2023年广东省广州市越秀区广州市第二中学中考二模英语试题(含答案)

广州市第二中学2022学年第二学期初三二模考试 英语试卷（满分90分） 出卷人：本部初三备课组 审卷人：初三备课组 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） Kids are kids, no matter where they live. On fine spring days, you find them outside looking for games to play. It's the nature of being young. 1 the game of marbles (弹珠) for example. From villages in deepest Africa to towns along the China Sea, youngsters have been playing a version of this traditional game for 2 years. There are many reasons 3 make the game of marbles so popular. It's easy to play and requires no equipment. Both the rich and the poor have 4 equal chance of winning. 5 you have at least one marble, you can get into a game. Perhaps most important of all, the rules are flexible. It means 6 the rules can be changed by the players. That's why there are no written rules for marbles. You and your friends 7 get a game going and, as long as you all agree, those are the rules for the game in your neighbourhood. However, the goal is always the same. Players put their marbles on the ground. They try to win their opponents' marbles by hitting the marbles or by knocking them out of a circle. 8 the end of a game, one player goes home with a bag full of marbles. 9 go home with bags that are far 10 than when they arrived. The first marbles were small round stones. Later, clay marbles 11 . Even later, marbles started being made from glass. The prettiest glass marbles are always the most valuable. Marble players often trade marbles, trying to get the most colourful and beautiful ones for 12 . Today, there is an International Marble Championship. 13 as any youngster knows, the best game of marbles 14 in the schoolyard. The days are warm, the marbles roll 15 , and friends gather around to see who will have the best luck that day. 1. A. Take B. To take C. Taking D. Took 2. A. two thousands B. thousand of C. thousands of D. two thousand of 3. A. which B. why C. how D. what 4. A. a B. an C. the D. / 5. A. While B. Unless C. If D. Since 6. A. what B. why C. which D. that 7. A. should B. can C. must D. need 8. A. In B. On C. By D. At 9. A. Another B. The other C. Other D. The others 10. A. light B. more light C. lighter D. lightest 11. A. are appeared B. have appeared C. were appeared D. appeared 12. A. them B. they C. themselves D. their 13. A. But B. And C. Or D. So 14. A. are played B. play C. has played D. is played 15. A. more easily B. easy C. easily D. most easily 二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） There was a businessman who was deep in debt (债务) and could see no way out. He sat on a park bench, head in his hands. Suddenly, an old man stood before him. “I can see that something is 16 you,” he said. After listening to the businessman's story, the old man wrote out a 17 , and put it in his hand, saying, “Take it and pay me back here exactly one year from today.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. The businessman saw in his hand a check for $500, 000, signed ... ...