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宁夏中卫市中宁县2022-2023学年九年级上学期期末英语试卷(解析版)
一.完形填空(共 10 小题,计分 10 分)
On the first day of the school, our teacher made us know somebody. Looking out, we found an old woman___1___at the door. She came in and said, “Hi, my name is Susan. I am seventy years old”. All of us were ___2___that she took this challenge at her age. She said with a smile. “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get ___3___ , have two children and travel together. ” Hearing this, all of us laughed. “ In fact, ” she went on, “I have always___4___ of having a college education, and now it comes ___5___ ! ”
After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good___6___. I often listened to this “time machine” as she shared her stories with me. At the end of the term we invited Susan to give a speech in the class. In her speech she told us “We don’t stop playing as we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying ___7___and being happy is that we should laugh and find something interesting to do every day. I think there is a great ___8___ between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I ___9___ in bed for one year and never do anything, I’ll become seventy-one. Since(既然) anybody can grow older, my choice is to grow up by always finding the chance to change. Growing older can’t be avoided, growing up can be chosen . It’s never too late to be all you can possibly be. ”
During the four years study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends ___10___ she went. In the end, the wonderful woman finished all her courses and got the college degree (学位).
1. A. talking B. crying C. reading D. standing
2. A. surprised B. relaxed C. bored D. tired
3. A. excited B. worried C. married D. relaxed
4. A. thought B. made C. known D. dreamed
5. A. over B. true C. back D. down
6. A. teachers B. students C. friends D. neighbors
7. A. old B. busy C. awake D. young
8. A. difference B. pleasure C. examination D. influence
9. A. leave B. hide C. lie D. turn
10. A. whenever B. however C. wher