《2026年江苏13大市中考名卷优选38套英语》

四、还原信息(共4小题；每小题1.5分，满分6分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的六个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As a child, I was afraid of the dark, as so many children are. Not the dark itself, but what I was certain it had: bad spirits, bad people, and anything bad. 37 I kept myself inside the light on winter afternoon, thinking of light as magic protection. I went to bed with the hall light on and the door slightly open.
Later on, I borrowed Jill Tomlinson's book The Owl(猫头鹰) Who Was Afraid of the Dark from the library and fell in love with the baby owl, Plop, who learns through others that dark can be exciting, kind, fun, necessary, beautiful and super. 38 In this book, all the animals that are shown on the signs of a village's stores climb down at midnight. One of the signs is an owl, and this book has a beautiful watercolor owl on the cover.
39 I began to see the possibilities of the dark, but I still preferred to meet it with a safety cordon(防护线) of light.
All this changed for me when I moved to the countryside in east London, at 26. There I lived together with real dark for the first time in my life. I learned the wonder of a starry sky. On cool evenings when the stars seemed close enough to touch, I would dress myself in a warm coat and lie in a quiet yard and stretch(伸展) out into the sky, to the calling of owls from the woods. 40
A. I tried different ways to keep dark away.
B. But I was sure about the wonderfulness of the dark.
C. However, I spent more time outdoors and more time at night.
D. At the same time, I read and reread Phyllis Arkle's Magic at Midnight.
E. I have learned, since then, to totally love the dark and everything that lives in it.
F. These stories described night as a magical space where good things could happen.
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答案： 四、文体：记叙文
文章大意：本文主要讲述了作者小时候很害怕黑暗，因为作者总是会去想象黑暗中有什么东西，但是作者在阅读了《怕黑的猫头鹰》和《午夜魔法》这两本书后，对黑暗的恐惧感减少了，并试着去接受黑暗。
37.A 上文提到作者害怕黑暗，下文描述惧怕黑暗的具体表现，A项“我尝试了各种方法来远离黑暗”承上启下，符合语境。
38.D 上文介绍作者读了《怕黑的猫头鹰》，下文转而描述另一本书中，“那些出现在村庄商店招牌上的动物们都会在午夜时分爬下来”的内容，说明此处需引入另外一本书，D项“同时，我还反复阅读了菲莉丝·阿克尔的《午夜魔法》”承上启下，符合语境。
39.F 上文提及两本关于“黑暗并不可怕，反而有美好之处”的书，下文说作者开始意识到黑暗之中存在着种种可能性，说明此空需总结“书籍对黑暗的正面描述”与“作者态度转变”的关联，F项“这些故事将夜晚描述为一个充满魔力的空间，那里可能发生美好的事情”概括了书籍的核心观点，并解释了下文“作者看到黑暗可能性”的原因，符合语境。
40.E 根据上文描述可知，作者介绍自己开始享受黑暗，E项“从那以后，我学会了完全热爱黑暗以及黑暗中的一切”符合语境。