2023年安徽省阜阳市太和县中考英语二模试卷-普通用卷（含解析）

2023年安徽省阜阳市太和县中考英语二模试卷 一、单选题（本大题共10小题，共10.0分） 1. Teenagers shouldn't sit there for daydreaming.No one can achieve anything without_____.（　　） A. effort B. standard C. ability D. pride 2. -Mary，I heard that you had a talk with Miss Liu yesterday._____did you talk about？ -I made a few mistakes in my English homework and she explained them to me patiently.（　　） A. When B. Where C. What D. Why 3. -We_____work hard as a team，or we will fail for a second time. -Yes.Just as the saying goes， "One finger can't lift a small stone.（　　） A. can B. can't C. must D. mustn't 4. After years of hard work，Tom achieved his goal_____.（　　） A. by mistake B. at last C. after all D. on time 5. Although this book was_____ than that one，Henry still finished reading it in a week.（　　） A. shorter B. thicker C. thinner D. lighter 6. -Hi，Lucy.Why are you so sad？ -My parents_____me to win this math competition but I failed.（　　） A. promised B. expected C. ordered D. cheered 7. I saw our math teacher in her office.She our homework.（　　） A. correct B. corrected C. was correcting D. corrects 8. As an excellent volunteer，he_____comes to the Nursing Home to wash clothes for the old.（　　） A. never B. seldom C. often D. hardly 9. I dream to be a scientist and I want to_____more secrets of the universe.（　　） A. find out B. bring out C. pick out D. speak out 10. — Mom，I'm so sorry that I talked back to you yesterday.I know you were just worrying about me. —_____.You are still a good boy because you can realize your mistake.（　　） A. You're welcome B. With pleasure C. That's all right D. Thank you 二、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共20.0分） Bill is an 87-year -old man.He started weight training when he was 15 years old.Now he still（1） _____ at his own club most days.He describes the（2） _____ as his life，and he has got a silver medal in the 81 kg category（级别）at a competition. Bill said， "I made a bit of history for Scotland as the（3） _____ ever weightlifter to compete at a competition.I enjoyed it.It was so great and I was just（4） _____ to get a medal." Bill had cancer （癌症） when he was 16 and got back to competing at 18.Last year，he got a new health problem，which made him very（5） _____ to avoid further injury （受伤）. All of these bad experiences have（6） _____ led him to give up his favorite weightlifting.He said， "I am still here and still get happiness from it.I just feel that if I can get kids off the streets and teach them an Olympic sport，and help people in need get out of（7） _____ ，that would be great." His wife used to come to all of his competitions（8） _____ now he only has his dog with him.He has got a bed in the gym for his dog and it's（9） _____ where he trains.The dog just sits and（10） _____ him.And as soon as he changes his shoes it knows it's time to leave. 11. A. comes up B. works out C. turns up D. hangs around 12. A. rule B. project C. sport D. lesson 13. A. fattes ... ...