2023年江苏苏州中考英语试卷

2023年江苏苏州初中学业水平考试英语试卷

第一部分  完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was eleven years old, my life changed forever when I got a serious disease. My life was    1    with operations and treatments. I felt stressed because I was really uncertain    2 everything that was happening.

One day, I was receiving my thirteenth operation in the hospital. Being away from my friends and school was causing me almost as much    3    as the operation itself.

During that hospital stay, I received a card from a volunteer. That simple  4   meant much to me and gave me hope again during my time of need. I’ll never   5   the way I felt after that small act of kindness. I started creating an organization called Cards for Hospitalized (住院的) Kids.

The charity began with a simple dream of giving   6  , joy and magic to those kids. It later   7    a national organization that sent cards to over 5000 sick kids at more than 50 hospitals across the country.

It is hard to believe that an act as simple as a card can do so much good,    8    it does. Seeing a picture of a child    9    one of our cards with a huge smile makes us keep this wonderful charity alive.

   10    might provide medicine for these sick kids, but we provide that little bit of hope and magic that’ll go a long way.

1. A. lighted B. matched C. filled D. painted

2. A. about B. with C. over D. towards

3. A. fun B. pain C. value D. danger

4. A. act B. job C. game D. lesson

5. A. mind B. lead C. forget D. risk

6. A. hope B. fear C. shock D. pressure

7. A. looked up B. gave up C. broke into D. turned into

8. A. nor B. but C. for D. or

9. A. selling B. printing C. holding D. cleaning

10. A. Teachers B. Friends C. Patients D. Doctors

第二部分  阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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What was your favorite subject in school? History. I really loved studying different time periods, countries and cultures. I still love to read history books; travel when possible; watch the History Channel.

—Kristin Singer

Art. I was shy and quiet, and I could express my feelings through my artwork. It helped to build my self-confidence.

—Blair C. Wilke

History/social studies. A great teacher got me thinking about the role that each of us plays in society and how we can change the course of history.

—Richard Goldman

English. It created a love of books and writing in me. Being able to write beautiful words for others to read is real magic.                        —Tammy Bond

Math. Some of the greatest life lessons I ever learned were in math. And then I decided I’d be a math teacher.

—Teri Bench

Top Answers

Science 25%

Math 18%

History/social studies 17%

English 14%

Other (includes music, art, etc.) 26%

What your favorite subject says about you Science: You are highly curious. You try to understand things by studying them carefully. You wisely connect ideas or reasons.

Art: You are always looking for the bright side, even in the darkest situations, and often see the bigger picture.

History: You seem to remember everything. You are wise, humorous and hardworking.

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