhasbeenasnakecatcherfor20years答案：DCABBChipwasinfirstgradewhenIarrivedathisschoolascounselor(輔導(dǎo)員).Itwasshockingtomethathewasdescribedasanangry,uncontrollableandevil(惹人討厭的)boy.Hoecouldsuchalittleboy,afterbeinginschoolonlyoneyear,beconsidered“evil〞?Overthenextmonths,IcametoknowChipwellenoughtoseethathewasneitherevilnoruncontrollable.

But,

one

day,

Chip

threw

a

chair

at

his

teacher

and

was

sent

to

my

office.

I

asked

him

what

made

him

do

this.

He

replied

that

his

teacher

hated

him.

He

felt

there

was

no

way

to

ever

get

her

to

like

him.

I

asked

him

if

he

would

tell

his

teacher

this.

He

nodded,

and

we

called

her

into

my

office.When

the

teacher

came,

_______

.

He

then

said

that

he

knew

he

was

a

very,

very

bad

boy,

and

he

didn't

think

anyone

could

ever

like

him.

His

teacher

listened

to

him

with

heartfelt

compassion.

Then

she

gave

him

a

big

warm

hug,

telling

him

she

didn't

hate

him

at

all

and,

actually,

she

cared

very

much

about

him.

Only

sometimes

Chip's

behavior

really

scared

her.

It

was

clear

to

both

Chip

and

me

that

she

really

meant

it.Iputmyleftarmonhisshouldersandtherighthandonhisheart.ItoldhimhowwonderfulandlovelyIsawhimtobe.Ipraisedhowspecialandbravehewastoexpresshishurtfeeling.AsIwasspeakingtohim,hiswholebodycametorestonmyrighthandnexttohisheart.ItwasamomentintimeunlikeanythingIhadexperiencedbefore.Fromthenon,I’mpleasedtoseehisbehaviorimprovedthroughtherestofschoolyears.Achild’smindisclearandsensitive(敏感的).Hereceiveswhateverotherssawwithoutprotection.Itisaseasytoconsidersomeonehopelessasitasitistoconsiderhimableinhisownspecialway.19.Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsus

__________

.A:Chipwasverypopularatschool.B:theteacherdidn'tcareaboutChipatall.C:Chiphadnowaytogetotherstolikehim.D:thewriterthoughtdifferentlyaboutChip20.Whichofthefollowingisthebestsentencetofillintheblankinthepassage?A:shecouldn'tcontrolherfeelingsB:advisedhertobemorepatientC:ChipbecameangryandcrazyagainD:encouragedChiptoexpresshisfeelings.21.TheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph5showsthatChip

.A:acceptedthewriterB:wantedarestC:wasquiteafraidD:feltalittlenervous22.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A:Nopains,nogains.B:Loveme,lovemydog.C:Expecthigher,actbetter.D:Whenthereisawill,thereisaway答案：DDACCCBCCanada,CTVNews

AgroupofCanadiankidsarespreadingabitofChristmasspiritinHalifax,NovaScotia,bycoveringwarmclothesaroundlightpoles(燈桿)forthecity'shomelesspeopletopickupanduse.

It

wassuchanunusualsightthatlocalsstoppedtotakepicturestoshareonsocialmedia(媒體).

Everyyear,TaraAtkins-Smithcollectswarmclothesfromhercommunityinordertohelpthelesslucky.Thisyear,sincethefamilywastravelingtoHalifaxwiththeirdaughterJaydaandsevenofherfriendstocelebrateher8thbirthday,Tarathoughtitwastheperfecttimetoteachthechidrenavaluablelifelesson.

Thekidsspenttimehandingoutcoatstothehomelessandtiedtherestaroundlightpolesforotherstopickup.Eachoftheclotheshadatagthatread,"Iamnotlost.Ifyouarecaughtinthecold,pleasetakemetokeepwarm."AccordingtoTara,theexperiencehelpedthechildrenbetterunderstandthedifficultsituationofhomelesspeople,whohavetobravethecoldwinteronthestreets."Whenwegotbackinthecarafteranhouronthestreet,theywereallfreezingcoldandcryingfortheheater(火爐)tobeonbecausetheywerecold,"shesaid.

Bynextmorning,allthejackets,gloves,andscarvesonthepolesweregone.Photosoftheinspiringprojecthavebeensharedabout8,000timesonFacebook,andhavegotover10,000likes.Tara,whodidsomethingsimilarinTorontoinDecemberlastyear,saysshe'salreadyplanningnextyear'scoatdrive.Shehopesthatthemeaningfulthingcanspreadaroundtheworld,andshealsowantstoadd$5fastfoodgiftcardsothatthehomelesspeoplecanalsoenjoyahotmeal.

"We'vegothelpfromotherswhenwewereinneed,andweknewhowgreatitmadeusfeel,"saidZackaryAtkins,Tara'shusband.23.The

underlined

word

"it"

in

Paragraph

I

refers

to

(指)

"

".A:childrenweredressinglightpolesinwarmclothesB:Jayda'sfriendswerepickingupclothesandusingthemC:localpeopleweresharingthephotosonsocialmediaD:homelesspeopleweregettingfoodandwarmclothes24.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?A:Taracelebratedherdaughter's8thbirthdayathome.B:Thechildrenfelttoocoldtohandoutclothes.C:Noonetookawaytheclothesonthelightpoles.D:Taraisplanningtodomoretohelphomelesspeople.25.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatTaraisa(n)

________

woman.A:braveB:politeC:kindD:honest26.Thepurposeofthispassageismainlyto

.A:teachustobethankfultopeoplearoundB:encourageustospreadloveandwarmthC:tellustogivechildrenvaluablelifelessonsD:adviseustoshowopinionsonFacebook答案：ADCBDYouneedsomebreadandmilk.Buthalfanhourlater,youleavethesupermarketwithatrolley(手推車)fulloffood.Whatgamesdosupermarketsplaytomakeusspendsomuchmoney?

Thetricksusuallystartbeforeyouwalkin.Outsidethesupermarketentrance,anybodywhowalkspastcansmellwarm,freshbread.Thatmakesushungryandreadytobuylotsoffood,notjustbread.

Nowyou'reinsideand,ofcourse,asmallbasketwouldbefine,butalltheyhavearetrolleys.Andofcoursetheproblemwithatrolleyisthatitlookssadandlonelywithjustoneortwoproductsinside.Sowemayfillitwithsomething.Infact,supermarkettrolleysareactuallygettingbiggersothatwebuymore.

Ofcourse,manypeopleshopinsupermarketsbecausetheythinkeverythingischeaperthaninothershops.Sosupermarketsofferverycheappricesonsomethingsbutthenhavehigherpricesforotherproducts.Onenewtrickistoputredstickersonproducts.Customersusuallyconnectredstickerswithlowerpricessotheredstickersiseasytobenoticed,evenwhenthereisnoreduction!Interestingly,thistrickappearstoworkmorewithmenthanwithwomen.

Thereisastorybehindthepositionofeverythinginthesupermarket.Forexample,customersoftengoonlytobuymilk.Sotheyputitrightattheback,forcingyoutogopasthundredsofshelvesfullofotherproducts.Thepositionofproductsoneachshelfisalsoimportant.

Themostexpensiveproductsareusuallyateye-levelsoyouseetheseimmediately.

Theexceptionisanythingthatchildrenmightlike.Theseproductsareonlowershelvessothatkidsseethem.

Apartfromwhatyouseeandsmellinasupermarket,whataboutwhatyoulistento?Inmostsupermarketstheyhavesoft,slowmusic.It\'ssorelaxingthatyouslowdownandspendmoretime(andmoney!)inthestore.Youalsomovemoreslowlywhenthesupermarketisbusy.Expertssuggestit\'sbettertoshopwhenit\'s

quieter,onaMondayoraTuesdayforexample.Andbecarefulwithqueuesatthecheckouts.Thesearesometimesdeliberate(成心的),tomakeyoubuysomethingfromthecheckoutshelveswhileyouwait.So,nexttimeyougointoyourlocalsupermarket,rememberthesetricksandseeifyoucancomewithjustthethingsyouwentfor.27.Supermarketsdon’tprovidebasketsbecause_________.supermarketsdon’tusuallyhavemany.basketsaretoosmalltoholdmanyproducts.It‘seasytogoshoppingwithtrolleys.Atrolleycanholdoneortwoproductsinside.28.Accordingtothepassage,supermarketsputredstickersonproductsto__________.makethemlookmorebeautiful.makethemdifferentfromcheaperones.makepeoplethinkthestickersareformen.makepeoplethinktheycouldsavemoney.Accordingtothepassage,toysforchildrenareusuallyplaced_________.onhighershelvesB.oneachshelfC.onlowershelvesD.onthebackshelvesThepassageismainlyabout_________.severalwayssupermarketsusetosellmoreproducts.someadvicewhenpeoplegoshoppingonthestreet.severalrulesthateverybusinessshouldfollow.someadvertisementsthatmakepeoplebuymore.答案：BDCA三、詞匯運用〔此題有15小題，每題1分；共計15分〕A〕用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空〔每空限填一詞〕succeedpronouncepridebeatleafsucceedpronouncepridebeatleaf31.Weareso________oftheChinesenationalvolleyballteamanditsspirits.Mikegot_________bythethiefwhenhelpingtheoldmanoutoftrouble.Withthehelpofherteachersandclassmates,Marry_________intheschoolspeechcompetition.WeshouldpracticespeakingeverydaytoimproveourEnglish___________.Theymakeuseofsomegrassand_________tomakeahat.答案：proudbeatensucceededpronunciationleavesB)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給中文提示，寫出空白處各單詞的正確形式〔每空限填一詞〕

Charles

Darwin

was

a

scientist.

And

he

changed

our

understanding

of

the

(自然的)

world.

Darwin

was

born

in

1809

in

England.

At

school

he

didn‘t

do

well

and

got

poor

marks.

He

was

a

good

athlete

though

and

loved

studying

nature.

He

also

kept

doing________(化學(xué))

experiments(實驗).HisfatherwasadoctorandexpectedCharlestobecomeonetoo.Charlesstartedstudying_________(醫(yī)藥)atEdinburghUniversity,butsoongaveuphisstudiesthere.HewentontostudyreligionatCambridgeUniversity__________(替代).

In1831,

Darwin

went

on

a

five-year

journey

to

South

America,

Australia

and

South

Africa

by

ship.

He

was

seasick,

but

the

things

he

saw

on

this

trip

changed

his

life.

He

_

(收集)

many

animal

and

plant

specimens.

He

spent

the

(剩余)

of

his

life

studying

what

he

had

seen

and

he

wrote

many

books.

In1939,Darwin

(結(jié)婚)

his

cousin,

Emma

Wedgwood,

with

whom

he

hadten

children!

He

was

a

loving

father

and

enjoyed

family

life,

which

was

always

more

(重要的)

to

him

than

his

research.

In

spite

of

having

many

health

(問題)

throughout

his

life,

Darwin

lived

until

he

was

73.Darwin’s

most

famous

book"On

the

Origin

of

Species"

came

out

in

1859

and

sold

out

in

a

day.

It

said

that

all

living

things

were

related.

His

ideas

were

not

popular

at

first,

but

now

most

people

(同意)

with

them

and

admire

Darwin

as

great

scientist.答案：naturalchemistrymedicineinsteadcollectedrestmarriedimportantproblemsagree語法填空〔此題有10小題，每題1分；共計10分〕Haveyoueverbeencycling〔騎自行車運動〕？ThisspringmyelderbrotherandI_________(spend)alongweekendcyclinginthecountryside.Werode_________(slow)alongbecausewehadn’tcometobreakanyspeedrecords,ortodosports.Wejustwanted_________(get)somefreshairandabreakfromschoolwork.Wereallyhadagreattime_________(ride)alongcountryroads.Andtherewasoneofthebestthingsaboutourtripthatmadeushappy,everyfew__________(kilometer)therewasavillagewherewecouldfindeverythingweneeded.Allthelocalpeoplewerereallyfriendly.However,___________thesecondday,somethinghappened.Weweregoingdownthehillwhenmybreaks(剎車)startedmaking___________noise,butIdidn’tmindatall.Atmidnightwewerewokenbythenoiseinthehotel.Weweretired________wesetoffthenextmorning,butsoonfeltcheerfulwhenthesuncameout.Whatweenjoyed_________(our)mostaboutcyclingisit’ssimpleandfun.Ithinknothingis_________(good)thancyclingifyou’relookingforabreakthatisactiveandcheap.Whynothaveatry?答案：spentslowlytogetridingkilometersonawhenourselvesbetter五、任務(wù)型閱讀〔此題有5小題，每題1分；共計5分〕Amy想在國外eBay網(wǎng)上購置音樂CD，但他從網(wǎng)上搜到的“海淘〞經(jīng)驗有點雜亂。請幫助Amy

將這些雜亂的信息整理成一幅購物流程圖，完成購物。第一步已給出。A.

ComparetheCDsinthelist.Youcanlookatthepricesorothercustomers’opinions.Thiscanhelpyoudecidewhichoneyouwanttobuy.B.

Goto

www.eB

andcreateaneBayaccount.Youneedtofillinanonlineformwithyourinformation.Topayforyourorder,youalsoneedtogetoneonPayPal.C.

Afteryouhaveanaccount,youcanlookfortheCDyouwant.TypethenameoftheCDinthesearchbox.YouwillseealistofCDs.D.

Whenyoudecidewhichonetobuy,youcanclick“ButItNow〞andthenfinishyourorderwiththecorrectaddress(betterbothinEnglishandChinese),yourtelephone