江苏苏州园区星湾学校2025-2026学年第二学期5月中考第二次教学调研 九年级英语试卷

**基本信息** 2025-2026学年九年级英语二模卷，以祖孙下棋温情故事、盲盒旅行动态热点等鲜活素材，融合语言能力与思维品质考查，适配中考要求。 **题型特征** |题型|题量/分值|知识覆盖|命题特色| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |完形填空|10/10|动词/连词等词汇|通过祖孙下棋故事考查语境理解，渗透情感沟通（文化意识）| |阅读理解|15/30|细节理解/推理判断|结合薄荷油制作（实践）、水银温度计替代（环保科技），培养信息获取与批判性思维（语言能力、思维品质）| |词汇运用|13/13|动词/介词等|融入唐代“空调”设计等古代科技，体现文化传承（文化意识）| |书面表达|1/25|话题写作|以“骐骥精神”为主题，引导价值观表达，提升综合语言运用（思维品质、文化意识）|

2025-2026学年第二学期5月中考第二次教学调研 九年级英语试卷 一、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Mom told me I had to stay with Grandpa for an hour and a half while she was out. “I can’t stay with Grandpa that long! It’s just uncomfortable around him.” I complained. But Mom said he was just sad since Grandma died. Besides, it wasn’t a big deal to stay with him for a couple of hours. After she said that, I knew the 1 was over. We drove straight to Grandpa’s in an uncomfortable silence. The moment we got there, Mom opened the door and let us in. I saw Grandpa sitting close to the TV 2 even turning to look at us. Mom got me settled and kissed us goodbye. After Mom left, I worked on my homework while Grandpa 3 watching television. We looked up at each other now and then but said nothing. Grandpa noticed me packing up when I finished my homework. He suggested we watch TV together, but nothing was to my taste. The silence 4 . I sat on the sofa, trying to get comfortable, when my foot nudged (碰) something under the sofa. Curious, I 5 and pulled out a wooden box. “Oh, my chess set,” Grandpa said. “Do you play?” “No.” I said. “Well,” he said, “we’ve got some time. Maybe I can show you 6 to play.” He opened the box and began explaining the pieces and how they moved on the board. We practiced many times. He just corrected me and let me try again. I was surprised at how 7 he taught me. Finally, we started our first game. Grandpa talked me through every move, explaining what might happen next. This was a big 8 because I could think carefully about every move. But I was still new to the game, and he beat me in just nine moves. I was embarrassed (尴尬的) by how easily he beat me. We kept playing, and each game lasted a little longer before Grandpa won. Even though I kept losing, I felt 9 of how far I had come. When Mom came back, she was surprised to see us playing chess together. Grandpa said I had learned a lot. I thanked him and asked if we could play again sometime. He looked up and smiled — a smile that lit up the whole room. In that moment, chess was not just a game, but a bridge that 10 Grandpa and me. 1. A. speech  B. report  C. interview  D. conversation 2. A. except  B. without  C. including  D. beyond 3. A. continued  B. minded  C. missed  D. considered 4. A. changed  B. ended  C. returned  D. reduced 5. A. fell down  B. reached down  C. slowed down  D. sat down 6. A. what  B. when  C. why  D. how 7. A. directly  B. regularly  C. patiently  D. quietly 8. A. help  B. problem  C. difference  D. failure 9. A. related  B. proud  C. tired  D. afraid 10. A. discovered  B. controlled  C. compared  D. connected 二、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A Are mosquitoes driving you crazy? This summer, make some mint oil to drive them away! Mosquitoes are awful. They seem to be everywhere and may bite you badly. This makes mint (薄荷) oil a perfect gift for your family and friends in summer. This weekend, you can try making mint oil FOR FREE. Time: 9:00 a.m.—11:50 a.m. Saturday (July 5) Place: Riverside Community Center Please note: ♡ We’ll get all the tools and materials ready. ♡ We accept at least 20 and at most 40 people. ♡ First come, first served. ♡ To book a place for the activity, please call Lucy at 345878 by 7:00 p.m. Friday. For those who would like to practice it at home, here are the steps: ✧ Cut up the mint. Put it into a bottle with olive (橄榄) oil. ✧ Cover the bottle and place it in hot water. ✧ When the water cools down, move the bottle to a warm area and leave it there for at least two hours. ✧ Pour the mixture onto a thin piece of cotton cloth on top of a dark bottle. Let the oil go through the cloth into the bottle. Now you get your homemade mint oil. 11. How many people can take part in the activity? A. 19  B. 45  C. 50  D. 32 12. What is the right order of the steps? A. ①→②→④→③  B. ③→②→①→④  C. ③→②→④→①  D. ②→④→③→① 13. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To recommend a product. B. To survey the users of a product. C. To report the success of an activity. D. To introduce an activity. B Have you ever seen the silver line inside a mercury thermometer (水银温度计) that many families used years ago? It was a common tool at home. However, the mercury thermometer has become a thing of the past. Because a full ban (禁令) on the production of mercury thermometers has been in effect this year since January 1. Why is mercury dangerous? The main reason for this ban is safety. Mercury is a kind of highly toxic (有毒的) metal. It is the only metal that is liquid (液体) at room temperature. If a thermometer breaks, the mercury inside forms small, silver drops on the ground. These beads evaporate (蒸发) quickly into the air, which is very dangerous to breathe in. Even small amounts can be harmful, especially to children. Risks of using mercury thermometers These thermometers need to be shaken hard before use to put the mercury back down. If you shake them too hard, hit them against an object, or accidentally drop them, the glass can break easily. The mercury will leak out, which is a health risk. Safer and better alternatives (替代物) Now, there are many safe and good alternatives. Doctors say the most common choices now are digital thermometers and infrared (红外线的) thermometers. These include non-contact body thermometers and contact ear thermometers. One big advantage of electronic thermometers is their speed. A mercury thermometer needs about 10 minutes to get a temperature reading, while an electronic one gives results in seconds. It is much more convenient. So, giving up using mercury thermometers is a certain trend (趋势). It is a good change for our health and the environment. 14. When did people stop producing mercury thermometers? A. January 1, 2025  B. February 1, 2026  C. January 1, 2026  D. February 1 2025 15. What does the underlined phrase “leak out” most probably mean? A. flow out  B. put out  C. take out  D. turn out 16. What can we infer from the passage? A. Mercury is harmless to little children. B. Electronic thermometers are much safer. C. Shaking a mercury thermometer hard makes it safer to use. D. Electronic thermometers need about ten minutes to get a result 17. What is the passage mainly about? A. How to use mercury thermometers correctly. B. Why mercury thermometers are replaced. C. The history of mercury thermometers. D. The development of China’s laws on thermometers. C Finding a snail? Catching it? Easy — they hardly move! To tell the truth, I wasn’t raised to be a fan of snails. Having a grandmother as a gardener, my brother and I were taught from a young age that if we see a snail on a plant, we should pick it away. But as I’ve grown older, my view on snails has changed. They bring me a different kind of happiness. The first time I saw snails as more than just pests was in my garden. A small snail, carrying a hard round shell on its back, moved slowly toward a half-open flower bud and explored it. After a while, the bud bloomed. Watching the snail carefully touching the flower with its tentacles (触角) reminded me of the lyric “Snails see the beauty in every inch.” At that moment, I realized it takes life slowly but seriously. Another time, I noticed a little snail moving by. I quickly picked up the snail and placed it in my hand. Accidentally, a few drops of water dripped onto the snail. It was scared by the sudden wetness and quickly housed back into its shell. I thought it would hide inside for at least a couple of minutes, but shortly after that, the snail poked its head out again. It was not just hiding but adjusting. It’s not just the snail’s movements that make it a symbol of peace, but also its sense of knowing when to re-enter the exciting life. Once, having difficulty with my career, I was walking outside the office on a hot summer day. On my way back, it started to rain. When the raindrops wet the soil, some little friends appeared everywhere. After waiting patiently for the rain, they energetically get up and go. It was also the right moment for me to start over. So, what is the secret to living like snails? It’s not about being sluggish. It’s about being snailish. 18. What did the writer think of snails when she was young? A. They were interesting treasures in the garden. B. They were harmful to plants and should be killed. C. They were symbols of peace and calm. D. They were too slow to be noticed. 19. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Snails move slowly and like beautiful things. B. Snails can see small things clearly. C. Snails take their time to discover beauty around them. D. Snails spend all their time looking for beauty. 20. Which is true about snails? A. Snails prefer hot summer days. B. Snails are afraid of water and will hide for a long time. C. Snails live a slow and boring life every day. D. Snails are able to get used to new situations. 21. How can we live a “snailish” life? A. We must stay away from danger in our life. B. We can do almost everything as slowly as snails do. C. We should stay calm and know when to move forward. D. We had better wait for others' help when in trouble. D (After arriving at her uncle Mr. Craven’s huge house, Mary Lennox felt lonely.) At first, each day was the same for Mary. Every morning, she woke up and ate breakfast alone. She looked out at the huge moor (荒野), which seemed to stretch (伸展) in all directions. She had nothing to do and no one to play with. But after a few days of staying outside, something began to change. One morning, she felt hungry for the first time. She ate up her porridge and even started to enjoy being outside. One day, she walked down a long path with empty flowerbeds on both sides. Against the wall, ivy (常春藤) grew thickly. At one part of the wall, the dark green ivy leaves were thicker than those in other places. She stopped to look up at the ivy, which was blowing in the wind. Then she saw old Ben’s robin (知更鸟) on the top of the wall. He was looking at her with his small head on one side. “Oh!” she cried. “Is that you?” She spoke as if he would understand and answer. And he did. He sang and jumped along the wall. Mary laughed and ran after him. “I like you!” she cried. At last, the robin flew to a tree on the other side of the wall and sang loudly. “It’s in the garden no one can go into,” she said to herself. “It’s the garden without a door. He lives there. How I wish I could see what it is like!” She looked closely at the wall but found no door. That night, Mary asked Martha, “Why does Mr. Craven hate the garden?” “It was Mrs. Craven’s garden. She loved it. But one day she fell off a tree and died. Mr. Craven was so sad that he locked the door and buried the key. No one has gone in since then,” Martha said quietly. Mary felt sorry for him. As she sat by the fire, she heard the wind outside, then something else. “Do you hear someone crying?” she looked confused and asked. “No, it’s just the wind,” Martha answered. (But Mary was not so sure...) 22. What happened to Mary after she stayed outside for a few days? A. She began to feel lonely. B. She wanted to stay inside. C. She started to enjoy herself. D. She became much quieter. 23. Which picture shows that the robin led Mary to the garden? 24. Why did Mr. Craven lock the garden and bury the key? A. Because he wanted to keep the garden a secret. B. Because he was too sad to enter it after his wife died. C. Because he didn’t want anyone to see the fallen tree. D. Because he planned to build something new there. 25. How did Mary’s feelings change through the story? A. Bored→relaxed→excited→scared. B. Lonely→relaxed→scared→sorry. C. Lonely→joyful→curious→confused. D. Relaxed→bored→curious→confused. 三、信息还原（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） As teenagers, you have many dreams. 26 Or they can be small. For example, you may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real? “Follow Your Heart” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you are not very good at some school subjects. 27 “These kinds of thoughts may stop you from getting your dream,” the book says. In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. 28 Do this often and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, made of many small dreams. You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. 29 You won’t achieve your dream if you don’t stick to it. 30 Studying instead of watching TV will bring you better exam results. While saving five yuan instead of buying an ice-cream means you can buy a new book. This way will help you get closer to your dream day by day. A. Giving up is the last thing you should do. B. Don’t let it leave your heart, and keep telling yourself what you want. C. These dreams can be very big, like being a scientist. D. You need to decide what is the most important. E. Or you may think that it is impossible for you to become a great person. F. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. G. Why do you need a dream? 四、词汇运用（共13小题；每小题1分，满分13分） A) 根据下列句子所给汉语注释或首字母，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。 31. After living in this village for over a decade, he was used to ________ (点头) to greet every villager. 32. In ancient times, knowledge was ________ (传播) by word of mouth. 33. The new neighbour’s flat is ________ (在……上面) ours on the top floor. 34. The problem will be discussed in ________ (细节) in the next chapter. 35. Though the teacher’s face was filled with anger, the brave girl looked s________ into his eyes without looking away. 36. To prepare for the exam, not a s________ student is late for school these days. 37. The sudden l________ of the pet dog left the old man in deep sadness for weeks. 38. U________ you try to lose weight to please yourself, it will be hard to stick to the goal. B) 认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选出适当的单词或者短语，在答题卡标有序号的横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。 fall from, ice, create, on the top of, build Ancient China had a special collection of “black technology”. These amazing inventions show how Chinese people created solutions to improve their lives and explore science. To begin with, Chinese people made an object called a biangjian to enjoy cool food during the hot summer. It had two containers (容器)—an outer one for 39 and an inner one for fruits or drinks. This 40 design allowed people to enjoy cool food and acted much like a fridge. Not only did they have fridges, but they also had “air conditioners”. Actually, it was “central air conditioning”. During the Tang Dynasty, the Hanliang Hall in the Daming Palace 41 near the water. It had a clever way to stay cool. Workers put water pipes 42 the building and a large waterwheel lifted water up there. The cool water moved around through the pipes and then 43 all sides of the hall. This imaginative method made the inside of the hall cool and turned it into the “air conditioning” hall. 五、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） About 160 years ago, the Austrian scientist Mendel did many important experiments (实验) with pea 44 (plant). After eight years of careful research, he finally discovered the basic (基本的) rules of inheritance (遗传). This helped him make great progress in the study of biology. But for the next hundred years, people still didn’t know why some pea plants were tall 45 some were short. Then, 46 (amaze) news came! A group of international scientists worked together and found more. This team 47 (lead) by two great scientists, Cheng Shifeng from China and Noel Ellis from the UK. They shared information from their experiments, talked about problems, and tried different ways to solve these problems. The scientists used modern scientific tools to look at Mendel’s 1865 experiments again. They wanted to learn 48 (much) about the genetic (基因的) changes. So, after 2019, they grew more than 700 kilograms of peas from Britain in China. They built special greenhouses to study the plants. Finally, they discovered the changes in pea genetics. What 49 great success they achieved! Cheng Shifeng, the group’s lead scientist said, “Mendel found out the rules of inheritance many years ago, but he didn’t know what a gene was and how it worked. Now we can see the changes 50 (clear) from the study.” Scientists once tried to explain why some pods (豆荚) are green and 51 (other) are yellow. This study has found out some secrets about genes in DNA. The genes can change the colors of peas. This study shows that 52 modern scientific tools, nowadays we can understand the genetic world better. It’s a great example of how we keep 53 (work) out the mysteries of nature. 六、阅读表达（共3小题；54题2分，55题2分，56题3分，满分7分） Travel is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get, especially when using a blind box plane ticket. Earlier this year, blind box travel became popular among China’s young people. What is blind box travel? After buying a blind box at a low price—usually 100 or 200 yuan, the travelers using this method will only choose their departure airport. Then they receive several destinations and choose where to go. After the destination is decided, their trip begins. Why is blind box travel helpful? Young people, especially students, enjoy new things. They look forward to exploring the unknown. Blind box travel can meet their needs. Young people can afford blind box travel and they like cheap flights and hotels. Young people don’t have to make difficult choices. Going out alone usually costs too much and too many people don’t know where to go. However, the blind box directly offers me a few destinations, which makes me feel wonderful, and it’s cheap. I have a new experience! —Cheng, 17 My friend used to say Changsha was a city with no fun. This summer vacation I bought a ticket through Blind Box Travel and went there alone. To my surprise, besides the food, the old house and the modern tall buildings made me amazed. I have a new understanding of Changsha. —Liao, 16 How can you have a safe blind box travel? - Choose famous apps or websites. You should choose famous apps or websites because strangers may cheat you online. Make sure that laws can protect you from unnecessary danger. - ________ Even if you’re going to have a blind box trip, you can’t be completely unprepared. You must plan your trip carefully. These plans include your meals, hotels and daily routes. - Ask people for help. When you are in trouble, you can turn to your travel agency or lawyer for help. They can provide professional advice for you. 54. What’s the best subtitle of the blank? 55. What influence does a blind box trip have on Cheng and Liao? 56. What do you think of blind box travel? Why? 七、书面表达（共1小题；满分25分） 你校九年级级部宣言为“骐骥驰骋，势不可挡”。“骐骥”并非实指骏马，而是一种激励青少年奋进的精神象征。它可以是面对困难时的不轻言放弃，是日复一日中的默默坚持，是在纷繁挑战中从容化解困境的智慧。请你以“The Power of Qiji”为题，写一篇英语短文。 内容包含： 1. “骐骥驰骋，势不可挡”这句话对你而言意味着什么？ 2. 生活中，在骐骥精神的引领下，你是如何“驰骋”前行，获得了怎样“势不可挡”的力量？ 3. 这种力量给你一种什么样的感受？ 注意：词数100，题目已给出，不计入总词数；参考词汇：gallop v 疾驰 The Power of Qiji To me, “Qiji galloping, unstoppable” means that _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 九年级二模参考答案 一、完形填空 1. D  2. B  3. A  4. C  5. B 6. D  7. C  8. A  9. B  10. D 二、阅读理解 11. D  12. C  13. D 14. C  15. A  16. B  17. B 18. B  19. C  20. D  21. C 22. C  23. D  24. B  25. C 三、信息还原 26. C  27. E  28. B  29. F  30. D 四、词汇运用 A) 31. nodding 32. spread 33. above/over 34. detail 35. straight 36. single 37. loss 38. Unless B) 39. ice 40. creative 41. was built 42. on the top of 43. fell from 五、短文填空 44. plants 45. while 46. amazing 47. was led 48. more 49. a 50. clearly 51. others 52. with 53. working 六、阅读表达（参考） 54. Plan your trip carefully / Prepare well for your trip（核心含义：提前做好旅行计划/准备） 55. - For Cheng: It made him feel wonderful, gave him a new experience, and solved the problem of not knowing where to go while being cheap. - For Liao: It helped him change his old opinion of Changsha, gave him a new understanding of the city, and surprised him with the city’s charm. 56. 示例1：I think blind box travel is great. It’s cheap and offers unexpected destinations, which can bring exciting new experiences and help people discover new places they might not have chosen on their own. 示例2：I think blind box travel has both good and bad sides. It’s fun and affordable, but it can also be risky if you don’t prepare well, like choosing unsafe apps or going to a place you don’t know anything about. 七、书面表达（参考范文） The Power of Qiji To me, “Qiji galloping, unstoppable” means never giving up, keeping going, and staying calm when facing challenges. Last term, I struggled with my English listening and almost wanted to give up. But with the spirit of Qiji, I practiced listening for 30 minutes every day, kept taking notes of new words, and asked my teacher for help when I had problems. Slowly, my listening skills improved a lot, and I even got an A in the final exam. This power makes me feel confident and brave. It tells me that as long as I keep moving forward step by step, nothing can stop me. 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