内容正文:
公明中英文学校2022—2023学年第一学期作业检测
九年级英语
时间: 70 分钟
第一部分 选择题
I . 完型填空。
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
From a young age, I started to ___1___ make to-do lists, writing down tasks—read two new books or do an extra hour of math, and crossing them off as they were ___2___. All through my teens, this was a way to organize my confused mind.
As I moved to Britain for a degree, and then started a career and my own family, I continued to ___3___ the things I needed to achieve. The to-do lists started to have ___4___; they were eventually controlling me. I didn’t celebrate ___5___ like moving up the studying ladder. Instead, I kept writing all the things I still had to do, always driving myself forward and never stopping to take a breath.
I had great anxiety. So I decided to start writing a “have-done” list every Friday evening. As the weeks went by, when ___6___ what else I had to do, I also rethought about my achievements and ___7___ the smallest wins. It was a tiny change, but it has been important in helping me know how I ___8___ success in life.
I’m still driven to succeed when taking time to rethink of the things I have achieved however ___9___ or small. I’m able to set my own standards of success. Writing these achievements down reminds me of the _____10_____ success. And my self-worth and value are no longer measured by the ticks and crosses on my to-do lists.
1. A. carelessly B. correctly C. carefully D. politely
2. A. considered B. solved C. set D. completed
3. A. focus on B. help with C. laugh at D. give up
4. A. advantages B. progress C. disadvantages D. power
5. A. creations B. expectations C. praises D. achievements
6. A. looking up B. looking at C. looking for D. look ahead
7. A. celebrate B. fail C. realize D. refuse
8. A. mind B. share C. reduce D. measure
9. A. real B. exact C. big D. different
10 A. largest B. tiniest C. greatest D. funniest
II .阅读理解
第一节 阅读下列短文,从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
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