江苏省南京外国语学校2023-2024学年九年级上学期10月月考英语试题

南京外国语学校

2023—2024学年度第一学期初三年级阶段练习(一)

英语试题

试卷总分：  100分         考试时间：100分钟

卷Ⅰ 客观题  (满分55分)

Please put your answers by filling in the correct boxes with 2B pencil on the

multiple choice answer card.(请将以下选择题的答案用2B 铅笔填在答题卡上。)

I. Multiple choice (1’×20=20’).

1.  While he was walking         the forest, he tripped over some branches and got a sharp pain          his left leg.

A. through;on   B. across;on      C. through; in     D. across;in

2.  Last night, I met two         at the party held at the         house. They are both the family's good friends.

A. Jerrys;Green's             B. Jerries;Green's

C. Jerries;Greens'           D. Jerrys; Greens'

3.  During the National Day holiday which was         , my cousin had         pages of homework to do. What a holiday!

A. eight days long; four dozen      B. eight-day-long;four dozen

C. eight-day-long; four dozens      D. eight days long; four dozens

4.  As he saw the windows         open, he checked the room         , but he found nothing unusual.

A. widely; closely             B. wide; closely

C. wide;close               D. widely;close

5.  Though I am thousands of miles         fr om my twin sister, we can still send message s to each other in one way or         .

A. away;the other           B. far; the other

C. away; another              D. far; another

6.  Emma is worried about her work but she doesn't want to tell her parents         she feels. She has decided to see a psychiatrist(心理医生)        next week.

A. how; some time           B. what; some time

C. how; sometime              D. what;sometime

7.  Mrs. Poppins is looking forward to moving into her new house, which is         she is living in now.

A. twice the size of what       B. twice as large as that

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C. twice larger than that         D. twice larger size than what 8. or them and my self friends in the company to help me with the project, but         of them offered help. So I had to fi nish it         .

A. no one;for myself            B. none;by myself

C. no one; by myself            D. none;for myself

 9.  Decades ago, we were told coffee was bad for the health, but a study which         thirty thousand coffee drinkers         coffee may not be all that bad for our health.

A. involves;has been proved         B. includes; has proved

C. involves; has proved         D. includes; has been proved

10. I am so full right now. I         too much food at the party.

A. should have eaten            B. shouldn't have eaten

C. should eat               D. shouldn't eat

11. With the discharge(排放) of Japan's nuclear-contaminated water (核污染水), our life has been affected. If only we          in a world without any pollution.

A. have lived     B. could live    C. had lived      D. will live

12. —Is this the very car         knocked you down the other day?

-- Yes. That's          I must find it and its owner.

A. which; why     B. that; because   C. which;because D. that;why

13. The policem an stared at Jim for a long time          he knew Jim was going to do something really bad.

A. as if        B. even if     C. like      D. even though

14. After wearing masks for too long, many people in Japan have forgotten how to smile.        , some are now turning to smile teachers to relearn how to smile.

A. Somehow      B. However       C. Anyway     D. Therefore

15. In the summer of 1905, Albert Einstein         after his one-year-old baby when he          of the idea all of a sudden. Then“E=mc²” was born.

A. was looking; thought          B. looked; thought

C. was looking; was thinking       D. looked; was thinking

16. When          why he spent so much time on books, John answered,“There is nothing better to do than          my favorite book.”

A. being asked; reading         B. being asked; read

C. asked;read               D. asked;reading

17. --Where did you find your lost son?

--It was at a baker's          we used to buy bread every day.

A. where       B. which        C./          D. that

18. Which of the following sentences is grammatically CORRECT?

A. They asked the professor it he had arrived by car or by train.

B. Joel told that he was playing his guitar in the park at that time.

C. Kate said that she would leave Shanghai for Beijing following week.

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D. Our history teacher told us World War I started in 1914.

19. “The mother liked to see both of her children playing in the garden.”

Which of the following sentences has the same sentence structure?

A. Peter, you must get your hair cut as soon as possible.

B. How many new words altogether did you learn last week?.

C. To my surprise, Tom came to ask me for advice on his new job.

D. Later, he found it very important to master a foreign language.

20. —I have lost three books over the last two weeks. I am so forgetful.

--Well,          . I am always leaving things behind.

A. welcome to the club           B. it's a shame

C. if you say so              D. it's no good

II. Cloze test (1’×20=20’)

Life can be so wonderful, full of adventure and joy. It can also be full of challenges,setbacks and heartbreaks. Whatever our    21    , we generally still have dreams, hopes and desires, even something we want for ourselves and our            ones.

I'll we 'll a would  nature. If I could go exploration every couple of days for the rest of Nobo , alone.    25     I'd done it loads of times with my friends before, I wanted to take cho adventure. So I           my backpack with necessary things, like snacks, warm clothing, and maps.

I reached the           of a waterfall. From there, I started climbing the rocks all the way up at the right side of the falls. But around three-quarters of the way up, I slipped on a rock, breaking my left wrist(手腕) before    28    into the water. I knew I was    29    as soon as I started swimming. Finally, I pulled myself up onto the bank and saw my foot was hanging from my leg. I fashioned a splint(夹板) so as to keep them in    30    . Then I got my    31    from my dry bag. There was no signal, but I reckoned I could make the 30 meters east to get coverage to make a call.         , as I went to put the phone in my pocket, it fell into the creek. Now I got    33   . Surrounded by thick rainforest, there was no    34    that anyone would find me. I knew there was a junction (交汇处) of two creeks within twenty minutes’ drive, where a helicopter could spot me.

Unable to    35     , I relied on my right hand and set off on my bottom. The following three days were very    36    . Every meter I stopped to take a rest. To keep me going, I thought about my loved family members and    37     myself. It was an incredible relief when I reached a waterhole on my way where I drank.    38   , I was rescued by a helicopter in the end. At that moment, I was convinced (确信) that god made this miracle happen.

Later, I was told it was my boss who found I hadn't turned up on Monday morning and phoned my sister. She called people, including my friend Judy, who    39      to

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