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1、山东省烟台莱州市（五四制）2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读单选There is nothing wrong with having an accent (口音). In fact, most native English speakers wont care if you do. You should feel confident about your accent! But as you improve your language abilities, losing your accent might be something you

2、ve started to think about. And, if youre entering the workforce in an English speaking environment, it is important to get your pronunciation to a level that native speakers can understand without difficulty. So, here, were looking at some tips to help you sound like a native speaker.Speak slowly an

3、d clearlyPay close attention to getting your words out clearly and speaking slowly as you go. When your pronunciation gets better, you can speed up your speaking speed.Learn the schwa skillfullyThe schwa is a vowel which sounds like “uh”. English speakers pronounce many other vowel sounds as the sch

4、wa. Learning when to exchange them can make your English sound more natural.Use “He” and “She” correctlyMake sure that you call men “he” and women “she”. If you mix them up, it can be confusing (混淆的) for your listeners and it is a giveaway that you are not a native speaker.Fall tone and rise tone fl

5、uentlyIn English, the meaning of what you say can change based on the way you say it. Make sure to work on your falling and rising tones so that your meaning is communicated clearly.Learning how to sound like a native speaker can be a hard task. But its something youll have to do on your language le

6、arning journey. If you want to improve your pronunciation, the tips above will be of great value to you.1What should you do to make your English sound more natural?ASpeak slowly and clearly.BUse “He” and “She” correctly.CLearn the schwa skillfully.DFall and rise your tone fluently.2Whats the purpose

7、 of this passage?ATo suggest what a native English speaker should do.BTo suggest what you should do to sound like a native speaker.CTo explain why there is nothing wrong with having an accent.DTo explain why your pronunciation is always of great importance.3Where can you probably read this passage?A

8、In a novel.BIn a storybook.CIn an advertisement.DIn a magazine.Some designers (设计师) are trying to build a new type of house. The picture below shows some information about the house.4According to the passage, the plants on the rooftop can _.Akeep the house coolBtake in waterCmake the house beautiful

9、Dprevent water passing through5The water sensors _ can warn people about floods.Ain the gardenBin the wallsCunder the floorDon the top of the roof6During floods, _ can make the house rise like a boat.Athe floors of the houseBthe plants on the rooftopCthe buoyant materials under the houseDthe drainag

10、e system7The designers build the special house to _.Amove it easilyBfight against snowstormsCreuse the wasteDkeep safe during floodsIn Pontevedra, Spain, people dont shout. Since cars are not allowed in the city, there are no horns（喇叭）or noises from car engines. People dont have to try hard to make

11、themselves heard. What you hear in the street, instead, is the singing of birds. “Listen,” says Miguel Lores, the mayor（市长）, opening the windows of his office. From the street below rises the sound of human voices. More than 14,000 cars used to pass along this street every day. There were more cars

12、passing through the city in a day than people living here. Lores became mayor in 1999. He spent months walking around the city. “The historical city is dead,” he said one day. “It is full of cars. It is heavily polluted. There are a lot of traffic accidents. The elderly and children arent able to us

13、e the streets because of cars. People who had a chance to leave have done so.”At first, Lores thought of improving traffic conditions. However, he couldnt come up with a good plan. After lots of discussions, the government finally decided to get rid of cars. The change has brought Pontevedra many be

14、nefits. Traffic accidents are now rare. CO2 emissions（排放物）are down by 70%. Many people are moving to the city, making it lively again. Most local people like the change. Ramiro Armesto, a mother of two young children, said, “In the past, the first thing to see in the morning was traffic jams. Now, t

15、he city is cleaner, quieter and safer.” Raquel Garcia, another parent, said she had stayed in many cities around the world. However, she had never lived in a city as “easy to live in” as Pontevedra. “Even if its raining, I walk everywhere. The feeling is wonderful,” she added.8From Paragraph 1, we k

16、now Pontevedra is a(n) _ city in Spain.AancientBquietCbusyDcrowded9For Lores, what was the city Pontevedras main problem?AThe historical city was dead.BThere were lots of traffic accidents.CMany people were leaving the city.DThere were too many cars in the city.10The underlined word “benefits” proba

17、bly means “_” in English.AchoicesBadvantagesCproblemsDsymbols11What is the purpose of the last paragraph?ATo show how people like the change.BTo let more cities follow the change.CTo explain what people think of the city.DTo tell why people like living in Pontevedra.Scientists who study happiness ha

18、ve evidence (证据) to show that being kind to others can result in happiness. Acts as simple as buying a cup of coffee for someone can lift a persons mood, for example. Everyday life is full of chances for such actions, yet people do not always make the most of them. In studies, behavioral scientist N

19、icholas Epley and I examined a possible explanation: people who do kind acts underestimate (低估) how much the ones receiving kindness value their behavior. In the experiments (实验), about 1, 000 people were asked to do some actions to make someone else feel good. We asked both the person performing (执

20、行) the kind act and the one receiving it to answer some questions. The performers were asked to report their own experience and to guess how the receivers might feel. We wanted to understand how valuable people considered these acts to be, so both the performer and receiver had to rate (评分) how “big

21、” the act seemed. In all cases, we compared the performers expectations of the receivers mood with the receivers actual (实际的) experience. For one, both performers and receivers experienced more positive (积极的) moods. For another, the receivers felt much better than the kind performers expected. The r

22、eceivers also rated these acts as “bigger” than the people performing them did. At first, we studied acts of the kindness done for familiar people, such as friends, classmates or family. But we found that performers underestimated their positive influences on strangers as well. In one experiment, pe

23、rformers in a public park gave away hot chocolate on a cold winters day to people that just happened to be nearby. Again, the kind act brought more happiness than the performers expected. These findings suggest that what might seem small could matter a great deal to the person we do it for. Consider

24、ing these warm actions can improve our own mood and brighten the day of another person, why not choose kindness when we can?12What did the receivers do in the experiments?AThey showed kindness to others.BThey guessed the performers feelings.CThey rated how valuable the performers act of kindness was

25、.DThey compared the performers expectations with their actual results.13What is paragraph 5 mainly about?ADifferent purposes of the research.BMore evidence for the research results.CPossible influences of the research findings.DAnother explanation of the research methods.14What is the writers attitu

26、de (态度) towards showing kindness to others?ASupportive.BUnclear.CDoubtful.DUninterested.15What is the main idea of this article?ABeing kind can reduce ones happiness as expected.BKindness can have unexpectedly positive influences.CChoosing kindness is more difficult than expected.DShowing kindness i

27、s more valuable than receiving it.二、阅读还原6选5China is the country that eats the most watermelons in the world. Its not because foreigners dont like watermelons but “they cant afford them.” Do you know why? 16 Its reported that a kilo of US watermelon is about $6.91 in New York, which is about ￥46 in C

28、hina. 17 But things are different in China. According to the FAO (联合国粮农组织), China now is the worlds largest watermelon producer and customer. 18 And the weather is just right for planting watermelons. With the large output(产量), the price is naturally much lower.Secondly, countries like the USA and A

29、ustralia have a wide land, but watermelons were not introduced there as early as in China. The local people prefer other fruits that were known earlier to watermelons. 19 Thirdly, according to some reports, watermelons from foreign countries may not taste good. 20 Why is that?Wu Mingzhu is an 80-yea

30、r-old Chinese scientist who spends her whole life on the improvement of growing better watermelons. Thanks to her hard work, we can enjoy more delicious and much cheaper watermelons.AFirstly, Chinas land area is large.BWatermelons are my favorite fruit.CSo, watermelons are not as popular as other fr

31、uits.DThats because theyre too expensive in most countries.EHowever, in China, we seldom eat watermelons that taste bad.FWatermelons are also famous for being expensive in Japan and South Korea.三、完形填空根据短文内容，从各题的四个选项中选择一个最佳选项，并将其代表字母涂在答题卡的相应位置。On a hot and wet summer day, Nura and her dad found a pla

32、ce to cool off at the city museum. Suddenly the lights went out, leaving the room completely 21 .“Dad, whats going on?” Nura called out loudly.“Dont worry. The lights might come back on soon.” Dad said 22 to comfort (安慰) Nura. In a moment, a worker waved the flashlight at them and said, “Excuse me,

33、sir. There is a power cut (停电) across the city. We have to 23 the museum. I will walk you to the gate.”Nura and her dad stopped at their favorite shop for ice cream. The shop owner refused when Nuras dad tried to 24 . “Forget about it,” he said, “It will all be soup soon, anyway!”After Nura and her

34、dad arrived home, they found the neighbors 25 their apartments. Everyone shared ice water, talking and laughing about the hot weather.“I cant 26 the heat in my room.” Mrs. Fong said, fanning herself with a newspaper.A woman who lived downstairs was standing in the doorway. “If the power doesnt come

35、on soon, Ill have to 27 all the food,” she said.“The meat in the 28 will go bad without power,” said Nuras dad. “Lets take out the grill (烤架) to cook it.”“Ill see what I have,” the woman in the doorway said. “Ill make sure to bring enough for everyone.”As they had their 29 , night fell over the city

36、. The air was thick and hot, but Nura didnt mind anymore. She had enjoyed 30 ice cream, and she had shared a meal with her neighbors. She smiled to herself and continued to watch the stars.21AcoldBcrowdedCdarkDempty22ApeacefullyBweaklyCfairlyDstrangely23AopenBcloseCtidyDvisit24AspendBcostCpayDafford

37、25AalongBinsideCaboveDoutside26AstandBsuggestCraiseDcreate27Atake offBthrow awayClook throughDcut up28AmarketBbowlCglassDfridge29AbreakfastBdrinkClunchDdinner30AsmoothBfreshCfreeDcheap四、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Frederic Chopin（1810-1849）was a great composer and an excellent pianist. He co

38、mposed twenty-four short 31 （piece）for the piano called preludes（序曲）. The longest one, Prelude no.15, is better 32 （know）by its nickname, the “Raindrop” Prelude. How did it get its nickname? One day in 1838, when Chopins lover George Sand went out in a rainstorm, Chopin became worried. While he 33 （

39、wait）for Sand, he wrote Prelude no.15. When Sand came back Chopin played 34 （she）the music. Sand thought the notes sounded like raindrops. She let Chopin 35 （listen）to the raindrops falling on the roof. This made Chopin 36 （happy）. He insisted that he never paid attention to those sounds or 37 （copy

40、）them. However, like Sand, many people hear raindrops in this prelude. Some notes repeating throughout the piece sound like raindrops. The flow of the music is like rain, too. The piece starts 38 （soft）, 39 it gets louder, like rain getting heavier. Then the music gets quiet and finally 40 （end）, li

41、ke rain when it stops.五、阅读回答问题World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 every year. It draws attention to the important role of water in our lives, the difficulties people face in getting water and solutions to these problems. It is reported by scientists that between 55 and 60 percent of the adult

42、body is made of it. In normal conditions, the human body can only stay alive three or four days without water. We need water to stay alive, yet there are billions of people all over the world who do not have access(使用) to safe drinking water. The problems facing communities without waterExcept for t

43、he obvious health problems, a shortage of clean water means that some people in some areas-often women and children-have to spend hours every day walking to and from distant water supplies(供应). This means they dont have time to focus their attention on their work, studies and other duties. So the se

44、arch for water becomes their main jobs. For many people, the access to water has become increasingly difficult because of the increasing need for a limited resource. What are the solutions?In fact, many governments and organizations have already taken actions to offer good solutions. Waste-water rec

45、ycling, storing rainwater, more efficient irrigation techniques(灌溉技术) and reforestation are good examples of how water can be used more efficiently. There are also many other charities working on creating sustainable(可持续性) supplies of clean water for different communities around the world, but this

46、important work needs to continue. What we can do to helpThe theme(主题) of World Water Day 2021 is valuing water. The value of water is about much more than its price. Without an understanding of waters true value, we will be unable to safeguard it. What we can do to help is to support charities, take

47、 part in the World Water Day events, be careful with how we use water in our own lives. We can also visit the UN World Water Day website to find out about an event near us and help spread around the world about the importance of saving water.41When is the World Water Day? 42How long can human stay alive without water? 43Why has the access to water become increasingly diffic