浙江省宁波市海曙区高桥中学等四校2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中联考英语试题

2023学年第一学期九年级英语学科期中试卷 一、完形填空（本大题有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。 John didn't have many friends at school because he never listened to others. His only friend was a girl called Alice. One __1__ day, the children were playing in the garden happily. The teacher gave them a task (任务). She __2__ molds(模具) to the children and told them to make a sand cake. "Can we put anything on it?Alice asked __3__ The teacher said yes and the children started. John, of course, worked __4__ his friend. Alice wanted different __5__ to make her cake more beautiful, so she picked some flowers and put them on top of the cake.John also tried to make his cake, but he was not __6__. The boy got angry. The teacher tried to __7__ him and help him with the cake. "John, it takes time. Just be __8__. First catch the mold like this and then it will work." But John got even __9__ and threw his mold away. Unluckily, it hit Alice's cake. Alice cried, "I don't want to be friends with you anymore! You ruined (毁坏) my cake, and that was __10__ you didn't listen to the teacher." John was very sad. He __11__ what he had done. Alice didn't talk to him and joined other children. The teacher __12__ that John should say sorry to Alice, and for the first time he took the advice __13__. "I'm sorry, Alice. I didn't mean it. I __14__ I won't get upset anymore and that I'll listen," John said. Alice hugged John, with a bright __15__ on her face. They became friends again. From that day on, John started to listen to others carefully, and he made more friends atschool. 1. A. windy 2. A. handed out 3. A. widely 4. A. against 5. A. shapes 6. A. successful 7. A. control 8. A. strict 9. A. busier 10. A. before 11. A. regretted 12. A. remembered 13. A. generally 14. A. manage 15. A. smile B. snowy B. put up B. exactly B. beside B. notes B. unusual B. train B. brave B. angrier B. when B. forgot B. noticed B. simply B. promise B. thanks C. sunny C. dealt with C. completely C. over C. projects C. nerv