2023-2024学年九年级英语上学期期中考试（广东外研版专用）2

2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试（广东外研版专用）2 英语 注意事项： 1.全卷满分100分。考试时间为100分钟。试题包含选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部答在答题卡上, 答在本试卷上无效。 2.请认真核对监考教师在答题卡上所粘贴条形码的姓名、考试证号是否与本人相符合,再将 自己的姓名、考试证号用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡及本试卷上。 3.答选择题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,请用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案。答非选择题必须用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡的指定位置,在其他位置答题一律无效。 一、语法选择（本题共10小题；每题1分，满分10分） Simon was a curious（好奇的）boy. He lived with his grandfather. ____1____ Simon knew his grandfather did not like anyone to touch his collections, he still entered the store room where his grandfather kept his priceless antiques（古董）. Once inside the room, Simon ____2____ on a chair. He lifted ____3____ box carefully. There were watches which ____4____ from different countries his grandfather had visited. While getting down from the chair, the box fell onto the floor. To ____5____ surprise, he found the glass of his grandfather’s favorite watch broken. Simon's heart started beating ____6____ than before. He put the broken watch back into the box and placed the box back on the shelf. He could not sleep in peace during the whole night. The next morning, Simon collected all of his courage ____7____ the truth to his grandfather. Reaching his ____8____ bedroom he told him everything. The grandfather went over to the store room without saying anything. Simon kept standing ____9____ his head down. Having returned from the store, the grandfather said to Simon, “I felt very angry at first because what you broke was the first gift from your grandmother, ____10____ it was brave enough of you to tell me about the broken watch.” At that moment Simon knew that being honest was the only way for him to be free from his mistake. 1． A．If B．As C．Though 2． A．stood B．would stand C．has stood 3． A．a B．an C．the 4． A．buy B．were bought C．are bought 5． A．his B．him C．himself 6． A．fast B．faster C．the faster 7． A．tell B．telling C．to tell 8． A．grandfather's B．grandfathers' C．grandfather 9． A．to B．with C．by 10．A．so B．or C．but 二、完形填空（共10小题：每小题1分，计10分） 阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Surpri