精品解析：广东省广州市黄埔区科学城中学2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中英语试题

广州科学城中学2022学年第一学期期中检测 初三英语学科试卷 命题人：马笑玲 审校人：孔瑞华、罗敬弟 说明：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷，第Ⅰ卷为选择题，共45题共60分，第Ⅱ卷为非选择题，共11题共30分，全卷共90分，考试时间为90分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色签字笔认真填写姓名、班级、准考证号、座位号在答题卷上，用2B铅笔在答题卡上规定位置涂黑自己的准考证号。 2. 每个学科的答题卷应在规定时间内完成，并认真审核，等待监考老师收取答题卷。试卷自己保留，等待老师评讲。 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。 Benjamin West was the father of American painting. He ___1___ his talent for art when he was a kid. But he didn’t know about brushes before a visitor told ___2___ that he needed one. In those days, a brush ___3___ from camels’ (骆驼的) hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided ___4___ the cat hair instead. Therefore, he cut ___5___ fur from the family cat to make a brush. The brush couldn’t last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged (蓬乱的). His father said that the cat must be ___6___ Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing. That year, Benjamin’s cousin, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He thought ___7___ of Benjamin’s drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paints and some brushes. He ___8___ sent him six engravings (版画). These were ___9___ first pictures and first real paints and brushes Benjamin had ever seen. Later, Mr. Pennington returned for ____10____ visit. He was amazed at Benjamin’s talent. He asked Benjamin’s parents ____11____ he might take the boy to Philadelphia. They agreed. In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials (材料) for ____12____ oil paintings. The boy began to paint. William Williams, a well-known painter, was impressed with Benjamin’s work ____13____ gave him two classic books on painting. Although he ____14____ only understand very little of the books, they were his introduction ____15____ classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist. 1. A. shows B. showed C. showing D. show 2. A. he B. his C. him D. himself 3. A. was made B. were made C. made D. making 4. A. use B. using C. to use D. used 5. A. a