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2022年广东省广州市增城区中考英语二模试卷
一、语法选择
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1~15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。
I love eating persimmons(柿子). But you can’t get them ___1___ autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably taste bad.
Because of my poor grades, my parents worried ___2___ I couldn’t get into an excellent high school. They pushed me ___3___ hard, but I didn’t really understand why. Summer came and I studied even ___4___. The hot weather made me feel sleepy.
But every time I wanted to stop ___5___, Mom would shout, “Think about your future. If you don’t work hard, you ___6___ it!” I had to return to my textbooks ___7___ were full of words. But all I thought about was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.
My mom would say to me, ___8___ a serious look on her face, “You won’t get ___9___ in autumn unless a persimmon tree grows in summer! Only by hard work ____10____ you get the good result of your work.”
Although I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see ____11____ truth of her words. Several months later, I ____12____ got into the key high school. It was autumn.
Walking in my new school, I could see ____13____ persimmon trees. The persimmon was such a red fruit that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I realized that working hard might be bitter ____14____ its fruit was sweet.
My mom was right. If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow during summer, it can’t bear fruit in autumn. I had grown through the summer and now it was autumn. The fruits of my labors could ____15____ by me now!
1. A. unless B. until C. though D. because
2. A. that B. how C. what D. why
3. A. study B. studies C. to study D. studying
4. A. hard B. harder C. more hard D. hardest
5. A. work B. works C. to work D. working
6. A. regret B. regretted C. have regretted D. will regret
7. A. which B. who C. when D. where
8. A. from B. of C. with D. to
9. A. some fruit B. any fruit C. some fruits D. any fruits
10. A. can B. need C. must D. should
11. A. a B. an