【牛津（广州，深圳，沈阳）版】九年级下册期中测试卷
（A卷·夯实基础）
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
温馨提示：
本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为90分，考试时间为
100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题（60分）
一、语法选择（15分）
Mr. Lee Kwan Yew is a great Chinese Singaporean politician. He was the first prime minister of Singapore,
and he says it is important for everybody, especially Singaporeans, ___1___ more than one language. He knows
___2___ difficult this is to do, and he himself had to study very hard to learn to speak many languages, ___3___
Malay, as they were important to his career ___4___ a politician.
He spoke English at home with his parents and simple Mandarin and Hokkien (福建话) with the children in
the village near his home, ___5___ he later forgot because he didn’t speak these languages in daily life. This is the
frustrating part of learning any language. During the war in 1942, he needed to understand the notices Japanese
soldiers ___6___ on the walls, so he memorized 2000 Chinese characters in 6 months by ___7___ alone. He
learned to speak Japanese by attending a short course and by the end of the war he could speak Japanese well
enough to be ___8___ interpreter.
Later he learned to speak Mandarin by asking a neighbor to teach ___9___. He had strong motivation to learn
to speak and write the language ____10____ he was a politician and needed to speak to the mostly Chinese people
of Singapore. He learned by studying for one hour every day during his lunch break. A little while later he learned
Hokkien in just ____11____ weeks, again by using his lunch breaks. He wasn’t afraid to try to speak
____12____, but when he spoke in street meetings, some people ____13____ at him because he made mistakes,
and his pronunciation was not easy to understand. He told them, “Don’t laugh at me. I have ____14____ to say to
you. Listen and understand ____15____ I’m saying!” Soon they stopped laughing at him.
1. A. to learn B. learn C. learned D. learns
2. A. which B. where C. how D. when
3. A. includes B. including C. included D. include
4. A. at B. for C. on D. as
5. A. which B. what C. that D. when
6. A. are pasted B. were pasted C. pasted D. past7. A. studying B. study C. studies D. studied
8. A. the B. an C. a D. /
9. A. him B. her C. them D. it
10. A. because of B. if C. so D. because
11. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
12. A. them B. him C. itself D. it
13. A. laughed B. laugh C. have laughed D. laughing
14. A. important somethingB. something important C. anything important D. important anything
15. A. how B. why C. that D. what
二、完形填空（10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited
worriedly at their desks for the test to begin. The professor handed out the question papers, with the paper facing
down as usual. After he gave them all out, he asked his students to ___ _ 1 6 ___ _ the paper and begin. To everyone's
surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the
___ _ 1 7 ____ _ on everyone's face, told them the following:
"I want you to write what you see there."
The students got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.
At the end of the class, the professor ___ _ 1 8 ___ _ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them
aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no exception, described the black dot, trying to explain its
____ _ 1 9 ____ _ in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been read, the classroom was silent, and the professor
began to ___ _ 2 0 _____ _:
"I' m not going to grade this just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white
part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our __ _ 2 1 ____ _. We have a white
paper to observe, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a ____ _ 2 2 ____ _ given to us with love and
care, and we always have reasons to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that
___ _ 2 3 ____ _ our livelihood and the miracles (奇迹) we see every day.
However , we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health problems that worry us, the lack of money,
the ___ _ 2 4 ___ _ relationship with workmates, the ___ _ 2 5 __ _ with a friend, etc.
The dark spots are very small compared to everything we have in our daily life, but they are the ones thatpollute our minds.
16. A. appreciate B. turn C. open D. use
17. A. surprise B. sadness C. fear D. excitement
18. A. collected B. exchanged C. marked D. selected
19. A. direction B. position C. size D. colour
20. A. recite B. draw C. explain D. write
21. A. lives B. classrooms C. colleges D. studies
22. A. symbol B. gift C. journey D. lesson
23. A. earns B. develops C. provides D. changes
24. A. specific B. unfriendly C. equal D. special
25. A. stay B. contact C. satisfaction D. disappointment
二、阅读理解（分2节，共35分）
第一节、 阅读选择（30分）
A
An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very
sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend
them the money.
When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now,” She hurried
to a drugstore (药店) with the money in her hand.
“And what do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really,
really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesman.
“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save
him. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a
smile.
“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.”
A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an
operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered. “Well,
what luck.” smiled the man. “$1.11, the price of a miracle for little brothers.”He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your
parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.” That well-dressed man was a famous doctor. The
operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.
How much did the miracle cost?
26 What was the trouble in the little girl’s family according to Paragraph 1?
A. The family had difficulty in saving the girl.
B. The little girl suffered from a serious illness.
C. Nobody and nothing could save her sick brother.
D. The family was too poor to save the brother.
27. The little girl said again and again “...I can try and get some more.” That shows ________.
A. she had still kept some money
B. she hoped not to be refused
C. she didn’t worry about money
D. she thought money was easy to get
28. What made the miracle happen?
A. The girl’s love for her brother. B. The girl’s 1.11 dollars.
C. The operation by the doctor. D. Nobody can tell.
B
Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu headed to the core module (核
心舱) of China’s space station at 00: 23 a.m. Beijing Time on October 16, 2021.
Born in October 1966, Zhai is the first Chinese to conduct a spacewalk, making China the third country in the
world to master the technology for extravehicular (舱外的) activities. As the most experienced crew member of
Shenzhou-13, he works as the commander (指挥官) of the mission.
Zhai was admitted to the first batch (一组) of taikonauts in 1998. He was among the final groups to train forthe Shenzhou-5 and Shenzhou-6 flights, but finally flew abroad the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. During the Shenzhou-7
mission in September 2008, Zhai served as the commander of the spacecraft. He performed a landmark 20-minute
spacewalk with the help of Liu Boming, who later became one of the Shenzhou-12 crew.
Born in 1980, Wang is China’s first millennial (千禧一代) taikonauts (中国航天员)
and the second female taikonaut who has been to space. She has become the country’s first
female taikonaut to work in China’s space station, and also the first female taikonaut to
conduct extravehicular activities, according to the CMSA.
In May 2010, Wang was selected to be a member of the second batch of taikonauts. In June 2013, Wang and
two other crewmates, Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang, were sent to space abroad Shenzhou-10. She was also
the first Chinese person to give a lecture in space eight years ago, which proved inspirational for numerous young
Chinese, many of whom later attended top universities.
Ye, also born in 1980, was selected into the second batch of taikonauts in 2010 and qualified for manned space
flight in 2014. The mission of Shenzhou-13 is his first flight in space.
He was once an air force pilot with 1,100 hours of jet fighter flight time. He took the European Space
Agency’s underground astronaut training course in June 2016. Ye speaks fluent English and is regarded as one of
the key taikonauts to host foreign counterparts (同行) when China’s space station becomes fully operational.
29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Zhai Zhigang is the first Chinese to conduct a 20-minute spacewalk.B. Wang Yaping was sent to space abroad Shenzhou-10 with Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang.
C. Zhai Zhigang was one of the Shenzhou-12 crew.
D. Ye Guangfu used to be an air force pilot with 1,100 hours of jet fighter flight time.
30. What can we know about Wang Yaping?
A. She is the first taikonaut to visit China’s space station.
B. She is the first female taikonaut to conduct extravehicular activities.
C. She gave an inspirational lecture in space eight years ago to ask students to study hard.
D. This is her first time to be sent to space.
31. What is the correct order for the following events about Zhai Zhigang?
a. Zhai Zhigang was born.
b. He performed a landmark 20-minute walk.
c. He served as the commander of the Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission.
d. He was selected to be a member of the first batch taikonauts.
e. He was among the final groups to train for the Shenzhou-5 and Shenzhou-6 flights.
A. a-e-b-d-c B. a-b-d-e-c C. a-d-b-e-c D. a-d-e-b-c
32. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?
A. The students who listened to Wang Yaping’s lecture were encouraged and all attended some top universities.
B. Liu Boming was one of the taikonauts in the Shenzhou-7 mission.
C. Ye Guangfu is regarded as the key taikonaut to host foreign counterparts when China’s space station becomes
fully operational.
D. Except China, two more countries in the world has mastered the technology for extravehicular activities.
C
On the first day of school, children can be very nervous. However, sometimes parents are more nervous than
the students themselves. A new British survey shows that one in three parents are worried that their children will
not make friends when they start school.
The survey was carried out by Action for Children, a children’s charity in the UK. They questioned more than
2,200 parents and found that parents are more likely to care about their children’s ability to make friends than their
lessons. 33% of the parents put not making friends on top of the list of their worries about their children, while just
11% of the parents said their main worry is that their children will not be able to keep up with the schoolwork.
Everyone needs friends. They are a basic source of happiness and hope in our lives. However, the ability to
make friends varies from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.We all have the ability to make friends. Unfortunately, many people never reach their potential. Making friends is a
skill, and the first step in developing that skill is to know how to get along with others.
Experts say it’s natural for some children to feel nervous if they don’t know how to get on well with others in
a new environment. However, parents and teachers should help them learn some basic social skills such as sharing,
helping, cooperation and communication.
“Teach your child to know the importance of having friends. Let him or her know having hundreds of online
friends is not the same as having a friend he or she can connect and be with in person every day,” stressed an
expert.
33. The survey made by Action for Children shows that ________.
A. 11% of the students can’t keep up with the schoolwork
B. parents care more about lessons of their children than friends making
C. 33% of the parents are most worried about their children’s making friends
D. almost 2,200 parents were questioned
34. The first thing to make friends is ________.
A. to know the importance of having friends B. to help others do something
C. to be yourself D. to learn to get on with others
35. Which of the following statements is NOT basic social skills?
A. Share your traveling experience with others. B. Finish a project together with others.
C. Read an interesting book. D. Give a hand to those in need.
36. The best title of the passage may be ________.
A. The Importance of Making Friends B. Making Friends for Children
C. Lessons of Friends Making D. Making Friends: True or False
D
A mindset is the way of thinking. Your mindset can affect almost every part of your daily life. Dr. Carol
Dweck, a scientist who studies how the mind works, has discovered that people with a fixed (固定的) mindset deal
with problems in a different way from those with growth mindset.
Imagine that two students, Anna and Amy, are taking a really hard math test in September. Anna has a fixed
mindset, everything is easy for you. Amy has a growth mindset, which means she believes that your intelligence
can grow. Not everyone can become a genius, but they can improve the skills they have and develop new ones.
So which is right? It’s Amy. Believe it or not, research shows that you really can get smarter by working hard,
practicing, and challenging yourself.As you know, your brain is made up of billions of neurons (神经元). They are all connected and send
messages to each other. Scientists have found that when we learn, neurons make new connections and old
connections grow stronger. But if connections aren’t used, they will break down. So, learning is like exercise for
your brain. The more you work it out, the stronger and smarter your network of neurons will become.
According to Dr. Carol Dweck’s studies, people with a fixed mindset worry about grades. They’re afraid of
looking stupid when they make mistakes. People with a growth mindset care about learning not grades. They learn
from their mistakes and try to find different ways of solving problems. They ask for help when necessary. In only
two years, babies learn to walk, talk and feed themselves. They never worry about looking stupid when learning. If
they make mistakes, they just try again.
Dweck’s team also discovered that, with some work, kids can choose to have a growth mindset. They can do
better in school. The trick is to notice what mindset you have. If you ever think yourself stupid, it’s not true. You
just have not learned how to do something yet.
37. Which of the following is TRUE about neurons?
A. Learning is not always helpful to them.
B. All of them are connected to each other.
C. They only make new connections when we study.
D. The connections among them will never break down.
38. What might a man with a growth mindset agree about?
A. I will look foolish when I make mistakes in study.
B. If you are smart enough, you can do everything easily.
C. The mindset plays the most important role in people ‘s life.
D. Everyone can get smarter by working hard and practicing more.
39. The writer gives the example of babies in Paragraph 5 to show that babies ________.
A. learn new skills from mistakes
B. easily make mistakes in daily life
C. learn skills faster than older people
D have fewer worries than older people
40. How did the writer develop his main idea?
A. By listing numbers. B. By telling true stories.
C. By comparing the differences. D. By showing reasons and results.第二节、阅读选择（5分）
Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?
____41____ The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
◎Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will be better if you are
going after something you value.
◎Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by
people who think that way._____42_____
◎When something goes wrong try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self-pity. Truly happy
people don't allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the
circumstances back to their favour.
◎____43____ These few minutes will give you the chance to focus on the positive things in your life and
will lead you to continuous happiness.
◎____44____ Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra
minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously（下意识地）putting yourself in better mood.
◎ Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that
would otherwise make you happy.
◎Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness._____45_____
A. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will affect you.
B. There are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.
C. It is also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
D. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
E. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood.
第2卷 非选择题（共30分）
第一节、 短文填词（5分）
Volunteers are probably some of the most overlooked（被忽视的）people. But no activity would carry on
smoothly（顺畅地）without hard-working-volunteers. This month, I volunteered at the Color Run in Melbourne.
A____46____ I didn’t have as much fun as the runners, I still learned an important lesson.
My job was to give a high-five to every runner at the finish line. At the beginning, we regard it as simple job.
When the first runner p____47____, we reached out our hands and yelled “Good job” excitedly. However, as more
and more people crossed the finish line and touched their hands with mine, my arm got sore（酸痛的）.To make things worse, it became h____48____. Our clothes were all wet because of the sweat（汗）and we
felt tired. But soon we saw group of kids running towards us—they were about 6 years old. They could
h____49____ catch their breath. However, they still kept going with big smiles on their faces. They put of their
hands and said, “High-five!”
At that moment, I was quite touched—they so young but they refused to give up. Suddenly I felt myself
was f____50____ of strength. I clapped their hands, “Well done, little guys!”
That is the meaning of being a volunteer. It is never an easy job. However, we meet different people and see
the spirit that encourages them. Even if such spirit is not often found in daily life, it can encourage us a lot when we
do see it occasionally（偶尔）.
第二节、完成句子（10分，每小题2分）
51. 糟糕的天气使我们不能出去。
The bad weather_________ us _________ __________ out.
52.直到警察来了，他才讲述了刚才所发生的一切。
He _______ _______ ________what happened just now ______ the police came.
53.上课时你应该摘掉帽子。
Your cap ________ _______ ________ __________when you are having classes.
54.这个男生太懒了！ 这已经影响我对他的看法。
__________ _______ ___________ boy he is! It has already_________ __________ to my opinion for him.
55.我不知道她为何正在哭泣。
I don’t know ________ _________ __________ __________.
第三节：书面表达（15分）
教育部发布 “力争到2022年全面实现美育中考” 的新闻后，引起很多老师、学生以及家长的关注。
上周你班同学就 “音乐、美术是否应该纳入初中毕业生学业考试” 展开了相关讨论，同学们各抒己见。
请你根据下面表格内容，用英语写一篇短文，汇报讨论结果，并谈谈自己的想法。
• More chance to study music and art.
• Improve our skills.
• …• More subjects to prepare for
• Feel too much pressure
• ….
Your opinion
注意：1. 短文内容必须包含表格所提供的要点，可适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名及地名；
3. 词数：80左右(短文开头已给出，仅供选择使用，不计入总词数)。
Last week, we discussed whether the high school entrance examination should include music and art.
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