湖南省永兴县树德中学2022-2023学年九年级下期
学科知识竞赛初试英语试卷
（时量：120 分钟 满分：150 分）
I.知识运用（共两个部分，满分 44 分）
第一节 单项填空 从 A、B、C 三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共 20 小题；每
小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
（ ）1.When you go abroad for further education, you may find your accent might be different from
_______ there.
A. everybody else B. everybody else’s C. everybody’s else
（ ）2. —Where Chongqing do you decide to build the factory？
—Nobody our manager knows.
A．except; besides B．but; besides C．but；but
（ ）3. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if_____ whether he was going I the right
direction.
A. seeing B. having seen C. to see
（ ）4 The politician has been warned that he would be getting into great trouble _____ stick to his
standpoint.
A. were he to B. he will C. would he
（ ）5. Leave your key with a neighbor _________ you lock yourself out one day.
A. in case B. even if C. soon after
（ ）6. It has been suggested that the land ____ equally among the peasants.
A. be shared B. should be spared C. be spent
（ ）7. —Have you heard that Tom, along with his parents, ____to Japan
—Really No wonder I haven't seen him these days.
A. has been B. has gone C. have gone
（ ）8. ______ smoking, he would not have got cancer in the lung.
A. Was he given up B. Had he given up D. If he gave up
（ ）9. When you’ve finished with that book, don’t forget to put it back one the shelf, ______
A. do you B. will you C. won’t you
（ ）10. I forget where I read the article, or I _____ it to you now.
A. will show B. would show C. am going to show
（ ）11. It was quite a long time _____ I made it out what had happened.
A. after B. before C. since
（ ）12. “I still haven’t thanked Aunt Lucy for her present.” “It’s time you _____.”
A. do B. did C. would
（ ）13. What limited money the able housewife made full use of ______ such a big family!
A. to support B. support C. supporting
（ ）14. Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees, but _________ they have eggs or young chicks,
they don’t use a nest.
A. since B. if C. unless
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（ ）15. Reading is to the mind ______ food is to the body.
A. that B. which C. what
（ ）16. —The last one _________ pays the meal.
—Agreed!
A. arriving B. arrives C. to arrive
（ ）17. — I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.
— ____.
A. No, you’d better not B. Not at all, anything you want C. Yes, but not good
（ ）18. —I serve Jim three meals every day and do almost everything for him, but he still fails me.
—I’m sorry to say that’s ______ you are mistaken.
A．how B．why C. where
（ ）19. Life is a process of growing up ________ you know what to give up and what to hold on to.
A．where B．which C. what
（ ）20. The football team is said _________ the game, _________ was not expected.
A．to have lost; as B．to have lost; which D．to lose; it
第二节 完形填空 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出
一个最佳答案。（共 16 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 24 分）
Different things usually 21 for different feelings. Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat,
blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They associate（使发生联系） red with a
strong feeling like 22 . Red is used for signs of 23 , such as STOP signs and fire engines.
Orange is the bright, warm color of 24 in autumn. People say orange is a 25 color. They
associate orange with happiness. Yellow is the color of __26__. People say it is a cheerful color. They
associate yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in __27__. People say it is a
refreshing color. In general, people __28__ two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. The
warm colors are red, orange and __29__. Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually
want to be __30__. Those who like to be with __31 _ like red. The cool colors are __32_and blue.
Where are these colors, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to __33 _ more
slowly in a room with warm colors. They suggest that a warm color is a good _ 34 for a living room
or a __35_ . People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly. __36 colors
are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.
（ ）21.A.call B. stand C. pay
（ ）22.A.sadness B. anger C. smile
（ ）23.A.roads B. ways C. danger
（ ）24.A.mountains B. leaves C. grass
（ ）25.A.lively B. dark C. frightening
（ ）26.A.moonlight B. stars C. sunlight
（ ）27.A.summer B. spring C. autumn
（ ）28.A.speak B. say C. tell
（ ）29.A.green B. yellow C. grey
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（ ）30.A.calm B.helpful C. active
（ ）31.A.theother B. another C. others
（ ）32.A.black B. green C. golden
（ ）33.A.goround B. go by C. go off
（ ）34.A.one B.way C. fact
（ ）35.A.hospital B. classroom C. restaurant
（ ）36.A.Different B.Cool C. Warm
II. 阅读技能（共三个部分，满分 50 分）
第一节 阅读选择 阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问
题或完成句子。（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
A
You have probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, vocal music teachers, career
counselors, psychiatrists (精神病医师 ) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with
daily life.
But there’s a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is
called a “ life coach” . People who are at crossroads in their lives and corporations that want to give
certain employees a career boost are turning to them for help.
The idea that one person’ s success story can change other people’ s lives for the better goes back
at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegie’s famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and
Influence People” came along soon thereafter.
But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their
own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心 理 治 疗 ) to help others
make critical life decisions.
They often give their approach a slogan, such as “ energy coaching” or “ fearless living” or “working
yourself happy”.
Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “ road
map” . He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one’s
career and life outside work.
Lakhani’s Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything
but successful — including battered women and struggling single mothers.
But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement.
They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick (华
而不实的 ) promoters who mess with people’s lives can do more harm than good.
（ ）37. Which of the following is the best title for the passage
A. Working Yourself Happy
B. Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions
C. How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches
（ ）38. The underlined phrase “life coach” in Paragraph 2 means “______” .
A. the career counselor who teaches skill
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B. the psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily life
C. the specialist who helps us make important life decisions
（ ）39. The last paragraph is mainly about ______.
A. the introductions of life coach
B. the disagreements of life coach
C. the effects of life coach
（ ）40. What is the author’s attitude towards life coaches
A. Cautious. B. Approving. C. Casual.
（ ）41. A “life coach” is a personal fitness trainer, isn’t it
A. Yes, it isn’t. B. No, it isn’t. C. Yes, it is.
B
Many people have difficulty in getting up in the morning. This might be called laziness, but Dr.
Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you work, you may say that you're hot. That's true. The time of day when you
feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak
comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why
this is so, but it leads to such familiar words as: Get up, John! You'll be late for work again! The possible
explanation for the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much
family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which
cycle each member of the family has.
You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr.
Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. If so,
staying up later than you want to may counteract your cycle in some way. If our energy is low in the
morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't
change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a comfortable yawn and stretch. Sit on
the edge of the bed for a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for
clean clothes by laying them out the night before.
32. Dr. Kleitman explains that a person is difficult to get up in the morning probably because of
A. his own laziness B. his own energy cycle C. his own habit
33. According to the passage, people's energy peak may come
A. in the morning B. in the evening C. at different hours
34.When will a couple in a family end their quarrel
A. Get up in the morning.
B.After they know the energy cycles of each of them
C.After the husband apologizes to his wife
35. What does the underlined word "it” in the third paragraph refer to
A. The life. B. The good habit. C. The energy cycle.
36. If the finding is true, it's best to
A. do your work at the energy peak
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B. manage to control your temper
C. work at the bottom of energy cycle
C
Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen
from your front door If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you’ll have no trouble answering
these questions.
Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child’s day is filled with
fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were
sharp to us as children become unclear ; we are numb （麻木的） to new stimulation（刺激）, new ideas .
Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires
breaking some bad habits.
The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it
occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some
students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining
about h ow cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were
almost knee - deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they’d felt cold water
at first.
Another block to awareness is the obsession（痴迷）many of us have with naming things . I saw bird
watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a " ruby - crowned
kinglet " and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was
doing.
The pressures of " time " and " destination " are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many
hikers who were headed to a distant camp - ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It
seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what’s around them. I asked them
what they’d seen. “Oh, a few birds,” they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.
Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it
is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new
dimension to your life.
（ ）47. According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more .
A. anxious to do wonders B. sensitive to others’ feelings
C. eager to explore the world around them
（ ）48. What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3
A. To avoid jumping to conclusions.
B. To stop complaining all the time.
C. To follow the teacher’s advice.
（ ）49.The bird watchers’ behavior shows that they
A. are very patient in their observation.
B. are really fascinated by nature.
C. care only about the names of birds.
（ ）50. Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey
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A. The natural beauty isn’t attractive to them.
B. They focus on arriving at the camp in time.
C The forest in the dark is dangerous for them.
（ ）51.In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should
A. fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world.
B. get rid of some bad habits in our daily life.
C. open our mind to new things and ideas.
第二节 根据短文内容，从下面选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项,选项中有一项为多余选
项。（共 5 小题,每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
It is important for you to be a good listener in class. Much of what you will have to learn will be
presented verbally (口头上) by your teachers. Just hearing what your teachers say is not the same as
listening to what they say. Listening is a cognitive (认知的) act that requires you to pay attention and
think about and mentally process what you hear. Here are some things you should do to be a good
listener in class.
*Be Cognitively Ready to Listen When You Come to Class. ____52____ Review your notes from
previous class sessions. Think about what you know about the topic that will be covered in class that
day.
*Be Emotionally Ready to Listen When You Come to Class. ____53____ Make a conscious choice to
find the topic useful and interesting. Be committed to learning all that you can.
*Be an Active Listener. ____54___ Use this to your advantage by evaluating what is being said and
trying to anticipate what will be said next. Take good written notes about what your teacher says. While
you can think faster than your teacher can speak, you cannot write faster than your teacher can speak.
____55___
*Meet the Challenge. Don’t give up and stop listening when you find the information being presented
difficult to understand. Listen even more carefully at these times and work hard to understand what is
being said. ____56____
A．Listen with an open mind.
B．Your attitude is important.
C．Taking notes requires you to make decisions about what to write.
D．Don’t be reluctant to ask questions.
E．Make sure you complete all assigned work.
F．You can think faster than your teacher can speak.
第三节 阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
It seems like technology is puters and smart phones are at the center of almost
everything we do. They constantly （持续地） require our attention . We text our friends with them
during the day, sleep with them by our beds and check our messages as soon as we wake up.
In the future we will use calm technology which was first developed by scientist Mark Weiser in the
1970s. In his opinion, calm technology works quietly but constantly. We know it is there, but we don2t
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pay much attention to it. According to Mark , the best technology should be invisible （隐形的） and let
you live your life .
We already use many different types of calm technology in our everyday life. Do you have a smoke
alarm in your house That smoke alarm is always there, checking the air for smoke and quietly keeping
you safe. It only reminds you it’s there when you’ve burnt your bread! Or there may be lights in your
home or school. When somebody passes in front of their sensor（传感器）, the lights turn on . You don’t
think about this type of technology until you see the light go on.
In the future, our houses will use calm technology to open the door for us. Or even to choose the best
music for our mood. The minute we walk through the door, our house will respond by turning on the
lights and music, and perhaps even starting to prepare our dinner!
58~59 题完成句子；60 题简略回答问题；61 题找出并写下第三段的主题句；62 题将文中画线句
子译成汉语。
57. The center of almost everything we do is _
58. The thing that can check the air for smoke in our house is
59. Who was the first to develop the calm technology .
60.
61.
III. 写作技能 (共三个部分，满分 56 分)
第一节 阅读短文填上合适的词，每空一词。（共 8 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 12 分）
Beginning in 1973, World Hello Day was first in response to(回应 ) the fight between Israel and
Egypt. World Hello Day is celebrated on November 21 every year. And since then,about one hundred
and eighty 62. _______ (country) have taken part in this special day.Anyone can take part 63. _______
(simple) by saying hello to 10 people and greeting them.Of course they can be family members and
friends, 64. _______ it is much better if you are brave enough to say hello to strangers on the street.
Many winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are among the people who have realized World Hello Day’s
value. They think the celebration of World Hello Day is a wonderful way 65. _______ (make) the
world a better place to live in.“World Hello Day aims at developing peace all over the world and 66.
_______ (clear) up misunderstandings between nations. People around the world regard the day as 67.
_______ chance to express their worry about world peace.” an organizer said. “We can only ever build a
68._______ (peace) world if we join together. The key is communication and showing that we should
try to create peace by talking instead 69. _______ by having wars with each other.
第二节 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。(共 10 小题；每
小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
sleep , chance , base , condition , final , afford , hard , fast , who , with
I love movies . Among all of them , I prefer movies that I can get inspiration from . The Pursuit
Happiness is such a movie . This movie is 70 on a true story of Chris Cardner , a salesman 71
tried to build a future for himself and his 5- year - old son Christopher .
Chris Cardner was having a 72 life in San Fracisco in 1981. His wife hated to have a poor life , so
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she left them .
While trying to sell his products , Cardner met Jay , a successful stockbroker . His new relationship
with Jay helped him get a 73 to work in a stock company . But he could not get any pay during the
early months . Without any pay , he could not 74 the apartment . He and his son had to 75 on the
streets or homeless shelters
Cardner never let other people know about his bad 76 . He arrived at theoffice early and stayed late
every day . As an inte4lligent man , Cardner developed a number of ways to make his work 77 and
better . 78 he got the job .79 his confidence and the love and the trust of his son , Cardner opened
his own company . And his story encouraged me to realize my dream .
第三节 每行找出错误，并再后面横线上改正。 (每小题 1 分，共 10 分）
Mr Grey was a biology professor, and he had a big collection
of rare bones which he was very proud. One year he managed 80________
to get a new and better job at an university. As Mr Grey was 81________
very busy, his wife made the arrangements（安排）for all her 82________
possessions to be taken in a moving van（货车）to their new home 83_________
while he was away from work. The following week three men started 84________
out take the things out of Mr Grey’s house and loading（装运） 85_________
them into the van as one of them brought out a large wooden box. 86________
He is just about to throw it into the van with all the other 87_______
things when Mrs Grey ran out from her house and said, “Please 88________
treat that box very gentle! That one has all my husband’ s bones 89_______
in it.” The man was so surprised that he nearly dropped the box on his feet.
IV. 书面表达（24 分）
劳动（labor）是日常生活不可缺少的部分。德智体美劳全面发展和做新时代的中学生是我们
的奋斗目标。请结合生活中你所参加公益、家务等方面的劳动实际，写一篇英语短文。
内容包括：
1.讲述一次公益劳动经历或做家务的经历。
2.谈谈参与劳动的益处（至少 2 个方面）。
3.发出积极参与劳动的号召。
写作要求：
1.语言流畅，层次清晰，可适当发挥。
2.词数 80 字左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；书写规范，卷面整洁。
3.文中不能出现考生本人的学校名称和姓名。
We often hear of the sentence “Labor is a glorious（光荣的）thing.” We often hear of the sentence
“Labor is a glorious（光荣的）thing.”
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