浙江省宁波七校2023-2024学年九年级上学期12月培优联测英语试题

1 七校培优联测九年级英语卷 （分值 50 分、测试时间 30 分钟左右） 一．完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，计 15 分） 阅读下列短文，选出最佳答案，并将答案写在答题卷上。 When you measure the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car, and it will change your mind. I live in the suburb north of San Francisco, and 1._______ is considered the main transportation for most people here. I still remember how 2._______ I was when I first learned to drive 10 years ago. While driving with music gently 3_______ my heart, I was filled with joy, a joy of independence in a 4._______ land! I had a photo taken of me hugging my white car and sent it to my family in China. I love my car! However, as time went by, that excitement 5._______. I feared driving, and felt worried and 6._______. Everyone seems to be in my way especially when I am in a 7._______. One night, a deer ran out from the dark, knocked off the hood(引擎盖) of my moving car, and landed across the street. I didn’t dare to get out of my car to see her. Crying on the 8._______, I hated my car. When I joined the 21-day mindful walking 9._______, I began to walk with a mind. During the walking days, I said “hello” to a neighbor, who’s lived next to me for a year. But I’ve never 10.________ attention to her. I smiled at every stranger passing by me. I walked to the streets that I normally would not pass through and 11.________ a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to 12.________ if I had really lived in this town all these years. It’s a completely 13.________ town that I know so little about! I felt deeply 14.________ for the walking challenge. Maybe I will 15.________ foot on far lands again, yet I know wonder is right here and right now. （ ）1.A.walking B.driving C.flying D.biking （ ）2.A.worried B.surprised C.excited D.frightened （ ）3.A.beating B.hitting C.hurting D.comforting （ ）4.A.foreign B.lonely