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淄博市二○二一年初中学业水平考试
英 语 试 题
一、完形填空(共10小题, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文, 从各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Actors often fly to other countries to make their films. But ____1____ is reported that to do his new film project, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise plans to go to a place ____2____ far away that few have had the opportunity (机会) to travel there. The place is outer space. Yes, he will be the first actor to shoot a film in space.
____3____ the help of Elon Musk’s company Space X and NASA, the actor will make the trip with director Doug Lian, who has directed The Bourne Identity. They ____4____ to the International Space Station in October,2021.
The plan was first announced in May, when Jim Bridenstine, the head of NASA, wrote on the Internet that NASA was “excited” to ____5____ with Tom Cruise on the project. When Bridenstine was very ____6____, he saw Tom Cruise’s Top Gun, a film about an excellent pilot. The film inspired (鼓舞) him to be a pilot. Jim hoped Cruise’s new film would do the same thing to make more children have ____7____ about space.
Tom Cruise and Doug Lian used to be pilots. Although they have ____8____ as pilots, space travel is something they have never tried before. Both of them need to be trained to be ____9____. And they also have to _____10_____ about how to direct a film in space. How many challenges will they meet? How will the project go? Let’s just wait and see!
1. A. he B. it C. so D. as
2. A. so B. how C. too D. very
3. A. Without B. For C. To D. With
4. A. send B. are sending C. will send D. will be sent
5. A. work B. deal C. argue D. compare
6. A. excited B. young C. weak D. down
7. A. doubts B. dreams C. rules D. manners
8 A. pleasure B. trouble C. agreement D. experience
9 A. actors B. directors C. astronauts D. travelers
10. A. think B. look C. travel D. bring
二、阅读理解(共16小题, 满分32分)
阅读短文A、B并做每篇后面的题目, 从每小题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。
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