The invention discloses a preparation method of semi-interpenetrating water-absorbent resin particles. The preparation method comprises: firstly, neutralizing acrylic acid by using a sodium hydroxide solution, controlling the neutralization degree of the acrylic acid to be 60-90% to obtain an acrylic acid-sodium acrylate solution, then adding dissolved acrylamide, allyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether and a polyvinyl alcohol solution into the acrylic acid-sodium acrylate solution, and mixing uniformly to obtain a mixed solution; secondly, adding a crosslinking agent into the mixed solution, stirring uniformly, then heating the system to 65 DEG C, adding an initiator, and stirring for 15-20min for reaction to obtain a rubber block; and finally, taking out the rubber block, and washing, drying and crushing the rubber block to obtain semi-interpenetrating water-absorbent resin particles. The preparation method disclosed by the invention is simple to operate, the prepared product has a semi-interpenetrating polymer network structure, the water absorption rate of the product in distilled water reaches 2100g/g or above, the liquid absorption rate of the product in 0.9% brine is also 150g/g or above, and the product is good in water absorbability and high in salt tolerance, and can meet actual needs of oilfield production.