2020年中考英语新材料大题冲关(03)（考试时长：50分钟）
学校 班级 姓名 考号
序号 | 题目类型 | 内容 |
1 | 完形填空 | 助人者乐：2019年郑州一中模拟试题三叠泉漂流 |
2 | 阅读理解 | 各国人民对待疫情的态度为何如此不同？ |
3 | 语篇填空一 | 高考延期：生于非典，考于新冠，这届孩子有多难！ |
语篇填空二 | 铁杆朋友来了！塞总统迎接中国医疗队，亲吻五星红旗 |
4 | 倦了？轻松一下吧 | 英语小笑话 |
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一、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案
When I was young，a famous circus（马戏团）came to our town.It was big news to us and there was a long line at the ticket window almost every day.
One Saturday，my father and I also stood in that long wait-ing line to buy 1 张家界上天梯 for the show.Finally，there was only one family ahead of us.
上海游玩的景点The family had eight children.Their clothes were not ex-
pensive but clean.The children were well-behaved，standing in line，two 2 two behind their parents，and holding hands.They were talking 3 about the clowns（小丑），elephants and other acts they were about to see.It was clear that it was the first time for them to go to a circus.And the father and mother seemed as happy as they could be.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he want-
ed.He proudly replied，"I want eight children's tickets and two adults'tickets please 4 I can take my family to the circus."
The ticket lady told him the price.The man's wife let go of his hand，and 5 her head.There was no longer a 6 肇庆鼎湖山on the man's face.Clearly the man didn't have enough money.
How was he supposed to tell his kids that he couldn't take them to the circus？
7 what was happening，my dad put his hand into his瘦pocket，pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground.Then he picked up the money，tapped the man on the shoulder and said，“Excuse me，sir，this just fell out of烟台南山职业技术学院 8 pocket.”
The man knew what was going on.He appreciated（感激）the help in this heartbreaking and 9 situation.He looked into my dad's eyes，held my dad's hand in his and took the $20
bill.With tears in his eyes，he replied，"Thank you，thank you，sir.
This really 10 a lot to me and my family."
My father and I went back to our car and drove home.We didn't see the circus that night，but strangely，we felt as happy as we could be.
（）1.A.circus B.tickets C.food D.animals
（）2.A.by B.in C.for D.with
（）3.A.nervously B.loudly C.carefully D.excitedly
（）4.A.when B.so C.though D.but
（）5.A.touched B.moved C.shook D.nodded
（）6.A.smile B.laughter C.tear D.color
（）7.A.Forgetting B.Seeing C.Wondering D.Hearing
（）8.A.my B.her C.their D.your
（）9.A.embarrassing B.touching C.amazing D.disappointing
（）10.A.makes B.leaves C.means D.describes
【文意解读】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者的父亲帮助另一个家庭成功买到马戏团门票的故事。虽然作者和他的父亲没能看成马戏团表演，但他们依然很开心。 答案解析：
1.B
2.A【解析】two by two表示“两个两个地”。 3.D4.B
5.C【解析】根据下文可知他们的钱不够买这些门票，故此处表示“这个男人的妻子放开了他的手，摇了摇头”，故选shook。 6.A【解析】此处表示“这个男人脸上不再有笑容了”，smile在此处作可数名词，表示“笑容”。laughter“笑声”，tear
“眼泪”和color“颜”均不符合文意。
7.B
8.D【解析】根据上下文可知作者的父亲看到这个男人的钱不够为他们一家人买门票时，从自己的口袋里掏出了二十美元扔在地上，然后捡起来告诉这个男人钱是从他的口袋里掉出来的，父亲这样做既帮助了他，又避免让他觉得尴尬。故此处填your。
9.A
10南通一日游必去景点.C【解析】本句意为：这对我和我的家人来说真的意义重大。mean a lot to sb.表示“对某人来说很重要”，为固定用法。
【知识延展】mean作动词，还表示“意思是；打算：意欲”：
means除了作动词mean的第三人称单数形式外，还可以作名词，表示“方式；方法；途径”；mean还可以作形容词，表示“吝啬的；刻薄的”。
二、阅读理解 阅读下文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Bracing for hard times
Getting sick is an invariable (永恒的) part of people’s lives. But their attitudes toward being sick and hospital visits vary from country to country. This difference hasn’t been more pronounced since the start of the novel coronavirus epidemic – when a great number of people are falling ill all at the same time.
The conditions in the US are getting worse quickly, which is largely due to the fact that there’s no universal health care system. According to the 2019 US Census, 28 million people are not covered or do not have adequate health insurance, meaning that they would probably avoid getting tested for the virus, for fear of the cost of being hospitalized.
“There is a strong financial incentive (动机) to conceal (隐瞒) symptoms, to try to keep working and caring for children, and by consequence, they’re spreading the virus … simply because they have no other choice,” wrote reporter James Hamblin on The Atlantic.
Germany, on the contrary, has one of the world’s best-developed and most expensive public health care systems that covers every citizen. People in Germany – who have “high levels of job security”, according to the Los Angeles Times – are also more likely to follow the quarantine measures and stay at home without having to worry about losing their jobs.v Both explain why the country seems to be weathering (经受) the pandemic better than its European peers.
