2024-2025学年第二学期
九年级新课结束学业水平调研模拟卷（三）
英 语
一、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. There are many old sayings requiring us to be ______ , such as “The early bird catches the worm” and “Practice makes perfect”.
A. generous B. modest C. organized D. hard-working
2. —How can we ________ O₂?
—Follow this:
A. heat B. produce C. invent D. reflect
3. I used to be shy, but now I am ______ getting active and popular.
A. hardly B. correctly C. widely D. gradually
4. —Look, it ________ be Tom.
—No, it ________ be him. He has gone abroad.
A. may; mustn’t B. must; mustn’t C. must; can’t D. may; may not
5. All you need to make DeepSeek work for you is to give some clear ________.
A. introductions B. inventions C. instructions D. invitations
6. Mount Huangshan is known ________ a natural wonder. It is also known ________ its high-quality tea.
A. for; as B. as; as C. as; for D. for; for
7. A new library ________ there. We can use it at the beginning of next term.
A. is built B. is being built C. has been built D. should be built
8. —I’m going to study abroad, but I’m really nervous. I have no idea ______.
—Take it easy. You can start by making a list of things to prepare.
A. how can I get ready for it B. what I should do first
C. that I need to take some courses in advance D. if the language barrier was a big problem
9. A man with a bleeding hand hurried in and asked, “Is there a hospital around ________ I can get some medicine for my wounded hand? ”
A that B. which C. where D. who
10. —Will scientists discover new planets in space?
—______! The universe is filled with endless possibilities.
A. No problem B. No way C. Wonderful D. Perhaps
二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
One Christmas season, my husband had just brought in a Christmas tree and several boxes of decorations (装饰品). Our ten-year-old son Conan wanted to help me unpack them, while the other two children, Chase and Chelsea watched ____11____.
Among the decorations were some ____12____ ones that held memories of our family trips and fun times. I was a bit worried to let children touch them ____13____ they might break them.
Suddenly, I came up with an idea. “Conan, what about starting a new ____14____?” I said. “Each year, we’ll get you a new decoration. You can write your name and the year on it, and when you’re older, you’ll have your own collection.” Conan’s eyes ____15____ and he picked a small one.
But Conan had another thought. “Since I’m ten now, can I choose ten decorations to stand for my ten years?” he asked. I ____16____ and handed him some. He ____17____ picked ten and patiently wrote his name and the year on each.
For the next few years, we remembered the agreement and bought Conan a decoration every year. But when he became a teenager, we all ____18____ about it.
Sadly, when Conan was seventeen, he died in a car accident. The holidays became really ____19____ for us. Decorating the tree that year seemed like a task. Even Chase and Chelsea were not as excited as before.
Late one Saturday night, after everyone was asleep, I started decorating the tree ____20____ myself. As I looked for the decorations, I thought of Conan’s happy face when he chose the snowflake decoration. I turned it over and suddenly found that there was a name written on the ____21____. Tears came to my eyes as I took out the others he had chosen. They became really ____22____ to me.
At that time, I realized that the most valuable memories are not from costly things, but from common things by love. Conan’s decorations were a reminder of the love that kept us together, even in sad times.
