江苏省无锡市江南中学2025-2026学年九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

无锡市江南中学2025-2026学年秋季学期期末考试 2026.02 初三英语试卷 一、单项选择(本大题共14小题,每小题1分,共14分) 1. —Bill, why are you staying up late to play computer games again? Stop being so________! —I’m sorry, Mum. I won’t do that again. A. boring B. serious C. busy D. silly 2. —Do you know what Jenny means when she says “OOTD”? —Not really, ________ I have heard her say it many times. A. since B. unless C. because D. although 3. — The problem has weighed________ on my mind the whole day. I can’t figure it out and feel rather tired now. — Why not listen to some soft music to relax first? A. heavily B. hardly C. especially D. widely 4. —Could I ask you something about the experiment? —Sure, ________. As long as I can answer it. A. Everything B. Anything C. Something D. Nothing 5. —Mum, may I watch TV for a while? —________your homework is finished. A. Until B. As C. Not until D. Whenever 6. Don’t refuse to communicate with someone different from you, for he or she may ________ to be your best friend. A. turn out B. find out C. work out D. try out 7. He gave us ________ good advice that ________ people disagreed. A. such a ; a few B. such; few C. so; a few D. so; few 8. —Our school will share some excellent courses online. What do you think of your form teacher’s lessons? —His lessons are often recorded ________ because he usually uses special ways to make his class ________ and interesting to keep us focused. A. live; lively B. alive; lively C. live; living D. alive; living 9. Lily and Lucy are twins. I often________ Lily________ Lucy, but now I know the differences between them. A. mistake; as B. mistake; for C. mistook; as D. mistook; for 10. Would you mind________ the time________ in watching short videos? A. controlling, to spend B. control, spent C. controlling, spent D. control, to spend 11. The man________ great wealth is hard to ________. A. with; get on with him B. of; get along with C. with; get along D. of; get along 12. —The novel Gulliver’s Travels is very nice. —So it is. Could you tell me ________? A. how long I can borrow it B. if I can keep it for another week C. when should I return it D. that I can borrow it 13. —How much weight I’ve gained! I’ll eat less and exercise more! —You promised many times, dear. Remember ________. A. practice makes perfect B. actions speak louder than words C. a miss is as good as a mile D. many hands make light work 14. — Hi Bill, we’re having a study group meeting. Can I get you something to drink? — ________. A. That’s for sure B. With pleasure C. I wouldn’t mind a coffee D. I couldn’t agree more 二、完形填空 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分) Colin watched the countdown (倒计时) on the video screen. There were only twelve minutes left, and his family wasn’t even close to repairing the broken spaceship. Even ____15____, while his family was stuck in the escape room (密室逃脱), he was missing his friend Fred’s birthday party in the park! “The spaceship doesn’t even look real,” Colin ____16____. His mom squeezed his shoulder. “You used to love adventures like this! Look, how excited your brother is!” Eric, Colin’s younger brother, was rushing around the room, searching for hidden ____17____. His elder brother Max was also in the room, searching for clues. “We chose this escape room because we thought you’d enjoy the challenge,” Mom explained. Colin sighed. “Escaping is only ____18____ the fun,” Mom read from the slogan (标语) above the exit. Suddenly, Eric waved a small white card and cried “I found something!” “Excellent detective work!” Dad shouted in his best British accent. “It ____19____ to be part of a combination (组合). There is something useful. But we’ll need another card to solve it.” The rest of the family jumped into action, but not Colin. He slumped into a chair, refusing to help. But as he leaned (倚靠) back, he ____20____ something under his hand—another card! Dad used both cards to open a locked box, inside it was another clue—a few words: The APPLES never fall far from the TRE. “A riddle?” Colin leaned forward to get a better look. He studied the words. “Oh no!” Max was pointing to the video screen. “We only have four more minutes!” Colin ____21____ the sentence in his head. But what did apples have to do with a spaceship? “It’s an acronym (缩略语)!” Colin shouted. He realized “APPLES” stood for “Auto Pilot Plane Landing Emergency System.” ____22____, they still needed a password. “The buttons are different colors,” Colin watched carefully. Max pointed at the word “TRE”. “They didn’t even spell tree correctly.” “That’s it!” Colin shouted, “TRE must be another acronym.” “Turquoise, Red, then...” He pressed the buttons, but the ____23____ went blank (空白的). “Time’s up,” Max announced. Colin was sorry for not ____24____ earlier, but Mom comforted him. “Let’s try another room!” Eric suggested the Haunted Library, which Mom called the hardest escape room but full of fun clues. Colin agreed and smiled. “Escaping is only half the fun, right?” 15. A. harder B. worse C. further D. slower 16. A. doubted B. argued C. explained D. complained 17. A. codes B. clues C. keys D. maps 18. A. all B. part C. half D. whole 19. A. seems B. turns C. proves D. happens 20. A. noticed B. saw C. felt D. dropped 21. A. reminded B. repeated C. remembered D. reviewed 22. A. Instead B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. However 23. A. card B. button C. screen D. box 24. A. taking risks B. taking action C. taking notes D. taking breaks 三、阅读理解 (本大题共13小题, 每小题2分, 共26分) (A) Any creative thinker can get stuck (卡住). Take this quiz to ▲ . 25. What can you do if you are stuck on a problem that is the only one you’re working on? A. Take a long break. B. Work harder on the problem. C. Ask others for help. D. Try to work on another problem. 26. What might happen if you do an easy chore? A. You might help your parents a lot. B. You might come up with a great idea. C. You might finish your chores faster. D. You might forget about your problem. 27. Which of the following is the most suitable for the blank ▲ ? A. cheer you up when you are stuck B. know the importance of taking a break C. care more about your family members D. help you with a problem you’re stuck on (B) Short texts can be seen everywhere. They are short but provide useful information. Read the short texts below and answer questions. Emma, I forgot to copy tomorrow’s math homework. Can you send me the task list? I’ll buy you a drink as thanks. Alex Art Club Notice All members, The final art exhibition preparation will be held this weekend (Sat. 9:00-16:00, Sun.10:00-15:00) in the school hall. Members who can’t attend must tell the club leader by noon on Friday. Late notice will be thought as giving up the exhibition qualification (资格). Art Club School Bus Announcement Because of road construction (修路) on Renmin Road, the No. 3 school bus will change its route from next Monday to next Friday. The first bus departure (出发) time will be delayed by 15 minutes (from 6:45 to 7:00). Other school buses operate as usual. Please plan your time properly. School Office 28. What does Alex want to do? A. To borrow the math textbook from Emma. B. To ask Emma for the math homework list. C. To let Emma copy the math homework for him. D. To ask Emma to teach him math after school tomorrow. 29. What does the notice mainly tell us? A. The preparation on Saturday will last for 7 hours. B. Members can tell the leader after Friday noon if they can’t attend. C. The art exhibition preparation will be held in the school hall this weekend. D. Members who don’t attend the preparation will lose the exhibition qualification. 30. What can we know from the announcement? A. It will change routes and delay departure next week. B. It will not run from next Monday to Friday. C. It will delay departure for 15 minutes every day. D. It will change routes because of bad weather. (C) “The cleaners said we could collect our things today,” Mom said on the drive to school, in her soft voice. “Do you think...they saved Big Dog?” Jet tried to sound common, but his throat felt tight. He was worried. Big Dog was his favorite toy. Grandpa had won for him at the fair when he was five. At eight, Jet didn’t need to sleep with it anymore, but it still sat on the shelf above his bed, the shelf that was burned by the fire. “I am not sure,” Mom said with eyes fixed on the road. “The photo albums (相册)...they didn’t make it.” Jet could tell she was really sad. “We’ll open the boxes together after school,” Mom hugged him goodbye and drove off. Jet tried to study all day, but he couldn’t keep his mind off Big Dog. He held tight to his backpack through the halls and it felt like he was carrying his old friend Big Dog. During library time, he checked out a book about dogs. When Mr. Light said students could do free-draw in the art class, Jet looked at the empty paper. He thought of his mom picking up the boxes of things that had been damaged (破坏) by the fire. Then he realized how sad his mom would be about the photo albums. Most things could still be bought at the store. But the pictures were gone forever. At that moment, he knew what he could draw. His pencil began to move. There was a picture of Christmas morning, presents under shining lights. Another picture was of that stormy night in the tent when Mom told ghost stories. When the bell rang, twelve drawings formed an album. After school, when seeing Big Dog waiting for him in the back seat, Jet gave his mom a big hug. “I have a surprise for you too.” Jet said. As they went through the pictures, Jet’s mom laughed and cried. At the end of the book was a blank page. “Looks as if there’s room for one more picture,” Mom said, smiling. “Do you mind if I draw it?” Jet dug into his backpack and handed her a pencil and some markers. She drew a picture of them sitting in the car looking through their first photo album since the fire. “I love it, Mom!” Jet said. “Let’s go home and see what other surprises we can find in those boxes.” 31. Why was Jet worried about Big Dog? A. Because he lost it at his school. B. Because it was a gift for his grandpa. C. Because his mom wanted to throw it away. D. Because it might be damaged in fire. 32. Which of the following words can replace “common” in paragraph 2? A. normal B. calm C. worried D. unusual 33. What does the blank page at the end of Jet’s album mean to his family? A. Luck. B. Hope. C. Pity. D. Memory. (D) It’s a typical day at school. You’re playing soccer with your friends. One of them kicks you the ball and you run for it. You trip. You fly through the air. You land—hard, right on your face! The next moment, you’re in the nurse’s office. Your bleeding nose is being checked by laser sensors (激光传感器) that are coming out of a... robot? Has the nurse’s office been taken over by sci-fi aliens from outer space? No. You’ve just been pushed forward 15 years into the future. And it’s a future that Susan Epstein, a computer science professor who teaches artificial intelligence, is really excited to think about. “I am crazy about this kind of thing! You could go up to the robot, put your nose in, and the machine would decide whether you needed to be treated, and how.” Aside from being cool, an AI nurse has other advantages. It doesn’t need to take vacations. It doesn’t need to get paid a salary. And it might figure out what’s wrong with your nose faster than a human would. There are all kinds of ways that AI could be used to help make us healthier and researchers are studying how to use AI to diagnose (诊断) lung disease, cancer, and more. Our robot nurse isn’t meant to completely take the place of humans, though. “It would work with real, live nurses and doctors,” says Epstein, “there are things humans are good at, like building trust among members of our own species or comforting someone who’s hurt or sick. A big part of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and a patient.” Epstein points out that AI programs will never be perfect-no matter how much we might want them to be. But if AI can diagnose a deadly disease more precisely even 10 percent of the time, think of how many lives it could save. “Besides”, says Epstein, “I think maybe there are patients who might prefer to have a machine for a doctor!” Would you? 34. What’s the function (作用) of Para 1? A. To introduce a scientific study. B. To describe an experience of the writer. C. To lead to the topic of AI application in medical care. D. To give an example to support an argument. 35. What can be inferred from Epstein’s words in Para 4? A. Humans are better at treating patients than AI doctors. B. Patients’ trust in doctors may affect their treatments positively. C. AI doctors alone can cure patients of most of the diseases. D. Patients may receive as much comfort from AI doctors as from humans. 36. What is true about AI doctors and nurses according to the text? A. They are life-saving if properly used. B. They will take over humans. C. Their biggest strength is being cool. D. They are better at trust-building. 37. What is the best title for the passage? A. AI Nurses: A New Helper in School Clinics B. Epstein’s Idea: AI Will Change Medical Care C. AI Robots: Better at Diagnosing Than Doctors? D. AI in Medical Care: Robots or Humans? 四、词汇运用 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分) (A) 根据句意和汉语注释, 写出单词的正确形式。 38. First impressions are the most ________ (持久的). After all, you never get a second chance to make the first impression. 39. The elderly couple sat ________ (平静地) on the bench, chatting about the fond memories of their youth. 40. A heated ________ (对话) about the importance of reading soon turned into a class discussion. 41. How hard it rained yesterday! We had to________ (取消) our plan. 42. The new high-speed railway is now in ________ (服务) and it saves a lot of time. (B) 根据句意, 写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 43. City planners are looking for a ________ (centre) location for the new hospital. 44. The telephone is a wonderful ________ (invent) and it has changed the way we live. 45. I am a fan of the comedy ________ (direct). I like his shows very much. 46. We should always keep it in mind that ________ (safe) comes first. 47. Food on the moon would ________ (probable) be in the form of pills. 五、动词填空 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分) 48. This is the only way________ (prove) what he said is true. 49. The concerts tonight are supposed ________ (attract) many fans of the pianist. 50. —You look tired and sleepy with dark circles under the eyes. What’s wrong with you? —I stayed up late last night. I ________ (write) my report from 9 p.m. to midnight. 51. I’m not sure if my plan ________ (work) at tomorrow’s meeting. 52. Post it in no time. The company you want to work for ________ (expect) your reply. 53. —How can you treat me like that! —I’m sorry I hurt your feeling the other day, but I promise I ________________ (not mean) to. 54. More parks ________ (design) as public places for local citizens to relax after work in 5 years. 55. Art education is highly valued in the 21st century. It ________ (teach) children to enjoy beauty. 56. The cost of living in this city ________ (rise) by 30% over the past few years. 57. He likes to drive around the city________ (listen) to the folk music on the radio. 六、(本大题共5小题, 每小题2分, 共10分) 阅读表达（除第四题外, 每小题答案不超过8个单词。） Pretty, sweet, and always putting on a big smile is how those who know Wang Wanna think of her. On stage (舞台), Wang always takes on a totally different look. For a 27-year-old, half of her life has been spent singing Yueju Opera, which is the most popular opera style following Peking Opera in China. Standing on the stage, she pours herself into the stories, and also adds her own dreams and feelings to the characters she plays. With the support of her parents, Wang left home at 13 and went to Shanghai to learn Yueju Opera. She said that she did not understand what Yueju Opera was until the second year when she watched Romance of the Western Chamber (西厢记), a Chinese classic. She was deeply touched by the story. That was the moment when she fell in love with the art form she was going to devote herself to. She was trained to play the roles of young men in Yueju Opera since the very beginning and has now grown into an excellent actress in Shanghai Yueju Opera House. Wang did a lot for Yueju Opera. On the stage, she tried her best to play a good role. “It could be that among people who come into the theater to watch our show, many come for the first time. A small mistake made on the stage might leave them with a bad feeling of Yueju Opera,” she said. However, compared with other popular art forms such as modern drama and talk shows, Yueju Opera is still not very familiar to most people. As a result, off the stage, Wang made some videos to introduce the art of Yueju Opera to young people online. “I really hope to help people of my age to love Yueju Opera,” said Wang. 57. How many years has Wang Wanna learned Yueju Opera? ___________________________________ 58. Where did Wang Wanna go to learn Yueju Opera at 13? ___________________________________ 59. When did Wang Wanna fall in love with Yueju Opera? ___________________________________ 60. Why did Wang make those videos to introduce Yueju Opera? ___________________________________ 61. What do you think of Wang Wanna’s efforts to spread Yueju Opera? ___________________________________ 七、书面表达 (本大题共20分) 62. 文化是民族的根与魂，传承中华优秀传统文化是新时代青少年的责任与使命。近期，为引导同学们感受传统艺术魅力，增强文化自信，学校英语社团特举办“A Traditional Art I Love”主题演讲活动。假设你是李华，你想报名参加，请根据流程图的图示内容完成面试发言稿。 要点提示: 注意 1. 发言稿内容须自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意； 2. 词数90左右（发言稿开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）； 3. 文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。 Dear teachers and classmates, Good morning! It’s my great honor to stand here and share a traditional art I love with you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for listening! 无锡市江南中学2025-2026学年秋季学期期末考试 2026.02 初三英语试卷 一、单项选择(本大题共14小题,每小题1分,共14分) 【1题答案】 【答案】D 【2题答案】 【答案】D 【3题答案】 【答案】A 【4题答案】 【答案】B 【5题答案】 【答案】C 【6题答案】 【答案】A 【7题答案】 【答案】B 【8题答案】 【答案】A 【9题答案】 【答案】D 【10题答案】 【答案】C 【11题答案】 【答案】B 【12题答案】 【答案】B 【13题答案】 【答案】B 【14题答案】 【答案】C 二、完形填空 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分) 【15~24题答案】 【答案】15. B 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. B 22. D 23. C 24. B 三、阅读理解 (本大题共13小题, 每小题2分, 共26分) (A) 【25~27题答案】 【答案】25. D 26. B 27. D (B) 【28~30题答案】 【答案】28. B 29. C 30. A (C) 【31~33题答案】 【答案】31. D 32. A 33. B (D) 【34~37题答案】 【答案】34. C 35. B 36. A 37. D 四、词汇运用 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分) (A) 根据句意和汉语注释, 写出单词的正确形式。 【38题答案】 【答案】lasting 【39题答案】 【答案】 peacefully 【40题答案】 【答案】 conversation 【41题答案】 【答案】 cancel 【42题答案】 【答案】 service (B) 根据句意, 写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 【43题答案】 【答案】 central 【44题答案】 【答案】 invention 【45题答案】 【答案】 director 【46题答案】 【答案】safety 【47题答案】 【答案】 probably 五、动词填空 (本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分) 【48题答案】 【答案】 to prove 【49题答案】 【答案】 to attract 【50题答案】 【答案】 was writing 【51题答案】 【答案】 will work 【52题答案】 【答案】 expects##is expecting 【53题答案】 【答案】didn’t mean 【54题答案】 【答案】will be designed 【55题答案】 【答案】teaches 【56题答案】 【答案】has risen 57. He likes to drive around the city________ (listen) to the folk music on the radio. 六、(本大题共5小题, 每小题2分, 共10分) 【57~61题答案】 【答案】57. For about 14 years. 58. She went to Shanghai. 59. In the second year. 60. To help people of her age love Yueju Opera. 61. They are meaningful and great. 七、书面表达 (本大题共20分) 【62题答案】 【答案】 例文 Dear teachers and classmates, Good morning! It’s my great honor to stand here and share a traditional art I love with you. The traditional art I love most is Chinese paper cutting. I fell in love with it as a child. One Spring Festival, my grandmother showed me how to cut a red paper into a beautiful “Fu” character. I was deeply amazed by her skill. Since then, I have spent much free time practicing it. Paper cutting not only relaxes me but also helps me better understand Chinese culture. To spread this art, I plan to set up a club at school and share my works online for more people to enjoy its beauty. Thank you for listening! 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $