2024年4月28日发(作者：潮向南)
2023-2024学年广东省深圳市南山区九年级（上）期中英语试卷
一、完形填空
（10分）Dong Yuhui was a teacher at New Oriental，an English﹣language training
June 9，he became a big hit online by selling agricultural products（1）
livestreaming （直播）.Agricultural products，like （2） and vegetables，are from plants
or animals.
Unlike other livestreamers，Dong talked about what he would usually talk about in a
classroom，both in Chinese and English3） it.
"It's very good，"someone says，"I feel like being in a （4） ."That evening，sales
from his livestreaming（5） 15 million yuan，while his video was put on the daily hot list
on popular short﹣video platform Douyin.
New Oriental is finally seeing hope after a year of faced its biggest （6）
after the Ministry of Education introduced a national policy banning （禁止）after﹣school
training last July.
New Oriental finally found a（7） to overcome its difficulty：Selling agricultural
products through livestreaming.
Its struggle gives an inspiration for other organizations that have been badly hit because of
the new fact，several video﹣sharing apps are already planning to attract livestreamers
for agricultural October 2021，at least one app had got1268） tell their viewers
how they were growing fruit and vegetables and attracting more people to buy their products.
There are yoga and boxing teachers，as（9） as carpenters （木匠），who share their
knowledge or skills online and make 's a new way to （10） themselves better.
（1）
（2）
（3）
（4）
（5）
A．against
A．socks
A．loved
A．cinema
A．reached
B．without
B．pencils
B．found
B．classroom
B．lost
C．through
C．knives
C．hated
C．factory
C．reduced
D．behind
D．fruit
D．heard
D．restaurant
D．sold
（6）
（7）
（8）
（9）
（10）
A．challenge
A．house
A．clearly
A．soon
A．suggest
B．chance
B．farmer
B．hardly
B．well
B．treat
C．mistake
C．way
C．mostly
C．fast
C．direct
D．promise
D．place
D．heavily
D．long
D．express
二、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
。
（7.5分）According to legend，tea was first discovered by the Chinese emperor and inventor
Shennong in 2737 B．C..It is said that the emperor liked his drinking water boiled before he
drank it，so that was what his servant did．One day，he and his army stopped to rest．A servant
began boiling water for him to drink，and a dead leaf from the wild tea bush fell into the water．
It turned brown，but it was unnoticed and presented to the emperor anyway．The emperor drank
it and found it very refreshing．and tea came into being．
The origin of tea as a medicine for staying awake is unclear．China is considered to have the
earliest records of tea drinking，with recorded tea use in its history dating back to the first
millennium （千年）B．C．The Han Dynasty （206 B．C．﹣220 A．D．）（618﹣907 A．
D．）．
The Tang Dynasty writer Lu Yu's （729﹣ ﹣804 A．D．） Cha Jing is an early work on the
subject．According to Cha Jing writing，around 760 A．D，tea drinking was very popular．The
book describes how tea plants were grown and how the leaves were processed．It also describes
how tea was developed．The book also discusses where the best tea leaves were produced．
At this time in tea's history，the nature of the drink and style of tea preparation were quite
different from the way we experience today．Tea leaves were processed into the forms of cakes．
The dried teacake，generally called brick tea was placed in a stone mortar （臼）．Hot water was
added to the powdered teacake and then enjoyed as a hot drink．
（11）From the first paragraph，it can be inferred that ．
A．Shennong's servant first discovered tea leaves
B．tea came into being only by accident
C．the emperor was angry at his servant's work
D．the emperor won the battle after drinking tea
（12）What does the underlined "it" in Paragraph 1 refer to？
A．The water．
B．The wild tea bush．
C．The medicine．
D．The teacake．
（13）What was tea probably used for in the Han Dynasty？
A．Keeping one pleased．
B．Making one feel comfortable．
C．Dealing with illness．
D．Helping one stay relaxed．
（14）What can you find in Cha Jing？
A．How to plant tea plants．
B．How to make teacake．
C．How to store the tea．
D．How to tell different kinds of tea．
（15）What's the best title for the passage？
A．Away to prepare tea
B．The person who discovered tea first
C．The early history of tea
D．The nature of tea
（7.5分）Can plants eat people？Probably not，but there are many plants that eat Venus
flytrap is a kind of meat﹣eating plant.
The Venus flytrap grows in wetlands in the Carolinas，the United is not a large
is only about a foot plant has white flowers in spring but it is the plant's leaves that
make it so leaves are like the pages of a can open and close very
the leaves，there are small something like a small insect touches one of
the hairs，the insect becomes its dinner.
The name "Venus flytrap"is not really a good name for this plant because it does not catch
mostly catches spiders，ants，and other insects land on the Venus flytrap
because they can smell something sweet and they think there is food in the Venus
flytrap makes most of its food with sunlight，air and water just like other things like
insects just give it extra nutrition to grow well in wetlands.
In North America，if you want to plant a Venus flytrap at home，you have to buy one from a
special can't take a Venus flytrap from where it grows!There are laws about taking it
out of the wild.
（16）What is the Venus flytrap？
A．It is a kind of plant.
B．It is a kind of animal.
C．It is a kind of food.
D．It is a kind of meat.
（17）What does the Venus flytrap use to catch insects？
A．Its mouth.
B．Its flowers.
C．Its leaves.
D．Its hands.
（18）What is the main idea of Paragraph 3？
A．How the Venus flytrap gets its food.
B．When the Venus flytrap catches the insects.
C．Where the Venus flytrap grows.
D．Why the insects land on the Venus flytrap.
（19）What can we know about the Venus flytrap from the passage？
A．You can't take a Venus flytrap home because it is dangerous.
B．Eating insects makes the Venus flytrap grow well.
C．The Venus flytrap doesn't make food from sunlight，air and water.
D．You can't find the Venus flytrap in wetlands in America.
（20）Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage？
A．
B．
C．
D．
（7.5分）The growing popularity of pre﹣cooked food in China﹣﹣also known as the
readymeals industry has made it a capital darling（资本宠儿）.
In the world's second﹣largest economy，the market for pre﹣prepared dishes has been
mainly driven by caterers（饮食服务商）.But a shift from restaurants to family dining tables in
the past two years（消费）market.
A head of Deloitte Asia﹣Pacific's company，Zhang Tianbing，now says China's pre﹣
prepared food market is likely to have a promising companies in the business of pre﹣
prepared food currently become more mature，while the general consumer market is still in the
process of development.
"Pre﹣prepared dishes meet the preferences of a new generation of consumers for healthier
and more distinctive meals， " Zhang said.
Deloitte China said in a report on Monday that the pre﹣made food market is even larger this
year than during the first two years of the pandemic.
According to the report，China's pre﹣prepared dishes market created about 550 billion yuan
in 2021，with an expected annual growth rate of 13 percent over the next 5 years.
Yin Ping，the mother of a junior high school student，bought several boxes of pre﹣prepared
dishes online last month and was happy with the convenience and taste of the products.
"A dish that can be made in five minutes by simply throwing the ingredients into a pan is so
convenient for me in summer when I tries my best to make yummy meals for the kids in a hot
kitchen，" Yin said. "Although there are still additives （添加剂） in the semi﹣processed food，
which is safer than takeaway food."
However，the quality of pre﹣made dishes in the market is not in the same level，with
problems related to the lack of detailed labelling on such products.
（21）What is Zhang Tianbing's opinion on China's ready﹣meals industry？
A．Doubtful.
B．Optimistic.
C．Neutral.
D．Concerned.
（22）How much will China's pre﹣prepared dishes market created about in 2023 according to
Deloitte China's report？ .
A．550 billion yuan
B．621.5 billion yuan
C．702.3 billion yuan
D．2750 billion yuan
（23）What does the underlined word "distinctive" mean？
A．expensive
B．unusual
C．tasteless
D．common
（24）Which of the following is NOT the reason why Yin Ping was happy with the pre﹣
prepared dishes online？
A．She could make the meal in a short time.
B．There are additives in the in the semi﹣processed food.
C．The pre﹣prepared dishes taste yummy.
D．The pre﹣prepared dishes are safer than takeaway food.
（25）Which of the following statements about the pre﹣made food market in China is NOT
2024年4月28日发(作者：潮向南)
2023-2024学年广东省深圳市南山区九年级（上）期中英语试卷
一、完形填空
（10分）Dong Yuhui was a teacher at New Oriental，an English﹣language training
June 9，he became a big hit online by selling agricultural products（1）
livestreaming （直播）.Agricultural products，like （2） and vegetables，are from plants
or animals.
Unlike other livestreamers，Dong talked about what he would usually talk about in a
classroom，both in Chinese and English3） it.
"It's very good，"someone says，"I feel like being in a （4） ."That evening，sales
from his livestreaming（5） 15 million yuan，while his video was put on the daily hot list
on popular short﹣video platform Douyin.
New Oriental is finally seeing hope after a year of faced its biggest （6）
after the Ministry of Education introduced a national policy banning （禁止）after﹣school
training last July.
New Oriental finally found a（7） to overcome its difficulty：Selling agricultural
products through livestreaming.
Its struggle gives an inspiration for other organizations that have been badly hit because of
the new fact，several video﹣sharing apps are already planning to attract livestreamers
for agricultural October 2021，at least one app had got1268） tell their viewers
how they were growing fruit and vegetables and attracting more people to buy their products.
There are yoga and boxing teachers，as（9） as carpenters （木匠），who share their
knowledge or skills online and make 's a new way to （10） themselves better.
（1）
（2）
（3）
（4）
（5）
A．against
A．socks
A．loved
A．cinema
A．reached
B．without
B．pencils
B．found
B．classroom
B．lost
C．through
C．knives
C．hated
C．factory
C．reduced
D．behind
D．fruit
D．heard
D．restaurant
D．sold
（6）
（7）
（8）
（9）
（10）
A．challenge
A．house
A．clearly
A．soon
A．suggest
B．chance
B．farmer
B．hardly
B．well
B．treat
C．mistake
C．way
C．mostly
C．fast
C．direct
D．promise
D．place
D．heavily
D．long
D．express
二、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
。
（7.5分）According to legend，tea was first discovered by the Chinese emperor and inventor
Shennong in 2737 B．C..It is said that the emperor liked his drinking water boiled before he
drank it，so that was what his servant did．One day，he and his army stopped to rest．A servant
began boiling water for him to drink，and a dead leaf from the wild tea bush fell into the water．
It turned brown，but it was unnoticed and presented to the emperor anyway．The emperor drank
it and found it very refreshing．and tea came into being．
The origin of tea as a medicine for staying awake is unclear．China is considered to have the
earliest records of tea drinking，with recorded tea use in its history dating back to the first
millennium （千年）B．C．The Han Dynasty （206 B．C．﹣220 A．D．）（618﹣907 A．
D．）．
The Tang Dynasty writer Lu Yu's （729﹣ ﹣804 A．D．） Cha Jing is an early work on the
subject．According to Cha Jing writing，around 760 A．D，tea drinking was very popular．The
book describes how tea plants were grown and how the leaves were processed．It also describes
how tea was developed．The book also discusses where the best tea leaves were produced．
At this time in tea's history，the nature of the drink and style of tea preparation were quite
different from the way we experience today．Tea leaves were processed into the forms of cakes．
The dried teacake，generally called brick tea was placed in a stone mortar （臼）．Hot water was
added to the powdered teacake and then enjoyed as a hot drink．
（11）From the first paragraph，it can be inferred that ．
A．Shennong's servant first discovered tea leaves
B．tea came into being only by accident
C．the emperor was angry at his servant's work
D．the emperor won the battle after drinking tea
（12）What does the underlined "it" in Paragraph 1 refer to？
A．The water．
B．The wild tea bush．
C．The medicine．
D．The teacake．
（13）What was tea probably used for in the Han Dynasty？
A．Keeping one pleased．
B．Making one feel comfortable．
C．Dealing with illness．
D．Helping one stay relaxed．
（14）What can you find in Cha Jing？
A．How to plant tea plants．
B．How to make teacake．
C．How to store the tea．
D．How to tell different kinds of tea．
（15）What's the best title for the passage？
A．Away to prepare tea
B．The person who discovered tea first
C．The early history of tea
D．The nature of tea
（7.5分）Can plants eat people？Probably not，but there are many plants that eat Venus
flytrap is a kind of meat﹣eating plant.
The Venus flytrap grows in wetlands in the Carolinas，the United is not a large
is only about a foot plant has white flowers in spring but it is the plant's leaves that
make it so leaves are like the pages of a can open and close very
the leaves，there are small something like a small insect touches one of
the hairs，the insect becomes its dinner.
The name "Venus flytrap"is not really a good name for this plant because it does not catch
mostly catches spiders，ants，and other insects land on the Venus flytrap
because they can smell something sweet and they think there is food in the Venus
flytrap makes most of its food with sunlight，air and water just like other things like
insects just give it extra nutrition to grow well in wetlands.
In North America，if you want to plant a Venus flytrap at home，you have to buy one from a
special can't take a Venus flytrap from where it grows!There are laws about taking it
out of the wild.
（16）What is the Venus flytrap？
A．It is a kind of plant.
B．It is a kind of animal.
C．It is a kind of food.
D．It is a kind of meat.
（17）What does the Venus flytrap use to catch insects？
A．Its mouth.
B．Its flowers.
C．Its leaves.
D．Its hands.
（18）What is the main idea of Paragraph 3？
A．How the Venus flytrap gets its food.
B．When the Venus flytrap catches the insects.
C．Where the Venus flytrap grows.
D．Why the insects land on the Venus flytrap.
（19）What can we know about the Venus flytrap from the passage？
A．You can't take a Venus flytrap home because it is dangerous.
B．Eating insects makes the Venus flytrap grow well.
C．The Venus flytrap doesn't make food from sunlight，air and water.
D．You can't find the Venus flytrap in wetlands in America.
（20）Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage？
A．
B．
C．
D．
（7.5分）The growing popularity of pre﹣cooked food in China﹣﹣also known as the
readymeals industry has made it a capital darling（资本宠儿）.
In the world's second﹣largest economy，the market for pre﹣prepared dishes has been
mainly driven by caterers（饮食服务商）.But a shift from restaurants to family dining tables in
the past two years（消费）market.
A head of Deloitte Asia﹣Pacific's company，Zhang Tianbing，now says China's pre﹣
prepared food market is likely to have a promising companies in the business of pre﹣
prepared food currently become more mature，while the general consumer market is still in the
process of development.
"Pre﹣prepared dishes meet the preferences of a new generation of consumers for healthier
and more distinctive meals， " Zhang said.
Deloitte China said in a report on Monday that the pre﹣made food market is even larger this
year than during the first two years of the pandemic.
According to the report，China's pre﹣prepared dishes market created about 550 billion yuan
in 2021，with an expected annual growth rate of 13 percent over the next 5 years.
Yin Ping，the mother of a junior high school student，bought several boxes of pre﹣prepared
dishes online last month and was happy with the convenience and taste of the products.
"A dish that can be made in five minutes by simply throwing the ingredients into a pan is so
convenient for me in summer when I tries my best to make yummy meals for the kids in a hot
kitchen，" Yin said. "Although there are still additives （添加剂） in the semi﹣processed food，
which is safer than takeaway food."
However，the quality of pre﹣made dishes in the market is not in the same level，with
problems related to the lack of detailed labelling on such products.
（21）What is Zhang Tianbing's opinion on China's ready﹣meals industry？
A．Doubtful.
B．Optimistic.
C．Neutral.
D．Concerned.
（22）How much will China's pre﹣prepared dishes market created about in 2023 according to
Deloitte China's report？ .
A．550 billion yuan
B．621.5 billion yuan
C．702.3 billion yuan
D．2750 billion yuan
（23）What does the underlined word "distinctive" mean？
A．expensive
B．unusual
C．tasteless
D．common
（24）Which of the following is NOT the reason why Yin Ping was happy with the pre﹣
prepared dishes online？
A．She could make the meal in a short time.
B．There are additives in the in the semi﹣processed food.
C．The pre﹣prepared dishes taste yummy.
D．The pre﹣prepared dishes are safer than takeaway food.
（25）Which of the following statements about the pre﹣made food market in China is NOT