2024年山西省大同市实验中学中考英语二模试卷（含解析）

2024年山西省大同市实验中学中考英语二模试卷 一．完形填空（共1小题，满分10分，每小题10分） 1．（10分）An old woman had two large pots，one on each end of a pole（扁担） .She carried the pole with the pots on her（1） .One of the pots had a crack（裂缝） in it while （2） pot was perfect and always delivered（运载） a full pot of water.At the end of the long walk from the well （3） the house，the cracked pot arrived only half full. For two years this（4） daily，with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.Of course，the perfect pot was（5） .But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection（不完美） One day，the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the well， "I am ashamed of myself （6） this crack in my side causes water to leak out（泄漏） all the way back home" The old woman smiled， "Did you（7） that there are flowers on your side of the path，but not on the perfect pot's side？That's because I have always known about your crack，so I planted flower seeds（种子） on your side of the path.And every day while we walk back，you water them.For two years I have been able to（8） these beautiful flowers to decorate the house.Without you being just the way you are，would not have this（9） ." （10） of us has our own cracks.But it's these cracks that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful. （1）A.arm B.neck C.shoulder D.head （2）A.another B.the other C.others D.the others （3）A.to B.in C.at D.of （4）A.changed B.happened C.succeeded D.appeared （5）A.angry B.sad C.bored D.proud （6）A.because B.so C.though D.unless （7）A.hear B.notice C.learn D.look （8）A.water B.pick C.give D.cut （9）A.flowers B.seeds C.beauty D.water （10）A.Every B.Each C.Both D.None 二．阅读理解（共2小题，满分20分，每小题10分） 2．（10分）The world is not hungry，but it is thirsty.It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of（短缺） water.Why？Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can't drink or use for watering plants directly（直接地）.Man can only drink and use the 3% the water that comes from rivers and lakes.And we can't even use all of that，because some of it has been polluted. Now more water is needed.The problem is：Can we avoid（避免）a serious water shortage later on？First，we should all learn how to save water.Secondly，we should find out the ways to reuse it.Scientists have always been making studies in the field.Today，in most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers.But it can be used again.Even if（即使） every large city reused its water，still there would not be enough.What could people turn to next？ The sea seems to have the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea.All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water.This is expensive，but it's already used in many parts of the world.Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it.So you see，if we can find a way out，we'll be in ... ...