2023年广东省广州市天河外国语学校中考英语三模试卷(含答案)

2023年广东省广州市天河外国语学校中考英语三模试卷

一、完形填空（本大题共25小题，共25.0分）

Peter，a successful businessman，told an experience of his childhood.

When he was 12，his parents died.He was alone and didn't get on well with （1）______ .No one showed kindness to him.People always laughed（2）______ him.His only friend was a dog called Lucky.His dog （3）______ enough to eat and drink，but he was a little rude to it sometimes.

One day when he （4）______ down the street，he saw a young lady（5）______ in front of him.Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms.As she stopped to pick it up，she dropped other bags.Peter came to help （6）______ . "Thank you，clear!You are a nice little boy!" The lady said kindly and politely，smiling.

A special feeling came to him.He had never heard such kind words before.He watched her （7）______ she went far away.He was very （8）______ ，then he whistled to his dog.

"Thank you，clear!You are a nice little boy!" He repeated the woman's words.Then in a low voice he said to his dog，"You are a nice little dog!" Lucky raised its ears.It seemed that the dog had understood（9）______ he said，"Even a dog likes it!" he thought.

"Well，Lucky，I won't say unkind words to you anymore." he said.Lucky waved its tail （10）

______ .Later，they went directly to the river nearby.When he arrived at the riverside，he looked at himself in the river.He saw （11）______ but a dirty boy.He washed his face carefully.After that，he saw （12）______ nice clean boy.From then on，he started a new life.

After （13）______ this story，the businessman stopped for a while.Then he said，"Ladies and gentlemen，she was that kind woman （14）______ planted the first seed of kindness in me.All of us （15）______ learn about kindness.What great power it has!"

1. A. others B. the others C. another D. other

2. A. to B. on C. in D. at

3. A. gave B. was given C. give D. is given

4. A. go B. has gone C. was going D. goes

5. A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk

6. A. she B. her C. herself D. hers

7. A. when B. until C. if D. unless

8. A. excite B. exciting C. excited D. excitedly

9. A. what B. how C. where D. when

10. A. happiness B. happy C. happier D. happily

11. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

12. A. a B. the C. an D. /

13. A. tell B. telling C. told D. tells

14. A. who B. which C. whose D. whom

15. A. need B. would C. should D. must

Everybody knows that Edison is a famous scientist who invented the electric light bulb.But maybe fewer people have （1）______ his being kind and forgiving towards others.The following is a true story about him.

At one point in his experiments，Edison had at last （2）______ a working bulb—the final result of hundreds of trials.It was the （3）______ electric light bulb that had ever been made，and Edison was full of pride and delight.He had dreamed of this moment for years. "Take it upstairs，Jimmy，" he said，handing it to his assistant，Jimmy Price.（4）______ there was a crash，and Edison turned around to see that his precious bulb had fallen to the ground and broken into pieces on the floor.Jimmy had let the bulb slip （滑落）through his fingers （5）______ .

Edison said nothing，but everyone can imagine what his thoughts were.He went back to his work table and set to work once more to make another （6）______ .

A few days later，a new bulb was finally ready.There it （7）______ on the table in front of its maker，fully completed.Then Edison did a very big thing.With a smile，he handed the new bulb to Jimmy. "Be careful this time，" he said.He was giving the young man another （8）______ .Jimmy did not break it，so we have millions of bulbs in the world today.

As a proverb says，"Not the power to （9）______ ，but its very opposite，the power to forget，is a necessary condition for our existence." Life is too short and no one is （10）______ .If we can forgive those who have hurt us，we will have a better life.

16. A. heard about B. worried about C. brought about D. looked about

17. A. sold B. produced C. accepted D. designed

18. A. best B. worst C. first D. last

19. A. Luckily B. Surprisedly C. Finally D. Suddenly