黑龙江省哈尔滨市道里区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

2023—2024学年度上学期九年级期末调研测试 英语试卷 一、单项选择, 根据语境选择最佳答案。（本题共 10分, 每小题1分） 1. —English is an international language. How can I improve my spoken English? —________ having conversations with friends in English. A. In B. On C. By 2. —What did you see that night? —I’m not sure, but it ________ be a dog. It was bigger and looked like a bear. A. must B. might C. can’t 3. — What kind of musicians do you like? — I like musicians ________ play different kinds of music! A who B. whom C. which 4. —How delicious this type of white rice tastes! —It’s really good. It must be the tastiest rice that ________ in the city of Wu Chang, Heilongjiang Province. A. grows B. is grown C. grown 5. Now I am an adult, and I regret ________, not listening to mum. A. to talk back B. talking back C. talk back 6. —What’s wrong, Peter? —The loud music makes me ________. Let’s go out of here right now. A. relaxed B. uncomfortable C. happy 7 Harbin is a must-see place when visiting northeast China. I wonder ________ January is a good time to visit Harbin. A. that B. how C. whether 8. Lewis Carroll was an English writer. By the time of his death, one of his works, Alice ________ the most popular children’s book in England. A. become B. had become C. has become 9. —Billy has changed so much! He ________ thin. —Yes. But look how big and strong he is now! A. used to be B. was used to be C. was used to being 10. Dear friends, as you ________ on your new journey, you shouldn’t forget where you came from. A. set out B. leave out C. bring out 二、完形填空（本题共10分, 每小题1分） One of my patients, a successful businessman, told me that before he fell ill he wasn’t happy. Happiness was “having the cookie”. Only if you had the cookie could things be good. Unluckily, the cookie kept ____11____. Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes nice things. A year and a half later, he ____12____ in my office and told me that he had cancer (癌症). “It’s like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid. When I