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2022年深圳中考英语模拟试题四
第一部分选择题(50分)
Ⅰ.完形填空( 10分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项(共10小题,每小题1分)
There was once a farmer who had an olive orchard (橄榄树果园).He was very hard-working, and the trees grew well under his ___1___. But he knew that his three sons didn't like the farm work, but were dying to make ___2___.
When the farmer was old, and felt that he would ___3___, he called his sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a ___4___ of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you want it."
After their father was dead, the sons went to work to find it. Since they did not know where it was hidden, they agreed to dig the ___5___ orchard until one of them could find it.
However, no pot of gold was ___6___ even if they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other. It seemed as if someone had stolen it, or as if the ___7___ had made up the story. The three sons felt ___8___ to have done all that work for nothing and they gave up.
But in the next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore(结果实) more fruit than they had ever seen. When it was sold, the sons got a pot of gold.
And when the sons saw how much money they had ___9___ from the orchard , they suddenly understood what their wise father had 10when he said," There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you want it.”
( ) 1. A. introduction B. breath C. care D. guidance
( ) 2. A. wealth B. trouble C. business D. progress
( ) 3. A. pass by B. pass off C. pass away D. pass out
( ) 4. A. pair B. piece C. packet D. pot
( ) 5.A. pretty B. whole C. large D. green
( ) 6.A. broken B. found C. stolen D. wasted
( ) 7. A. writer B. son C. orchard D. farmer
( ) 8. A. enjoyable B. reasonable C. terrible D. comfortable
( ) 9. A. made B. dug C. discovered D. grown
( ) 10. A. needed B. meant C. worried D. suffered
II. 阅读理解(40分)
第一节 阅读下列短文,从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(共15小题,每小题2分)
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Laura Cumming, a British art critic(艺术评论家) for The Observer, mentioned three bo