广东省广州市白云区广州第六十五中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期12月线上英语试题

2022学年第一学期初三线上综合练习 英语 一、语法选择：（共1小题；每小题15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。 “Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle（婴儿包）was placed in her arms and when she moved the cloth to look at his tiny face, she was ____1____ — the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect ____2____ his appearance. One day ____3____ he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms, he cried out bitterly, “A boy, a big boy... said I was too ugly.” She sighed, knowing that his life was ____4____ endless of heartbreaks. He grew up, kind-hearted and open-minded. A favorite with his classmates, he might have been a class monitor, ____5____ he looked like ordinary people. The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor. “Could anything ____6____?” “I believe we could graft（移植）on a pair of outer ears if ___7___ could be donated（捐献）.” the doctor decided. So the search began for ____8____ person who would make such a donation for the young man. Two years went by. Then, “You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who ___9___ the ears you need. But it’s a secret.” _____10_____ the father. The operation was a great _____11_____. His future had become _____12_____ since then. Later he married and had a successful career. “But I ____13____ know!” he begged his father. “Who gave so much to me? I could never do enough for him.” “I don’t believe you could,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know... not yet.” The years kept the secret, but the day did come... one of the darkest ____14____ that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket（棺材）. Slowly and tenderly, the father reached out a hand and raised the thick brown hair of his mother’s _____15_____out the secret. 1. A. surprise B. surprising C. to surprise D. surprised 2. A. except for B. thanks to C. because of D. as a result of 3. A. before B. sinc