Unit 2 Inspiring People单元测试 2026-2027学年人教版初中英语九年级上册

Unit 2 Inspiring People 单元测试卷

（不含听力，满分：120 分 考试时间：90 分钟）

班级：________ 姓名：________ 得分：__________

一、完形填空（共 10 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 20 分）

Helen Keller was a famous writer and speaker. She was born in 1880 in the US. When she was 19 months old, she got a serious illness. 1 _____ , she became blind and deaf. She couldn’t see or hear anything, and she couldn’t talk, either.

Her parents were very worried. They found a teacher, Anne Sullivan, for her. Anne 2 _____ Helen to understand words. She spelled words on Helen’s hand with her fingers. At first, Helen didn’t understand. She was 3 _____ and often angry. But Anne was patient and kept trying.

One day, Anne took Helen to a water pump. She put Helen’s hand under the water and spelled “W-A-T-E-R” on her other hand. Suddenly, Helen 4 _____ . She understood the word! After that, she learned many words quickly.

Helen went to college and 5 _____ a degree. She wrote books and gave speeches all over the world. She 6 _____ people who were disabled to never give up. She said, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the 7 _____ .”

Helen Keller lived a life full of 8 _____ . She showed that even with disabilities, people can 9  _____great things. Her story still 10 _____ people around the world today.

1. A. Finally B. Luckily C. Suddenly D. Unluckily

2. A. taught B. allowed C. ordered D. advised

3. A. happy B. confused C. excited D. relaxed

4. A. gave up B. showed up C. woke up D. cheered up

5. A. bought B. earned C. borrowed D. lost

6. A. warned B. encouraged C. forced D. stopped

7. A. eyes B. hands C. heart D. ears

8. A. challenges B. hobbies C. dreams D. surprises

9. A. refuse B. achieve C. avoid D. forget

10. A. hurts B. punishes C. inspires D. doubts

二、单项填空（共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分）

从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. The woman ______ won the Nobel Prize in Medicine is Tu Youyou.

A. whom B. which C. who D. whose

2. —What do you think of Yuan Longping?

—He is a ______ scientist. We all admire him for his great achievements.

A. boring B. inspiring C. surprising D. worrying

3. My brother ______ the first prize in the math competition last week.

A. achieved B. won C. reached D. got

4. —______ I ask you some questions about your hero?

—Of course, go ahead.

A. Must B. Need C. Should D. Might

5. The story ______ we learned in class yesterday is about a brave fireman.

A. who B. what C. that D. whose

6. —Why do you look up to Zhang Guimei so much?

—Because she has ______ many girls in poor areas to go to college.

A. helped B. stopped C. prevented D. refused

7. —Have you read the book The Story of My Life?

—Yes. It tells the ______ story of Helen Keller.

A. amazing B. bored C. relaxed D. tiring

8. I will never forget the day ______ I met my favorite writer.

A. which B. when C. where D. that

9. —What should we do to be an inspiring person?

—We should keep working ______ and never give up.

A. easily B. quickly C. hard D. slowly

10. —Do you know the man ______ is standing over there?

—Yes. He is our new PE teacher.

A. whom B. which C. who D. when

三、阅读理解（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）

阅读以下三篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。

(A)

Tu Youyou is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist (药学家). She was born in 1930 in Zhejiang. In 1969, she started to research a way to treat malaria (疟疾), a disease that killed millions of people every year.

Tu and her team tried over 2,000 traditional Chinese medicines. They worked day and night in small labs without modern equipment. Finally, in 1971, they found artemisinin (青蒿素), a medicine that could cure malaria. This discovery saved millions of lives around the world.

In 2015, Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. She was the first Chinese woman to win this prize. She said, “I did what I could to help people. It’s our duty to make the world a better place.”

1. Tu Youyou started to research malaria in ______.

A. 1930 B. 1969 C. 1971 D. 2015

2. What did Tu Youyou’s team find in 1971?

A. A new lab. B. A modern equipment.

C. Artemisinin. D. A new disease.

3. Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize because ______.

A. she wrote many books about medicine

B. she found a way to cure malaria

C. she taught many students

D. she built many hospitals

4. Which of the following is TRUE about Tu Youyou?

A. She was born in Beijing.

B. She was the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize.