广东省珠海市香洲区立才学校2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

珠海市香洲区立才学校2023-2024学年度第一学期期中检测 九年级英语试题 说明：1. 全卷共6页，满分90分，考试用时70分钟。 2. 答案写在答案卷上，在试卷上作答无效。 3. 用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔按各题要求写在答卷上，不能用铅笔或红色字迹的笔。 一、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Are you a good English learner? Do you find it hard ____1____ words? You may not be the only one. A study says ____2____ you can draw a picture of something to memorize a word better. Some Canadian scientists did ____3____ study. They first gave a group of students some words such as “apple” or “balloon”. Then they ____4____ their students 40 seconds to memorize them. The students ____5____ write their words again and again. They could also draw pictures of the words. When the time was up, the scientists asked the students to sing a song ____6____. After that, they gave the students 60 seconds. The students had to write down as many words as they could remember. Guess what? Those who drew pictures did a much ____7____ job than those who wrote them. ____8____ amazing study it is! So, why not try memorizing words in this way? When pictures ____9____ by you, you will find memorizing words fun, too. And don’t worry if you’re not good _____10_____ drawing. The scientists said the quality of the drawing doesn’t matter at all. ( )1. A. memorize B. memorizing C. memorized D. to memorize ( )2. A. if B. that C. what D. when ( )3. A. a B. an C. the D. / ( )4. A. give B. will give C. gave D. has given ( )5. A. can B. could C. must D. may ( )6. A. happy B. unhappy C. happiness D. happily ( )7. A. good B. better C. best D. the best ( )8. A. What B. What a C. What an D. How ( )9. A. draw B. drew C. are drawn D. were drawn ( )10. A. at B. for C. in D. with 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Do you know iced tea? Here is a story of it. In 1904, the World’s Fair was held in St. Louis, USA, from April 30th to December 1st. Businessmen from around the world brought their ___11___ to the fair. Richard was a tea farm owner. He came to the fair to sell his tea. Unluckily, it was too hot that summer so nobod