精品解析：广东省茂名市博雅中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

2023—2024学年度第一学期期中测试·初三英语 一、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 My favourite athlete (运动员) is Ma Long. He’s one of the ____1____ table tennis players in the world. Just like many other ____2____ athletes, Ma Long has made great achievements (成就) in table tennis through hard work. Born in 1988, Ma Long ____3____ to play table tennis at 5. When he was 13, his ability in table tennis was noticed by a coach. Therefore, he had to leave ____4____ hometown for Beijing so that he ____5____ continue to train for table tennis. In 2003, Ma Long joined the national team. He trained very hard, ____6____ he became a great player later. So far Ma long has won many gold medals. In the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he became the champion of both men’s singles and men’s team. It was his third time ____7____ part in it. In the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023, he won the gold medal of men’s team with his teammates. ____8____ he does, he never gives up. In my heart, Ma Long is a symbol of courage and success. He is ____9____ amazing table tennis player! As a Chinese, I am so proud ____10____ him. 1. A. greatly B. greater C. greatest 2. A. successful B. success C. succeed 3. A. start B. started C. have started 4. A. his B. him C. he 5. A. could B. can C. must 6. A. because B. so C. though 7. A. take B. taking C. to take 8. A. However B. Wherever C. Whatever 9. A. an B. a C. the 10. A. to B. of C. for 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 When I was a young teacher, my first teaching job was in a village in the far north of Canada. There were no roads. You had to take a ____11____ to fly into the village. I was quite ____12____ about this new job. I couldn’t sleep well. But I packed(打包) my bags and headed north for my adventure. In the autumn, when I ____13____ there, the weather was fine. The ____14____ shone and the