2023－2024学年度九年级英语练习
9B Unit 1 单元测试
单项选择（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）
( )1. On the wall _________two large photos of my family.
A. hanging B. hanged C. hang D. hangs
( )2. She ______ down because she had a bad headache the day before yesterday.
A. lay B. laid C. lain D. lied
( )3. —The population of China ________ 1.3 billion. And it is becoming _________.
A. is, more and more B is, larger and larger C. are, more and more D. are, larger and larger
( )4. —Can I park my car here — Yes, you can park on _______ sides of the street.
A. neither B. either C. both D. all
( )5. If you grow up in a large family, you’re more likely to develop ability to get on well with___ others.
A.an;/ B.the;/ C.an;the D. the;the
( )6. Robert enjoyed himself so much he visited his friends in New York last year.
that B.which C.when D.where
( )7. Mary is clever and worth teaching, but her mother is not. Look, he is now asleep in class.
very;very B.much;very C.well;very D.well;fast
( )8. The magazine is ______reading, so he advised me ______ it.
A. well worth; to buy B. very worth; buying C. worthing , buying D. worthy, to buy
( )9. Very few office workers were asked to remain in the office to do the extra work, _____
A. didn’t they B. did they C. weren’t they D. were they
( )10. It’s said that ________ of the water in the river _______ polluted.
A. three third; have B. two thirds; is C. three third; are D. two thirds; has
( )11. There is a knock at the door. _______ must be the postman.
A. It B. He C. She D. This
( )12. ---Why did Miss Wang look so worried when we saw her ---Because she wondered______.
A. where did the other students go B. when the policeman will come
C. what her students have done during the trip D. if her students had survived the earthquake
( )13. —Be careful! You might fall into the water. —Thank you. I _________ I _________to the pool.
A. didn’t know; am standing so close B. don’t know; am standing so closely
C. didn’t know; was standing so close D. didn’t know; would stand so closely
( )14. —Would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs — _______________.
A. With pleasure B. My pleasure C. Of course I do D. Yes, that’s all right
( )15. —My car ______. Could you please give me a ride tomorrow
—I’m sorry I can't. I’m _______ London tomorrow morning.
A. has been broken down; leaving B. has broken down; leaving for
C. broke; leaving for D. is breaking; leaving
( )16. _________ we stay in Japan, we’ll visit Mount Fuji.
A. During B. When C. Until D. Before
( )17. The Great Wall runs ________many forests _______northern China.
A. across, across B. through, through C. across, through D. through, across
( )18. _________ the fans are waiting for the popular singer outside the concert hall.
A. Two thousand B. Thousands of C. Two thousands of D. Two thousand of
( )19. She seldom eats candies, _________ she _________, though she likes them very much.
A. does, Yes B. does, No C. doesn’t, Yes D. doesn’t Yes
( )20. I told the young boy __________.
that the sun rose in the east B. he would leave for Beijing for 2 months
C. who to make friends with him D. which was the way to the bookshop
( )21. — How long is quarter of a basketball match in NBA
— It’s usually twelve minutes long and between second and third quarters there is a ten-minute break.
A. the; the B. a; the C. a; a D. the; a
( )22. — Have you heard of the Sun Moon Lake
— Yeah. It is the largest fresh lake (淡水湖) in Taiwan. And it in the north of Ali Mountain.
A. lies B. comes C. arrives D. finds
( )23. — We can buy a new car this year or we can go on holiday, but we can’t do , right
— That’s true. It’s an either-or situation.
A. other B. either C. another D. both
( )24. — the population of Jiangsu Province
— More than 73 million. It is the fifth largest province in China.
A. How many is B. How much is C. What is D. What are
( )25. His friends found him everything that happened．
it’s necessary to tell B．that necessary telling C．it necessary to tell D．necessary to tell
根据句意及所给中文提示、音标、首字母提示、英文解释，写出句中所缺单词，每空限填一词
(一)37分
—How (使人疲劳的) it is to reach the top of Mount Tai after three hours’ climbing!
—Don’t care much about that. We can watch such a beautiful sunrise.
Come on! There are only a few （台阶）to the top.
It is difficult for the foreigners to use (筷子) during the meals.
Never stand in the (中间) of a street. It’s too dangerous!
Look, there are a lot of people waiting to watch the （升高）of the big kite on the square.
The coloured （旗帜）are placed everywhere to celebrate the coming festival.
The Pyramid is one of the greatest ancient (奇迹) of the world.
Suqian (位于) in the northern part of Jiangsu, which is famous for its King Xiang’s Hometown.
There are candles in different (形状，外形) and sizes in our store.
Go straight through the door, and you will see our (地下的) parking lot.
The boy did something wrong and （垂下）his head in shame.
I was about to park my car when a policeman stopped me and （指，指向）to a sign “NO PARKING”.
The economy developed very fast in some cities in (东部的，东方的）China.
Zhe jiang Province is in (东南方) China. Its capital city is Hangzhou.
There are quite a few students from foreign countries in Sunshine Secondary school, three (四分之一) of them are from Europe.
A door must be (两者之一) shut or open, so you must choose one.
Most hotels in Suqian can provide a high （水平）of service.
Many robots are used to offer different (服务) to people in need.
I think you can learn more about China through its traditional festivals and _________________(庙会).
—What car would you like to buy
—I don’t like (日本的) cars. I think Chinese cars are cheaper and better.
Yesterday I saw five (日本人) on the street.
Fukuhara Ai, a ping-pong player from (日本), speaks (日语).
_______________ (印度的) films were very popular in China, especially from the 1980s to the 1990s.
The girls who can speak Chinese are ___________________ (印度人).
Aamir Khan, a famous film star from (印度), speaks (印地语).
Washington, a beautiful city, is the capital of the United ____________ (国家) of America.
There are two (州) away from the main land of the USA．
It’s true that a larger (人口)requires more schools and houses.
Our life is becoming easier because of the high (技术) .
We can buy different kinds of things in the local (集市).
After three hours’ (累人的) bus trip, they arrived at a small village.
Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one (梯级) after another will finally bring a person to the top.
We will have the paintings (悬挂) in the classroom as a celebration of May Day.
Tom (悬挂) his clothes up and made them dry so that he could wear them the next day.
He seemed to have difficulty ______________ (悬挂)the painting on the wall.
I hear there will be two clothes ____________________(展览会) in Shanghai next month.
(二)17分
We all want to visit the Forbidden City where the _________ (皇帝) of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live.
Since Nanjing is famous for cultural and natural ____________ (风景), we must keep them that way.
—Could you tell us some famous _________________ (向往的地方) in your hometown —Yes, of course.
The Great Wall runs for over 6,000 km across northern China, with a large number of _______ (瞭望塔) .
The ______________ (洞穴) are dark but some animals live in them.
His glaring eyes are looking straight ______________ (向上).
—Do you want to buy a car —No. I prefer __________________ (租用) a car to buying one.
Could you tell me the exact ___________________ (地点) of the nearest hospital？
On November 11, 2015, people spent about 57.1 ________(十亿)yuan on the Internet to buy what they needed.
Through the Silk Road, silk, jade(玉), ceramics(陶瓷) and _________(铁) went west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems(宝石) and food like carrots and sesame(芝麻).
We should know some local _________________ (风俗) when we come to a new city.
Traditional clothes for Indian women are ________________ (莎丽), which can be seen in Indian films.
The __________ (地形) in Qinghai and Xizang are various(各种各样的), such as glaciers, snow-capped mountains, high-altitude wetlands, deserts, alpine grasslands.
I can’t see the ________________ (吸引) of sitting on a beach all day.
Two years ago, he __________________ (雇用) a young man named Joseph to work in his department.
Chinese social media platform（社交媒体）now show their users’ _____________ (方位). That causes a lot of worries online.
Please tell me about traditional Chinese ____________ (习俗) to exchange visits at Spring Festival time.
完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Have you ever eaten a dandelion (蒲公英) No, I haven’t. Have you ever blown it to make a wish Me, ___11___ .
“Time to pick dandelion, Athena.” Mum opened the car door and I entered with a ___12___ . My hometown is in Greece (希腊), where dandelions are ___13___ on the menu. But I didn’t eat dandelions. Why did I have to ___14___ them with my family every spring
Then I said goodbye to my ___15___ friend Brigid, and her family had recently moved in our neighborhood in New York. I was glad she didn’t ___16___ where we were going and what we would do. People in America cut off dandelions from their lawns (草坪). No one wanted them. What would the new neighbors think if they found out our family ate dandelions I always worried that ___17___ would notice us picking dandelions.
We ___18___ into a wild field. Hundreds of lively yellow flowers appeared (出现) everywhere. Then we stopped our car. Dad went over to cut dandelions and put them in his bag. But I just hid in the book. “ ___19___ do we eat dandelions ” I asked. “No one else does.” “The best food in the world,” Dad answered, shaking a handful (一把) of greens. ___20___ we were ready to leave, we had enough dandelions. On the way home, Mum and Dad talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our ___21___ food of Greek.
The night of the party, Brigid arrived ___22___ her parents. Mum offered them different Greek foods, our guests ate everything. Finally came the dandelions, “Wait!” I said to Brigid. But it was too ___23___ . “You ate the dandelion!” I told her. We both laughed and she ate ___24___ bite. “Not bad,” she said.
Mum was smiling at us. After dinner, Brigid and I went to the backyard and lay on the grass. The stars reminded me of dandelions in the soft field. I closed my eyes and made a ___25___ : To be as open-minded as my family and my new friend.
（ ）11. A. anyway B. still C. too D. either
（ ）12. A bottle B. book C. menu D. flower
（ ）13. A. seldom B. never C. always D. hardly
（ ）14. A. pick B. plant C. watch D. grow
（ ）15. A. honest B. old C. patient D. new
（ ）16. A. laugh B. ask C. call D. agree
（ ）17. A. anybody B. somebody C. everybody D. nobody
（ ）18. A. ran B. flew C. drove D. walked
（ ）19. A. How B. Why C. Who D. Where
（ ）20. A. When B. Since C. If D. After
（ ）21. A. new B. fast C. expensive D. nice
（ ）22. A to B. at C. by D. with
（ ）23. A. late B.early C. lucky. D. quick
（ ）24. A. such B. other C. another D. any
（ ）25. A wish B. mistake C. dream D. living
阅读理解
A
For the past 20 years, the Touching China Annual People Award has honored people from all walks of life across the country. They are people who warm our hearts with their actions. On March 4, 2023, the 2022 Touching China Award ceremony aired on CCTV. Ten inspirational role models were on the list, Xu Mengtao is one of them.
After a final jump with the highest degree of difficulty for female athletes at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao won the gold medal in freestyle skiing women’s aerials (空中技巧). The 32-year-old waited a long time for this moment.
Xu was born in Liaoning. At the age of 12, she began practicing the sport, Xu fell in love with the feeling of skiing on snow. She said that her deep love for the sport is her first motivation (动力). Winning an Olympic gold medal was her dream.
But it wasn’t easy to make it. Finishing sixth in her first Olympics at Vancouver 2010, Xu managed to take home silver at Sochi 2014. Xu aimed to win the Olympic gold at Pyeongchang 2018, but she finished ninth.
With perseverance, Xu achieved her dream in 2022. The gold medal is so heavy which is full of her dreams, sweat, tears and glory. After years of pursuing her dream, Xu Mengtao fulfilled her wish and embraced her dream sweetly at home. Speaking of the reasons behind this, she said it is not only thanks to her hard work but more importantly, the era (时代) Chinese winter sports now enjoy fantastic developments. “We are latecomers (后来者) to winter sports in the world, but we have fast growth in this great era,” added Xu.
Xu Mengtao’s success has also brought spiritual inspiration to everyone. Her firm belief and fighting spirit have all set an example to us, which shows that only with fighting can we gain, as long as we have courage and faith, we can overcome all difficulties and achieve our dreams.
（ ）1．From the text, we know that ________.
a. Xu Mengtao was born in 1990. b. Xu Mengtao began practicing freestyle skiing in 2002.
c. Xu Mengtao won many gold medals in Olympics. d. Xu Mengtao first took part in Olympics at Sochi.
e. Xu Mengtao won her first gold medal in 2022.
A．a. b. c B．b. c. d C．c. d. e D．a. b. e
（ ）2．Why does the writer say the gold medal Xu won is so heavy
A．Because the gold medal is her last medal in Olympics.
B．Because the gold medal includes her hard work, her dream and her perseverance.
C．Because this is the first medal which Chinese got in Beijing Winter Olympics.
D．Because this gold medal is a symbol of her success.
（ ）3．What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “perseverance”
A．练习 B．坚持 C．巧合 D．好运
（ ）4．What words can best describe Xu’s spiritual quality
A．Hard-working, persistent and courageous. B．Kind, faithful and popular.
C．Kind, brave and determined. D．Lovely, popular and courageous.
B
The first World Book Day was celebrated in April, 1995. The date was decided by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) because it was the birth and death anniversary (纪念日) of William Shakespeare, a world famous writer. The date was also the death anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes, who was a great Spanish writer Around the world, there are many other dates on which World Book Day takes place. The UK and Sweden celebrate World Book Day on different dates.
The idea of the day was taken from a Spanish tradition. April 23 was ever celebrated as “The Rose Day” in Spain. On this day, people used to exchange roses to show their love and support. However, in 1926, when it was Miguel de Cervantes’ death anniversary, people exchanged books instead of roses. The tradition continues to this day in Spain. That’s where the idea of World Book Day came from.
As the name suggests, the focus of the day is books and writing. Different kinds of programs are held by UNESCO to help people experience the pleasure of reading and improve reading habits. In some centuries, the printing machine appeared and it made books become available (可得到) to people. Thanks to the invention, we are able to enjoy the passages and poems of great writers and poets. World Book Day is drawing near. Go to the library or sit in the study, and be a bookworm!
（ ） 1. What do we know about World Book Day
A. It was set thousands of years ago. B. It was set by a well-known writer.
C. It is connected with some famous writers. D. It takes place on the same day around the world.
（ ）2.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about
A. The purpose of World Book Day. B. The advantage of World Book Day.
C. The history of World Book Day. D. The idea of creating World Book Day.
（ ）3.What does the underlined word “focus” mean in the passage
A. The main or central point of something. B. The point at which something is clearly seen.
C. The point at which waves meet or from which they appear to come.
D. The point at which an earthquake starts to happen.
（ ）4. What is the purpose of the passage
①To thank the people who created World Book Day.②To encourage people to read.
③To introduce World Book Day.
①② B. ②③ C.①③ D. ①②③
七选五(10分)
Talking with your doctor
Talking freely with your doctor can make you feel better and give your doctor the information she or he needs to give you the best care. Don’t be afraid or embarrassed to discuss something that is bothering you. ____41___
Stay positive.
Go to your doctor’s visits with a good attitude. ___42____
Keep track of how you are feeling.
___43____ This will make it easier for you to answer questions about your symptoms (症状) and how medicines make you feel. It also makes it easier for you to bring up anything that you are worried about. Make sure that you are honest about how you feel and how long you’ve felt that way.
__44___
Your medical history is a list of your illness, treatments, what the doctors told you to do, and anything else you think your doctor should know. Also, if you are allergic (过敏) to any medicines, be sure to mention that to your doctor.
Ask questions.
Do not be afraid to ask your doctor any questions you have. To remember all the questions you have when you are not in the doctor’s office, write them down and bring the list with you to your appointment. __45___ Remember—there’s no such thing as a stupid question. If you don’t understand the answer to a question, ask the doctor to explain it again until you do understand.
A．This will make getting answers easier.
B．Here are some tips for talking with your doctor.
C．You can talk to another doctor if the treatments don’t work.
D．Before your doctor’s visit, keep notes on how you are feeling.
E．Remember, you doctor and other caregivers are on your side.
F．Bring your medical history, including a list of your current medicines.
G．Writing down what the doctor says will help you remember important information.
首字母填空，每空限填一词(10分)
Schoolchildren spend most of their time surrounded by their peers (同龄人). They spend a lot more time with classmates, teammates can have a huge i____________(86) on the lives of children in grades two through twelve.
From birth through age six, the family s____________(87) a child’s sense of identity (身份). Parents and brothers and sisters affect a c____________(88) likes, dislikes, tastes in clothing, food and music and perhaps most importantly, values.
Once children enter school, they form connections to the larger group of their peers. This group brings n____________(89) ideas and experiences. Peer pressure happens when a student’s actions are influenced by this group. The “pressure” happens when peers suggest or demand actions d____________(90) from the child’s normal behavior and values.
Peer pressure leads to some disturbing negative (消极的) behavior in school children. In the USA, about 75% of high school students have tried alcohol (酒) o____________(91) by their friends in middle or high school. According to a survey students felt pressured by their peers between 35% and 49% of the time. The power of peer pressure can result from a schoolchild’s growing desire to f____________(92) into a group.
Thankfully, peer pressure can also be positive (积极的). For example, wanting to join an
athletic group of friends may f____________(93) a student who has been sitting for a long time to try out for the soccer team.
In a survey on peer pressure, 51% of teenagers felt that peer pressure was sometimes positive. One teenager said, “Sometimes it can help you gain c____________(94). Other examples of positive peer pressure include students e____________(95) a classmate to run for school president, or friends suggesting that a talented peer try out for a talent show.
