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江苏省扬州市仪征市
2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编
阅读表达
2024年江苏省扬州市仪征市中考一模英语试卷
六、阅读表达(共 5 题;每题 2 分,计 10 分)
Let’s go back in time to Baskerville Hall. When I see the portrait ( 肖 像 ) of Hugo Baskerville in the dining room I know that Stapleton is a Baskerville, too. Indeed Stapleton is a son of Rodger Baskerville, the younger brother of Sir Charles. Rodger runs away and disappears. No one knows that he marries and has a child. The child is Stapleton and his real name is Rodger Baskerville, like his father.
There Stapleton discovers that only two people—Sir Charles and Sir Henry, separate him from the Baskerville fortune. Soon he gets close to Sir Charles Baskerville. Old Sir Charles tells Stapleton about the legend of the hound ( 猎 犬 ) and prepares the way for his own death. Stapleton knows that the old man’s heart is weak. And he also knows that Sir Charles believes the legend of the hound. And so he gets the idea to frighten Sir Charles to death with a hound.
Stapleton buys the huge dog in London and takes it to Devon by train. He walks across the moor with it to make sure no one sees him with the dog. He finds a hiding place for the animal in the old tin mine (锡矿). And he keeps his hound there while he is waiting for his chance.
He paints the dog with phosphorus ( 磷), and gets it to jump over the small gate and run after Sir Charles. The huge black creature is a dreadful sight. Sir Charles runs away screaming and falls dead on the path from shock (震惊). Then Stapleton takes the hound back to its hiding place, so Sir Charles’s death is a mystery to all.
—Taken from The Hound of the Baskervilles
76. When does Holmes know Stapleton is a Baskerville?
77. Who separates Stapleton from the Baskerville fortune?
78. Where does Stapleton buy his huge dog?
79. Why is Sir Charles’s death a mystery to all?
80. How do you like Stapleton?
2023年江苏省扬州市仪征市中考一模英语试卷
五、阅读表达(共5题;每题2分, 计10分)
Portia gave the decision. "One pound of the merchant's flesh is yours! It is what the contract(合同)says. You