江苏省锡山高级中学实验学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期10月Unit3-Unit4限时作业英语试卷

初三英语9A Unit3-Unit4 限时作业 2024.10

第Ⅰ卷（客观题 共50分）

一、单项选择  在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）

1. Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Expedia Inc, says he didn’t realize ________ he would love it when he first joined the company 11 years ago.

A. how soon B. how much C. how often D. how many

2. — The deadly disease harmed her body but not her ________.

— She was really strong-minded.

A. spirit B. system C. symbol D. stress

3. To do the wall sit, squat with your back ________ the wall and feet on the ground.

A. with B. towards C. against D. in front

4. The terrible disease ________ early in March this year and quickly spread to other parts of the country.

A. broke in B. broke out C. broke away D. broke through

5. —________ great progress she’s made in the past months!

— Exactly. To our ________, she’s really changed a lot.

A. What; surprised B. What a; surprise

C. How; surprising D. What; surprise

6. After the big fire was put out, nothing ________ in the restaurant.

A. remained B. was remained C. will remain D. has remained

7. The boy asked his father ________.

A. which room he would live in the hotel B. how life would be like in the year 2100

C. how he called the man under the tree D. if Shakespeare was a great writer

8. In character-training of children, what really ________ is what their parents say and do.

A. values B. minds C. doubts D. matters

9. I’m afraid we won’t arrive there on time as ________ on the way.

A. there’s a great deal cars B. there’s a great deal of traffic

C there’s a large number of traffic D. there’s a large number of cars

10. Don’t be too strict ________ yourself ________ everything. Too much stress is harmful to your health.

A. in; with B. in; on C. with; in D. with; on

11. Sadly, my mum began getting angry with me for my low marks ________ I got the chance to explain what had happened to me.

A. until B. after C. before D. when

12. The school play needs new actors. Do you think I’m good enough to ________?

A. try it out B. try out for it C. try it out for D. be tried out

13. The novel is ________ and sells well.

A. well worth being read B. very worth to read

C. well worth reading D. very worth reading

14. —I’m afraid I have to give up my dream of being a singer.

—________. No dream is too big and no dreamer is too small.

A. Don’t mention it B. You worry too much

C. What a pity D. Don’t lose heart

二、完形填空  先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

I get into position and take a deep breath. The music starts and my mind focuses on one thing: my figure skating (花样滑冰) routine. Dressed in my shining blue dress and ____15____ across the ice, I feel free. I started figure skating again in 2018 after the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. However, relearning figure skating at an older age is not ____16____. Balancing on those 1.5 mm wide blades and stepping onto the ice for the first time in years, feelings of excitement and fear filled me at the same time. I didn’t remember any of the ____17____ or spins that I had learned as a child. To make things worse, kids much younger than me were doing double or triple rotation jumps (旋转跳跃). I felt so ____18____ of place.

Did I really belong here? “You have as much right to be here as anyone else,” my Olympian coach encouraged me. I was very ____19____ that I had found a coach that treated me the same as her other students who competed internationally. Every day at practice, she ____20____ me beyond (超出) my limits.

During the course of learning new jumps and spins, falls are unavoidable. Whenever I learn a move, I commit

to practising and falling for hours on end, and there would still be a large chance that I couldn’t finish it. Many times I’ve asked myself, “Was it really worth it? So many hours of practice, and so much ____21____ spent on coaching and skates, for what?” ____22____ the course of learning is hard, every time I feel the wind rushing past my face on the ice, I am reminded of the reason that I started skating: this is the ____23____ thing I will get to flying.

The pain is temporary, but the joy of landing that jump I have worked on for months is something I would not ____24____ for the world. Fall down seven times, get up eight!

15. A. flying B. skiing C. running D. walking

16. A. hard B. easy C. enjoyable D. possible

17. A. dances B. moves C. jumps D. falls

18. A. out B. proud C. sad D. inside

19. A. hopeful B. lucky C. friendly D. helpful

20. A. shows B. treats C. helps D. pushes

21. A. time B. energy C. money D. effort

22. A. Instead B. Because C. Though D. Otherwise

23. A. fastest B. closest C. finest D. easiest

24. A. give B. change C. earn D. exchange

三、阅读理解  阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）

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