江苏省南通市如皋市白蒲镇初级2023学年中考英语模拟预测试卷含答案及点睛

2023学年中考英语模拟试卷

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I.单项选择

1、Canyouguessthenewschoolbagyesterday?

A.howmuchdidhepayforB.howmuchhespent

C.howmuchhepaidforD.howmuchdidhespend

2、Aresearchsuggeststhatwalkinghelpspeoplelivelonger.

......Iquiteagree,butitonwhenandhowtheywalk.

A.remainsB.separatesC.returnsD.depends

3、Ihaveasister.nameisLingling.

A.HisB.HerC.ItsD.Your

4、一ChinesePoetryCompetitionwasoneofduringtheSpringFestival.

—Iagreewithyou.Iwatchediteveryweek.

A.morepopularshowsB.mostpopularshowC.themostpopularshows

5、-Whatalovelytoyracecar!Couldyoutellme?

A.whydidyougetitB.whenwillyougetit

C.whereyougotitD.howwillyougetit

6、一Nevergiveup,andIbelieveyouwillbesuccessful.

一Thankyou,Mum.1won'tyou.

A.let;downB.keep;offC.cheer;up

7、一Daniel,doyouknowyougotafullmarkinthemathtest?

—Really?Ididn'tknowanythingaboutityoutoldme.

A.afterB.sinceC.untilD.when

8、Inourschool,wehaveearlymorningandafternoonself-studyintotalfor40minuteseveryday.Here'sourschool's

self-studyclassschedule.Accordingtotheformbelow,wespendminutesontestsfromMondaytoFridayevery

week.

Self-studyClass

EarlymorningAfternoon

ReadingAtestEyeexercisesListeningtosongsAtestEyeexercises

5minutes?5minutes5minutes95minutes

A.20B.50C.100

9、Ialotinthisschoolinthepastfewyears.Wordscan'texpressmythankstoallofmyteachersandfriends

here.

A.improvedB.haveimprovedC.wouldimprove

10、—WhoisthemanwastalkingtoourEnglishteacher?

—Oh!It'sMrBaker,ourmathsteacher.

A.heB.that

C.whomD.which

n.完形填空

11、Girl:Mom,whatwillthefuture1like?

Mom:Well,nooneknowswhatthefuturewillbelike.

Girl:ButwillIbe2likeyou?WillIbeapilot?Iwantto3intothesky.

Mom:You'realreadybeautiful.Andyoushouldstudyhard.Thenyouwillbeapilot.

Girl:OK.Imust49harderthen.

Mom:Butyoushouldalsorememberthattherewillbebothgoodandbadthingsinlife.

Girl:Oh,Tinnot50,Mom,becauseyoucanhelpme!

1.A.seemB.beC.isD.are

2.A.beautifulB.traditionalC.handsomeD.funny

3.A.bringupB.cutupC.flyupD.getup

4.A.paintB.makeC.knowD.study

5.A.scaredB.excitedC.boredD.tired

m.语法填空

12、Attheageoffifteen,Imet1.Australiateacher.HetaughtusEnglish.Oneday,hewroteanEnglishpoem

2.theblackboardandaskedusthemeaning.Therewasalongsilence.工(unlucky),theteacher4.(choose)meto

answerthequestions.Isaidinalowv5.,uSorry,Idon'tknow."That'salwaysmyreplytodifficultqustions.Tomy

surprise,hespenttherestoftheclass6,(explain)myanswer.Hesaid“Idon'tknowisawronganswer.9,Youshouldat

leasthavesomeideasaboutthequestions,nomatterhowdifficultitis.Itdoesn'tmeanthatyoudon'tknow.Itmeans

thatyouarenot7,(confidence),andyouareafraidofmaking8.(mistake).“Iwasshockedby9.(he)words.Hewas

66,,

right.Fromthenon,Isaidgoodbyetothewronganswer1don'tknovv,blOzanyanswerswasbetterthanthatone.

NowIalwaystrymybesttofindaproperanswer.

IV.阅读理解

A

13、Manycollegestudentshavegivenuptakingclassnotesbyhand.Instead,theytype（打字）oncomputers.But

scientistssaythatmethodislesshelpful.

Ifyouneedtoremembersomething,writeit.Writingnotesbyhandismuchbetterforlong-termmemoryofidea.So,

turnoffyourcomputerifyouwanttoremembersomething.

Studentswhotypenotesonakeyboardoftenwritedownwhattheteachersaysword-for-word.Theymaywritewithout

reallythinkingaboutwhattheyarewriting.Theseelectronicnotescontained（容纳）morewords.Butscientistssayit

leadsto”"Transcriptionmeanstowritedownsomethingexactlyasyouhearit.

However,studentstakingnotesbywritingthem,needtofirstprocesstheinformationtheyhear.Thentheyrecordjust

themainparts.Theyusefewerwords.Thisisbecausepeopleusuallywriteslowerthantheytype.Thiskindofprocess

leadstoadeeperunderstanding.

Thescientistsdidaresearch.Intheresearch,studentslistenedtoateacherandthentookatest.Sometooknotesby

typingonacomputer.Theotherstooknotesbywritingthemdown.

Bothgroupsperformedaboutthesameinrememberingfacts.Butstudentswhotypedtheirnotesdidmuchworseon

conceptual（概念的）questions.Thesequestionsrequiredthemtounderstandanidea.

Also,scientistsfoundthatthosewhowrotetheirnotesrememberedconceptualinformationbetteraweeklater.

Scientistsbelievethatthestudentswhotooknotesbywritingthemhadadeeperunderstandingofideas.

Scientistsknowthatstudentsprobablywillstillusetheircomputersinclass.Buttheysuggesttotakenotesbyhandon

screens.Theysaythismightbeagoodwaybetweendifferentschools.

1.totakeclassnotesismorehelpfulforalong-termmemoryofidea.

A.Usingacomputer

B.Writingbyhand

C.Tapingonakeyboard

D.Recordingwithacomputer

2.Thephrase“mindlesstranscription”meansinChineseinthispassage.

A.无心记录B.智能记录

C.愚钝记录D.用心记录

3.Accordingtotheresearch,collegestudentsusuallyusefewwordstotakenotesbyhandinclassbecausethey

A.areverylazyB.wanttowritefast

C.areallcleverD.disliketotakenotes

4.Conceptualquestionsusuallyrequirethestudentsto«

A.listencarefully

B.thinkofthenotes

C.guessthemeanings

D.understandtheideas

5.Thepassagemainlytellsus,

A.howtotakenotesfastincollegeclass

B.howtoworkoutconceptualproblems

C.takingnotesbyhandisbetterthantyping

D.takingnotesisimportantinclass

B

ACCTVnewsprogramshowedthatinonlyanhour,morethan600peoplejumpedredlightswhencrossingaroadata

crossinginShijiazhuang,Hebei.uChinesestyleroadcrossing”hasbecomeahotexpressionrecently.Chinesepeople

“crossroadswithoutthinkingabouttrafficlights,solongastheyarepartofacrowd"，saidapostonSinaWeibo.

Manypeoplesaythattheyjaywalk（乱穿马路）becausetheredlightlaststoolong.“Peoplearelikelytoignore（忽略）

thelightwhenthewaitingtimeislongerthantheycanbear（忍受）saidNiYing,amemberoftheresearchteam.

However,asurveyonSinaWeiboshowedthatnearlyhalfofrespondents（调查对象）believethatpeoplejaywalkmainly

becausetheydon'trespectrules.

SomeChinesecitieshavestartedtakingsomeactionstopunishjaywalkers.Forexample,thefirstthreepeopleina

jaywalkinggroupwillbefined（罚款）50yuaninShijiazhuang.Butcallingonpeopletorespectrulesismoreimportant.

Tocompletelysolvetheproblem,everyoneshouldrealizetheimportanceofobeyingthetrafficrules.

1.Inthefirstparagraph,theunderlinedword“hot"means.

A.Hnew,popular11B."warm,boiling”

C.spicy,peppery（辣的）D.”sharp,smart”

2.WhichisareasonformanyChinesepeoplejaywalking?

A.Thegreenlightlaststoolong.B.Theywon'tbepunishedinChina.

C.Theycan'tbearthewaitingtime.D.Theyforgettofollowthetrafficrules.

3.InShijiazhuang,whowillbefinedwhenagroupofpeoplejaywalk?

A.Thefirstperson.B.Thefirstthreepeople.

C.Allofthem.D.Noone.

4.IfamanandhiswifejaywalkinShijiazhuang,howmuchintotalwilltheybefined?

A.50yuanB.Theywon'tbefinedC.lOOyuanD.We*renotsure.

5.Whafsthewriter'sopinion?

A.It*seasytosolvethejaywalkingproblemcompletely.

B.AlljaywalkersmustbepunishedinChinainfuture.

C.Respectingrulesismoreimportantthanpunishment.

D.MostChinesepeopledon*trespectthetrafficrulesatall.

C

15^Doyoulooklikeyourname?Scientistssaythere'sagoodchanceyoudo.

Thiscomesfromanewstudypublishedinamagazine.ResearchersfromIsraelfoundthat

ourgivennamesmayhavesomethingtodowithourfacial（面部的）appearances.

LeadwriterYonatZvvebnerofauniversity,alongwithherteam,dideightdifferent

experiments（实验）inIsraelandFrance.Thedifferentexperimentsweresetuptoanswer

twomainquestions:

whetherpeoplecancorrectlyguessaperson'snamebasedonlyonaphotoofafaceandwhatisbehindthismatching

effect.

Duringtheexperiments,researchersaskedstudentstolookatphotosofpeople'sfacesand

guesseachperson'snamefromalistoffourchoices.Theycorrectlyguessedtherightname38percentofthetime,

whichwasbetterthanthe25percentofarandom（随机的）guess.

Whafsmore,whenthefacesthestudentslookedatcamefromwithintheirowncountry,theywereabletobest

matchthefacestothenames.FrenchstudentswerebetteratmatchingonlyFrenchnamesandfaceswhileIsraeli

studentswerebetteratmatchingonlyHebrewnamesandIsraelifaces.

Researchersbelieveitispossiblethatpeoplechangetheirappearanceswithoutpayingattentiontoit,tomatch

theirnames.Onestudyespeciallybackedupthisidea,showingthatahairstyle,somethingthatcanbechangedby

peopleeasily,wasenoughtoguideothersincorrectlyguessingtheirnames.

“Earlierresearchhasshownthereareculturalstereotypes（偏见）carriedbynames,including

howsomeoneshouldlook.Forexample,peoplearemorelikelytoimagineapersonnamedBobtohavearounderface

thanapersonnamedTim.Webelievethesestereotypescan,overtime,influencepeople'sfacialappearances,^

Zwebnersaid.

Theresultsoftheexperimentsmayevenmakeparentsthinktwicewhenchoosinganamefortheirchildren.

“Ifanamecaninfluenceappearance,itcaninfluencemanyotherthings.Thisresearchopensanimportant

directionthatmaysuggesthowparentsshouldconsiderbetterthenamesfortheirchildren/9saidZwebner,who

recentlyhadababyherself.

“Asparents,itwasreallydifficultforustonameour12-day-olddaughterasweknowthemeaningsofnames."

1.Oneofthepurposesoftheexperimentsisto,

A.givethestudentsachancetoknoweachother

B.explainwhatinfluencesourfacialappearances

C.findoutdifferentcharacteristicscarriedbydifferentnames

D.seeifpeoplecancorrectlyguessaperson'snamebasedonlyonaphotoofaface

2.Peoplecouldmatchthefacestothenamesmoreeasily.

A.whentheydidarandomguess

B.whenthefacesarefromothercountries

C.whenthefacesarefromtheirowncountry

D.whentheyhavemoreknowledgethemselves

3.Theunderlinedpart“backedup”inParagraph6mostprobablymeans"

A.supportedB.changedC.comparedD.cancelled

4.Paragraph6andParagraph7aremainlytoshow.

A.theresultsofchangingnames

B.nameshavesomethingtodowithappearances

C.theimportanceofculturalstereotypescarriedbynames

D.theimportanceofahairstyleinguessingdifferentlooks

5.AccordingtoZwebner,weknowthat・

A.facialappearancesmayinfluencenames

B.weshouldn'tthinkofothersjustaccordingtotheirnames

C.anamemayinfluencemanythingsandshouldbewellchosen

D.weshouldpaylessattentiontothemeaningsofnamesandbeourselves

D

16、Barryishavingaverydifficulttimeinhislife.Hiswiferecentlydiedfromillness.Heisverysad.Barry's

neighbor,averyoldwomannamedGertrude,seeshimfromheryardoneday.Shehasnotseenhimoutsidefordays!

“Hello,Barry!Justlookatthisfence（篱笆）・Itisbroken.Youareastrongman,andyouhavesomefreetime.Iwant

youtofixthisfenceforme,“Gertrudesays.Barryisangry.Hethinkstheoldladyisveryselfish（自私）.Still,heknows

sheisanicewoman,andherespects（尊重）her.Soheagreestohelpher.

Barryworksfordays.Gertrudebringshimorangejuicewhileheworks.Whenhefinishes,hesmilesforthefirst

timeinmonths."Youdidsuchawonderfuljob.Doyouthinkyoucouldpaintitfbrme?”Gertrudesmilesathim.Barry

cannotbelievehisears.Doesn'tsheknowhowsadheis?Butbecauseherespectshersomuch,Barryagrees.Heworks

hardinthehotsun,butGertrude*sorangejuiceandencouragementarewonderful.Hefeelsproudofthebeautiful

fenceheismaking.

Overthenextfewweeks,GertrudekeepsgivingBarryjobs.Heevenrepairsherdoor.Alltheneighborspassbyand

tellBarrywhatabeautifuljobhehasdone.Hefinallyrealizesthatshehasneverbeenimpolite.Sheisreallywiseand

kind.Heknowsthatsimplygettingbusyatsomethingcantakesorrowaway.Hehelpsher,butshetrulysaveshim.

1.WhydoesBarryagreetohelpGertrudetofixthefence?

A.Becausehethinkssheistooold.B.Becausehehasnothingtodo.

C.Becauseheisstrongenough.D.Becauseherespectsher.

2.WhatdoesGertrudebringBarrywhileheworks?

A.Coffee.B.Orangejuice.C.CocoCola.D.Icecream.

3.BarrydoesalotforGertrude,buthedoesn'tforher.

A.fixthefenceB.paintthefence

C.buyorangejuiceD.repairthedoor

4.Theunderlinedword"sorrow”meansinChinese.

A.愤怒B.遗憾C.悲伤D.喜悦

5.Fromthetext,wecanlearnthatGertrudeis.

A.selfishB.impoliteC.helplessD.wise

E

17、DicklivedinEngland.OnedayinJanuaryhesaidtohiswife,“PmgoingtoflytoNewYorknextweek

becausePvegotsomeworkthere.^^“Whereareyougoingtostaythere?”hiswifeasked.UIdon'tknowyet.”Dick

answered.wPleasesendmeyouraddressfromthereinatelegram（电报）,"hi§wifesaid.“AHright,”Dickanswered.

HeflewtoNewYorkonJanuary31standfoundanicehotelinthecenterofthecity.Heputhisthingsinhisroom

andthenhesenthiswifeatelegram.Heputtheaddressofhishotelinit.

Intheeveninghedidn'thaveanywork,sohewenttoacinema.Hecameoutatnineo'clockandsaid,“NowPm

goingbacktomyhotelandhaveanicedinner.

Hefoundataxiandthedriversaid,uWheredoyouwanttogo?”ButDickdidn'trememberthenameandaddress

ofhishotel.

“Whichhotelaremythingsin?”hesaid."AndwhatamIgoingtodotonight?”Butthedriverofthetaxididnot

know.SoDickgotoutandwentintoapostoffice.Therehesenthiswifeanothertelegram,andinithewrote,“Please

sendmemyaddressatthispostoffice.^^

1.DickflewtoNewYorkbecause.

A.hewentthereforaholidayB.hehadworkthere

C.hewentthereforsightseeing（观光）D.hishomewasthere

2.Whowouldsendhimthenameandaddressofhishotel?

A.Themanager（经理）ofhishotel.B.Thepoliceoffice.

C.Thetaxidriver.D.Hiswife.

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Dickstayedatanicehotelinthecenterofthecity.

B.Dickdidn'tworkonthefirstnightofhisarrival.

C.Dickforgottosendhiswifeatelegram.

D.Dickwantedtogobacktohishotelinataxi.

F

18、Evennowadaystherearealotofmisunderstandingsbetweennationalities.Let'shavealookatwhat

thefollowingpeoplehavetosay.

MariaConti:IfindtheEnglishpeopleinsincere（虚伪），coldandunfriendly.Theykeepsaying“Thank

you"，"I'msorry",evenwhentheydon'tknoweachotherTheyareevenpolitetotheirownrelatives!Except

forhelpingyoufindyourwayinthestreets,theyaren'treallyfriendlyandneverinviteyoutotheirhouses.

GiannisSinios:OnthecontraryIfoundthembothbroad-mindedandfriendly.Iwasinvitedtopeople's

housesandtheyallshowedgreatinterestinmyideas,Greeklifeandpeople.InEnglandIlearnedthatitwas

possibletobewarm,friendlyandpoliteatthesametime.

JudyBrown:IlivedinbothItalyandGreeceforafewyears.Atfirsttherewereafewmisunderstandings

betweenmyforeignfriendsandmyself.Forexample,IoncegaveaGreekfriendapresentforherbirthday.I

wasrathersorrythatshedidn'tunwrapitimmediately.Whafsmore,sheevendidn'tthankmeuntilIasked

herifshelikedit!I'velearnedfromdifferentexperiencesthatalotofforeignersfindourattitudetowhatwe

Englishpeoplecallpolitenessisratherinsincere.Theyfeelthatpolitenessisn'tnecessarybetweenfriends.

1.AccordingtoMariaConti,itis・

A.insinceretokeepsaying“thankyou"and"I'msorry”tostrangers

B.necessaryforrelativestobepolitetoeachother

C.unfriendlyfortheEnglishpeopletohelpyourwayinthestreets

D.notpolitefortheEnglishpeopletoinvitehertotheirhouses

2.GiannisSinio