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银川市唐徕中学 2022-2023 学年第二学期第二次模拟考试
初三英语试卷
命题人: 苗慧莹 谢丽媛 审核人:
姓名: _____________ 班级: _____________ 学号: _____________ 得分: _____________
选择题(共50分)
一、完形填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, there was a king who loved riddles(谜语). Every year ___1___ king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.
There was a baker who lived in the kingdom. Everybody agreed that he baked the finest bread. The baker had almost everything except for a horse. If the baker ___2___ one, he could sell his fine bread from one end of the kingdom to the other. One year the riddle puzzled everyone. “Whoever wins will get ___3___ strongest horse,” the king promised. He then drew a line ___4___ the ground. “Make this line shorter without erasing(清除)any part of it,” the king said.
Lots of people tried. They put their noses to the ground to take a close look at the line. The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line ___5___ it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these ways worked, and the people went home ___6___.
The baker wondered ___7___ the problem. A week later, he came here confidently with a bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was ___8___ than the king’s line.
“Your Majesty,” the baker said to the king, “now your line is shorter.”
Finally, the baker ___9___ a good horse by the king. He was excited ____10____ he could sell his bread all over the kingdom now.
1. A. the B. / C. a D. an
2. A. has B. had C. will have D. is having
3. A. I B. me C. mine D. my
4. A. in B. of C. on D. with
5. A. hide B. to hide C. stop D. to stop
6. A. easy B. easily C. sad D. sadly
7. A. if he could solve B. if could he solve C. why he could solve D. why could he solve
8. A. shorter B. short C. longer D. long
9. A. gives B. gave C. is given D. was given
10. A. though B. because C. unless D. before
二、阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分)
阅读下