2023年中考英语阅读竞赛试卷

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Ｄ.ｔheywantthｅmtoｓleepｏnｔheｗayhｏmeﻫ（)3４.Whichisriｇhtaccｏrdingｔothepasｓage?ﻫＡ.Peｏplebｕｙanｉmaｌｆoｏｄforｔheiｒｐetsonｌｙａttheanｉｍａlｆoodｓｔoｒes．

Ｂ.Peｔseａｔbetteｒthanpeoｐle.ﻫＣ．Almosｔeveｒyfａｍilyhａsabirdcageａthiｓhouse.ﻫD.Aｎybirdsｃancoｍetothｅbｉｒdfｅedeｒsｔoeａt.

(）35.Tｈepａｓsａgｅmainlytalｋｓａbout＿_____＿___.ﻫA.hoｗtokeeｐｄiseasefrompets

B．pｅtｓiｎCanａda

Ｃ．ｈowｔoｔａkegoodｃarｅofpets

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()３6.Theｂｅｓttｉtleｆoｒtｈisｐasｓaｇeis＿__＿______＿__＿.

A.TｈeRiｇhttｏLiｖe

B．TｈeＲigｈttｏDie

Ｃ.TheＤｏctor’ｓDuty

D.LifｅIsBetterthanDeath

()３7．Pｅopleｃanlivｅlｏngerthanintｈｅpaｓt．Ｉt’sbecause_＿__＿＿_______.ﻫＡ.medｉcａltecｈnologydｅvｅlops

B.ｗｅｈavｅbighｏｓpiｔaｌs

C.therearemanｙgoodｄocｔｏｒs

D.bothBａｎdCﻫ()38．Accoｒdｉngtosomepeoｐlewｈetｈeradｙｉngpatiｅnthastherｉghｔtodieisupto__＿_＿___＿.ﻫA.thedｏcｔors

B．thesuｒrounｄings

Ｃ.hｉsoｒhisfaｍiｌy

D.ｔhepatｉenｔhｉmseｌｆｏrherselｆ

（)39.Iｎthewriteｒ’sopｉnioｎ，_______＿＿__.

A．dｅａｔhisｂetteｒthanliｆe

Ｂ．lifeisbeｔteｒｔhaｎdeａtｈ

C．neiｔｈerliｆeｎoｒdｅａｔｈisgooｄ

D.noｎeofthｅａboｖe

()4０.Ｗhydosoｍepatieｎｔswaｎｔtodｉｅ?

Ｂeｃausｅ_＿＿____＿_＿___．

Ａ.tｈedoctorｓarenotgｏod

Ｂ.thecoｎdｉtionsａrebad

C.ｌifeｉｓtｏohａrｄ

Ｄ.theyａreseriouslyｉｌl

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