常州外国语学校
2024—2025学年第二学期九年级一模考试
英 语
注：以下题目的答案，请全部做在答题纸上。
一、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. —It’s reported that the plastic pollution is seriously harming the global oceans.
—Yes, and I think it will be worse ________ stronger laws are made.
A. since B. until C. after D. unless
2. — What a lovely toy! Where did you get ________? I’d like to buy _________.
— In an online shop.
A. one; it B. it; one C. one; one D. it; it
3. You can’t change who you are by reading a book or change the way you act by watching a video. What_____is what you do, not what you know.
A. includes B. decides C. means D. matters
4. — How can you trust the man like him! He always likes to tell lies.
—I didn’t think he would _________a story to cheat me.
A. put up B. pick up C. make up D. take up
5. —The result we had in the running race is quite ________ our expectation.
—It is your hard work and confidence that lead to success.
A. beyond B. above C. through D. against
6. The coach thinks _____________ of Mary’s sports talents, for she jumped very _____________ at the sports meeting.
A. high, high B. highly, highly C. high, highly D. highly, high
7. I’m so proud that my father knows the history and medical _______ of many plants.
A. price B. wealth C. value D. cost
8. —You don’t know what great difficulty I had ________ to get the two tickets.
—But the music is really worth ________ twice.
A. managing; being listened to B. managing; listening to C. to manage; being listened to D. to manage; listening to
9. —I’m going to give a talk on the Dragon Boat Festival to the exchange students.
—Great! But don’t forget to tell them______.
A. what should they eat at the festival
B. why people enjoy the full moon
C. what kind of race is often held
D. How do people celebrate it
10. —Are you going to try out for the host of the English party?
—________? It is such a good chance to improve my spoken English.
A. What’s up B. Why not C. Why me D. What’s wrong
二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In all the world’s cultures people sing, play instruments, and celebrate with music. It plays such an important role in our lives that people ___11___ much time to its study. Experts are finding that because of the ways our brains deal with music, learning to play an instrument or just listening to music can ___12___ have a large number of benefits.
Music education has received a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can help children improve Maths, science, and language ___13___. One study in Canada followed children’s IQ scores for more than nine months, ___14___ that children who studied music had the ___15___ test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes several important parts of the ___16___, increasing our ability to learn school subjects.
Music is also used for ___17___ purposes, such as the treatment of diseases which influences memory. The secret lies in the way the brain deals with music. That’s ___18___ an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago. For patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s (阿尔兹海默症), listening to music can help wake up ___19___ memories by building up musical pathways to memories.
Studies of the music and brain connection often focus on classical music. One study watched people’s brain activity ___20___ they listened to music by William Boyce. It found that the brain activity was highest during the short breaks between the movements of a piece. During each break, the person’s brain expected what would come next, while organizing what he had just ___21___. This process is similar to the way our brain organizes ___22___. It may explain why classical music can help improve memory.
