中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 【外研版】九年级上册期中测试卷 （B卷·提升能力） 学校：_____班级：_____姓名：_____ 考号：_____ 温馨提示： 本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为100分，考试时间为100分钟。 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 一、语法选择(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） When I was a kid, watermelons were expensive. One of my father’s friends, Bernie,___1___a rich businessman. He had a large store. Every summer, ___2___the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call us. Dad and I would go to Bernie’ place. We would sit on the edge of the dock (码头), feet dangling (悬摆), and get ready for a big meal. Bernie would use___3___knife to cut our first watermelon, give each of us a big piece and sit down next to us. We were so happy that we often buried our faces in the watermelon, eating only the heart —___4___and the juiciest part. Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such__5__successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie’s wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew___6___to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon. What I learned___7___Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will___8___be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life’s small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life. For many years, I forgot the lesson I had learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was busy___9___money all the time. Well, I’ve relearned it. I hope that I____10____time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure during the day. 1. A. is B. was C. are D. were 2. A. unless B. though C. since D. when 3. A. he B. him C. his D. himself 4. A. red B. redder C. the redder D. the reddest 5. A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 6. A. how B. what C. why D. when 7. A. from B. for C. with D. at 8. A. always B. often C. ever D. never 9. A. making B. to making C. to make D. make 10. A. have B. has C. had D. was having 二、完形填空（10分） A Jungle Story Once, long ago in the jungle, the animals got together around the watering hole. They were___11___ because a new lion had come to live in their part of the jungle. This lion was a terrible bully. The animals met to see how they could___12___ the lion. Above them on a tee, a monkey was listening, he started laughing. “Why are you laughing ” asked the animals. “I am laughing because you all are scared of the lion. I am not afraid of him at all.” said the monkey. This thought of the monkey made the animals laugh. The lion walked up to the animals and roared, “Why are you laughing " The animals told the lion what the monkey had said. Then the lion ran up to him and growled, “The animals told me that you said you were not afraid of me at all!” “That is not what I told them. Let's go and see those___13___ animals and ... ...
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