2024/2025学年度第一学期期末学业质量检测
九年级英语试卷
（时间:100分钟分值:120分）
第Ⅰ卷（选择题,共65分）
一、补全对话（共5小题;每小题2分,计10分）
根据对话内容，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，每个选项限用一次。
A: Hi, Katherine, you look tired. ___1___
B: I planted tomatoes in the garden behind the school with my classmates just now.
A: ___2___ Why did you do that?
B: Well, because our teacher asked us to watch how tomatoes grow.
A: That’s meaningful. ___3___
B: We also planted some carrots, potatoes and so on.
A: It must be a beautiful garden. ___4___
B: I hope so. It reminds me of a famous saying, “No pains, no gains”.
A: That’s right. Planting is not only a kind of labor practice but also helps us learn a lot.
B: I quite agree with you. ___5___
A: Sure, I’d love to. I’m looking forward to seeing your garden.
A. Sounds interesting.
B. What else did you plant?
C. What’s the matter with you?
D. Would you like to visit our garden?
E. I believe you’ll get a lot this autumn.
二、完形填空（共15小题;每小题1分,计15分）
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
As the music begins, a Sichuan Opera performer steps onto the stage walking, kicking and dancing to the music while quickly changing face masks (面具).
No one notices anything unusual ___6___ the last mask is removed.
The audience realizes that this performer is somewhat ___7___ .
In a small village in Sichuan, 19-year-old Yin Qiuhua, a girl with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征) has an amazing skill-Sichuan opera face-changing.
Yin faced many ___8___ because of Down syndrome. With her mother’s help, Yin learned how to take care of herself, starting with small tasks such as ___9___ , washing her face and brushing her teeth.
“I can’t take care of her for her entire life. My biggest wish was to find a suitable skill for her so she can make her own ____10____,” said Zhao, who gave birth to Yin. They tried almost every training course in Peng’an county, including violin and folk dance lessons. But Yin didn’t do well in ____11____ of them. “The problem was either my daughter ____12____ couldn’t understand what was being taught, the other children in the class had difficulty ____13____ her, or the teacher was unable to communicate with her,” she said.
Yin’s ____14____ to face-changing performance began by chance. Once Yin took part in a local Sichuan opera performance training. The group master _____15_____ that Yin’s passion (激情) for Sichuan opera and her understanding of face-changing surpassed (超过) many people. So he began to teach Yin the art of face-changing _____16_____ and Yin showed an amazing learning ability.
The process of learning face-changing was hard, but Yin _____17_____ gave up. She woke up early every day to keep on memorizing and _____18_____ every step of face-changing. Her efforts paid off and within a few months, she was already able to skillfully change several different facial masks.
Yin’s first stage performance was a big success. Her skillful movements and rich expressions were as excellent as _____19_____ of Sichuan opera actors. Yin has proved with her _____20_____ that in the face of difficulties, as long as there is passion and perseverance, one can always find his own piece of sky.
6. A. since B. after C. while D. until
7. A. different B. difficult C. interesting D. normal
8. A. challenges B. competitions C. choices D. chances
9. A. smoking B. interviewing C. crying D. dressing
10. A. alive B. live C. living D. lively
11. A. every B. any C. some D. none
12. A. simply B. certainly C. hardly D. finally
13. A. allowing B. finding C. accepting D. answering
