湖北省黄石市八中教联体2023-2024学年九年级下学期3月份学业质量评价（一模）英语试题

黄石八中教联体 2023-2024 学年九年级 3 月份学业质量 英语试卷 （笔试部分 考试时间 100 分钟，满分 90 分） 一、完形填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 阅读短文，从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 It was the start of a new term. A little boy told his 1. there was going to be a school meeting. He felt 2. when his mother said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teachers met his mother and he felt sorry for her 3. .She was a kind and loving woman, 4. there was a big scar（伤疤） on her face. It covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy 5. the ugly scar, so he never wanted to talk about it. At the meeting, some people talked with the mother as if they hadn’t noticed the scar on her face. But the little boy was still uncomfortable and 6. himself at a corner. However, he heard a ( n )7. between his mother and his teacher. The teacher asked seriously," How did you 8. the scar on your face?" The mother replied, " When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was too 二、阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 第一节（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读三篇短文，从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 A While living in China. I have learned new things about vegetables. Although many vegetables here are not new to me, the way they are cooked is quite different. I had eaten eggplant in Australia before, but as soon as I tried a Chinese-style eggplant dish. I felt like I was eating a new type of vegetable. In the West, eggplant is often grilled（烤）so it becomes soft. However, it doesn’t taste like the Chinese dish. In China, people add many things like garlic and spring onions, which make it truly mouthwatering. That’s really wonderful ! Another special thing about Chinese vegetables is the variety (种类). For example, in China, there are more kinds of mushrooms than in Australia. You can even eat black fungus ( 木耳）, which is difficult to find in Western countries. The same goes for different kinds of leafy green vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage and pea shoots. What’s more,