广东省中山市华侨中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题

2023-2024学年度上学期初三级英语科期中综合水平测试试题 时长：70分钟 满分：90分 一、语法选择（每小题1分，共10分） 通读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 There is a famous Chinese saying, “a promise is worth a thousand ounces (盎司) of gold.” It tells us such a story of a man named Ji Bu in the early Western Han Dynasty. He was known ___1___ being honest, always keeping his promises. So there was a saying: it is ___2___ to have a promise from Ji Bu than to get hundreds of ounces of gold. That’s why people ___3___ to use it to describe a person as honest as Ji Bu. In today’s China, the virtue (美德) of honesty ___4___ widely by people of all ages. Those who keep their words are respected. When you lie to ___5___, it can feel like you are going against your values. Besides, if you tell ___6___, you will worry about being discovered. Honesty doesn’t carry such burdens (负担) , though sometimes it is ___7___. Of course, you may feel a little bad if you must tell someone something uncomfortable, ___8___ it won’t last long. Being honest means you know that you have been true to yourself. Also, it is ___9___ great way to live. Everyone has to communicate with different people in daily life. If you are honest with them, they will let you ___10___ into their hearts. 1. A. as B. to C. for 2. A. good B. better C. the best 3. A. like B. likes C. liked 4 A. accept B. are accepting C. is accepted 5. A. other B. others C. another 6. A. lie B. lies C. lie’s 7. A. difficult B. difficultly C. difficulties 8. A. and B. or C. but 9. A. a B. an C. the 10. A. go B. going C. to go 二、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Jamal was crazy about music. He began to play the cello（大提琴）when he was in middle school. In order to make full use of the time to practise, he began to miss English classes. “Your English grades were too poor, so you could not ___11___ the class anymore,” the English teacher said. Therefore, Jamal could ___12___ practise music in his spare time. One day, Jamal showed his mu