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浙江省宁波市2023年中考英语模拟试卷
一、完形填空(本题有15 小题, 共计15分)阅读下而短文, 掌握大意, 然后从A.B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Paula, Jeffrey, and Emma were good friends. They were reading the script(剧本) and getting ready to try out for a part in the school ____1____. However, when their drama teacher, Mrs. Anderson called out the ____2____ of the students with acting parts, they did not hear their names called.
They were asked to be the set designers(布景设计师). Paula was ____3____ because she performed well at the tryout(选拔赛). But she had a(n) ____4____. “If the girl who got the starring part(主演) gets sick or ____5____, I’ll have the chance. So, I am supposed to know the lines perfectly.”
For the next month the set-design team ____6____ after school every day. Emma and Jeffrey cut, fixed and painted, while Paula sat in the corner, learning the ____7____ of the starring part. She could see that the sets were going ____8____, but she did not think it mattered.
That evening, when the teacher saw the sets before rehearsal(排练), she was ____9____ because the rainbow had not been painted. So the actors had to rehearse without the sets.
As Paula watched the play rehearsal with no sets, she ________10________ she was holding it back although she had imagined stepping in at the last minute to save it. Paula decided that ________11________ she could not act, she could help tell the story with excellent sets.
The set-design team worked every afternoon and evening to get the sets ________12________ and looking wonderful.
At the end of the play on opening night their teacher had the design team come out to take a bow. The audience(观众) ________13________ for the set designers just as loudly as they had for the actors. It seemed that the sets were also stars of the show!
From this ________14________, Paula came to understand that whether she played a part or worked as the set designer, she could achieve her ________15________.
1. A. trip B. meeting C. play D. camp
2. A. numbers B. names C. grades D. owners
3. A. excited B.