广东省广州市南沙区2022-2023学年九年级下学期开学考试英语试题

初中毕业班教学衔接调研 英语 本试卷共四大题，共11页。满分90分，用时100分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，参加调研学生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和调研号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。 2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。 3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4.参加调研学生必须保持答题卡的整洁。调研结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 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1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It might be many people’s first-time hearing about the Chinese paddlefish, and they probably have never seen ___1___ swimming in the Yangtze River with their own eyes. Chinese paddlefish ___2___ for more than 150 million years, sharing the same sky ___3___ dinosaurs. ___4___ it didn’t survive 2022. Chinese paddlefish, often ___5___ as “king of freshwater fish” in China, could weigh as ___6___ as 500 kilograms. Adult fish could grow ___7___ about meters long. It had a long, silver-gray body and a very large mouth. With ___8___ developed eyes, the fish used its long, sword-like nose to sense electrical activity ___9___ food. The decline of Chinese paddlefish has been put down to human ____10____. These giants were once commonly seen and caught not only in the Yangtze but also ____11____ rivers in China. Their huge size made them a popular target for fishermen and a welcome dish to dinner tables. Overfishing（过度捕捞）caused their populations to decline sharply in the latter half of ____12____ century. In 2003, ____13____ adult Chinese paddlefish was accidentally caught near Yibin, in south-central China. The big fish was released back into the water after ____14____ treatment. Scientists hoped to follow its movements, but within hours all signals ____15____. It turned out to be the last of the species ever seen alive. The sad news of Chinese paddlefish’s extinction（灭绝）spread quickly online. One said, “I’ve never met you before. The moment I do, it’s goodbye forever.” 1. A. they B. their C. them D. themselves 2. A. live B. lived C. have lived D. living 3. A. to B. with C. as D