内容正文:
2023年湖北省宜昌市初中学业水平考试
英语试题
(本试卷共46小题,满分80分,考试时间90分钟)
注意事项:
本试卷分试题卷和答题卡两部分,请将答案写在答题卡上每题对应的答题区域内,写在试题卷上无效。
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第一部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分25分)
第一节完形填空:先通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案(共15小题,每小题1分,计15分)
A dragon boat race will be held in our city tomorrow. No matter what the result is, we are excited about the ___1___.
I was lucky enough to be ___2___ for the team of our university last year. Each of us had different levels of fitness (体质) at the beginning. When I could only lift 5 kilos for the ___3___ time, others could lift 30 already. We cheered ourselves up and always trained together ___4___ we were all in the same boat. We took ___5___in our progress. Sometimes, we ___6___ each other with just eye contact (接触).
One day after five hours of training, I was so ___7___ that I couldn’t go on. ___8___, I saw the teammates beside and in front still trying their best to row (划). I realized that if I stopped, it would be ___9___ for our boat to go forward. So I had to keep going ___10___ we reached the end. Pulling together is the most treasured thing we have when we are in the dragon boat.
Tin loves the ___11___ of our team. As our coach, he ____12____believes that everyone has their own talent. All their ability can be brought out as long as it is ____13____ in the right place. Actually, we could not afford to ____14____ anyone of our team, or we won’t win. When we are rowing, we are a big ___15___ .
Now we are ready for the coming dragon boat race.
1. A. game B. place C. rule D. time
2. A. beaten B. chosen C. hidden D. broken
3 A. fourth B. third C. second D. first
4. A. although B. because C. unless D. whether
5. A. pride B. doubt C. pity D. worry
6. A. warned B. kicked C. understood D. treated
7. A. clever B. relaxed C. silly D. tired
8. A. Recently B. Certainly C. However D. Maybe
9. A. faster B. safer C. harder D. better
10. A. till B. if C. since D. while
11. A. name B. spirit C. symbol D. flag
12. A. strongly B. hardly C. nearly D.