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2023年苏州市初中学业水平考试试卷
英 语
注意事项:
1. 本试卷共七大题,满分100分(不含听力口语30分),考试用时100分钟;
2. 答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上,并认真核对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合;
3. 答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动,请用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案;答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上,不在答题区域内的答案一律无效,不得用其他笔答题;
4. 考生答题必须答在答题卡上,答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效。
第一部分 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。
When I was eleven years old, my life changed forever when I got a serious disease. My life was ___1___ with operations and treatments. I felt stressed because I was really uncertain ___2___ everything that was happening.
One day, I was receiving my thirteenth operation in the hospital. Being away from my friends and school was causing me almost as much ___3___ as the operation itself.
During that hospital stay, I received a card from a volunteer. That simple ___4___ meant much to me and gave me hope again during my time of need. I’ll never ___5___ the way I felt after that small act of kindness. I started creating an organization called Cards for Hospitalized (住院的) Kids.
The charity began with a simple dream of giving ___6___, joy and magic to those kids. It later ___7___ a national organization that sent cards to over 5000 sick kids at more than 50 hospitals across the country.
It is hard to believe that an act as simple as a card can do so much good, ___8___ it does. Seeing a picture of a child ___9___ one of our cards with a huge smile makes us keep this wonderful charity alive.
____10____ might provide medicine for these sick kids, but we provide that little bit of hope and magic that’ll go a long way.
1. A. lighted B. matched C. filled D. painted
2. A. about B. with C. over D. towards
3. A. fun B. pain C. value D. danger
4. A. act B. job C. game D. lesson
5. A. mind B. lead C. forget D. risk
6. A. hope B. fear C. shock D. pressure
7. A. looked up B. gave up C. broke into D. turned into
8. A. nor B. but C. for D. or
9. A. selling B. printing C. holding D. cleaning
10. A. Teachers B. Friends C. Patie