预热卷1-【走近中考】2023年中考英语第一次预热模拟卷 （苏州）

【走近中考◆◆预热卷】 2023年中考英语第一次模拟预热卷 （江苏苏州） 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共七大题，满分100分（不含听力口语30分）、考试用时100分钟； 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡和对应的位置上，并认真校对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合； 3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动、请用橡皮擦干净后、再选涂其他答案；答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题； 4.考生答题必须答在答题卡上、答在试卷和草稿低上一律无效。 第一部分 完形填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Larry seemed always silent and didn’t have any friend. His teacher Mr. Brown ____1____ this. One day, he asked Larry to meet him after class. Mr. Brown said, “I see that you don’t talk to anyone or show any interest in anything. What’s wrong?” Larry replied, “Sir, I have a very ____2____ life. I have to face some very sad incidents and I keep ____3____ them. Because of this, I can’t focus my attention on anything and don’t even feel like talking to anybody.” Mr. Brown listened carefully, thought for a while and said, “Would you like some lemonade?” Larry felt a little ____4____ and nervously replied, “Yes, thank you!” While ____5____ lemonade, Mr. Brown added more salt on purpose and kept the quantity of sugar low. Larry made a ____6____ face as soon as he drank a sip of that lemonade. Seeing this, Mr. Brown asked. “You don’t like it?” “Um... it’s just there is a bit too much ____7____ in it” Larry answered. Mr. Brown stopped him, “Oh, it doesn’t matter. I will throw it away.” As the teacher was lifting the glass to take it away, Larry stopped him and said. Sir please don’t throw it away. ____8____ we put a little more sugar in the lemonade, it will be fine to drink.” Hearing this, Mr. Brown said ____9____, “This is what I want to hear from you. To improve the taste of lemonade, we don’t need to remove the salt from it, we can just add some sugar to it. Similarly, we cannot remove sad things that have ____10____ happened to us, but we can add sweetness of good experiences in our life. If you keep on crying about your past, neither your present will be right nor the future will be b