广东省广州市天河区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：语法选择

广东省广州市天河区 2020-2022年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 语法选择 2022年广东省广州市天河区中考一模英语试题 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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 What did people do to communicate in ancient times? Here are some very interesting answers. 1 this question. Alphoms(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 withal phorns 6 everyone would know that all was well. These days, you can still see people 7 them as musical instruments. The people of LaGomera, 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 with in five kilometers, which means it can travel across much greater distances. Elsilbo can carry 11 kinds of messages, including greetings and announcements. Elsilbo is used a lot less than it used to be, but primary school students in LaGomera. 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. Longago, 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. farth