江苏省苏州市吴中、吴江、相城区2023年中考英语第三次模拟试卷

2022~2023学年初三年级模拟试卷 英语 2023.05 注意事项： 1.本试卷共八大题，满分100分（不含听力口语30分)，黄试用时100分钟。 2.答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名用0.5毫米黑色签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上，认 真坼写自己的考试号并用2B铅笔把考试号对应的数字涂黑。 3.答进择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂，黑，如需改动，请用棕皮擦干净后，再选涂 其他答案：答非遗择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在客题区城内的 答聚一律无效，不得用其他笔答题， 4.考生答题必须答在答题卡上，谷在试卷和苹稿纸上一律无效。 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。 The day before my daughter Norah's fourth birthday,I picked her up from preschool.On the way,she said,"I like old people best because they walk slowly like I walk slowly and they have soft skin like I have soft skin."What she said marked a 1 beginning. The following day,her birthday,again on the way home,she asked 2 we could stop at the store to buy cakes for her.How could I say 3 to a birthday girl?After paying for the bill,I noticed that Norah was standing up in the cart,excitedly announcing,"Hi,old person!It's my birthday today!"However,the old man in front of her didn't show he was 4 by my talkative child.He replied with a smile,"Well, little lady!And how old are you today?"After a few minutes'chat,Norah offered to take a photo with the old man called Mr.Dan,his expression changed from surprised to delighted.We exchanged our phone numbers.There was magic happening in the store that day,and we could5 fecl it. During our first visit in Mr.Dan's home,we walked with him to his front door.He pulled out a knife and6 the only blooming red rose.He spent ten minutes cutting every thom (off the stem before handing it to his new friend.Norah keeps that rose,now7 as a bone,under her pillow for a long time. Norah asks about Mr.Dan every day.She worries about him.She wonders if he's8,or cold.She wants him to be OK.She wants him to feel loved.Mr.Dan thinks about Norah too.After 9 recent visit, he said that he had never had a whole night's sleep since his wife died."Norah has healed me since meeting her."he said.That left me 10 and my eyes wet with tears.Somchow,their hearts and souls ( seem to recognize eac