7. —Our planet’s alarm is going off, and it’s time to wake up and take action.
—____ Let’s act before it’s too late.
A. That’s all right.
B. I’m afraid not.
C. What a pity!
D. I think so too.

D

Ⅳ.完形填空
(2023·河南中考改编)Chloe invited me to her birthday party but something different happened to me. After dinner, Chloe said ____1____, “It’s scary film time!”
“You are kidding, right? Watching scary things right before bed, I can’t ____2____ the whole night,” I said.
“Come on. My big brother has just seen this film and he says it’s ____3____ but scary. We’ll be fine,” said Chloe.
“Your birthday party will ____4____ because of my endless scream,” I refused.
“It’s my birthday wish. At least try to ____5____ it, even for a couple of minutes,” said Chloe.
“Well, I guess a couple of minutes could be OK,” I said.
We sat in the sofa with bowls of popcorn and ____6____ the film. For the first couple of minutes, I thought Chloe’s brother actually told the ____7____. But as soon as the monsters started ____8____ at everybody in the film, both of us jumped up and screamed!
I was so thrilled that I made my whole ____9____ of popcorn go flying. “Is it OK if I hang out in your room ____10____ the film is over? Maybe you can just tell me what happened later.”
Chloe agreed with my ____11____. So everything worked out great—until it didn’t. Chloe might have fun being ____12____ during the film, but not so much fun later.
“Can we please turn the light ____13____?” Chloe said at bedtime, “I keep thinking there are ____14____ monsters under my bed. There’s no way I’m going to close my eyes tonight.”
I was very ____15____ that I just watched a couple of minutes of the film. Not only because it was not so much fun in the end, but also because I was brave to refuse what I really didn’t like.
1. A. proudly
B. seriously
C. nervously
D. excitedly
2. A. leave
B. sleep
C. study
D. stay
3. A. anyone
B. everyone
C. anything
D. nothing
4. A. break off
B. break in
C. break down
D. break out
5. A. read
B. review
C. watch
D. check
6. A. started
B. changed
C. showed
D. shared
7. A. joke
B. truth
C. result
D. story
8. A. pointing
B. shouting
C. laughing
D. looking
9. A. basket
B. bottle
C. spoon
D. bowl
10. A. since
B. while
C. until
D. as
11. A. advice
B. order
C. fear
D. praise
12. A. amazed
B. scared
C. surprised
D. locked
13. A. off
B. on
C. down
D. up
14. A. magical
B. beautiful
C. funny
D. terrible
15. A. glad
B. worried
C. angry
D. regretful

1~5 DBCAC 6~10 ABBDC 11~15 ABBDA
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了 Chloe 邀请作者来参加她的生日聚会，想让作者一起看恐怖电影，而作者看了几分钟感到害怕就没有继续下去，Chloe 看完电影后一直觉得床底下有可怕的怪兽，这时作者庆幸自己并没有看完电影。
1. D 根据“It's scary film time!”以及“Come on ... We'll be fine”可知，Chloe 很期待这部电影，应是兴奋地说，故选 D。
2. B 根据“Watching scary things right before bed, I can't ... the whole night”可推测，睡前看让人害怕的东西会让人整夜无法入睡，故选 B。
3. C 根据“We'll be fine”可知，Chloe 的哥哥说电影不恐怖，anything but scary 表示“一点也不恐怖”，故选 C。
4. A break off 折断，中断；break in 闯进；break down 坏掉；break out 爆发。根据“because of my endless scream”可知，因为无休止的尖叫，这个生日聚会将会被中断，故选 A。
5. C it 指代前文提到的“scary film”，所以此空应填 watch，表示观看恐怖电影，故选 C。
6. A 根据“For the first couple of minutes”可知，两人开始看电影，故选 A。
7. B 根据“But as soon as the monsters started ... both of us jumped up and screamed!”可知，刚开始是不吓人的，所以作者以为 Chloe 的哥哥说的是实话，故选 B。
8. B 根据“But as soon as the monsters started ... at everybody in the film, both of us jumped up and screamed!”可知，恐怖电影中的怪兽开始大喊大叫了，令人感到害怕，故选 B。
9. D 根据“We sat in the sofa with bowls of popcorn”可知，此处指整碗爆米花，故选 D。
10. C 根据“I was so thrilled”及“Is it OK if I hang out in your room ... the film is over?”可知，作者感到很害怕，所以想在 Chloe 房间里一直待到电影结束，故选 C。
11. A 根据“Is it OK if I hang out in your room ... the film is over?”可知，这是作者提出了建议，此处是 Chloe 表示同意，故选 A。
12. B 根据“both of us jumped up and screamed”可知，Chloe 也被吓到了，但她没有停止看电影，因此可推测她享受被惊吓的感觉，故选 B。
13. B 根据“There's no way I'm going to close my eyes tonight.”可推测，Chloe 很害怕，所以建议在睡觉的时候把灯开着，故选 B。
14. D 根据“There's no way I'm going to close my eyes tonight.”可知，Chloe 看完电影就觉得床底下有可怕的怪物，所以感到害怕，故选 D。
15. A 根据“I just watched a couple of minutes of the film”及 Chloe 看完电影的反应可知，作者很开心自己只是看了几分钟的电影，而没有看完，故选 A。