2023年山东省淄博市中考英语模拟题（三）（含答案）

2023淄博市中考英语模拟题（三） 完形填空（10分） Two cats were walking through a forest. Suddenly, they found a loaf of bread 1 under a tree. Both pounced (猛扑) on it and grabbed(抓住) the loaf at the same time. Neither would give up and so they 2 to divide it into two pieces and take one piece each. “But 3 do we divide it ” one cat said. A monkey sitting on a branch of a tree saw what had happened between the two cats. He got a(n) 4 . He came down from the tree and walked up to the confused (困惑的) cats.“Hi, my dear friends! Can I help you ” the monkey asked. The cats told the monkey what the 5 was and asked, “Can you divide the loaf for us ” The monkey agreed .The monkey 6 the bread into two pieces. But one piece was a little 7 than the other. “Oh no! I will take a little bite (咬一小口) of this bigger piece to make both equal ,” the monkey said. He took a bite from the bigger piece. But the bite he took was too big. “Uh oh! Now it has become smaller than the other piece. I will just have to take a little bite from this piece now,” the monkey said. The monkey took another bite. The two cats sat in front of the monkey, 8 the loaf of bread get smaller and smaller. When the whole loaf was finally gone, the monkey said, “I am sorry. It was really 9 to divide that loaf. I must be going now.” He jumped back into his tree and was gone. “If only we had not fought against each other, we could’ve stuck together and kept our 10 ,” the two cats said. 1. A. running B. lying C. throwing D. flying 2. A. pretended B. happened C. decided D. refused 3. A. what B. how C. where D. when 4. A. idea B. light C. stand D. view 5. A. illness B. question C. shortage D. problem 6. A. broke B. ate C. put D. dropped 7. A. nicer B. tastier C. bigger D. smoother 8. A. seeing B. making C. having D. getting 9. A. possible B. difficult C. imaginative D. tired 10. A. friendship B. courage C. heads D. bread 二、阅读理解：（32分） （A ） Last semester（学期） I took a beginner’s course in video art. The course taught me about the development of modern and contemporary (当代的) arts, and how media（媒体） works. Lauren Woods, the course professor（教授）, encouraged us to make and edit (剪辑) videos. I made a video about food. I believe food is a good way to learn more about cultural differences and social traditions, and trying food is a way for me to understand the world and make friends. I believe a video about food can best explain my values and ideas about the world. We also learned about performance art. Performance artists use their bodies and behaviors to inspire people’s thoughts about the world. Once, Professor Woods gave us paint, glue and colored paper, and let us do whatever we wanted to in an empty art room. At first, we just drew some flowers and animals on the walls; however, later, we poured paint on the walls and even broke the colored paper. This art experiment（实验） showed that when there are no rules, people can have strong destructive power ... ...