江苏省常熟，昆山，太仓，张家港2023-2024学年下学期九年级零模英语阳光测评

2023 ~2024 学年第二学期阶段性学业水平阳光测评 九 年 级 英 语 2024.04 第一部分 完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Some old Chinese inventions have won wide popularity around the world. Recently, a British woman used an ancient Chinese invention to help her son 1 with a maths problem. Dr. Mantri was taught 2 to use an abacus(算盘) to solve maths problems when she was young. After noticing that her son Dhruv had great difficulty with maths, she started using the same ancient Chinese tool to help him after school. “My son was in Grade 5 when I noticed he was 3 in maths.”said Dr.Mantri, “I would ask him something very easy like‘35 -13 =?’, 4 he couldn't work it out.” “I never thought I would teach him to use such an old tool until I realized I could try the Chinese abacus. It is a useful 5 to help kids better understand numbers and basic calculations(计算). Very soon I saw the results. After six days, Dhruv started to make progress 6 with the help of the abacus.He even performed with the abacus at a school meeting where some parents came to 7 advice on using it to help their kids.” Known as the fifth invention of ancient China, Chinese abacus is also 8 as the earliest computer. It helped people solve many maths problems in ancient China. As long as you 9 the rules, you can easily use it. Sometimes, just move one bead(算珠), then another bead, and you will get the 10 . What a magic tool! So far, the Chinese abacus has been listed into Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产) for 11 years ever since 2013. 1. A. deal B. connect C. agree D. compare 2. A. what B. how C. where D. when 3. A. weak B. interested C. talented D. successful 4. A. so B. and C. but D. nor 5. A. sign B. report