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2020-2021学年东莞市初级中学初三第二学期一模试卷
二、语法选择
在每小题四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。并将答题卡上对应顒目所洗的选项涂黑。
For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.
His story began in EI Salvador, a city where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great difficulty in speaking. At the age of 2, his family’s house was burned down. Pineda was hurt ___1___, and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died ___2___ he was 8. And he spent years on the streets before he ___3___ to an orphanage (孤儿院).
Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught ___4___ to play the guitar. He began his performance with other musicians. At the age of 18, he went to Chicago with his group. There Pineda caught the attention of many people who wondered what they could do to help him. A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed ___5___ for Pineda’s traffic to and from El Salvador.
When he was in hospital, Pineda began writing music, and wondered ___6___ he might be able to record his own album (音乐专辑) or not. Soon ___7___ the help of a musician, The Sound of Gratitude (感激) was born. On October 15, Pineda went to a Chicago club to play his new songs to strangers, and to the friends ___8___ had helped him so far.
___9___ good luck he had. It was amazing that Pineda had gone through so many years of hardships. “We ____10____ a saying in El Salvador, ‘Suffer (受苦) first, then enjoy.’ I guess that’s what’s happening to me,” he said. If you are suffering difficulties now, please be patient, your good luck will come some day.
1. A. serious B. seriously C. less serious D. less seriously
2. A. if B. until C. when D. because
3. A. has taken B. took C. was taking D. was taken
4. A. him B. his C. himself D. he
5. A. to pay B. pay C. paying D. paid
6. A. that B. whether C. what D. why
7. A. under B. by C. without D. with
8 A. which B. who C. whose D. whom
9. A. What a B. How a C. What D. How
10. A. have B. will have C. had D. were having
三、 完形填空
通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各小题所結的四