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2023-2024 学年度第一学期初三年级 10 月测试英语试卷
I. 完型填空(10 分)
考试时间:70 分钟 试卷满分:75 分
第一部分(共计 45 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。(共 10 小题,每小题 1 分)
When Charley got up one morning, he saw the ground deeply covered with snow.
"We must have a path through this 1 " said his father. "I would make one if I had time. But I must be at the office 2 this morning." "Do you think you could make the path, my son?" he asked little Charley.
"I? Why, the snow is too 3 !"
"You can try doing it little by little," said the father, as he 4 for his office.
So Charley got the snow shovel ( 铁 铲 ) and set to work. But it was 5 work. He got tired.
"I don't think I can do it, mother," he said. "A shovelful (满铲) is so 6 , and there is such a heap (堆) of snow."
"Little by little, Charley," said his mother. "That snow fell in tiny bits, flake by flake, but you see what a great 7 it has made. "
"Yes, mother, I see," said Charley. "If I 8 it away little by little, it will soon be gone." So he worked on.
When his father came home to dinner, he was 9 to see the fine path.
The next day he gave little Charley a fine blue sled (雪橇), and on it was 10 in yellow letters, "Little by Little."
1. A. water
B. sand
C. snow
D. wind
2. A. happily
B. early
C. suddenly
D. slowly
3. A. thin
B. big
C. thick
D. small
4. A. went
B. turned
C. took
D. left
5. A. easy
B. difficult
C. slow
D. happy
6. A. small
B. little
C. much
D. weak
7. A. path
B. letter
C. pile
D. bit
8. A. throw
B. put
C. give
D. send
9. A. worried
B. cheerful
C. foolish
D. nervous
10. A. caught
B. started
C. pushed
D. painted
II. 阅读理解(35 分)
第一节阅读下列短文,从下面每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。(共 15 小题,每小题 1. 5 分)
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Paper-making
During the Eastern Han Dynasty around 104 A.D., a eunuch (
太监
) of the Imperial Court named Cai Lun invented a new type of paper. It was said that he used bark (
树皮
), rags (
破布
) and broken fishing nets as material