《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。
Noah started to experience volunteering at the age of 7. At the time, he helped with the soccer program at his summer camp. “I realized I could make a difference, even as a kid,” said Noah.
At another summer camp, Noah helped kids with their art projects. He was also part of a group to beautify schools and parks with painting. 17.
When Noah was asked about his favorite part of volunteering, he answered, “I love the smiles, hugs and thank - yous.” Since he turned 14, Noah has taken on many other volunteer projects. 18.
Once Noah learned about kids who needed meals on weekends when they didn't have access(接触的机会)to school lunches. 19. In the group, they spent one Saturday afternoon each month delivering(运送)hot suppers to both kids and their caretakers. “When I found out that I could actually do it every Saturday,” said Noah, “it became a thing I looked forward to each week.”
20. “We deliver birthday cakes to everyone over 89 during their birthday month, and provide transportation(交通工具)to get groceries(食品)or attend medical appointments(就医),” explained Noah.
Noah's love for volunteering shows no signs of stopping. “It is so rewarding(有意义的)to know that I made a difference in someone's life,” said Noah.

答案： [语篇导读] 本文讲述了Noah从7岁开始的志愿服务经历，他为能帮助他人而深感满足。
17. D 18. B
19. A [解析] 细节推理题。根据下文“In the group，they spent one Saturday afternoon each month delivering(运送)hot suppers to both kids and their caretakers”可知他们在小组中每月送餐，结合选项，可推测Noah加入了新的小组。故选A。
20. E [解析] 细节推理题。根据下文“‘We deliver birthday cakes to everyone over 89 during their birthday month，and provide transportation(交通工具)to get groceries(食品)or attend medical appointments(就医)，’explained Noah”可知此处描述帮助老人的项目，结合选项，可推测Noah和其他志愿者一起帮助老人。故选E。

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。
Once there was a famine(饥荒). A rich old man sent for 20 of the poorest children in the town and said to them, “In this basket there is a loaf(一条面包)for each of you. Take it, and 21 to me every day at this hour till we live through this famine.”
The hungry children 22 gathered(聚集)around the basket and started to fight over the bread. But Gretchen, a poorly - dressed little girl, did not 23 the fighting. She stood far away quietly and waited until the children left. Then, she 24 the only loaf in the basket, kissed the old man's hand, and went home.
The next day the children acted the 25 as before, and poor Gretchen got an even smaller loaf. When she came home and her mother 26 the loaf open, many pieces of silver(银子)fell out of it.
Her mother was very 27, and said, “Take the money back to the good old man at once. It must have got into the bread by 28.”
As the little girl gave the money to the old man, he said, “No no, my child, it was no 29. I put the silver pieces into the smallest loaf to reward(奖赏)you. Always stay as happy and 30 as you are right now. Go home now, and tell your mother that the money is your own.”
()21. A. get
B. return
C. point
D. face
()22. A. quickly
B. angrily
C. politely
D. worriedly
()23. A. agree with
B. join in
C. hear of
D. ask for
()24. A. bought
B. sent
C. took
D. threw
()25. A. same
B. game
C. play
D. story
()26. A. left
B. put
C. dropped
D. cut
()27. A. happy
B. proud
C. alarmed
D. satisfied
()28. A. hand
B. heart
C. nature
D. accident
()29. A. mistake
B. chance
C. future
D. dream
()30. A. hopeless
B. thankful
C. silent
D. patient

答案： [语篇导读] 本文讲述了饥荒时期，富翁给20个贫困的孩子分面包，对富翁表达感谢的善良女孩Gretchen不争抢而获最小条面包，最终得到富翁奖赏银币的寓言故事。
21-25 BABCA 26-30 DCDAB

三、语篇填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分；满分 10 分）
阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。
Long ago, people did not use money. Instead, people traded one thing for another thing. A chicken, for example, was traded for something else that had value. 31. the value was the problem. One chicken did not have the value of one cow. 32. world needed something that would have the same value everywhere. That something was gold.
At the beginning, gold was used 33. (trade). To be used for trade, the gold had to be checked to see if it was real gold. It was a lot of trouble. Then, around 700 BC, gold was made into coins. It became a lot 34. (easy)to buy things with coins that could be counted. It was not until the 1700s that the 35. (one)paper money was made.
Paper money brought a new problem, though. If a country printed a lot of money, the money would lose 36. (it)value. Paper money needed to be tied to something of value. Again, that thing was gold. In 1821, England introduced the gold standard. That meant that paper money 37. (support)by gold. Paper money could be traded for gold in an equal(同样的)value. Most large 38. (country)followed England in using the gold standard.
After World War Ⅰ, the world economy(经济)was not good. Also, new gold was not found fast enough. Economic problems appeared again. Soon, people stopped using the gold standard. They began to base their money on the value of the 39. (Britain)pound or American dollar.
The gold standard worked fine 40. the past. But times change, and the gold standard is now just history.

答案： [语篇导读] 本文主要介绍了货币的发展史。
31. But 32. The 33. to trade 34. easier 35. first 36. its
37. was supported 38. countries 39. British 40. in