广东省深圳市龙岗区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中联考英语试题

2023—2024学年第一学期学科素养期中测试诊断 九年级英语（Unit 1-Unit 6） 说明: 全卷共6页, 满分 75分, 考试时长 70分钟。请在答题卡上作答, 在本卷上作答无效。 第一部分选择题（50分） I. 完形填空（10分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、 D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 It is true that hard workers are always fighting against the attraction of sleep. The allusion（典故）xuan liang ci gu, which means tying one’s hair to the house beam（房梁）and stabbing one’s thigh（大腿）with a sharp tool, tells ___1___ stories about the hard experience of keeping awake. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a ___2___ politician named Sun Jing, who really enjoyed studying, even in the ___3___ . In case he fell asleep when reading at night, Sun ___4___ a special way that would help him. He tied his hair to the beam while ___5___ . Then, if he felt sleepy, his hair would be pulled upward by the rope and the ___6___ would wake him up. Before you are ___7___ by Sun’s action, the story of Su Qin, another celebrated man who lived in the Warring States Period, was more shocking. According to Strategies of the Warring States（《战国策》）, when Su was young, he ___8___ so many times to get a governmental position that he even let his family down. So he ___9___ to work harder. When he felt sleepy at night, he used a sharp tool to stab at his thigh so that he would become awake and focus on reading again. ___10___ , Su’s hard work were rewarded. Finally, he realized his dream and became successful. Then, people joined Su’s story with Sun’s and created the allusion xuan liang ci gu. At present, although we are not supposed to follow their actions, their amazing spirits are still meaningful and encouraging. 1. A. two B. three C. four D. five 2. A. lucky B. famous C. polite D. poor 3. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. daytime 4. A. joined in B. heard from C. thought of D. made sure 5. A. sleeping B. reading C. eating D. resting 6. A. sound B. hair C. pain D. light 7. A. excited B. satisfied C. moved D. surprised 8. A. failed B. cried C. tried D. fell 9. A. planned B. decided C. agreed D. prefe