精品解析：湖北省宜昌市东山中学、襄阳市第二十五中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中学情检测英语试题

2022年秋季学期中期阶段学情检测 九年级英语 第二部分 语言知识及运用 (25分) I.完形填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。共15小题，计15分。 One of the world’s most encouraging sayings I ever heard was by Brian Tracy. He said, “The ____1____ between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people fail many times more than unsuccessful people.” I deeply ____2____ the true meaning of the saying soon after my first book came out. I was living in Atlanta at that time and ____3____ my first signing sale for my new book at the largest bookstore in the city. ____4____ a nice sign was placed outside the room showing pictures of both me and my book, not any customer entered the room. As each minute passed, I became less ____5____. At 6:25 p.m., just before the store’s closing, I ____6____ to leave. At that moment, just when I couldn’t feel any worse, a middle-aged couple walked into the room. I tried to ____7____ my feelings and introduced myself and my book. The couple turned the pages each other, and the husband nodded (点头) to his wife. She then told me, “I think we will ____8____ the book.” Although I held their hands to thank them for being my ____9____ readers with the excitement to jump in the air, I realized the woman was trying to say _____10_____ else. “The _____11_____ why we’re buying it is that our son died two years ago,” she said. “Maybe your book will help _____12_____ get it over.” At that moment, I knew if I never sold a copy of the book, my four years of _____13_____ had been meaningless. Although I would have many more challenges after my book became a bestseller, this couple’s story was all the motivation (动力) I needed at that point to keep me _____14_____. Thanks to them, I would realize that the greatest of lives are made all in the same way: One challenge... one challenge... one difficulty... one step... and one small _____15_____ at a time. 1. A. ability B. interest C. difference D. importance 2. A. said B. understood C. remembered D. repeated 3. A. comple