江苏省苏州市昆山市、太仓市、常熟市、张家港市2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读表达

江苏省苏州市昆山市、太仓市、常熟市、张家港市 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读表达 2023年江苏省苏州市昆山市、太仓市、常熟市、张家港市中考一模英语试卷 第六部分 阅读表达（共3小题;54题2分,55题2分,56题3分,满分7分） 请认真阅读下面短文,用英语回答短文后的问题,并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。 Once there was a time when many people went hungry. A rich baker（面包店老板）said to twenty of the poorest children in the town, "In this basket there is a loaf of bread for each of you. Take it, and come back to me every day at this hour till God sends us better times." The hungry children gathered about the basket, and quarreled（争吵） for the bread, because each wished to have the largest loaf. At last, they went away without even thanking the good gentleman. But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not quarrel with the rest, but remained standing modestly in the distance. When the ill-behaved girls had let, she look the smallest loaf, which alone was left in the basket, kissed the gentleman’s hand, and went home. The next day the children were as ill-behaved as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf only half the size of the one she got the first day. When she came home, and her mother cut the loaf open, many new shining pieces of silver fell out of it. Her mother was very worried, and said, "Take the money back to the good gentleman at once, for it must have got into the dough（生面团）by accident. Be quick, Gretchen! be quick!" But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother's message, he said, ''No, no, my child, it was no mistake. I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to reward you. Always be as contented （满足的）, peaceable, and thankful us you now are. Go home now, and tell your mother that the money is your own." 54. What did Gretchen get besides the small loaf of bread the next day? 55. What do you think of the hungry children? 56. Why were the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf, not the biggest one? 2022年江苏省苏州市昆山市、太仓市、常熟市、张家港市中考一模英语试卷 八、阅读回答问题 请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。 People say that family is the first school of life, and parents are a child’s firs