2013年山东省菏泽市中考英语试题及答案文本版(3)

Several days later, I asked my friends to come to the supermarket where l worked
   20  let Mum meet them. Mum was very    21    to find out that the twin brothers were joined at the chest（胸部）.She felt very strange because I didn't tell her about that before.
    When Mum asked me about this, I said, “I know that too. But do you know that their mom has to make all clothes because it's    22    difficult to find anything to fit them? They're also good    23    .That day, Joe, the one on the right, made me noodles for lunch."
    When Mum saw the twins, she must have thought how strange they    24    .But to me, what I cared about was that they had difficulty——25    clothes and they were good cooks.
16. A. supermarket   B. post office    C. factory       D. bank
17. A. find         B. make           C. manage        D. eat
18. A. at           B. for            C. after         D. before
19. A. men           B. women           C. boys          D. people
20. A. and           B. but             C. or            D. so
21. A.surprised     B. excited         C. interested    D. disappointed
22. A. so            B. very            C. too           D. really
23. A. friends       B. singers         C. workers       D. cooks
24. A. smelled       B, looked          C. felt          D. sounded
25. A. selling       B. making          C. wearing       D. buying
二、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答
题卡上将该项涂黑.
                                                     A[来源:学科网]
    A 7-magnitude（震级）earthquake hit Ya'an, Sichuan at 8:02 on April 20, 2013, and it killed at least 196 people and injured more than 11,000.
    Together with other students, Yang Xuelan ran out to the playground. She was safe. But all her textbooks and exercise books were buried（埋）in the teaching building.
What can we do when an earthquake happens? In fact, there's little we can do to stop natural disasters (自然灾害) such as earthquakes happening. But, some methods can reduce the harm they cause.  

    ◆ Drop down onto your hands and knees. This way can protect you from falling.
    ◆ Cover your head under a strong table or desk. You can also stay along a wall, and cover your head with your arms and hands.