广东省广州市越秀区第十六中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期开学考试英语试卷

2022-2023学年广东省广州十六中九年级(上)开学英语试卷 一、语法选择 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A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 1.(15分)Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford,England on 8th January,1942.He went to school in St Albans,a small city near London.(1) he did well,he was never top of his class. After(2) school,Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics,and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology.As he himself admitted,he hadn't worked hard.He was a very lazy student,and did very(3) work.However,he still got better marks than(4) . It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed there(5) something wrong with him.He started to bump into things.When he visited his family at Christmas time,his mother was (6) worried that she made him see a doctor.Hawking(7) to hospital for tests.Finally,the result came back.Hawking had motor neuron disease,an incurable illness which would make him(8) to speak,breathe or move without the help of a machine.Doctors said they had no way to help him.He(9) before he was 23. At first,Hawking became very low.After a while,he began to see his life in(10) different way.As he later wrote, "Before my illness was diagnosed,I had been very tired of life.It seemed that nothing was worth(11) .But shortly after I came out of hospital,I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do."Hawking married,found a job at Cambridge University,(12) had three children.He also went to do some of the most important scientific researches. Hawking worked at Cambridge University(13) a professor before his(14) .He(15) believed that nobody,how hard their life was,should lose hope. "Life is not fair," he once said."You just have to do the best you can in your own situation. (1)A.Although B.Unless C.Because D.If (2)A.to leave B.left C.leave D.leaving (3)A.much B.more C.little D.less (4)A.other B.the other C.another D.others (5)A.was B.has C.have D.were (6)A.such B.so C.too D.very (7)A.sent B.be sent C.was sent D.sends (8)A.unable B.able C