精品解析：浙江省温州市龙湾区部分学校2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题

浙江省温州市龙湾区部分学校2023-2024学年九年级上学期 期中英语试卷 二、完形填空 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。（15分） In July, I took my kids on a holiday to Los Angeles and I felt tired. A few days later, I went to Las Vegas on my business, and I was under a lot of stress. I wondered what my dream was. So I wanted to get away and ____1____ for a while. While I was sitting by the window, a(n) ____2____ suddenly came to me. I’d always wanted to see the Eiffel Tower. Therefore, the idea of a two-week ____3____ vacation alone was born. It was something I never thought I’d be planning in my life. I had always thought, if it happened, it would be ____4____ I was retired and old. I would lie if I said I wasn’t ____5____. I’d driven alone across the US before, from California ____6____ New Jersey, but travelling to other countries whose languages weren’t the same as ____7____ terrified me. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to communicate with anyone, especially if I got ____8____ somewhere. But I soon realised that if I wanted to follow my dreams, I had to ____9____ out of my comfortable area. And I ____10____ realised that if I let worries take control of me, I’d never get anywhere. As I searched for other places to visit, I found the best part was the ____11____ ride to Venice. As I rode on the bus and enjoyed every new thing I saw, I was having the time of my life. And it was nice to see people, ____12____ or old, riding their bikes to wherever they needed to go. I thought the sights of the city were so wonderful, but ____13____ people doing their daily things was the best part of my trip. Some people might say. “It’s ____14____. It’s just Venice. Thousands of people go there every day. They enjoy the sights they like.” But it was more than that to me. It was about having a dream and when it was time for it to ____15____, not to be afraid, just let it happen. When I did, the result was more than I could have possibly imagined. 1. A. eat B. sleep C. play D. relax 2. A. idea B. mat