重庆市八中2023学年中考联考英语试题含答案解析

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、xxx started his European tour March 21, 2019.AinBonCatDto2、_ more and more foreigners coming to our country to learn Chinese?Of course. Be

2、cause of the fast development, many foreign countries pay more attention to China.Awill there beBwill be thereCAre there going to have3、We are going to visit Mary. She has been ill for a week. Could you tell me _?Im not sure. Maybe we can help her with math first.Ahow can we make her happyBhow we ca

3、n help her with the lessonsCwhen we will go to her homeDwhere she lives4、-The boy is tall enough his age.-Yes, I was much shorter when I was his age.AofBatCfromDfor5、Problems and worries are normal in life. When we have a lot of worries, someone advises us _ our parents about them because they have

4、more experience.Atalking toBto talk toCtalk to6、The _ of staying healthy is to eat healthy food and exercise more.AplaceBsecretCtimeDgame7、Last week, our teacher told us _more information about the activity of “Build a Civilized City ” .AgetBgotCto getDgetting8、 Who the classroom tomorrow, Tony? Our

5、 group.Awill clean Bcleans Ccleaned Dclear9、I want _ iPad. I hope my mom will buy one for me on my birthday this year.AaBanCtheD/10、 -Must I finish my homework now?-No, you _. You _ do it this evening.Amustnt; canBneednt; mayCcant; mustDneednt; must to. 完形填空11、 It was nearly dark，and the sun was dro

6、pping down the mountains. Little Tom got home， 1 tears in his eyes.Whats the matter，Tom？How was your trip？”His mother asked with a big smile.“I failed. The 2 was so high and full of big and small stones on the way. I still went ahead. But I was 3 and it was so late that I had to come back. Tom cried

7、.“It doesnt matter. You are only 14 years old after all. You will have another 4 ，”his mother said. But standing at the top of the mountain is my 5 ！Tom said. His father 6 and asked“Did you see the green trees on the way to the mountains sure，and there were a lot of beautiful flowers by the side of

8、the road. Tom 7 .“Did you hear the birds singing？his father asked. Yes，their voice sounded very sweet Tom said. Did you feel the 8 of nature？his father asked.“Yes，the blue sky，the white clouds，the green trees and the colorful flowers made a nice picture. Tom answered.That was cought his father smile

9、d and said “Please remember，my son. For often. achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. 9 you didnt reach the top of the mountain，you got a lot on the way.”It is true that not every goal will be 10 ，not every job will end up with a success. and not every dream will come true. The m

10、ost important scenery is on the way.1AonBofCwithDfrom2AvillageBmountainClakeDocean3ApleasedBexcitedCtiredDbored4AchanceBtruthCproblemDbored5AfeelingBsenseCwayDpurpose6Aworried aboutBlooked overCthought aboutDcame7Aasked.BtoldCspokeDreplied8ApityBbeautyCinterestDchoice9AUntilBBecauseCIfDAlthough10Avi

11、sitedBachievedCappearedDinfluenced. 语法填空12、for learn purpose help always skill when easy warn in they becauseThere are more and more electronic products like smart phones in our life. However, doctors have 1 that children are finding it hard to hold pencils because of too much use of electronic prod

12、ucts.“Too much use of smart phones is stopping childrens finger muscles(肌肉) from developing. It makes 2 unable to hold a pencil correctly,” they said. “Children are given a pencil, but they are not be able to hold it 3 they dont have the basic movement skills.”Payne said the nature of play had chang

13、ed. “Its 4 to give a child an iPad than encouraging him to do muscle-building play like building blocks. Because of this, theyre not developing the 5 they need to hold a pencil.”Six-year-old Patrick has been having weekly training classes 6 six months. The 7 is to help him develop the necessary stre

14、ngth in his fingers to hold a pencil. His mother regretted that she 8 gave Patrick electronic products to play with instead of traditional toys. When he got to school, he couldnt hold pencils and 9 to write because he couldnt move pencils correctly. “The training classes are 10 a lot and Im really s

15、trict with his use of electronic products now,” she said. 阅读理解A13、What will you do when you have something difficult to do? I used to ask mother for help. But she always said, “Do it yourself, dear.” I was not glad at all. I thought she was the laziest mother in the world.For example, one day, I dec

16、ided to invite some friends to my home. My bedroom was not in order. Books were everywhere. And I didnt make the bed. I asked my mother to help me to clean it, but she still said, “Do it yourself, dear.”Because of my “lazy mother”, I have to wash my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my paren

17、ts do some housework. It is really hard for me to do everything well, but I have learned a lot.As time goes by, I come to understand my mother. She makes me clever and active! What a great mother! A good mother is worth one hundred teachers! Dont you think so?1The writer used to _ when she had somet

18、hing difficult to do.Abe lazyBdo it herselfCask her mother for helpDask her fiends to help her2What does the underlined phrase “in order” mean in Chinese?A整齐B预购C正常D出故障3What would the writers mother say when she asked her for help?AAsk your father for help, dear.BDo it yourself, dear.CLet your friend

19、s help you, dear.DYou are the laziest girl in the world!4The writer has learned a lot by _.Aasking her mother for helpBdoing everything by herselfCtalking with her mother oftenDinviting her fiends to her house5What does the writer think of her mother?AShe is a lazy mother.BShe is an active mother.CS

20、he is an unhappy mother.DShe is a clever and great motherB14、F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, whe

21、re he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary “My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet stre

22、ets and take down parts of it in my diary.”This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz

23、 Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（财政的） security(安全，保障). Then, in 1926, he published another collection of sho

24、rt stories All the Sad Young Men.However, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night

25、 in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.1Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgeralds life according to the pa

26、ssage?a. He became addicted to drinking.b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.e. He failed to reorder his life.f. He joined the army and met Zelda.Af-c-e-a-b-d Bb-e-a-f-c-dCf-d-e-c-b-a Db-f-c-d-e-a2We can infer fro

27、m the passage that Fitzgerald_.Ahad made some money when he met Zelda in AlabamaBwas well educated and well off before he served in the armyCwould have completed more works if his wife hadnt broken downDhelped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital3The passage is probably foll

28、owed by a concluding(总结的) paragraph about_.AZeldas personal lifeBFitzgeralds contributions to the literary worldCFitzgeralds friendship with GrahamDZeldas illness and treatmentC15、He was just an ordinary postman. Day after day, he shuttled(穿梭) back and forth across the village. For him, life was wit

29、hout waves.One day, he was delivering mail as usual.When he looked up in the sky,he suddenly lost his balance.It was a little stone that tripped him up（绊倒）.He observed the stone that had embarrassed（难堪） him,finding it strange but beautiful.In his eyes,this stone was like a lost jewel（宝石）covered with

30、 dust. The postman then placed the stone in his bag carefully. Because of this stones arrival,his day was lightened. He suddenly had a bold thoughtI can build a castle with such beautiful stones.How magnificent it will be!His ordinary life started to be different since then. He still delivered mail,

31、but he collected every stone he could find along the way.All those dusty stones,in his eyes,glittered like diamonds.Gradually,his small bag couldnt hold his stones anymore and he needed to use a wheelbarrow to carry them.People didnt understand what happened when they saw the postman delivering lett

32、ers with a wheelbarrow full of stones.After collecting enough stones,he started to build his castle.During the daytime,he passed along the dreams of others;and during the nighttime,he built his own dream.No one was willing to join in.But the postman was unmoved,still happily building his castle.Beca

33、use he knew,the dream and the castle only belonged to him.After 20 years of working day and night,the postmans dream castle was finally completed.It was a magnificent castle just as he had imagined.It was a miracle arising from the ordinary.This is a real story.The postmans name is Xue Waller.The st

34、one castle has become a famous tourist attraction in France,which is called“ideal palace of Ferdinand Cheval.”At the entrance of the stone castle,there is a sentence“I want to know how far a dream stone can go.”1The postman felt embarrassed because he _.Alost his balance Blost his bagCdelivered mail

35、 Dfound a stone2The postmans own dream was to _Acollect stones Bdeliver mailCfind diamonds Dbuild his castle3The underlined word “glittered” in the third paragraph may mean _.Ashone BcleanedCposted Dhid4. Which of the following is not true?AA little stone tripped the postman up while he was deliveri

36、ng mail as usual.BThe postman collected every stone he would find along the way.CThe postman built his castle with the help of his family and friends.DThe postman spent twenty years building his stone castle.5The postman named Xue Waller was _.AGerman BFrenchCBritish DAmerican6From the passage we ca

37、n learn that _.AThe postman had a colourful life before the accident in which he lost his balance.BThe postman gave up his job in order to built his stone castle.CThe stone that tripped the postman up was a real jewel.DThough people didnt understand him, the postman continued his dream-building a ca

38、stle.D16、Survey: Most Chinese think penalty(惩罚) for drunk driving too light2009-08-18 13:33:53 GMT2009-08-18 21:33:53 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, Aug.18 (Xinhua) - Most Chinese people consider drunk driving impossible to stop in the country while the current law(法律) too light for drunk dr

39、ivers, a survey has found. According to the survey done by the China Youth Daily, more than 96% of the 1,792 respondents(被告) said people around them had driven after drinking, while more than 81% complained the current penalty was too light, the paper reported Tuesday. Now offenders(违规者) face a thre

40、e-to-six month suspension(吊销)of their driving licenses and detention(拘留) for up to 15 days in serious cases.Drunk driving has attracted wide public attention in China after several serious accidents in recent months. On Aug. 4, a drunk driver in Hangzhou killed a 16-year-old girl. Two days later, an

41、other drunk driver in Shanghai killed a four-year-old boy and injured three others. Drunk driving is regarded as just traffic violation if no accidents result, according to the Chinese law. But some people have called for regarding it as a crime no matter whether it results in serious accidents. “If

42、 its a crime and anyone caught will go to jail(监狱), a lot more people will be afraid of risking it,” said Wang Mingliang, a professor at the Fudan University. However, other people disagreed.In 2008, Chinas alcohol（酒精）-related traffic accidents led to 18,371 deaths, 76,230 injuries, and a property(财

43、产) loss of 250 million yuan ($36.7 million), according to official figures.1Most Chinese think its hard to stop drunk driving because of the _ penalty for it according to the current law.Alight Bless Cheavy2If a drunk driver is caught now, he or she will have to face _.Aa detention and an important

44、reportBa suspension of driving license and a detentionCa suspension of driving license and a serious survey3How many people died of alcohol-related traffic accidents in China in 2008?A1,792 B18,371 C76,2304According to the passage, which of the following is true?AA drunk driver in Shanghai killed a

45、4-year-old boy On August 4.BOver 1700 respondents in the survey complained the current penalty was too light.CChinas alcohol-related traffic accidents caused a property loss of $36.7 million in 2008.5This passage may come from a _.Anewspaper Bscience fiction Cstory bookE17、For ten weeks, in a great

46、house on the island of St Thomas , John CLilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English. Margaret Howe, an experiment (试验) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe(洗澡), sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for M

47、argaret. She lived her 1ife in swimming clothes - with a coat on colder evenings - and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily. After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to p

48、lay. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own. The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed

49、 himse1f by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool. Dolphins may not speak English - but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.1Peter is the name of_Aa doctorBdolphinCa scientistDan experiment helper2Margaret worked days_a week during the experiment .AfourBfiveCsix

50、Dseven3To live with the dolphin, Margaret couldnt _.Acut her hair shortBhave a common life-like othersCwear swimming c1othesDeat, bathe and play together with him4The ending of the story was that _ .AMargaret didnt leave the labBthe lab was closed and the dolphin diedCthe dolphin could speak English

51、 at lastDDr John CLilly was satisfied with the experiment5From this passage, we can learn that _.Adolphins arent worth studyingBdolphins cant be humans good friendsCdolphins cant communicate with humansDdolphins may have feelings just like humanF18、One morning,an old gardenner found lots of flowers

52、missing.He was so angry that he shouted loudly, “Who did this?” In order to protect his flowers, he locked the garden gate in the evening.The next morning,he found some of this flowers missing again. He decided to find out how that happened. When night came,he sat quitely to watch his garden.Soon he

53、 saw a tortoise(乌龟) moving slowly into the garden.The gardener shouted, “I catch you this time!” The tortoise quickly said, “Im sorry. If you really want to punish me,no matter what you decide to do, please do not throw me into the water. Its terrible to die that way.” “You destroyed so many of my beautiful flowers. I must punish you!” said the old