2022-2023学年广东省惠州市惠城区九年级上学期期末英语试题

2022-2023学年广东省惠州市惠城区九年级上学期期末英语试题

1. 根据对话内容，运用所给的句子选项补全对话。选项中有一项是多余的。

Wang Fei: Hello, Liu Ming! Did you watch the CCTV news this morning?

Liu Ming: No, I didn’t. 1

Wang Fei: Yes, there was. Shenzhou XIV was launched（发射）successfully.

Liu Ming: Oh, I missed watching it. What a pity!

Wang Fei: Three astronauts were sent into space, and one of them is a woman.

Liu Ming: Really? 2

Wang Fei: She is Liu Yang. This is the second time that she has been sent into space.

Liu Ming: 3

Wang Fei: In 2012. She made history.

Liu Ming: Sounds amazing! How did she become an astronaut?

Wang Fei: 4

Liu Ming: She is so excellent. You really know about her well.

Wang Fei: Of course, I do. She is a heroine（女英雄）in my heart.

Liu Ming: 5

Wang Fei: Right. We Chinese take pride in her.

2. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the wonders of the ancient world. It ________ more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt. It is so popular that ________ tourists from all over the world come to visit it every year.

In Egypt there are over 80 pyramids and the largest ________ is the Great Pyramid. It lies on the west bank of the Nile. As a matter of fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians thought the setting of ________ sun meant the end of life. That is ________ their dead bodies were buried(埋葬) on the west bank of the Nile.

You can hardly imagine how huge the Great Pyramid ________. It has more than two million blocks. Some are as ________ as five school buses. ________ they were heavy, workers were able to put a block into the pyramid every three minutes.

The workers, Egyptian men and women, ________ in teams. The teams had different tasks. Some dug up the stones. Others moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid. There were so many different teams, but the pyramid is perfect. No stone is in the wrong position.

But how did the Egyptians move those heavy stones to the top without any modern machines? No one knows for sure. Many things about the Great Pyramid are still a mystery ________ interests many people around the world.

1.

A．was built B．is built C．built

2.

A．million B．millions C．millions of

3.

A．it B．one C．ones

4.

A．a B．an C．the

5.

A．which B．why C．when

6.

A．is B．appear C．like

7.

A．heavy B．heavier C．the heaviest

8.

A．Unless B．Because C．Although

9.

A．working B．to work C．worked

10.

A．what B．that C．who

3. With the development of technology, there are lots of new inventions around our daily life. Here are some of them that come from technology magazine.