文档介绍：江苏省泗阳如皋实验学校2022届九年级英语下学期第二次模拟调研测试试题
2022年如皋市实验初中九年级第二次模拟考试试卷英语
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1. 本试卷共11页，总分值120分，考 D. since
( )10. As soon as she ______ at home, Sally knew she had bought the wrong dress.
A. handed it in B. tried it on C. cut it out D. made it up
( )11. —Alex Honnold is planning to climb the mountain, without even using a rope.
—What? I’ve never heard of ______ idea before.
A. a crazier B. the crazier
C. a craziest D. the craziest
( )12. Sandy, ______ for some information about the topic. Then share it with us, please.
A. is searching   B. searches  C. search  D. will search
( )13. —How is your May Day holiday, John?
—Not bad. You seem so happy. Could you tell me ______?
A. what place you have been to B. if you visit your grandparents
C. who did you spend the holiday with D. that you watched a football match
( )14. ______ beautiful voice Betty has! No wonder she wants to be a singer when she grows up.
A. How B. How a C. What a D. What
( )15. —I am sorry to hear that our women badminton players lost the Sudirman Cup.
—______. Failure is the mother of success.
A. No problem B. It’s a pity
C. With pleasure D. Never mind
二、完形填空〔此题共15小题；每题1分，总分值15分〕
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) 16 came and said, "Please let me paint a picture on a wall." The king happened to have a big new hall 17 . So he 18 the artist to work on one of the walls.
At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the 19 wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s 20 looking at the first artist’s work. The second artist asked to have a thick curtain put up between the two walls 21 neither of them could see each other.
The following day they began to work. T