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2020年-2021学年度初三(上)10月模考英语试卷
笔试部分(90分)
二、语法选择(本大题有12个小题,每小题1分,共12分)
The Statue of Liberty(自由女神像)is one of the most famous tourist places in the United States. However, it wasn’t the Americans who built it. It was given as a gift of ____1____ from France.
In 1865, a young French artist named Bartholdi took part in a big party near the town of Versailles. At the party, someone hoped to give America a special gift for the country’s ____2____ birthday in 1876. Bartholdi was interested in ____3____ idea and suggested a big statue of some kind. Back home, he ____4____ it for the next six years. By 1871, Bartholdi had planned ____5____ of the things about the statue. It was going to be a lady called Liberty, who held a torch(火把)high over her head in her right hand and a book close ____6____ her body in her left hand. It seemed that ____7____ was lighting the way to freedom.
But it was such a huge project ____8____ needed a large amount of money. And also, for many reasons, Bartholdi and his team ____9____ finish it on time. The big statue wasn’t finished until June 1884. On July 22,1885, it was sent to New York from France by water. Finally the statue ____10____ on a small island called Manhattan near New York in April 1886.
1. A. friend B. fiends C. friendly D. friendship
2. A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundredth D. hundred’s
3. A. / B. a C. an D. the
4. A. thinks about B. thought about C. have thought D. was thinking about
5. A. much B. more C. most D. the most
6. A. to B. with C. under D. across
7. A. she B. her C. hers D. herself
8. A. who B. that C. when D. where
9. A. can’ t B. mustn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t
10. A. placed B. is placed C. has placed D. was placed
三、完型填空(本大题有15小题,每小题1分,共15分)
I know my brother better than anyone else in the world. Since the moment of his birth, I’ve been part of his life. I had spent seven happy years in the world with the attention of those around me. But when Rohan was born, life ____11____. Suddenly I had to ____12____ my toys and