吉林吉林市龙潭区吉化第六中学校2026-2027学年九年级上学期10月期中英语试题

2026-2027学年上学期期中质量检测

九年级 英语试题

语言知识运用（共35分）

Ⅶ．从每小题所给的三个选项中，选出一个正确答案。（5分）

(     ) 1. The area ________ with sandstorms all the time before, but now there are fewer storms.

A. has covered B. is covered C. was covered

(     ) 2. It’s careful ________ Alice to check her homework twice before handing it in.

A. with B. for C. of

(     ) 3. I don’t know ________ you will go to the park with them or not.

A. if B. whether C. when

(     ) 4. — Does anybody want to share ________ on Father’s Day?

— Guess what? I’ll write a poem for my dad.

A. when will you shop B. what you will do C. where you will go

(     ) 5. If you don’t plan well, you may ________ your time before finishing the task.

A. run out of B. run out C. run away

Ⅷ．从方框中选择正确选项，其中有一个选项与对话内容无关。（5分）

A: Hi Lin Tao! I saw a show — “dolls” tell stories on a screen. 6. ________

B: It’s Chinese shadow puppetry (皮影戏) — our old traditional art.

A: When did it start?

B: 7. ________ At first, it was for the emperor.

A: 8. ________

B: Usually leather (皮革). Artists cut patterns and paint them in bright colours.

A: How do people do the show?

B: Performers use small sticks to move the puppets. Light shines on them, and their shadows show on the screen.

A: What colour is the screen?

B: 9. ________

A: What stories do they tell?

B: Mostly old Chinese stories, like Journey to the West.

A: I want to see it again! 10. ________

B: Sure! I heard some very famous artists will perform shadow puppetry at the People’s Theater next week.

A. It began in the Han Dynasty. B. What’s it called? C. Almost always white — it makes shadows easy to see. D. It’s one of the most interesting dolls. E. Can you go with me? F. What are the “dolls” made of?

Ⅸ．根据所给对话，填写适当的内容，使其完整、通顺、正确，每空词数不限。（5分）

Dave: 11. ________________________________, Rose?

Rose: Hmm, one person I really admire is Cai Yuanpei.

Dave: 12. ________________________________?

Rose: Because he was a great educator and he made a contribution (贡献) to China’s modern education system. Some of his educational ideas are still influential (有影响力的) today. 13. ________________________________?

Dave: I admire Rachel Carson. She was a biologist. 14. ________________________________?

Rose: No, I haven’t. What did she do?

Dave: She was most famous for her books about environmental protection. She wrote a book called Silent Spring in the 1960s. 15. ________________________________ Carson, now people have realized how important it is to take care of our planet.

Rose: It sounds like she was ahead of her time.

Dave: Yes. Her writing is still very important.

Ⅹ．根据短文内容，从每小题所给的三个选项中，选出一个正确的答案。(10分)

Billy and Fu Xing hurried excitedly to Professor Green’s lecture on memory. Fu Xing had thought it started at 9:30, but they soon realized it began at 9:00, so they had to hurry to arrive 16. ________ time. They were nearly out of breath 17. ________ they entered the hall.

During the lecture, Billy asked the professor to explain 18. ________ “linking knowledge” meant. The professor said new knowledge is best remembered when 19. ________ existing old knowledge, just like a chain. The more connections we make, the 20. ________ we can remember things.

Billy said he often 21. ________ up words like “kitchen” and “chicken”. The professor advised 22. ________ to pay attention to the differences and create pictures in his mind.

Fu Xing asked 23. ________ it was easier to forget learning to ride a bike than forgetting how to ride. The professor said that kind of memory is stored in a 24. ________ part of the brain. He also told them that young brains develop 25. ________ . At last, he encouraged them to use their brains wisely in study.

(     ) 16. A. on  B. at C. for

(     ) 17. A. if  B. though C. when

(     ) 18. A. that  B. whether C. what

(     ) 19. A. connected to B. next to C. turned to

(     ) 20. A. worse  B. better C. harder

(     ) 21. A. turned  B. mixed C. took

(     ) 22. A. them  B. her C. him

(     ) 23. A. where  B. why C. when

(     ) 24. A. weak  B. stable C. simple

(     ) 25. A. quietly  B. slowly C. quickly

Ⅺ．从方框中选择正确选项，完成短文，其中有两个选项是多余的。（40分）

A. supports   B. by   C. cameras   D. easily   E. delicious   F. our G. more   H. online   I. plan   J. benefit   K. rings   L. future

Have you ever used your fingerprint (指纹) to open a door? Have you ever taken a self-driving taxi on the road? Technologies have brought many changes to 26. ________ life. In fact, you can also find changes in your school.

“Now, we don’t have to hurry to the dining hall as soon as the bell 27. ________,” says Hu Liang, a student from Jiangxi. His school introduced a smart dining hall system this year.

Students choose meals 28. ________ first. Then, they pick up meals 29. ________ using facial-recognition (人脸识别) technology. The smart dining hall offers students enjoyable experiences. At the same time, it helps the school 30. ________ meals. Besides providing 31. ________ food, the smart school also tries to help students develop good living habits.

So far, a middle school in Chongqing has used four 32. ________ in the dining hall to record students’ eating conditions. With the help of this technology, students can form healthy eating habits 33. ________.

What other exciting technologies could be part of our lives in the 34. ________? Let’s look forward to even 35. ________ changes! These amazing technologies will certainly continue to change our world.