广东省深圳市南山区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

机密★启用前 试卷类型：A 2023-2024学年第一学期期末教学质量监测 九年级英语试题 （总分：75分） 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答题卡上填写自己的姓名、班级、学校，并把条形码粘贴在指定位置。 2.作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目答案标号的信息点框涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。作答非选择题时，用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在答题卡指定区域内。写在本试卷或草稿纸上，其答案一律无效。 3.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第一部分 选择题（50分） Ⅰ．完形填空（10分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。 The gardener took great pride in his garden. He had spent ___1___ hours taking care of his flowers. As a result, his garden was famous throughout the village, which made all the neighbors jealous (嫉妒). They all wanted to have a garden as beautiful as ___2___. To protect his flowers, he built a high fence around his garden because he ___3___ that plants from other gardens would sneak in (潜入) and take his flowers’ best pollen (花粉). And he also locked the gate so that no one could enter without his ___4___. At first, flowers bloomed (盛开) brightly behind the fence and the gate. ___5___, after several weeks, the gardener noticed that something was wrong. The colors of the flowers were starting to fade (褪色), and they turned ___6___. Realizing this, the gardener decided to ___7___. He removed the fence and gate, welcoming all flowers to his garden. To his surprise, this way worked wonders. Soon, the garden became ___8___ again as the open sharing of pollen helped each plant. The free trading of pollen enriched all the blossoms. From then on, the garden gate stayed open as a ___9___ of the cooperation. The whole village was invited to enjoy its continuing richness, and the gardener became known not just for his beautiful flowers, but also for his generosity (慷慨) and ___10___. 1. A. painless B. countless C. worthless D. hopeless 2. A. mine B. his C. yours D. theirs 3. A. showed B. accepted C. worried D. required 4. A. permission B. advice C. patience D. bravery 5. A. Meanwhile B. So C. Instead D. However 6. A. bright B. fresh C. hard D. weak 7. A. take place B. take action C. make sense D. make room 8. A. awful B.