英语（甘肃兰州卷）-学易金卷：2024年中考第三次模拟考试

2024年中考第三次模拟考试（甘肃兰州卷） （考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：90分） 注意事项： 1. 全卷共90分，考试时间90分钟。 2. 考生必须将姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号等个人信息填（涂）写在答题卡上。 3. 考生务必将答案直接填（涂）写在答题卡的相应位置上。 一、完形填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。 No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by 1 own efforts. I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school 2 a weak football program. It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even 3 for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was 4 because I knew we were sure to win. But unluckily, we were defeated (打败). I couldn’t believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to 5 that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my attitude (态度) about their abilities. I started doing anything I could to help them build confidence. The most 6 thing is that I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and 7 passing and kicking the football. Six months after suffering (遭受) our defeat, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. 8 , we faced the number one team. I felt that we would be winners 9 we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the most exciting moment of my life! From the experience, I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can make a difference to a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I 10 and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves differently and they built themselves into winners. Winners are made, not born. 1. A. my B. your C. our D. their 2. A. of B. for C. with D. about 3. A. prepare B. wait C. ask D. look 4. A. moved B.