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2022年5月宁波余姚市初中学业水平考试适应性测试英语试题(一模)
一、完形填空(本题有15小题,每小题1分,共计15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Long long ago, in a small village, there was a man named Jacob. He thought he was the ___1___ man in the world. One day he sold his well to a farmer. When the farmer went to get the ___2___ from that well happily, Jacob didn’t ___3___ him to get the water from it. He said, “Though the water in the well is ___4___ and clear, I sold you the well, not the water.”
The farmer became very sad but he could do ___5___. He had to come to the emperor’s palace. He ___6___ everything to the emperor and asked him for help.
The emperor ___7___ Birbal and handed over this case to him. Birbal was a very young judge. He was rich in ___8___. He enjoyed thinking about ideas every day. He called up Jacob. Birbal asked. “Why don’t you let the ___9___ use the water of the well? You have sold the well to him!” Jacob replied, “I ____10____ sold the well to him, not the water. He has no right to get the water.”
Then Birbal smiled and said, “Good, but look, ____11____ you have sold the well to this farmer, you stick to ____12____ that the water is yours, then you have no right to keep your water in the farmer’s well. You have ____13____ choices. Either you pay rent (租) to the farmer to keep your water in his well, or you take ____14____ out of his well at once.”
Jacob understood that his ____15____ had failed. Birbal beat him perfectly.
Don’t try to cheat. You will end up paying for it no matter how smart you think you are.
1. A. cleverest B. strongest C. healthiest D. kindest
2. A. money B. water C. candy D. earth
3. A. tell B. invite C. allow D. refuse
4. A. sour B. sweet C. salty D. hot
5. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
6. A. described B. drew C. read D. translated
7. A. waited for B. looked after C. called in D. laughed at
8. A. time B. energy C. money D. knowledge
9. A. judge B. farmer C. villager D. emperor
10 A. just B. never C. seldom D. almost
11. A. but B. so C.