2023年湖南省永州市中考英语真题及答案解析

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并填涂在答题卡上。 From Player to Artist My name is Micah Johnson. For 24 years, I played baseball every day. I reached the highest level of the ____[26]____, playing for major-league teams. Once I got there, I would think, “Okay, I did it.” I don’t care if it takes 100 years: If it’s something that somebody says I can’t do, I’m going to ____[27]____ everything I can to do it. And when I do it, I think, “Okay, what’s the next thing I’m going to do?” I started painting in 2016, when I was with the Los Angeles Dodgers. When I came home from a game and I was not just going to bed. That’s when I would ____[28]____. I was just so crazy about painting. In 2018, my time was done in Major League Baseball. I’d fallen in love with art and creativity. I started painting young black kids as ____[29]____ after I heard a young black kid ask if astronauts could be black. I knew painting these pictures was something special. I wanted to reach more persons with my message. So I ____[30]____ a 3D character named Aku. He’s a black kid who’s brave and confident. He ____[31]____ an oversize space helmet（头盔）. This way, it allows him to travel through the Internet. Last year, Aku was on the cover of TIME. Later, I made him into an NFT. NFTs are artworks that are bought and sold online. It means that people can buy and own them. With NFTs, you can search for something on the Internet freely. I found my passion（酷爱）, so I traded my baseball bat for a ____[32]____. Kids can find a path that’s ____[33]____ to them by showing up every day, and just going deeper into the things they care about. In 2021, an NFT of Aku traveled around Earth on board the International Space Station. That’s something you can’t even ____[34]____! If you keep working toward something that you’re passionate about, ____[35]____ that you can’t even imagine are going to present themselves. 26 A. music B. drawing C. sport 27. A. think B. try C. believe 28. A. paint B. play C. relax 29. A. actors B. astronauts C. artists 30 A. watched B. imagined C. created 31. A. wears B. buys C. borrows 32. A. basketball B. paintbrush C. football 33. A. meaningful B. painful C. hard 34. A. work on B. take out C. dream of 35. A. chances B. difficulties C. hobbies 第二节 语法填空 阅读下面的材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（限1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式, 使句子通顺完整。 36. At _________ beginning, many people in Europe refused to eat tomatoes because they thought the fruit was dangerous. 37. The People’s Republic of China was set up _________ 1st October 1949. People have celebrated the National Day since then. 38. I’ve decided _________（stay）away from fried food and soft drinks since I had my medical exam. 39. Last week my sister _________ (fail) her cooking exam because she burnt something. 40. Deng Yaping is my hero because she’s one of the best table tennis _________ (player) in the world, and I love playing table tennis. 41. A journey of a thousand li ________（begin）with a single step. 42. China plans to pay more attention to scientific ________（educate）in its primary and middle schools. 43. Three Chinese astronauts on board the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship returned to Earth _________（safe）on June 4, 2023, completing their six-month space station task. 44. My parents and I _________（visit）Yangmingshan Mountain this winter. 45. Study hard ________ you will succeed in the end.