广东省广州市荔湾区第四中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案）

2024学年第一学期广州四中教育集团期中考试试题 九年级 英语 第I卷（共60分） 一、语法选择（每小题1分，共15题，满分15分。） 阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项。 If you have failed 12 times, will you be supposed to hold on or just give up Tom, 1 great speaker, wasn’t afraid of failure and kept trying. He became famous 2 showing people how to make dreams come true. Tom was born in a common family in the central United States. The boy didn’t see a train 3 he was 12 years old. In his teens, he 4 get up at 4:00 a.m. every day to milk the cows. When Tom first went to college, he felt hopeless because of his old and shabby clothing and common looks. Luckily, he had a great mother. His mother encouraged him in her way. “Why not try to be better in 5 things instead of just dress and good looks ” she said. Tom tried to be even 6 in college. He joined the debate team. But one after another, he failed 12 times. His dream 7 a contest seemed impossible. The young man was 8 with himself. He said later that he even thought of withdrawing from the debate team during that bad time. However, Tom didn’t stop 9 his dream. Soon he 10 practicing public speaking by the riverside. His hard work brought 11 good results at last. He won a famous speech contest and became 12 known. The young man made his own words come true, “ 13 that you can make it, and you will.” In order to show his success, he opened schools and wrote 14 books. So far, some of his books 15 translated into different languages. They are still helping people on the road to achieve their dreams. 1. A. / B. a C. an D. the 2. A. in B. as C. of D. for 3. A. when B. until C. since D. because 4. A. might B. could C. would D. had to 5. A. another B. others C. other D. the others 6. A. active B. actively C. more active D. more actively 7. A. to win B. winning C. won D. win 8. A. disappoint B. disappointed C. disappointing D. disappointment 9. A. chase B. chasing C. chased D. to chase 10. A. saw B. was seeing C. has been seen D. was seen 11. A. him B. his C. he D. himself 12. A. wide B. widely C. wider D. more widely 13. A. To believe B. Believing C. Believed D. Believe 14. A. hundred B. hundred of C. hundreds D. hundreds of 15. A. were B. are C. have been D. will be 二、完形填空（每小题1分，共10题，满分10，答案填在答题卡上） 阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项。 “Poor Grandma!” Amy began to talk with her brother Mark when arriving home. “I wish we could do something to 1 her up.” Amy said. Grandma had broken her leg. The doctor said she would be in bed for six weeks. Grandma likes caring for 2 and taking a rest in her garden, so she would not like sitting in her chair waiting for getting well again. She would be 3 . “How about making a terrarium (栽培盒) ” cried Mark. “Terrariums are little indoor gardens that can be 4 in glass bottles. In this way, Grandma can enjoy a mini-garden in her house.” Amy agreed. After looking up information in the library and asking for ... ...