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广东省广州市2019届中考英语模拟试卷(十四)

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    Paul and Jason were brothers who lived and worked on neighbouring farms. For 35 years they farmed side by side, sharing machinery and goods as needed, without a single problem.

    However, one autumn, things changed. It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse, which grew into a major difference. The difference led to angry words, followed by weeks of silence between the two brothers.

    One morning there was a knock on Paul's door. He opened it and saw a builder holding his toolbox." I'm looking for a few days' work," the builder said." Are there any jobs here I could help with?"

   "Yes," answered Paul, extremely pleased to see the builder." I do have a job for you. Look at that farm across the creek(小溪). That's my brother's farm. That creek used to be a grass field, but last week my brother dug a path from the river and made the creek. But I'll go him one better. See that pile of wood? I want you to build me a fence, two metres tall, so 1 won't need to see him anymore."

    The builder said thoughtfully." I think I understand the situation and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."

    Paul had business in town that day and left the builder to his work. When he returned, the builder had just finished his job. Paul was shocked. Instead of a fence there was a bridge, stretching from one side of the creek to the other.

    As Paul stood on the bridge, staring in amazement, his younger brother Jason, came across, and took Paul's hand." You are a good man to have built this bridge after all I've done," said Jason.

    Then, Paul, with tears in his eyes, said to the builder who was packing his bag to go," Thank you so much. Please stay. I have much more for you to do."

   "I'd love to." the builder said quietly," but, I have many more bridges to build."

(1)、What was the cause of the disagreement between the two brothers?
A、The digging of the creek.    B、A problem about a farm animal.   C、Who owned the field between the farms. D、Who would pay for building the fence.
(2)、The underlined expression "go him one better" in paragraph 4 means      .
A、do something even worse B、improve the situation C、point out his mistake D、help him out
(3)、What do we know about the brothers?
A、They had been fighting for many years. B、Their farms were not very successful. C、They finally realized their mistakes. D、They liked building bridges.
(4)、Why did the builder build the bridge?
A、He needed a way to get across the river. B、There was not enough wood for the fence. C、He misunderstood Paul's instructions. D、He wanted to bring the brothers together.
(5)、In what order did the following take place in the story?

a. The brothers stood on the bridge.

b. Jason dug the creek.

c. The brothers became angry with each other,

d. The builder asked for work.

e. Paul went into town.

A、b,c,e,d,a B、c,b,d,e,a C、b,e,c,a,d D、c,d,b,a,e
举一反三
阅读短文,从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

    Being able to go to a perfect university is what every high school student dreams of. However, for Jin Chengkuang, a high school senior at Shenzhen Experimental Chenghan School, his long-standing dream has been to be a film director. He has received offers from four top art schools in the United States, which means he is already on the way of making his filming dream come true.

    Although Jin is only 18 years old, he has had some experience of filming. During his three years in high school, Jin produced four more short films besides Choose and Out of Control, which were more successful.

    According to Jin, he shot Choose with an Argentinian student when he was at a summer school programme in New York. It was a short film about freedom. The film was produced in a classroom with only a fish tank as the main prop (道具). To express the opposite of freedom, the tank was empty in the beginning, but suddenly, a fish appeared and swam freely in the tank. In the end, the fish disappeared, leaving us an open ending. It took Jin and his partner one month to finish the six-minute short film.

    As a beginner, Jin has been quite lucky so far. Last winter, he got a chance to join the well-known film director Chen Kaige when they travelled to Northern China to film I Legend of the Demon Cat.

    Jin said, "A great firm takes everyone's efforts. Although the conditions were pretty poor, it was all worth it because I learned a lot."

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