2024年广东省市广州市中考九强校第一次联考英语试卷
一、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。
1．（15分）Anoldbankerwalkedaroundhisstudy.He（1）byabet（赌约）thathehadmadewithayounglawyer15yearsago.Thebettookplaceataparty（2）adarkautumnnight.Theydiscussedthetopicofpunishmentbydeathandlifeimprisonment（终身监禁）.Thebankerbelievedthatpunishmentbydeathwas（3）thanlifeimprisonment.Thelawyerdisagreed.Thentherichbankerofferedtwomillionrulesifthelawyer（4）liveintheprisonfor15years.Thelawyeraccepted.I（5）nomoneyifIgiveup，hesaid.
Thenthelawyerstayedinasmallhouse.Hehadonlyasmallwindowthroughwhichhecouldpassnotestoaskfor（6）heneeded.Atfirst，thelawyerwaslonely.Hejustread（7）andplayedthepiano.Throughoutthefollowingyears，hisinterestsandrequestschangedalot，（8）hecontinuedreading.Andastheendofhis15﹣yearimprisonmentneared，hewasbusy（9）historyandscienceandseverallanguages.
Withonlyhoursleft，thebankerwasworried.Heslippedintothelawyersroomandtriedtodo（10）bad.Thelawyerwasasleepathisdesk，andinfrontof（11）wasaletterbesideapen.Hestatedin（12）letterthathehadgotgreatwisdom.Hewouldprefer（13）alifewithoutanywealth.
Thebanker（14）relaxedbutalsofilledwithshame.Hethoughthetook（15）yearsawayfromabrightyoungman.
（1）
A.troubles
B.istroubled
C.wastroubled
D.troubled
（2）
A.on
B.with
C.in
D.of
（3）
A.good
B.better
C.best
D.thebest
（4）
A.should
B.could
C.might
D.must
（5）
A.receive
B.received
C.havereceived
D.willreceive
（6）
A.what
B.why
C.how
D.whether
（7）
A.quiet
B.quietness
C.quietly
D.quieter
（8）
A.and
B.or
C.but
D.so
（9）
A.study
B.studied
C.tostudy
D.studying
（10）
A.something
B.anything
C.everything
D.nothing
（11）
A.he
B.him
C.his
D.himself
（12）
A.a
B.an
C.the
D./
（13）
A.live
B.tolive
C.lived
D.toliving
（14）