24.2023-2024学年九年级英语第一学期期末模拟试卷二（宁波市）

2023-2024学年九年级第一学期期末模拟试卷二（宁波市） 满分为95分,考试时长为90分钟 试题卷Ⅰ 一、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 My parents always say, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” I was ____1____ in a situation where I was so ready to give up. It started last week when my friend Ollie and I were helping his grandmother carry the boxes to her car. There was a ____2____ old trunk and it was so heavy. “What’s in it anyway?” said Ollie. “I ____3____ don’t know,” the grandma answered. “Most probably some things we don’t ____4____. I can’t find the key. We’d need a master locksmith to open it.” “I want to ____5____!” said Ollie. “Maybe there’s a treasure inside!” Ollie and I were so ____6____ and got some tools. We believed we could open that lock in two minutes, ____7____ those two minutes turned into two hours, with no luck at all. “It’s no ____8____.” Ollie sighed. “I guess we have to give up.” “But we ____9____ give up!” I said, “What about ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?’” Ollie shook his head. “Unless you know a _____10_____ key, we’re never getting this unlocked.” Just then, my little brother _____11_____. He climbed on top of the trunk, began to jump up and down and asked _____12_____ to play with him. And right then, a screw (螺丝) came loose and rolled to the floor. “That’s it!” said Ollie. “These are common screws. We could probably remove the hinges (铰链)!” Quickly, in two minutes, we opened the trunk. We paid all the attention to the _____13_____. We tried all the tools we had. We didn’t look to see _____14_____ we could open the trunk another way. Doing _____15_____ the same way over and over isn’t always the best way to get results. So, next time, try different ways! 1. A. recently B. normally C. hardly D. still 2. A. big B. clean C. silver D. private 3. A. luckily B. especially C. honestly D. naturally 4. A. buy B. need C. share D. remember 5. A. finish B. carry C. try D. succeed 6. A. tired B. excited C. surprised D. embarrassed 7.