【题文】It was a summer day. An old man was taking a walk down a hill cheerfully. He wiped the sweat（擦汗）from his face and started ______ a song.

Suddenly, he heard a voice. “Hello, sir.” The old man turned around, ______ he saw no one. “I’m here,” the voice came from beside his feet. The old man looked down and saw a beautiful flower.

“Sir, would you mind answering a question?”, ______ the flower. “Certainly not, my child. What do you want to know?” said the old man. The flower hesitated（犹豫）for a second and said, “Why are you so ______? You are not young and maybe you don’t have ______days left.” The flower went on, “My days ______ and I’m going to wither （枯萎）. That makes me so sad.”

The old man laughed, “Yes, I don’t have many days left. But so what? ______ waste such a lovely day on something that hasn’t happened?” The flower didn’t ______ understand. The old man continued, “What’s gone is gone. What’s to come is to come. You can’t change it. But you can decide to enjoy this very ______ that you truly have.”

And he didn’t ______ the flower to respond （回应）. He just walked away, continuing with the happy song he had been singing.

【小题1】

A．playing

B．singing

C．writing

【小题2】

A．but

B．so

C．or

【小题3】

A．repeated

B．replied

C．asked

【小题4】

A．worried

B．happy

C．tired

【小题5】

A．some

B．many

C．much

【小题6】

A．have returned

B．have stood

C．have passed

【小题7】

A．Where

B．What

C．Why

【小题8】

A．quite

B．quietly

C．seldom

【小题9】

A．word

B．moment

C．voice

【小题10】

A．wait for

B．put away

C．drop by

云南省昆明市2021年中考英语试题