2025-2026学年（上）苗栗九年级质量检测英语

1、根据括号内所给提示，将下列句子翻译成英语。

【1】妈妈，我永远不会让你失望的。 (let ... down)

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【2】他们齐心协力，很快完成了工作。(pull together)

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【3】我爸爸喜欢篮球而不是排球。(rather than)

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【4】他会被学校开除吗？ (kick off)

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【5】王奶奶对她的孙女们要求严厉。(be hard on sb.)

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【6】那个男孩差点从高墙上掉下来。 (be close to)

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【7】第一步是学习如何使用这台机器。 (动词-ing形式作表语)

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2、The 33rd Olympic Games _________ in Paris in July, 2024.

A．is held

B．was held

C．will hold

D．will be held

3、In the following words, which underlined letters have a different sound from the others?

A．spread

B．treat

C．steal

4、I know you are busy, but you look pale. You’d better ___________a good rest.

A. stop to have   B. stop having

C. to stop to have   D. to stop having

5、The little boy was ________ excited ________ he couldn’t help crying.                 .

A．so, that

B．such, that

C．too, to

6、A plane crashed ________ the afternoon ________ March 21, 2022.

A．on, of

B．in, in

C．on, on

D．on, in

7、You should not ________ to old people. It is not polite.

A.stand up B.look up C.talk back D.look back

8、 –Whose is this purple scarf?

–It _______ be Mary’s. She always wears a purple scarf like this.

A. must B. can C. mustn’t D. can't

9、Nowadays even the flats in small towns are much ________ than they used to be.

A. expensive   B. more expensive

C. most expensive D. the most expensive

10、His success on science____working hard.

A.depends B.depends on

C.depends in   D.depends with

11、--- What do you think of the man?

--- I find   difficult to work with him.

A. him   B. me   C. it   D. that

12、— I have ________ in learning English and I am so worried. Could you help me with it?

— Sure, I’d love to.

A．choice

B．interest

C．trouble

D．advice

13、Reading is one of my hobbies. I can get a lot of knowledge ________ reading books.

A．at

B．by

C．with

D．on

14、—If you always ________ yourself with others, you may have much stress.

—I agree.We should believe in ourselves.

A．compare

B．communicate

C．connect

D．consider

15、The thing flew very fast in the sky and soon it   .Nobody knew what it was.

A. appeared   B. disappeared   C. arrived   D. reached

16、—Sorry, but are these your biscuits?

—Oh, sorry. I just took them ______. Mine are under the newspaper.

A. by mistake   B. in person   C. in trouble   D. by hand

17、The accident took place ten days ago.

A. happened B. disappeared

C. landed D. received

18、—Whose is the notebook?

— It ________ be Mary’s. You can see her name on the cover.

A．can

B．may

C．must

D．need

19、The broken bike needs ________ .

A. repair   B. repaired   C. repairing   D. to be repair

20、The number of teachers in our school ____  60 and a number of them ____  male teachers.

A. is; are   B. are; is   C. am; are   D. be; are

21、Mother told me that the earth______   around the sun.

A. moved   B. move   C. moves   D. moving

22、根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯完整。

A: Please give me a piece of China Daily.

B: You are lucky! This is the last piece.

A: 【1】?

B: Yes, there’s something new on the front page. You can have a good look at it.

A: It says that a documentary about our country’s history is going to be shown.

B: Yes, you’re right. Would you like to watch it with me?

B: 【2】. I like documentaries.

B: 【3】?

A: Yes. I often watch documentaries on TV.

B: 【4】?

A: I also like travel programs.

B: So do you like traveling?

A: 【5】. Traveling opens up my eyes.

B: That’s also a good way to learn about the world.

23、 补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据语境，用恰当的语言完成对话。

Woman: What are you doing this afternoon, dear?

Liu Yu: 【1】___________________________________．He just got his driver’s license.

Woman: I am sorry．You can’t go to Hualian Supermarket with Wu Peng．I think 【2】______________________________________________.They aren’t serious enough at that age.

Liu Yu: 【3】_________________________________________________．Well, we can go by bus．I have to go to the supermarket．

Woman: What’s the reason?

Liu Yu: 【4】___________________________________

Woman: What kind of coat are you going to buy? Maybe I should go with you.

Liu Yu: Aw, Mom．I am not a child．I think 9【5】_________________________________.

Woman: Well, I just want to be sure you get something nice.

24、In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning (挣得) $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants (佣人), Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

【1】Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

A. want to be as rich as their neighbours

B. want others to know or to think that they are rich

C. don’t want others to know they are rich

D. want to be happy

【2】It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.

A. live outside New York City

B. live in New York city

C. live in apartments

D. have many neighbors

【3】If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.

A. do as the poor persons around him do

B. do everything he likes to do

C. do as his neighbours do

D. do as the rich people around him do

【4】Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.

A. an important nam

B. a popular name in the United States

C. his neighbor’s name

D. not a good name

25、Beyond the Clouds is a touching movie. It is about a great Chinese teacher, Zhang Guimei, who set up a high school for girls to study for free in Lijiang.

She came up with the idea of setting up a high school especially for girls after she visited the homes of the girls who gave up studying. She learned that most of the dropouts (辍学生) would get married. Poor families couldn’t pay the tuition fees (学费). Some girls had to do chores at home.

Between 2003 and 2007, Zhang spent her vacations on the streets, asking people to give away money for her girls’ school. Many people thought she might lie and cheat money from them. So she only raised about 10,000 yuan.

In 2007, after her dream was reported, the Yunnan government invested 60 million yuan in the project. The Huaping High School for Girls was completed (完成) in 2008 with only one teaching building. In 2009, after seeing no hope, nine teachers resigned (辞职), leaving just eight to teach there. In 2011, the first intake of the first students graduated and all went to universities or vocational colleges. By 2015, construction (建设) of all the school’s facilities (学校设备) was completed.

In 2019, Zhang Guimei was diagnosed (诊断) with many serious illnesses. But she is still fighting on. She hopes that girls can change their fates (命运) by receiving education and influence their future children in a positive way.

【1】Zhang Guimei is a Chinese teacher who ________.

A．set up a high school for boys to study for free in 2008

B．set up a high school for girls to study for free in Sichuan province

C．set up a high school for girls to study for free in Yunnan province

D．set up a high school for girls to study with paying in 2008

【2】Which of the following is NOT the reasons why the girls gave up studying?

A．They would get married.

B．They didn’t like studying.

C．They were asked to do chores.

D．Their families were too poor to afford the tuition fees.

【3】Why didn’t Zhang Guimei get enough money for the girls’ school at first?

A．Because nobody gave away money for her girls’ school.

B．Because she spent less time on it.

C．Because many people didn’t believe what she said.

D．Because she had serious illnesses.

【4】From the passage, we can see many girls ________ by studying in Huaping High School for Girls.

A．changed their fates

B．leave schools

C．didn’t enter universities

D．had many problems

【5】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．A movie about the girls in Li Jiang.

B．A movie about a great teacher who helps girls to receive education.

C．A movie about teachers in a high school for girls.

D．A movie about why many girls gave up studying.

26、   Did ancient Chinese people have weekends or public holidays? The weekly calendar (日历) was invented in the West. In ancient China, there were no such things as weekends. But people did take days off in the past.

For example, during the Han Dynasty, officials (官员) took one day off every five days. When it came to Tang Dynasty, officials had to work for ten days before they could rest for one day. But this was still reasonable, because officials at the time shared their work together. They also enjoyed public holidays for Chinese New Year and the inter solstice (冬至), with both holidays lasting for seven days.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, officials had to work all year long, except for public holidays, including a full month at the end of the year to celebrate Spring Festival. They also took seven days off on the king’s birthday. On the Mid-Autumn and Dragon Boat festivals, they could rest for one day as well.

As people like businessmen and farmers, they usually worked most of the year. But even the poor workers would take a few days off during Spring Festival. There were also days on which people of all walks of life offered food to the spirits. For example, farmers would give offerings to tudigong twice a year. People usually took one day off for this.

【1】According to the passage, the Westerners invented _________ in the past.

A.good spirits B.public holidays

C.inter solstice D.weekly calendar

【2】Officials in Tang Dynasty took one day off every ten days because _________.

A.they shared the work together at the time B.there was much work to do then

C.they could get more holidays for New Year D.they had to work hard to make money

【3】Officials during the Ming and Qing Dynasties could take seven days off on _________.

A.the Mid-Autumn Day B.the Dragon Boat festivals

C.the king’s birthday D.the Spring Festival

【4】From the passage we can know that _________.

A.ancient Chinese people had more public holidays

B.farmers would give offerings to tudigong twice a year

C.businessmen weren’t allowed to offer food to the spirits

D.officials had to work all year long during the Han Dynasty

27、Some English words have more than one meaning. These are called multi-meaning words.

Multi-meaning words have the same pronunciation with different meanings. For example, let’s look at the word “ball”. You could have a “ball” which means you would have a good time. You could toss a “ball” which means you throw an object. You could be on the “ball” which means you know what is happening. You could go to a “ball” which means a dance.

__________Take the word “can”. You “can” ride a bike which means you are able to ride a bike. You have a “can” of soup which means the soup is in a round-shaped holder. You can do the “can-can” which is a dance from the 1920s. And you might get “canned” if you do a poor job at work, which means you might lose your job.

How about “fly”? You can “fly” an airplane or you can hit a “fly” that is on your food in your house. Or, you can “fly by the seat of your pants” which means you don’t make a plan before taking an action. And, you know that “fly” of a zipper（拉链）is the top part of the zipper.

There are hundreds of words that are multi-meaning words. The word “set” has more meaning than any other word in the English language. When you have time. Why don’t you try to think of all the ways the word “set” is used?

If you look at the title of this book Can a Fly, Fly? …you know that the answer is “Yes” because you have seen an insect named a “fly” go up in the air and move around through the air … which is what “fly” means. Can a Fly? Of course, it can!

【1】If Tom is often late for work and fails to finish his tasks, he will ________.

A. do the can-can   B. get canned

C. be on the ball   D. go to a ball

【2】According to the passage, the word “_______” has the most meanings in the English language.

A. ball   B. can   C. set   D. fly

【3】Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 3?

A. Let’s try another word.   B. Let’s make a word list.

C. Here’s a survey report.   D. Here’s the guessing game.

【4】The writer writes the passage in order to _________.

A. tell a story about learning English words

B. introduce a book on learning English words

C. share an experience in learning English words

D. present different pronunciations of the same word

28、   Researchers have discovered the first Earthsized planet. It was first marked by 【1】(science) using NASA’s Kepler telescope (望远镜) ，so it’s called Kepler-186f. It lies about 500 light years from the Earth and goes【2】 its star. The planet is the right distance from its star for water： not too close and not too far. Water is one 【3】(importance) condition that scientists guess is necessary for life. So it could have water and possible life. It’s called a true Earth cousin.

“This 【4】 [‘plænɪt] is an Earth cousin,not an Earth twin ,” said Barclay,who is among a team of scientists reporting on the discovery in the magazine Science this week.

“It’s very 【5】(excited) to find a planet similar to the Earth”’ Barclay said. “It’s not easy work because things 【6】 [tʃeɪndʒ] as we get more measurements. ”

Scientists don't know anything about the air of Kepler-186f,but it will be a task for future telescopes that can study for chemicals that have something to do with life.

“It’s possible for 【7】 to live on this planet,but that doesn’t mean there is life on it ,” Barclay said.

So far,scientists have found nearly 1 ,800 planets in the 【8】

“The past year has seen a lot of【9】 [‘prəʊgres ] in the search for Earthlike planets. Kepler-186f is very important because it is the first planet that is the 【10】 temperature and is almost the same size as the Earth ,” scientist David Charbonneau wrote in an email.

29、   Most people hate change, which is sad since we often go through changes in life. And for some of us, even the Smallest changes can upset our day. So, the question is: Why do most of us find making adjustments（调整）to  our lives so hard?

Why we dislike change

Fear of change is _______ new. Over a century ago, people in Paris were unhappy over an unusual addition to their city: the Eiffel Tower. In fact, the citizens were so angry about the plans for the tower that they were against its construction（建造）. As strange as it may seem, their anger was completely _______. They were given no choice about the huge change that was going to be made, so they became angry. But we get upset over changes even when we do have to a say in the matter. Changes are brought about every day by the decisions we make: which school to attend, which job to take. Voluntary（出于自愿的）changes also make most of us uneasy because we don’t know how those changes will _______ our future.

How we can overcome our fear of change

People have discovered that the key to overcoming the fear of change is to be flexible. When people are flexible, they can _______ new situations more easily. Being flexible is especially important in the 21st century as technology makes change occur faster than ever before. Those  who were against change, especially with technology in the workplace, may end up finding themselves out of a job.

When change comes, and you have no choice but to _______ it. A positive（积极的）attitude helps a lot. In fact, the change may turn out to be the best thing for you. That new job you got may end up being much better than your old one. You may make the best friends of your life in the new city you moved to. _______, don’t just focus on how you feel about change. You should learn to accept the change. The change is the reality and it’s up to you to decide whether the change will be a success or a failure. You never know—your next change may be your life’s Eiffel Tower!

【1】A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing

【2】A.important B.natural C.unusual D.ordinary

【3】A.assist B.reward C.affect D.arrange

【4】A.be aware of B.get used to C.be interested in D.get rid of

【5】A.forget B.make C.face D.refuse

【6】A.However B.What’s more C.Besides D.Therefore