2022-2023学年湖北省武汉第三寄宿中学九年级（上）开学英语试卷

一、选择填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）从题中所给的A， B， C， D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

• 1．—Don't be mad at me.I'm only five minutes late.
  —This is the last time I'm waiting for you.__________（　　）

  A．You've got me.	B．I mean it.
  C．Take it easy.	D．It all depends.
  组卷：4引用：2难度：0.7

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• 2．—We'll study in different schools in the coming term.Enjoy your new school life!
  —__________.（　　）

  A．Me，too	B．Yes，I'd love to
  C．The same to you	D．Very well，thank you
  组卷：6引用：1难度：0.7

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• 3．-Why is Grace's Chinese so good？
  -Because she     China for ten years．（　　）

  A．has gone to	B．has been to
  C．has come to	D．has been in
  组卷：642引用：4难度：0.5

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• 4．-Have you ever been to Shanghai？
  -Of course． Actually， I _________there for six years but now I live in Taizhou．（　　）

  A．worked	B．was working
  C．would work	D．have worked
  组卷：427引用：6难度：0.6

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• 5．-It's said that drinking coffee __________ cancer． Do I have to give it up？
  -Relax! Not everything on Wechat is true． In fact， a coffee a day keeps the doctor away．（　　）

  A．causes

  B．has caused

  C．caused

  D．had caused
  组卷：413引用：7难度：0.9

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• 6．—I find it difficult to learn English well.
  —Use your head，__________ you'll find a good method.（　　）

  A．and

  B．but

  C．so

  D．or
  组卷：19引用：1难度：0.7

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三.阅读理解（共2小题，每小题10分，满分20分）

• 18．Kobe Bryant born in Philadelphia，Pennsylvania，on August 23，1978，was a former professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers throughout his NBA career （1996-2016）.He was famous as "Black Mamba" or "Little Flying Man".He was 198 cm tall and weighed 100 kg.He had a happy family with his wife and three daughters.
       He was also a famous NBA star.In his career，he got a great success and has lots of achievements，such as 15 times of all-NBA teams，once MVP in regular season，4 times of all-star MVR 2 times of final MVP，5 times of NBA championship and Two Olympic champions.The reasons for many fans not just because he played basketball well but also for Kobe spirit called Mamba Mentality.Kobe was good at playing basketball.Most importantly he played beautifully.Every match with Kobe was a wonderful and exciting performance.In the match，all the audience could feel his aggressiveness and the eager of victory.He improved himself by winning every game.As the leader of Lakers，Kobe never let people down.He was always calm and got the key score for the team at last just like what he said： "We do not retreat，we do not shrink，we do not run away，we insist，and then conquer our opponents？" It was famous Mamba Mentality.He never gave up even when he had ruptured his left Achilles tendon.What's more，Kobe was a famous and respected basketball player，and an approachable star as well.
       Therefore，on January 27，2020，the news of the death of Kobe Bryant shocked all fans of Kobe Bryant around the world.It was reported that Kobe Bryant died because of a plane crash with 9 people including his second daughter.Kobe generation is over with Kobe's death，but I think his Mamba Mentality will last forever.
  （1）When did Kobe Bryant quit from the Los Angeles Lakers？

  
  A．In 1978.
  B．In 1996.
  C．In 2016.
  D．In 2020.
  （2）According to the article，which one of the following is Not true？

  
  A．Kobe Bryant was one of the most famous stars.
  B．Kobe Bryant was a basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers
  C．Kobe Bryant's second daughter died at the same time as Kobe Bryant.
  D．Kobe Bryant was popular just because he was good at playing basketball
  （3）How many times of achievement did Kobe Bryant get in his career mentioned in the article？

  
  A．6
  B．29
  C．30
  D．26
  （4）Where can you read the passage？

  
  A．News report.
  B．Textbook.
  C．Magazine.
  D．Novel.
  （5）From the passage we can know that

  .
  A．Kobe's spirit didn't help him get any achievement
  B．Kobe Bryant will be remembered forever because of his Mamba Mentality
  C．Kobe Bryant died when he was 43 years old
  D．Kobe Bryant was a person who gave up easily
  组卷：5引用：2难度：0.6

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四、阅读下面短文，在空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。

• 19．Once there was a big company in London.The boss there was quite （1）s

  with the employees who worked for him.
     At the entrance to the company，there was a book on which all employees had to （2）s

  when they reached the company each morning.
     The boss often got to the company very early every morning.At nine o'clock，he would （3）m

  a red line under the last name in the book.And anyone who came after that had to （4）e

  why he was late.
     Whenever there was a （5）t

  fog in the city，the first person to arrive late usually wrote "Delayed by fog" "under the red line in the book.Then everyone（6）e

  who came after that just put ditto' 'underneath.
     But one foggy morning，the first man arrived late again.He （7）h

  to the company.This time，he wrote "My wife had a baby early this morning" （8）i

  of "'Delayed by fog' "under the red line in the book.
     Actually，that was the real reason why he was late that day.What （9）h

  next？Twenty or thirty people who came after him "ditto" underneath this as （10）u

  .
  组卷：10引用：2难度：0.5

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