广东省深圳实验学校四部2023-2024学年九年级下学期第3次月考英语试卷

深圳实验学校2023-2024第一学期四部月考初三年级 英语试卷 考试时间：75分钟 试卷满分：80分 第一部分 选择题（50分） Ⅰ. 完形填空（满分10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） In a faraway country, there were two carpenters (木匠). Both were good at their job. Nobody could tell who was better. One day, the country’s king thought of a way to figure out which one was better. He would have them 1 against each other in a contest. The winner would become the official royal (皇家的) carpenter. The king sent for the carpenters and the contest began. The carpenters were 2 three days to carve (雕刻) a wooden mouse. Whoever carved the most lifelike mouse would be the 3 . The first carpenter carved a fine mouse with vivid and lifelike features (特征). The second carpenter’s mouse, however, looked quite rough. In fact, it 4 even looked like a mouse at all. The king and his ministers (大臣) 5 that the first carpenter was the winner. The second carpenter said, “This judgment is 6 . We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. Cats can recognize mice much better than humans, 7 .” The king thought this was a reasonable point. He ordered his ministers to 8 several cats and bring them to judge the carpenters’ mice. Surprisingly, all of the cats were more attracted to the second carpenter’s mouse. The king asked the second carpenter, “How did you make the cats 9 that your mouse looked more real?” The carpenter said, “Your Majesty, if you look closely, you can see that I carved a mouse holding a fishbone! The cats 10 not about how real it looks, but how good it might taste.” ( ) 1. A. fight B. count C. compete D. speak ( ) 2. A. given B. asked C. saved D. taken ( ) 3. A. carpenter B. winner C. king D. teacher ( ) 4. A. almost B. hardly C. quite D. nearly ( ) 5. A. argued B. refused C. replied D. agreed ( ) 6. A. unfair B. true C. clear D. final ( ) 7. A. after all B. for example C. as a result D. as well ( ) 8. A. touch B. match C. catch D