浙江省宁波市余姚市子陵中学教育集团2023-2024学年九年级上学期11月月考英语试题

子陵校区2023学年第一学期九年级第二次教学质量检测英语试题卷 卷面分值：100分 考试时间：85分钟 笔试部分 1、 完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Jack started a business with great confidence, but just after a few months, he failed. After that, Jack didn’t start any 1 work. His teacher, Mr. Smith, heard about his 2 and called him to his home. He asked, “Why don’t you start doing some other work?” Jack replied, “Although I worked so hard, I 3 failed. I’ve lost my confidence.” Mr. Smith tried to comfort him, “That’s life, sometimes we get 4 and sometimes we don’t. It doesn’t mean that we should stop 5 .” “What’s the point of trying when I can’t be sure of success.” Jack replied. They first came to a room. The teacher showed him some 6 tomato plants and said, “Look at them.” Jack was confused (困惑). Mr. Smith said, “When I sowed the seeds, I did everything 7 for them. I thought nothing would go wrong. I took great care of them. 8 they still died. I didn’t know what to do.” He stopped for a while and said 9 , “Doing work is the same. No matter how hard you try, you cannot decide what happens in the end.” Jack asked, “If success is only a matter of 10 , then what is the use of doing so much.” Mr. Smith 11 Jack to another room. There were piles of big red tomatoes lying there. He said, “These tomatoes are the result of not 12 . I sowed seeds again, looked after them, and this time they grew well. 13 , if you keep doing the right things again and again, your chances of getting success will be greatly 14 . But if you give up because of one or two failures, then 15 will not you give any reward (回报).” Jack understood what he had to do. He thanked Mr. Smith and left with renewed confidence. 1. A. easy B. new C. typical D. special 2. A. interest B. illness C. situation D. opinion 3. A. even B. still C. never D. seldom 4. A. success B. trouble C. magic D. pressure 5. A. enjoying B. wasting C. explaining D. trying 6. A. lively B. stron