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浙江省宁波市宁海县2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试卷(解析版)
一、完形填空 阅读下面短文, 掌握大意, 然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
This story is about a famous scientist who had made several important medical breakthroughs (突破). He was ____1____ by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he was able to be so creative.
He explained that it all came from a (n) ____2____ that happened when he was four years old.
He was trying to remove a bottle of ____3____ from the fridge. However, the bottle was so slippery (滑的) that it ____4____ on the kitchen floor. A sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of ____5____ him, she said, “Robert, the ____6____ has already been done. Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes ____7____ we clean it up?” Indeed, he did.
After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, you have to clean it up and put everything to its ____8____ order whenever you make a mess like this.” He ____9____ and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment (实验) ____10____ hands. Can you come up with a way to carry it without dropping it? Let’s go ____11____ in the yard and fill the bottle with water.” The little boy learned that ____12____ he hold the bottle at the top near the lips with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What an amazing lesson!
The scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be ____13____ to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were chances for learning ____14____ new, which is what scientific experiments are all about.
Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually learn something valuable from it. Make mistakes, ____15____ them, but never repeat mistakes.
1.
A. interviewed B. talked C. discussed D. refused
2.
A. communication B. accident C. exam D. tradition
3.
A. water B. milk C. juice D. tea
4.
A. ran B. jumped C. fell D. swam
5.
A. looking for B. depending on C. caring for D. shouting at
6.
A. test B. trick C. case