2023年中考押题预测卷01（江苏苏州卷）-英语（含考试版、全解全析、参考答案、答题卡）

绝密★启用前 2023年中考押题预测卷01【苏州卷】 英语 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。 “We have visitors this morning.” Ms. Myers told Class 5. “A journalist and a photographer from the newspaper are doing an article about our new school ___1___. And some of you will be in the photo.” The kids were excited, except for Brad. He knew he wouldn’t be in the photo. Brad was small. Kids were always making jokes about how ___2___ he was. “They won’t put Brad in the photo,” John said. “ You’d need a magnifying glass (放大镜) to see him.”  The other kids laughed. Brad grinned ( smiled widely ), even though John’s words were rude. He ___3___ smiled when people made jokes like that. The visitors arrived. The journalist was called Tegan and the photographer was a short guy named Rick. Tegan talked to the class about how a journalist had to ___4___ clear sentences and Rick told them about some amazing photos he’d taken. Rick also said, “Once I had to photograph a mother duck that was looking after a baby duck. She thought I was trying to ___5___ the baby duck, so she started hitting me with her wings. Picking on a little guy like me !”. Class 5 laughed again, and Brad grinned, too. It’s OK when you make jokes about _____6_____, he thought. It was jokes from other people that could hurt. Time to take photos. Rick said,“ I’Il have them.” pointing to 6 kids, Brad ___7___. Brad could hardly believe it. In the hall,  Rick put them in front of the new library’s big painting of stars and planets and books. he said. “We’ll get you guys to ___8___ in front of it, so it looks even bigger .” “Is that why you picked Brad ?” called one of the Class 5 kids. “So it looks really big?” Some people laughed. Brad started