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2023-2024学年上学期九年级期末考试(苏州专用)
英语
注意事项:
1. 本试卷共七大题,满分100分(不含听力口语30分)、考试用时100分钟;
2. 答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡和对应的位置上,并认真校对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合;
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第I卷(客观题 共45分)
第一部分 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitan, a 1 rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that rock and knew at once I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my 2 .
About 15 years ago, I started seeing a lot of 3 , like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place 4 and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
I tried picking up litter myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area littered all over again weeks later. Finally, I was so 5 it that I decided something had to change.
As a rock-climbing guide, I knew nothing about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a clean up. On that day, more than 300 people 6 . Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of litter. It was amazing how much we were able to achieve. I couldn’t believe the 7 we made — the park looked clean!
Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of litter and covered 132 miles of roadway.
I often hear people 8 about their surroundings (环境). If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by 9 rather than complaining. We need to teach by example. You can’t blame (责备) others