2023淄博中考模拟题（二） 一、完形填空（10分） It was the day after Christmas 33 years ago. I was newly married and still in college. Only 10 days 1 , my wife had given birth to our first child. The day before, we had been on the road showing off our 2 to all of the grandparents and great-grandparents. It had been a busy Christmas on my wife, who was still recovering from giving 3 . Then we were back in our house, trying to get some extra (额外的) sleep before starting the day. Just then I heard JJ (our little boy) 4 . I went over and picked him up before he started to cry and then carefully walked out into the living room 5 my wife could keep sleeping. I picked up a bottle of milk and sat in a chair with JJ in my arms. I carried him in the dark room while he looked up at me with his loving eyes. I spoke 6 to him, but also felt a little fear as I watched him. How was I going to take care of him I was still in school and had no idea what the future held in store for us. I rocked back and forth in the chair as it concerned me. After a few minutes, I saw the sun slowly 7 in the sky outside my window. The bright light shining down from the sky made the 8 outside shine with a beauty that touched my soul. As I watched the snow falling, my fear 9 and I felt a feeling of peace, harmony, love, and joy. The Christmas spirit appeared in my heart and I 10 . I knew then that whatever the future held, it would be okay as long as I kept love in my heart. 1. A. later B. earlier C. easier D. faster 2. A. job B. life C. baby D. car 3. A. birthday B. hope C. life D. birth 4. A. putting up B. making up C. waking up D. moving up 5. A. but B. so C. and D. that 6. A. softly B. loudly C. angrily D. directly 7 A. moving B. falling C. going D. rising 8. A. snow B. rain C. river D. air 9. A. came B. appeared C. left D. stayed 10. A. smiled B. scared C. missed D. succeeded 二、阅读理解(32分) （ A ） Maybe you have seen scenes in movies where a pilot has a problem during the flight and you hear them shout “Mayday, mayday, mayday”. But what does “mayday” mean “Mayday” is an internationally known distress call (求救信号), mostly used by pilots and boat captains (船长). The signal can be sent out on any channel by radio communication. This emergency call first came about in the 1920s. At that time, the standard (标准的) call for help was “SOS” and was typically used by navy captains. The message was sent in Morse code by telegraph. In Morse code, “SOS” is three dots (点), three dashes (线) and three dots. The signal was very clear. However, aircraft pilots use radio calls, so saying the letters “SOS” could be misheard as other letters, such as “F”. Frederick Stanley Mockford, a radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, was asked to think of a word that would mean you need help. Because of the number of flights that flew between Croydon and Paris, he chose mayday, as it sounds similar to the French word “m’aider”, which means “help me”. In a bad situation, pi ... ...
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