专题 04 家人朋友和周围的人-备战2022年中考英语真题模拟题之阅读、完形特训

（2021·湖南湘潭市·中考真题） There was a man who was going through hard times. He went bankrupt(破产) in business. Although he worked hard, failure was all that he had seen. After he tried again and again, he left everything behind and went into a 11 . In the forest, he met an old man who had lived there for a long time. He 12 his story with the old man. “Can you give me one good reason not to 13 ?” He asked the old man. “Look,” the old man said, pointing to two 14 . “Do you see that fern(蕨类植物) and bamboo there?” “Yes,” the man answered. “When I planted the fern and bamboo seeds(种子), I took very good care of 15 . Within a short period of time, the fern 16 grew from the earth,” the old man went on. “I watered and took care of the bamboo seed for years, 17 it didn’t sprout(发芽). There was no sign of growth. But I did not give up and went on 18 it. In the fifth year, a small sprout came out. And within six months, the tree grew a hundred feet tall.” “The little bamboo tree had been growing underground for the past 19 years, in the fifth year and beyond, it developed a root system(根系) strong enough for its ground growth. If it hadn’t done this, it would not be as strong as it is now. So you know, all the time you were trying, you were actually growing 20 roots,” the old man said. 11．A．field B．forest C．garden 12．A．shared B．left C．took 13．A．grow up B．give up C．wake up 14．A．plants B．flowers C．vegetables 15．A．them B．him C．it 16．A．hardly B．slowly C．quickly 17．A．or B．but C．so 18．A．looking after B．running after C．looking for 19．A．four B．five C．six 20．A．young B．weak C．strong 【答案】 11．B 12．A 13．B 14．A 15．A 16．C 17．B 18．A 19．A 20．C 【分析】 文章介绍了一个生意失败的人正度过人生中的艰难时期，想要放弃一切，一个老人用蕨类植物和竹子的生长告诉他不要放弃。 11．句意：在他一次又一次的尝试之后，他把一切都抛在脑后，走进了一片森林。field田地；forest森林；garden花园；根据“In the forest...”可知，这个男人走进森林，故选B。 12．句意：他和老人分享了他的故事。shared分享；left离开；took拿；根据with可知，此处使用share，表示“男子把自己的故事和老人分享了”，故选A。 13．句意：你能给我一个不放弃的好理由吗？grow up成长；give up放弃；wake up醒来；根据“...he left everything behind and