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2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试(广州专用)
英语
本试卷共四大题,满分90分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项:
1. 答卷前,考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号,再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上;如需要改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新的答案,改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域;不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁,考试结束,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1〜15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Stephen Hawking, a world famous British physicist, wrote a children’s book with his daughter. Hawking said the book was “a bit like Harry Potter”, 1 without the magic. “It explains the wonders of the universe,” said Hawking, while he 2 Hong Kong.
Hawking was probably the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He was 3 expert on black holes. He spent his whole life 4 into the study of the universe. “My goal is simple,” Hawking once said, “It is to 5 understand the universe.”
Hawking had a serious illness, it became much 6 and it stopped him from moving or talking. For a long time, he had no way to communicate except 7 blinking. He moved two fingers to control the computer’s mouse 8 . He selected his words from the screen, and then the words 9 by a voice synthesizer (音响合成器).
“I 10 the disease for most of my life,” Hawking once said, “Yet it has not stopped me from being 11 at my work.”
Although Hawking was 12 , he made great achievements. He has received 13 awards and prizes for his work over the years. This includes 14 the Albert Einstein Award. It is 15 achievement in theoretical physics.
1.A.or B.and C.but D.so
2.A.visits B.was visiting C.has visited D.had visited
3.A./ B.a C.an D.the
4.A.dig B.dug C.to dig D.digging
5.A.complete B.completed C.completely D.completing
6.A.bad B.badly C.worse D.worst
7.A.by B.in C.on D.at
8.A.communicate B.communicating C.to communicate D.communicated
9.A.speak B.spoke