2023
年山东省临沂市郯城县中考英语二模试卷
一、补全对话
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填空：本大题共
2
小题，共
16
分。
1
.
The Million Pound Note is a very famous short story written by Mark Twain who was a great humorist
，
novelist
，
writer and speech maker in America in nineteenth century
，
（
1
）
______
This story tells about a poor but honest American Henry Adams.It was the summer of 1903.Two old and rich brothers
，
Roderick and Oliver
，
had made a bet
（打赌）
.Oliver believed that with a million pound banknote
，
a man could live in London for a month.
（
2
）
______
At this moment
，
they saw a young man without any money hanging out on the street outside their house.It was Henry Adams
，
an American businessman
，
who was lost in London and did not know what he should do.
When he was wandering in the street of London
，
he was given by two billionaires
（亿万富翁）
a letter
，
in which he surprisedly found a
£
1
，
000
，
000 pound banknote.Henry went to a restaurant to have dinner first.The manager was mean to him at the beginning but his attitude changed quickly when Henry took out the note and asked for change.Faced with a millionaire
，
the manager apologized again and again and obsequiously
（奉承地）
told Henry that he didn't need to pay for the bill right now.
（
3
）
______
Then similarly
，
Henry went to a clothing shop and got a suit of clothes costing him nothing.
Above all
，
he got free food
，
free clothes
，
....At the same time
，
his social status
（地位）
was becoming higher and higher.And later
，
he got a beautiful wife and 200
，
000 pounds of bank interest
（利息）
.
This story is a really good work of Mark Twain.We won't live without money
，
with which we get food
，
clothes
，
house and many other things.
（
4
）
______
So in my opinion
，
money may be important to us but not the most important.We need to build up the correct sense of money.
A.But his brother Roderick doubted it.
B.The writing style of this story is so humorous.
C.So Henry managed to have a free dinner.
D.During his 40 years' writing career
（生涯），
he created dozens of short or long stories.
E.But we must know that there are many things which can't be bought with money such as love or friendship.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
2
.
Mike
：
Hello
，
Li Lei.I called you at seven last night
，
but you didn't pick up.
（
1
）
______
？
Li -Lei
：
Oh
，
I was helping my mom in the kitchen at that time.Why did you call me then
？
Mike
：
I called you to borrow some books.
Li Lei
：（
2
）
______
？
Mike
：
I like the books which are very classic in China.
Li Lei
：
Oh
，
I know.You must like the book.It's All Men Are Brothers.It's very popular and classic in China.
（
3
）
______
？
Mike
：
No
，
I haven't.I heard that it is very interesting
，
but I've never read it.Could you please lend it to me
？
Li Lei
：（
4
）
______
.I will lend it to you as soon as I finish reading it.
Mike
：
Thank you.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
二、阅读理解：本大题共
11
小题，共
19
分。
A
Do you have any online classes
？
It is possible to take classes at home.All you need is a computer and an earphone.
However
，
most students don't seem to like online classes.According to a recent survey
，
only 33 percent of the students would take such classes.Over 1
，
500 students from 10 cities took part in the survey.
Many students said it was hard to focus on studying while taking online classes.This was true for Lian Ruohan
，
15
，
at the Affiliated High School of Peking University."There are no classmates and no real teachers watching me.I can surf the Internet or do other things if I want to.It's harder to always stay focused
，
"she said.
Lian prepares a lot before taking her classes to make sure she will keep her attention.She also pushes herself to communicate with teachers.Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes.
Wen Jiayi
，
14
，
at Yucai Middle School Attached to Chengdu No.7 High School
，
thinks online i
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