2023年广东省深圳中考英语考前模拟试题5

深圳市中考英语模拟试卷 第一部分 选择题(50 分) I. 完形填空 (10 分) 阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将相应字母编号涂黑。(共 10 小题, 每小题 1 分) One day a little boy asked his father, "What does the word 'great' mean? Who are great people and how do they become great?" The father asked his son to bring two plants and then told him to plant one of them 1 the house and the other outside in the backyard. The boy did as his father said. The father asked his son, " Which one of the two plants do you think will be 2?" The boy replied, "The plant inside the house will have a better environment, so it will grow bigger, 3 the plant outside the house is not safe at all. No one will be there to 4 it. It may be eaten by animals." The father smiled and said, "Let’s wait 5. We will know the answer." Then the boy 6 for study and after four years he came back to his house. He said to his father. "Look, 7 bad happened to this plant inside the house and it is big now." When the boy went outside, he was very 8 to see a bigger tree. The boy couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't understand how the plant outside was able to grow much bigger than the one inside the house. "The plant outside the house faced every 9 and got enough sunshine!" the father explained to his son. "The plant inside was safe, but it didn't face the hot summer, nor the cold winter. and it didn't get proper sunlight, so it didn't become as big as the one outside." Here is the answer to the question about being great: To become a great person, one must have failed many times. experienced many difficulties and 10 them. Only after that is he able to become great. 1. A. beside B. opposite C. inside D. behind 2. A. safer B. bigger C. wiser D. weaker 3. A. although B. when C. or D. while 4. A. look after B. come across C. search for D. wait for 5. A. recently B. suddenly C. quickly D. patiently 6. A. waited B. looked C. left D. cared 7. A something B. nothing C. everything D. anything 8. A. excited B. interested C. pleased D. surprised 9. A.