北京市房山区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：完形填空

北京市房山区 2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 完形填空 2023年北京市房山区中考二模英语试题 二、完形填空（共 8 分, 每小题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。 Arun and Karan were good friends. Arun was always ahead of Karan in all fields. He was always chosen to perform in school programs and was famous throughout school. Karan tried to do better than Arun each time but never 13 . One day when Karan returned home, he was feeling 14 . His mother saw that and asked, “Why do you look unhappy?” Karan replied, “It’s all because of Arun. Once again, he got higher marks than me. And no matter how hard I try, he is always ahead of me. ” His mother questioned, “Are you jealous (嫉妒的) of Arun?” Karan replied, “No. Why would I be jealous of him? He is my friend. ” His mother said, “When people 15 Arun, you don’t like it. When he loses, you feel happy. You keep seeing negative qualities in him and feel a sense of dislike towards him. Do you feel all of this?” Karan was shocked by what he heard and thought it was true. His mother continued, “I have a great solution for you to deal with jealousy. Instead of being jealous, you should focus your 16 on appreciating (欣赏) the positive qualities in Arun. ” Just listening to this, Karan replied, “Positives qualities? In Arun? I cannot find even a single positive quality in him. ” His mother asked, “You can’t or you don’t want to find it?” Karan looked down 17 . His mother said, “OK. Tell me when you start preparing for an exam. ” Karan replied, “A week before. ” His mother asked, “And Arun?” Karan thought and said, “He studies daily. He lists all the schoolwork that he has to do and when he should do each thing. He always 18 his timetable. ” His mother said, “This shows that he has good management skills and he is hardworking. ” Karan nodded. He felt inspired (受到启发的). From that day, he began to 19 Arun’s good qualities. Very soon, he also became hardworking like Arun. In the following exam, Arun again stood first while Karan came second. But this time Karan wa