《2026年中考123试题精编英语辽宁专版》

第二节 阅读短文，从方框内所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个多余的选项。
“Where are you going on holiday this year?”
“Into space.”
17. Not anymore. Chinese people are one step closer to space travel.
Last month, two tickets for a 2027 space flight were sold online. They were offered by Deep Blue Aerospace, a space company in Jiangsu. 18.
Deep Blue Aerospace said that its first flight will last around 12 minutes. It will be suborbital(亚轨道的). In other words, the spaceship will reach outer space but not enter Earth’s orbit. The spaceship’s cabin(舱)is 3.5 meters in diameter(直径)and 4 meters high.
19. During the trip, passengers will experience at least five minutes of weightlessness(失重). Deep Blue Aerospace plans to carry out hundreds of tests over the next two years. “The whole trip will be very safe,” said the company’s CEO Huo Liang.
The world has already seen a few successful commercial(商业化的)manned flights into space. 20. Are you ready for such an experience in the near future?
A. Each ticket cost one million yuan.
B. Does that idea sound like science fiction?
C. But we think it’s not easy to fly out of space.
D. Now that space travel is a thing in China as well.
E. There is plenty of room for six people to move around.

答案： [语篇导读] 本文主要讲述了一家名为深蓝航天的江苏公司在网上出售了2027年太空飞行的票，标志着中国人离太空旅行更近了一步。
17-20 BAED

二、完形填空(共 10 小题，每小题 1 分；满分 10 分)
阅读短文，理解其大意，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Shangri-La—an earthly paradise(人间天堂)
Have you ever heard of a place called Shangri-La? It has been described 21 an earthly paradise. But is it real? In a way, yes—and it 22 to be right here in China.
Shangri-La first showed up in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon(《消失的地平线》). The book, 23 by British author James Hilton, tells the tale of a diplomat(外交官)who ends up in Shangri-La after a plane accident in Xinjiang’s Kunlun Mountains.
But Shangri-la is not in Xinjiang—rather, it is 24 to be in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. 25 there is no evidence(证据), many people believe Hilton’s description of Shangri-La is from Joseph Rock’s writings. Rock was a botanist(植物学家)who 26 these provinces in the 1920s and 1930s. What he saw in China very closely matches Hilton’s description of Shangri-La.
I first 27 Shangri-La in a video game called Far Cry 4. In this game, your character sometimes 28 to Shangri-La to fight against demons(恶魔). I think that the game’s creators were 29 inspired(受启发)by both Lost Horizon and Rock’s writings.
I have not 30 to Yunnan or Sichuan myself, but I’ve been told that the old areas in these provinces are quite beautiful. I hope to go there myself someday and see the beauty of “Shangri-La” with my own eyes.
()21. A. for
B. with
C. to
D. as
()22. A. happens
B. starts
C. prepares
D. develops
()23. A. written
B. spoken
C. played
D. introduced
()24. A. proved
B. believed
C. created
D. wondered
()25. A. Until
B. Because
C. Whether
D. Although
()26. A. transported
B. explored
C. accepted
D. imagined
()27. A. heard of
B. cared for
C. agreed with
D. chose from
()28. A. objects
B. belongs
C. travels
D. listens
()29. A. hardly
B. fairly
C. usually
D. possibly
()30. A. been
B. gone
C. done
D. come

答案： [语篇导读] 本文主要介绍了香格里拉这个地方，它被描述为人间天堂，且可能真实存在于中国的云南和四川。许多人认为希尔顿对香格里拉的描述源于约瑟夫·洛克的写作，洛克在20世纪20至30年代探索了这些省份，其所见与希尔顿的描述非常吻合。作者最初通过游戏FarCry4了解到香格里拉，并希望有朝一日能亲自前往这些省份，亲眼见证“香格里拉”的美丽。
21.D 22.A
23.A [解析] 由前一句中的“the 1933 novel Lost Horizon”可知，这本书是英国作家James Hilton写的，故选A。
24.B [解析] 由下一句中的“many people believe”可知，这里它被认为是在云南和四川，故选B。
25.D [解析] 由句意可知，“there is no evidence”和“many people believe”之间是转折关系，故选D。
26.B [解析] 由下一句中的“What he saw in China”可知,Rock在20世纪20年代和30年代探索了这些省份，故选B。
27.A 28.C
29.D [解析] 由语境可知，“were...inspired”是作者的猜测，故应是可能，故选D。
30.A [解析] 由“I hope to go there myself someday”可知，作者没有去过云南或四川，故选A。