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2022-2023学年山东省淄博市淄川区九年级(上)
期末英语试卷(五四学制)
一、完形填空:(共1小题,满分10分)阅读下面短文,从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales, the UK.He is a famous ____1____. His works are mostly written for children. You ____2____ have read his works before. He was called “The World’s No.1 Storyteller”.
His father died ____3____ he was only four years old. His mother had to raise six children ____4____. When he was seven, his mother sent him to Llandaff Cathedral School. It was clear that he was ____5____ to suddenly follow the strict school rules. So he doesn’t like his school life so much. After ____6____, he first worked for a company in East Africa, where he lived in the forest. Then he joined the army when World War I ____7____ out. As a fighter pilot, he was seriously wounded in the war. So in 1942 he went to Washington, where he worked ____8____ a writer to start his career (事业) .
In 1951, Roald Dahl ____9____ Hollywood actress Patricia Neal. Later, he became the story king father of his 5 children.
Roald Dahl penned 19 children’s books over his writing career. They were all very popular ____10____ children. “The secret of being a good writer is a lively imagination and hard work,” he said. We should learn from his spirit to be a creative and diligent (勤奋的) person.
1.
A. writer B. inventor C. actor D. reporter
2.
A. have to B. need C. would D. must
3.
A while B. what C. when D. where
4.
A. alone B. lonely C. lone D. alonely
5.
A. happy B. unhappy C. excited D. glad
6.
A. gradually B. graduates C. graduate D. graduation
7.
A. came B. died C. broke D. set
8.
A. for B. as C. about D. in
9.
A. married B. valued C. stared D. pitied
10.
A. to B. on C. for D. with
二、阅读理解(共4小题,满分32分)阅读短文A、B,从每题所给的选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
I was traveling alone through the UK. To reach places that were off the public transportation map, I bought an old car, which cost most of my money. I couldn’t afford to stay in the hotel, so I had to camp in my car for the rest of the tr