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中山市2021-2022学年上学期期末水平测试试卷
九年级英语
一、语法选择(本题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求,从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Simon was a curious(好奇的)boy. He lived with his grandfather. ____1____ Simon knew his grandfather did not like anyone to touch his collections, he still entered the store room where his grandfather kept his priceless antiques(古董). Once inside the room, Simon ____2____ on a chair. He lifted ____3____ box carefully. There were watches which ____4____ from different countries his grandfather had visited. While getting down from the chair, the box fell onto the floor. To ____5____ surprise, he found the glass of his grandfather’s favorite watch broken. Simon's heart started beating ____6____ than before. He put the broken watch back into the box and placed the box back on the shelf. He could not sleep in peace during the whole night.
The next morning, Simon collected all of his courage ____7____ the truth to his grandfather. Reaching his ____8____ bedroom he told him everything. The grandfather went over to the store room without saying anything. Simon kept standing ____9____ his head down. Having returned from the store, the grandfather said to Simon, “I felt very angry at first because what you broke was the first gift from your grandmother, ____10____ it was brave enough of you to tell me about the broken watch.”
At that moment Simon knew that being honest was the only way for him to be free from his mistake.
1. A. If
B. As
C. Though
D. While
2. A. stood
B. would stand
C. has stood
D. stands
3. A. a
B. an
C. /
D. the
4. A. buy
B. were bought
C. are bought
D. bought
5. A. he
B. him
C. himself
D. his
6. A. fast
B. faster
C. the faster
D. the fastest
7. A. tell
B. telling
C. told
D. to tell
8. A. grandfather's
B. grandfathers'
C. grandfather
D. grandfathers
9. A. to
B. with
C. by
D. in
10. A. so
B. or
C. but
D. and
二、完形填空(本大题共15小题,每小题1分,共15分)
通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Mike is a 15-year-old student in a mid