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2023-2024学年邝维煜中学九年级第一学期期中测试
一、语法选择(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
The Good Son
Once there was a jeweller(珠宝商), who was known as a good man. People always bought jewelries from him.
One day, a rich man and his wife came to buy some diamonds and they want to put them on a special dress for their mother. She would wear it for___l___ eightieth-birthday party.
The couple(夫妇) told the jeweller ___2___ they wanted, and offered him ___3___honest price. He said that he could not let them ___4___ the jewels at that moment, and asked them to come back later. However, they wanted the diamonds without delay (耽搁). They ___5___ thought that the jeweller might be trying to get more money for the diamonds. ___6___ they offered him double, then three times, what the diamonds were worth. But he still refused ___7___ them the diamonds. They felt very___8___.
Some hours later, the jeweller went to them and gave them the diamonds. They offered him the last price for the diamonds, and the price was three times what the diamonds were worth. But the jeweller said, “They ___9___ not worth that high price, and I will only agree with the first price that you offered this morning.
“Why, then, did you not sell us the diamonds right away?” they asked ___10___surprise. He answered, “The diamonds ___11___in the box by my father and only he had the key to the box . He was asleep, and I did not want to wake him. He is old and every hour of sleep___12___ him good. For all the gold in the world, I would not disrespect(不尊重) my father or make him uncomfortable.” The couple were___13___ moved by the man's words, so the husband said to him, “___14___ good son you are! Thanks for the lesson you taught us on how___15___ parents. One day your own children will give you the same respect and love that you have shown.”
1. A. she B. her C. hers D. she's
2. A. which B. where C. what D.how
3. A. a B.an C. the D./
4. A. see B.saw C. to see D. seeing
5. A. too B. either C. as well D. also
6. A. And B. But C.Or D.So
7. A. to gi