河南省驻马店市2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：完形填空

河南省驻马店市 2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 完形填空 2024年河南省驻马店市中考一模英语试题 二、完形填空 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 Lilly Bernstein was an old lady who lived alone. She felt that she didn’t have many 21 left. So one day, she invited her niece and nephew to her house. She 22 them her silver sculptures (雕塑) and fancy plates, her dolls and blankets, and a box of her books. The books were Selling the World 23 by Lilly. It was about her life as a travel agent. Few people read the book, so she had many copies to share. “The books 24 something very valuable inside,” said Lilly. But her niece and nephew didn’t really take it to 25 . They didn’t want the books so they 26 them on their way back home. 27 , the books were sent to different thrift stores (旧货店). A man named Evan bought one of the books for 50 cents. 28 he was reading it, he found a one-hundred-dollar bill inside. Then he found more money until he had $ 2100. Evan looked for more 29 of Lilly’s book and he got more money. He told his family about the book. Soon many people knew about this, and more and more people visited thrift stores to look for Lilly’s books. Some of them also found money inside. Everyone became 30 about the book. People talked about it on social media and in news stories. One day, Lilly’s nephew and niece read an article about Lilly’s book. They were 31 about donating them. “We wish we could ask Aunt Lilly for more,” they said. But they could not, because Lilly died two weeks before they read the article. People kept 32 Lilly’s book. A book publisher took the chance and printed more copies of the book which were sold out in no time. People first looked for 33 in the book, of course there wasn’t any. Then, they began to read the book. They were surprised to find that the stories inside were very 34 and they liked it very much. The book became popular and many more copies were sold. Finally