辽宁阜新市彰武县2026-2027学年九年级上学期11月期中英语试题

九年级英语试题

（本试卷共45道题   满分90分   考试时间90分钟）

第一部分  选择题（共50分）

一、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分）

第一节 阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Some students will go to junior high school this September（九月）. Are you ready for your new school life? Let’s listen to some stories from new junior high kids.

Hi! I’m Meng Chen. I study Junior 1 maths lessons now. It is very hard. I spend a lot of time on it. I will go to Shenyang Hongqiao Middle School. I’m happy. I can make more friends at the new school.

Hi! My name is Zhou Jiayu. My junior high school is Beijing Zhongguancun Middle School. It’s a great school. I have a new schoolbag for my new school. It is beautiful. It is pink. I love it!

Hi! I’m Lan Sifei. Nice to meet you! I will go to No. 7 Middle School. I love it. There are more classes in middle school. I will learn history in junior high. I think it is interesting because I can learn something about the past.

(    ) 1. The underlined word “hard” probably means “______”.

A. good    B. relaxing   C. not easy   D. not interesting

(    ) 2. Why does Lan Sifei think history is interesting?

A. Because she spends a lot of time on it.

B. Because she can learn something about the past.

C. Because she can learn something about the future.

D. Because she can play a lot when having history class.

(    ) 3. From the text, we can know that ______.

A. Lan Sifei has a pink schoolbag

B. Zhou Jiayu thinks the new school is beautiful

C. the three kids are happy to go to the new schools

D. Meng Chen is already in Shenyang Hongqiao Middle School

(    ) 4. What’s the best title for this text?

A. Hi, Junior High!       B. Hi, New Classes!

C. Hi, New Teachers!      D. Hi, New Kids!

B

I start a new hobby this year. My hobby is collecting insects（收集昆虫）. I like insects. They are interesting, and they can be very beautiful.

I find insects in many different places, such as the yard（院子）around my house or the park near my school. When I see a new insect, I put it in a glass bottle. I look at it very carefully. If it’s small, I will use a magnifying glass（放大镜）. Then I try to find out what kind of insect it is. I have a lot of books about insects to help me. After that, I draw a picture of it in my notebook. I also write its name, the date and where I find it. Finally, I take it

back to the same place and let it go. I don’t keep it. Some day, I want to be an entomologist. That’s a person who studies insects. Then my hobby will be my job!

(    ) 5. What does the underlined word “it” refer to（指）？

A. A new insect.       B. A glass bottle.

C. A beautiful picture.      D. A magnifying glass.

(    ) 6. Which of the following does an entomologist study?

A.   B.  C.  D.

(    ) 7. In what order do the following things happen?

a. The writer lets the insect go.    b. The writer sees a new insect.

c. The writer draws a picture of the insect.  d. The writer puts the insect in a glass bottle.

A. a-b-c-d   B. b-d-c-a   C. b-c-d-a   D. d-b-c-a

(    ) 8. What is the text mainly（主要地）about?

A. What the writer’s hobby is.    B. How the writer draws pictures.

C. Why the writer likes insects.    D. Where the writer finds insects.

C

Leaf colour can tell you a lot about what’s happening with a tree. If the leaves are green, the tree is busy making food for itself and growing. When the leaves turn orange, red, yellow and brown, the tree is preparing for a long winter rest. This event is not only beautiful but also the reason why the tree is alive. To understand why leaves change colour, we must know how trees work.

During spring and summer, most tree leaves are green. Leaves appear green because of something called chlorophyll（叶绿素）.Trees keep chlorophyll in their leaves and use it to make food during photosynthesis（光合作用）. Photosynthesis is when green plants turn CO2 and water into food, using energy from sunlight. A tree can’t start photosynthesis without chlorophyll because chlorophyll is needed to absorb（吸收）sunlight. The chlorophyll kept in leaves is what gives them their green colour.

During the autumn and winter months, the days become shorter, and there is less sunlight for photosynthesis. Without sunlight for photosynthesis, trees can’t make enough food to live. To save energy, they stop making food during the autumn and winter months and stop using chlorophyll. And the leaves lost their green colour.

As the green colour starts to disappear, the leaves turn orange, red, yellow or brown. Leaves always have these colours in them, but people can’t see them during the spring and summer months. That’s because the leaves are full of green chlorophyll during those months and the green chlorophyll covers up the orange, red, yellow and brown colours. As the days become even shorter, the leaves turn brown at last. The brown colour comes from the leftover（遗留物）in the leaves after all the energy has been used.

(    ) 9. What is happening with a tree if its leaves turn orange, red, yellow and brown?

A. It’s making food.      B. It’s growing.

C. It’s preparing for winter.     D. It’s dying.

(    ) 10. Which paragraph is about why leaves change colour?

A. Paragraph 1.  B. Paragraph 2.  C. Paragraph 3.  D. Paragraph 4.

(    ) 11. According to the last paragraph, how many colours are there in the leaves during the spring and summer months?

A. One.    B. Two.    C. Four.    D. Five.

(    ) 12. In which kind of textbook can we probably find the text?

A. Art.    B. History.   C. Science,   D. Computer.

D

It has been two months since Richard Watson placed 200 special transmitters（信号发射机）for his cows. They are parts of an AI system named Ida. This AI system can send messages to Watson’s phone when his cows are healthy or when they are not feeling well. It can tell how many animals are sick to the dairy farmers（奶农）and also help them pick out the sick animals.

With the AI system, farmers can get the information from their phones instead of going to the farms to check animals every day. So this AI system can help people spend their free time doing other things. Many dairy farmers are interested in Ida. Watson is one of them. On a common morning in March, he took out his phone to check his Ida App. It showed that Cows #97800 and #97782 were eating less. This might mean that there was something wrong with them.

However, some farmers say, “I can find out the sick cow just by looking at her eyes.” Mark Rodgers is a neighbor of Watson’s. He said, “This is what I can do by myself. My experience can help me look after them better. Technology isn’t useful.”

Ida was developed by Yasir Khokhar, the boss of the company. He said he came up with the idea while he was living on a farm in Holland. The system can record cows’ behaviors by studying videos of them. The company is still trying to improve this technology to provide much more convenience for farmers.

(    ) 13. According to the text, the Al system can help famers ______.

①chat with their animals      ②pick out the sick animals

③record animals’ behaviors      ④change animals’ food

A.①②    B.②③    C.③④    D.②④

(    ) 14. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. Farmers have problems feeding cows.

B. Farmers are busy doing other things.

C. This AI system is used in different ways.

D. This AI system is popular with dairy farmers.

(    ) 15. Which of the following best describes Yasir Khokhar?

A. Creative.   B. Brave.    C. Honest.   D. Friendly.

(    ) 16. What can we infer（推断）from the text?