精品解析：2024年江苏省苏州市昆山六校联考中考模拟英语试题

2023~2024 学年第二学期第一次学科素养练习 初三英语 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共七大题，满分 100 分（不含听力口语 30 分），考试用时 100 分钟； 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上，并认真核对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合； 3. 答选择题必须用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；答非选择题必须用 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题； 4. 考生答题必须答在答题卡上，答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效。 第一部分 完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 How long can human beings live? Most scientists who study old age think that the human body is ____1____ to live no longer than 120 years. However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live—if he or she is extremely healthy and lucky. Some scientists even say we can live as long as 130 years! Yet, our cells simply cannot continue to reproduce ____2____. They wear out, and as a result, we get old and eventually die. Even though we can’t live forever, we can live a ____3____ life than ever before. In 1900, Americans’ average lifespan was only 47 years, but today it is 75 years! When does old age begin then? Sixty-five may be out-of-date as the ____4____ line between middle age and old age. After all, many older people don’t begin to experience physical and mental decline until after age 75. People are living longer because more people ____5____ childhood. Before modern medicine changed the laws of nature, many children died of common childhood ____6____. Now that the chances of dying young are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care. On the whole, our population is getting older. Then our population will have lasting effects on our social ____7____, development and our way of life. Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see ____8____, not disaster. Today, many men and women in their “golden year” are healthy, still active and young in ____9____ if not in age. As our society grows old, we need the _____10_____ of our older cit