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江苏省扬州邗江区
2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编
完形填空
2023年江苏省扬州邗江区中考二模英语试题
二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分, 计15分)
阅读下面短文, 从文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Miguel walked around the school, thinking of that boring English homework with such a stupid topic: The 16 person I’ve known?
Who could he write about? He knew of a girl whose father had jumped in the river to save a boy. “That's 17 . ”he thought. But he didn't know the man. He left the school. Suddenly he heard someone behind him call, “Hey. ” Miguel 18 . It was his classmate, Robert. “I got to show you something. ” Robert said.
“What?” Miguel was 19 . Robert said, “Follow me. ”
They came to an alley(巷子). There was a white hen. Then, an idea bubbled in Miguel’s mind.
He caught the hen by the neck and put it into a 20 on the ground and quickly tied the end closed.
“What are you going to do with it?” Robert asked 21 .
“Sell it. ” Miguel answered. He would sell it to a mean(刻薄的) neighbor, Mr. Shafer, who once kept hens in his yard.
“I think it's 22 . ” said Robert, angrily. “I’m out here. ”
“Go, then!” Miguel said.
Robert walked out of the alley. 23 he left, he turned and shouted at Miguel, “You will 24 !” he cried. “I know it!”
Yeah right, Miguel thought. Maybe this wasn’t such a good_ 25 . However, carrying the bag, he still walked toward Mr. Shafer’s home. There he got three dollars from Mr. Shafer.
After arriving home, Miguel sat on his front porch(门廊) and recalled(回想) Robert's words.
“What have I done? Mr. Shafer’s really going to 26 it!” Miguel said to himself. He hadn't cried for at least a year, but now he felt his eyes growing 27 . Yes, he had done a bad, bad thing.
“I’ll save her. ” He whispered. He couldn't stop imagining the little hen in the bag, with his hands touching the 28 in his pocket.
He hurried to Mr. Shafer's house and walked slowly 29 the lawn, shuddering(发抖) from fear. Then Miguel saw the hen. He took out the three dollars from his pocket, put them on the porch and left with the hen.
Again, he 30 the topic: