2022-2023學年湖南省明德集團九年級下學期第一

次月考英語試卷

一、閱讀單選

1.Manystudentshavealreadyhadclearideasaboutwhatjobstheywouldliketo

chooseinthefuture.Tofindouthowdifferenttheirchoicesare,wemadeasurveyin

GreenHighSchool.Thefollowingdiagram（圖表）showstheresultsofthesurvey.

I.About45%ofthegirlswouldliketobeinthefuture.

A.bankclerksB.reportersC.teachers

2.Whatdoesthediagram（圖表）showus?

A.Boys'choicesofjobsaredifferentfromgirls'

B.Boys'abilitiesofjobsaredifferentfromgirls'

C.Boys*choicesofjobsarethesameasgirls'.

2.

AHouseforRent（租）Wehave

acomfortablethrcc-bcdroomhousetorent.Thehousewasbuiltfouryearsago,butit

isstillinverygoodconditionnow.Thehouseincludes:*onelargeliving

room*threebedrooms*akitchen*asmallgarage*alargegardenDoyouwanta

quietlife?Thishouseisforyou!?Youcanenjoybeautifulviewsofthefieldsand

woods.*Onlyonehourbytraintothecitycenter.*Animalsandchildrenare

welcome!Youneedtopayonly$400permonth.Threemonths'rentmustbepaidin

advance（提前）.Areyouinterestedinthehouse?PleasetelephoneHarrySmith（0139-

45520）.Theaddressofthehouse:25DaffodilRoad.LittleHaddingtonVillage

1.Torentthehouse,youneedtopayinadvance.

A.$400B.$800C.$1200

2.Afterreadingthepassage,wecanknowtheinformationEXCEPT.

A.therentofthehouse

B.HanySmith'se-mailaddress

C.HarrySmith'sphonenumber

3.Aboutthehouse,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Thehousehasasmallgarage.

B.Thehousehasasmallgarden.

C.Thehousehasfourbedrooms.

3.Weallknowplasticpollutionhasbecomeaseriousproblem.Onemillionplastic

drinkingbottlesarethrownawayeveryminute.Whatifwecoulduseplasticwasteto

buildroads?ThisisexactlywhatTobyMcCartneyhasdone.

In2019,McCartney'sUK-bascdcompany,MacRcbur,builtaplasticroadin

Elgintown,Scotland.Theplasticwastewasmadeintograins（顆粒）andthenmixed

withbilumen（瀝青）.Theroadlooksjustlikeanyotherroad.Butithasimproved

strengthandismorestrelchy（有彈性的）thankslotheplastic.

"Ourtechnologycannotonlyhelpsolvetheproblemofplasticwastebutalso

produceroadsthatdealbetterwithchangesintheweather,"McCartneysaid.

McCartney'sideacamefromatriptoIndia.*1sawpeopleinIndiawouldput

plasticwasteintopotholes（路面的坑洼）andburnit.Theplasticwouldmeltdown（熔

化）andfilltheholes,"saidMcCartney.

“Iknewthattheremustbesomecorrespondencesbetweenplasticandbilumen（瀝

青）,whichbothcomefromoil.That*showIstartedtothinkaboutmixingthem,"

hesaid.

Afterlotsoftesting,McCartneyfoundtheperfectmethod.Andnowhiscompany

hasbuiltmanyplasticroadsaround（heworld.Aone-kilometerstretchofroaduses

about684,000plasticbottlesor1.8millionplasticbags.Theroaditselfcanbe

recycledandthematerialscanbereusedtobuildnewroads.

"We'rejustasmallpartofendingtheplasticproblems,butit'snicetobepart

ofit,"McCartneysaid.Ijustdon'twantmydaughterstoliveinaworldwhere

（herearemoreplasticsintheoceanthanfish."

1.Comparedwithnormalroads,whataretheadvantagesoftheplasticroad?

a.Iihasimprovedsirengih.b.1（isfitforho（weather.c.1（ismore

stretchy.

A.abB.acC.be

2.WhatgaveMcCartneytheideaofbuildingtheplasticroad?

A.Hiswishtoreduceplasticpollution.

B.Hisknowledgeofplasticandbitumen.

C.Indianpeople'swayofdealingwithpotholes.

3.Theunderlinedword*'correspondences"inthispassagemeans.

A.競爭B.關聯(lián)C.差異

4.WhatdoesMcCartneymeaninthelastparagraph?

A.Heisreadytoofferhelpinreducingplasticpollution.

B.Childrenshouldalsojointoreduceplasticpollution.

C.Plasticproblemswillsoonbesolvedwithhishelp.

5.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Toencourageeverycompanytobuildaplasticroad.

B.Tohelppeopleunderstcuidhowharmfulplasticwasteis.

C.Totellpeopleplasticwastecanbereusedtobuildaroad.

4.Wukong,Tiangong,Tianwen...doyouknowwherethenamesofChinesespace

programscomefrom?

Wukong,isnamedafterChinesesuperheroMonkeyKing.AccordingtoJourneyto

theWest,MonkeyKinghasapairofsharpeyeswhichcantellthedifferencebetween

goodandbad.TheWukongsatelliteisjustassharp-eyedasMonkeyKingtohelp

scientistssearchfordarkmatter（暗物質）inspace.

Thenameofthespacestation,Tiangong,means“HeavenlyPalace'1.InChinese

myths,thisisthehomeofTianDi.NowTiangongSpaceStationisahomefor

Chineseastronautsinspace.AndChinawelcomesforeignastronautstoTiangongso

（hattheycanworktogether.

Tianwcn,China'sMarsmissions（任務），getsitsnamefromthepoemTianwenby

QuYuan.QuYuanisawell-knownpoetfromancientChina.InTianwen,hehadthe

questionsaboutthesky,stars,nature,mythsandtherealworld,showinghishunger

fortruth.PerhapstheTianwenmissionswillendupansweringsomeofQuYuan's

questions.

IfyoulookintomorenamesofChinesespaceprograms,youwillfindthattheyall

havebeautifulmeanings.Wc,theChinesepeople,havealong-chcrishcd（珍藏已久的）

spacedream.SothenamingofChinesespaceprogramsistakenveryseriously.

I.WhatistheWukongsatellite（人造衛(wèi)星）usedfor?

A.Welcomingforeignastronautstothespacestation.

B.Findingthedifferencebetweengoodandbad.

C.Helpingscientistssearchfordarkmatterinspace.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword'*myths"inParagraph3meansinChinese?

A.傳記B.神話C.諺語

3.WhereisthenameofChina'sMarsmissionsfrom?

A.QuYuan'spoemTianwen.

B.JourneytotheWest.

C.AncientChinesemyths.

4.WhydowetakethenamingofChinesespaceprogramsseriously?

A.Wewanttoprotecttheenvironment.

B.Wehaveadreamforspace.

C.Wehavethehungerfortruth.

5.Whichcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.WhatBeautifulNamesB.WhatabeautifulStarC.WhataLongJourney

二、閱讀還原5選5

5.根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。

Cyclists（騎自行車的人）needtobemorecarefulthanotherroadusers,asit's

mucheasierforyoutogethurt.Rememberthatwhenyouarconacycle,youhaveno

protectionfromdangersaroundyou._L

Don'tuseyourmobilephonewhilecycling.Thisisbecauseyouneedtolookout

fortheroadandothertraffic.

Youshouldalwayswearahelmet（頭盔）asthiscancutdowntheriskofgettinghurt

ontheheadinanaccident.

Donotchangeyourdirectionsuddenly.2Theyalwayslookcarefullybefore

youstart,stoporturn.Letdriversknowyouhaveseenthem.

3Ifnot,whynot?Brakes（剎車）mustworkwellinallconditions:dryand

wet.Arethetyres（輪胎）ingoodconditiontomakesureofthesafetyofyourtrip?

4Trafficlawsapply（適用）toyouasacyclist,asv/ellasotherroadusers.It

isagainstthelawforthemtotakethefollowingactions.

?Jumpredlights,includinglightsatpedesirian（行人）crossings,unlesstheresa

signshowingthatcyclistsareallowedtodothis.

?5

?Cyclethewrongwayupaone-waystreet,unlessthere'sasignshowingthat

cyclistscandoso.

A.Cyclistsmustobeytrafficlaws.

B.Isyourbikecheckedfromtimetotime?

C.Herearesomesuggestionsonhowtokeepsafe.

D.Showdriverswhatyouplantodoinplentyoftime.

E.Rideacrosspedestriancrossings,unlessyouareallowedto.

三、閱讀回答問題

6.閱讀下面的短文，根據短文內容回答問題。

Canadaisthesecondlargestcountryintheworld.TheUSAisonthesouthof

Canada.Canadahastheworld'slongestcoveredbridge—HartlandCoveredBridge,

whichis391meterslong.

However,manypeoplethinkitscapitalcityisToronto.Actually,theyarewrong一

thecapitalofCanadaisOttawa.Torontoisitsbiggestcity.PeopleinCanadamainly

speakEnglish.YoucanalsospeakFrenchinQuebec—oneoftheCanadianprovinces.

PeoplewhocametoCanadafirstlivedinQuebec.

Canadaisfamousforbeautifulnaturescenery（風景）,anditshighestmountainis

calledMountLogan.Andoneofthemostpopularsightsiswaterfalls—NiagaraFalls,

whichliesbetweenCanadaandtheUSA.Whenyougothere,youcanseeboththe

AmericanandtheCanadianparts.

ThemostimportantproductofCanadaismaplesyrup（楓糖漿）.Thesymbolof

Canadaisthemapleleaf.That'swhywecanseeitspictureontheCanadianflag.

AnothersymbolnfCanadaisasmall,cuteanimal,calledchipmunk（花栗鼠）.They

liveintheforestsandmountains.

Canadaisagreatcountrythatpeoplefromdifferentcountriesarelookingforward

tovisiting.

I.Howlongisthelongestcoveredbridgeintheworld?

2.WhatisthecapitalofCanada?

3.DopeoplelivinginQuebecspeakFrench?

4.WhatisCanadafamousfor?

5.WhatarcthesymbolsofCanada?

四、完形填空

7.閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C三個選項中，選出可以填入

空白處的最佳選項。

Oneday,whenmyfatherandIwereonourwayhome,Istoppedbyatoystore.

Throughthewindow,Isawabeautifultoyhouse.Iasked,"Dad!CanI

one?"Myfathersaid,"Oh,dear.Ithinkwecannotaffordtobuysucha(n)

________toy."

Whenwegothome,Isaidnothingandwentintomyown.Dadknew

that1was,sohecameinandheldmetohiskneessoftly.Thenhetoldme

thatwhenhewasachild,hehadaskedhisfathertobuyatoyhouse,but,

hisfathercouldnotafforditaswell.

,Whatdidyoudothen?'Iaskedhim.Myfathersaid,UImadeatruckby

ButIdicin'tknowhowtomakeawoodhouse.Somyfatherhelped

mewithit.Inordertothewoodhouse,wespenttwoweeksofhardwork

together.Itwasreallythebestthatachildcouldget.

Yearslater,Ialwaystookoutthewoodhouse.Thisisnotonlyforapprecialion(感

激),buttolookbackatthedayswhenmyfatherusedhishandstomakemywish

.Ialsounderstoodthatnotallcouldberealizedwithmoney.

Hardworkcouldmakeahugedifference.

1.A.sellB.buyC.find

2.A.expensiveB.cheapC.big

3.A.yardB.gardenC.room

4.A.sadB.worriedC.happy

5.A.luckilyB.hopefullyC.unluckily

6.A.himselfB.herselfC.myself

7.A.enjoyB.completeC.start

8.A.giftB.friendC.idea

9.A.comeonB.conicoutc.conictrue

1().A.plansB.wishesc.jokes

五、語法填空

8.閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。

Doyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobots?Whenwewatchmoviesaboutthe

future,wesometimesseerobots.Theyarcusuallylikehumanservants.Theyhelp

withthehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyor](danger)places.

Todaytherearcalreadyrobots2(work)infactories.Somecanhelptobuild

cars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsin

thefuturebecausetheyarc3(bore),butrobotswillnevergetbored.Scientists

arcnow4(tiy)tomakerobotslooklikehumansanddothesamethings_5

wedo.SomerobotsinJapancanwalkanddance.Theyarcfuntowatch._6

somescientistsbelievethatwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficult

tomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Forexample,scientistJamesWhitethinks

thatrobotswillneverbeable7(know)wheretheyare.Butmanyscientists_8

(agree)withMr.White.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin

25to50years.Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.

However,theyagreeitmaytake9(hundred)ofyears.Thesenewrobotswill

havemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklike

animals.InIndia,forexample,scientistsmaderobotsthatlooklikesnakes.If

buildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeople

underthebuildings.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrockets

alsoseemed10(possible)100yearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappenin

（hefuture!

六、語篇翻譯

9.閱讀下面的短文，將劃線部分譯成英文或中文。