北京市清华大学附属中学上地实验学校2023-2024学年九年级下学期开学摸底检测英语试题

清华大学附属中学上地实验学校2023-2024学年九年级下学期开学摸底检测试题 一、单项填空（每题1分，共10分） 1. John is my best friend. I often practice swimming with ________ after school. A. me B. us C. him D. them 2. The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell ________ 1876. A. in B. on C. at D. from 3. It’s raining outside. Take your umbrella before leaving, ________ you may get wet. A. so B. or C. but D. and 4. — ________ schoolbag is this, Ling Ling? — Sorry, I am not sure. It might be Jane’s. A. Who B. Whose C. What D. Which 5. —Dad, ________ I go to the sports center with Chris now? —I’m afraid you can’t. You should make your bed first. A. should B. must C. can D. need 6. It’s well known that the Great Wall is one of ________ man-made wonders in the world. A. great B. greater C. greatest D. the greatest 7. —Mike, I called you at 9:00 last night, but you didn’t answer it. —Oh, I ________ with my nephew at that time. A. play B. played C. am playing D. was playing 8. —How is your writing project? —I ________ most of the reports we are supposed to finish since August. A. have cover B. covered C. will cover D. am covering 9. The 2022 Winter Olympics ________ in Beijing this February. A. held B. were held C. will hold D. will be held 10. —Excuse me, could you tell me ________ on weekends? —It closes at 9:30 pm. A. when the school library closes B. when the school library closed C when does the school library close D. when did the school library close 二、完形填空（每题1.5分，共12分） Jake was sitting all alone in the classroom during the break, thinking about the “C” he had received in his spelling test. “I knew I was getting it when I was taking the test, but I just can’t help feeling unlucky to be bad at spellings,”thought Jake. He was good at other subjects, and he couldn’t ___11___ seeing a big “C” on his test paper. After the break, the spelling teacher Ms. Kaur came in and said that the Spelling Bee Contest was going to be held. Some students were excited because they were good at spellings, but others wo