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四川省成都市金牛区
2022-2024年中考英语一诊(期末)试题分类汇编
完形填空
2024年四川省成都市金牛区中考一诊英语试题
七、完形填空阅读下面两篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共15小题;计20分。A 篇每小题2分, 计10分;B篇每小题1分, 计10分)
A
For those who love treasure hunting stories, the unsolved Beale Ciphers(比尔密码)has it all —buried gold, treasure maps and secret locations.
The story comes from a book called The Beale Papers. The book mentions 46 of much treasure found in New Mexico by a man named Thomas J. Beale. The man then 47 it in a secret location in Virginia around 1820. He created 48 sets of papers full of ciphers. The cipher of the second one about the 49— gold, silver and jewels —has been solved. But the first and third ones remain 50 . The treasure is believed to be worth more than $43 million.
46. A. addresses B. problems C. details
47. A. hid B. stole C. discovered
48. A. two B. three C. four
49. A. material B. treasure C. mystery
50. A. unsolved B. unfinished C. undoubted
B
We just moved into a small apartment. I was thankful to have a roof (房顶) over our heads, but I couldn't help feeling 51 . Our old house was beautiful and huge. Our home now is half the 52 and crowded. There were still boxes everywhere.
The day after the move, while the kids were in school, I 53 with some boxes and hung the family photo on the wall. But it just didn't feel like home. Maybe I could make some chocolate biscuits, just like my grandma used to do 54 I needed cheering up. When I added eggs to my mixer, it suddenly stopped working.
"Really?” I felt like 55 . What would my grandma do? During those hard times, she kept her family together 56 she didn't make much money. She used whatever she had to support her family. I didn't think grandma would give up easily. So I ran to the remaining boxes. I 57 grandma's old white mixer there! I turned the switch, on …nothing. Ugh! The old broken mixer was just like my life these days.
"Come on, try again," a small voice said. I turned the switch back on. To my surprise, the mixer 58 to work