广东省广州市第十六中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2023学年第一学期十六教育集团初三阶段一教学质量反馈 九年级英语(问卷) 本试卷共四大题，10页，考试时间100分钟，满分90分。 一、语法选择(共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood. When he was 12, he lost his parents. Some neighbors felt sorry for his experience, but a few naughty children always laughed ___1___ him. He was alone and didn’t get on well with ___2___. His only friend was a dog called Lucky. His dog ___3___ enough to eat and drink, but he was a little rude to it sometimes. One day when he ___4___ down the street, he saw a young lady walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped ___5___ it up, she dropped other bags. Jim came to help ___6___. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” The lady said kindly and politely, smiling. A special feeling came to him. He had never heard such kind words before. He watched her ___7___ she went far away. He became very ___8___, then he whistled to his dog. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Lucky raised its ears. It seemed that the dog had understood what he said, “Even a dog likes it!” he thought. “ ___9___ words kindly may be a good way to encourage people but talking with others rudely may hurt them. Well, Lucky, I won’t say unkind words to you anymore.” he said. Lucky waved its tail ____10____. Later, they went directly to the river nearby. When he arrived at the riverside, he looked at himself in the river. He saw ____11____ but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. After that, he saw ____12____ nice clean boy. From then on, he started a ____13____ life than before. After telling this story, the businessman stopped for a while. Then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, she was that kind woman ____14____ planted the first seed of kindness in me. All of us ____15____ learn about kindness. What great power it has!” 1. A