2019（广东）中考英语模拟试题(四)
一、语法选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从1—15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Ma Yun became one of ___1___ men in China when his company Alibaba went on the stock (股票) market last year with a value of around 140 billion—the largest public offering in history. Here are some stories about him on___2__ way to success.
Ma made his____3___ trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After ___4____ “beer”, he saw that no results came up about China. Then he searched for “China” and still saw no results. He decided ___5___ a Chinese website---the seed for Alibaba was sown. (播种)
Ma said he ___6___ many times in his life. He failed the College Entrance Examination in China three times and ____7___ companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And he was refused by the famous Harvard University 10 times.
____8____ was difficult to learn English when Ma was a teenager ____9__ limited resources. __10___, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides around his hometown Hangzhou. And he__11____it for nine years. Ma said ___12____tourists opened up a new world for him because everything they said and did was so different from what he had been taught at school and by his parents.
Ma’s hero is Forest Gump ___13____ never gives up. When he made a speech about his ____14____ at Davos (达沃斯论坛) in 2015, Ma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you ___15___.”
1. A. rich B. richer C. richest D. the richest
2. A. a B. an C. the D. /
3. A. one B. first C. the first D. once
4. A. search for B. searching for C. searched for D. searching
5. A. to set out B. to set up C. to set off D. to set down
6. A. refuses B. refused C. is refused D. was refused
7. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
8. A. This B. It C. That D. Those
9. A. as B. since C. because of D. because
10. A. But B. So C. However D. And
11. A. keep B. kept C. keeps D. is keeping
12. A. that B. how C. what D. which
13. A. who B. whom C. which D. what
14. A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully
15. A. get B. have got C. are going to get D. are getting
二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—25各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was in the third grade, my teacher gave us some seeds. She told us the seeds could turn into some beautiful flowers one day if we __16___ them and look after them __17___.
I took the seeds home and put them in a pot. I watered them for a few days and some purple ____18__ came out. I reported to my teacher that the seeds turned into purple flowers. My classmates’ turned into red, white and yellow flowers. We all felt excitedly and were __19___ by the magic of nature. When the bell rang, we drew a conclusion that gardening was wonderful. I felt in love with gardening from that day.
