2023-2024学年九年级上期末综合测试英语试卷

1 Joanna, Australia I stayed with my host family for five months. My host mother is a Chinese teacher and she is really warm-hearted. With her help, my Chinese has improved a lot. And I have got used to a new culture. My favorite part of the experience was sharing my feelings in China with her. Bill, America My host mother is a wonderful cook! She makes me all kinds of traditional Chinese dishes. They are delicious and I like them very much. Just like me my host parents love to learn about different cultures. They often ask me questions about life in America. 2023-2024学年九年级上期末综合测试英语试卷 一、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs on the walls and mice running around. People 1. coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty(贫困) that 2. his unhappy life． One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 3. about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase(花瓶) and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you 4. .” The poor man looked at the vase 5. . Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However, he didn’t want to 6. such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home on the table. “It’s not right for something so beautiful to be 7 .” The poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful. 8. he was still not satisfied. “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.” This time, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls. His house turned into a 9. place immediately. The poor man 10______ . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better. 二、阅读理解(共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Experiencing China Mike, Canada I spent three months with m