山西省太原市志达中学校2022-2023学年九年级下学期3月月考英语试题

太原市志达2022-2023第二学期九年级3月月考试题 一、完形填空 Just last week, I was sitting on my front steps. Suddenly, my friend Ollie asked, “Hey，what are you doing? I said, “Our teacher gave us task about making a 1. ______. I was thinking about the steps.” “It’s impossible for me to finish it by Saturday. It’s too 2. ______.” I said. Ollie looked hopeful. He pointed, “The recipe (食谱) says that some things can be 3. ______ ahead of time. Maybe we can do one or two of these things each day and then put everything together on Saturday morning.” Ollie and I went to a store near my home to shop for ingredients (配料). After that, we 4. ______ all the parts we could make ahead of time and made a schedule (时间表). Then we wrote them down by using pens of different 5. ______. Every day of that week, Ollie and I made at least one or two things on our schedule. It was a good thing. Saturday 6. ______ came. When I put the cake in front of the teacher, she said, “I cannot 7. ______ you made my dream birthday cake.” So, whether it’s a huge school report or a recipe with many steps, here’s the way to finish an overwhelming (压倒性的) project. Break the impossible thing down into 8. ______ possible parts. Then, if you make a schedule and do one part at a time, you will really get it done! ( ) 1. A. candy B. card C. cake ( ) 2. A. difficult B. boring C. common ( ) 3. A. protected B. prepared C. provided ( ) 4. A. pointed at B. learned about C. took back ( ) 5. A. shapes B. prices C. colors ( ) 6. A. slowly B. finally C. certainly ( ) 7. A. believe B. understand C. remember ( ) 8. A. thinner B. smaller C. shorter 二、 阅读理解 （这一部分共五篇短文，A至D篇每篇短文后有五个小题，E篇后有六个小题） A THE UNUSUAL CLASSROOM When you walk into any classroom here, you will be surprised to find: the desks and the blackboard here are unusual! There is no desk on the podium (讲台). One wall of the classroom is a window, and the other three walls are full of blackboards. Three desks form a square table. And the students