九年级（下）期中试卷
英 语 2025. 04
注意事项：
1. 本试卷共12页。全卷满分为90分。考试时间90分钟。试题包含选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。
2. 请认真核对监考教师在答题卡上所粘贴条形码的姓名、考试证号是否与本人相符合，再将自己的姓名、考试证号用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡及本试卷上。
3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。答非选择题必须用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡的指定位置，在其它位置答题一律无效。
选择题（共40分）
一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下列各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. AI can improve ________ between people and help us understand each other better.
A. skills B. abilities C. safety D. communication
2. Many indoor ice centres have been built recently! They help ________ teenagers’ interest in winter sports.
A. imagine B. develop C. impress D. keep
3. —There are many practical courses like cooking to choose from this term.
—Great! They can prepare us for the real world ________ just learning from books.
A. in B. from C. beyond D. except
4. Our ________ monitor often writes encouraging notes and puts them in everyone’s desk before exams.
A. thoughtful B. patient C. generous D. funny
5. —Mr. Wang always explains math problems ________ on the board, step by step.
—Exactly! That’s why we can all solve them finally.
A. clearly B. quietly C. slowly D. quickly
6. —________ the beautiful Qinhuai River scenes, many tourists like to take a boat tour.
—That’s true! The Qinhuai River has also attracted poets from different dynasties.
A. Enjoy B. Enjoying C. Enjoyed D. To enjoy
7. More than 40% of the insects around us may die out in the future ________ we change our ways of producing food.
A. if B. unless C. until D. when
8. —What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
—Drawing. ________ is more exciting to see my ideas come to life as I draw.
A. Nothing B. Something C. Anything D. Everything
9. —More efforts ________ in the following years to improve the elderly care industry.
—I believe so. Many young people have joined home-nursing companies these years.
A. made B. were made C. will make D. will be made
10. —Nanjing Qingliangshan Metro Station ________ a lot of attention since its opening.
—No wonder. It’s the deepest station in Nanjing—51 metres deep!
A. attracts B. attracted C. is attracting D. has attracted
