( )3.(2024·江苏连云港二模)Good, better, best. Never let it rest ________ your good is better and your better is best.
A. as
B. until
C. since
D. though

3. B 【点拨】as 当……时；until 直到……为止；since 自从；though 虽然。故选B。

( )4. —Excuse me, could you please tell me ________ my car?
—Sure. Park it right here. I’ll help you.
A. how to stop
B. where to park
C. when to park
D. what to park

4. B 【点拨】答语指出了车停放的地点，故问句询问应把车停在哪里。故选B。

( )5.(2023·江苏连云港期中模拟)—Mrs Wang, I don’t want to join in the singing competition.
—Come on. You just need more practice to build up your ________.
A. energy
B. confidence
C. knowledge
D. experience

5. B 【点拨】energy 能量；confidence 信心，自信；knowledge 知识；experience 经历，经验。根据语境可知，此处使用confidence，表示“需要更多的练习来建立你的自信”，以此来鼓励对方。故选B。

( )6. —Are you surprised at the ending of the movie?
—No, because I ________ the story.
A. reads
B. will read
C. have read
D. was reading

6. C 【点拨】句意：——你对这部电影的结局感到惊讶吗？——不惊讶，因为我读过这个故事。根据语境判断，过去读过这个故事，对现在造成的影响是现在对结局不惊讶，应该用现在完成时。故选C。

( )7. —Let’s go to the movies this weekend.
—Sorry, but my parents and I have decided ________ to Dongjiang Lake for camping.
A. go
B. going
C. to go
D. went

7. C 【点拨】decide to do sth. 决定去做某事，固定用法。故选C。

( )8. —Anny, my mother never gets up late for my breakfast. What about your mother?
—My mother, ________. Mothers in China do more for us children.
A. too
B. also
C. either
D. as well

8. C 【点拨】根据语境可知，此处的答语应是否定的，表示“……也不”，应用either。故选C。

( )9.(2024·江苏连云港赣榆区一模)—Can you tell me ________?
—Sure. I usually give some books to a village library.
A. when World Book Day is
B. when is World Book Day
C. how you celebrate World Book Day
D. how do you celebrate World Book Day

9. C

( )10. —Would you mind if I took the seat next to you?
—________. The person who was here has finished his lunch and left.
A. Certainly not
B. Enjoy yourself
C. Don’t trouble me
D. Yes, please

10. A 【点拨】Certainly not 当然不。故选A。

四、阅读短文，在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词，或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。（2024·江苏泰州泰兴中考一模）
Nowadays, traditional Chinese costumes（服装）are very popular. Zhao Yonghui, who is in her __1__（forty）is a Shanghai full - time mother. Over the past several years, she __2__（make）a lot of traditional costumes for her daughter.
__3__ idea of making traditional costumes was born in 2018 when her daughter needed one for a school event. Zhao was unsatisfied with the costumes sold online.
__4__ she had experience in making clothes, she came up with the idea of designing and making the costume by herself.
“My daughter and her classmates liked the first home - made costume very much and other children even wanted their mother to learn how to make one __5__ them. My daughter also felt very __6__（pride）after receiving praise for wearing the clothes made by her mum,” said Zhao.
Encouraged by her daughter, Zhao bought books, visited a clothing museum, watched videos, and even asked the profession（业内人士）for __7__（suggest）on how to make more professional - looking costumes. Today, she can make nearly any type of traditional Chinese costume, __8__（include）Hanfu dresses, cheongsams, and soon.
Her talent has also attracted people __9__（learn）costume - making from her. Her students are __10__（most）mothers and their children. “Teaching others makes me as happy as making these costumes by myself,” said Zhao.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

1. forties 2. has made 3. The 4. Because 5. for 6. proud 7. suggestions 8. including 9. to learn 10. mostly