2022-2023学年常州外国语中学九年级下学期一模测试试卷 2023.5.6 一、单项选择 1. We developed two new pills, but _____ of them proved to work well. A. neither B. none C. both D. all 2. Stop playing the game! Don’t break your _____ to your parents. You must keep it. A. protection B. practice C. promise D. position 3. According to the rules, we _____ pass the interview before getting the job. A. can B. may C. need D. must 4. Zhang Songwen’s acting skills in The Knockout are pretty good _____ all praise. A. against B. over C. beyond D. above 5. The manager was so strict that he always made his men _____ his order at once. A. work out B. carry out C. try out D. turn out 6. —Jim has made _____ great progress in the Physics exam that his teacher feels surprised. —It’s hard for him to get high marks _____ he works hard enough. A so a; until B. such a; before C. so; while D. such; unless 7. —How are you getting on with your parents —Very well. My mother always knows _____ how I am feeling. A. truly B. mainly C. exactly D. likely 8. —Could you tell me _____ —Just ten minutes’ walk. Let’s go there together. A. how we will go to the square B. when you will go to the square C. how far the square is from here D. how will we go to the square 9. —Could you tell me when you _____ the new smartphone —Well, I _____ it for a month. A. have bought; have had B. bought; have bought C. have bought; have kept D. bought; have had 10. —Look at this mess! How much time do you think we need to clear it up —It is a big job, but _____. Let’s all get started now. A. many hands make light work B. burn the candle at both ends C. the early bird catches the worm D. actions speak louder than words 二、完形填空 For a long time I saw happiness as a banner (横幅) across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I ___11___ certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise (乌龟) believing that being slow would win the race. At other times I would act like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous ___12___ hoping to reach that banner a little faster. Gradually, I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it, the banner was never any closer. ___13___, I decided to sit down and take a break. It was then that I saw my ___14___ sitting beside me. It had been with me as I ___15___ hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard them laughing and even when I was ___16___ with my wife beside me looking after me. It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner. I just did not have the ___17___ to see it. An old Chinese saying goes, “Stress is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the ___18___ life we think we should have and enjoy the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. It will be found ___19___ your own, heart, soul and mind. It will be found ____20____ you realize that others ... ...
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