精品解析：2023年广东省广州市越秀区广州市第二中学中考二模英语试题

广州市第二中学2022学年第二学期初三二模考试 英语试卷（满分90分） 出卷人：本部初三备课组 审卷人：初三备课组 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） Kids are kids, no matter where they live. On fine spring days, you find them outside looking for games to play. It’s the nature of being young. ___1___ the game of marbles (弹珠) for example. From villages in deepest Africa to towns along the China Sea, youngsters have been playing a version of this traditional game for ___2___ years. There are many reasons ___3___ make the game of marbles so popular. It’s easy to play and requires no equipment. Both the rich and the poor have ___4___ equal chance of winning. ___5___ you have at least one marble, you can get into a game. Perhaps most important of all, the rules are flexible. It means ___6___ the rules can be changed by the players. That’s why there are no written rules for marbles. You and your friends ___7___ get a game going and, as long as you all agree, those are the rules for the game in your neighbourhood. However, the goal is always the same. Players put their marbles on the ground. They try to win their opponents’ marbles by hitting the marbles or by knocking them out of a circle. ___8___ the end of a game, one player goes home with a bag full of marbles. ___9___ go home with bags that are far ____10____ than when they arrived. The first marbles were small round stones. Later, clay marbles ____11____. Even later, marbles started being made from glass. The prettiest glass marbles are always the most valuable. Marble players often trade marbles, trying to get the most colourful and beautiful ones for ____12____. Today, there is an International Marble Championship. ____13____ as any youngster knows, the best game of marbles ____14____ in the schoolyard. The days are warm, the marbles roll ____15____, and friends gather around to see who will have the best luck that day. 1. A. Take B. To take C. Taking D. Took 2. A. two thousands B. thousand of C. thousands of D. two thousand of 3. A. which B. why C. how D. what 4. A.