四川省绵阳市三台博强外国语学校2025-2026学年九年级上学期开学考试英语试题

三台博强外国语学校·2025年秋九年级假期学情调研

英 语

（考试时间100分钟，满分120分）

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共70分）

第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

World Book Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, On 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world. Here are some books for you bookworms.

	Cao Xueqin wrote The Story of the Stone. He lived in the Qing Dynasty. The book is one of the greatest works of Chinese novels. It describes the fall of a noble family and the love stories of some young people. Wang Pulin turned it into a TV series in 1987. Price:￥129.5
	Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written by Luo Guanzhong. It tells the story of the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan have become famous names among Chinese people. It was made into a TV series in 1994 and also translated (翻译) into English. Price:￥92.5
	Water Margin was written by Shi Nai’an. For different reasons, a group of people went to Mount Liang. The novel has a great influence on narrative literature (叙事文学) in China and even East Asia. American writer Pearl Buck translated it into English. Zhang Shaolin made it into a TV series in 1998. Price:￥90
	Wu Cheng’en completed Journey to the West in the 16th century. The book introduces the amazing experience of Xuanzang and his three disciples (徒弟) in the Tang Dynasty. On the way to the west, they helped each other to fight against difficulties. A unique artistic palace of Journey to the West has been built with the rich and strange artistic imagination, the wonderful story plots, the lifelike (栩栩如生的) characters and the humorous language.

Director Yang Jie made it into a TV series in 1986. Price:￥99

 

1. The underlined word “bookworms” in paragraph 1 means________.

A. the people who sell books

B. the people who loving writing books

C. the people who make comments on books

D. the people who spend much time reading books

2. How much should you pay if you want to buy Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin?

A. ￥92.5. B. ￥90. C. ￥182.5. D. ￥129.5.

3. What can we know about Journey to the West?

A. It is full of rich and strange artistic imagination.

B. We can buy it for 90 dollars.

C. It was completed in the 17th century.

D. It influences narrative literature a lot.

4. Which of the following TV series could people watch in 1988?

A. The Story of the Stone and Water Margin.

B. The Story of the Stone and Journey to the West.

C. Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.

D. Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West.

5. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To introduce four great Chinese books.

B. To introduce some famous Chinese writers.

C. To encourage foreigners to buy some Chinese books.

D. To give tips on choosing some famous Chinese books.

B

Connor Halsa is a 15-year-old boy. One day, he caught a wallet while fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods. Connor opened the wallet and found there was some money in it. He showed everyone the wallet. Then they took out the money and put it all on the ground to make it dry.

There was a total of $2,000 inside the wallet. “My dad said we should give the wallet back to the owner. We did it. We found a business card in the wallet and called the number. At last, we got in touch with the owner, who was a farmer named Jim Denney,” Connor said.

A month ago, Jim Denney was fishing in the same lake. His wallet slipped (滑落) out of his pocket and fell into the water. He didn’t even realize it was missing until he had to pay for the boat trip. But he gave up looking for the wallet because the lake was so huge that it was nearly impossible to find the wallet.

Jim Denney made the trip to meet Connor and his family. “To thank them, I tried to give them some money, but they refused,” he said.

6. What was Connor doing when he found the wallet?

A. Enjoying the boat trip. B. Fishing with his family.

C. Playing on the ground. D. Camping by the huge lake.

7. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指代) in Paragraph 2?

A. Calling the owner. B. Showing the wallet to everyone.

C. Returning the wallet to the owner. D. Counting all the money in the wallet.

8. How did Connor and his family find the owner of the wallet?

A. With the help of a farmer. B. With the help of the police.

C. With the help of the Internet. D. With the help of a business card.

9. What can we learn about Jim Denney in Paragraph 3?

A. He slipped and fell into the lake.

B. He went to the lake two months ago.

C. He didn’t know when his wallet was missing.

D. He tried his best to look for the wallet in the lake.

10. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. The Story of a Wallet B. The Story of a Boat

C. The Story of a Fisherman D. The Story of a Farmer

C

Pang Zhongwang’s life started with great difficulties. Born in a poor village in Hebei, his father had a mental illness, and his mother had a serious birth illness that left her unable to walk. What was worse, Pang himself was born with a heart problem. However, these things never broke his spirit.

After school each day, while other teenagers played, Pang went out to collect waste. He saved every cent to