A
(2024·南京二模)As he did most mornings on the way home from school, Mateo begged his mother to let him adopt a kitten. She 1 him, saying, “Okay, honey. Your birthday is coming up after all.”
Mateo 2. He had wanted a kitten for as long as he could remember.
As soon as they entered the animal centre, Mateo felt a 3, heavy feeling come over him. Some cats were clawing through the bars, while others were lying still. The miaowing was almost 4 to hear.
They began walking toward some kittens. Mateo noticed a 5 black cat with some of its fur missing. He kneeled down, and took hold of its paw. The cat raised its head.
Mateo noticed a large red tag（标签）hanging from the cage. It read: Santiago, male, 11 years old. Mateo gasped—he, too, would be turning eleven soon! He continued: FIV positive; poor appetite（食欲）, hair loss, and eye problems.
Mateo hardly heard his mum come up behind him. “Who’s this?” she asked.
“Santiago,” Mateo replied. “He has special 6, and he’s old.”
“I can see that,” his mum said as she looked at the red tag. “He’s sick, so he’s going to need a lot of extra time and 7.”
“So do I,” Mateo said. “It’s like when the teachers give me extra time on tests, or when Jeremy teaches me.”
looking 8. Mateo had seen this expression before, when he told her about some kids saying 9 things to him.
Mateo reached through the bar and scratched Santiago’s back. The cat purred. “The tag doesn’t say he likes being scratched right here.”
“How about we meet him in one of the little rooms?” his mum asked, sounding 10.
Mateo nodded, but his mind was already made up.
1. A. beat B. thanked
C. refused D. surprised
2. A. shouted B. smiled
C. coughed D. complained
3. A. sad B. warm
C. calm D. wonderful
4. A. enjoyable B. pleasant
C. painful D. comfortable
5. A. fat B. strong
C. thin D. lovely
6. A. needs B. offers
C. talents D. looks
7. A. space B. power
C. care D. money
8. A. tired B. excited
C. angry D. worried
9. A. interesting B. hurtful
C. friendly D. difficult
10. A. unsure B. unusual
C. unhappy D. unwilling

1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.C 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A
【文章大意】本文讲述了Mateo想收养一只小猫,虽然他选择了一只年老并且有健康问题的猫Santiago,但他对这只猫给予了特别的关注,如同他在学校需要额外的帮助一样。
1. D 根据“Your birthday is coming up after all.”可知,Mateo的生日要到了,妈妈同意了他的请求,此处表示给了他一个惊喜,故选D。
2. B 根据“Okay, honey. Your birthday is coming up after all.”可知,妈妈同意了他的要求,所以他笑了,故选B。
3. A 根据“heavy feeling”可知,此处是指一种不好的感觉,sad符合,故选A。
4. C 根据“Some cats were clawing through the bars, while others were lying still.”可知猫猫们的情况并不好,所以Mateo感觉猫叫声听起来是痛苦的,故选C。
5. C 根据“poor appetite, hair loss, and eye problems”可知,这不是一只健康的猫,所以此处指“瘦弱的”,故选C。
6. A 根据“FIV positive; poor appetite, hair loss, and eye problems”可知这只猫有特殊的需求,故选A。
7. C 根据“He's sick”可知,生病了需要额外的照料,故选C。
8. D Mateo准备收养一只病快快的老猫,这让妈妈很担心,故选D。
9. B 根据上下文可知,妈妈露出的是担心的表情,因此这种表情是在Mateo告诉妈妈,有些孩子说了伤害他的话时,妈妈会露出的表情,故选B。
10. A 根据上下文可知,妈妈同意去小房间见猫,但对收养仍是不确定的,妈妈的不确定与下文Mateo的想法形成了对比,故选A。

【分析】
本题为英语完形填空，解题思路如下：1. 先通读全文，把握文章主旨（Mateo想收养小猫，最终选择了一只生病的老猫Santiago的故事）；2. 逐空分析，结合上下文语境、词汇含义及逻辑关系，逐一排除错误选项，确定正确答案；3. 完成所有选择后，再次通读全文，验证答案是否符合文意与逻辑。
【解析】
1. D 根据后文妈妈说“Your birthday is coming up after all.”可知，妈妈同意了Mateo的请求，此处表示给了他惊喜，故选surprised。
2. B 妈妈同意了Mateo的请求，因此他开心地笑了，故选smiled。
3. A 结合后文“heavy feeling”及猫的状态，此处指一种难过的感觉，故选sad。
4. C 由“Some cats were clawing through the bars, while others were lying still.”可知猫的状态不好，因此猫叫声听起来是痛苦的，故选painful。
5. C 根据猫的健康问题（poor appetite、hair loss等）可知，这只猫是瘦弱的，故选thin。
6. A 这只猫有健康问题，因此有特殊需求，故选needs。
7. C 生病的猫需要额外的照料，故选care。
8. D Mateo准备收养一只生病的老猫，这让妈妈露出担心的表情，故选worried。
9. B 妈妈担心的表情，对应之前Mateo提到的别人说的伤害他的话，故选hurtful。
10. A 妈妈同意去小房间见猫，但对收养仍不确定，故选unsure。
【答案】
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.C 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A
【知识点】
完形填空、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文是一篇贴近生活的记叙文，通过讲述Mateo选择特殊小猫的故事，考查学生对上下文语境的理解和词汇的运用能力，整体难度适中，易于学生把握主旨。
【难度系数】
0.5

(2024·淮安中考)On a cold sunny day, I sat in my car and watched dolphins swim in the
(搁浅). It was very 2 for them to be out of water. I knew they needed help.
3 thinking too much, I jumped out of my car and ran to the beach. I first called the police but their 4 were far away. It was a life-or-death moment for the dolphins. I didn't know 5 to help them, so I put a message on the Internet. I hoped someone could see it and come to 6 those lovely animals.
Minutes later, three teenage boys from a nearby school came first. It was like light that drove the darkness away. Then more and more people 7. We decided to save the smaller dolphins first and worked together to move them back to the 8 water successfully.
To my surprise, 9 the smaller dolphins were saved, none of them left. They stayed in the water and made strange sounds to encourage the other dolphins. After we 10 the rescue（救援）work, all the dolphins raised their heads from water and swam around to show their 11 to us. Then, they swam back to the deep sea.
It touched me a lot and made my heart 12. The dolphins had a great sense of helping each other when there was 13. I realized that our volunteer group was just like the dolphins. On such a cold day, 14 cared about getting wet or dirty. We tried our best to save the dolphins and communicated again and again to make sure everyone was safe.
I will never forget this 15. People can always learn from our friends—animals.
1. A. Suddenly B. Luckily
C. Happily D. Excitedly
2. A. amazing B. important
C. dangerous D. necessary
3. A. With B. Without
C. By D. On
4. A. eyes B. hands
C. ears D. knees
5. A. why B. which
C. how D. when
6. A. save B. watch
C. enjoy D. find
7. A. changed B. moved
C. left D. arrived
8. A. dirtier B. quieter
C. cleaner D. deeper
9. A. before B. whenever
C. after D. until
10. A. finished B. started
C. closed D. tried
11. A. interests B. thanks
C. rights D. worries
12. A. broken B. cold
C. hurt D. warm
13. A. challenge B. doubt
C. trouble D. courage
14. A. anybody B. nobody
C. somebody D. everybody
15. A. experience B. journey
C. disaster D. show

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.A
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了作者和其他人一起努力拯救了搁浅的海豚的故事。
1. A 根据“I sat in my car and watched dolphins swim in the sea”可知,是突然看到一些海豚搁浅了。故选A。
2. C 根据“for them to be out of water”以及下文可知,离开水对海豚来说很危险。故选C。
3. B 根据“thinking too much, I jumped out of my car and ran to the beach”可知,是没有想太多,就跑向海滩去帮助海豚。故选B。
4. B 根据“but their ... were far away”可知,转折词后表示警察离得很远,此处hands有“协助”的意思,符合语境。
5. C 根据“so I put a message on the Internet”可知,是不知道如何帮助海豚。故选C。
6. A 根据“I hoped someone could see it and come to”可知,此刻希望有人能来拯救这些可爱的动物。故选A。
7. D 根据“Then more and more people”可知,越来越多的人到达这里来拯救海豚。故选D。
8. D 根据“I saw some dolphins were beached”以及常识可知,应是将海豚移回更深的海域,让它们不再搁浅。故选D。
9. C 根据“the smaller dolphins were saved, none of them left”可知,小海豚获救后,它们都没有离开。故选C。
10. A 根据“all the dolphins raised their heads”可知所有的海豚都获救了,所以此处指完成了救援工作。故选A。
11. B 根据“all the dolphins raised their heads from water and swam around to show their ...”可知,海豚向拯救它们的人表露出感谢。故选B。
12. D 根据“It touched me a lot and made my heart”可知,海豚的做法让作者感到内心很温暖。故选D。
13. C 根据“The dolphins had a great sense of helping each other”可知,海豚有困难的时候互相帮助。故选C。
14. B 根据“cared about getting wet or dirty”可知,人们都努力拯救海豚,没有人在乎淋湿或弄脏。故选B。
15. A 根据“I will never forget this”可知,是永远不会忘记这段经历。故选A。

【分析】
本题为记叙文完形填空，解题思路为：先通读全文把握主旨（作者与众人救助搁浅海豚的经历），再逐空结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、逻辑关系及常识逐一分析选项，最后验证答案是否符合整体文意。每个空需关注前后句的提示信息，如第1空依据“突然看到海豚搁浅”选对应副词，第2空依据“海豚离水的危险性”选形容词等，确保答案逻辑通顺。
【解析】
1. A：根据语境，作者坐在车里突然看到海豚搁浅，Suddenly（突然）符合场景；
2. C：海豚离开水是危险的，结合下文“需要帮助”可知选dangerous；
3. B：由“没有多想就跑向海滩”可知，Without（没有）符合语境；
4. B：此处hands表示“协助”，指警察的协助力量距离远，符合转折逻辑；
5. C：根据“在网上发消息求助”可知，作者不知道如何帮助海豚，how表方式；
6. A：作者发消息希望有人来拯救海豚，save（拯救）符合文意；
7. D：越来越多的人到达现场帮忙，arrived（到达）符合语境；
8. D：根据常识，需将海豚移回更深的水域避免再次搁浅，deeper正确；
9. C：小海豚被救后都没离开，after引导时间状语，表“在……之后”；
10. A：所有海豚获救后，救援工作完成，finished（完成）符合；
11. B：海豚向救助者表达感谢，thanks（感谢）符合情感；
12. D：海豚的举动让作者内心感到温暖，warm（温暖）正确；
13. C：海豚在遇到困难时互相帮助，trouble（困难）符合语境；
14. B：众人不在乎淋湿弄脏，nobody（没人）符合语境；
15. A：作者难忘这段经历，experience（经历）符合文意。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.A
【知识点】
词汇词义辨析、语境理解、完形解题技巧
【点评】
本文为记叙文完形，主题积极，考查学生对上下文语境的理解及词汇运用能力，符合中考英语命题特点，传递互助的正能量。
【难度系数】
0.7