吉林省榆树市部分学校2025-2026学年度第二学期5月份阶段学情自测九年级英语试题

2025-2026学年度第二学期5月份月考九年级英语

一、基础知识（共10分）

Ⅰ.单项选择。（10分）

1. The boy is good at playing ______ piano. Lang Lang is his hero.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

2. Each student in my class needs an English dictionary so I have to buy ______, too.

A. some B. any C. them D. one

3. —Do you have any plans for the summer vacation?

—I’m not sure. I ______ travel to Shanghai Disneyland.

A. must B. might C. have to D. can’t

4. You have to be ______ and wait until I finish my work. It won’t be long.

A. patient B. strict C. honest D. active

5. —Where is your father?

—He ______ in the park.

A. was running B. ran C. is running D. runs

6. The forest park is very big—it ________ three quarters of the area.

A. puts up B. picks up C. sets up D. takes up

7. Every day, too much water ______ in our school. We should save it.

A. wastes B. is wasted C. wasted D. was wasted

8. —______ is his home from school?

—About 3 kilometers.

A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How soon

9. —Do you know ________ for England?

—Last Sunday morning.

A. when she leaves B. when does she leave

C. when she left D. when did she leave

10. —Excuse me, could you please show me how to use this new mobile phone?

—______.

A. Certainly! It’s here B. Yes, you can

C. Sure, with pleasure D. That’s all right

二、阅读（共50分）

Ⅱ.完形填空。（15分）

阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Why do people die? Where do they go after ____11____? Will I myself die one day? Some of you may have thought about these ____12____. You even feel a little ____13____ about this topic. But we actually have a festival celebrating death.

Zhongyuan Festival, or China’s ____14____ Festival, fell on August 25 this year. During this ____15____ Chinese festival, people celebrate the dead and their spirits. It usually falls on the 15th day of the seventh month on the ____16____ lunar calendar.

On this day, families light bonfires (篝火) and lanterns to ____17____ the dead find their way home. But at the same time, living people are not supposed to go out that night ____18____ they believe ghosts may hurt them.

This shows how Chinese people ____19____ death. On the one hand, we take it seriously, but on the other hand, it is seen as a taboo (禁忌) topic. We are told not to talk about death in public, ____20____ it could bring bad luck.

But death does not have to be a ____21____ topic if you set your field of view to the whole world.

Halloween in the US and the Day of the Dead in Mexico ____22____ celebrate death and ghosts. The tone (基调) of these festivals, however, is mostly ____23____. It seems people in these countries hold a different view toward death than we do. Instead of ____24____ death, they accept it.

Death is a scary thing. But we also need to ____25____ that it is a natural part of life. It can remind us to value our own time on Earth, and encourage us to live our best lives.

11. A. school B. death C. birth D. graduation

12. A. questions B. suggestions C. expressions D. experiences

13. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. scared D. surprised

14. A. Ghost B. Spring C. Mid-autumn D. Dragon Boat

15. A. educational B. personal C. proper D. traditional

16. A. Japanese B. Chinese C. American D. Australian

17. A. raise B. separate C. report D. help

18. A. so B. though C. because D. but

19. A. think about B. put off C. give up D. stick to

20. A. in order that B. so that C. even if D. as if

21. A. heavy B. popular C. harmful D. humorous

22. A. hardly B. also C. seldom D. only

23. A. thankful B. painful C. joyful D. useful

24. A. forgetting B. fearing C. memorizing D. overcoming

25. A. guess B. mind C. understand D. examine

Ⅲ.阅读理解。（35分）

（A）

A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.

One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where lo plant it.

He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come al night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.

Finally he planted the tree in his woods (树林) where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference?” the farmer said angrily."If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit.”

"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed (抢夺) everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (摧毁) a good apple tree!"

26. What did the farmer's friend give him one day?

A. An apple.

B. Some apples.

C. A young tree.

D. Some young trees.

27. Why didn't the farmer want to plant the tree in his field?

A. He thought strangers would steal the fruit.

B. He thought the tree would die.