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2023-2024学年九年级第一学期期中测试英语试卷(江西卷)
全卷满分100分,考试时间120分钟。
一、单项填空(本大题共8小题,每小题1分,共8分)
请阅读下面各小题,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. It’s our ________ that Tu Youyou becomes the first Chinese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
A. secret B. spirit C. pride D. success
2. ---Do you like Miss Lee?
---Of course. She is___________and always explains difficult problems over and over again.
A. serious B. patient C. clever D. creative
3. —How did you tell your mother about the exciting news?
—________ sending a message through WeChat.
A. On B. By C. From D. With
4. ——How is your grandma?
——She’s fine. She used to_____TV at home after supper. But now she is used to_____out for a walk.
A. watch;go B. watching;go C. watching;going D. watch;going
5. — Do you have teaching experience?
— Yes, of course. I’ve taught English in a village school ________ I left university.
A. since B. because C. until D. though
6. —It’s so cold here. I hear Miss Smith has gone to Hainan for the Spring Festival.
—Really? Do you know when she ________.
A. leaves B. was leaving C. has left D. left
7. — Miss Chen, can you tell me how to ________ this new word?
— Of course, just look at my mouth and listen carefully.
A. guess B. explain C. pronounce D. remember
8. —Soccer first started in England in the 12th century, didn't it?
—Yes, but now it _________all over the world.
A. plays B. is playing C. is played D. was played
二、完形填空(本大题共26小题,每小题1分,共26分)
A) 请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A video of an 18-year-old blind girl playing Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata in an international youth piano competition in Shanghai went viral(走红)online.
Xiong Linghao, a visually paired(视力受损的)girl, started ____1____ the piano at age 6. Her idol(偶像)is Beethoven, who began to suffer from hearing problems in his 20s and later went completely ____2____. Their physical challenges led both of them to build a ____3____ with the world through music.
Xiong lost her eyesight due to a