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2021—2022学年第一学期期末考试
九年级英语
本试卷共四大题,10页,满分100分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项:
1.答卷前,考生务必在答卷上用黑色钢笔或签字笔填写自己的学校、班级、姓名,同时填写考生号、座位号,再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上;如需改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新的答案,改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域;不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁,考试结束,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题,每小题1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。
Many of us have read O. Henry’s short stories. But the writer’s own life story is probably not known by us. So the following introduction may help you know him better.
O. Henry is one of ____1____ short-novel tellers in the world. He is known as the father of the modern American short stories. He is famous ____2____ his great command of surprise endings in his short stories.
O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter. Porter was born on ____3____ of September, 1862 in North Carolina. In 1887, he got married to Athol ____4____ encouraged him to pursue his writing. They had two children. One is a son that died hours after his birth, ____5____ is a daughter named Margaret.
From 1893, the Porters lived peacefully in a house in Austin Texas. The family ____6____ very happy to be together. The house is now a museum which is a good way ____7____ about O. Henry’s early happy family life.
However, in 1897, his life was changed ____8____. He was accused of ____9____ money from the bank and was sentenced to five years in prison. Feeling afraid, he got away. _____10_____ after many years’ fleeing, he returned home because his wife was dying. And unluckily, he _____11_____.
While in prison, Porter started to write short stories _____12_____ his daughter Margaret. People believed _____13_____ Porter found his pen name while in jail. And he had fourteen stories published under different pen names, but became best known as O. Henry. _____14_____ some critics were not enthusiastic (热情的) about his works, the public loved them.
O. Henry’s last years were s