精品解析：2023年广东省中山市中山纪念中学集团中考三模英语试题

初三年级2022-2023学年下学期第三次模拟考试英语试题 全卷共7页，51小题，满分90分。考试用时为70分钟。 二、语法选择(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Some sports are now played across the world. So far, most people ___1___ of sports like football, basketball, and baseball. However, in most countries, people also play unusual sports with strange and interesting rules. People go swimming in the Atlantic Ocean in the winter. The water temperature can drop to as ___2___ as 0℃. People believe ___3___ swimming in the cold water is good for their health. In China, people enjoy watching the dragon boat race. A dragon boat is a traditional Chinese boat with a painted ___4___ head on one end. Dragon boat racing is also popular in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. The caber toss (抛竿赛) is ___5___ ancient Scottish sport. In this sport, people compete by throwing a large piece of wood which ___6___ a caber (松木棒) . The caber has no official size or shape but it is usually the size of a small tree. Students in Indonesia play fireball ___7___ the month of Ramadan (斋月). The ball is made ___8___ coconut shells (椰壳) . Before the game, players pour salt on ___9___ and then set the ball on fire. The players play fireball without wearing their shoes. In Turkey, camel wrestling (骆驼摔跤) is a very old sport. The largest camel wrestling competition takes place in Ephesus every year and ___10___ people come to watch. However, sometimes this sport can be dangerous. 1. A. will hear B. are hearing C. have heard 2. A. low B. lower C. the lowest 3. A. if B. that C. what 4. A. dragons B. dragons’ C. dragon’s 5. A. a B. an C. the 6. A. calls B. was called C. is called 7. A. to welcome B. welcoming C. welcome 8. A. in B. from C. to 9. A. they B. them C. themselves 10. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of 三、完形填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Ben Underwood was a British teenage boy. He lived a ___11___ life like other kids. But in one way, Ben