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2024年湖北省十堰市茅箭区中考英语一模试卷
笔试部分一、
完形填空
阅读短文,从每个小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a beautiful spring day in a forest in ancient China. High up in a tree a mother bird was watching ____1____ six baby birds come out of the eggs. Five of them were strong.
They chirped (啾啾) ____2____. But the last one that came out was not strong at all. This little one ____3____ Little Six. He was ____4____ and quiet. He was not fast enough to get the worms (虫子). Mama Bird brought back. Little Six ate ____5____ food, so he was always hungry. And he didn’t like that.
Little Six didn’t have a strong ____6____, but he had a strong will. He believed ____7____ he would get stronger. He decided to do exercise and flap (拍动) his wings every day.
Every morning, Little Six got up before the sun came up. When his brothers and sisters woke, Little Six had finished all his ____8____. Morning after morning, he practiced ____9____ his wings, and they were getting stronger and stronger. He always got the first worms Mama Bird brought back home.
All through the spring, Little Six woke up ____10____ than his brothers and sisters. Week after week, he worked harder than they did. He ____11____ eat big meals and did not go hungry anymore.
After a couple of months, all the baby birds grew well. Mama Bird brought them together and ____12____ them to fly. ____13____ everyone’s surprise, Little Six was the first to start flying!
“Chirp! Chirp! ____14____ me!” Little Six cried ____15____ while his brothers and sisters still fought hard, trying to fly up.
1.
A. she B. her C. hers D. herself
2.
A. lowly B. completely C. loudly D. carefully
3.
A. called B. was calling C. was called D. were called
4.
A. tired B. sleepy C. healthy D. weak
5.
A. little B. few C. much D. many
6.
A. brain B. body C. heart D. memory
7.
A. what B. why C. when D. that
8.
A. sports B. achievements C. problems D. developments
9.
A. flap B. to flap C. flapping D. flapped
10.
A. early B. earlier C. earliest D. the earl