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2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末考试(浙江温州卷)
英语
注意事项:
1.全卷满分90分。考试时间为90分钟。试题包含选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部答在答题卡上, 答在本试卷上无效。
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一、完形填空(本题有15小题,每小题1分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
“Never give up! Never give up!” Chanted my two young children, Max and Charley, as they walked barefoot behind their grandmother Mimi.
Mimi was leading them on another 1 , straight off the beach where they had spent the day building sand castles and playing in the waves. This time, they were 2 the ice cream truck.
Over the years, Mom taught me just how much 3 could achieve with a positive mind. She has taken the same way in her relationship with her grandchildren. On that hot July afternoon, Max and Charley were 4 because they didn’t catch the ice cream man in time. That was until Mimi’s eyes sparkled* and she said, “Never give up!” She explained that 5 the truck might be gone, they could hurry to find it as its next stop.
They walked block after block, chanting, “Never give up!” Not 6 which direction the truck had taken, they had to make their best guess abut where to search. My kids’ tiny legs were tired, but they moved on and 7 to chant, “Never give up!”
After about twenty minutes of walking. Max began to 8 his confidence in the mission*. He wondered out loud, “Maybe we should give up. We have been walking pretty far and haven’t seen the truck yet.” Charley screamed*, “No way! Never give up!” Though feeling a bit doubtful, Max still agreed 9 saying a word.
Just two blocks later, they found it—the ice cream truck! Mimi made a sign of 10 in the air. Max and Charley cried 11 , “Never give up!” In that moment, my mom had done for my children 12 she had done for me countless times. The phrase “Never give up”, 13 though it as, has become our battle cr