(一)(2022·江西·中考真題) Sit With Us You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, ___9___you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s ___10___of solving the problem was to create an app. She knows what it feels like to be alone at a new school. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to ___11___a new table at lunch every day. If she sat ___12___, she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was ___13___, she felt embarrassed. She created a lunch-planning app to help students like ___14___ find people to have lunch with. The app — called Sit With Us — is ___15___. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and ___16___ that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to ___17___. This allows students to make ___18___ online instead of face-to-face. This is the reason why it works so ___19___: it lowers the risk of being refused, and the embarrassment that goes along with it. Natalie is ___20___ to see that people are replying to her app actively — especially those who suffer from bullying (遭受欺凌). Soon after she made her app available to the public, she won a prize for it. She ___21___ appeared in many news stories. Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her ___22___, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something ___23___ to change lives. Sometimes, a simple thing — like having a friend to enjoy lunch with — can make all the difference. 9.A.so B.or C.for D.but 10.A.habit B.course C.method D.question 11.A.search for B.fix up C.give out D.get away from 12.A.on time B.in a hurry C.by herself D.in public 13.A.called B.refused C.discussed D.believed 14.A.us B.it C.her D.them 15.A.cheap B.simple C.private D.noisy 16.A.miss B.make C.send D.accept 17.A.stop B.study C.meet D.exercise 18.A.plans B.trouble C.reports D.dinner 19.A.late B.well C.hard D.loudly 20.A.upset B.sorry C.happy D.angry 21.A.also B.just C.still D.seldom 22.A.book B.talk C.school D.picture 23.A.big B.new C.similar D.enjoyable (二)(2022·浙江金華·中考真題) “Poor Grandma! I wish we could do something to cheer her up.” Amy said to her brother Mark. Grandma had fallen and broken her ___1___. The doctor said she would be in bed for six weeks. Grandma was very active and loved to ___2___ in her garden, so she would not like sitting in her chair ___3___ her leg to become well again. “I have a(n) ___4___,” said Mark. “I saw some pictures of terrariums(栽培盒)in a magazine. Terrariums are little indoor gardens that can be ___5___ in glass bottles. Let’s make a terrarium for Grandma, so she can enjoy a garden in her house.” Amy agreed, ___6___ the two of them found the magazine which told them how to make a terrarium and showed it to ___7___mother. She said that a terrarium would be a perfect ___8___ for Grandma. She helped Amy and Mark find a large, clear glass bottle. After a trip to the garden shop to buy the materials, they began to ___9___ the terrarium. First, they put some drainage material(排水材料)at the bottom of the bottle. This would keep the soil(土壤)from getting too ____10____. Next, they added some dark, rich soil. Now they were ready to add the plants. Amy had chosen ____11____ plants at the garden shop. One was tall with long, thin, green leaves. The other was short with bright pink flowers. To make the terrarium even more ____12____ , Amy placed rocks of different colours and bright green moss(苔蘚)around the plants. ____13____, they watered the plants. When Amy and Mark showed Grandma her new terrarium, she was so ____14____. Now she had a beautiful little ____15____ to enjoy right inside her home. 1.A.arm B.back C.leg D.head 2.A.rest B.read C.drink D.work 3.A.waiting for B.depending on C.looking at D.getting ready for 4.A.dream B.idea C.question D.story 5.A.hidden B.hung C.grown D.tied 6.A.so B.after C.but D.because 7.A.her B.his C.their D.our 8.A.beginning B.gift C.chance D.task 9.A.borrow B.choose C.buy D.build 10.A.hard B.dirty C.hot D.wet 11.A.two B.three C.four D.five 12.A.expensive B.colourful C.traditional D.personal 13.A.Finally B.However C.Instead D.Still 14.A.afraid B.pleased C.nervous D.worried 15.A.flower B.bottle C.picture D.garden (三)(2022·湖北宜昌·中考真題) 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 (四)(2022·廣東廣州·中考真題) When I was nine years old, I wanted to keep a pet fish. After months of _______, I finally had enough money to get one. I named it Bob, I put _______ beautiful toy house with windows in the tank (魚缸) so that Bob could swim through. Sometimes, I would draw pictures of _______ fish and sea plants and tape them to the side of the tank, so Bob wouldn’t get lonely while I _______ at school. However, _______ a month, I noticed that the tank was getting dirty. My dad asked me _______ it into the kitchen. He wanted to make sure I knew _______ to do so that Bob wouldn’t get hurt. First, my dad told me to reach _______ into the tank and take the house away. _______ I took my hand out of the water, I noticed that the water was a lot ________ than I thought. “ That’s smelly! ” I said. “ Let’s hurry up and ________ the fish out of the water, Dad! ” “ Not so fast, Ben, ” Dad said. “ We need to save some of the old water, ________ Bob needs a place to stay while we clean the tank. ” “ Why? ” I asked. “ Running water from the tap can be harmful to fish, ” Dad explained. “ That ________ we can’t put Bob into fresh water right away. Instead, we need to put him in a cup with ________ of the dirty water for a while. ” … All seemed so easy. I hoped the next time I would be able to clean the tank all by ________. 11.A.save B.saves C.saved D.saving 12.A.a B.an C.the D./ 13.A.other B.others C.the other D.the others 14.A.am B.was C.were D.will be 15.A.before B.for C.after D.during 16.A.bring B.bringing C.brought D.to bring 17.A.where B.what C.how D.why 18.A.care B.careful C.carefully D.caring 19.A.If B.Unless C.When D.Though 20.A.dirty B.dirtier C.dirtiest D.the dirtiest 21.A.get B.gets C.got D.getting 22.A.so B.or C.because D.but 23.A.mean B.means C.meant D.is meaning 24.A.few B.a few C.little D.a little 25.A.me B.my C.mine D.myself |
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