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中山市 2023—2024 学年上学期期末水平测试试卷九年级英语
(全卷听说25分,笔试95分, 满分120分,本卷在70分钟内完成 )
一、语法选择(本大题共 10 小题,每小题1分,共10分)
通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求,从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
It was still cold for an early spring day in Japan. Sam, the owner of the website Love for Panda, showed up ___1___ a snowy morning at the gate of the zoo as usual. For Sam, it was ____2____ good day to take pictures because large pandas loved snow. And also, there were fewer visitors when the weather was bad.
Sam ___3___ as “Mr. Panda” for his love of the animal now. For nearly 12 years, the 44 year old website designer has been visiting the zoo almost daily ____4____ panda photos. When returning home from the zoo, Sam always chooses about 200 ____5____ and puts them on the website.
One day, in order to photograph the panda Xiang Xiang, Sam ____6____ over seven hours waiting in the cold. In the eyes of “Mr. Panda”, Xiang Xiang was worth the wait, ___7___ the visit lasted only two or three minutes. When people asked him ____8____ he liked Xiang Xiang so much, he said, “Xiang Xiang is a daughter-like figure as she shares the same age with my daughter.”
Through photographing large pandas, Sam has made many friends and become ____9____ than before. “I have learned more about China because of pandas. They have given ____10____ a lot of happiness here in Japan. As long as there are large pandas in the zoo, I will continue to take photos of them and share the joy with more people,”said Sam.
1.
A. in B. for C. on D. at
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A. a B. an C. the D. /
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A. knows B. knew C. is known D. was known
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A. take B. taken C. taking D. to take
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A. picture B. pictures C. picture’s D. pictures’
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A. spends B. spent C. has spent D. will spend
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A. but B. or C. because D. although
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A. why B. what C. when D. where
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A. healthy B. healthier C. the healthier D. the healthiest
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A. we B. us C. our D. ours
二、 完形填空(本大题共15小题, 每小题1分,共15分)
通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
During the daytime, Zhang Yu is a farmer. In the