湖北省孝感市等3地2022-2023学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

黄冈市2022年秋季九年级期末教学质量监测 英 语 试 题 （考试时间：90分钟 满分：80分） 一、单项选择（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分） 1. —Dad, which is the better ________ for me, a senior high school or a vocational（职业的）high school? —Either is OK. It depends on your plan and effort. A. result B. choice C. experience D. custom 2. —I am a little nervous when I take exams. What should I do, Mr. Zheng? —Don’t worry. Just try your best. ________, grades are not everything. A. At first B. As a result C. At last D. After all 3. —Mary, can I look at your notebook? It looks special. —Sorry. I usually write down something ________ in it. A. perfect B. pleasant C. private D. polite 4. —Dr. Zhang Wenhong tells us we ________ wear masks in public ________ do more exercise to prevent COVID-19. —Yes. To keep healthy, we should do as he told us. A. not only, but also B. not, but C. either, or D. neither, nor 5. —Students must be told to ________ dangerous places and people. —That’s true. We must remember safety comes first. A. come up with B. take care of C. deal with D. keep away from 6. —I hear that you took part in a city park clean-up activity last Sunday. —Yes, it ________ by our school green club to protect the environment. A. organizes B. organized C. was organized D. is organizing 7. —Can you tell me ________? —OK. For six months. A. when Shenzhou-14 returned to Earth safely B. How many astronauts are there in Shenzhou-15 C. what’s the life like on the Tiangong space station D. how long the astronauts will stay on the Tiangong space station 8. —Please show me your health code（码）, either on Wechat or Alipay. —________. Here it is. A. Not bad B. No problem C. Be careful D. Go ahead 二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，使短文意思完整。 Today I want to tell you an educational story. In ancient times, there was a king who wanted a special kind of horse, qianlima, which could run 1,000 li a day. He ___9___ many people to find these horses and buy some for him. However, for three years, ____10____ had been found. Then, one day, som