江苏省东海县横沟中学九年级英语12月月考试题（无答案）.docVIP

江苏省东海县横沟中学2014-2015学年九年级英语12月月考试题 第I卷(45分) 完形填空：(选择最佳答案。共10小题；每小题1分，共15分) 朗读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 One day Zeus, king of the gods, wanted to punish man(人类) after Prometheus gave them fire. He created a woman from clay(粘土) and called her Pandora. Zeus 1 the woman to the brother of Prometheus. He fell in love with the beautiful girl at once. They got married. As a wedding 2 , Zeus gave Pandora a very small and nice box. He told her that whatever happened, she must never open it. Pandora sat 3 the box day after day. “What is inside?” she kept 4 herself. She thought it must be something very beautiful. She thought and thought 5 she could think no more. Finally her curiosity(好奇心) was too 6 and she decided to open the box. She took the key and put it in the box. She turned the key. Yet, at the last minute, she was 7 to open it. Three times she began to lift the lid(盖子), and three times she stopped 8 . But she really wanted to know the things in the box. At last, 9 great fear, she opened the box. She was met with a terrible shock. For there was everything that is 10 in the world inside the box: evil, sadness, misery(苦难), hunger and illness. These things flew out and 11 the room, before leaving the window to join the world. Pandora closed the lid 12 . Pandora’s husband returned. When he knew 13 had happened, he told Pandora to open the box again. He thought nothing left in the box could be 14 than what had already come out. They opened the box, and inside, 15 small wings, one last thing was still there, something even more powerful than all the evils that had come out. It was Hope. 1. A. offered B. lent C. bought D. destroyed 2. A. joke B. gift C. donation D. agreement 3. A. listen to B. looked at C. looking at D. listening to 4. A. telling B. asking C. speaking D. talking 5. A. while B. after C. until D. though 6. A. much B. many C. little D. few 7. A. ha