广东省佛山市华英学校2021-2022学年九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

2021-2022学年第一学期期末考试试题 初三年级英语科 考试时间：75分钟 分值：90分 一、语法选择（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） If you have one easy task to do and one hard task as well, which one will you do first? What are your reasons for this? There was once a man ___1___ built his own house. From top ___2___ bottom, he designed and built every inch（英寸）of his home. It ___3___ him over a year. But in the end, he had ___4___ beautiful house of his own. No other house in his neighborhood looked like it and many of his neighbors admired it. But as time went by, his house started to have some problems. One day, a neighbor said, “Friend, it looks like ___5___ front yard is a bit overgrown.” The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll cut the grass tomorrow.” A few days later, a mailman came by with a letter for the man. The mailman said, “Friend, it looks like your windows are a bit dirty.” The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll wash them tomorrow.” Weeks passed by. Finally, the man’s brother came over ___6___ a visit. He took one look at his brother’s house and ___7___ believe what he saw. The yard was a mess, the paint on the walls was falling down and the windows ___8___ with dirt（尘土）. The house looked like it could fall apart at any second—all because the man put everything off ___9___ “tomorrow”. When we procrastinate（拖延）, “tomorrow” can turn into “next week” or even “next year”. It’s much ____10____ to just take care of things today than to wait until some imaginary “tomorrow” that might not actually come. 1. A. what B. which C. who D. when 2. A. to B. with C. for D. by 3. A. will take B. takes C. took D. is taking 4. A. a B. an C. the D. / 5. A. you B. yours C. your D. yourself 6. A. pay B. to pay C. paid D. to paying 7. A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. couldn’t D. mustn’t 8. A. covered B. were covered C. was covered D. were covering 9. A. until B. when C. after D. before 10. A. good B. better C. best D. the best 二、完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） When my children were young, I used to read to the