黄金卷04-【赢在中考·黄金8卷】备战2024年中考英语模拟卷（湖北统考专用）

【赢在中考·黄金8卷】备战2024年中考英语模拟卷（湖北专用） 黄金卷04 （考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：90分） ★祝考试顺利★ _____________________________________________________________________________ 注意事项: 1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上,并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上指定位置。 2.选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3.非选择题的作答:用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4.考试结束后,请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 ____________________________________________________________________________ 笔试部分（90分） 一、完形填空（共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分） 阅读短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Just the other day, a fierce storm hit our community. I looked through the window and witnessed a tree was almost 1 by the fierce winds. The branches bent, and swayed (摇摆) back and forth, thanks to their flexibility (柔韧性) to avoid 2 . The leaves tried their best to stick to the branches because their life depended on the tree. The powerful trunk that held the tree upright bent slightly backwards from the force in a battle to 3 its position. After the storm had passed, the tree managed to 4 the storm. It elegantly returned to its original position and stood straightly among the mess. It looked 5 as leaves had been away from its branches and the soil had loosened a bit. But the most important point is that the tree 6 the fight for its life. For a long time I couldn’t understand why this tree 7 my attention the way it did. As time passed, it became 8 that it wasn’t just about the tree but about the roots, which, although unseen, dig deep into the soil providing stability (稳固) and nutrition. The roots helped the tree to be able to suffer from the fierce winds because they were there 9 them. I couldn’t but ask myself how deep the roots are in my life. 10 the next time you catch your kids misbehaving, when the job is driving you crazy, when you are underpaid and you have little 11 , and when the storms of life are very hard, go back to your roots. Life is full of storms. 12 they will make you sway, make you be