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2024年湖北省初中学业水平考试
英语
本试卷共12页，满分120分，考试用时130分钟。
注意事项：
1．答卷前、考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上指定位置。
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4．考试结束后，请将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
笔试部分（90分）
一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，填入空白处。
Our art teacher George was leaving soon for his country. I was preparing a special 1 for him. It was a hand-draw n picture book about our school. I worked a long time, trying to make each picture as 2 as possible.
One day, I was drawing while my little sister Becky was watching with great 3 . Just then, my classmate Jeff dropped by.
“Hi! Peter, want to play basketball in the yard?” he asked.
“I’d like to, 4 it’s too cold outside!” I replied.
“Exactly!” he said. “It’s the perfect weather for not getting too hot.”
That’s a cool thing about Jeff. He always looks on the 5 side of almost everything.
“Let’s go!” We went out, leaving the drawings on the table.
We laughed as we returned. When I 6 the door, my heart nearly stopped. Right there, Becky was coloring my pictures.
“ 7 , Becky!” I rushed to her, but it was too late. Almost every page was colored.
“What did you do?” I shouted 8 .
“I just wanted to help.” She began to cry.
“My drawings are gone forever!” I felt frustrated (懊恼的) and 9 Jeff for help.
“Unless…” said Jeff.
“Unless what?” I asked.
“Remember the jigsaw puzzle (拼图)? We can create something new from these messy pictures.” Jeff 10 .
“Can we make it?” I doubted.
“I’m not sure, but we can have a 11 .” He encouraged.
First, we cut the drawings into shapes, such as our brown teaching buildings, green playground and so on. Then, we 12 all these pieces together and made a jigsaw. Finally, we even added more paints. Days later, a beautiful “ 13 ” appeared in front of us.
There was a 14 ending.
“Thanks, guys,” George smiled, “I love it so much. It will give me many great 15 here.”
So, you see, there lies a beam (束) of light behind every dark cloud. Jeff’s way of dealing with things did help.
1．A．gift B．photo C．letter D．lesson
2．A．easy B．large C．perfect D．famous
3．A．hope B．pride C．interest D．courage
4．A．or B．so C．and D．but
5．A．sad B．bright C．serious D．strange
6．A．opened B．fixed C．cleaned D．painted
7．A．Run B．Come C．Jump D．Stop
8．A．bravely B．angrily C．carefully D．nervously
9．A．gave up B．looked at C．turned down D．agreed with
10．A．warned B．ordered C．reported D．suggested
11．A．try B．talk C．rest D．taste
12．A．put B．hid C．read D．threw
13．A．tree B．gate C．school D．library
14．A．boring B．happy C．terrible D．common
15．A．choices B．changes C．decisions D．memories
二、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读以下三篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。
