精品解析：2023年江苏省苏州市立达中学校中考二模英语试题

2022~2023学年第二学期初三第二次模拟考试试卷 初三英语 2023.05 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两卷,满分100分（不含听力口语30分）,考试时间100分钟。所有答案都写在答题卡上。 第I卷（选择题,共45分） 一.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。 As a child, I had few friends. I just enjoyed listening to music and singing on my own. At the school for the ___1___, I learned many musical instruments, and I am a good flute player. It is commonly thought that blind people will ___2___ work as massagists (按摩师) or fortune tellers (算命师), and I became a massagist after graduation from high school. At first, I had ___3___ customers, so to kill time I developed the habit of making tea. Later, I became too busy to have a cup of tea and I sometimes worked until the early morning. ___4___ I made good money, I didn’t like the job because being in the salon (美容院) all day long was very tiring. It not only ___5___ a lot of time and energy, but also hurt my fingers. My family bought me a salon, but I didn’t manage it well, because I was also performing in a local art group, and couldn’t do both. The salon ___6___ in 2017, as did the art group. During that time, I felt totally lost. Sometimes, people around me would say that someone ___7___ me can only do massage, and my heart sank after hearing that. Is there only one path for the blind? At the end of 2021, my family advised me to reopen the salon, but I ___8___. I left my hometown to join a musical band in Fuzhou. When we sing together, I am full of emotion and feel like I am alive. Even when we perform ___9___ on social media, I feel like I’m performing on a stage. I won’t doubt about staying on the musical path any more, and I decide that if I’m interested, I should just go ahead with my musical life ____10____ others said. 1. A. poor B. blind C. deaf D. old 2. A. either B. neither C. both D. all 3. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few 4. A. But B. Because C. Although D. Since 5. A. took up B. set up C. give up D. stay up 6. A. built B. started C. closed D. opened 7. A. with B. by