银川九中2023———2024学年第一学期九年级期中考试英语试卷 一、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful 13 , and knowing her husband could 14 it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the birthday , her husband told her how 15 he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He gave her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and found a Bible（圣经）. 16 , she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible ” She was so upset that she left him. Many years passed and the lady was very 17 in business. She owned two large companies. She 18 her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to visit him. But before she could, she 19 a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and take care of things. When she arrived at his house, sadness filled her heart. She saw the still new 20 , just as she had left it years before. With tears , she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring 21 from the Bible to the floor and a card could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LOVE U ALWAYS”. 22 your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the heart . ( )13．A．watch B．ring C．coat D．box ( )14．A．afford B．like C．design D．guess ( )15．A．proud B．kind C．sorry D．brave ( )16．A．Politely B．Lightly C．Patiently D．Angrily ( )17．A．difficult B．lonely C．successful D．poor ( )18．A．wondered B．hoped C．realized D．explained ( )19．A．passed B．wrote C．sent D．received ( )20．A．car B．Bible C．letter D．table ( )21．A．hid B．dropped C．disappeared D．made ( )22．A．If B．But C．Although D．So 二、阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) A Reading is often a habit that people love to talk about when it comes to achieving success in life. Here are some ways which you can benefit(益处) from reading. Reading increases your knowledge. This is the most basic and common benefit people understand about reading. When you ask someone why they want to read, they will tell you that they want to learn and improve their knowledge. Some successful people always want to improve themselves through reading and learning. You should do the same. Reading improves your attention. Do you know that when you read, you are training your attention It is hard to sit and read for some people. If you read up to this point, it simply means that you can focus much better than most people and you have good attention. Thus, if you want to achieve greater success, you need to learn how to improve your focus, and reading can help ... ...
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