2024年江苏省苏州市高新区中考二模英语试题.pdfVIP

2024年江苏省苏州市高新区中考二模英语试题

一、

请先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选

出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

Inmychildhood,mymotherspenthereveninghoursdoingsomethingforsomeone

else.Sometimessheknitted(编织)hatsforbabies,andatothertimes,shecookedchicken

soupforsickneighbors.Therefore,Iwasn’t_________whenoneeveningmymother

announcedshehadtakenonanewproject.

“Iamgoingtotelephoneseniors(老年人),”saidmymother.“Every_________?

Butyoudon’tevenknowthesepeople.”“Itdoesn’tmatter,”shesaid.“Whatmattersis

thatI_________.”Iwassixteenyearsoldandcouldn’tunderstandwhymymotherwas

willingtospendhereveningstalkingto_________.Shehadfriendsandmytwoolder

sisterstocallifshefeltlonely.“Theywilltalkyourearoff.Somepeopledidn’tevenstop

tocatchtheir_________,”Isaid.

Myattitude(态度)didn’tstopmymother’slovefortheproject.Thatevening,I

listenedassheasked

thewomanontheotherlineaboutherdayandwhatshehadeatenfordinner.When

shefinishedthecall,Isaid,“_________doyoucarewhethershehadcookiesorrice

puddingfordessert(甜点)?”Mymothersaid,“I’mthe_________personshetalkedto

today.”

Ittookmemorethanthirtyyearsto_________understandthemeaningofmy

mother’swords.Now,asmymotherisnearingeighty,Ifindmyselfthinkingaboutthose

nightly_________sheusedtomake.Iamoftentheonlypersonwhotelephonesmy

mother,andsometimesI’mtheonlypersonshespeakstoallday.Iaskherwhatshe

cookedfordinner,butmostlyIjustlistenasshedescribesawalkshetook,orhowher

dogLuckystolefoodsfromtherefrigerator.I_________thatmymother’scallswere

lifelines,whichmadesurehouseboundseniorstokeepintouchwiththeworld.

Withouther,theirworldwouldhavebeenempty.

1.

A．angryB．scaredC．surprisedD．excited