广东省乐昌市第一中学2023-2024学年上学期九年级期中考试英语试题

2023-2024学年度第一学期九年级英语期中考试卷 考试时间：70分钟 Written test part(共90分) 一、语法选择(本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 在每小题所给的三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 In a faraway place，there was a village．The village was（1） in potatoes than anywhere else in the country．At the end of every growing season，thousands of potatoes were dug out of the ground，and readied for market．In each home，men and women would（2） divide the potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small． One year, there was a young man who received his share of the potatoes．As the other villagers（3）　 ，he walked around the village laughing and talking．The villagers thought he was lazy，and they worried that this man would never get（4） potatoes ready in time．When it was time for the villagers to go to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the man's potatoes（5） perfectly into three groups． After asking the man how he did it, they understood he was not lazy,（6） very clever．He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the village's rough dirt road．As the cart moved up and down over the road，the potatoes moved（7） ．The small potatoes moved to the bottom，the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested（8） the middle． Life（9） like this too．The rough roads we travel along can also（10） us． ( )1．A．rich B．richer C．richest ( )2．A．busily B．Busy C．more busily ( )3．A．work B．was working C．were working ( )4．A．his B．him C．himself ( )5．A．are divided B．were divided C．are dividing ( )6．A．but B．and C．or ( )7．A．too B．also C．either ( )8．A．on B．in C．with ( )9．A．has B．were C． is ( )10．A．to help B．help C．helps 二、完形填空(本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 Foreign visitors are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don’ t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks (路标)instead of street ____1____ . For example, when yo