2019年广东省广州市中考英语试卷解析版一、语法选择（共1小题；每小题15分，共15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．1．（15分）ThefirstastronautsSincetheearliesttimes，peoplehavelookedupatthestars，themoonandtheplanets．Todaypeopleusemodernmachines（1）Batthesky．Thisisverydifferentfromthesituation（2）Dyearsagowhenpeoplecouldonlyusetheireyes．Perhapstheydreamedof（3）Dtheuniverse．Whendidhumansfirstgointo？spaceThestorybegannotsoverylong，ago（4）Cthefirstastronautswerenot﹣peopletheywereanimals．Scientistswantedtomaketravellingtospaceas（5）Aaspossibleforhumans．Sotheydecidedtoexperimentwithanimalsandtest（6）Binspaceflights．Insects，mice，frogs，dogsandmonkeysweresomeoftheanimals（7）Cfirstwentintospace．Manyofthem（8）B，buttheyhelpedtomakespacetravelsaferforhumans．Fortheirgreatservice，we（9）Aforgettheseanimals．AlbertⅡwasthefirstmonkeytogointospace．inSadly1949hedied（10）Chisspaceshiplandedbackon．Earth（11）DtheresultwasdifferentforHamthe．MonkeyHisstoryendedhappilywhenhereturntoearth（12）Cverygoodhealth．Scientistswantedtoknowtheanswertotheimportant：couldquestion（13）BanimallikeHamdothesamethingsinspaceashecoulddoonEarth？TheanswercamewhenHam（14）Dintospacein1961．Yes，hedideverythingwellandlivedfor（15）A16years．（1）A．lookB．tolookC．lookingD．looked（2）A．thousandB．thousandsC．thousandofD．thousandsof（3）A．exploreB．toexploreC．exploredD．exploring（4）A．asB．orC．butD．so（5）A．safeB．saferC．safestD．thesafest（6）A．theyB．themC．theirD．theirs（7）A．whomB．whatC．thatD．whose（8）A．dieB．diedC．havediedD．willdie（9）A．shouldn'tB．maynotC．don'thavetoD．needn't（10）A．ifB．becauseC．afterD．since（11）A．LuckB．LuckC．LuckD．Luckily（12）A．atB．onC．inD．for（13）A．aB．anC．theD．/（14）A．sendB．sentC．issentD．wassent（15）A．anotherB．otherC．othersD．theothers【分析】本文说的是第一批太空宇航员，即某些动物去太空旅行的故事．它们为人类的太空旅行做出了贡献．【解答】1．B．考查不定式．四个选项分别是look的动词原形、不定式、动名词和过去式（过去分词）形式．本句是usesthtodo，意思是sth"利用某事物做某事"，故选不定式作为目的状语．句意：今天，人们利用现代机器观察天空．故选B．2．D．考查与thousand有关的单词或短语．thousand千；thousands千；thousandof（错误形式）；thousand