湖北省广水市2023-2024学年九年级下学期3月月考英语试题

广水市2024年九年级三月统一考试 英 语 试 题 （考试时间120分钟 满分120分） 注意事项： 1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡和试卷上。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，答在试卷上无效。 3. 非选择题用0.5黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。 4. 考试结束，监考人员将试卷与答题卡一并收回。 笔试部分（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。 One day, Miriam got a letter along with a watermelon seed from Uncle Esai. The letter said: Miriam, This is a magic seed for you. Plant it, and it will grant 1 three wishes. Remember to be patient: the world has its own rhythm. Uncle Esai Miriam thought, “A magic seed? Maybe it’s Uncle Esai’s 2 , but why not have a try?” She planted the seed in the yard, and made her 3 wish, “I want the watermelon to grow as big as a mountain!” The next morning, Miriam was very 4 to see a huge watermelon in the yard. She couldn’t believe it. “I must 5 it at once!” She hurried to cut the watermelon, but it was too hard. She became angry. “This is a silly watermelon! I don’t want it!” Immediately the fruit became a seed again. Miriam 6 her second wish had been granted. “Humph! This is not fun!” she cried. A few days later, Miriam found Uncle Esai’s 7 and read it again. She stopped when she saw the words “be patient”. How could she forget it? She rushed out of the door and 8 ran to the yard to find the seed. This time, she promised she would make the best use of the third wish. She thought for a while. “I hope my 9 could spend more time together.” But her parents needed to work. How could the seed help? Although it seemed impossible, she still decided to 10 the seed with patience. Miriam got some information about 11 to plant a watermelon, and then followed the steps carefully. When the seed turned into a normal-sized watermelon, she 12 it with her friends and neighbors. Everybody liked its taste. Miriam’s family got the seeds 13 the watermelon and planted more afterwards. They were so delicious that the neighbors offered to buy some. The watermelo