湖南省祁东县育贤中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2022 年下期育贤中学九年级期中考试试题卷 英 语 考试时长：90 分钟 满分：100 分 I. 阅读技能（共六个部分，35 小题，计 60 分） A) 完形填空。（共 10 小题，计 10 分） I was not a confident person before. That’s because I was fat and others often 1 me. As a result, I became very shy. I was afraid to say hello to strangers, let alone talk or hang out with them. I was afraid to ask simple 2 and speak loudly in front of others. It seemed that I felt afraid of 3 in my life. I believed that I would be like this all my life. But one day, my friend Paul’s words changed my mind. He 4 me to change myself. He said, “ 5 you can give it a try, you still have a chance to make a change. But if you never try, your life is only going to get worse.” I was so excited 6 hearing what he said. Yes, I had nothing to lose. Why not have a try? The first thing I did was to lose weight. I had a 7 diet and did exercise every day. After six months, I lost ninety pounds. This taught me that I could 8 myself. A few months later, I heard about a speech competition in our school. I picked up (鼓足勇气) to sign up for the competition. For the first time, I was able to share my story and speak loudly in front of dozens of people. After the competition, I made a to-do list and started changing in a very short time. I tried my best to 9 the things on the list one by one. When working on them, I became more and more confident. I am 10 making progress now. And I will never stop. ( ) 1. A. looked at ( ) 2. A. jokes ( ) 3. A. everything ( ) 4. A. expected B. pointed out B. questions B. nothing B. allowed C. laughed at C. stories C. something C. encouraged ( ) 5. A. Though B. If C. Because ( ) 6. A. before B. from C. after ( ) 7. A. strict B. common C. terrible ( ) 8. A. save B. change C. teach ( ) 9.A.explain B. spread C. finish ( ) 10.A.still B. even C. seldom B) 阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容从文后的六个选项中选择五个还原到文 中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。 (共 5 小题，计 10 分) Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you