湖南省長(zhǎng)沙市青竹湖湘一外國(guó)語學(xué)校2023-2024學(xué)年九年級(jí)上學(xué)期第三次月考英語試題

初三英語（問卷）

時(shí)量：100分鐘總分：100分

I.聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分20分）略

II.閱讀（共三節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)（共11小題；每小題2分，滿分22分）

閱讀下列材料，從每題所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

A

NewInventions

ScientistsfromNASA（美國(guó)航空航天局）inventedanew

cameraforastronauts.Itcanbeusedtotakephotosonthemoon.It

cantakepicturesinthedarkenvironmentofspace.Itcanalsowork

inbothhotandcoldenvironmentsofthemoon-from-200℃to

120℃.Thecamera'sbuttons（按鍵）arespeciallymadesoastronauts

wearingspacesuitscaneasilyusethebuttons.Thecameraallows

astronautstotakecloserpicturesofthemoon.

TheSolReader,likeapairofsunglasses,isane-bookreader.

Itcanprovidepeoplewithamorecomfortablereadingexperience

bymakingithands-free.Thepagesofthee-bookareprojected（投

影）againstadarkbackgroundontheglasses.Butyoucannotturn

thepageswithyoureyesorthepowerofyourmind.Youneedto

pushbuttons（按鍵）onaremotecontroller（遙控器）.Soit'snot

completelyhands-free.

JapanesecandymakerKanromadeanewkindofcandywith

specialtastes.ThewebsiteOddityCentralsaysthecandytastes

sweet,sourandspicy.Tosome,ittasteslikeanenergydrink.Others

sayittastesalittlelikeaspicyapple.Itsspecialtastealsomakesit

sellwell.

21.Astronautscanusethenewcamera,

A.atthetemperatureof200℃

B.inthedarkenvironmentofspace

C.fortakingcloserpicturesoftheearth

22.HowcanpeopleturnthepagesoftheSolReader?

A.Byusingtheireyes.

B.Byusingremotecontrollers.

C.Byusingthepoweroftheirmind.

23.Whatdoweknowabouttheinventionsabove?

A.Ifsconvenientforastronautswearingspacesuitstousethenewcamera.

B.TheSolReaderhelpstoprojectpagesofe-booksonthewall.

C.Fewpeoplebuythisnewkindofcandyforitsspecialtastes.

B

Whentalkingabouttheirpersonalities（性格），peopleoftensaytheyareextrovertorintrovert.

Introverts,accordingtoHarvardHealth,likestayingintheirownworldwhileextrovertsgetjoy

throughsocializing（社交）.

Interestinthepersonalitiesisrising,withthepopularityofMBTI

testsonChinesesocialmedia.Butsomepeoplearenotsureaboutthe

differencesbetweenbeingintrovertsandhavingasocialphobia（社恐）.

Someevenmakeanexcuse（借口）ofhavingasocialphobiatoavoidanysocialevents.Sometimes,

ifsunderstandable,becausetheyhopetokeepasafesocialdistance（星巨離）.However,thereisa

difference.Peoplewiththesocialphobiafeeluncomfortablewiththeirbodyandmindwhen

socializingwithothers.

InXiaohongshu,ausernamedKuaileXiaoyuebasharesherexperienceswithpeoplewhouse

thesocialphobiaasanexcuse.Asateacherinhighschool,Xiaoyuebaneedstocheckonher

students5studiesoften.Whensheasksthemquestionsfacetoface,somestudentschooseto

answer.Others,however,don'tanswerandleavewithoutaword.InXiaoyueba?smind,someof

themaretrulyshybutothersarejustlabeling（貝占標(biāo)簽）themselvesas"toocool"toreply."It

makesmesadandevendoubtmyself,“shewrote.

Thesestudentsmayfeel"safb"orbeshowingtheirtrueself.Buttheymayalsobepushing

awayorhurtingpeoplewhoreallycareaboutthem.Avoidingsocialsituationswillnothelpthem

overalongperiodoftime.

Socializingshouldbeawaytoconnectwithothers.Nomatterifweareintrovertsor

extroverts,weallneedtounderstandeachother.

24.Whichwordcanbestdescribeextroverts?

A.Shy.B.Outgoing.C.Polite.

25.Whatareintrovertpeoplelike?

A.Theyenjoybeingalone.

B.Theyliketolabelothersintheirownways.

C.Theyfeeluncomfortablewithbodyandmindwhensocializing.

26.Whatisparagraph3mainlyabout?

A.Aproblemcausedbyhandinginhomeworklate.

B.Areasonwhypeoplegetjoythroughsocializing.

C.Anexampleofusingthesocialphobiaasanexcuse.

27.Whatisthepurposeofthepassage?

A.Toaskreaderstoshowtheirtrueself.

B.Totellreadershowimportantitistobeextrovert.

C.Toadvisereaderstobeunderstandingwhensocializing.

C

GanquanCanyon（甘泉大峽谷）inShaanxiProvincehasbecomefamous

sinceChangBo'sphotosofthecanyonwentviralonlinelastyear.Agreat

numberofvisitorscrowdedintotheCanyontoenjoythemysteriousbeautyof

naturewiththeovernightpopularityofthephotosonline.Changneverexpected

thathisphotoswouldmakesuchadifferencetothecanyonandthelocal

people'slife.

Theareausedtobecoveredbythickforestsandtherewasalotofrain.Astherainwaterran

throughthefissures（裂縫）leftbyearthquakes,itincreaseditsspeed.Inthisway,theflowing（流動(dòng)

的）shapesacrossthesurfaceoftherockswereformed.Sunshineturnedtherocksurfaceinto

differentcolors,makingthecanyonmorelively.

YuchaVillageisnotfarfromthecanyon.Touristssuddenlystartedtoarriveinlargenumbers

lastApril.ZhouCaiye,a58-year-oldfarmerofthevillage,setupthearea'sfirsthomestay（民宿）

forvisitors.Hesaid,"NineBritishvisitorslivedinmyhomeforninedaysonlytoseethecanyon

lastyear.AlthoughIcouldn'tspeakEnglish,Icouldsensehowmuchtheylovedthecanyon.For

me,it'sabigsurprisethatpeopleliketovisitsuchaboringplace.^^Now,manylocalpeoplework

astourguidesorrunhomestays.

AsthepopularityofGanquanCanyonhasrisenaroundtheworld,ithasalsobroughtsome

problems.Thenumberofvisitors9carshasgrownsofastthatthevillageexperienceditsfirst-ever

trafficjam（堵塞）earlierthisyear.Thegovernmenthasbuiltaparkinglot.Therearealso

mini-busestocarrytravelerstoandfromthecanyon.

28.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"'wentviraFmean?

A.中毒B.走紅C.隱藏

29.Fromparagraph2,wecanlearn.

A.howthecanyonwasformed

B.whentheearthquakehappened

C.whythecanyonusedtoberainy

30.Whatcanweinfer（推斷）fromthepassage?

A.Thegovernmenttriestomakethevillagebetter.

B.ZhouCaiyeseesGanquanCanyonasaninterestingplace.

C.Thepeopletherecanmakealivingonlybyworkingastourguides.

31.WhichsayingbestdescribesthedevelopmentofYuchaVillage?

A.Norules,nogames.B.Greatmindsthinkalike.C.Everycoinhastwosides.

第二節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2分，滿分8分）

閱讀下面短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。每個(gè)選項(xiàng)僅使用一次。

StartYourGreatNewLifeAnytime

Weallwanttobesuccessful.Butitisnoteasy.Wecan'tavoidcomparingourselveswith

others.Wemaybeenvious（嫉妒的）oftheirsuccessandwhattheyhave.Whyisithardforusto

achievesuccess?

JayShetty,agreatmotivational（勵(lì)志的）speaker,hasgivenustheanswer.32.In

thevideo,Shettysaysthatwedon'thavetoputourselvesinaracewithothers.Everythinginlife

happensattheirownpace（步伐）.Hesharesstoriesaboutsomesuccessfulpeople.TheUKauthor

J.K.RowlinggotherfamousHarryPotterbookspublished（出版）atage32,afterbeingturned

downby12publishers.33.TheUSactorMorganFreemandidn'tgethisbigbreakuntil

hewas50yearsold.

34.Theydidnotbecomefamousovernight!Theyranaftertheirdreamsnonstop,

becausethefirstthingtheytrustistheireffort（努力）.Thismeansnomatterwhatdifficultiesthey

aregoingthroughinlife,theybelieveitwillallendupbeinggoodwiththeirgreateffort.

Attheendofthevideo,JayShettysays,“Iwantyoutobeabletocreatemeaningfuland

purposefullivesforyourselvesandlearnhowtousethattomakeadifferencetothelivesofothers.

Thatisthemostimportantandsuccessfulthing.”

Ifstruethateveryonehastheirowntimeandclock.35.Justdowhatyouloveand

doeverythingwithlove.Everythingthatmatterswillfollow.

A.Don,tbeinfluencedbyothers.

B.Theychosetoliveacomfortablelife.

C.Whatdothesesuccessfulpeoplehaveincommon?

D.Hesharesthesecretbehindachievingrealsuccessinavideo.

E.TheChinesebusinessmanJackMastartedAlibabawhenhewas35.

第三節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

IntheSouthChinaSea,thereisagroupofJiaoren（鯨人）whosetears

becomepearls（珍珠）aftertheyfall.TothenorthofKunlunMountains,

thereisamonster（怪獸）calledXiangliu.Heisdescribedashavinga

\snake-likebodyandhumanfaceswithnineheads.Thesemagic

creatures（生物）arefromtheancientbookofmythicallegends（神話故事）

ShanHaiJing.

ShanHaiJing,alsoknownasTheClassicofMountainsandSeas,issaidtobeatleast2,200

yearsold.Ithasabout31,000words.Thewholecollectionincludeseighteenparts,talkingabout

morethan550mountainsand300seas.Italsotellsmanyinterestingstoriesanddescribeslotsof

mythicalcreatures.

AfamousstoryinthebookisaboutZhuRong.Hehasahumanfacebutthebodyofa

monster,ridingaroundtheskyontwodragons.WhenhehadabigfightwithGongGong,theGod

ofWater,ZhuRongwon.Butafterthefight,thehumanworldcameintocompletedarkness.Then

hebroughtfirefromheaven（天宮）totheworldandtaughthumanshowtouseit.Becauseofhim,

thehumanscouldliveinawarmandbrightworld.ThafsalsowhyhewashonoredastheGodof

Fire.

Althoughit'snotclearwhowroteit,ShanHaiJingisanimportantancientbookinthe

pre-QinperiodofChina.ItisconsideredoneofthetreasuresinChinabecauseifsallabout

cultureandgeographyofChinabeforetheQindynasty.Thestoriesinthebookarenowbeing

spreadfromonegeneration（一代人）toanotherinChina.Behindthestoriesliethespiritand

wisdomofancientpeople.Thishasinspired（激勵(lì)）manypeoplelikeLuXun.Therearealsomany

books,films,gamesandartworksmadefromit.

36.WhatdoesXiangliulooklike?

37.WhendidShanHaiJingcomeout?

38.IsthebookShanHaiJingonlyaboutmountainsandseas?

39.HowdidZhuRonghelphumansgetoutofdarkness?

40.AreyouinterestedinShanHaiJing?Whyorwhynot?

III.語言運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分25分）

第一節(jié)（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選

項(xiàng)。

Oneday,Iwascaughtinastormandmyshiphitarock,thenbroken.

Afterbeingpushedtothebeachbytheseawave（海浪），Isoonfellasleep.

WhenIwokeup,IfoundmyselfinLilliputandalotofpeoplewerearound

me.Allofthepeopleweresmallerthanmyhand,justthesamesizeas

41.

TheemperorhadtospeakinsuchahighvoiceandIalmostbentover（俯身）totheground.

Wecommunicatedwitheachother42neitherofusunderstoodaword.Itriedwordsfrom

mylanguages-French,Spanish,ItalianandLatin.Noonecouldunderstandmywords,eventhe

emperor's43followers.Afterabouttwo-hourcommunication,wedidn'tgetany44

informationfromeachother.Thentheemperor,hiswifeandtheirservantsdecidedtoleave,and

onlysixstrongguardswereleftaroundme.Thiswastostopmefromrunningawayandlater,they

wouldcomeupwithwaysto45me.

Thesesixguardsweretryingtogivemesomepunishment.Toscarethem,Iputfiveofthem

inmy46.ThenIpretended（假裝）toeatthesixthman.Thepoormanshoutedfearfullywhen

hesawthe47inmyhand.ButIonlycutthebinding（捆綁物）aroundhishands.ThenIput

himonmyfeetgently（輕輕地）andlethimgo.Iliftedtheotherfivemenoutofmypocket（口袋）

andputthem48ontheground,too.

Thepeopleandsoldierswerevery49atwhatIdid.Theycouldn,tbelieveIwasso

kindtothemandtoldtheemperorquickly.Afterhearingthis,theemperororderedhismento

makeabedformetohavearestandtheyhadtoputsixhundredof50togethertomakeone

forme.Itseemedthattheychangedtheirideaofkillingme.

Adapted（改編）fromGulliversTravel《格列佛游記》

41.A.bearsB.miceC.wolves

42.A.butB.untilC.because

43.A.strongestB.cleverestC.kindest

44.A.uselessB.wrongC.useful

45.A.educateB.killC.praise

46.A.pocketB.truckC.hat

47.A.zipperB.knifeC.scoop

48.A.rudelyB.carefullyC.angrily

49.A.surprisedB.angryC.good

50.A.hisB.mineC.theirs

第二節(jié)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Recently,atouristsaidinavideothattherewasnohotwateronthe

HuangshanMountain.Sometouristsalsocomplained（抱怨）online,t4We51.

（simple）wanttogethotwaterforcookinginstantnoodles.9,Fora

time,“Whydoesn'ttheHuangshanScenicArea（景區(qū)）providehotwaterfor

instantnoodles?^^becameahottopicon52._______Internet.Somepeoplethoughtthisrulewasa

littlemoreawfulthanothers.

Later,thestaffoftheHuangshanScenicArearepliedtothequestion,ctInordertoprotectthe

animals,plantsandenvironmentoftheHuangshanMountain,touristsarepreventedfrom53.

（eat）instantnoodles.9,

Beforetherulewasmade,leftovers（殘羹）frominstantnoodleswereoftenfoundinthe

scenicarea.Thesehaveabadinfluenceonthesoil(土壤)andplants.What'smore,animalsmay

eattheseleftoversbymistake,whichmaygetinthewayoftheir54.(safe).

“Infact,eatinginstantnoodlesisnotbanned(禁止)onthemountainbutitisnotencouraged.,,

a55.(lead)ofthescenicareasaid.Actually,thebanonsalesofinstantnoodlesonthe

mountainwasputinplacein2006.

Thestaffatthescenicareasaid,"'Sincetherulebecamethehottopiconline,wehavegota

lotof56.(value)advicefromInternetusers.Now,touristscangethotwaterattherest

areainthescenicarea.Also,theycan57.(allow)tobringtheirownfoodprodu