北京市东直门中学2025-2026学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

北京市东直门中学2025—2026学年度第一学期期中考试

初三英语

2025.11

命题人：初三英语备课组     审题人：初三英语备课组

考试时间：90分钟     总分：60分

第一部分

一、单项填空（共12小题，每题0.5分，共6分）

1. —Dad, my computer doesn't work. May I use ________?

—Sure.

A. mine B. yours C. his D. hers

2. We often have a family meeting ________ Monday evenings.

A. on B. of C. in D. at

3. —Alice, ________ did you start to play the piano?

—At the age of five.

A. when B. why C. where D. how

4. It’s eight o’clock now. The students ________ to the teacher carefully in class.

A. listen B. will listen C. are listening D. were listening

5. —Betty ________ on a Silk Road trip last year.

—Really? It must be a wonderful trip.

A. go B. went C. will go D. have gone

6. She never stops trying, ________ she is making great progress.

A. or B. but C. and D. if

7. In order to catch up with her classmates, Lily works ________ than before.

A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. the hardest

8. If there ________ anything I can do to help, please let me know.

A. is B. will be C. was D. has been

9. Mr. Johnson met an old friend when he ________ down the street.

A. walks B. is walking C. will walk D. was walking

10. I ________ that movie several times, and I still want to see it again.

A. see B. saw C. am seeing D. have seen

11. Many houses ______ by the earthquake and thousands of people were left homeless.

A. damaged B. were damaged

C. were damaging D. are damaged

12. —Can you tell me ________ last summer vacation?

—Sure, I went to Shanghai.

A. where did you go B. where you went C. where will you go D. where you will go

二、完形填空（共8小题，每题1分，共8分）

Before my trip to the mountains I used to be a homebody. I felt completely ____13____ spending weeks or even months—in my hometown or sometimes even on my block—without going anywhere. I could be quite satisfied by watching The Discovery and National Geographic Channels.

The situation ____14____ when one day David, my best friend, rushed into my room and talked me into joining him on his journey to the Rocky Mountains. We set off five days later.

This was my first time in the mountains. ____15____, the weather was foggy most of the time, and the higher we got into the mountains, the less clearly we could see. On the first day, we were making our way along the foothills; but the next day, we started to climb one of the peaks. ____16____ the path was rough and steep, I still pushed myself to go faster and ended up ____17____ long before we got to the top.

When we finally got there, nothing had really changed. The same fog was nearly covering everything. I felt so disappointed, because I had, during the whole course of climbing, ____18____ to see the view from above and perhaps to be able to take some photos. We spent a couple of hours on the top, and decided to turn back, when the wind suddenly ____19____ the fog, and the valley below unfolded in front of us. The place we were standing on was brightened with the sun. I saw a fantastic panorama (全景图) in front of me, and for some moments I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was so amazing that I realized I couldn’t help looking forward to the next trip to the mountains.

The next day we returned—my ____20____ started to hurt so badly that I could hardly walk. But every time I felt an ache, I remembered the feeling of being high above, with my head touching the skies and the clouds swimming below.

13. A. stressed B. comfortable C. bored D. strange

14. A. changed B. remained C. worsened D. repeated

15 A. Undoubtedly B. Immediately C. Unnaturally D. Unfortunately

16. A. Unless B. While C. Until D. As

17. A. burning out B. turning out C. breaking out D. figuring out

18. A. expected B. managed C. offered D. learned

19. A. faded B. spread C. thickened D. lifted

20. A. arms B. legs C. hands D. eyes

三、阅读理解（共13题，每题2分，共26分）

A

____21____ Cathy is interested in outer space. She wants to learn something about other planets. ____22____ Jimmy loves helping others. He wants to help new friends get to know the community. ____23____ William often spends his free time reading stories He wants to improve his reading skills.	A. The Story Channel In this project, students build their reading skills. Students work in teams to choose stories, plan and produce their dramatic readings as video stories for a class Storytime Channel.
	B. Welcome to the Neighborhood! In this project, students create a shared newcomer’s guide to important places in the neighborhood around their community. They create maps and write descriptions of the places in the guide.
	C. Journey to the Red Planet In this project, students explore the history of space travel and the science of Mars exploration. They use the engineering design process to find problems related to Mars exploration.
	D. Taking Care of Our Environment In this project, students work in teams to solve environmental problems. They design tools that can help their teams solve the problems and develop training materials that teach others how to use the tools.

 

B

From Nobody to Somebody

Brian was a funny student. He loved watching comedies best and hoped to become a comedy actor one day.

When he heard about the talent show to be held at his school, Brian decided to take part in it. He had never