2024年湖北省荆门市钟祥市中考英语模拟试卷（含解析）

2024年湖北省荆门市钟祥市中考英语模拟试卷 一、完形填空 （满分15分）阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1．（15分）Ever since "Mother Nature" gave me life，I expected to grow tall and big. As a young（1）　 　，I was well protected in the forest.I used to（2）　 　 a good time with my friends under the blue sky and （3）　 　 the river.Our only purpose was to stand high.My pal，Tim often said，"All I ask for is to be（4）　 　the whole day." More than 300 days passed and we grew straight.Until one day，our（5）　 　birthday，people came，moved us from the（6）　 　and put us on their trucks. "I don't want to go!" Tim cried. After a long journey，we arrived in a completely different place with （7）　 　green.Here we were planted in a line.（8）　 　 the wind blew strongly.I could not even open my eyes to see Tim （9）　 　 beside me.So we needed enough （10）　 　 to grow thicker and higher to stop the wind. As time went by，we finally（11）　 　much stronger.I could keep my eyes open in the wind!I even found the blue sky was back! This was no longer a no﹣man's﹣land，and hundreds of visitors came here.A man took a picture of us with his （12）　 　，"Thank you.We can enjoy clear days（13）　 　worrying about sand storms."A young girl jumping up and down came over and （14）　 　 me."Thank you，"she said，"It's you that have turned the desert into a green land!" Tim and I smiled at each other，feeling （15）　 　.The sun was shining brightly in the bluer sky. （1） A．tree B．fish C．girl D．boy （2） A．choose B．forget C．have D．miss （3） A．in B．along C．under D．on （4） A．smart B．happy C．busy D．thin （5） A．first B．second C．third D．fourth （6） A．beach B．lake C．house D．earth （7） A．all B．nothing C．anything D．everything （8） A．Though B．Unless C．Because D．Until （9） A．clearly B．greatly C．kindly D．widely （10） A．desert B．wind C．sand D．water （11） A．became B．smelt C．sounded D．remained （12） A．radio B．keyboard C．backpack D．camera （13） A．from B．about C．without D．of （14） A．asked B．hugged C．invited D．kicked （15） A．tired B．bored C．proud D．surprised 二、阅读理解（共3小题，每小题10分，满分30分）第一节 （共15 小题，满分30分）阅读三篇短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 2．（10分）Why do some people look happier than others？The good news is that you may be one of them if you follow these habits of happy people from my book Find Your Happiness. Make possible goals.Happy people are great goal makers.They work hard for their goals every day.Ask yourself if you are making possible goals and if you can reach them by working hard. Don't use the word "luck".When you look at happy people，you may say， "They're so lucky." But in fact，the word"luck"is not in their dictionary.Instead，they believe that hard work and confidence （信心） bring great results. Don't try to win in an argument.Happy people are busy making their ... ...