三、单项选择。

( )1. (2023·江苏扬州)Everyone will have to get out of their houses ______ meet their neighbours.
A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so

A

( )2. Last night I heard a noise coming from the kitchen, ______ I got out of bed to have a look.
A. but
B. so
C. or
D. for

B

( )3.(2023·江西)Mary cut her knee badly, ______ she didn't cry.
A. but
B. as
C. so
D. since

A

( )4. In the face of the variation(变异) of the virus, not only China but also other countries ______ to take action to fight against the crisis(危机).
A. have
B. has
C. having
D. had

A

( )5.(2023·辽宁营口)It's a pity that ______ my father ______ my mother has time to attend my school-leavers' party.
A. either; or
B. neither; nor
C. both; and
D. not only; but also

B

( )6.(2023·黑龙江绥化改编)—Could you tell me something about Yuan Longping?
—Yes, he's called the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. He helped to save ______ China ______ the world from hunger.
A. neither; nor
B. either; or
C. not only; but also
D. not; but

C

四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Gao Chai in the Qi Kingdom. Gao Chai was clever and kind-hearted. Many stories about his childhood ____1____ (tell) in his hometown.
For example, one day, little Gao Chai and his friends ____2____ (play) near a river when one of them fell into the water. The other ____3____ (kid) were shocked and very frightened(受惊吓的). They did not know what ____4____ (do) and there were no adults to help. Gao Chai ____5____ (quick) found a solution. He picked up a large gourd(葫芦) and ____6____ (throw) it to his friend in the river. His friend ____7____ (understand) at once and caught the gourd, which enabled him to float on the water and swim to the river bank.
Gao Chai's mother was often ill. When his father was out, the little boy would help a lot in the house, not only cooking meals for his mother ____8____ also preparing medicine for her.
After some time, Gao Chai went to the Lu Kingdom and became a student of Confucius(孔子). He was ____9____ good-looking nor tall, and he did not talk much. Even Confucius did not have a high opinion of him at first. Fortunately, Gao Chai had one good friend among his classmates whose name was Zilu. Zilu later served as ____10____ official(官员) in the Lu Kingdom. He was asked to recommend someone to be a good government official. The person he recommended was Gao Chai.
1. _______
2. _______
3. _______
4. _______
5. _______
6. _______
7. _______
8. _______
9. _______
10. _______

were told
; were playing
; kids
; to do
; quickly
; threw
; understood
; but
; neither
; an