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2023-2024学年下学期九年级开学考试(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;
3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动、请用橡皮擦干净后、再选涂其他答案;答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上,不在答题区域内的答案一律无效,不得用其他笔答题;
4. 考生答题必须答在答题卡上、答在试卷和草稿低上一律无效。
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)
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
Hitting heavily on the keys, I turned away from the piano, trying to fight the tears in my eyes. After an hour of 1 , I still couldn’t get the rhythm(节奏) quite right on a Mozart piece that I had to show to my piano teacher the following day. Although I tried very hard, I just couldn’t seem to play it the way it was 2 to be played.
I decided to take a break. For the most part, after a little bit of work, I could usually learn the song pretty quickly. Sadly, it was always that one song, which might have appeared simple but was difficult, that always annoyed(惹恼) me. These types of songs always made me 3 myself whether I could be a pianist.
After dinner, I decided to come back to the 4 . Placing my fingers on the keys, I chose to play the piece carefully and 5 , paying attention to hitting the correct notes instead of trying to play the piece quickly. Using this new method, I exercised a great deal of patience, something that I often had 6 with. Instead of thinking how hard the rhythm was, I thought about how I could 7 myself, little by little. Finally, I could slowly see myself getting better.
That evening, I didn’t even get the rhythm right until a week later. I 8 an important lesson—sometimes, baby steps are the best way to reach a goal. I’m a(n) 9 person who likes to think that I can get somewhere by leaps and bounds(跳跃). 10 , in the case of piano, I couldn’t move forward and improve until I slowed down and took it one step at a time.
1.A.acting B.insisting C.singing D.practicing
2.A.allowed B.thought C.supposed D.reported
3.A.