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湖南省娄底市冷水江市2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末
英语试卷
二、完形填空
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
When Yang Fan was taking a walk around the Yuliang Island, she saw a black swan (天鹅) in the grass.
She found that the swan needed ___1___. So Yang covered the bird’s head with her jacket to keep its cool, picked it up ___2___, and held it in her arms. She decided to send it to the Animal Care Center, ___3___ the center was across the Han River, far from the park. She didn’t know how to carry the swan there. Luckily, some ___4___ driving by gave her and the swan a lift to a nearby bus stop.
On the bus, no one seemed surprised by “the ___5___ passenger”. Instead they were worried. Someone helped Yang Fan call the ___6___ on the way. And Li Tao, an animal-care manager, picked her up at the bus stop and drove ___7___ to the center. There, the animal doctors found that the swan was poisoned (中毒), ___8___ by eating something used to kill mice. The swan was well looked after at the center. It even made a friend—a little dog. Thanks to people’s love and care, luckily, it became ___9___ two months later.
“It’s a moving story. Yang Fan travelled about two hours and it was really a long way,” says Li Tao. “And all the strangers wanted to give her and the swan a hand.” He adds “I am happy to see that more and more people have realized the importance of _____10_____ the wild life.”
1.
A. food B. water C. help
2.
A. carefully B. exactly C. politely
3
A. and B. but C. so
4.
A friends B. strangers C. foreigners
5.
A. serious B. famous C. unusual
6.
A. center B. park C. hotel
7.
A. him B. me C. them
8.
A. tested B. treated C. caused
9.
A. thin B. healthy C. lonely
10.
A. protecting B. keeping C. inventing
三、阅读理解
第一节阅读下面A、B、C三篇材料并根据材料内容做后面的题目,从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
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Inventions usually make a big difference to people’s lives. Do you have any great inventions at home? Do they help you a lot in your life or bring you much fun? Here are some of the most useful inven