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2023—2024学年度上学期期中质量检测
九年英语试卷 ※试卷满分90分
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第Ⅰ卷(选择题:共三大题,共37分)
一、完形填空(共10小题,共10分,每小题一分)
I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of ___1___ litter nearby and realized that ___2___ was going to pick it up.
I live near a ___3___ in Enshi, Hubei Province. I can walk there in three ___4___! I used to love going there ___5___ with my dog. But one day there was so much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided I had to clean up the forest. I wanted to ___6___ happy going there again.
I made my ___7___ trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes ___8___ starting to pick up litter, my bag was full! It had cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it. From then on, I went to the forest four times a year to pick up the litter. I often ___9___ there for three hours. It makes me feel ___10___ to do something for the environment.
1. A. see B. seeing C. look D. looking
2. A. no one else B. I C. everybody D. anybody
3. A. school B. forest C. river D. park
4. A. months B. hours C. days D. minutes
5. A. playing B. play C. of play D. to play
6. A. look B. feel C. make D. see
7. A. first B. third C. fourth D. fifth
8. A. after B. later C. before D. of
9. A. play B. go C. work D. sit
10. A. worried B. sad C. disappointed D. great
二、阅读理解(共21分,共14小题,每小题1.5分)
Passage 1
Para 1. Stonehenge is an ancient circle of stones in the south of England. It was built about 5000 years ago. Every year, it attracts thousands of tourists to enjoy its beauty. They also wonder about how and why it was built.
Para 2. There are about 80 stones and each is about five meters tall. The stones were 380 kilometers away from where they were made. The ancient people had only wooden tools. To move the stones they probably used tree trunk