山东省淄博市临淄区2018 届中考英语第一次模拟考试试题注意事项：1. 本试题分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。第Ⅰ卷为选择题,42 分；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题,58 分, 满分 100分2. 考生将第Ⅰ卷各小题的答案标号填入答题表内。第Ⅰ卷（选择题共 42 分）一、完型填空（共10 小题，计 10 分）阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。As a young man, Al was a famous artist with his wife and two fine sons. One night, his elder son had a ba d stomachache. Thinking it was only some 1 trouble, neither Al and his wife took the condition very seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the child could have been 2 if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty (负罪感 ). To make matters worse, his wife 3 him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and 4 of the two situations were more than Al could stand, and he was used to drinking alcohol ( 酒精 ) for 5 . In time Al became an alcoholic. Drinking too much alcohol, Al began to lose 6 he owned---his land, house, money, etc. Finally Al died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Al ’s 7 , I thought, “What a wasted life! What a complete failure!”As time went by, I knew Al ’ s now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the 8 , most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I saw the 9 between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. I hadn ’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day, I tried to ask him what his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, “ As a 10 until I left home at eighteen, my father came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘Love you, son.’”1....
