2024年中考英语第二次模拟考试（广州卷）-2024年广东省，深圳，广州中考英语模拟考试

2024年中考第二次模拟考试（广州专用） 英语 本试卷共四大题，满分90分。考试时间100分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，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。 Kids are kids, no matter where they live. On fine spring days, you find them outside looking for games to play. It’s the nature of being young. 1 the game of marbles (弹珠) for example. From villages in deepest Africa to towns along the China Sea, youngsters have been playing a version of this traditional game for 2 years. There are many reasons 3 make the game of marbles so popular. It’s easy to play and requires no equipment. Both the rich and the poor have 4 equal chance of winning. 5 you have at least one marble, you can get into a game. Perhaps most important of all, the rules are flexible. It means 6 the rules can be changed by the players. That’s why there are no written rules for marbles. You and your friends 7 get a game going and, as long as you all agree, those are the rules for the game in your neighbourhood. However, the goal is always the same. Players put their marbles on the ground. They try to win their opponents’ marbles by hitting the marbles or by knocking them out of a circle. 8 the end of a game, one player goes home with a bag full of marbles. 9 go home with bags that are far 10 than when they arrived. The first marbles were small round stones. Later, clay marbles 11 . Even later, marbles started being made from glass. The prettiest glass marbles are always the most valuable. Marble players often trade marbles, trying to get the most colourful and beautiful ones for 12 . Today, there is an International Marble Championship. 13