广东省深圳市南山外语学校（集团）滨海学校2021-2022学年九年级上学期开学考试英语试卷

2021-2022学年广东省深圳市南山外国语学校（集团）九年级（上）开学英语试卷 一. 完形填空（10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应字母编号涂照。 1．（10分）As a young man，Al was a skilled potter（陶工）.He had a wife and two sons.But one night，his oldest son died of a（1）　 　 illness.To make matters worse，his wife left him for a short time later，（2）　 　him alone with his 6﹣year﹣old son.This pain was more than Al could stand，and he （3）　 　alcohol（酒）.In time，Al became an alcoholic. Day by day，Al began to lose everything he had—his home，his job，his art，everything.In the end，Al died alone in a motel（汽车旅馆） room. When I heard of Al's death，I thought， "What a complete（4）　 　!" As time went by，Al's son Ernie grew up.He is one of the kindest and most caring men I have ever known.I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them.I know that kindness and caring had to come from（5）　 　. "I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father.It is so（6）　 　 to defend an alcoholic.One day，I asked him，"I'm really puzzled by something，"I said. "I know your father was basically the only one to（7）　 　 you.What on earth did he do that you became such a good person？" Ernie sat（8）　 　for a while.Then he said， "From my earliest memories as a child（9）　 　I left home at 18，Al came into my room every night，gave me a kiss and said， "I love you，son." Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a（10）　 　I had been to judge Al as a failure.He had not left any material possessions（物质财富）behind.But he had been a kind and loving father，and be let behind one of the finest men I have ever know. （1）A.lucky B.rough C.simple D.sudden （2）A.holding B.putting C.leaving D.dragging （3）A.turned to B.threw into C.belonged to D.flew into （4）A.joke B.mistake C.success D.failure （5）A.somehow B.anyhow C.somewhere D.anywhere （6）A.easy B.hard C.strange D.pleasant （7）A.trouble B.respect C.challenge D.raise （8）A.quietly B.joyfully C.secretly D.loudly （9）A.unless B.until