精品解析：河北省保定市莲池区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

河北省保定市莲池区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末 英语试卷 Ⅵ.单项选择 1. Thanks ________ David, I arrived at the meeting in time. A. in B. for C. with D. to 2. The beginning of the movie was not interesting, ________ the end was fantastic! A. but B. and C. so D. or 3. —What’s the matter with Tom? He has been absent for two days. —Oh! He be ill. Let’s go and ask Ms Brown. A. can B. need C. may D. would 4. —What did the teacher say just now? —Sorry, I didn’t catch it. I ________ about something else. A. am thinking B. will think C. thought D. was thinking 5. The boy has been lost for five days. Everyone is worried about his ________. A. safety B. message C. decision D. development 6. —Do you know the spacewoman Wang Yaping? —Sure. She is called the mother who ________ the stars. A. gave out B. reached for C. looked after 7. The government ________ food and clothes for the people. They feel pleased now. A. provided B. will provide C. was providing D. has provided 8. Don’t leave your toys on the table, or I ________ them away. A. threw B. will throw C. have thrown D. was throwing 9 I won’t tell you my travel experiences ________ you tell me yours. A. if B. unless C. after D. as 10. The tea in Yunnan is so famous that it ________ to places across the world every day. A. sends B. sent C. is sent D. will be sent Ⅶ.完形填空 阅读短文,从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A man was walking through an elephant camp and found that the elephants weren’t kept in cages or held by chains (铁链). All that was holding them back from ____11____ was a small piece of rope—it was just tied to one of their legs. As the man looked at the elephants, he couldn’t ____12____ it. Why didn’t the elephants just use their strength to ____13____ the rope and escape from the camp? They could easily make it, but instead, they didn’t try at all. To know the answer, he asked a trainer nearby why it was so. “When they were very young and much ____14____, we used the same size of rope to tie them. At that age, the small piece of rope was ____15___