中考真题2024年广东省完形填空-好奇心与创造力的重要性
Betty is a biologist. She studies brain diseases that come along with aging. Her ___1___ is not an easy one. She is trying to understand what goes wrong with the brain over time, and how people can age in a healthy way. It is very important, especially when people are living a ___2___life now.
Betty does not have a natural gift (天赋) for math. She never ___3___ that she could be a scientist one day when she was little. Now, she has got a doctor’s degree in biology and become a famous___4___ researcher. Betty has made it partly because she is curious about everything. This is a very ___5___ quality for a scientist. Another ___6___ is that she is a creative thinker. “After all, science is all about problem-solving,” Betty said.
Betty thinks the best part of her research is trying out an idea to see if it will work. Her heart is filled with joy when her idea is proved right and___7___by other scientists. But when things don’t go___8___ as she plans, she feels no disappointment. She says mistakes may ___9___ a new idea.
Few are born to be ___10___. According to Betty, curiosity and creativity play the biggest role.
1.1.
A job
B book
C excuse
D exam
解析：选A。根据“She studies brain diseases that come along with aging”可知，Betty研究的是伴随衰老而来的脑病，这属于她的工作，所以选项A符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：A. job。
2.2.
A slower
B longer
C quieter
D simpler
解析：选B。根据“people can age in a healthy way”可知，人们可以健康地老去，说明人们的寿命变得更长了，所以选项B符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：B. longer。
3.3.
A argued
B reported
C thought
D understood
解析：选C。根据“Betty does not have a natural gift for math”可知，Betty没有数学天赋，所以她小时候从未认为自己会成为科学家，因此选项C符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：C. thought。
4.4.
A social
B medical
C educational
D environmental
解析：选B。根据“Betty is a biologist”可知，Betty是生物学家，所以她会研究医学方面的内容，因此选项B符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：B. medical。
5.5.
A poor
B strange
C similar
D important
解析：选D。根据“Betty has made it partly because she is curious about everything”可知，Betty对一切事物都感到好奇，这是她取得成就的原因之一，说明好奇心对于科学家来说是非常重要的品质，因此选项D符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：D. important。
6.6.
A reason
B example
C purpose
D decision
解析：选A。根据“Betty has made it partly because she is curious about everything”和“she is a creative thinker”可知，这两句话都是介绍Betty的特质，且都是关于她为什么能取得成就的原因，所以“她是一个有创造力的思考者”是另一个原因，因此选项A符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：A. reason。
7.7.
A changed
B accepted
C described
D questioned
解析：选B。根据“Her heart is filled with joy”可知，她的内心充满喜悦，说明她的想法被其他科学家接受了，因此选项B符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：B. accepted。
8.8.
A safely
B crazily
C blindly
D smoothly
解析：选D。根据“she feels no disappointment”可知，她没有感到失望，说明事情没有像她计划的那样顺利进行，因此选项D符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：D. smoothly。
9.9.
A mix with
B turn down
C lead to
D break down
解析：选C。根据“She says mistakes may _____ a new idea”可知，此处想表达的是错误可能会产生新的想法，所以选项C符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：C. lead to。
10.10.
A dentist
B lawyer
C coach
D scientist
解析：选D。根据“According to Betty, curiosity and creativity play the biggest role”可知，Betty认为好奇心和创造力起着最重要的作用，结合前文可知，Betty是一个科学家，她强调了好奇心和创造力的重要性，所以此处想表达的是很少有人生来就是科学家，因此选项D符合题意。其他选项的意思都不符合语境，均可排除。因此，此空应选择：D. scientist。