2023年广东省广州市天河区中考一模英语试题（含答案解析）.pdf

2023年广东省广州市天河区中考一模英语试题 :___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ 学校 姓名： 班级： 考号： 一、语法选择 What did people do to communicate in ancient times? Here are some very interesting answers 1 thisquestion. Alphorns(阿尔卑斯长号角)wereonce 2 usedtocommunicatein themountains in Switzerland.They are very long and they are very heavy, 3 . So, alphorns are hard toblow.Thenwhy use 4 ?Well,they make aloud soundwhich travels 5 than thehuman voice.Herdsmen(牧民)usedthem tocall cowsin thedistance.At sunset,they sent amessage down tovillagerswith alphorns 6 everyonewouldknow that allwaswell. Thesedays,you can still seepeople 7 them asmusicalinstruments. The people of La Gomera, 8 island in Europe, have their own special way of sending messages from mountain to mountain. They often 9 a whistled( 口哨的) language called El silbo, which comes from their language Spanish. Whistling 10 within five kilometers, which means it can travel across much greater distances.El silbo can carry 11 kinds of messages, including greetings and announcements. El silbo is used a lot less than it used to be, but primary school students in La Gomera 12 learn it asit’srequired.They learn 13 andevenwhistle in class. Do you know 14 also possible to send messages without making a noise? This is called visual communication, and it includes the use of flags and even smoke. Long ago, soldiers along the Great Wall of China used smoke as a warning. If they noticed the enemy from their signal(信号) tower, they lit a smoky fire. When soldiers in 15 towers saw the smoke signal, they lit fires as well. In this way, messages about the enemy’s arrivalcouldtravel asfar as 800km injust severalhours. ． ． ． ．