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河北省唐山市2023~2024学年九年级上学期期末学生素质终期评价英语试卷(解析版)
I. 词语运用
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词(有提示词的,填入所给单词的正确形式)。
Have you ever ordered a takeout? Have you ever noticed the delivery (递,送) workers? Here is one of my ____1____ (experience). It was a cold rainy day. April the ____2____ (nine) I ordered a pot of chicken soup. Half ____3____ hour later, a delivery worker called to tell me that he arrived. I moved toward the gate of our community to pick up my food. As I got to the gate, I ____4____ (see) a young man standing in the pouring rain. Rain ran down his face and uniform. He carefully handed the food to ____5____ (I) with watery fingers. I asked him ____6____ he didn’t leave earlier to find a shelter. He answered ____7____ a smile, “Because it’s my duty to bring the food safely to my customers.” Then he turned around and disappeared in the rain. There ____8____ (be) many common people like him. They have to work much ____9____ (hard) in the time of difficulty. We should understand and be ____10____ (thank) to them more.
Ⅱ. 单项选择
11. Do whatever you can for the community ________ looking after the old or teaching kids art.
A. with B. under C. like D. over
12. The children have painted since ________ could first pick up a brush.
A. they B. them C. their D. themselves
13. We need to tell people to just do one small thing well ________ 100 things poorly.
A. as well as B. instead of C. according to D. because of
14. I like soft and gentle music. It ________ nice.
A. tastes B. looks C. sounds D. feels
15. —What’s that noise, Tom?
—Oh, some children _________ in the yard.
A. will play B. has played C. are playing D. was playing
16. The toy truck ________ belong to Jane’s little brother. He was the only little kid at the picnic.
A. must B. can’t C. could D. mustn’t
17. While everyone _________ at the comics page, I picked up a copy to see what was so funny.
A. is laughing B. laugh C. laughs D. was laughing
18. Wu Wei, a young artist, has received high_________ from the art community f