内容正文:
(完形填空+阅读理解+词汇运用+语法填空)
一、完形填空
Saving Jesse's Arm
At about 8:00 p.m.on July 6th, eightyearold Jesse was playing in the sea in a National Park near Pensacola.It was the end of a perfect day at the beach with his uncle and aunt.
Suddenly, a twometerlong shark appeared __1__, and it bit off Jesse's right arm from the shoulder.By the time his uncle and aunt __2__ Jesse out of the water, he had been unconscious and had already lost a lot of __3__.
While Jesse's aunt was __4__ the boy the kiss of life, his uncle ran back into the sea and __5__ the shark. __6__, he managed to catch the shark and pull it out of the water onto the beach, __7__this might sound impossible.At that moment two park workers arrived to help the family and one of them shot the shark four times in the head.Then he opened the shark's __8__ while the other worker reached __9__ into its stomach and pulled out Jesse's arm.
A few minutes later, a helicopter(直升机) took the boy and his arm to the nearest hospital, where Dr.Ian Rogers and his team managed to __10__ the arm to Jesse's body again.The operation lasted eleven hours.When the doctors saw Jesse's fingers go pink, they knew the operation had been a __11__.
After such a terrible accident, nobody believes that good things will happen, but the medical team are hopeful that Jesse will be able to __12__ his arm again in the future.
“Although Jesse's story is terrifying, it would be not correct to think that sharks are always so dangerous.Sharks are usually __13__ to humans,” Dr.Ian Rogers said.“However, we should be __14__for safety and should only swim on beaches __15__there are lifeguards.”
( A )1.A.quickly B.slowly
C.loudly D.happily
( B )2.A.pushed B.pulled
C.swam D.held
( C )3.A.water B.weight
C.blood D.sight
( A )4.A.giving B.having
C.bringing D.knocking
( D )5.A.helped B.killed
C.bit D.found
( D )6.A.Suddenly B.Terribly
C.Clearly D.Amazingly
( A )7.A.although B.because
C.so D.and
( A )8.A.mouth B.eye
C.ear D.head
( A )9.A.down B.up
C.off D.on
( B )10.A.stop B.connect
C.place D.break
( C )11.A.failure B.harm
C.success D.progress
( B )12.A.give B.use
C.make D.put
( B )13.A.harmful B.harmless
C.dangerous D.cruel
( D )14.A.respectable B.comfortable
C.terrible D.responsible
( A )15.A.where B.why
C.which D.what
二、阅读理解
A
Yellow Dress
By Janet Lee
Mary had a yellow dress
Bought from the department store.
It looked as beautiful as the moon,
And as bright as the sun.
Mary wore all the time
The yellow dress I felt so right.
Every__day__from__day__to__night
I__saw__her__in__the__dress__so__bright.
“Buy me a yellow dress,”
I cried to Mom and Dad,
“As beautiful and bright
As the dress the girl living near has!”
I cried and cried and cried,
Until they said with sad eyes,
“We need food for your baby sister,
And clothes for your coming brother.”
Since then I've learned
Mary's yellow dress
Is better to dream of
Than to ask for.
( C )1.From the poem, we know that Mary and the writer may be ________.
A.classmates B.relatives
C.neighbors D.sisters
( C )2.Why does the writer say,“Every day from day to night I saw her in the dress so bright”?
A.Because the writer lived with Mary.
B.Because the dress had beautiful flowers on it.
C.Because the writer liked the dress very much.
D.Because the dress was Mary's school uniform.
( B )3.What did the writer's parents mean by their words?
A.They did not like the yellow dress.
B.They did not have money for a dress.
C.They already had a dress for her baby sister.
D.They would ask Mary where to buy the yellow dress.
B
Erin Brockovich, an American woman, was born in Kansas. She studied at a business college, and then she moved to southern California. In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she was in a car accident. A law company helped her after the accident, and later she started to work for them. Her job was to collect newspapers. One day Erin realized that there were lots of newspapers about some sick people in a place called Hinkley. She started to look for more information about the town.
Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the people lived near a big Pacific Gas and Electric company and she discovered that there was a chemical called chromium(铬)in the local water. It was from the factory and Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.
Erin and her boss started a law case against the Pacific Gas and Electric company. The company wasn't happy about this. The company didn't agree that the people were ill because of the water, but in 1996 the judge(法官) ordered the Pacific Gas and Electric company to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each.
In 2000, there was a film about Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous—she has her own company and she gives talks all over the world.
( B )4.Why did Erin start to search for more information about Hinkley?
A.There were many people reading newspapers there.
B.Many people got sick there according to the newspapers.
C.She wanted to pay a visit and collect stories there.
D.She had her own company and wanted to work there.
( B )5.What does the underlined word “them” refer to?
A.Erin and her boss.
B.The sick people.
C.The things in the water.
D.The factories in the town.
( D )6.What do we learn from the passage?
A.Erin used to work as a lawyer in her company.
B.Erin gave talks a lot before she had an accident.
C.It's not true that people were ill because of the water.
D.Erin won the law case and the sick people got paid.
7.Which word can best describe Erin?(用1个词)
__Caring.__
三、词汇运用
阅读下面短文,然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
Life as Chopsticks
Right now, more and more people are digging into their food with 1.__two__(二) sticks which are called chopsticks. Even people eating with knives and 2.__forks__(餐叉) begin to love them. What's so special about them? Because they have a deep influence on many people's ways of life.
Simplicity. There's 3.__hardly__(几乎没有) anything simpler than chopsticks. With new technology developing every day, there is 4.__still__(仍然) something that has just one use—simply to eat. Also the chopsticks don't 5.__cost__(花费) much. In real life, we don't need to keep improving things all the time.
Aim. When using chopsticks, you cannot pick up everything in one go. Know what you want and just do it. Sometimes, a little bit of focus makes the difference 6.__between__(在……之间) failure and success.
Practice. Using chopsticks doesn't come naturally. You have to learn to use them and practice it. Most would 7.__agree__(同意) that there's no better way than to practice. In real life, you may have many things you want to do, but it will just be a 8.__dream__(梦想) if you don't try doing it.
Slowing down. A healthy way to eat is to eat with chopsticks. It slows you down and it 9.__allows__(允许) your stomach to tell your brain you are full before you overeat. In our life, we sometimes need to slow down to have time to think, to realize that we're actually full and don't have to rush at full 10.__speed__(速度) through life.
四、语法填空
[2023·温州中考]Tina is a thirteenyearold middle school student. Last year, she went to 1.__a__ summer school in France and stayed with a local family, the Truffauts.
At first, things didn't go well 2.__because__ she couldn't speak French. Simple things like finding the right bus stop became big problems. The Truffauts helped her a lot and treated her like part of the family. They played 3.__games__(game) and shared traditional food with her. Tina was helpful as well. She did some housework with the family every day. On the weekend, she 4.__joined__(join) a community club and did volunteer work. For most of the time, she used body language to communicate. People showed 5.__their__(they) thanks with smiles and she would always smile back. Language was not a problem 6.__for__ her any more. As a new member of the club, Tina 7.__was__invited__(invite) to have parties with the other members. Day by day, she made more friends. Tina began 8.__to__love__(love) her new life. “A smile is a second language we were born to speak. It is also the best gift I have got,” she often said 9.__proudly__(proud).
Smiles and a helping hand can always make people 10.__closer__(close) than a language can.
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