广东省广州市海珠区2020-2021学年九年级上学期期末英语试卷

2020-2021学年广东省广州市海珠区九年级（上）期末英语试卷 一、语法选择（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1〜15各题所给的A、B、 C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 1．（15分）One day， we were playing basketball after lunch. Abby was so distracted by her worries （1）　 　 she didn't even notice the ball hurtling toward her. "Ow!" she cried as the ball（2）　 　 her in the side of the face. "I'm so sorry" said Luke. "I thought you saw it coming!" "It's OK. My mouth is going to be hurting like crazy soon anyway. " "How come？" Luke asked. "I'm going to get braces next week，" Abby said. "I'm so worried. I can't think about（3）　 　. "My dad has this trick that helps with worrying，" I said. "He has me name the specific things I'm（4）　 　about. " I continued， "So if you write down the things you worry about， maybe you can（5）　 　 do something about them. I'll help you make a list. " That afternoon， we made a very clear list of Abby's worries： 1. Braces will make me（6）　 　strange. 2. Everyone will play（7）　 　joke on me. 3. I will never be able to eat popcorn or sticky candies again. 4. Because of the braces， I'll spend（8）　 　life in pain. （9）　 　Abby's worries list wasn't exactly funny， we still decided to describe it with silly cartoon drawings， and we couldn't stop laughing. Abby had the world's best idea. "How about （10）　 　my worry list into a survey？ We can ask kids with braces（11）　 　they've experienced the things on my list. " The next day we did the survey， and everyone seemed（12）　 　to take part in it. Then we discovered that everyone agreed it（13）　 　a few days to get used to their new look. Not being able to eat stuff that gets stuck in braces， but ice cream or ice pops can still（14）　 　. Whatever， it's really not that big of a deal. So try writing down your worries and talking to other people（15）　 　have braces. Doing those things help you to feel better. （1）A. that B. what C. until D. which （2）A. hit B. hits C. hitting D. has hit （3）A. nothing