精品解析：广东省广州市荔湾区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题

2023-2024学年广东省广州市荔湾区九年级（上）期末英语试卷 语法选择 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, 从各题所给的 A、B、C 和D 项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Lu Ban was a famous woodworker during the Spring and Autumn Period. One day, he was given a task ____1____ seemed difficult to complete collect a large amount of wood and build a palace. At the beginning, Lu Ban and his men took ____2____ axes to a mountain to cut down tall and thick trees. However, it was very difficult ____3____ that with only axes. After several days of hard work, Lu Ban and his men met a problem ____4____ the task. They were really tired, ____5____ the amount of the wood collected was far from enough to build the palace. Lu Ban became ____6____. He tried to think of ways to cut down trees quickly and easily. When he went to a mountain to look for more good wood, he suddenly fell over. Luckily, he ____7____ out and held on to some grass. ____8____ the grass hurt his hand, Lu Ban stayed silent because he was already lost in thought. “Why ____9____ this grass so sharp?” He thought about it ____10____ as he looked at the small cuts on his hand. Lu Ban examined the grass and noticed ____11____ its leaves had many little sharp teeth. He used these teeth to make a small cut on his hand, and they easily cut through the skin. ____12____ idea came into his mind,” If I make a tool with many small saw—like teeth, wouldn’t we cut down trees much faster?” Lu Ban invented a new tool called ju (saw in English) and tried it out. It worked. Soon, all ____13____ workers learnt to use saws. In the end, they ____14____ cut down large trees quickly. With the help of the saw, the palace ____15____ on time. 1. A. which B. when C. who D. where 2. A. they B. their C. them D. themselves 3. A. do B. doing C. done D. to do 4. A. by B. in C. to D. with 5. A. and B. or C. but D. so 6. A. worry B. worrying C. worried D. worriedly 7. A. reaches B. reached C. will reach D. was reaching 8. A. If B. Because C. Until D. Although 9. A. does B. did C. is D. was 1