精品解析：2021年广东省广州市广州大学附属中学中考二模英语试题

广东省广州市广州大学附中 2020—2021学年第二学期初三中考二模英语试卷 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试卷号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁；考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 I’ve always tried to avoid fights and I usually don’t take sides on anything. However, the death of George Floyd changed my mind. This African-American man died ____1____ May 25, 2020 after being placed under arrest by a white police officer. His death and the protests that followed have caused me to take a side and try to make ____2____ voice heard. At first, I wasn’t sure how I felt. ____3____ I was shocked by the video of Floyd’s death; I can’t say I supported the events ____4____ followed. Peaceful protests are OK, but rioting? Stealing things and burning police cars? It made me ____5____. One side of my family is very conservative (保守的). After ____6____ Floyd’s death, they were extremely shocked, ____7____. But by the next weekend, with ____8____ protests and riots reported, they had lost their sympathy. Now they asked: Why are these angry people being allowed ____9____ our country over the death of one black man? This was a sad change. Americans were united under ____10____ beliefs that what was done to Floyd was unacceptable. Why did riots have to spoil that? ____11____ side of my family, and the side I spend more time with, is liberal (开放的). Our opinion was far different. Floyd’s death was only the tip of the iceberg. The protests were never just about Floyd, ____12____ about the discrimination black Americans ____13____ for centuries in this country. After years of built-up pain and anger caused by the discrimination, what are we expecting? Rioting is the only way some Americans feel their voices ____14____ be heard. The voices in this country that