外研版九年级英语课堂综合小测(一)

一．语法选择。

There was once a king who had a great palace with a wonderful garden. In the garden, there lived all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed 1 there.

There was only one thing that the king hated in the garden: an old tree in the centre of the garden. It was so old and dry. This made the king 2 angry that he finally asked some people to cut it down and turned the place into a swimming pool. However, after the tree 3 , the animals left the garden. 4 the animals, the garden was not so beautiful as before. The king was sad, 5 he didn’t know what had happened.

A young man went to the king, and said he could explain what had happened. “This was 6 you cut the old tree down,” said the young man. “There were thousands of moths (飞蛾) which lived in the tree. Birds needed the moths 7 and then they produced waste for plants to grow. The plants then attracted many 8 animals to your garden. So your garden became very beautiful. But as you cut the tree down, the animals had to leave.”

“Excellent!” said the king. “I’ll make you rich and you should try to make 9 garden beautiful again.”

“I’m afraid it 10 many years to finish it because getting the balance of nature back needs many years,” said the young man.

The king was sad, but all he could do was just wait.

( )1.A. live B. living C. to live D. lived

( )2.A. such B. such a C. so D. so a

( )3.A. cuts down B. cut down C. is cut down D. was cut down ( )4.A. By B. With C. Without D. Of

( )5.A. until B. but C. or D. so

( )6.A. why B. if C. because D. before

( )7.A. eat B. to eat C. eating D. eaten

( )8.A. other B. others C. another D. the other

( )9.A. me B. my C. mine D. myself

( )10.A. took B. has taken C. will take D. is taking

二．完型填空。

There is always something unexpected in our life. I find it humorous sometimes that even the most ordinary thing can have an 1 on us.

My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we 2 a lot of time and energy working in the yard to get it to look like what it does today. We called this area our “rock garden” because there were so many rocks. We did the best we could to make the yard 3 . Then, we started to grow plants and flowers and 4 them carefully.

Last summer I walked to the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant. I could not immediately tell what it was. I knew I didn’t plant it and my wife said that she didn’t 5 . We decided to let it continue growing until we could 6 what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mysterious (神秘的) plant, I found it taller. I knew it was a sunflower. As I pulled rocks from the area, I noticed something 7 . The sunflower didn’t start where I saw the stalk (茎) began. It actually began under a big rock and grew under and around it to 8 the sun.

Suddenly I realized something. “ 9 a tiny little sunflower has the ability to overcome a big rock standing in its way of developing, we also have the ability to do the same thing.”

Stand tall like the sunflower and take 10 in who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around big difficulties in order to achieve your goal.

( )1.A. idea B. opinion C. experience D. influence ( )2.A. spent B. paid C. took D. cost

( )3.A. unclean B. tidy C. messy D. dirty

( )4.A. looked for B. looked after C. looked through D. looked over ( )5.A. too B. also C. either D. so

( )6.A. find out B. look out C. put out D. try out