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初三英语试卷 第 1 页 (共 4 页)
镇海区 2021 年初三模拟考试试卷
英语
考生须知:
1.全卷共六个大题,61个小题。满分为 95分,考试时间为 90分钟。
2.请将学校、姓名、班级填写在答题卡的规定位置上。
3.请在答题卡的规定区域作答,在试卷上作答或超出答题卡的规定区域作答无效。
试 题 卷 I
一、完形填空(本题有 15 小题,每小题 1 分,共计 15 分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She
did not know if she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and
struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one 1 .
Her father, a cook, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots 2 water and placed each
on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the 3 he placed
eggs, and in the last he placed coffee beans. He let them boil, without 4 a word.
The daughter waited impatiently, wondering 5 he was doing. In about twenty minutes,
he 6 the burners and put the carrots, the eggs and the coffee into different bowls. He asked,
“Darling, what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and coffee.” she 7 .
He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She noticed that they were 8 .
He then asked her to take an egg and break 9 . After pulling off the shell, she observed (观
察) the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She enjoyed it and smiled.
“What does it mean, Father?” she asked.
He explained that 10 of them had faced the same situation, boiling water, 11
each reacted (反应) differently. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak 12 being
boiled. The fragile (脆弱的) eggs became hard after cooking. Coffee beans were the most 13
of the three. They turned the 14 into tasty coffee. “Which are you?” he asked his daughter.
When 15 knock on your door, how do you answer? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a
coffee bean?
( ) 1. A. missed B. appeared C. invented D. served
( ) 2. A. up B. into C. of D. with
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