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珠海市文园中学(集团)2024年中考第一次模拟考试
九年级英语试卷
说明:本试卷共8页,答题卷共4页,满分100分,考试时间为70分钟。
一、语法选择(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
请通读下面短文,掌握其大意,根据语法和上下文连贯的要求,从每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Xia Yirui, a 13-year-old boy who has always loved animals keeps a cat and a turtle. And he feels unhappy when raising _____1_____ of his pets.
Later from his parents, he received a spider _____2_____ had colored hairs. It is a Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula (巴西所罗门食鸟蛛) . “I couldn’t be _____3_____! I knew it would not be as easy as to keep cats or turtles. But I thought keeping a spider must give me _____4_____ different experience.” Xia remembered.
The spider is alert, quick and strong most of the time. Just as _____5_____ name suggests, bird-eating spiders have the physical ability to catch even birds, _____6_____ they mainly catch and eat insects. They can catch birds quickly without _____7_____ any webs. Possibly, they can catch people quickly if they’re scared. The reason is that spiders can’t recognize their owners and seldom interact with them.
However, sometimes it is weak. Every two to three months, the spider grows so big that its old skin cannot hold its body any more. The spider still takes _____8_____ nutrition from the old skin after breaking from it. It needs _____9_____ for during this period. “Once I _____10_____ the old skin of my pet, which almost killed it.” Xia said.
Xia can take good care of the spider now and is looking forward to taking up a new challenge.
1.
A. either B. neither C. both
2.
A. that B. who C. what
3.
A. surprised B. more surprised C. the most surprised
4.
A. / B. the C. a
5.
A. it B. its C. itself
6.
A. though B. but C. so
7.
A. to make B. making C. made
8.
A. out B. away C. in
9.
A. to be cared B. to care C. being cared
10.
A. move B. moved C. have moved
二、完形填空(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
请通读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每小题所给四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
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