内容正文:
2024年中考第一次模拟考试(广州卷)
英语
(考试时间:100分钟 试卷满分:90分)
注意事项:
1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答第Ⅰ卷时,选出每小题答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。
3.回答第Ⅱ卷时,将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
4.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Nobody knows how the Earth appeared. But there is a legend in China 1 explains how the Earth appeared.
In the beginning of the world, the sky and the earth were not separated, and the universe was a big black egg. Something grew inside the black egg. It was 2 a baby bird nor a baby snake. What was it?
Something had grown for 18,000 years. Something slept. Something dreamed. It was the dream of the universe. Finally, something started 3 up inside the black egg. It was Pangu! In the darkness, his eyes shone like the sun and moon. He stretched. Bump! His head 4 on the egg. Pangu yawned. Pangu moved around in the darkness. 5 he was too big for the egg, he felt trapped inside. He tried to break free. He reached out his hand and touched something sharp. Ouch! It was 6 axe! Great! It was just 7 he needed!
Swing! Pangu hit the egg 8 his axe. The egg got a crack. Swing! Pangu hit 9 again. Pangu broke the egg! He took a deep breath. He pushed up. Above him it became light and air. He pushed higher and higher. It 10 became the sky. Pangu pushed down. Below him it was dark and heavy. He pushed lower and lower. It became the Earth. Pangu did not let the egg 11 . He pushed apart the sky and the earth. Fearing that they 12 close, he had kept pushing for 18,000 years.
The more Pangu grew, 13 apart he pushed the Earth and the sky. Finally, Pangu got exhausted because of all the hard work and he died. Then his head and body became the Five Sacred Mountains, 14 Mount Tai, Mount Heng in Hunan, Mount Hua, Mount Heng in Shanxi, and Mount Song. Pangu’s eyes turned into the sun and moon. His blood change