2023学年中考英语模拟试卷注意事项1考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回2答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置3请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符4作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效5如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗. 单项选择1、I called you last night, but there was no reply.Oh, sorry. I _ in the park at that time.Awas walkingBwalkedCam walking2、 Its going to rain tonight. Im a little worried about Adam. Hes still out. Why not _ him a call?Agive Bto give Cgiving Dgave3、_ everyone with politeness (礼貌) even those who are very rude to you, not because they are nice, but because you are.ATo treatBTreatingCTreat4、Lingling is _ going to England. Yes. Shell meet her pen friend Lucy there.Aafraid ofBfamous forCbad forDexcited about5、Andy, would you please the report for me and see if there is any mistake?Of course I will.Alook aroundBlook throughClook upDlook after6、The boy saw a bird resting by the window, and he moved to have a close look.Apolitely Bsafely Cquietly7、_ young in our village are now living _ much more comfortable life than we did.AA; 不填BThe; theCA; aDThe; a8、The boy promised _ late for school again.Anot to beBto not beCnot beingDbeing not9、- Look, how wonderful this paper-cutting is！- So it is. Paper cutting is a/an Chinese art with a long history.AcommonBmodernCimportantDtraditional10、 Lets go and listen to Mr. Smiths speech on Western culture, shall we? _ Its getting to the end.AWhy not?BThats all right.CIm afraid not.DNever mind. 完形填空11、A young man went to the boss of a logging crew (伐木队) and asked for a job.“That depends,” replied the boss .“Lets see you cut down this tree.”The young man stepped forward, and skillfully cut down a great tree.The boss was 1 and said: “You can start Monday.”Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and 2 afternoon the boss went to the young man and said:“You can pick up your wages(薪水) on the way out today.”The young man was very surprised. He replied:“I thought you would 3 on Friday.”“Usually we do,” said the boss. “But were letting you go today because youve 4 . Our daily charts(日程表) show that youve dropped from 5 place on Monday to last place today.”“But Im quite 6 ” The young man replied.“I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee breaks!”The boss thought for a minute and then asked:“Have you sharpened your axe (斧子)？”The young man replied:“No, sir. Ive been working 7 hard to take time out for that!”Our lives are 8 that. We sometimes get so busy that we dont take time out to “sharpen the axe.” There is 9 wrong with hard work but we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and grow. 10 we dont have time to relax, we will feel bored and lose our effectiveness (效率).1Aangry Bsatisfied Cdisappointed2AThursday BFriday CSaturday3Ago Bpay Cwork4Afallen down Bfallen behind Cfallen off5Asecond Bthird Cfirst6Ahardworking Boutgoing Chappy7Avery Bso Ctoo8Alike Babout Cbehind9Asomething Beverything Cnothing10ABecause BIf CUnless. 语法填空12、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式每空不超过3个单词A young man1 （travel） through a desert when he came across a spring of clear waterThe water was sweetHe filled his leather bag so that he could bring some back to 2 elder，who had been his teacherAfter a journey of four 3 （day），the young man finally 4 （bring） the water to himThe teacher took a deep drink，smiled 5 （warm），and thanked his student very much for the sweet waterThe young man went home6a happy heartAfter the student left，the teacher let another student taste the waterHe spit it out，saying it was awfulIn fact，it was no longer fresh because of the old leather bagHe asked his teacher，Sir，the water was awfulWhy did you seem 7 （enjoy）it？ The teacher answered，You tasted the waterI tasted the giftThe water was not just water，8 an act of kindness and loveNothing could be9 （sweet）We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from childrenWhether10 is a cheap pipe or a diamond（宝石的） necklace，the proper response is appreciation（感激）We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing itself. 阅读理解A13、A farmer carelessly lost an expensive gold watch in the barn on the farm, where he searched for everywhere but failed.So he put a notice on the gate of the farm: whoever finds the gold watch will be rewarded 100 dollars.People tried their best to look for the watch in order to get the reward. However, the barn was too large and the straw in the barn was too thick. It was getting dark and they were still unable to find it. So they gave up the