湖北省孝感高新区高新区2023-2024学年九年级下学期期中教学质量检测英语试卷

秘密★启用前 2024年孝感高新区九年级4月教学质量监测期中考试 英语试题 (本试题卷共12页，满分120分，考试时间130分钟) ★祝考试顺利★ 笔试部分(90分) 一、完形填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) Mario's class planted fruits and vegetables in the school's garden. He liked watering them, especially liked watching them grow. He always went to the garden to __1__ the plants so that they could grow very well. Most students in his class felt proud that they would enjoy something planted by __2__. These fruits and vegetables would be cooked in the school's kitchen and served as lunch to the school's teachers and students. Every morning Mario will spare some time to __3__ the plants in the garden. That makes him feel relaxed One morning he noticed something __4__ on the lettuce (生菜) and they seemed weak. He hurried into the __5__ ."Mr. Gonzales!" he shouted to his teacher worriedly. "The lettuce is covered with bad insects! I think they're __6__ it! Hearing what Mario said, Mr. Gonzales just smiled. Then he showed Mario a small __7__ . "Don't worry, Mario. I think 1 know what caused the __8__.There is something in the box that might help. __9__ it is small, it can play an important part." Mr. Gonzales led his students out to the garden. "Insects called aphids(蚜虫) are eating our lettuce," he said. "We can use what we know about the food chain to __10__ this problem successfully." Mr. Gonzales walked to the lettuce. He opened the box, and some ladybugs(瓢虫)__11__flew out! "Ladybugs?" asked Mario surprisedly. "How can it be__12__? Mr. Gonzales pointed to the lettuce and said, "Ladybugs are aphids __13__ .When we put them __14__ the garden, they would eat the aphids. Let's watch what will happen over the next few days." After several days, Mario found the aphids __13__ in the end. There were no more aphids on the lettuce at all. What Mr. Gonzales did really worked! 1. A. wait for B. look after C. give away D. find out 2. A. Themselves B. yourself C. herself D. myself 3. A. check B. dig