2024—2025学年第二学期5月素养调研
九年级 英语
2025年5月
注意事项：
1.本试卷满分100分，考试时间100分钟；
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一、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Some old Chinese inventions have won wide popularity around the world. Recently, a British woman used an ancient Chinese invention to help her son ____1____ with a maths problem.
Dr. Mantri was taught ____2____ to use an abacus (算盘) to solve maths problems when she was young. After noticing that her son Dhruv had great difficulty with maths, she started using the same ancient Chinese tool to help him after school.
“My son was in Grade 5 when I noticed he was ____3____ in maths.”said Dr. Mantri, “I would ask him something very easy like‘35 -13 =?’, ____4____ he couldn’t work it out.”
“I never thought I would teach him to use such an old tool until I realized I could try the Chinese abacus. It is a useful ____5____ to help kids better understand numbers and basic calculations(计算). Very soon I saw the results. After six days, Dhruv started to make progress ____6____ with the help of the abacus.He even performed with the abacus at a school meeting where some parents came to ____7____ advice on using it to help their kids.”
Known as the fifth invention of ancient China, Chinese abacus is also ____8____ as the earliest computer. It helped people solve many maths problems in ancient China. As long as you ____9____ the rules, you can easily use it. Sometimes, just move one bead (算珠), then another bead, and you will get the ____10____. What a magic tool!
So far, the Chinese abacus has been listed into Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物质文化遗产) for 11 years ever since 2013.
1. A. deal B. connect C. agree D. compare
2. A. what B. how C. where D. when
3. A. weak B. interested C. talented D. successful
4. A. so B. and C. but D. nor
5. A. sign B. report C. method D. symbol
6. A. politely B. loudly C. bravely D. rapidly
7. A. care for B. leave for C. ask for D. pay for
8. A. counted B. confirmed C. complained D. considered
9. A. repeat B. reuse C. remind D. remember
10. A. ability B. award C. answer D. attention
二、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
A
11. This is probably a page taken from ________.
A. a poster B. a comic book C. an advertisement D. an instruction
12. The boy without glasses may end up with ________.
A. $0 B. $15 C. $20 D. $60
13. What can we learn from the pictures?
A. Don’t buy expensive things. B. Don’t lend money to others.
C. Learn to make good friends. D. Learn to manage money well.
