江苏省常州市清潭中学2025-2026学年九年级上学期第一次英语阶段测试（含答案）

2025-2026学年常州市清潭中学九年级上学期第一次阶段测试 一．单项选择 1. --What terrible weather it is! What can we do then --I prefer _____ at home _____ books alone. It's really relaxing. A. staying; reading B. staying; read C. to stay; read D. to stay; to read 2. Global Harbor _____ the whole city_____ its wonderful shops and delicious food. A. impress; for B. is impressed; for C. impresses; with D. is impressed; with 3. --Can Sandy help us with the problem --Yes. her promise, _____ Jimmy's, is_____ gold. A. as long as:as good as B. as good as; as long as C. as well as; as good as D. as good as; as well as 4. --I don't know if it _____ tomorrow. --Well, if it _____, the school sports meeting will be put off. A. will rain; will rain B. rains; will rain C. will rain; rains D. rains; rains 5.--Why did you keep your clothes shop_____ last week --I took a trip with my _____ friend Jennifer. A. closed; close B. closing; close C. closed; closed D. close; closed 6. --My teacher suggested _____ all the work in just two days. --Really It's hard to imagine_____ it in such a short time. A. to finish; doing B. to finish; to do C. finishing; to do D. finishing; doing 7. Could you tell me something about QuQiubai I need to know about _____. A. how many books did he publish B. that he studied and worked in Russia C. which part of Changzhou did he live in D. what foreign languages he could speak 8. He devoted his life _____ pollution _____ happily. A. to prevent; to live B. to prevent; living C. to preventing; to live D. to preventing; living 9. Could you tell me how often these flowers _____ A. are required to water B. require watered C. are required watering D. require watering 10. --Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, two young gold medalists at Paris Olympic Games, have impressed people a lot. What is the secret of their success -- _____Wang _____ Sun comes first easily. Their hard work pays off. A. Not only; but also B. Both; and C. Neither; nor D. Either; or 11. We tried to calm down the couple without hurting the feeling of _____, but failed. A. either B. every C. both D. neither 12. --It's a shame that Japan has dumped nuclear wastewater into the sea! This is the biggest problem we are facing now. --_____. Environmental protection is everyone's duty. A. That's not the case. B. Not really. C. I can't agree more. D. That's a good idea. 二、完形填空 King Zhao of the State of Yan (燕昭王) was a king with big dreams. He wanted to gather talented people to make the state (1)_____. Then he asked the scholar(有学问的人) Guo Wei for (2)_____. Guo told the king a story. In ancient times, there was a king who wanted a special kind of horse called qianlima. He sent many people to find such horses and (3)_____ them for him. However, three years passed, and (4)_____found him such a horse. One day, someone new volunteered to help. Within three months, he heard about a qianlima. He rushed to find it, (5)_____ the horse was already dead.(6)_____, he bought the bones of the horse ... ...