广东省深圳市福田区红岭中学（红岭教育集团）2022-2023学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

红岭中学石厦初中部2022—2023学年度第一学期 初三年级期末检测 英语试卷 命题人：初三英语备课组 审题人：初三英语备课组 （说明：本试卷考试时间70分钟，满分为75分） 第一部分（选择题50分） Ⅰ. 完形填空（10分） 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。（共10小题，每小题1分） A man had four sons who never stopped fighting with one another. He was always telling them how much 1 life would be if they worked together, but they took no notice of his words. One day he decided to show them what he 2 . He called all the sons together and put a bundle of 3 on the floor in front of them. The man asked the youngest son, “Can you break that?” “Of course, it’s so easy.” The boy answered 4 and put his knee on the bundle. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not break the bundle. Seeing that he 5 , other boys laughed at him. The father asked each son in 6 to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it. Then he untied the string（绳子）and scattered（散开）the chopsticks. “Now try it again,” he said. This time the boys broke the chopsticks easily with their hands. All of them were surprised and 7 why this had happened. “Do you see what I mean?” asked the father. “If you stand together, no one can hurt you. If you all 8 one another the whole time and stick to your own opinions, the 9 will destroy you.” His sons realized how important working together was from this 10 lesson. From then on, they stopped fighting and stuck together. （ ）1. A. shorter B. faster C. sweeter D. easier （ ）2. A. wanted B. meant C. felt D. saw （ ）3. A. clothes B. chopsticks C. flowers D. papers （ ）4. A. angrily B. carefully C. confidently D. slowly （ ）5. A. appeared B. failed C. smiled D. changed （ ）6. A. turn B. time C. addition D. case （ ）7. A. explained B. reminded C. remembered D. wondered （ ）8. A. disagree with B. help with C. play with D. compare with （ ）9. A. hero B. duty C. difficulty D. choice （ ）10. A. humorous B. hard C. boring D. valuable Ⅱ. 阅读理解（40分） 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。（共15小题，每小题