2023年广东省广州市天河区中考一模英语试题

天河区2023届初三毕业班综合测试 英语 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1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 What did people do to communicate in ancient times? Here are some very interesting answers ___1___ this question. Alphorns(阿尔卑斯长号角) were once ___2___ used to communicate in the mountains in Switzerland. They are very long and they are very heavy, ___3___. So, alphorns are hard to blow. Then why use ___4___? Well, they make a loud sound which travels ___5___ than the human voice. Herdsmen(牧民) used them to call cows in the distance. At sunset, they sent a message down to villagers with alphorns ___6___ everyone would know that all was well. These days, you can still see people ___7___ them as musical instruments. The people of La Gomera, ___8___ island in Europe, have their own special way of sending messages from mountain to mountain. They often ___9___ a whistled(口哨的) language called El silbo, which comes from their language Spanish. Whistling ____10____ within five kilometers, which means it can travel across much greater distances. El silbo can carry ____11____ kinds of messages, including greetings and announcements. El silbo is used a lot less than it used to be, but primary school students in La Gomera ____12____ learn it as it’s required. They learn ____13____ and even whistle in class. Do you know ____14____ also possible to send messages without making a noise? This is called visual communication, and it includes the use of flags and even smoke. Long ago, soldiers along the Great Wall of China used smoke as a warning. If they noticed the enemy from their signal(信号) tower, they lit a smoky fire. When soldiers in ____15____ towers saw the smoke signal, they lit fires as well. In this way, messages about the enemy’s arrival could travel as far as 800 km in just several hours. 1. A. for B. of C. with D. to 2. A. wider B. widely C. width D. widen 3. A. either B. neither C. too D. also 4. A. it B. its C. they D. them 5. A. far B. farther C. farthest D. the fa