浙江省台州市书生中学2021-2022学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷
2021-2022学年浙江省台州市书生中学九年级（上）期中英语试卷
一、完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
1．（15分）Last Sunday，Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City.A number of （1） had been set up for the homeless in the area.
My husband was not available to（2） our two sons，so I took 9﹣year﹣old Tony and 5﹣year﹣old Toby with me.Many of the people we （3） had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes.My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their （4） ideas about how people lived in the world.
"Why don't they buy food（5） us？" "Why don't they have homes？"…
We talked about the （6） why people ended up in that type of situation.And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them， "Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources ，" I （7） .
I was （8） that my boys would make too much noise.But to my （9） ，the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them.Many said how fun it was to have （10） children around.
After dinner，I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men.He was （11） them talk about sports.To be honest，I had（12） realized that he was such a good listener. （13） some people returned to their tents，I heard Tony say to them， "Thanks so much for having dinner with us." I could see that his simple words had （14） them greatly.I hugged him a little tighter because what he said had touched me，too.It was a great reminder that treating people with（15） can lift all of us up.
（1）A.houses | B.schools | C.tents | D.shops |
（2）A.look up | B.look after | C.look for | D.look into |
（3）A.served | B.saved | C.raised | D.admired |
（4）A.good | B.strange | C.common | D.different |
（5）A.from | B.like | C.to | D.for |
（6）A.excuses | B.wishes | C.interests | D.reasons |
（7）A.explained | B.agreed | C.realized | D.suggested |
（8）A.angry | B.crazy | C.worried | D.mad |
（9）A.surprise | B.sadness | C.regret | D.excitement |
（10）A.polite | B.intelligent | C.clever | D.active |
（11）A.agreeing with | B.depending on | C.running after | D.listening to |
（12）A.always | B.often | C.never | D.usually |
（13）A.Since | B.When | C.Although | D.Until |
（14）A.touched | B.disappointed | C.shocked | D.nervous |
（15）A.power | B.respect | C.strength | D.smile |
二、阅读理解 阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
2．（6分）
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（1）The First News comes out .
A.every day
B.every week
C.every month
D.every year
（2）If you want to pre﹣order one﹣year First News in 2021 today，how much will you pay at least？
A. ₤34.99
B. ₤48
C. ₤58.99
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（3）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？
A.First News is helpful to children.
B.First News is a newspaper in the traditional style.
C.There are many interesting stories in First News.
D.You need to go to the post office to get your First News.
3．（8分）Once upon a time，a young man wanted to go to a village on business.Halfway there was a mountain.Before he left home，his family reminded him of staying calm even in face of beasts（野兽）
The young man took the words into his heart and left alone.He walked for a long time carefully and found no beasts were out there.He thought his family's worries were unnecessary.He put his mind at ease and walked happily.At this right moment，he saw a big