2019年天河中学英语一模试题和答案.docxVIP

PAGE 2 2018学年第二学期九年级英语模拟考试试题 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 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1～15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。 Once upon a time, there was a small town. And there was a cave near the town. People called 1 the “Cave of Fear”. Many people had explored into the cave 2 no one had ever returned from there. So people lived in terror. They were afraid 3 the monster would leave the cave one day. Since then, no one went to the cave any more. Many years 4 , a young man came to the town one day. He heard 5 the situation of the cave, he decided to enter the cave and 6 the monster. The young man wanted 7 person to go with him, but everyone was 8 afraid that a single person got near the mouth of the cave with him. The young man never gave up. He went inside the cave alone. Suddenly, he felt something hit him 9 on the back. This pushed him forward towards a hole in the rock. He 10 avoid it, and fell through. He thought he was about to 11 . However, as he fell, he heard music, and voices. They got 12 when he reached closer to the bottom of the cave. He heard a group of people shout, “Surprise!” It was 13 big party! The partygoers were all those people __ 14 __ had never returned to the town. They explained to him that this place had been the idea of an old mayor of the town. That mayor had tried to do 15 great things, but was always held back by the fears of the people around him. So he created the story of the monster. He wanted to tell people that fear would stop your way to exploration. 1. A. itself B. it C. its D. it’s 2. A. if B. or C. but D. however 3. A. that B. where C. how D. whether 4. A. after B. ago C. past D. later 5. A. from B. about C. on D. for 6. A. met B. will meet C. meeting D. meet 7. A. another B. other C. others D. the other 8. A. very B. so C. such D. even 9. A. hardly B. harder C. hard D. h