湖南省湘潭市2023学年中考英语考试模拟冲刺卷含答案解析

1、2023学年中考英语模拟测试卷注意事项1考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。2测试卷所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。3考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。. 单项选择1、 Do you think there are aliens? Im afraid not. .APractice makes perfectBTo see is to believeCDo as Romans do2、According to the French government, the main body and

2、 two bell towers of Notre Dame Cathedral (巴黎圣母院) in time.Ais savedBare savedCwas savedDwere saved3、 Why dont we do morning exercises this morning ？ Because of the bad weather. The haze(雾霾) will _ our health.Aprovide Bdisappear Cinfluence Dencourage4、I love Kunming, _ the weather there. Its neither t

3、oo hot nor too cold all year round.AusuallyBwiselyCespeciallyDlastly5、What will happen if we _ the party tomorrow?Half the class wont come.AhaveBhadCare havingDwill have6、Teamwork is very important in this kind of work. I think so. .AThe early bird catches the wormBEvery day has its dayCOne tree can

4、t make a forestDEverything comes to him who waits7、The _ of printing helped to spread the knowledge.AresultBexperienceCinventionDreason8、The mark of PE was increased to 60 points in Hefei in order to _students physical quality(身体素质)AProduce Bimprove Cmake Dachieve9、Oh, the room is too dirty, Tony!So

5、rry, Mom. It yesterday. I forgot to do it.Adidnt cleanBisnt cleanedCwas cleanedDwasnt cleaned10、Yang Liwei is _ astronaut. Yes. He is _ first Chinese person in space.A不填；aBan; aCan; theDthe; a. 完形填空11、Andy went home from school by bus one day. When an old woman carrying a basket full of apples got o

6、nto the bus, Andy 1 his seat. The old woman 2 her thanks to him and before she got off, she 3 three big apples and said, I want to give you these three 4 apples. Tell one apple your wish, eat it and then wait and see.The next day Andy went to a park with the apples. I wish to be tall and strong. And

7、y said when he saw boys playing baseball there. He ate the first apple and grew into a very tall boy. But all the boys ran away with 5 when they saw this.Andy was sad. He took out another apple and said, “I wish to be famous so as to have lots of friends.” With these words, he ate the second apple.

8、But when hundreds of reporters tried to interview him, he had to hide himself to 6 them.Andys third wish was to be one of the richest men in the world. But when his wish came true, he found himself still 7 One night Andy 8 the old lady again in the street. She saw he was not in high spirits and aske

9、d him what he really wanted to be. I just want to be 9 ! Andy said. Suddenly he was at the 10 again. One of the boys came up and said to him, Come on and play with us!1Arefused Boffered Ckept Dshook2Aexpressed Bexplained Cimagined Dregretted3Achecked out Bpointed out Cpicked out Dsold out4Abitter Bp

10、lain Cmagic Dfunny5Ajoy Bpride Ccourage Dfear6Aavoid Bcontrol Creceive Dwarn7Alonely Bsilent Clively Dexcellent8Acame down Bcame up with Ccame to Dcame across9Ahim Bme Cthem Dyou10Abus Bstreet Cpark Dheaven. 语法填空12、My mother told me a good friend is like a mirror. Im 1.1(quiet) and more serious than

11、 most kids. Thats why I like reading books and I study harder 2.2 class. My best friend Yuan Li is quiet too, 3.3 we enjoy studying together. Im shy so its not easy for me 4.4(make) friends. But I think friends are like booksyou dont need a lot of 5.5(they) as long as theyre good.I dont 6.6(real) ca

12、re if my friends are the same as me or different. My favorite 7.7(say) is, “A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.” My best friend Carol is kind and very funny. We 8.8(know) each other since we were very little. In fact, shes funnier than anyone I know. I 9.9(break) my arm last

13、year and she made me laugh and feel better. We can talk about and share everything. I know she 10.10(care) about me because shes always there to listen. 阅读理解A13、1Which of the four novels is the thinnest?AIvy and Bean Make the Rules.BWhite Fur Flying.CStick Dog.DGingersnap.2White Fur Flying _.Atells

14、us about the life of four dogsBis a historical fictionCis a book about saving dogsDshows us the camp life3If you read Stick Dog, you will _.Aknow how the homeless dogs steal foodBBknow what rules the two girls have madeClearn what happened to JaynaDknow something about saving dogs4Tom wants to buy a

15、 copy of Stick Dog and a copy of Gingersnap. He should pay_ for the two books.A$14. 99 B$28. 98 C$12. 99 D$15. 995Which of the following is TRUE?AThe characters of Stick Dog are creative.BWhite Fur Flying tells us a funny story.CThe recommender is not interested in Gingersnap.DThe recommender likes

16、Ivy and Bean Make the Rules best.B14、Here is an experiment (实验) to see how ants can organize some clever teamwork. Whats going on?You can see one of the best examples of insect teamwork by watching ants. If one ant finds food, it leads others there to eat it too. They follow each other by making lon

17、g trails. The ants go back and forth collecting food, to take back to their nest (穴). When you move the fruit, the ants will still find it. But, instead of making a new direct route (路线) to the food, they will follow each other through their old trail route.1What will happen if one ant finds food?AT

18、he ant will eat all the food. BThe ant will watch other ants.CThe ant will lead others to the food. DThe ant will wait until others come.2If the fruit is moved to a new position, the ants will _.Arail to find it Bgive up looking for itCmake a new direct route to it Dget to it through the old trail r

19、oute3Which is the correct order to do this experiment?a. Move the fruit to a new position. b. Find an ant. c. Check the fruit an hour later. d. Put a thin slice of fruit in front of the ant.Aa-b-c-d Bb-d-c-a Cd-b-c-a Dc-a-d-b4What can we learn from this experiment?AThe experiment is done successfull

20、y in the lab.BAnts do the experiment to show their team spirit.CCareful watching does little help in this experiment.DWe can find out some facts by doing small experiments.C15、Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literary tradition. Du Fu, known as the Sage of

21、 Poetry, lived and wrote in the eighth century, and his work is still available to modern Chinese readers. Du Fu, in fact, is still widely quoted (引用) in China today, and he has had a great influence on Chinese poetry in the past 1,200 years. However, the poets complete works werent unavailable in E

22、nglish translation in the past. Conant University Professor Stephen Owen, who spent eight years on The Poetry of Du Fu, a 3,000translation published by De Gruyter, has completed the first English translation of the complete works of Du Fu.Because Du Fu, like Shakespeare, is known for great width in

23、subject, in the way he uses language to pass on different registers (不同场合用的语言和文体) (see “Out with the Sake, In With the Wine”) and layered (多层次的) meanings he is one of the most challenging poets to translate. Chinese poetry, a literary tradition in which tenses are absent, pronouns rare, and the use

24、of the singular and plural forms are hard to understand, is well known for seeming ambiguous (模糊不清的) at times. Within that tradition, the interpretation of Du Fus work is especially contested. Owens critical edition, in which his translations face the original texts, brings a scholarly aid for the f

25、irst time to English-speaking readers ready to engage with Chinas literary lion.1“Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literarytradition.” means “ ”.ADu Fu has the same important literary status as Shakespeare in their own countriesBDu Fu is not as well-known

26、as Shakespeare in ChinaCDu Fu is much more famous than Shakespeare in England2The Poetry of Du Fu is translated into English by .AShakespeare BDu Fu CStephen Owen3The underlined sentence is closer to the original Chinese version “ ”.A零落栖迟一杯酒，主人奉觞客长寿B莫思身外无穷事，且尽生前有限杯C花间一壶酒，独酌无相亲4Chinese poems are hard

27、 to translate because of the following factors EXCEPT .Athe use of singular and plural formsBtoo many charactersCtenses and pronouns5According to the passage, the following statement “ ” is TRUE.AThe Poetry of Du Fu is the first English translation of the complete works of Du Fu.BThere was no Englis

28、h translation of Dus works in the past.CDus works are out of style in China today.D16、Peter was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. He hated losing anything. When he won, he would feel really good. If he lost, he would feel terrible. It seemed to Peter that losin

29、g was the worst thing in the world.A new kid, Albert, came to Peters school. He was good at table tennis, too. Soon there would be a match between Peter and Albert. Peter worked hard to get ready for the match, but Albert didnt seem to think much of it. When the match began, Albert was a real player

30、. There was always a smile on his face, while Peter looked serious all the time. Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat, but he lost in the end.“You played very well, Peter. I think we can play again sometime,” said Albert.But Peter didnt feel happy and could

31、nt fall asleep that night.One day, Peter saw Albert playing basketball. Though he lost again and again, the happy smile never left his face. Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball. However, he enjoyed both of them.Whether he won or lost the game, Albert enjoyed it. Peter

32、came to realize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it. He felt happier than ever before.1What was the worst thing in the world Peter thought at first?AWinning a match. BSleeping overnight.CLosing a match. DCheating on a test.2Albert was good at playing _.Abasketball

33、Btable tennis Cvolleyball Dfootball3What did Peter learn from Albert?ACheating on a test was wrong.BPracticing was the most important.CFinding a friend could make us happier.DEnjoying a game was the most important.E17、 Do you know anything about email?Email is a kind of communication that is changin

34、g, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication experts. Email has helped the spread of careless writing habits,” says Baron, a professor at an American university. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure in emails show the growing unconcer

35、n about the way we write. Baron argues that we shouldnt forgive and forget the poor writing in emails. “The more we use the email, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,” the professor says.Others say that though it has poor writing, email has done what several generations (代）of English teac

36、hers couldnt do. It has made writing fashionable again.“Email is a new communication technology,” says Ian Lancashire, a professor of English at Toronto University. “It fills the gap (缺口）between spoken language and the formal (正式的）methods of writing. It is the purest form of written speech.”Lancashi

37、re says email can help people who are usually afraid of writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because email is close to speech. “Its like a circle of four or five people around a campfire,” he says. Still, he accepts that this freedom to express themselves

38、 often gets people into trouble. The number of emails sent in a day almost is the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognizing the content (内容）of a typical email message is not often exact.1What can we know according to Baron?AEmail changes the way people communicate in everyd

39、ay life.BPeople should check the email many times before sending it.CMore people dont take the mistakes seriously when writing an email.DEmail has become a normal way of writing.2What does the underlined word “it” refer to?AEmail.BThe poor writing.CThe good writing.DThe communication technology.3Ian

40、 Lancashire thinksAemail makes writing become popular againBit is helpful for people to use email to express themselvesCemails are easier to write than lettersDpeople should remember the mistakes in emails4Whats the main idea of this passage?APeople should stop using email to communicate.BPeople hav

41、e different opinions about email.CPeople should learn to write email correctly.DPeople have realized the importance of good writing.F18、Arriving in New yorkThere are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or a taxi to any place in New York.Eating OutThere are

42、many kinds of food in New York and you shouldnt eat at McDonalds every day. There are good restaurants in Little Italy and China-town, for example.HotelsThere are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is The Plaza on Fifth Avenue but you dont have to pay a lot to stay in the city. There are lots

43、 of smaller hotels and the YMCA near Central Park is great for young people.Public TransportIn New York, theres a good bus and subway service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for the journey because its cheaper. But you dont have to use public transportthe

44、re are lots of places you can go to on foot, such as the Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue and Central Park. The New York taxis are a part of the city experience, so you should take at least one taxi during your visit!Places to seeFinally, there are a lot of places to see in New YorkTimes Square,

45、the Statue of Liberty . And you shouldnt go home without climbing the Statue of liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.ShoppingShopping in New York is fun. There are big shops on Fifth Avenue. They are open seven days a week. but be careful when you look at the prices; you have to pay a special 8% tax(税) on everything you buy in New York.Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to what you read.1How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?ATwo.BThree.CFour.2What do the underline