2023年苏州中考英语一模模拟卷（05）含答案

第一部分 完形填空（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Family sizes are shrinking（缩水）around the world. In many countries, families are having fewer than two children. Smaller families mean many children now grow up with   1   cousins. This is hard for me to   2  , as I come from a large family with 23 first cousins and 25 on the other.

Of course, almost all of those cousins have   3   and had children and now their children are having children. With families growing so large and   4   so far, get-togethers have nearly become a thing of the past.

One of the last gatherings was at the home of a cousin   5   lives in the countryside. A tent was set up with tables full of fried chicken and chocolate cakes. A fishing hole waited nearby for the kids. There was talking, laughing, joking and food.

Although some of us had not seen one another   6   so-and-so's wedding or somebody's father's funeral（葬礼）, most people were still   7   to know. The cousin   8   blue eyes who raced her horses as a teenager still had bright blue eyes. We share the same gene pool（基因库）of people who work hard and laugh often.

It was very dark when everyone   9   to leave. As we gathered our things, said our   10   and prepared to leave, a cousin called to me saying, ''Don't forget where you come from."

（　　）1. A. fewer          B. less           C. larger         D. smaller

（　　）2. A. discuss         B. imagine        C. control       D. expect

（　　）3. A. worried        B. satisfied        C. married       D. produced

（　　）4. A. arriving        B. sending        C. sharing       D. spreading

（　　）5. A. which         B. who           C. whose        D. where

（　　）6. A. until          B. when          C. unless        D. since

（　　）7. A. easy          B. hard           C. serious       D. smart

（　　）8. A. in             B. have         C. with          D. of