广东省广州市白云区2023-2024学年九年级上学期11月期中英语试题

2023学年第一学期期中调研 九年级英语(问卷) (满分90分) 第一卷(选择题， 共45 小题，满分60分) 一、语法选择(共15 小题； 每小题1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。 Stephen Hawking was born, in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school inSt Albans -- a small city near London. 1 he did well, he was never top of his class. After 2 school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he. himself 3 , he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very 4 work. However, he still got good.marks. It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump(撞上) into things. W hen he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was 5worried that she made him see 6 doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital 7 tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor ne urone disease(运动神经元病), a serious illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way 8 him. He would die before he was 23. At first, Hawking became very 9 . After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. 10 h e later wrote,“Before I 11 about my illness, I had been very bored with my life. There 12 nothing worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, Isuddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” 13 a meaningful life,Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that 14 , however(无论怎么) bad their situation is, should lose hope.“Life is not fair,”he once said.“You just 15 do the best you can in your own situation." ( )1,A. And B. But C. Although D. While ( )2. A. leaves B. to leave C. left D. leaving ( )3. A. say B. said C. says D. was sayi