内容正文:
2022-2023学年九年级第一学期期末考试
英语试题
答题时间: 90分钟
命题: 王江媚
审核: 岳曦
I. 补全对话
请根据下面的对话内容,从下面所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余项。
(Li Yi came back from Xi’an. She bought a gift for her British friend, Amy.)
Li Yi: Hey, Amy. Guess what? I bought you a gift from Xi’an.
Amy: Wow! ____1____
Li Yi: It’s a shadow puppet (皮影). ____2____
Amy: Cool! I’ve never heard of it before. ____3____
Li Yi: Sure. It is an ancient Chinese art different from common plays.
Amy: What’s the difference?
Li Yi: The performers stand behind a white screen with lights behind it.
Amy: Very special. ____4____
Li Yi: They move the puppets around and do the voices of the characters.
Amy: ____5____ Can I watch it here?
Li Yi: Yes, you’re so lucky. There will be a show next Friday. Let’s watch it together.
Amy: Great! I can’t wait.
A. Thanks for your invitation.
B. What’s it?
C. It must be interesting.
D. Could you introduce it to me?
E. It is used in the shadow puppet play.
F. How do the performers act?
II. 完形填空
请阅读下面短文,理解其大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young boy was walking in a forest with his father. At some point, they were stopped by a large tree branch (树枝) on the ground ____6____ them. The boy asked his father, “If I try, do you think I could move that branch?” His father replied, “There is no ____7____ that you can, if you use all your strength (力量). ”
The boy tried his best to push and ____8____ the branch, but he wasn’t strong enough and he couldn’t move it. He said with ____9____ “You were wrong, dad. I can’t move it. ”
“Try again ” replied his father.
Again the boy tried hard.
He did his best, ____10____ it stood still.
“Dad, I can ’t do it, ” said the boy. Finally, his father said, “Son, I advised you to use all your strength, but you didn’t. Why didn’t you ask for my help?” We haven’t used all our strength until we’ve got the strength and ____11____ from those who love and surround us. Our real strength lies not in independence, but in interdependence (互相依赖)