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2021年广东华侨中学初中毕业班综合测试(二)英语
(本试卷共四大题,9页,满分90分。考试时间为100分钟。)
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1 分,满分15分)
Terry was a rich man’s son. Next to his door lived ____1____ hardworking blacksmith (铁匠) whose name was Jones. Every day, Terry liked to come to watch how the blacksmith worked ____2____ hours.
“Young man, what about ____3____ to make shoe tacks (鞋钉), even if it is only to kill the time?” said Jones. “One day, it may be of use to you.”
The boy began to see ____4____ he could do. After ____5____ practice, he found that he was becoming very ____6____ and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Terry’s father died and he had to sell everything because of the war. He left home and ____7____ to move to another country in a village. It happened that in this village there were so many shoemakers, ____8____ were spending a lot of money buying tacks for their shoes ____9____ in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers’ shoes.
Finding it difficult ____10____ his daily bread, Terry remembered that once upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks and he went to talk with shoemakers. He told them that he ____11____ make the finest tacks. The shoemakers agreed and Terry’s life was much ____12____.
“____13____ funny it seems!” he used to say, “Even making tacks can make money. Thanks to Jones. Without ____14____, I can’t imagine what my life ____15____ like now.”
1. A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. A. to B. since C. for D. from
3. A. learn B. learned C. learns D. learning
4. A. that B. what C. why D. how
5. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
6. A. skill B. skills C. skillfully D. skilled
7. A. forces B. forced C. was forced D. has forced
8. A. that B. who C. whom D. whose
9. A. because B. so C. whether D. unless
10. A. earn B. to earn C. earning D. to earning
11. A. should B. need C. must D. could
12. A. good B. well C. better D. best
13. A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
14. A. he B. him C. his D. himself
15. A. is B. does C. being D. to do
二、完形填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分