1. —Have you heard of Lijiang?
—Of course. It's ______ ancient city in Yunnan Province.
A. /
B. an
C. a
D. the

B

2. I think red looks good ______ my mother while my mother thinks she looks good ______ purple.
A. on; on
B. in; in
C. on; in
D. in; on

C

3. I lived abroad for several years, but I have never regretted my final ______ to move back to my motherland.
A. progress
B. mistake
C. decision
D. reason

C

4. (2023·南通中考)—______ are easily made, but not easily kept.
—That's true. Once you make one, be sure to keep it.
A. Speeches
B. Promises
C. Decisions
D. Suggestions

B

5. My computer requires ______. Please, I need you ______ me.
A. to repair; to help
B. repairing; to help
C. to be repair; help
D. repairing; help

B

6. —Do you plan to have a driving tour on the coming Labour Day?
—I'm afraid there is a lot of traffic, so I'd rather ______ the train than ______ a car.
A. take; to drive
B. take; drive
C. taking; driving
D. to take; to drive

B

7. Evidence has been found through years of study ______ children's early sleeping problems are likely to continue when they grow up.
A. why
B. how
C. whether
D. that

D

8. —I hear we'll take a trip to the Qin Lake National Wetland Park on Saturday.
—That's great. But I wonder ______.
A. when and where shall we meet
B. what shall we get ready for it
C. if there will be a heavy rain that day
D. that we'll go there by bus or on foot

C

9. 新语篇 通知 From the notice, we know that Miss Smith ______.
For sale
Miss Smith bought a handbag in December, 2024 for 180 dollars. She seldom uses it, so it's as good as new. Now you can get it for 80 dollars.
A. doesn't use the handbag often
B. paid 80 dollars for the handbag
C. has had the handbag for 2 years
D. would like to get a new handbag

A

10. —I think it's time to change my job.
—Well, ______! It's only half a month since you worked here.
A. good luck
B. look out
C. cheer up
D. think twice

D

Ⅱ. 完形填空(每小题 1 分,共 15 分)
Colour words are widely used in both Chinese and English cultures. People use them to show conditions, views and feelings.
Yuebai(月白), qielan(伽蓝)and shiqing(石青)... These are ______ old Chinese people described different kinds of blue in the old times—light or deep. Yuebai, formed with Chinese characters Yue and Bai, which means "moon" and "white", is not white. It's a kind of blue close to the colour of ______.
Old Chinese people generally ______ colours into basic colours and mixed colours. There were five basic colours: blue, red, yellow, white and black. People could mix them together to get mixed colours.
Colours have special meanings in Chinese culture. In old China, colour was a symbol of social ______. For example, yellow stood for power. It was a colour for the emperors. Officials of different ranks(等级)wore clothes of different colours. Purple clothes were ______ for officials of the top three ranks while blue was for those who were in the two lowest ranks.
Many beautiful colour names come from famous works of literature and show how ancient Chinese people understood the beauty of ______. For example, dongfangjibai(东方既白)is a light blue colour. It comes from a work by Su Shi. The colour blue describes the colour of the sky ______ the sun rises. Like this, the ______ colour taoyao comes from The Book of Poetry. This colour describes blooming peach trees.
______, people in the West also use colour expressions to show their feelings and describe the world. Red is often used to express ______ feelings. They may say they are red hot when they are very angry. Pink is a colour for good health. This probably comes from the ______ that many babies born with a pink colour are healthy. Green is a colour for trees and grass. It is said that the Greeks first connected green with ______ caused by envy. This might be because when a person is full of envy, his or her body ______ too much bile(胆汁), giving his or her skin a greenish colour. The expression "a black sheep of the family" refers to an ______ member of a family or a group if he is always a trouble-maker. Black outs were common during World War Ⅱ. During black outs, all the lights in a city were turned off. This could make it ______ for enemy planes to find a target(目标)on the ground in the dark of night.
1. A. why B. how C. whether D. where
2. A. sunlight B. moonlight C. gold D. fire
3. A. divided B. turned C. put D. cut
4. A. conditions B. celebrations C. positions D. problems
5. A. recently B. simply C. hardly D. equally
6. A. sports B. weather C. plants D. nature
7. A. before B. while C. since D. after
8. A. yellow B. brown C. pink D. grey
9. A. However B. Instead C. Moreover D. Otherwise
10. A. strong B. strange C. sudden D. serious
11. A. result B. fact C. way D. tradition
12. A. happiness B. sadness C. loneliness D. sickness
13. A. produces B. grows C. prevents D. imagines
14. A. unwelcome B. honest C. inactive D. impolite
15. A. easy B. possible C. common D. difficult

B