江西省九江市同文中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期11月期中英语试题

九江市同文中学2023-2024学年度上学期期中考试 九年级英语 1、 听力测试(20分) (略) 二、单项选择(每小题1分，共8分) 请阅读下面各小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其填到答题卷的相应位置。 21.--Why do you call these cakes mooncakes? --Can't you see? They are in the ________ of the moon. A. size B. shape C. weight D. taste 22. -- I don't want to talk to Tom anymore. --Don't be angry. He is just so ________ , but in fact he is kind to us, you know. A. patient B. helpful C. direct D. active 23. Many of the older buildings in our city now look beautiful because workers have ________ made them look as good as new. A. carelessly B. hardly C. nervously D. carefully 24. He has to find his lost phone, or his mother will ________ him. A. discover B. request C. punish D. protect 25.--Do you remember our pleasant journey to Xi'an? --Of course. I remember everything ________ it happened yesterday. A. as soon as B. even though C. rather than D. as if 26.--What do you think of the football match yesterday? --Well, it's surprising. The strongest team of our school ________. A. was beaten B. won C. scored D. was failed 27.--I wonder ________ you'll celebrate Thanksgiving. --We'1l do a DIY card after class to express our thanks to our teachers. A. what B. whether C. where D. how 28. Don't take away the dictionary. I ________ it. A. use B. used C. am using D. have used 三、完形填空(每小题1分，共15分) A)请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并将其填到答题卷的相应位置。 You either have it, or you don't -- a sense of direction. But why is that some people would find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can 29._______ themselves in the next street? Scientists say we're all born with a sense of 30._______ , but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory(理论) is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked 31._______ at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports(支持) this idea and suggests that 32._______ we don't use it, we lose it. Children as young as seven have the 33.____