2023学年江苏省常州市金坛区水北中学中考英语模拟试题含答案解析

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、You cant predict everything. Often things dont as you expect.Arun outBbreak outCwork outDput out2、These problems are too hard to _. Could you give me some advice?T

2、here are many ways. The most important one is to have a careful plan.Alook outBhand outCwork outDtake out3、 Who is the girl under the tree? She _ be Toms sister. But its too far, Im not sure.AmayBcantCmustDshouldnt4、 Did Lisa notice you enter the house? I dont think so. She _ to a MP3 with her eyes

3、shut.Alistens Blistened Cwas listening Dis listening5、Modern plastics can _ very high and very low temperatures.Astand Bhold Ckeep Dtake6、Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng are the _ of our nation.Aproud Bpride Cprize Dprice7、Sunday is the _ day of the week.AsevenBseventhCfirstDone8、 Li Hong, football to

4、our school subjects next term. Great! Its my favorite. I cant wait.Awas added Bis added Cwill be added9、The students are talking excitedly about _.Ahow will they spend this summer holidayBwhich high school they are going to enterCwhat exciting things had happened over the yearsDwhether all of them w

5、ould pass the final exams10、You think all the training meaningless, but Im a hundred percent sure later youll thank yourself for doing it.AshallBshouldCneedDmay. 完形填空11、Life is full of beautiful moments. All you have to do is to 1 your eyes and your heart to see them. I saw 2 just the other day. The

6、 local 3 had just let out, and I found myself behind a school bus as I was driving home.The bus 4 by a house sitting on top of a hill. A little girl, no more than 7 years old, 5 the bus and started running quickly to the 6 . The smile on her face was quite sweet. I 7 up the hill to see where she was

7、 going. I saw her dad waiting for her. As she got 8 , her dad smiled and knelt down(蹲下) to 9 her. He wrapped(缠绕) his powerful 10 around her and gave her a huge hug.My eyes 11 a bit as I watched this scene. I 12 all the times my own children had run into my arms with 13 faces and loving hearts. Every

8、 single hug from them was a treasure of joy. Suddenly my trip down the memory lane was interrupted(打断) when I heard the car behind me honk its horn (鸣喇叭). I saw the school bus quickly pulling away, and started to 14 it again. However, this time I did so with a fuller heart than ever before. I took t

9、hat 15 moment and stored it safely in my soul, where I knew it would remain forever.1AcleanBprotectCopenDshut2AitBthatConeDanother3AschoolBhospitalCrestaurantDmarket4AreturnedBturnedCdroveDstopped5Agot onBgot offCwent throughDbroke out6AbusBmanCendDhouse7AlookedBtookCclimbedDshowed8AwarmerBolderCclo

10、serDthinner9ApushBgreetCtouchDsave10AheadBfootClegsDarms11AwateredBclosedCrestedDcheered12ArememberedBremindedCmissedDpreferred13AgentleBprettyCnervousDsmiling14AfixBfollowCcallDcatch15AquietBbeautifulClostDsad. 语法填空12、In China, many junior school students spend a lot of time on their studies. Many

11、of them try their best 1 (get) good marks in the exams. They have a lot of homework every day, and the exam is 2 big headache. They think good education is the ticket to 3 (succeed) in the future.At school, students study very hard, but they enjoy 4 (them) after class. They can take part 5 all kinds

12、 of sports and games, music and dance, painting and hiking. Most students like pop music 6 Hollywood movies. Some students spend their free time 7 (play) computer games and chatting with their friends. Sometimes they go to libraries and bookstores. They are 8 (real) good places to relax. So as a jun

13、ior school student, 9 (live) in China is not easy, but it is colorful and 10 (interest). 阅读理解A13、There are seabirds as well as land-birds. The most ordinary seabird is the seagull. It has a white body. a white head, and a yellow beak. There is a spot of red at the very end of the beak. All gulls hav

14、e very strong wings so that they can fly far out to sea. If a gull flies out too far, and is too tired to fly back to the shore, it does not get frightened, for it can sit and rest upon the waves. A seagulls wings do not get wet because all its feathers have a kind of oil over them, so that when the

15、 water gets on to the feathers it just runs off again. Seagulls can even sleep on the waves.Seamen know a lot about seagulls and they never kill them. When the seagulls fly a long way out to sea, seamen say that it means fine weather is coming. When the seagulls stay near the shore, seamen say that

16、there will be much wind and rain, and perhaps a storm, for the seagulls know more about the weather than seamen do.1What is the seagull?AA fish. BA land-bird.CA seabird. DAn animal.2Why is every seagull able to fly far out to sea?ABecause it is very light. BBecause it has very strong wings.CBecause

17、it always flies high. DBecause it is strong enough.3Why does a seagull not get frightened even when it is far away from the shore and it is too tired to fly back?ABecause it can swim under the sea.BBecause it can stay under the sea.CBecause it can rest and sleep upon the waves.DBecause it can jump i

18、nto the sea.4Whycant the water make the seagulls feathers wet?ABecause its feathers are thick. BBecause its feathers are long.CBecause its feathers are light. DBecause its feathers are oily.5What will the weather be like if seagulls stay near the shore?AWindy, rainy or stormy. BSunny and hot.CFine a

19、nd warm. DFreezing cold.B14、When we think of money, we think of coins and paper bills. That is what money is today. But in the past people used many things in place of money. Some countries used cows. Other countries used salt, tobacco, tea or stones. Today there are stills some places in the world

20、that do not use paper money. One place is the island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean.On the island of Yap, people use the heavist money in the world Yap stones. These are round, white stones with a hole in the middle. The Yap stones do not originate from the island. The Yap men have to go to the islands

21、 four hundred miles away to fetch them. Big stones can be twelve feet high as big as two tall men. Small stones are as big as a dinner plate.Rich people do not carry the Yap stones. Servants follow the rich. Each servant carries a stone on a pole over his shoulder. Today the people on the island use

22、 paper money for everyday shopping. But for other things they still prefer Yap stones.根据短文内容，选择正确答案。1（小题1）On the island of Yap, people use _ as money.Astones Bcows Cdinner plates Dsalt2（小题2）What does the word “originate” mean?AGrow. BCome. CDevelop DBegin3（小题3）Now paper money is used _ on the island

23、 of Yap.Aonly by rich peopleBin place of Yap stonesCfor shopping of everytingDfor everyday shopping4（小题4）The passage is mainly about _.Amoney used around the world Bthe history of Yap IslandCmoney used on Yap Island Ddifferent kinds of money5（小题5）Which of the following is TRUE？AThe Yap stones origin

24、ate from the island of Yap.BThe Yap stones are all twelve feet high.CThe Yap stones have a hole in the middle.DPeople on Yap Island use small stones as dinner plates.C15、 One night in April, Corey Simmons got on the New York City subway, heading from Manhattan Brooklyn to pick up his son from the bo

25、ys grandmothers.Simmons knew he needed to open the green folder（文件夹）on his legs, becauseinside lay his sons math homework that father and son were supposed to complete together.His son, who was in the third grade, had just failed a test on fractions（分数）.Simmons, 40, was never great at math. He remem

26、bered little about fractions. He opened the folder and started on a problem, but wasnt sure if he was doing it correctly. That was when a man got on the subway and sat next to him.“He looked like a teacher or something,” Simmons thought. “He looked like he knew something about math.”Like most New Yo

27、rkers, Simmons . But this time, he shared his problem with the stranger. To his surprise, the man offered to help. The two men talked through the man problems. The stranger helped Simmons understand them, so he could later teach his son. The moment was captured by Denise Wilson, who was heading home

28、 from her job and saw the pair doing homework. She posted the photo online. “I really love seeing things like this especially in New York,” she wrote. “To be a dadand put down his pride and learn from a complete stranger it was really a moving moment.”The 20-minute subway lesson gave Simmons high ho

29、pes that his son would pass the next test. “He is going to surprise his teacher,” Simmons said.根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1What do you know about Corey from the passage?AHe was good at mathBHe was forty years oldCHe was a father of a girlDHe had a child in Grade Two2Why did Corey ask the man next to his for help

30、?ABecause he was sure that the man was a teacherBBecause they often met on the subwayCBecause he thought the man knew something about mathDBecause the man talked to him first3Which of the following can be the best for _ ?Adid not often take the subway to workBdid not learn math a lot at schoolCdid n

31、ot sleep a lot on the subwayDdid not often talk to others on the subway4What is the meaning of the underlined word “captured”?A破坏B拍摄C输入D下载5Whats the best title of the passage?AA moving moment on the subwayBDifficult math problemsCAn important life lessonDTwo good fathers in New YorkD16、All living th

32、ings need energy to live and grow. This energy comes first from the sun. Plants use water and sunlight to make their own food. Animals can not make their own food, and they eat plants. Other animals then eat the plant eaters.A food chain shows what eats what. It might show that zebras eat grass and

33、then lions eat zebras.Lions also eat other animals. Zebras eat other kinds of plants. So it takes more than one food chain to show how lions and zebras get their energy.A food web shows how food chains work together. From it we can see how energy moves from plants to animals.Plants and animals that

34、live in hot, dry deserts depend on water as well as food. Creosote bushes have small leaves that hold water. Their seeds provide food and water for kangaroo rats. Kangaroo rats dont need to drink water. They get all the water they need from the plants they eat. Kangaroo rats keep cool by coming out

35、only at night to look for food. Ringtail cats also come out only at night. Ringtail cats hunt and eat kangaroo rats. Coyotes eat both the kangaroo rats and the ringtail cats.Nothing is wasted in a food wed. Vultures eat dead animals. Vultures are scavengers. Scavengers do not hunt and kill other ani

36、mals to get food. They eat animals that are already dead. When a ringtail cat or a coyote dies, it makes a meal for the vultures. Scavengers do an important job in keeping the environment clean.1Where does the energy that living things need first come from?AAnimals. BPlants. CThe sun. DPlant eaters.

37、2Why do ringtail cats come out only at night?ABecause they are afraid of coyotes. BBecause they are shy animals.CBecause it is very hot in the daytime. DBecause they can eat kangaroo rats.3What kind of animal can be placed in the empty box of the picture?AKangaroo. BVulture. CCat. DZebra.4Which of t

38、he following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?ALions eat different kinds of animals. BPlants are on the top of the food chain.CScavengers can keep the environment clean. DSome animals get water from the plants they eat.5Whats the best title of the passage?AWeb of life BThings that we eatCFood in

39、 the desert DThe place where food is fromE17、The airport in Boswell is twenty-one miles from the city. The banks and business offices are in the centre of the city. Read the notes from the diary of Mr Simpson.12th. MON. Groups of 35 Australian students visiting Boswell-want cheap holiday.13th. TUES.

40、 Mr and Mrs J. Grant arriving from Sydney - need overnight stop at Boswell - leaving early on the 15thby air.14th. WEDMr Nagashima, Tokyo, arriving for two days business trip.15th. THURS. 65 German students need two days in a cheap hotel.16th. FRI.17th. SAT. Mr and Mrs Johnson, from New York City, a

41、rriving by air.18th. SUN.19th. MON. Mr and Mrs F. Ray, small inexpensive hotel needed for two days.1How far is it from the city to the airport in Boswell?A21km.B31km.C21m.D21 miles.2Mr Nagashima is from _.AAustraliaBJapanCAmericaDGermany3Mr and Mrs J. Grant will leave Boswell on _.ATuesdayBWednesday

42、CThursdayDFriday4How many travelers will Mr Simpson meet in just over a week?A107.B65.C35.D131.5Mr Simpson is probably _.Aa headmasterBa travel managerCa travellerDan engineerF18、Recently, a three-part BBC documentary Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School has become a hot topic. The TV documenta

43、ry followed five Chinese teachers who spent a month working with 50 teenagers, aged from 13 to 14 at Bohunt School in the southern English county of Hampshire. The Chinese teacher used Chinese ways to teach the students instead of British ways.The first part, broadcast on August 4th, showed the stud

44、ents performing morning exercises, taking part in a long-distance running race and learning how to do eye exercises during breaks.It was tough on the teachers, because they had to spend a great deal of energy and time keeping the noisy students quiet, and the leading teacher complained that the clas

45、sroom was always “chaotic(混乱的)”. At the same time, many students complained that the teachers were too strict, the lessons were boring and they found it difficult to get used to the new ways.The TV documentary causes a debate(争论). Some people say that Chinese teachers are too strict and fail to enga

46、ge students interest. In their opinion, Chinese teachers prefer spoon-feeding education that will help students pass exams, but it will be useless in the real world. However, supporters say that the Chinese education system can produce hard-working and polite students.1Which of the following things was NOT showed in the first part?AHaving breakfast with teachers.BTaking part in a long-distance running race.CPerforming morning exercises.DLearning how to do eye exercises during breaks.2Many students at Bohunt School said that the Chinese teachers were to