《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语湖南专版》

Cloze 1(2024长沙模拟)
Once a tortoise(乌龟) and two swans(天鹅) lived on a lake. They were very good friends. They spent many hours happily together.
To their bad luck, there was no 1 that year. The lake became dry. So they had to leave the lake in search of another place to 2 .
The two swans could fly away easily, but for the tortoise, it was 3 to leave. They were unsure of 4 to do next.
At last, the two swans had an idea. They said to the tortoise, “We will put a stick in your mouth. We will carry the stick in our beaks(鸟嘴), one on 5 side. This will make us fly together. But remember, you must not open your 6 . If you do, you know what will happen to you.”
The tortoise was sad to leave the lake, but it 7 happily. One fine morning, they took off. On the way, they were flying over a large 8 . The people of the town were surprised at what they saw in the sky. They were very curious about it and started shouting 9 . The tortoise heard the 10 and wondered what it was about. It forgot its promise and opened its mouth to ask, “Why is there...? Ah...!” Sadly, down fell the tortoise, and died.
1.A.rain B.sun C.wind
2.A.eat B.sleep C.live
3.A.important B.difficult C.necessary
4.A.where B.when C.what
5.A.both B.all C.either
6.A.eyes B.mouth C.arms
7.A.agreed B.seemed C.changed
8.A.town B.city C.village
9.A.angrily B.excitedly C.carefully
10.A.noise B.talk C.music

答案： ＜答案速查＞
1—5 ACBCC 6—10 BAABA
语篇解读 本文是一则寓言故事，讲述了两只天鹅因湖水干涸，想办法带着它们的乌龟朋友飞到其他地方生活的故事。
1.A 根据下文“The lake became dry.”可知是那年没有下雨，故选A。
2.C 根据上文可知，湖变干了，乌龟和天鹅们不得不离开，寻找另一个地方生活。故选C。
3.B 此处表示两只天鹅飞走很容易，但是乌龟离开很困难。故选B。
4.C 结合上文可知，它们不知道下一步做什么。故选C。
5.C 设空处后的side是单数，此处表示每只天鹅叼棍子的一端，应用either“两者中任一的”，故选C。
6.B 根据前文“We will put a stick in your mouth.”可知，棍子放在乌龟嘴里。所以此处是天鹅告诉乌龟不要张开嘴。故选B。
7.A 根据前文“The tortoise was sad to leave the lake”并结合but和下文可知，此处指乌龟还是高兴地同意了。故选A。
8.A 根据后文“The people of the town were surprised...”可知，他们飞过一个较大的镇，故选A。
9.B 根据“They were very curious about it”可知，人们很好奇，开始兴奋地大喊。故选B。
10.A 根据“They...started shouting”可知，乌龟听到了吵闹声，想知道发生了什么，故选A。