广东省广州市石化中学2021-2022学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

广州石化中学2021-2022学年第一学期初三英语 期中考试卷 考试时间：100分钟 试卷总分：100分 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。 Have you ever heard of Oprah Winfrey? She is ___1___ American television host. According to Forbes magazine, Oprah Winfrey is one of ___2___ women in America. She has worked ___3___ a news reporter, movie actress, and author, ___4___ she is best known for her popular television talk show, Oprah. Life has not always been easy for Oprah. When she was young , her parents did not live together and she often ___5___ house. Her family was poor, and Oprah did not have her first pair of shoes ___6___ she was six years old. But Oprah was smart, she learned ___7___ before she started school. And even from her young age, Oprah loved to talk. After ___8___ from high school, Oprah got a job as a newsreader at a television station in Baltimore. Oprah was very different ___9___ other reporters. She laughed when she made a mistake, and ___10___ if a story was sad. Her style was not right for news reporting, so she was fired. Oprah’s boss offered ___11___ a job as the co-host of a morning talk show ___12___ People Are Talking . She was very popular on that show, and in 1981 Oprah moved to Chicago where she had a larger studio audience. They loved her program so much. Five years ___13___, her show Oprah was broadcast for the ___14___ time. And every day, millions of people from all over the world ___15___ Oprah, especially in the USA. 1. A an B. a C. the D. / 2. A. rich B. richer C. richest D. the richest 3. A. for B. as C. to D. in 4. A. and B. if C. but D. so 5. A. moved B. moves C. move D. moving 6. A. when B. after C. until D. while 7. A. how reading B. how to read C. what reading D what to read 8. A. graduate B. graduates C. graduated D graduating 9. A. from B. at C. on D of 10. A. cry B. cries C. cried D. has cried 11. A. she B. her C. hers D. she’s 12. A. called B. calls C. calling D. call 13. A. after B. before C. late D. later 14.