河源市重点中学2023学年中考英语押题试卷含答案解析

1、2023学年中考英语模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 单项选择1、Never _ till tomorrow what may be done today. In this way, you can get most and learn best.Aput onBput downCput off2、Green Book is on now.

2、 Would you like to go to the cinema with me?No. thanks. Iit twice.AseeBsawChave seenDwill see3、By the time I got up, my mother _the breakfast well.Ahas cooked Bcooked Chave cooked Dhad cooked4、You should not eat too much French fries, though they may _ good.AfeelBtasteCsoundDfall5、 Is that Bills vol

3、leyball? Yes. Bill likes playing volleyball. volleyball is his.Aa; /Bthe; /Cthe; TheD/; The6、-What _fine weather it is! -Yes. Why not play_ guitar in the garden?Aa; theBan; aC; theD; an7、Was his father very strict with him when he was at school? Yes. He never praised him _ he became one of the top s

4、tudents in his grade.Aafter Bunless Cif Dwhen8、We all think that no one can replace Tom who specializes in operating the computer in our company.Atake placeBinsteadCtake the place ofDinstead of9、Excuse me! Do you know ?Its two kilometers away from here.Awhere is the supermarketBwhen does the superma

5、rket openCwhere the supermarket isDwhen the supermarket opens10、He didnt wake up he heard the noise.AuntilBwhileCifDbecause. 完形填空11、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。Every time I lost a tooth I would put it under my pillow at night. The next morning when

6、 I woke up, I would find two coins replacing my 1 Then Id wonder about the tooth fairy(牙齿精灵) all day.“Mom, where do you think the tooth fairy lives? What does she do with the teeth she 2 ?”My mom said she didnt know. She only knew that the tooth fairy took the tooth away while we were 3 and left som

7、e money under our pillow. 4 I wanted to find out.So I think it was a 5 thing when I lost another tooth. The plan was to stay up all night and ask the tooth fairy when she showed up.That night I lay 6 in my bed, feeling sleepy as the night went on. Moments later, I felt that 7 was close to me. Throug

8、h my half-opened 8 , I didnt see her face, but I knew it was the tooth fairy. I watched her run out of my room.After she left, I immediately felt my pillow. There were two coins under it. I hadnt 9 felt my pillow move.As I got older, I learned from my teacher that there was no tooth fairy in the wor

9、ld. Then one night my mom came into my room to see me. The moonlight was bright that night and it shone 10 my window right on her face. Right then I knew the tooth fairy was exactly my mom.1Apillow Btooth Cmoney Dbook2Asteals Bcollects Cbuys Dmakes3Aworking Bplaying Csleeping Dtalking4AOr BAnd CBut

10、DSo5Agood Bbad Cterrible Dreal6Aquietly Bnoisily Chappily Dcarefully7Aany one Bsomeone Cevery one Dno one8Aears Beyes Cmouth Dnose9Aalready Bjust Ceven Dever10Aacross Bby Calong Dthroug. 语法填空12、根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填入一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。每空一词，含缩略词。Warm weather and sunny days mean its a barbecue( 烧烤 ) season i

11、n the US.These days, 1 people say theyre going to a barbecue,they usually 2 that theyre going to cook the food over a grill( 烤架 )out doors.Popular barbecue foods include hamburgers, hot dogs, and vegetables.Barbecue fans say that this is not real barbecue;its just grilling.True barbecue,which is als

12、o 3 BBQ,is an American tradition (传统)that is as old as the country itself.Barbecue refers to meat that is cooked for a very long time(sometimes as long as 24 hours) over low heat from a wood fire.The smell of the burning wood adds flavor （味道） 4 the meat,which becomes soft as it cooks.Different parts

13、 of the US have different 5 of making barbecue. In Texas, people often use beef. In North and South Carolina, pork is the most common. In Kansas City, pork ribs ( 猪肋排 ) are the favorite. Each region( 地区 ) says that its own barbecue is the 6. There are barbecue competitions every year, and even magaz

14、ines about the art of making great barbecue.Most Americans dont have the time or patience to dig a hole, fill it with special wood, light a fire and 7 cook meat carefully over it all day and night. So when they want a real barbecue, they go to restaurants that do the hard work for them. For those wh

15、o want to have 8 own, easy barbecues, theres always grilling. 阅读理解A13、Have you ever wondered about the secret life of the tasty lobster(龙虾)? In the sea, it is yellow, orange, grey, green, brown or even blue. Cooking turns it red. Lobsters are nocturnal creatures(夜行物), so it is best to hunt(捕捉) them

16、at night when they are active. You can catch lobster by hand, but you should wear thick gloves because lobsters claws are strong. A very large lobster could cut your finger. Interestingly, in the past, lobsters were only served to prisoners as they were considered as a poor mans food. Nowadays, lobs

17、ters are an expensive and popular dish.1What color is the lobster when cooked?ABlueBRedCYellowDGreen2When is the best time to hunt the lobster?AIn the morningBIn the afternoonCAt noonDAt night3Can people catch the lobster by hand without thick gloves?AYes, they canBNo, they cantCNot mentionedDNo ans

18、wer is rightB14、Success does not belong to a select group of individuals(个人). Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a

19、goal. Without desire you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be plain, clear, and it must also be exciting.Show up. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You cant have a best seller, if you have never written a book. You cant get your dream job, if youre afraid t

20、o turn in an application. Showing up doesnt guarantee(保证) success, but if you dont show up, you wont succeed.Fail. Unless youre willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success wont happen. To have success you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do somethin

21、g right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula（公式）for success is to double your rate of failure (失败). So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.Work Harder._Success is not about doing what the common person cant do. Its

22、 about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, its about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. Its the habit of doing things with excellence that causes success.Enjoy the Journey. Success is a journey, not a destination(终点). Success is not a c

23、ertain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what youve got.” You have to changeyou will change, you will succeed.1Which of the following is NO

24、T mentioned in achieving success?AGood education. BWorking hard.CStrong desire. DEnjoying failure.2What does the writer really mean by saying “Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day.”?AIts not easy for people to develop their health.BKeeping working harder is necessa

25、ry when you go after success.CYou are sure to meet with some difficulty in your life.DMost people dont want to spend too much time running.3What does the writer mostly want to tell us in the fourth paragraph?AFailure is the mother of success.BMany hands make light work.CEvery dog has its day.DAction

26、s speak louder than words.4Which of the following is TRUE about success according to the passage?AIf you want to succeed, you should have special talents.BIf you want to succeed, youd better not show up.CSuccess means the enjoyment of your gain or loss on the journey.DSuccess is about doing what the

27、 common person cant do.5The best title of the passage might be_.AThe Importance of SuccessBThe Meaning of SuccessCSuccess or FailureDThe Five Main Steps to SuccessC15、 Located at Hurawalhi island( 芙 拉 瓦 丽 岛 ) ， Maldives ( 马 尔 代 夫 ), the 5.8 undersea restaurant is the worlds largest all-glass underwa

28、ter restaurant. Its name comes from the depth at which it sits 5.8 meters below the sea surface.The glass used in building the restaurant was produced in New Zealand. It is 15 centimeters thick. It was shipped to Maldives in one entire piece, and was lowered down into the water with a special crane.

29、 The whole process took about two years. Dining in the restaurant is a wonderful experience. The restaurant serves meat and seafood-based dishes, and vegetarian options, too. All dishes are sent down via a mini-elevator from the kitchen above. The restaurant is designed to seat no more than twenty c

30、ustomers at one time. They need to go down a long staircase to enter the restaurant: Various species of colorful fish swim amongst the coral reefs nearby and it is hard to avoid the feeling that they are looking at the diners as they eat.The 5.8 undersea restaurant is not only a place where people c

31、an enjoy delicious food. It is also a place for sea animals to live happily.1How does the name of the restaurant come from?Apeople name the restaurant according to how deep it is in the sea.Bpeople name the restaurant according to the name of an animal.Cpeople name the restaurant according to how hi

32、gh the restaurant is.Dpeople name the restaurant according to its thickness.2What food does the restaurant serve?ASeafood onlyBSeafood and all kinds of meatCSeafood, meat and drinksDSeafood, vegetables and meat.3The restaurant is made of glass. Where is the glass from?AHurawalhi islandBMaldivesCUnde

33、rwaterDNew ZealandD16、When I looked at the grade on my math paper, my jaw(下巴) almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink.I had never received such a terrible grade before.When I got home that afternoon, I lied to my dad.I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldnt come until the e

34、nd of the month. Dad smiled.His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didnt doubt my words.A month later, Dad asked me again about the report at the dinner table.He looked right into my eyes and asked for an answer.Having no choice, I told him that I had in fact got just 65 in my math fina

35、l.I had lied because I didnt want to let him down.For a moment, he just looked at me.I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice, “You have already let me down, with your lie.I am not disappointed at your math score.No one can be perfect all the time.Bu

36、t I am very disappointed in you.If you cant be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? Its much easier to get a better grade than rebuild someone elses trust(信任) in you.”Dads words touched my heart.I could not forgive myself for having hurt his feelings.I took out the report that I had bee

37、n hiding for weeks, handed it to him and apologized(道歉) sincerely.I realized that my honesty is not only important to me, but to those around me that truly care about me.In one of Shakespeares plays, a person says, “No legacy(遗产) is so rich as honesty.” Now I understand those words.1The first paragr

38、aph may suggest that the writer_Awas punished by her father for a bad grade Busually got a higher gradeCnever expected teachers to give her good grades Dwas always terrible at math2The underlined phrase “ telling off” probably means_in Paragraph 4.A斥责 B告诉 C辨别 D命令3The writer lied to her father becaus

39、e _Ashe thought her father would believe her storyBshe didnt want to disappoint her fatherCher father wouldnt get her grade reportDher father got angry whenever she got a poor grade4After his daughter told him that she had lied, her father stay silent_.Abecause he didnt understand what his daughter

40、had saidBbecause he was angry that his daughter lied to him againCbecause he was unhappy with his daughters bad scoreDbecause his daughter had lied to him and he was hurt5The purpose of the article is to tell us that _Adishonesty may work sometimes, but there is a price to payBwe should study hard t

41、o make our parents happyCalways a lie can make things easyDwe can change the gradeE17、When you listen to your favorite songs, you probably admire the singer or the musicians youre hearing. Those talented musical performers, however, are only some of the people involved in making the music you enjoy.

42、 Most people in the music industry work behind the scenes, but their roles in the music-making process are very important.SongwritersBefore you can hear a song, a songwriter must imagine it Some songwriters work alone, but many songwriting teams include someone who writes the songs words, and anothe

43、r person who writes the music. Pop music legend Elton Johns best-known songs, including Tiny Dancer and Your Song, were written to accompany the words of Bernie Taupin, whose name you might not know.ArrangersAfter a song has been written, music arrangers make it more appealing by deciding which inst

44、ruments will be used, what speed the song will have, and the songs pitch. A good arrangement can make a song a “classic” that people will remember and want to hear again and again.Recording EngineersRecording engineers also play a major role in creating the final sound that you hear. First, they set

45、 up the recording studio, the room where the performers play. Next, they use electronic equipment to record the music. Finally, long after the musicians have finished, recording engineers use a mixing board to balance the sounds of each musician, and sometimes to incorporate special sound effects or

46、 additional tracks.Studio MusiciansMany talented singers and musicians arent stars, but work in the background as studio musicians. These artists arent members of one musical group. Instead, they are hired for recording sessions that eventually become the music you buy, as well as the music used in

47、television shows, movies, and radio ads.Many people make a living with music. You may not recognize all of their names, but all of them work together to create the songs you love to listen to.1What is the best title for this passage?AThe People Behind the MusicBThe Music ManCHow Music Is MadeDIts Mo

48、re Than Just a Song2Who usually decide what instruments are used in a song ?ASongwriters.BArrangers.CRecording engineers.DStudio musicians.3Who will most probably do the last step of making the music-making process?ASongwriters.BArrangers.CRecording engineersDStudio musicians4What is true about stud

49、io musicians?AThey often appear on TV shows.BThey play with different performers.CThey decide what songs to play.DThey help to write the music.5Where could be the best place for you to find this passage?AIn a travel guide.BIn a magazine.CIn a hotel advertisement.DIn a storybook.F18、How You Can Learn

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