山东省淄博市临淄区2023-2024学年九年级下学期第14周英语检测题

初四英语第14周检测题 一、完形填空（20分） There was a woman in America. She had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class often played jokes on him because he seemed so 1 . The mother decided that she would help her sons to do 2 in school by herself. She told them to go to the library to 3 a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked 4 anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 5 . “Why did Ben raise his hand? ”all of his 6 wondered. “He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say? ”To their surprise, Ben not only 7 the rock, but also said a lot about it. The teacher and the other students were surprised. Ben had learned this from doing one of his book 8 . Later Ben became the 9 student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 10 became one of the best doctors in the United States. ( )1. A. clever　 B. difficult　　C. slow 　 D. quick ( )2. A. well B. bad C. right D. good ( )3. A. see B. find C. read D. buy ( )4. A. that B. if C. how D. why ( )5. A. think B. leave C. ask D. answer ( )6. A. classmates B. students C. teachers D. friends ( )7. A. understood B. realized C. knew D. made ( )8. A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports ( )9. A. top B. slow C. low D. rich ( )10. A. at first B. at the end C. at last D. right now 二、阅读理解（18分） A One is not born able to speak a language. One is born able to make a noise. I have heard babies cry in America and in China. I can’t tell any difference. But when I hear someone from America speak English and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences. I believe a common problem with Chinese students’ learning English is that they were not taught to think in English. They have an idea spoken in English want to translate the idea into Chinese