外国小说2022年临沂市中考英语押题（一）（答案版）
二、完形填空（共英语课程8小题，计8分）根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供21- 24小题选用，第二个方框供25-28小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项剩余。
A. visited B. along C. how far D. with E. normal
A HERD of 15 Asian elephants has been making its way north across China for over a year, traveling nearly 500 kilometers. And nobody is quite sure why.
It is 小学五年级英语教案21. E for elephants to travel in arch of food, so it was not until recently that rearchers and the local government noticed just 22. C this herd had wandered.
Ever since they left their home in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Rerve （西双版纳国 家级自然保护区）in （he spring of last year, the elephants have gone into villages and urban streets. They have even 23. A a car store and shown up at a retirement home （养老
院），where they poked their long nos into some of the rooms, causing an old man to hide under his bed.
While they haven' t hurt any people or animals 24. B the way, the elephants havealready damaged or destroyed crops worth more than 7 million yuan. They have eaten truckloads （—卡车的量）of corn and pineapples left out by the local government in order to lead them to less populated areas.
A. enjoy B. newer C. newest D. fhll E. more than
New York City' s 25 C free public park, the 'Little Island,'' is now welcominglocals and tourists alike.
The park offers a piece of brand-new land above the Hudson River. There are 26 E 350 different species of flowers, trees and grass in the green space.
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The floating （漂浮的）structure can ri or 27 Dwith （he river' s water levels. It ismade
up of 280 piles hollande（桥墩）that look like tulips （郁金香）."To provide a better look, such piles usually go down into the riverbed with slabs （厚板）covering them up," explains the designer.
"However, we want to make the piles the heroes of our project, rather than hiding them."
As one of the first parks to open since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the “Little Island" is sure to bring people back outside to 28 A the city' s public spaces once again. 三、阅读理输（共12小题，计24分）A
The 12lh lunar month in China is called layue. The character "la"in the Chine language means to respect ancestors and gods and give best wishes to them. In Chine tradition, such activities wer end of a year in the Chine lunar calendar.
There are two important dates in layue. The first festival is laba Festival, which falls on the 8th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. The Laba Festival was a time for the a
ncient Chine to wish a good harvest and good luck in the coming year. Laba porridge is the main dish on this day.so far
The other important date is the Kitchen God Worshipping on （he 23rd or 24th of the month. People offer food to the Kitchen God, who manage things for the whole family.
It is said that the god returns to heaven that day to report to the Jade Emperor （the ruler of heaven in Chine stories about the family activities over the past year. So people usually offer him delicious dishes so that he will give a good report and the family will have a good luck throughout the next year.
After this day, people start to sweep up the hou and decorate the hou with couplets and paper cutting. Once the things arc finished, people will wait for the Spring Festival.
29.What does the Kitchen God take charge of ?terminalblock
A.The heaven
B.Things of a familycinemagic
maskedhow to forgetC.The kitchenWhy do people offer the Kitchen God delicious dishes ?
A.Becau they want to have good luck next year.
B.Becau they want him to bring the food to the Jade Emperor.
C.Becau they want to go heaven and talk to the Jade Emperor.
30.Which of (he following is WRONG?
A.The Kitchen God Worshipping is on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunar month.
B.The Kitchen God is the ruler of heaven in Chine stories.
C.The two dates mentioned in the passage are before the Spring Festival.
31.Which of the following can best describe the structure of the passage?
答案：AB
Plants arc boring. They just sit there photosynthesizing while animals have all the fun. Right? Not so much. A new study has found that there is a long history of interactions between ants and plants. Ants and plants work and develop together, starting with ants that feed on plants and plants (hat evolve ant-friendly features.
Plants make a number of different structures that are only for ant u. Some plants have evolved features that lead ants (o protect them from attack from other incts. Plants provide hollow thorns that ants will live inside, or extra nectar on leaves or stems for the a
nts to eat. Some ants will just cheat and take the nectar and run, but some ants will stay and attack anything that tries to hurt the plant. Other plants get ants to help them move their eds around, by providing them with rich food packets with the eds. The ant will pick up the ed and carry it away, cat the food packet, and leave the ed often in a nutritious area where it' 11 grow better, and since it is farther away from its parent, it won' t have (o light for resources.
