2024-2025学年度第二学期适应性考试（二）
九年级英语
（考试时间：100分钟 满分：120分）
请注意：
1. 本卷分选择题和非选择题两个部分。
2. 所有试题的答案均填写在答题卡上，答案写在试卷上无效。
第一部分 选择题（65分）
一、单项选择 从下列每题所给的选项中选择一个最佳答案。（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. —Teenagers should be ________ that there’s no ending to learning.
—That’s true. Learning is a lifelong journey.
A. confident B. amazed C. aware D. hopeful
2. While Judy was in Paris, she learnt a lot about art and developed a ________ for it.
A. taste B. plan C. system D. product
3. The 8-year-old child can speak English very well ________ her parents can’t.
A. if B. since C. so D. while
4. —Hey, kids. What are you going to do in the 15 minutes’ break between classes?
—Well, we ________ it seriously and now we have a good idea.
A. discuss B. are discussing C. will discuss D. have discussed
5. During rush hour, self-driving cars are smart enough to “know” ________ to slow down, stop or start again.
A. what B. where C. when D. who
6. —I am really interested in ants. How much do you know about them, Suzy?
—Ants breathe ________ the holes on both sides of their body.
A. across B. through C. against D. above
7. —Your grandma climbed the steps very ________ leaving me far behind.
—She takes exercise every day.
A. quickly B. properly C. patiently D. quietly
8. — Do you know the temperature will rise up to 38℃ tomorrow?
— I’m not sure. The weather report ________ be true.
A. should not B. may not C. must not D. need not
9. —The latest film The New Avengers (新复仇者联盟) is fantastic. The big scenes impress us a lot.
—________. I can’t think too highly of it.
A. Not exactly B. Don’t mention it C. I agree D. Quite the opposite
10. Look at the sign on the right. What is it saying?
A. The Visitors’ Center invites more people to feed the ducks.
B. Visitors must be careful with the food they give to the ducks.
C. Bird food costs less at the Visitors’ Center than other places.
D. The Visitors’ Center is asking visitors to buy bread for ducks.
二、完形填空
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I knew the hill and the forests around my house very well because I had kept exploring them since I was a child. So, it was a ____11____ when I found myself lost there.
One boring, cold afternoon in ____12____, I had a sudden idea to hike the hill with my friends. While making our way up the hill, my friends stopped ____13____ to watch unknown plants and to take photos of unusual insects. These really brought ____14____ great fun. But I was just taking in fresh air and enjoying the nice views.
As the sun began to set down, we continued to move ____15____. But shortly after that, we realized we were getting ____16____ —our legs feeling heavy and our energy running out. We were all clear that we could no longer go forward, so we decided to ____17____. Instead of taking the same way back, I chose to walk down the other side of the hill, ____18____ I knew not far away lay the stream that would guide us to the road. But as the hilly land slowly became flat (平坦), I began to ____19____: Where was the stream? Were we not on the right path?
Then I took out my phone to check the _____20_____, but it died in my hand in the cold air. I started feeling a bit worried. My friends felt the same way. But I quickly made myself _____21_____ and encouraged my friends to keep walking. After watching the landmarks (地标) _____22_____, I saw a familiar (熟悉的) tree and finally made out the road.
