精品解析：广东省珠海市北师大珠海分校附属外国语学校2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

北师大珠海分校附属外国语学校 2022－2023学年第一学期九年级英语期中限时训练 考试时间：70分钟 满分：90分 二、语法选择（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Creativity is the key to a bright future Here is ___1___ schools and parents can help children to develop their creativity.  Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented a kind of material ___2___ enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didn’t stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learned from its ___3___. Now the company encourages its workers to ___4___ 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.  Creativity is not born with. A person with high intelligence does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of ___5___ your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.  We know that many schools have tried to develop students’ creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students’ reading, writing and maths skills, and have to ___6___ creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct answers, but they are unable to use ___7___ to work out problems.  It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their ___8___. Even though it’s choosing between two kinds of food ___9___ lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a ___10___ time, but that is all right. 1. A. when B. where C. how D. what 2. A. thick B. wide C. big D. strong 3. A. effect B. advice C. suggestion D. mistake 4. A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay 5. A. finding B. using C. taking D. improving 6. A. grow up B. catch up C. give up D. hurry up 7. A. it B. them C. that D. ones 8. A. meanings B. conversations C. results D. quest