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高州市2023年中考第一次模拟考试
英语试卷
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一、语法选择(本大题有10小题,每小题1分,共10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三个选项中选出最佳选项。
Jessie and her two young sisters lived with their mother in an apartment building. One evening a fire started on ___1___ second floor of the building. The smoke ___2___ spread through the whole building. The fire alarm rang sharply. All the people ran out of the burning building. There was no time to take money ___3___ food. They ran outside to safety in a hurry.
Soon, the firefighters arrived. They were trying to control the fire so that it wouldn’t spread to buildings nearby. The small fire soon turned into a huge flame. Standing in horror, the children watched their apartment building ___4___ for hours. Finally, it collapsed. All of a sudden, this family and twelve ___5___ families in the same building were homeless. Their world ___6___ upside down.
All the families were put in a hotel for the night. That immediate help came from the Red Cross office. But how would they get their lives back ___7___ normal? Their neighbors, friends, relatives and strangers came to help. They brought clothes, food, money and even teddy bears. A week later, all the families moved into ___8___ newly rented houses.
Jessie’s mother told her children later, “So many people ___9___ us in this disaster. We must never forget ___10___ they have done for us.”
1. A. a B. the C. an
2. A. quickly B. quick C. quicker
3. A. but B. and C. or
4 A. to burn B. burn C. burns
5. A. the other B. another C. other
6 A. turned B. was turned C. are turned
7. A. to B. for C. in
8. A. their B. them C. they
9. A. have helped B. will help C. are helping
10 A. why B. what C. where
二、完形填空(本大题有10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
One afternoon last year, I walked with one of my friends along the road in my hometown. He was not a clever student but worked harder than any other student when we studied at school. And now, he is an ____11____ worker in his company. I w