2024-2025学年（上）邢台九年级质量检测英语

1、阅读下面短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

In July, China introduced the “double reduction (双减)” policy. One month has passed since the new semester began. How do students feel about this new policy?

“Our homework is clearly less than before,” said 13-year-old Shen Yuzhe from Beijing. “1. We are not required to take many examinations any more, and the exercises are mostly from the textbook.” According to Shen, teachers now teach at a much slower pace (节奏). Students have enough time to process new knowledge. 2. “Our teachers are also giving us more time to find the secret to learning by ourselves.” said Shen. “For example, we went to research earthworms (蚯蚓) in a field during a biology class. 3. This is a better way to learn things than just hitting the books.” Hitting the books means you are studying hard, which used to be a popular way to get good grades.

For 13-year-old Zhang Hangming from Tianjin, the best thing about “double reduction” is the increased time in after-school activities. 4. “通过参加各种俱乐部，我们能学到更多。 I have joined a group called ‘leadership development’(领导力发展) where I can learn all kinds of skills beyond academic (学业的) study,” said Zhang.

They also pointed out that now self-discipline (自律) becomes the secret to learning. “After finishing homework, 5. 一些学生花更多时间放松自己。” But if you use all the free time to relax, you might fall behind your peers (同龄人),” he said.

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2、—________ great football player Christiano Ronaldo is!

—Yes, he is ________ popular that the football fans around the world admire him very much.

A．What a; so

B．What a; such

C．How a; so

3、—I discovered that listening to something is the ______ to language learning.

—I agree with you.

A．part

B．secret

C．degree

4、 When______ what his plan for his summer holiday was, he got very excited.

A. asking B. being asked

C. was asked D. asked

5、I give up the piano lessons because I have so much homework to do, but it’s ________ my own wishes.

A.on B.for C.against

6、—It's a long time since last saw Jane. I wonder if she _______a lot.

—Yes, she is taller and more outgoing.

A.changes B.was changing C.will change D.has changed

7、He also _________ some signs asking for old bikes.

A、put down B、put up   C、put off

8、 It’s not easy to learn a foreign language, but I will never _______.

A. put on   B. turn off

C. give up   D. try out

9、Cindy likes the musicians ________ are special.

A.what B.which C.who

10、—How far is it from the railway station to the hotel?

—It’s about _______ walk.

A．ten minute’s B．ten–minutes

C．ten minutes’ D．ten minutes

11、Printing ________ in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

A.invented B.is invented C.was invented D.will be invented

12、On weekends I usually play ________ piano at home but tomorrow I’ll go to the gym by ________ bike to play basketball with my classmates.

A．the; the

B．the; /

C．/; the

D．/; /

13、Sam was expected to attend the party, but he didn’t ________ for some reason.

A．show up

B．take up

C．make up

14、It’s believed that tea and toufu ________ to Japan from China.

A．was brought

B．were invented

C．were brought

D．was invented

15、Which of the following words is pronounced as/ga：d/？

A.garden B.gold C.guide D.guard

16、—Are you going to Mary’s party tonight?

—No, I won’t go__________ you go.

A.because B.when C.unless D.though

17、As one of the school rules, middle school students are not_____to smoke.

A. ordered   B. refused

C. allowed   D. asked

18、 Tom likes cars. He enjoys _______ model cars of all kinds.

A. collects B. collected

C. to collect   D. collecting

19、Thousands of tourists come to visit the Palace Museum every day for its great   ．

A．charm   B．courage   C．career D．effort

20、—What do your grandparents usually do on weekends?

—They usually ________ some vegetables in their garden.

A.plant B.planted C.are planting D.will plant

21、George will spend his holiday in London _____ in New York, because he just returned from New York last month.

A．such as

B．because of

C．rather than

D．more than

22、根据句意用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

【1】Two_______________(five) in our class are boys.

【2】I don’t think this is her most ____________________(success) speech.

【3】Edison is one of the greatest ____________________(invent) in the world.

【4】Listen! There must be someone __________________(knock) at the door.

【5】Many kinds of animals have____________________(appear) from the earth.

23、A：Hi, Mary. _________

B：No, I haven’t. I haven’t used the Internet for a long time.

A：Why?

B：_________. They always say it is bad for my study.

A：Do you agree with them?

B：I didn’t use to agree with them. _________ This year I will have the exams for the senior schools. If I often play on the Internet, I won’t do well in my subjects.

A：What your parents say is right. I’ll study hard, too.

B：By the way, _________

A：Some pictures of nice dogs. I know you’ve always loved them.

B：Thank you.

A：_________ Hope you like them.

【1】

A．Do you have an e-mail?

B．How is it going?

C．Have you got my e-mail?

D．How are you?

【2】

A．My parents don’t allow me to use it.

B．My hobby is searching the Internet.

C．I don’t like playing computer.

D．My parents want me to play computers.

【3】

A．But now I think so.

B．But now I don’t think so.

C．But now I hope not.

D．But now I am afraid.

【4】

A．where did you go yesterday?

B．what have you sent me by e-mail?

C．how did you go to the pet shop?

D．when did you send me the e-mail?

【5】

A．That’s all.

B．That’s right.

C．It doesn’t matter.

D．You are welcome.

24、

Chinese athletes did a great job at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, winning 88 medals in total. But did you know that there are many cool technologies behind their success?

Su Bingtian, the first Chinese sprinter, reached an Olympic 100m final. With the help of scientific training, he made his breakthrough. “It takes Su 47 steps to run 100 meters. Each step counts,” Liang Dong, a member of Su’s training team, told Shenzhen Evening News. “Randy Huntington, Su’s American coach and a biomechanics (生物力学) expert in track and field, has collected a lot of data (数据) on outstanding sprinters and built a database. He put in all of Su’s data and got a near-optimal (接近最优的) model. When Su is training, the team uses high-speed cameras to record his training and compares it with the model to find out his weaknesses.”

Technology has also brought a new improvement to table tennis. On July 27, the semifinal match between China’s Sun Yingsha and Japan’s Mimaito was in full swing (正在全力进行) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. You wouldn’t have guessed that besides players, judges and audiences, a powerful AI platform was watching the match.

Every serve, swing and movement of Mimaito was caught by this AI cloud platform set in Tokyo. At an average speed of 100 Mbps, the data was sent to the technical team of the Zhejiang University Table Tennis Intelligent Big Data Analysis Platform, 2, 442 kilometers away from the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, according to The Paper.

The platform has stored the data of more than 8, 000 matches so far. The research team has been working on match simulation (模拟) since 2018. “Using big data and AI, we can correctly simulate and predict how the winning rate will change when players change certain tactics (策略),” Professor Wu Yingcai, the main developer of the platform, told CCTV-2.

The Tokyo Olympic Games have seen not only scientific support in training, but many cutting-edge technologies in athletes’ devices (设备). For example, the Kenya women’s volleyball team’s GPS devices fed data on each player’s strength, heart rate and so on to coaches, who used the information to prevent injury (受伤) and personalize training plans for each individual, South China Morning Post reported.

【1】What helped Su Bingtian a lot to make his breakthrough?

A．His scientific training.

B．Support from his family.

C．His coach’s encouragement.

D．Support from other sprinters.

【2】What’s the advantage of match simulation according to Professor Wu Yingcai?

A．Players can study other players’ tactics.

B．Players can know their own weaknesses.

C．It helps players improve their winning rate.

D．It helps judges make the correct judgement.

【3】The GPS devices can help coaches ________.

A．quickly find out players’ information

B．give proper treatment for sports injuries

C．make better decisions for future training

D．follow players’ movement during the game

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The success of the Tokyo Olympics.

B．The advantages of using AI at the Tokyo Olympics.

C．The ways athletes prepared for the Tokyo Olympics.

D．Technologies that helped athletes at the Tokyo Olympics.

25、

【1】The rocket’s nose cone is rolled from ________.

A．the cola bottle

B．the poster board

C．a small triangle

D．the large triangle

【2】What can you get from Step 4?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【3】In which section of a newspaper would you probably read the text?

A．Sports News.

B．Job Wanted.

C．Do It Yourself.

D．Lost and Found.

26、On Earth, sunlight can be covered by clouds and there is no sunlight at night. But in space, the sun shines all the time.

Imagine being able to use energy from the sun all the time. Scientists at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) are working on collecting sunlight in space and sending its energy to Earth. They have created a special tool called MAPLE for this project. MAPLE’s job is to test the idea of sending energy wirelessly(无线地) from space to Earth. It is a lot more difficult because we usually use wires to move electrical energy from one place to another.

To show that MAPLE could work, the scientists did a test. MAPLE sent energy to two devices (设备) 30 cm away in space. The energy was then turned into electricity, MAPLE sent energy to a lab at Caltech. The scientists were able to discover the energy, showing that it’s possible to send energy from the sun to Earth from space.

The scientists at Caltech are now trying to find ways to improve MAPLE. In the future, they hope to launch (发射) many large devices. Each will have huge solar panels (太阳能电池板), along with MAPLE devices to send the energy down to Earth wirelessly.

Using MAPLE, the scientists will be able to send the power to exactly where they want it, either in space or on Earth. Dr. Hajimiri, thinks that one day MAPLE could bring energy to places that need it, helping more people all over the world.

【1】What does the underlined word “It “refer to?

A．Being able to use energy.

B．Collecting sunlight in space.

C．Sending energy to Earth from space.

D．Moving electrical energy to another place.

【2】What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．How the scientists tested MAPLE.

B．What problems the scientists faced.

C．What the scientists discovered in space.

D．How the scientists sent MAPLE to space.

【3】What do the scientists hope to do in the future?

A．Add more panels to MAPLE.

B．Send more large devices into space.

C．Do more scientific tests in the lab at Caltech.

D．Turn more energy from MAPLE into electricity.

【4】What does Dr. Hajimiri think of MAPLE?

A．It will be widely used soon.

B．It will take time to get popular.

C．It will be very useful to humans.

D．It will be hard for people to accept it.

27、   I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said. “Son, remember: Slow and steady (稳固的) wins the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m taking part in the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep on the way!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted, “He won the race by perseverance（坚持）, by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

【1】The writer disagreed with his son because _______.

A．They disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid

B．He liked tortoises while his son liked hares

C．He liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t

D．He tried to teach his son the moral(道德的) lesson of the story but the son refused it

【2】Sonny believed that the tortoise _______.

A．was not given a fair chance in the race

B．in fact couldn’t win the race

C．took a risk by agreeing to race

D．won the race by his own effort

【3】When the writer says “I gave up” at the end, he means _______.

A．he gave up Sonny as a hopeless child

B．he gave up arguing with Sonny

C．he gave up trying to keep up with the new generation

D．he gave up persuading（说服）his son to change his mind

28、Dear Peter,

How’s it going? I’m writing to tell you 【1】 interesting activity about Chinese classics in our school. In order 【2】 carry forward (弘扬) traditional Chinese culture, our school held the activity last Friday. In the beginning, a famous Chinese writer was invited to give a speech. Then, a group of students read some famous Chinese classics one 【3】 one in front of the whole school and they also shared their thoughts after reading. In the end, every student 【4】 took part in the activity got a book written by the writer. They also had a talk with the writer and learned a lot from him.

Through this activity, I’ve developed a strong interest in Chinese classics. I think such activities are very meaningful because I can have a deep understanding of Chinese history and culture. 【5】 you tell me something interesting in your school?

I’m looking forward to your reply!

Yours,

Li Hua

29、

Dad was an English teacher who taught high school students. Mom _______ at home and homeschooled their four children. Three of us had no trouble learning, but my sister Catherine still could not _______ by fifth grade, and worse still, did not even know the alphabet.

My mother did some research and found that Catherine had some kind of learning disability. She sent Catherine to a public school to _______ some help. Catherine made many friends at school and pleased with everyone for telling creative stories in class, but she still couldn't master reading. After all the testing was done, the school had my _______ come in. They were told that according to the test results, they should just take Catherine home.

Tears of sadness ran down my dad's cheeks, but my mom made up her mind quietly. As they walked back to the car, she turned to him and said, "I know she's not_______."

Soon after, my mom discovered a learning system that focused heavily on lesson repetition ( 重复 ) and building slowly on the previous ( 先前的 ) exercises. She worked with Catherine for four hours every morning while the rest of us studied on our own. It was hard for both of them, but she often told a crying Catherine, "_______ is not a choice. You are going to learn to read, and we'll both try! You have to learn to read! You will learn to read."

In time, Catherine got it. By the time she graduated ( 毕业 ) from eighth grade, she was reading almost at grade level. She continued _______ and was reading above grade level when she graduated from high school.

Catherine came to love reading and writing. All of this because of a wonderfully devoted ( 挚爱的 ) mother who was truly the best _______ ever—for all four of us.

【1】A.helped B.stayed C.came D.went

【2】A.listen B.speak C.read D.write

【3】A.get B.give C.learn D.teach

【4】A.mother B.father C.friends D.parents

【5】A.shy B.polite C.stupid D.clever

【6】A.praise B.kindness C.courage D.failure

【7】A.forgetting B.improving C.explaining D.playing

【8】A.teacher B.classmate C.learner D.researcher