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2021-2022学年广东省揭阳市揭西县五校九年级(下)期中英语试卷
一、完形填空(本大题共20小题, 共20.0分)
There was a man named Zhou Chu who lived during the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316). He was very strong –_____1_____ than any other man in his village.
People were scared of him _____2_____ he often bullied (欺负) villagers. _____3_____ that time, a man-eating tiger and a deep-water monster lived nearby. They often caused trouble for _____4_____ village. People called them, along with Zhou, the “three evils” (三害).
One day, some villagers asked Zhou _____5_____ them kill the tiger and the monster. After three days of fighting, Zhou finally killed them and came back. But the villagers thought he was dead. They celebrated _____6_____ death. After seeing this, Zhou realized how much he _____7_____ and decided to make a change.
He visited a famous scholar (学者) named Lu Yun. Lu told him “If one _____8_____ what is good in the morning, he can change his behavior in the evening. Just do _____9_____ you think is right.”
From then on, Zhou became a good person and stopped bullying ______10______. Later he became a great soldier and died protecting his country.
1. A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. the strongest
2. A. because B. so C. if D. though
3. A. On B. In C. At D. For
4. A. a B. an C. the D. /
5. A. help B. to help C. helping D. helped
6. A. he B. him C. his D. himself
7. A. hates B. is hated C. hated D. was hated
8. A. realize B. realizes C. will realize D. realized
9. A. what B. that C. how D. which
10. A. other B. the other C. others D. the others
Once upon a time, there was a little boy. He ___11___ to dig a hole in the yard behind his house after watching a science program on TV. As he was digging, a couple of elder boys passing by stopped to watch. “What are you doing?” ___12___ one of them. “I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth,” the boy answered ___13___. Hearing this, the elder boys began to ___14___ him. They told him that it was stupid of him to even think of such a thing, bec