内容正文:
2022-2023学年度第二学期九年级第三次模拟考试
英语 试卷
(卷面满分:75分考试时长:70分钟)
第一部分 选择题(50分)
一、完形填空(10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。
Having failed twice before, Meng Jiao (751-814) passed the imperial examinations (科举考试) at the age of 46. He shows his wild joy by saying that the ____1____ he experienced before are no longer worth mentioning. Now he ____2____ confidence and energy, riding his horse along the flower-filled streets of Chang’an. He feels the spring breeze (微风), the wide sky, and the open road, and ____3____ his horse is running faster. In the city of Chang’ an, many flowers are ____4____ in spring, but he has seen them all in one day! The poet connects his joyful feelings with the scenery and expresses them in a clear and ____5____ way. The last two lines have become ____6____ throughout the ages.
Hilda Conkling’s poem suggests that joy cannot be seen, but rather felt through experiences in ____7____. She talks about how watching waves break or looking through violet stems (紫罗兰茎) in spring grass can give us feelings of joy. Also, joy comes from within a person and can be seen in their eyes, ____8____ being just a result of external
factors (外部因素) like sunlight or moonlight. Overall, finally the poem shows us that joy is a feeling that is often ____9____ in simple moments of beauty and nature. It celebrates the power of these moments to bring about feelings of ____10____ and highlights (强调) that joy is something that lives within us all.
1. A. importance B. joy C. difficulties D. wonders
2. A. is full of B. is worried about C. is proud of D. is prepared for
3. A. even B. really C. also D. quite
4. A. dying B. dreaming C. sleeping D. blooming
5. A. alive B. living C. lively D. live
6. A. unknown B. famous C. interesting D. useful
7. A. lives B. stories C. reality D. nature
8. A. in addition to B. as well as C. as a result of D. rather than
9. A. found B. heard C. imagined D. mentioned
10. A. sadness B. anxiety C. worry D. happiness
二、阅读理解(40分)
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