2025年九年级第二次模拟考试英语试题
（满分：120分 考试时间：100分钟）
注 意 事 项
考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求：
1. 本试卷共8页，包含选择题（第1题~第45题，共60分）、非选择题（第46题~第76题，共60分）两部分。本次考试时间为100分钟，满分120分。考试结束后，请将答题纸交回。
2. 答题前，请考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、准考证号用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔写在答题卡上相应的位置。请在答题卡指定区域作答，在试卷或草稿纸上作答一律无效。
一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。
1. It’s necessary to learn to accept failure as ________ can succeed all the time.
A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody D. everybody
2. I have great confidence to face the challenges in my studying and life as I have many excellent teachers _________ me.
A. without B. except C. through D. beside
3. —There seems to be something wrong with the washing machine. How can we start it?
—Don’t worry. Just follow the ________, and we can solve the problem easily.
A. instructions B. discussions C. instruments D. situations
4. Millie is ________. When I talk to her about my problems, she always listens carefully and offers me some useful advice.
A. curious B. generous C. patient D. confident
5. Students are supposed to use Chat GPT ________, knowing its advantages and risks.
A. wisely B. exactly C. quickly D. completely
6. On the new journey of Chinese development, everyone is a key actor, every effort ________, and every ray of light shines.
A. appears B. matters C. happens D. lasts
7. This ________ be the right address. The building looks completely different.
A. can’t B. won’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
8. Reading quietly and taking notes are a good reading method _________ it can help understand the articles better and deeper.
A. because B. although C. unless D. after
9. Of all their works, this is probably the ________ song.
A. good-known B. well-known C. better-known D. best-known
10. If you don’t know _______ with your old clothes, you can send them to a charity.
A. which to do B. where to do C. what to do D. how to do
11. In the next ten years, many new parks _________ in our hometown to enrich our life.
A. built B. were built C. will be built D. will build
12. —How long _______ here in New York? —For three days.
A. have you come B. were you C. have you been D. will you come
13. —Tom, why is “Better late than never” encouraging?
—Because it tells us ________.
A. how can we avoid being late B. that a late start still matters
C. why we should be on time D. when is the best time to arrive
14. —Math is really killing me! I’m thinking of giving it up.
—______ You’ll never get your dream job as a market analyst if you don’t stick to it.
A. Better late than never B. No pains, no gains
C. Two heads are better than one D. Many hands make light work
15. —What are you going to do this summer holiday?
—________. If there’s enough time, I may go to Guizhou as a volunteer.
A. It depends B. It doesn’t matter C. Don’t mention it D. Forget it
二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
I was visiting my grandpa’s farm in Kansas, and Grandpa sent me into the woods to pick up pecans (山核桃).
Plunk! I dropped another pecan into my basket. Then a gentle autumn wind ____16____ some more off the tree. I ran to pick them up but my basket remained ____17____ full. Whew! Pecan picking was hard but I wasn’t about to let Grandpa down, so I kept working.
Suddenly, something ____18____ my eyes: a squirrel picked up a pecan, climbed up a tree and disappeared into a large hole. A moment later, it returned for another pecan and took it back to its secret hiding place ____19____ the hollow (洞) of the tree.
