广东省广州市白云区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷

2023-2024学年广东省广州市白云区九年级（上）期中英语试卷 一、语法选择阅读下面短文，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。 1．（15分）Stephen Hawking was born，in Oxford，England on 8th January（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）（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.When he visited his family at Christmas time，his mother was （5）　 　worried that she made him see （6）　 　 doctor.Hawking was sent to hospital（7）　 　 tests.Finally，the result came back.Hawking had motor neurone disease（运动神经元病），a serious illness which would make him unable to speak（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）　 　he 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，I suddenly 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 not lose hope."Life is not fair（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 saying （4） A.a few B.few C.a little D.little （5） A.so B.very C.such D.quite （6） A.the B.a