2023—2024学年度第一学期期中考试 九年级英语 注意事项：1. 全卷共6页，满分为90分，考试用时为75分钟。 2. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔在答题卡填写自己的准考证号、姓名、考场号、座位号用2B铅笔把对应的号码的标号涂黑。 3. 在答题卡上完成作答，答案写在试卷上无效。 一、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Using plants to dye (给……染色) cloth is nothing new to us all. It has a history of over 1,000 years in China. In recent years, more and more people have begun to improve 1 traditional way of dyeing. Chen Yongmei, a young girl from Hunan, is one of 2 . She helped bring plant dyeing to a whole new height 3 making good use of waste products of vine tea (藤茶). Chen grew up helping her family dye cloth. One day, she accidentally found that old vine tea 4 from her hometown made a good dye. Then she 5 her own business of vine tea dyeing. “Compared with chemical (化学的) dyeing, vine tea dyeing is more environmentally friendly, 6 it doesn’t cause any water pollution. Besides, only water and tea 7 during the dyeing process. For this reason, vine tea dyeing isn’t 8 for human health,” Chen said. She is also going to build an education center 9 people the art of plant dyeing. “Plant dyeing is a traditional skill in China, and it should be 10 used. I’m glad to play my part in helping it develop,” said Chen. ( ) 1. A. the B. a C. an ( ) 2. A. they B. them C. theirs ( ) 3. A. for B. with C. by ( ) 4. A. leaf B. leaves C. leaves’ ( ) 5. A. starts B. will start C. started ( ) 6. A. but B. if C. because ( ) 7. A. require B. required C. are required ( ) 8. A. bad B. worse C. the worst ( ) 9. A. teach B. to teach C. teaching ( ) 10. A. wide B. widely C. wider 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 When I was eight years old, I needed to give a speech at the school hall. I was nervous but excited. As I was walking onto the stage (舞台), I accidentally fell down. A teacher came to help me up and 11 me to the microphone (麦克风), I remained 12 for a while and then cried. Seeing that, all the children began laughing. That experience made me 13 . After that, I did everything to stay away from the stage. It became so bad that I couldn’t even speak in a(n) 14 of just several people. Then I realized that I must work to 15 this problem. I must control it well so that I wouldn’t lose any more chances (机会). My first step was to 16 feeling sorry for myself and start small, I read many books about facing the fear of public speaking. I watched a lot of videos that taught how to give 17 . Then I followed some steps to push myself to stand in front of the 18 with confidence and share my ideas. 19 , I became better and better. Now, I can stand on a stage in front of many people, give a humorous ... ...
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