广东省珠海市九洲中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中测试英语试题

珠海市九洲中学2023—2024学年第一学期期中考试 初三英语试卷 本试卷共8页，56小题，满分90分。考试用时70分钟。 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的准考证号、姓名、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔在“考场号”和“座位号”栏相应位置填涂自己的考场号和座位号。 2．作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。 3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须卸载答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A new game is becoming popular with young people: tens or even hundreds of people come together, choose to be “cats” or “mice”, share locations on their phone, and then play hide-and-seek in a big open-air space. Young people said ___1___ this game not only gets people to exercise but also throw ___2___ into the joys of childhood memories. It helps with stress and turns running into a fun social game. On September 24th, I went to experience the activity with Patrick McCarthy, a writer for Teens, at the Olympic Forest Parkin Beijing. There were around 30 people. Most of us didn’t know each other. The game had ___3___ rounds（轮）. In the first round, five people were “cats” and the rest were “mice”. With five minutes for “mice” to run and hide, the “cats” found them by ___4___ the locations they share on a map app. The second round was group competition. We all played hide-and-seek when we were little. When I invited McCarthy, he wondered, “What’s the point of playing this game as a grown-up?” It turned out to be a joyful experience for him. The use of GPS made this childhood game ___5___ more fun. “It was a creative way of bringing something new ___6___ old games with technology.” said McCarthy. “It is a good way ___7___ new people and even make friends, as one needs to work together with new people.” For me, it’s good that this activity got me moving as I am not so ___8___ in working out in my daily life. However, I could have had more fun if the park wasn’t so big. When I saw the “mice” were so far away from me, I just wanted to ___