浙江省宁海中学风华书院2021-2022学年九年级下学期第一阶段考试英语试题

( 二 O 二一学年 第 二 学期 )风华书院 九年级英语第一阶段考试题卷 一、完形填空（本题有15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Detective Ashley Jones works at a police department in England. He has recently made an important 1 ---loneliness is a serious social problem that can lead to depression(沮丧) and even crimes, but it can be 2 in a clever way. The 3 ? Chat benches. Jones got the idea after he had talked with an elderly lady who had been cheated of her 4 . The lady would get a call from a stranger every morning who 5 made her believe that he was her friend, and then she lent him about ￡31,000. Jones was 6 when she said that she didn’t actually mind being cheated. “ 7 , I would never speak to another person for weeks on end,” she said. This made Jones know that there are too many 8 people in his community, who are easy targets of cheating. So he 9 to do something about it. He asked the police department to allow him to 10 a couple of “chat benches” in two of their local parks. Then he hung a colorful sign on 11 of the benches that read: “ HAPPY TO CHAT”. Just a few days after the signs went up, he found a few people sitting there and having active conversations. The idea is catching on 12 . There are now over 40 chat benches throughout England. More new chat benches have sprung up across the UK and beyond. Jones’ idea has been fully 13 --- the “HAPPY TO CHAT” benches help break down the social barrier that keeps people from saying hello. The effort is not just a beginning of being community minded---it is also a 14 way. It stops people who are cut off from society falling victim to cheaters. The Chat Bench is a fantastic new project that 15 those of all ages to get to know each other in the future. 1. A. choice B. discovery C. visit D. promise 2. A. experienced B. suffered C. prevented D. felt 3. A. solution B. puzzle C. excuse D. reason 4. A. pleasure B. prize C. phone D. money 5. A. fina