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2018学年上学期六校教育教学联合体九年级10月抽测英语学科试题
本试卷为笔试部分(共110分),考试时间为120分钟。
一、语法选择 (共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl”_____1____ of China, Japan, Korea, ___2___ Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite ____3_____. Truly chopsticks might be made of gold and silver _____4____ Chinese characters. _____5____ workers also combine (合并) different hard woods and metal ____6_____special designs.
The Chinese ____7_____ chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, ______8___ twigs(树枝) to remove it. Over time, _____9____ the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces _____10____ with twigs which gradually turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, ____11_____ live from about 551 to 497 B.C., influenced the ____12_____ of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killing and ____13_____ too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used ____14_____ in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat ____15______ their hands.
1. A. cultural B.culturals C. cultured D. cultures
2. A. and B. or C. but D. /
3. A. art B. artistic C. artist D. article
4. A. by B. from C.in D. with
5. A. skills B. skilled C. skilling D. skill
6. A. to create B. creating C. creative D. created
7. A. had used B. used C. have used D. have been used
8. A. to use B. used C. using D. had used
9. A. as B. as soon as C. before D. after
10. A. can be eaten more easily B. should be eaten easier
C. must be eaten easier D. could be eaten easily
11. A. / B. that C. which D. who
12. A. develop B. development C. developing D. developed
13.