湖北省知名中小学教联体联盟2023-2024学年九年级下学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

2024年春季湖北省知名中小学教联体联盟 九年级调研考试英语试题 （考试时间：100分钟 满分：90分） 温馨提醒： 1．答卷前，请将自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息准确填写在指定位置。 2．请保持卷面的整洁，书写工整、美观。 3．请认真审题，仔细答题，诚信应考，乐观自信，相信你一定会取得满意的成绩！ 一、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 For years I went to school by bus, so I met many “familiar” strangers. We took the ____1____ bus but didn’t know each other’s names. The first time on the bus, I saw different faces, we met, greeted and cold faces ____2____ smiling faces. As days went on, we chatted like old ____3____. But I felt it ____4____ that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus. Her old clothing ____5____ that she didn’t have much money, but she always took a cup of water for the driver. I guessed she was a kind girl. But ____6____ did she sit in silence instead of talking with us Then, one evening, I got the answer. I walked to the park nearby and found the girl ____7____ alone under a tree, lonely and sad. I greeted her with the same warm smile ____8____ I had shown to her all these months, but this time her face turned ____9____, then a shy smile appeared. As soon as she began her first words, I understood why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was ____10____ for her. I learned her ____11____. Her parents worked hard somewhere. She lived with her disabled grandparents. She said, “I can’t express ____12____ very well. Most of the time, I can’t say what I want to say. I have no friends but...you always ____13____ me like an angel…so I also want to smile back.” That evening, we exchanged our ____14____ and said goodbye like old friends. ____15____ is the key to opening the door of heart. It can break the cold walls in front of us. 1. A. old B. same C. different D. broken 2. A. turned into B. turned off C. turned up D. turned down 3. A. brothers B. sisters C. classmates D. friends 4. A. a pity B. an idea C. an excitement D. an interest 5. A knew B. told C. suggested D. understood 6. A. why B. when C. how D. who 7. A. playing B. crying C. sitting D. talking 8. A. who B. where C. whom D. that 9. A. black B. white C. red D. blue 10. A. relaxing B. hard C. easy D. interesting 11. A. idea B. thought C. story D. words 12. A. myself B. mine C. my D. me 13. A. talk to B. care about C. smile to D. listen to 14. A. clothes B. names C. books D. food 15. A. Love B. Help C. Smile D. Care 二、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读三篇短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 A China, a country with a rich cultural heritage (遗产), has kinds of traditional musical instruments. These instruments reflect the special beauty and wise of the Chinese people. One of the most symbolic instruments is the guzheng, a plucked (弹) string (弦) instrument with a ... ...