江苏省南京市新城中学2025-2026学年九年级上学期9月月考英语试卷

              考试时间：90分钟    满分：100分             2025-9

    第一卷 选择题（共40分）

一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. Last year, he tried out ___________ our school football team and the coach took notice   ___________ him.

A. of; of    B. of; for    C. for; of                                          D. for; for             

2. ----I think it’s impossible for us to work out the plan in just two days. It’s too difficult.

----You’re right. We can’t be ___________ serious while working on it.  

1. so    B. very    C. too   D. more

3. Life ___________ ups and downs. Don’t lose heart and keep moving.

1. is made up of  B. is made of   C. is made by  D. is made from             

4. ----Why haven’t you asked her to come here?

----She ________ an important experiment when I found her and she ___________ it.

1. is doing; didn’t finish     B. did; wouldn’t finish

C. was doing; hasn’t finished    D. has done; hasn’t finished

5. ----Where is Millie? I haven’t seen her for a long time.

----She ___________ the USA and she ___________ New York for two months.

A. has been to; has been in     B. has gone to; has been in             

C. has been in; has been to     D. has gone to; has been to             

6. ----Must I return the book this week, Ms. Li?

----No, you ___________. You can ___________ it for another week.

1. needn’t; keep  B. needn’t; borrow  C. mustn’t; borrow               D. mustn’t; keep

7. ----People’s social customs and habits are ___________ by their cultures. Do you think so? ----Yes. So we should behave properly when we are abroad.

A. included   B. impressed   C. influenced                             D. introduced             

8. ----My train to Shanghai leaves at half past three this afternoon.

----Oh, you have just one hour to go to the station. Hurry up, ___________ you’ll miss your train.

1. and    B. but    C. so                              D. or             

9. If we want to improve spoken English, more attention should ___________ to our pronunciation.

A. pay    B. be paid   C. paying                             D. be paying             

10. ----How do you like Nanjing Library?

----Wonderful! I’m quite satisfied with the high ___________ of its service.

1. cost      B. value                

C. standard     D. price 

11. ----Would you please tell me something about the film Nobody?

----Of course. It’s an interesting film based on Journey to the West. ___________ I ___________ my brother likes watching it very much.

1. both; and     B. Neither; nor  

C. Either; or     D. Not only; but also

12. ----Although my grandma is eighty years old, she is always in the pink.

----Yes. Because she has a balanced diet and likes exercise. The underlined phrase “in the pink” means “___________”.

1. patient   B. organized   C. healthy  D. generous             

13. ----I made many mistakes in the exam. I won’t be so careless again.

----___________. Why not correct the mistakes right now?

A. Every dog has its day   B. Actions speak louder than words 

C. It never rains but it pours   D. Many hands make light work 

14. ----Could you please tell me ___________ a meeting in Jinling Centre tomorrow?

----Yes, sure. I’ve got everything ready,

A. if was there going to be   B. whether there is going to have 

C. whether is there going to be  D. if there is going to be 

15.  ----Oh, dear! I have broken your glass.

----___________! I don’t like it anyway.

1. Never mind B. I can’t agree more   C. No way   D. That’s not the case

 

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Everyone has got two personalities-one that is shown to the world and ____16____ that secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control ____17____ but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your ____18____ positions. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.

If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are ____19____ influenced by new ideas. You don’t like to make people unhappy, so you never ____20____ your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very ____21____.

If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you’re always easily becoming sad. You ____22____ want to change your ideas, and you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not tomorrow.

If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from ____23____ so you are very defensive. You’re shy and you don’t usually like meeting people. You like to be ____24____.

If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You’re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel ____25____, but you don’t often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry.

 

16. A. another   B. other    C. the other                D. others             

17. A. myself   B. yourself   C. himself                D. herself             

18. A. sleepy   B. asleep    C. sleeping                              D. sleep

19. A. easily   B. easy    C. hard                 D. hardly

20. A. tell   B. keep    C. say                 D. express

21. A. modest    B. energetic    C. confident    D. curious

22. A. never   B. sometimes   C. often    D. usual

23. A. been hurt    B. be hurt     C. being hurting    D. being hurt

24. A. by your own B. on your own  C. all by yourselves D. by alone 

25. A. worry   B. worrying   C. worried                D. worries

 

三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。  

A

26. Who is the text probably written for?

A. Kids.   B. Teachers.   C. Parents.                             D. Researchers.

27. How can we skip a stone better?

A. Find moving water.     B. Skip the stone at a proper angle.             

C. Pick a thick round stone.    D. Throw the stone hard and quickly.             

28. In which part of a magazine will we probably read this passage?

A. Story Land  B. Study Problems  C. Fun Science  D. Sports Stars

 

B

Eleven of the world’s languages have at least one hundred million native (本土的) speakers. The biggest are Chinese, English, Spanish, Arabic and Hindi. Next come Portuguese, Bengali, Russian, Japanese, French and German. But the world has about seven thousand languages. As many as half of these may be at risk of disappearing by the end of this century. That would mean one language dies every two weeks.