辽宁省大连市中山区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题

英语学科九年级阶段质量检测 2023.11 试卷满分90分，考试时间90分钟。 第一部分 选择题(二大题；共50分) 一、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 从各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Patricia has a large glass jar (罐子). The girl filled it half full with ___1___ water. The water glittered (闪闪发光) in the sunlight. Each drop was proud of its own purity. One day, Patricia’s cousin, Robin, came for a visit. While Patricia was away, the boy saw the jar and thought: “What ___2___ if I put some ink in the water?” Robin searched Patricia’s desk and found a ___3___. Just as he was going to put a few drops of ink in the jar, Patricia walked in. “Robin, what are you doing?” she asked. But it was already too ___4___. Patricia watched in horror (惊恐) as the ink slowly ___5___ in, turning the water blue. “Don’t you know that once a jar of water gets dirty, its very hard to get it clean again?” Patricia sounded ___6___. “I’m sorry,” Robin replied in a low voice. “I was just curious(好奇的).” Patricia tried to get the water clean, but the jar was too heavy for the two of them to ___7___. She could only pour some pure water into it. The jar of water, however, would ___8___ be as clean as it was before. The world’s ___9___ are not unlike this jar of water. Once we pollute them, it will be very difficult -if not impossible -to make them clean again. Unfortunately, some people seem to pay no attention ____10____ this. They’ve poured many dirty or even toxic (有毒的) drops into the world’s jar. “But unlike Robin, they are not curious.” 1. A. cold B. clean C. sweet D. blue 2. A. will happen B. has happened C. happened D. is happening 3. A. box B. cup C. pen D. book 4. A. quick B. slow C. busy D. late 5. A. mixed B. filled C. put D. stuck 6. A. honest B. angry C. harmful D. dangerous 7. A. try out B. set up C. hand in D. lift up 8 A. always B. never C. hardly D. usually 9. A. animals B. plants C. seas D. earth 10. A. of B. with C. for D. to 二、阅读理解(一)(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分) 第一节：阅读下列短文，根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。 A Welcome to the Hong Kong Palace Museum ABOUT