2024-2025学年九年级英语上学期期末模拟必刷卷03注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上写在本试卷上无效3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回一、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．Look at the picture. The mother duck is ________ the baby ducks across the road. A．carrying B．leading C．following D．pushing2．Some people always mistake Sydney, a world-famous city, ________ the capital of Australia. In fact, its capital is Canberra.A．to B．of C．for D．into3．—Shall we get together this Saturday or Sunday evening? —________ is OK. I'm free this weekend.A．Both B．Either C．Neither D．None4．—Oh, my god. I've already worked for several hours without a rest.—I think you must stop working you might turn into a machine.A．so B．and C．or D．but5．―Hi, Sandy. How is your new school?―Fantastic. We can choose the course according to our . I am good at operas, so I take Beijing Opera classes.A．grades B．talents C．appearances D．experiences6．—Mum, why do I have to wash hands so many times a day?—For your health, you ________ be too careful.A．mustn’t B．shouldn’t C．needn’t D．can’t7．—Hi, Simon. You look so excited. What happened?—We won the football match, and the result ________ to be better than expected.A．turned out B．found out C．worked out D．put out8．Reading Corner in our school has made it ______ for us to experience the pleasure of reading than before.A．easier B．easy C．easily D．more easily9．—Have you been to Jiangsu Garden Expo Park in Tangshan? It is showing main gardens around Jiangsu. —Yes. I ________ it with my parents the other day.A．visit B．visited C．will visit D．have visited10．--- The two cases are________ connected. Maybe they have the same suspect.--- I can’t agree more. But we still need more clues to prove it.A．correctly B．sadly C．hardly D．probably11．—Do you know ________, Fred?—Next month. We will watch it on TV.A．where Beijing Winter Olympics beganB．where did Beijing Winter Olympics beginC．when Beijing Winter Olympics will beginD．when will Beijing Winter Olympics begin12．It is reported that the Nanjing City Wall Museum ________ on November 8th, 2021.A．has completed B．is completed C．was completed D．will be completed13．—Have you read the book Charlotte’s Web?—Yes. It’s ________ book that we can learn how great the friendship is from it. A．such a meaningful B．such a meaningless C．so meaningful D．so meaningless14．Here is a message for Sarah from Linda. What does Linda want?Hi Sarah,Mary phoned. Your book arrived in the post this morning. Mary’s out all day today but Steve will be in. Call him to let him know if you’re going to collect it.A．She wants Sarah to call Mary today.B．She wants Mary to post the book to Sarah.C．She wants Steve to call Sarah to collect the book.D．She wants Sarah to tell Steve if she will collect the book.15．—I’m sure that I can come first in the English exam. —________! You neither listen in class nor do homework carefully at home.A．In your dreams B．What a pity C．Have a good time D．Believe it or not二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
If I ran my business the way you people operate your school, I wouldn’t be in business very long!” I said before a group of angry teachers. I was a manager at an ice cream company that became ____16____ when People magazine chose our blueberry as the “Best Ice Cream In America.”As soon as I finished, a woman raised her hand. To my surprise, she appeared ____17____ and pleasant. “We are told, sir, that you ____18____ a company that makes good ice cream.”I replied proudly, “Best ice cream in America, Madam.”“Sir,” she said, “when you are standing on your receiving dock (码头) and you see a shipment of blueberries of poor quality ____19____, what do you do?” At once, I knew the question was a trap (陷阱), but I wasn’t going to ____20____. “I send them back.”“That’s right!” she raised her voice, “but we can ____21____ send back our blueberries. We take them big, small, rich, poor, gifted, confident, homeless, rude, and brilliant. We take them all! And that, sir, is why it’s not a(n) ____22____. It’s school.”All 290 teachers jumped to their feet and yelled, “Yeah! Blueberries! Blueberries!” And so began my long transformation (转变). Since then, I have visited hundreds of schools. I have learned that a school is not a business. For one thing, schools are unable to ____23____ the quality of their raw (未加工过的) material.Yet it doesn’t refuse the need for change. We must change how we teach to give all children the chance to become ____24____. But educators cannot do this alone. These changes can happen only with the understanding, trust, permission, and active _____25_____ of the whole society. Therefore, to improve public education means more than changing our schools. It means changing the whole country.16．A．strong B．special C．famous D．busy17．A。