《2026年山东省中考试卷精选九年级英语》

阅读短文 C,根据短文内容,从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
C
Elise and Mei Lin were neighbors and classmates. They were good friends and would always spend time together. One day,they attended a school camp. They took part in a treasure hunt(搜寻) for the first time and decided to win.
During the camp, Mrs Tan, their teacher, held a briefing(简介) for all the teams. 18 They were busy talking about how to win the hunt. After the briefing,each team was given ten minutes to fix their plans before setting off. Elise and Mei Lin argued about whose plan was better. After the ten minutes was up, they still could not decide and went to look for the treasure without having a plan. 19
When they realized they were losing, Elise and Mei Lin got upset and started blaming(指责) each other. “You didn't collect the map!” Mei Lin shouted. “You didn't listen carefully to the instructions during the briefing,” Elise argued. Mrs Tan saw them arguing and advised, “ 20 ”
After hearing that, they felt stupid and began working together as a team. Even though they did not win the treasure hunt,they learned that working together as a team was more important than winning.
21 Mrs Tan was pleased that the girls had learned a valuable lesson.
A. Finally,they found the treasure and won the hunt.
B. Elise and Mei Lin didn't pay attention.
C. Good friends should be working together instead of quarrelling(争吵).
D. As a result,they could not find any treasure.
E. For the rest of the camp,they worked together and enjoyed each other's company.
18. B
19. D
20. C
21. E

答案： 18.B [解析]根据“They were busy talking about how to win the hunt.”可知，她们忙着讨论如何赢得寻宝，没有关注老师的简介。选项 B(伊莉丝和梅林没有注意听)符合语境。故选 B。
19.D [解析]根据“they still could not decide and went to look for the treasure without a plan”可知，她们仍无法做出决定，没有制订计划就去寻宝了。选项 D(结果，她们没有找到任何宝藏)符合语境。故选 D。
20.C [解析]根据“After hearing that，they felt stupid and began working together as a team.”可知，听了老师的话后，她们觉得自己很愚蠢，开始作为一个团队一起合作，说明老师说的话是关于要合作而非争吵。选项 C(好朋友应该一起合作而不是争吵)符合语境。故选 C。
21.E [解析]根据“they learned that working together as a team was more important than winning”可知，她们明白了作为一个团队一起合作比获胜更重要。选项 E(在露营的剩余时间里，她们一起合作，享受彼此的陪伴)符合语境。故选 E。