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盐城市2023年
中考英语试卷
(满分: 120分 考试时间: 100分钟)
第Ⅰ卷 (选择题,共65分)
一、补全对话 (共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据对话内容,从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,每个选项限用一次。
(Li Ming is talking with Daniel, a British exchange student.)
Li Ming: Hello, Daniel! Are you free this Thursday?
Daniel: Yes! ____1____
Li Ming: It’s our Duanwu Festival. It falls on the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. We’ll have a celebration. ____2____
Daniel: Great, I’d love to! ____3____
Li Ming: We eat a special kind of food zongzi. We have dragon boat races too.
Daniel: ____4____ I can’t wait for it. I’ve never watched such races.
Li Ming: That’s a deal! ____5____
Daniel: OK! By the way, what’s the festival for?
Li Ming: To remember Qu Yuan, a great poet in Chinese history. I’ll tell you more that day.
Daniel: OK! See you then.
A. What’s up?
B. Sounds wonderful!
C Would you like to come?
D. Anything special about the festival?
E. Let’s meet at the school gate at 9 a.m. that day.
二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
It was New Year’s Eve. A couple were decorating their room when the man said to his wife, “I’m glad this year finishes in a few ___6___. What a terrible year we’ve had!”
His wife asked him, “Why? I don’t understand!” The man was very ___7___ and replied, “You don’t understand? Think about what has happened this year. First of all, I had a(n) ___8___ to remove my kidney(肾脏). Remember? Last month, I turned ___9___ and I was told to make room for someone younger. Huh! What am I going to do now? And you surely haven’t forgotten the ___10___, which made our son stay in hospital for three weeks, have you? And that mean he ___11___ take his exams to get into medical school. And we had to buy a new car. ___12___ year! I’m so glad it’s over.”
His wife didn’t say much. She ___13___ the room. A few minutes later, she came back in and said, “OK, I heard what you said, but this is ___14___ I see things. Your kidney had been ____15____ you for years and you won’t have that pain ever again. N