期中模拟测试卷（二）（Units 1-4） 2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

2026学年第一学期期中模拟测试（二） 九年级英语　试题卷 （九年级上册 Units 1–4 · 满分120分 · 考试时间100分钟） 姓名：__________　班级：__________　学号：__________　得分：__________ 第一部分　听力理解（共三节，满分20分） 第一节　听小对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 1. What does the girl want to borrow? A. A dictionary. B. A magazine. C. A notebook. 2. How does the boy improve his listening? A. By watching films. B. By listening to podcasts. C. By talking with foreigners. 3. When will the lecture begin? A. At 2:00. B. At 2:30. C. At 3:00. 4. How does the woman feel now? A. Anxious. B. Excited. C. Relaxed. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A school trip. B. A new railway. C. A film. 第二节　听长对话（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面一段对话，回答第6–7两个小题。 6. Who is Mike reading about? A. Zu Chongzhi. B. Zhang Heng. C. Li Shizhen. 7. What does Mike admire most about this person? A. His curiosity. B. His courage. C. His kindness. 听下面一段对话，回答第8–10三个小题。 8. Why can’t the boy fall asleep? A. He is hungry. B. He is worried about a test. C. He feels ill. 9. Which subject is the test on? A. Chemistry. B. Physics. C. Maths. 10. What time will the mother wake the boy up? A. At 6:00. B. At 7:00. C. At 6:30. 第三节　听短文（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 11. Who will give the lecture on Monday? A. A professor. B. A doctor. C. An astronaut. 12. What is the lecture about? A. The brain. B. The universe. C. Robots. 13. Where will the robot competition be held? A. In the lab. B. In the hall. C. In the gym. 14. How many students can each class send to the competition? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. 15. When should students sign up? A. Before Friday. B. Before Saturday. C. Before Sunday. 第二部分　阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节　阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Railway News — September 2026 7 September　Tunnel Under the Yangtze Completed The underwater part of the Chongtai Railway Tunnel was finished in Shanghai. The tunnel connects Chongming Island and Taicang in Jiangsu. Here are some numbers: ◆ Length under water: 11.3 km　　◆ Deepest point: 89 m below the riverbed ◆ Design speed: 350 km/h　　◆ Time to cross the river: about 2 minutes The tunnel was dug by a giant machine called “Linghang” (领航), which is about 15 metres wide. When the line opens, Chongming Island will get its first railway. 28 September　Four New High-speed Lines Open Four new sections of high-speed railway opened on the same day: Xiong’an–Shangqiu, Xi’an–Ankang, Yichang–Xingshan and Harbin–Yichun. They make the world’s largest high-speed railway network even larger. 16. How long will it take trains to cross the Yangtze River through the tunnel? A. About 2 minutes. B. About 11 minutes. C. About 30 minutes. D. About an hour. 17. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. The tunnel is 89 km long. B. Chongming Island will get its first railway. C. The four new lines opened in early September. D. “Linghang” is the name of a new railway. 18. Where is the text most likely taken from? A. A science fiction novel. B. A travel diary. C. A news website. D. A history book. B One day, a boy found a cocoon (茧) on a branch in his garden. A few days later, a small hole appeared in it. The boy sat and watched for hours as the butterfly inside fought hard to push its body through the tiny hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It looked as if it had got as far as it could. The boy felt sorry for it. “Let me help you,” he said. He took a pair of scissors and carefully cut the cocoon open. The butterfly came out easily. But something was wrong. Its body was large and swollen (肿胀的), and its wings were small and wrinkled. The boy kept watching, waiting for the wings to open and become strong enough to carry the butterfly into the sky. It never happened. The butterfly spent the rest of its short life crawling around. It was never able to fly. What the boy didn’t understand was this: the struggle (挣扎) to get through the small hole was nature’s way of making the butterfly’s wings strong. By trying to make things easier, the boy had taken away the very thing the butterfly needed. Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we went through life without any difficulties, we would never become as strong as we could be. 19. Why did the boy cut the cocoon open? A. He wanted to keep the butterfly as a pet. B. He thought the butterfly needed help. C. He wanted to study the cocoon. D. His father asked him to do so. 20. What happened to the butterfly in the end? A. It flew into the sky. B. It went back into the cocoon. C. It could never fly. D. It was caught by the boy. 21. What does the underlined word “wrinkled” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Not smooth. B. Very colourful. C. Too big. D. Quite strong. 22. What does the story mainly tell us? A. We should never help others. B. Butterflies have short lives. C. Scissors can be dangerous. D. Struggles can make us stronger. C Have you ever wondered how dolphins sleep? Unlike us, dolphins can’t simply close their eyes and fall into a deep sleep for hours. They live in water but breathe air, so they must swim up to the surface to breathe again and again. They also need to watch out for sharks (鲨鱼). If they slept the way we do, they could drown (淹死) or be eaten. Scientists have found that dolphins have a clever solution: they sleep with only half of their brain at a time. While one half of the brain rests, the other half stays awake. It controls breathing and keeps watch. After a while, the two halves switch. In this way, both halves get enough rest, and the dolphin is never completely “off”. Even more interesting, when the left half of the brain is asleep, the right eye is closed and the left eye stays open. That’s because each eye is connected to the opposite side of the brain. So a sleeping dolphin may look at you with one open eye! Dolphins are not the only animals with this ability. Some birds can do the same thing when they fly long distances over the sea. Scientists hope that studying these animals may help us understand more about how our own brains rest. 23. Why can’t dolphins sleep deeply like humans? A. They need to breathe air and watch out for danger. B. They are too busy looking for food. C. Their brains are smaller than ours. D. The water is too cold for them. 24. When the right half of a dolphin’s brain is asleep, which eye is open? A. Both eyes. B. The left eye. C. The right eye. D. Neither eye. 25. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us? A. Birds sleep more than dolphins. B. Some other animals can also sleep with half their brain. C. Scientists know everything about sleep. D. Long flights make birds tired. 26. What is the best title for the passage? A. Dangerous Sharks in the Sea B. Why Birds Fly Long Distances C. How to Sleep Better at Night D. Half Asleep: The Secret of Dolphin Sleep D On 6 October 2026, the phone rang while 82-year-old physicist Francis Halzen was working on a research proposal in Italy. It was the Nobel Committee. He had just won the Nobel Prize in Physics. “It was a great surprise,” he said. “I obviously didn’t expect it.” He then joked that he hoped the prize would help his new proposal get approved. Halzen won the prize for his work on neutrinos (中微子), tiny particles that come from stars and other places in the universe. Trillions of them pass through your body every second, but they almost never hit anything, so they are extremely hard to catch. Scientists call them “ghost particles”. How do you catch a ghost? Halzen’s answer was ice — a lot of it. Starting in the 1980s, he and his team came up with the idea of turning the ice at the South Pole into a giant telescope. They drilled deep holes in the ice and placed more than 5,000 light sensors about 2,500 metres below the surface. When a neutrino does hit the ice, it produces a tiny flash of blue light, and the sensors record it. The huge detector, called IceCube, took seven years to build and was completed in 2010. For years, many people doubted the plan. “People always thought this was a cute idea, but it would never work,” Halzen said. “The greatest surprise is that we did make it work.” In 2013, IceCube found high-energy neutrinos from far outside our galaxy for the first time, opening a new window onto the universe. Today, more than 450 scientists from 14 countries work on IceCube. Halzen calls the prize “a celebration of a very unusual project” — and of the patience it took to build a telescope out of ice. 27. What was Halzen doing when he got the news? A. Giving a lecture in Sweden. B. Working on a research proposal in Italy. C. Building a telescope at the South Pole. D. Having lunch with his team. 28. Why are neutrinos called “ghost particles”? A. They are very hard to catch. B. They only appear at night. C. They are bigger than stars. D. They are blue in colour. 29. What can we learn about IceCube? A. It was completed in 2013. B. Its sensors are on the surface of the ice. C. It took seven years to build. D. It was built by scientists from one country. 30. What can we infer from Paragraph 4? A. Halzen planned to give up the project. B. IceCube was a cheap and easy project. C. Halzen didn’t trust his team. D. Few people believed IceCube would work at first. 第二节　任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，从方框中所给的A–E五个选项中选出正确选项填入第31–34小题（其中一项是多余选项），并回答第35小题。 Make the Most of Your Mistakes Everyone makes mistakes when learning. But smart learners know how to learn from them. 31.________ Here is how to make one. First, choose the right mistakes. Don’t copy every wrong answer into the notebook. 32.________ Careless mistakes, like forgetting a full stop, only need a quick look. Next, write down more than the correct answer. Note why you made the mistake and what the key idea is. 33.________ Most importantly, review your notebook regularly. 34.________ Cover the answers and try the questions again. If you can get one right three times, you can cross it out. Remember, a mistake is not a failure. It is a sign that shows you where to improve. A. Spend ten minutes on it every weekend. B. Many students like to buy beautiful notebooks. C. Keeping a mistake notebook (错题本) is one of the best ways. D. This helps you avoid making the same mistake again. E. Choose the ones that show you don’t understand something. 35. How do you usually deal with your mistakes? (不超过15词) 第三部分　语言运用（共三节，满分40分） 第一节　完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 In 1905, the Qing government decided to build a railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou. It was the first time China would build a railway 　36　 foreign help. Many foreigners laughed. “The Chinese engineer who can build this railway has not been 　37　 yet,” one of them said. The man who took on the 　38　 was Zhan Tianyou. At the age of 11, he had gone to the USA to study, and he later graduated from Yale University. He knew the job would be very 　39　. The line had to go through high mountains, and the weather there was terrible. Zhan didn’t let the 　40　 stop him. He led his workers to measure the land himself, often in strong wind and sand. “Every number must be 　41　,” he told them. “Even a small mistake could cost lives.” The hardest part was the Badaling Tunnel, which was over 1,000 metres long. To save time, Zhan had the workers dig from both ends and also from the 　42　, by digging shafts (竖井) down from the top. In this way, six teams could work at the same 　43　. Another problem was a very 　44　 mountain slope near Qinglongqiao. Trains couldn’t climb straight up. Zhan came up with a clever 　45　: he designed the line in the shape of the Chinese character “人”. With two engines, one pulling and one 　46　, the trains went up the slope step by step. In 1909, the railway was finished — two years 　47　 than planned, and it cost much 　48　 money than expected. The whole world was 　49　. Today, a high-speed railway runs along the same route. A statue of Zhan Tianyou stands at Qinglongqiao, 　50　 people of his courage and wisdom. 36. A. with B. for C. against D. without 37. A. born B. trained C. found D. paid 38. A. chance B. challenge C. reward D. holiday 39. A. easy B. boring C. difficult D. popular 40. A. praise B. support C. hopes D. doubts 41. A. exact B. large C. new D. simple 42. A. top B. bottom C. middle D. outside 43. A. place B. time C. speed D. level 44. A. flat B. wide C. green D. steep 45. A. excuse B. idea C. question D. story 46. A. pushing B. stopping C. turning D. waiting 47. A. later B. longer C. earlier D. slower 48. A. more B. fewer C. little D. less 49. A. worried B. bored C. surprised D. disappointed 50. A. reminding B. warning C. teaching D. asking 第二节　词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） A. 将方框中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中，每词仅用一次。 method　　advantage　　experiment　　realize　　confident There are many different learning 51.________, and each of them has its own 52.________. For example, in science class, doing 53.________ by yourself helps you understand ideas much better than just reading the textbook. Last term, I 54.________ that I learn best by teaching others. Explaining things to my classmates not only helped them but also gave me more 55.________. B. 阅读下面短文，根据括号内所给汉语注释拼写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。 Zu Chongzhi was a great Chinese 56.________ (数学家) who lived in the fifth 57.________ (世纪). He is best known for working out the value of π. His result was between 3.1415926 and 3.1415927. For nearly a 58.________ (一千) years, no one in the world found a more 59.________ (精确的) value. Zu was also interested in the sky. He 60.________ (观察，过去式) the sun, the moon and the stars for many years and made a new 61.________ (历法). To him, the 62.________ (宇宙) was full of mysteries waiting to be solved. Today, people still 63.________ (尊敬) him for his 64.________ (智慧). A small planet and a crater on the moon were even 65.________ (命名) after him. 第三节　语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 Kubuqi is the seventh largest desert in China. Years ago, it was called a “sea of death”, because few plants could grow there and sandstorms often 66.________ (blow) into nearby cities. In the 1980s, local people decided 67.________ (fight) against the desert. It was not easy. They planted trees, but many of 68.________ (they) died in the dry sand. Instead of giving up, they kept trying new ways. They found that some plants, 69.________ grow well in dry places, could hold the sand. They also used water 70.________ (wise). After more than thirty years of hard work, the desert 71.________ (change) a lot. More than one third of it is now green. Sandstorms are much 72.________ (few) than before, and many farmers have become richer by growing plants and 73.________ (develop) tourism. The story of Kubuqi shows that people can live 74.________ harmony with nature. It is truly 75.________ green miracle. 第四部分　书面表达（共1小题，满分20分） 76. 进入九年级，很多同学感到学习压力越来越大。学校英语报“Teen Talk”栏目以“Stay Calm, Stay Strong”为题征稿，请你根据以下提示写一篇短文投稿。 Stay Calm, Stay Strong Where does the pressure come from? How do you deal with it? What advice do you have for others? exams, homework … exercise, talk to … , make a plan … ? 注意：（1）文中不得出现真实姓名、学校等信息；（2）词数：80词左右；开头已给出，不计入总词数。 Stay Calm, Stay Strong As Grade 9 students, many of us feel stressed these days. ______________________________ 参考答案 第一部分　听力理解 1–5　A B B A B　　6–10　B A B A C　　11–15　A B C B C 第二部分　阅读理解 16–18　A B C　　19–22　B C A D　　23–26　A C B D　　27–30　B A C D 要点：16 Time to cross the river: about 2 minutes；17 Chongming Island will get its first railway；21 由 small and wrinkled 及翅膀无法展开推断为“皱的、不平整的”；24 每只眼睛连接对侧大脑，右脑睡时左眼闭、右眼睁；28 they almost never hit anything, so they are extremely hard to catch；30 many people doubted the plan / it would never work。 31–34　C E D A（B 为多余项） 35. 开放题，参考：I write them in my mistake notebook and review them every weekend. 第三部分　语言运用 完形填空　36–40　D A B C D　　41–45　A C B D B　　46–50　A C D C A 要点：本文改编自詹天佑修建京张铁路的事迹。36 without foreign help 不靠外国人；37 “能修这条铁路的中国工程师还没出生呢”；40 doubts 指外国人的质疑；42 两端加中部竖井同时开挖；44 steep slope 陡坡；46 一车头拉、一车头推；47 提前两年完工；48 money 不可数，用 less；50 现在分词作伴随状语。 词汇运用 A　51. methods　52. advantages　53. experiments　54. realized　55. confidence 词汇运用 B　56. mathematician　57. century　58. thousand　59. accurate / exact　60. observed　61. calendar　62. universe　63. respect　64. wisdom　65. named 语法填空　66. blew　67. to fight　68. them　69. which / that　70. wisely　71. has changed　72. fewer　73. developing　74. in　75. a 第四部分　书面表达（参考范文） Stay Calm, Stay Strong As Grade 9 students, many of us feel stressed these days. For me, the pressure mainly comes from exams and piles of homework. Sometimes I even worry so much that I can’t fall asleep. Luckily, I have found some ways to deal with it. First, I make a study plan every week, so I know what to do each day. Second, I play basketball for half an hour after school, which helps me relax. When I feel down, I talk to my parents or friends. They always cheer me up. My advice is: don’t keep your worries to yourself. Take a deep breath, do one thing at a time, and you will find that you are stronger than you think. 听力材料 1. W: Can I borrow your English dictionary? I left mine at home.　M: Sure, here you are. But please give it back after class. 2. W: Your listening is much better now, Jack.　M: Thanks. I listen to English podcasts on my way to school every day. 3. M: The lecture about the brain starts at three, right?　W: It’s been moved earlier — to half past two.　M: Then we should go now. 4. M: You look worried. What’s wrong?　W: I’ve forgotten my email password, and I have to send my homework to the teacher right now! 5. W: Have you taken the new high-speed train to Shanghai?　M: Yes. It only takes an hour now. It used to take three hours by bus. 6–7. W: Mike, what are you reading?　M: A book about Zhang Heng.　W: The scientist who made the first instrument to detect earthquakes?　M: Yes. He also studied the stars and the calendar. What I admire most is his curiosity. He always asked “why”.　W: Can I borrow it after you?　M: Sure. 8–10. M: Mum, I can’t sleep. I’m worried about tomorrow’s chemistry test.　W: Did you review?　M: Yes, but I’m afraid I’ll forget everything.　W: Take some deep breaths. And remember, you got 92 last time.　M: That’s true.　W: Drink some warm milk and go to bed now. I’ll wake you up at six thirty. 11–15. Good morning, everyone. Next week is our school’s Science Week. On Monday afternoon, a professor from Zhejiang University will give us a lecture about the universe. On Wednesday, there will be a robot competition in the gym. Each class can send three students. On Friday, you can visit the school lab and do some experiments with your science teachers. Students who take part in all the activities will receive a certificate. If you are interested, please sign up with your class monitor before Sunday. Thank you. 九年级英语期中模拟测试（二）　第 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $