江苏省南京市联合体2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试卷

2023-2024学年江苏省南京市联合体九年级（上）期末英语试卷 一、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共15分。 When Xiaolu Guo was a child，she lived with her grandparents in Shitang，a fishing village in the south-east of China.There was a bus station in the village，and Xiaolu liked to talk to the stationmaster.She （1） ______ him because he had been to many places.The stationmaster told her stories about the people who had once come to the village from islands （2） ______ the sea.Xiaolu longed to explore the world one day to see foreign countries. As Xiaolu grew older，she began to read books by authors from England and France and wondered （3） ______ these places were like.When she was in her late twenties，she applied（申请） for a （4） ______ to study in England .The scholarship would pay for her to study at the National Film and Television School in England. It took Xiaolu many months to settle into life in England.She did not know anyone，and for a while she was very （5） ______ and homesick.Her biggest （6） ______ was the language.She loved to read and write，but when she tried to do it in English，she would （7） ______ become tired and frustrated.When she tried to give opinions，she could not find the right words. Xiaolu started visiting a local tea shop near the National Film and Television School.（8） ______ she was not taking classes，she would sit in the tea shop for hours and read her English dictionary.But she did not really like the village.There was not much for her to do （9） ______ sitting in the tea shop.Finally，Xiaolu decided to move to London.She explored the city and took photos of the London Eye，the Buckingham Palace and other famous （10） ______ in London She was surrounded by people from all over the world，and many of them were still learning English （11） ______ her English was not perfect，she decided to try writing in English.Her story was about a young woman from China who was living in London and learning English，so the （12） ______ made it more authentic（真实的）.She was surprised when she was invited to meet a gr