内容正文:
2022—2023学年度第二学期寒假学情调研
初二年级 英语试卷
考试时间:100分钟 满分:90分
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,在空格处选择适当的选项。
A long time ago, there lived a king. Every year, he would spend a lot of money ___1___ his palace. And every time it was much ___2___ than before.
One day, the king had ___3___ new plan and he said to his men, “This year, I will build the best palace in the world. I’m sure it ___4___ get lots of praise (称赞) around my country.
After building his palace, the king invited the noblemen (贵族) of his country to come. He ___5___ invited the noblemen of the neighboring countries to come to his palace. He asked them to give their opinions about the palace.
“Unbelievable! ___6___ amazing the palace is” the noblemen said. They looked around the palace excitedly. However, a young man stood in the corner quietly when ___7___ people were praising the palace.
The king wanted to know about the reason. He walked up to the man and asked, “Is there ___8___ wrong with my palace?” The man smiled and ___9___ in a calm voice, “Your Majesty! Your palace is strong and will last _____10_____ years or even longer. It looks wonderful _____11_____ it is not perfect. Many of your people are still living a hard life, _____12_____ you have great fun here. Because of that, I am silent.”
The king listened to him _____13_____. Then he thanked the young man for _____14_____ words and said he would never try to rebuild his palace again. Instead, he used the money _____15_____ the people in need.
1. A. to build B. built C. building D. build
2. A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. most beautiful D. the most beautiful
3. A. / B. a C. an D. the
4. A. need B. must C. may D. might
5. A. too B. either C. neither D. also
6. A. What an B. What a C. How D. What
7. A. another B. other C. others D. the others
8. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
9. A. replies B. replied C. will reply D. is replying
10. A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundred of D. hundreds of
11. A. but B. and C.