2020-2021学年湖南省永州市宁远县实验中学九年级（下）第一次月考英语试卷

第二部分阅读技能第一节阅读理解从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共5小题， 计40分）

• 1．

  The Mascots （吉祥物）for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic （残疾的） Winter Games
  Name	Image	Symbol
  Bing Dwen Dwen	a panda	purity perseverance（坚强） honesty health liveliness loveliness
  Shuey Rhon Rhon	a lantern	harvest celebration warmth light

  （1）What is the name of the panda？

  
  A．Mascot.
  B．Bing Dwen Dwen.
  C．Shuey Rhon Rhon.
  （2）The lantern stands for

  .
  A．health and harvest
  B．honesty and health
  C．warmth and light
  组卷：8引用：5难度：0.7

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• 2．Do you want to enjoy the beautiful roses while watching fashion shows？Do you want to pick your favorite roses for the people you love？In addition，you can enjoy the delicious local food!The Rose Festival is coming again!
  

  The Rose Festival in Changsha
  Time	May 16th - June 18th，8：30 am- 5：30 pm
  Place	In the Hunan Forest Botanical（植物学的） Park
  Activities	*Fashion shows *Concerts *Pick roses *Enjoy tasty food
  How to get there	Take Bus No.102，140 or 7 and get off at the stop of Hunan Forest Botanical Park
  The price of the ticket	People aged over 60---- free People aged between 16 and 59---- 80 yuan Students aged between 7 and 15---- 40 yuan Children under 6---- free *The first two days and the last two days：half price.
  Attention	*At eight o'clock on the morning of May 16th：the opening ceremony *After the opening ceremony，it's tour time.You can walk slowly in the park and enjoy the beautiful flowers.If you're tired，we have special sightseeing buses for you. *Don't throw rubbish while you're visiting the park. *Only pick the roses in special areas，or you'll be fined. *Come to visit with your ID card.

  （1）A couple of 40 years old with their 12-year-old twin daughters will go to the Rose Festival，how much will it cost ？

  
  A．240 yuan.
  B．160 yuan.
  C．200 yuan.
  （2）If you want to spend less money，when should you go to the Rose Festival？

  
  A．On May 18th.
  B．On June 1st.
  C．On June 18th.
  （3）What can we know from the passage？

  
  A．You can pick roses everywhere in the park.
  B．There are special sightseeing buses in the park.
  C．You can visit the Rose Festival without your ID card.
  组卷：5引用：1难度：0.5

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• 3．Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched？You turned around and，sure enough，someone was looking right at you!
     Parapsychologists （灵学家） say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them.To research whether there is such a "sixth sense"，Robert Baker，a psychologist（心理学家） at the University of Kentucky，did two experiments.
     In the first one，Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes.The subjects （受试者） were eating，drinking，reading studying，watching TV，or working at a computer.Baker made sure that the people didn't know that he was sitting behind them during those periods.Later，when he asked the subjects，almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
     For the second experiment，Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind a two way mirror in a laboratory.The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren't.Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren't.
     Baker finds out that people do not have the ability to sense when they're being stared at.If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments，said Baker， "I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves."
  
  （1）What's the purpose of the two experiments？

  
  A．To explain when people can have a sixth sense.
  B．To study whether humans can sense when they are stared at.
  C．To prove why humans have a sixth sense.
  （2）We can know from the two experiments that

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  A．Baker did the first experiment in public places
  B．Baker did the second experiment for about five to fifteen minutes
  C．all the subjects had to write down how they felt when being stared at
  （3）The underlined word "outcome" can be changed into

  .
  A．value
  B．result
  C．behavior
  （4）What can we learn from the passage？

  
  A．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.
  B．People have a sixth sense in all places.
  C．The experiments support parapsychologist's idea.
  （5）What is the passage mainly about？

  
  A．Natural abilities of animals.
  B．The famous experiments.
  C．The sixth sense.
  组卷：2引用：1难度：0.7

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• 4．China's Yangtze River，the world's third longest river，is home to 378 known species（物种） of fish.But the Chinese paddlefish（白鲟），once a common freshwater fish in the river，is no longer a member of it.Although few paddlefish were seen after 1995，they didn't completely become extinct until between 2005 and 2010；they were last seen in 2003.According to a recent study，human activities drove the nearly 200-million-year-old animals to extinction.
     The Chinese paddlefish，also known as the "panda of Yangtze"，was one of the world's largest freshwater fish species.It could grow as long as 7 meters and weigh up to 450 kilograms.
     While the Chinese paddlefish was listed as a nationally protected animal in the 1980s，overfishing in the 1970s caused great influence to their population.National Geographic reports that about 25 tons of paddlefish were caught each year during that period.And in 1981，the building of the Gezhouba Dam divided the paddlefish population into two parts，which broke migration patterns（洄游模式） and prevented producing young upstream.This caused the paddlefish to be short of numbers to reproduce.
     The problem is that more will be like this，but the hope is that in order to save other endangered Yangtze species，many quicker efforts are being made.Also China introduced a 10-year commercial（商业的） fishing ban（禁令） over 300 parts along the Yangtze River in order to protect endangered Yangtze species.
  
  （1）What does the underlined part "become extinct" mean in Chinese？

  
  A．繁殖
  B．变异
  C．灭绝
  （2）What DOESN'T the passage mention about the paddlefish？

  
  A．Its length.
  B．Its height.
  C．Its weight.
  （3）According to Paragraph 3，what caused the extinction of the paddlefish？

  
  A．Humans' overfishing and being separated by a dam.
  B．Living in a bad environment and being separated by a dam.
  C．Humans' overfishing and living in a bad environment.
  （4）What can we learn from the last paragraph？

  
  A．Commercial fishing ban was made to protect paddlefish only.
  B．Action is being taken to save freshwater fish species.
  C．Chinese paddlefish are the only freshwater fish in Yangtze River.
  （5）In which part of a newspaper can we see the passage？

  
  A．NATURE.
  B．SCIENCE.
  C．HISTORY.
  组卷：6引用：1难度：0.1

  解析

• 5．At the moment of 9：43 a.m.，on Tuesday，June 23rd，2020，at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center（卫星发射中心） in Sichuan Province，the last satellite of the third-generation network （第三代导航系统） was sent into space.It is the 55th member in the family of Beidou.It belongs to China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System（BDS北斗卫星导航系统）.So far，59 satellites，including the first four test ones，have been launched from Xichang.With the development of China，we have already owned three other famous satellite launch centers--Jiuquan，Taiyuan and Wenchang.
     After a period of tests in space，this new satellite has started to work with other Beidou satellites together.It is designed to work for at least12 years.So far，China has completed the third-generation network of China's BDS. "It was a new milestone in the nation's space research work.The launch showed our country has completed our largest space-based system.It's one of four global （全球）navigation networks，including the United States GPS，Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's Galileo.
     BDS has been widely used as public resources（资源） in our daily life.It has been shared by the whole world.It will provide more services around the world.BDS is the common wealth of the development of human beings.
  
  （1）Where did China launch the last satellite of the third generation network？

  
  A．Xichang.
  B．Jiuquan.
  C．Wenchang.
  （2）How many members are there in the family of Beidou？

  
  A．4.
  B．55.
  C．59.
  （3）What does the underlined word "milestone" mean in Chinese？

  
  A．记录
  B．里程碑
  C．事业
  （4）GLONASS belongs to

  .
  A．China
  B．Russia
  C．the United States
  （5）According to the passage，we can know that

  .
  A．the last satellite of BDS was launched at 9：43 p.m. ，June 23rd，2020
  B．the new satellite is designed to work for at most 12 years
  C．so far，China has completed the third-generation network of China's BDS
  组卷：2引用：1难度：0.7

  解析

第二节阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全短文。选项中有一项为多余选项。

• 6．Fahd Saleh is a restaurant owner.He is very interested in food and loves his restaurant.It is called Marmar Restaurant and it is in a big city in Saudi Arabia.Everyone enjoys eating his food.
      After all the people finished eating and left his restaurant each day，he looked in his kitchen.There were always a lot of plates with food on. （1）

  Why not？Didn't they like it？
     The waiters explained that those who came to dinner said they liked the food.They left the food because they had ordered too much.They were full and couldn't eat anything else.
     （2）

  The next morning，he wrote a new sign.He put it on the wall in the restaurant.The first people to dinner that day were three men.Before the waiter pointed to the sign，they had ordered four starters，some fish，some meat and rice，and two vegetable dishes. （3）

  They ordered three starters，followed by some meat，rice and one dish of vegetables.Why did they do that？ （4）

  
  Dear friends，
     Thank you for eating in Marmar Restaurant.We want to waste less food.So we are asking you to think carefully before you order.Please do not order too much food. （5）

  
     A few months later，there was less waste in Marmar Restaurant，Mr.Saleh was very happy.He said， "People are thinking before they order.Then they eat up what they order."
  
  

  A.After they read the sign，they changed their order. B.Mr.Saleh decided to do something about it. C.From now on，you have to pay extra（额外的） for food you don't eat. D.They wanted to have a big meal. E.Most of the people didn't eat all their food. F.Here's the sign.
  组卷：5引用：1难度：0.4

  解析

第二节 语篇翻译

• 19．阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。
      It's late evening.Sun Run，a 14-year-old from Zhejiang is using her smartphone to do her homework. （1）She uses an app to read English articles according to her teacher's instructions.
      These days，it's not unusual for teachers to give home work on apps.（2）例如，学生们被要求练习英语或做数学题目。Some teachers also use WeChat chat groups to give homework.
      But now，Zhejiang province is moving to ban（禁止） teachers from assigning homework on mobile apps due to concerns about students' eyesight.In 2018，more than 70 percent of middle school students in China were found to be nearsighted，according to the World Health Organization. （3）长时间使用手机对眼睛有害。
      Do students like to do their homework on their phones？Zhang Keqi，a 14-year-old from Fujian，said he doesn't. "Sometimes the apps can't recognize what I'm reading in English.I have to work on them for a long time to get high score，" he said.（4）He said his eyesight has gotten worse since he started using apps to do his homework.
      However，Whag Yidi from Anhui enjoys doing homework on apps. "The apps have big databases（数据库） of math exercises!And I can revise（ 修改） my answers easily，" said the 15-year-old. "But the bad part is that I can't help playing with other apps while doing my homework." Zhou Tianyi，12，from Sichuan，also thinks it's fun to do homework with apps.Her teachers ask their students to dub（配音） English videos and make their own short videos."But if I have too much other homework to do，I feel like it's too much for me to finish，" she said.
  
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  组卷：4引用：1难度：0.5

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第三节书面表达（计12分）

• 20．近几年来，校园欺凌（school bullies）事件时有发生，学会自我保护是我们中学生需要具备的一种意识和能力，我们应该珍惜生命，注意自己的人身安全，做好自我保护。请以"How Can We Protect Ourselves"为题写一篇 英语短文，谈谈在生活中我们应该怎样自我保护（self-protection）。
      提示：
      （1）不单独游泳；
      （2）谨慎交友；
      （3）遇到危险报警或向老师求助；
      （4）饮食及交通安全等。
      要求：
      （1）字迹工整，语法正确，意思连贯，合乎逻辑，可适当发挥；
      （2）词数在 80～100词之间；
      （3）文中不能出现真实姓名和校名。
  
                                   
  组卷：6引用：1难度：0.2

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