2020年南京市鼓楼区中考英语一模卷含答案(word版)

1、南京市鼓楼区九年级（下）期中试卷 英 语2020.04注意事项：1 .本试卷共10页。全卷满分为90分。考试时间90分钟。试题包含选择题和非选择题。考生答题全部在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。2 .请认真核对监考教师在答题卡上所粘贴条形码的姓名、考试证号是否与本人相符合，再将自己的姓名、考试证号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡及本试卷上。3 .答选择题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，请用橡皮擦干 净 后，再选涂其它答案。答非选择题必须用 0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡的指定位置，在其它位置答题一律无效。选择题（共40分）一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分1

2、5分）请认真阅读下列各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。1. It s so amazing that baby pandas weigh only about 140 grams birth.Wow, it's hard to believe that.A. onB. inC. atD. with2. Dad, would you please walk a little more?Sorry. I thought you could follow me.A. closelyB. quicklyC. quietlyD. slowly3.

3、 I found a ring of keys on the playground just now. Could you please tell me they are?A. whatB. whichC. whoD. whose4. great fun it is to be with her!That's true. She is a friendly person with a great sense of humour.A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a5. Why did your family buy a second-hand car?We co

4、uldn't afford a new one, but even an old one is better than.A. noB. noneC. eitherD. neither6. There will be no winner in the trade war between China and the US. I agree. Ifwe caHt avoid it, the situation will get as time goes on.A. badB. badlyC. worseD. worst7. I didn't have the to go out al

5、one at night when I was a little child.So did I. But now I'm brave enough.A. courageB. powerC. abilityD. chance8. Mike used to be a top student, but he has fallen behind he lost himself in playingcomputer games.A. afterB. sinceC. whenD. until9. My cousin in an American high school as an exchange

6、 student for two months last year.A. studiedB. has studied C. studiesD. was studying10. Are you going to Hainan after the examination? I'm not sure. Itmy parents time.A. tries onB.turns onC.carries on D. depends on11. My father works in Pukou. He spends much time driving home every day. Don'

7、t worry about that. It"ll be easierwhen the Yangtze River Bridge.A. repairsB.will repair C. is repaired D. will be repaired12. The suit isinexpensivebut well-made. In the word inexpensive the in- means.A. veryB. moreC. notD. less13. With the wide use of e-business, the way of shopping we were u

8、sed to a lot.A. changeB. changingC. changedD. has changed14. Our school drama competition is coming next month. I will try out for it this time.A. I hope soB. Sounds great C. It's a pleasure D. Cheer up15. It's raining hard. Would you please lend me your umbrella?. I ve lent it to Peter.A. I

9、'm afraid I can't B. I can't agree more C. I dorit think so D. I haven't decided yet二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题 所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In all the world s cultures, people sing, play instruments, and celebrate with music. It plays such an important role in ou

10、r lives that people devote much time to its study. Experts （专家）are finding that because of the 16 our brains deal with music, learning to play an instrument or just listening to music can have a large number of benefTs击处）.Music education has 17 a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can

11、help children improve Maths, science, and language 18 . One study in Canada followed childrens IQ scores for nine months, 19 that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes 仔符）uses several parts of the 20 , raisin

12、g our ability to learn school subjects.Music is also used for 21 purposes, such as the treatment of diseases which influence memory. The secret lies in the way the brain deals with music. That s 22 an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago. For patients suffering from diseases

13、like Alzheifserstening to music can help wake up hidden memories by building up musical pathways to memories.Studies of the music and brain connection often centre on classical music, 23 it activates （激 活）both the left and right sides of our brains. One study observed 观察）people s brain activity as t

14、hey listened to music by 24 William Boyce. It found that the brain activity was highest during the short breaks （中断）between the movements of a piece. During each break, the persois brain expected what would come next, while organizing what he or she had just 25_ This process （进程）is similar to the wa

15、y our brain organizes information. It may explain why classical music can help improve memory.16. A. wayB. resultC. styleD. step17. A. keptB. givenC. receivedD. collected18. A. marksB. skillsC. pointsD. talents19. A. believingB. consideringC. explainingD. discovering20. A. bodyB. brainC.headD. heart

16、21. A. medicalB. musicalC. personalD. practical22. A. howB. whenC. whyD. what23. A. ifB. sinceC. thoughD. unless24. A. writerB. doctorC. teacherD. composer25. A. heardB. sungC. saidD.done三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下列材料，从材料后各题 所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The LANLEY SCHOOLof EnglishDo you ne

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19、3 1566enquireslsofe.co.uk26. How often can you take the writing course every week?A. Only once. B. Twice.C. Five times. D. Every day.27. How much will you pay if you take the reading and listening courses?A. £90.00.B. £ 125.00.C. £155.00.D. £ 185.00.28. If you are free on Sunday

20、morning, which course can you take?A. Speaking.B. Reading.C. Writing.D. Listening.BThese cute seabirds have wings, but they cannot fly. They wear a black or blue-grey overcoat, and they have a white belly, a pair of short legs, and two wings that serve as flippers （脚跟）.There are 18 types of them. We

21、 must look at their heads and necks to tell one type from another. Some have a pair of long, yellow eyebrows, some have a rock star hairstyle, some have lemon-yellow and orange markings on their cheeks （佥颊），and some just have no special markings at all. When these seabirds walk on land, they look cl

22、umsy. Yet, when they dive into the water, they become excellent swimmers! Most of them live in places covered by snow and ice year-round in the Southern Hemisphere, but some are found in warmer areas near the equator. What are they? These cute seabirds are penguins!King penguins and emperor penguins

23、 are the two largest types of penguins. King penguins can reach a height of 38 inches, and emperor penguins can be 48 inches tall. The smallest penguin is the little blue penguin from Australia and New Zealand when it stands straight, it is just about 16 inches tall. Big penguins have some advantage

24、s over their smaller relatives big penguins can stay warm easier so they can live in a colder climate; big penguins can dive deeper and stay underwater longer so they can catch food far below the water surface.29. How can we tell one type of penguin from another?A. By looking at their legs and wings

25、. B. By looking at their heads and necks.C. By looking at their flippers and cheeks. D. By looking at their eyebrows and hairstyles. 30. Which of the following sentences about penguins is TRUE?A. There are sixteen types of penguins. B. Yellow penguins are the smallest penguins.C. They can only be fo

26、und in cold places. D. They look clumsy but they are good swimmers. 31. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A. It tells us the height of two types of penguins.B. It tells us the size and advantages of big penguins.C. It tells us the living areas of the smallest penguins.D. It tells us the livi

27、ng conditions of two types of penguins.CAt first glance, there is little in Horton to attract people. The other nearby towns have much more to offer: Bradfield has its river and historic buildings, while Newtown has shops and entertainment. The buildings of Horton look dirty and unloved. For shops,

28、there is a small supermarket, a few bargain shops, a bakery （面包店）which, strangely, does not sell bread and a flower shop which has one stand of sad-looking flowers. Even so, Horton has several advantages over its neighbouring towns.Firstly, it has a country park. Four thousand years ago, this was an

29、 important fori:51 塞）.There are no historic remains here now, but there are wonderful views over the countryside. On sunny weekends you can often see kids out with their parents, kicking balls or flying kites.There aren't many job opportunities in Horton, and the roads to nearby cities areri t r

30、eally fast, but there are excellent rail links. You can be in London in an hour and a half, and other cities are less than an hour away. That means parents can work in other cities and still get home in time to英语试卷第5页（共10页）spend the evenings with their families. Houses in Horton aren t pretty, but t

31、hey re functional and cheap. The streets are quiet and safe, and there are plenty of parks and playgrounds. It has a library, three primary schools and a secondary school, St. Marsk. Its not as excellent as other schools in the area, but it is friendly and offers a wide range of subjects and activit

32、ies to children. The town also has a swimming and a sports centre, and the community halls hold regular clubs and events for people of all ages.32. What part of Horton isn t the writer satisfied with?A. The shops. B. The country park. C. Transport links. D. The schools. 33. What advantages does Hort

33、on bring to workers?A. Plenty of jobs are easily found in the town.B. You can get to several cities quickly by train.C. You can drive to nearby cities in a short time.D. Working conditions are better here than in other towns. 34. What type of people is Horton most suitable for?A. People who have wel

34、l-paid jobs. B. People who have low-paid jobs.C. Families which have elderly people. D. Students who love sport and history. 35. Which of the following sentences described Horton best?A. A quiet, country town which has a number of good places to relax.B. A dirty, unpopular town which has little to o

35、ffer visitors or local people.C. A busy, industrial town which has good connections to neighbouring cities.D. A friendly, historic town which is a great place to live, work and take a holiday.DToday I am going along with Rowan Dougall, a postman in Queenslandin the far north of Australia, on his dai

36、ly delivery （ 投递 ） trip. Every day, Rowan sets off with his post bags in the tail of his little plane not much bigger than a large family car, and flies across one of the wildest places on Earth, Australia s Cape North, to reach the very faraway inland areas called the Outback.We fly just 300 metres

37、 above dangerous crocodiles （鳄鱼 ） and snakes. This is one of the longest and most expensive postman trips in the world. However, a 50-cent stamp not only gets a letter posted to a neighbouring town, it will get it hand-delivered by flying postman to the furthest areas of the Outback. To help with th

38、e costs, the plane takes three or four paying local people or tourists, and I am one of them. In the back of the plane, there is a pile of po stenvelopes of all sizes, newspapers,and a few parcels （包裹 ）. Somehow I expected this post to look special, maybe to include some hats or cowboy boots, but th

39、is looks no more exciting than the post delivered to me in England. I look at some of the names and addresses, wondering about the people who are waiting for these letters and parcels.Rowan s route is 2,000 km long, with 15 stops, and I get a chance to meet Sandy, who has just received an order of c

40、lothes from a store“.I look forward to this weekly delivery, sh”e says,“but I do miss actually going shopping myself. R” owan is checking the time. There are another ten stops to make before dusk 黄昏（ ）. Time to leap back on the plane and up into the air.36. What does the writer say about the cost of

41、 delivering to Cape North?A. The sender pays more than the usual mail cost.B. People in the Outback pay 50 cents for a delivery.C. It may be possible to find a less expensive delivery.D. The money passengers pay help to cover some of the cost.37. What surprises the writer about the items of post on

42、the plane?A. The items seem to be in a mess.B. Some of the items are very unusual.C. The items are similar to his own post.D. He can't see clear names on the items.38. When talking about the plane post service, Sandy says that .A. she would like the service to be more oftenB. the mail plane does

43、 not stop long enough thereC. she would like to be able to do her own shoppingD. there are many items that cannot be delivered to her39. What is the writer's main purpose in writing the text?A. To describe postal delivery services in the Outback.B. To show the wild beauty of the Australian Outba

44、ck.C. To warn about the dangers to postmen in the Outback.D. To get more support for postal services in the Outback.40. What might the writer say to a friend when he gets back to England?A. The post plane is too small for the post that has to be delivered.B. Only tourists are allowed to go as passen

45、gers on the post plane.C. The postman has to fly the plane himself and deliver everything by hand.D. The delivery could be faster if the postman spent less time talking to local people.非选择题（共50分）四、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A）请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为4145的相应横线上。41. As a （爱好）and a way of exer

46、cising, more and more young people enjoy cycling at weekends in China.42. W川 you please come for dinner this Friday, Billy?-Thanks a lot. But every day is OK A（除以外）Friday.43. （最后），I'd like to thank all those people who helped make the fashion show such agreat success.44. The photo show will help

47、 foreigners have a better understanding of traditional Chinese culture and its （现代的）development.45. The young man （选择）to start his career in his own village after he graduated from the university.B）请根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空， 并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 46 50的相应横线上。46. Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the t

48、wins are?They are talking to a friend of (they) in the meeting room.47. Because of the dirty air, doctors advised people to avoid outdoor (activity) and shut doors and windows for protection.48. You look tired, Betty. What's wrong?I didn't sleep well and stayed (wake) until the early morning

49、.49. Many foreigners like Chinese food, but they don't know some dishes take hours or even days _ (prepare).50. Hello. This is Sunshine Police Station. Can I help you?A car crashed into a tree and the driver was badly hurt. A doctor (want) here.C)请根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号

50、为51 55的相应横线上。popular difficulties empty everyday lives steal moneyOliver Twist is one of the most famous stories by Charles Dickens. Set in the nineteenth century, it is about a boy called Oliver who finds himself alone in the world. He lives in a special house for poor people and always has an 51 s

51、tomach. One day, he asks for more food and gets into trouble!Later, Oliver runs away to London. There, he meets some boys who 52 and other things. They teach Oliver to steal too. Oliver does not want to becausehe is a good child. After many53 , Oliver is taken home by a kind old man. In the end, Oli

52、ver discovers that the kind old man is a relative, and he goes to live with him in the city.There are many reasons whyOliver Twist is such a 54 story. There is a lot of action in the book, and it is also very humorous. The writer was also very good at writing about the55 of poor children in London i

53、n the nineteenth centuryhis book made people care more about the problems of poor children.五、阅读填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)A)请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中第56-65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个平皿。请将答案填写在答题卡标号为 56-65的相应横线上David Adler is a dreamer. He always has been. As a boy, he often created stories to make his bro

54、thers and sisters happy. His parents owned a house with three floors. They used it to keep unwanted things on the third floor. David loved to crawl (爬)around up there, looking through all the things. It gave him ideas for even more stories to tell!David, the dreamer, grew up and became a teacher. He

55、 dictnstop dreaming, though. One day his three-year-old nephew visited him. He asked David a英语试卷第7页（共10页）question. That question was followed by another question. And another. And another. The boy s questions just kept coming! After he left, David s head was filled with all the questions his nephew

56、had asked. David Adler wrote a story using all those thoughts. He sent it off to a publisher to see if they liked it. They did! His first story was going to become a book! It was calledA Little At A TimeNot a lot changed after David Adler wrote his first book. The only thing that changed was he star

57、ted doing more writing. David decided to take a break from teaching when his first son was born. His wife had a good job and wanted to go back to work. David had to stay at home to care for his son. One day, David took notes of all the things that he needed each time he took the baby outside. That t

58、hought inspired （激发）him to write a mystery book. It would be the first of many books centred on a character named Cam Jansen, a girl with an amazing memory. The books were a big success. Then he gave up teaching and became a full-time writer.David Adler has dreamed up a lot of different stories. He still spends a lot of time dreaming. It is how he comes up with ideas for his books. He saysDon't Think. Just Write! He does his best work