2023年广东省梅州市中考英语一模试卷

2023年广东省梅州市中考英语一模试卷 Oliver is a teenager from Australia.He has been sewing（缝制） teddy bears for sick children for several years. The story began in 2018（1） ______ Oliver was nine years old.He asked his parents（2） ______ he could give gifts to children in hospitals.But his parents said no，because with nine children of（3） ______ own，buying presents for sick children would just cost too much.The little boy didn't give up，however.He decided to make their presents by himself. Oliver made his first teddy bear with his mother's sewing machine in his bedroom.It was（4） ______ for him as he had never done this before.He downloaded （下载） patterns from the Internet and learned how to make a teddy bear by watching videos online.It took him five（5） ______ to finish his first teddy bear.He can now make a teddy bear in（6） ______ hour.He tries to make a teddy bear every day in a project （7） ______ " Project 365 by Oliver " which he started years ago. Young Oliver uses his pocket money to buy materials for making teddy bears.To make more pocket money，he helps his parents with housework whenever he is free.Sometimes，he also sells his teddy bears online to raise money for sick children.Many people（8） ______ by Oliver 's story and they give away free materials to him. Oliver（9） ______ away about 1，300 teddy bears so far.He is now busy with this year's teddy bears.He plans（10） ______ more sick children.He said that he had never thought of stopping and he would keep putting smiles on people's faces. 1.  A. when B. where C. which 2.  A. that B. when C. if 3.  A. their B. theirs C. they 4.  A. hard B. harder C. the hardest 5.  A. hours B. hour C. hours' 6.  A. a B. an C. the 7.  A. calling B. call C. called 8.  A. are encouraged B. are encouraging C. have encouraged 9.  A. gives B. has given C. gave 10.  A. help B. to help C. helping Using your smartphone might be fun，but be careful too much screen time may be harmful to your health.First，it's bad for your（1） ______ .A researc