【A卷·基础卷】Unit 8 Surprise endings 单元检测卷 -2023-2024学年沪教牛津版英语九年级上册单元同步检测AB卷（广州专用）

【A卷·基础卷】Unit 8 Surprise endings单元同步检测卷 2023-2024学年牛津深圳版九年级英语上册（广州专用）（原卷版） 考试范围：Unit 8；考试时间：100分钟；总分：90分 第I卷（选择题） 1、 语法选择（15分，每小题1分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 （2022上·广东广州·九年级统考期末）Many of us have read O. Henry’s short stories. But the writer’s own life story is probably not known by us. So the following introduction may help you know him better. O. Henry is one of 1 short-novel tellers in the world. He is known as the father of the modern American short stories. He is famous 2 his great command of surprise endings in his short stories. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter. Porter was born on 3 of September, 1862 in North Carolina. In 1887, he got married to Athol 4 encouraged him to pursue his writing. They had two children. One is a son that died hours after his birth, 5 is a daughter named Margaret. From 1893, the Porters lived peacefully in a house in Austin Texas. The family 6 very happy to be together. The house is now a museum which is a good way 7 about O. Henry’s early happy family life. However, in 1897, his life was changed 8 . He was accused of 9 money from the bank and was sentenced to five years in prison. Feeling afraid, he got away. 10 after many years’ fleeing, he returned home because his wife was dying. And unluckily, he 11 . While in prison, Porter started to write short stories 12 his daughter Margaret. People believed 13 Porter found his pen name while in jail. And he had fourteen stories published under different pen names, but became best known as O. Henry. 14 some critics were not enthusiastic (热情的) about his works, the public loved them. O. Henry’s last years were shadowed by alcoholism, ill health and financial problems. O. Henry had a hard life, 15 he? 1．A．greater B．the great C．greatest D．the greatest 2．A．for B．as C．with D．of 3．A．the ninth B．ninth C．nine D．the nine 4．A．which