广东省深圳市侨香实验学校2025-2026学年上学期九年级期中英语试卷

2025-2026学年第一学期期中考试

九年级英语试卷

命题人：黄斐、姚文兰  审题人：邹陈晨

1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、学号等填写在答题卷规定的位置上。

2.考生必须在答题卷上按规定作答：凡在试卷、草稿纸上作答的，其答案一律无效。

3.全卷共8页，考试时间70分钟，满分75分。

第一部分(50分)

Ⅰ.完形填空(10分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Anita is an outgoing girl who grew up in the snowy Himalayas. One day, Anita saw a lot of ____1____ visit her village. Watching people from all over the world visit her village made her ____2____. “What are these people doing here, father?” asked Anita.

“Darling, they have all come to the highest of the mountain.” said her father.

“Really, father?” Anita was amazed at their courage. “Someday, I will reach the ____3____ of these mountains too!” said Anita ____4____, with a burning dream in her eyes.

But life had other plans for her. Anita lost one of her legs when she was thirteen. Clouds of sadness covered her happy world. “I will never be ready to climb those mountains,” ____5____ Anita.

Her father loved her dearly. He couldn’t see his little girl in pain. Although he was ____6____, he did not lose heart. He built her a ____7____ leg, which she could wear and walk.

“Never say ‘never’. ____8____ climbing the mountains.” said the father.

She wore the wooden leg and walked, and fell. Stood up, and tried to run, and ____9____ again. The whole village ____10____ the daddy and daughter’s foolishness. But nothing pulled them down. Both the father and daughter were sure to overcome all difficulties. They kept practising.

After five years, Anita made it to the highest of the mountains. And she made her father very proud of her; the whole country celebrated her courage.

1. A. friends B. villagers C. tourists D. customers

2. A. angry B. curious C. surprised D. sad

3. A. foot B. side C. top D. part

4. A. excitedly B. happily C. confidently D. seriously

5. A. said B. answered C. shouted D. cried

6. A. upset B. calm C. ashamed D. brave

7. A. plastic B. silver C. wooden D. golden

8. A. Stop B. Start C. Enjoy D. Avoid

9. A. reached B. walked C. climbed D. fell

10. A. worried about B. laughed at C. talked about D. looked at

Ⅱ.阅读理解(40分)

第一节  阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(共15小题，每小题1.5分)

A

Grandparents Day, celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day (first Monday in September) in the US, did not start for business reasons but because of a determined woman, Marian McQuade.

McQuade began caring for the elderly when she was a child. After chores (家务) were done, she would help elderly neighbors with her grandmother, often taking along food and gifts. These experiences and her close relationship with her grandmother planted the seeds for a lifetime of helping the elderly.

When McQuade grew up, she became a housewife. She took care of her kids and had many grandchildren. She believed that spending time with elderly loved ones was very important and wanted to create a holiday where families could enjoy themselves together. In the early 1970s, she started her journey to make the holiday a reality.

She kept calling and writing letters to the local and state leaders until she finally got attention in 1973 from Senator Jennings Randolph. He introduced to the Senate (参议院) the idea of making Grandparents Day a national holiday. His plan fell through in the Senate, but McQuade didn’t get discouraged. After years of efforts, her hard work paid off. On August 3rd, 1978, the president officially made Grandparents Day a national holiday. He also stated how important it was to honor grandparents and understand the value of family.

Although Grandparents Day began in the US, it is now celebrated in many other countries. In Germany, Grandparents Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in October. In Mexico, it is on August 28th, when children often prepare a special meal for their grandparents or give gifts to them.

11. When is Grandparents Day in the US this year? (2025)

A.  B.  C.  D.

12. Which experience made McQuade want to help old people all her life?

A. Preparing meals for her grandma.

B. Being raised by her grandparents.

C. Going to small family parties often.

D. Spending time with elderly neighbors as a kid.

13. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?

A. Grandparents Day was allowed to be celebrated.

B. Making Grandparents Day a national holiday failed.

C. The Senate delayed the decision on Grandparents Day.

D. Jennings Randolph passed away from working too hard.

14. What can we infer about Grandparents Day today?

A. Its original meaning has changed.

B. Its influence has gone beyond the US.

C. Other countries value it more than the US.

D. Other countries celebrate it at the same time as the US.

15. Which of the following can best describe Marian McQuade?

A. Kind and persistent. B. Brave and intelligent.

C. Careful and imaginative. D. Strict and independent.

B

Many people may throw away the nuts (核) after eating fruits, but artists of nut carving (核雕) have instead collected them and turned them into artworks.

“One nut, from 0.8 to 6 centimeters, can be made into beautiful earrings and other artworks,” said Tan Wanhai,