2021-2022学年湖北省黄石市下陆区八年级（下）期中英语试卷 二、语法选择（共1小题；每小题15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，从每小题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 10．（15分）Many years ago，there （1） a young man named Erman who lived in a village in （2） Kingdom of Atinka，a country far away from everywhere. Erman was poor.In fact，he only had three gold coins and some bread.It was difficult（3） money in this small village，so Erman went on a journey to find a job.He traveled over land and sea.On（4） day of the journey，he arrived（5） a city.It was so（6） bigger than his village.Erman decided to stay.He ate up all the bread and spent his three gold coins renting（租）a room.Then，he had（7） left and started to feel hungry. Downstairs in the Kitchen，a man （8） a white hat was cooking a pot of soup.Erman turned to the man and said："（9） I have some of that mouth﹣ watering soup？I（10） anything since yesterday." "Three gold coins，"said the man. Erman had no gold coins now，（11） he went back up to his room.From there，he could smell the soup and imagine he was eating it. "What are you doing？"shouted the man. "Nothing，"said Erman shyly."I'm just （12） your delicious soup." "You are a thief!You have stolen my smells!" The man got angry and took Erman into the law court. The judge，one of the（13） men in town，was asked to decide who was right and who was wrong. "This boy has stolen my smells，"shouted the man.His face was purple with anger. " If you want to be paid for the smell，I（14） ，" said the judge. He took three gold coins and，one by one，he threw them into a bowl. "I have paid you for the smell of soup with the sound of money.Now go away!" （15） wise man! （1） A．is B．was C．were D．had （2） A．the B．a C．/ D．one （3） A．make B．making C．to make D．made （4） A．fourth B．four C．forty D．the fourth （5） A．to B．/ C．in D．at （6） A．as B．more C．much D．even （7） A．something B．everything C．nothing D．anything （8） A．under B．with C．at D．of （9） A．Need B．Must C．Should D．May （10） A．didn't have B．don't have C．haven't had D．won't have （11） A．so B．but C．because D．as （12） A．smelling B．smelled C．smell D．smells （13） A．smarter B．smartest C．more smart D．most smart （14） A．have paid B．will pay C．pay D．paying （15） A．What B．How C．What a D．How 三、阅读（共三节，满分40分）阅读"下面短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、c和D选项中选出最佳选项。 11．（10分）Ann was excited.Her family went to a restaurant with an African theme（非洲主题）.Ann saw beautiful animal shells and feathers in the place.But then she saw a lion's head hanging on the wall.The owner，Mr Tate "That's my African lion." "Did you kill that lion？"Ann asked. "No，but I did buy it，"said Mr Tate."It's not just me.Many people buy lion trophies（装饰品）here in the US.Do you like it？" Ann didn't say anything. That night，Ann wen ... ...
