2023年山西省吕梁市中考英语二模试卷
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
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1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
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1.  FRIENDS （3）
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N：@Jack You look unhappy today.（1）______
J：@Nick Well，I didn't do well in my math exam.
S：@Jack How come？（2）______
J：@Sarah Yes，but everyone makes mistakes.
S：Did you tell your parents about the exam result？
J：No，I didn't.I'm afraid to tell them about it.（3）______
N：l know your parents are strict with you.But I think you should talk about it with them.
J：Oh，no.They will be angry if they know about it.
S：（4）______ You are hard-working.I'm sure they will be understanding.
平顶山市人才招聘J：Thanks for your advice.（5）______
A.Don't worry.
B.I'll have a try.
C.How about you
D.What's the matter
E.What should I do
F.I'm here to help you.
G.I know you are good at math.
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The 65-year-old Simon lived very happily in a village and he had a big warm family.As his children（1）______ and got married，they moved to different cities.Now they usually visit him with their kids on weekends.
Last Saturday，Simon cleaned the house and cooked some foods to（2）______ his grandchildren as usual.After he finished working，he realized his watch was missing.He looked for it but he couldn't find it anywhere.He was very upset（3）______ the watch was from his wife and he treasured it very much. When Simon's grandchildren came，they（4）______ him they would find the watch.The children looked for more than two hours in the house，but they couldn't find it.When they were ready to give up，one grandson asked all of them to keep quiet.Everyone was very（5）_
_____ to see the boy and wondered how he was able to find the watch.A few minutes later，without making a noise，they heard the " tick，tick " sound from the sofa.A look（6）______ joy appeared on Simon's face.It was his watch! Simon（7）______ took the things on the sofa away and finally found the watch in the seam（接缝）of the sofa." Kids，this is the power of（8）______ .If we stay calm（冷静），we will be able to find the ways of solving problems."
2.  A. got up B. grew up    C. made up
3.  A. welcome    B. praise C. invite
4.  A. unless B. because    C. though
5.  A. believed    B. noticed    C. promised
6.  A. tired    B. worried    C. surprised
7.  A. at    B. of    C. for
8.  A. quickly    B. clearly    C. early
9.  A. courage    B. love    C. silence
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Why do so many foreigners who have been to China praise China so much Do you want to go to China
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Stuart Morgan
I've lived here for 6 years，and yes，I do love China.The people are the friendliest in the countries I
have traveled to.And，people are HAPPY!I haven't experienced any racism （种族歧视）towards foreigners here.Chinese police are very friendly，helpful and welcome.Of course，if you break the law，that's a problem in every country.
Lom Harshni
A taxi driver once told me it was not necessary to worry about security in Shenzhen，even at at night—there are so many cameras around on the streets.It would have to be a mad person to try to do something.In China I walked home from KTV at in the morning and never had the sense of being in danger.
Robert Vannrox
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Food is delicious and affordable in China.You will NEVER go hungry in China. There is actually a lot of freedom in your daily life.In China，bars venues and food stalls can stay open all night.Restaurants are filled 24 hours with people enjoying themselves.Foreigners can enjoy themselves without having to show ID to gain entrance.
Norman Tan
It just amazes me that hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty（贫困）in the past few years.The Chinese government has done well for the people.
Ray Williams
What makes me call WeChat amazing creation is not its function of sharing life and chatting，but the fact that you can use it to make medical appointments，book tickets，pay for shopping，and even order food in restaurants.That makes life easier.
10.  Stuart Morgan loves China because ______ .
A. the people are friendly
B. he can travel to many places in China.
C. the police can help him solve the problem
11.  The underlined word " security " means " ______ ".
A. 交通
B. 安全
C. 气候滨州市人力资源和社会保障局电话
12.  According to Robert Vannrox's words，we can know ______ in China.
A. the restaurants provide delicious food for free all night
B. foreigners aren't allowed to enter the restaurants without ID.
C. people can enjoy themselves in the restaurants during 24 hours
潮州招聘网平台13.  Ray Williams praises ______ .
A. Chinese taxi drivers
B. Chinese creation
C. Chinese government
14.  We can learn that ______ in China from the passage.
A. hundreds of millions of people are still in poverty
B. we will get into danger if we stay outside at night云南省公务员局副局长
C. people can use WeChat to do almost everything in life
D
You might think ice cream is a modern kind of food，but actually，ice cream was probably first eaten in China more than 2，000 years ago.It was made from rice and milk.In Europe around 2.000 years ago，Roman leaders also enjoyed a kind of frozen dessert.Snow and fruit were used to make it.It wasn't true ice cream，though，as it had no milk or cream in it.
Marco Polo，who came from Italy，spent a lot of time in China during the late thirteenth