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浙江省杭州市2021年中考英语模拟试卷分类汇编

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杭州市西湖区2021年九年级下学期初中学业水平测试英语试题

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

A

MarthaPayneisnineyearsold.ShelivesandgoestoschoolinScotland.Inthepast,Martha

hadlunchintheschoolcanteeneveryday;andeverydaysheandherclassmateshadtoeatreally

terriblefood.

Thenoneday,Marthadecidedtostartablog.ShecalleditNeverseconds.Marthahada

simpleidea:totakeaphotooflunchatschooleveryday,andthentoputitinonherblog.Very

quickly,Martha,sblogbecameverypopular,andinsevenweeksithadtwomillionhits.

Theblog'spopularitywasgreatnewsfbrMartha,butitwasn'tverygoodnewsfbrtheschool.

Everyday,peoplearoundtheworldcouldseetheterriblemealsthattheywereserving.Aftera

while,theschooldecidedtodosomethingtostopthis.

Marthadescribeswhathappenedonherblog:"Thismc-rningtheheadteachertookmeoutof

theMathsclassandIwenttoheroffice.ShesaidthatIcouldnottakeanymorephotosofmy

schooldinnersbecauseofaheadlineinanewspapertoday.Ionlywritemyblog,notnewspapers,

andIamsadIcannolongertakephotos.''

However,thestoryhasahappyending.Peoplefromaroundtheworldbegantoprotest（反对）

againsttheactionsoftheschoolandMarthawasabletowriteherblogagain.What9smore,

mealsattheschoolhavenowgotmuchbetter.Attheageofonlynine,Marthaissomeonewhohas

alreadymadeabigdifference.

16.WhydidMarthastartherblog?

A.Toshowherschoolmealstoothers.

B.Toraisetwomilliondollarsforherschool.

C.Tomakeherselfapopularstudent.

D.Toexpressopinionsaboutherclassmates.

17.Whatdocstheunderlinedword“this”referto?

A.ThefactthatMartha'sblogreceivedtoomuchattention.

B.Thefact（hatMarthagotterribletestresultsformanylimes.

C.Theopinionthatstudentsshouldcatlunchattheirhones.

D.Theopinionthattheenvironmentofthecanteenwasbad.

18.WhatwasMarthaaskedtodobytheschool?

A.Stopwritingpassagesforthenewspaper.

B.Stoptakingthemathclassesinschool.

C.Stopputtingphotoscfschoolmealsonline.

D.Stoptakingphotosoftheheadteacher.

19.Whatmaybethebesttitleofthispassage?

A.HavingSchoolMealsTogether

B.RunningaSuccessfulBlog

C.CommunicatingwithTeachers

D.MakingaDifference

B

SunflowerSchoolRccidin9ClubReport

December2020

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Intro■duction■

TheSunflowerSchoolReadingClubwasfiveyearsoldlastmonthsowedecidedtodoa

surveytofindoutwhatstudentsthinkaboutit.Wearesorrytoreportthatmembershipofourclub

hasfalleninrecentyears.AsFigureIshows,only85pupilsaremembersthisyear.

Figure2:Reasonsfornotjoining

SunflowerSchoolReadingClub

Morefindings

WetalkedtopupilsfromPrimaryItoPrimary6totr>tofindoutwhytheydidnotwantto

jointheReadingClub.Theygaveanumberofdifferentanswersbut,asFigure2shows,themost

commonreasonwasthattheywerenotinterestedinbooks.

16%ofpupilssaid（heywerenotinterestedintheactivitiesofourReadingClub,soweasked

pupilswhichactivitiestheyenjoyedduringlastycar5sReadingWeek.Theseresultsareshownin

Figure3.

Itwasclearfromtheseresultsthatthebookwormcompetitionwasverypopular.Onestudent

saidthatweshouldhaveabookquiz（小测9佥）withteamsfromeachclass.Thewinningteam

couldcompeteagainstteamsfromotherschools.Somestudentssaidchattheypreferreading

booksthathavebeenmadeintofilms,suchastheHarryPotterseries.

Figure3:Myfavoriteactivity

atlastyear'sReadingWeek

|Storytellinglibrarian

暨Talkbychildren'sbookauthor

*Myfavoritebook'sharingby

students

lBookwormcompetition

■Introduction（ifnewpublications

Recommendations

WeshouldtrytoincreasethemembershipofSunflowerSchoolReadingClub.Wecando

thisbyorganizingmorefunactivities,suchascompetitions.Wecanalsoarousepupils9interestin

readingbysharingbooksthatarealsofilms.Weshouldalsomakesurethatouractivitiesdonot

clash（冲突）withthoseofotherschoolclubsandteams.

20.HowmanymembersdidtheReadingClubhaveinitsfirstyear?

A.85.B.100.C.120.D.140.

21.Whichactivitydidpupilslikeleastatlastyear'sReadingWeek?

A.Storytellinglibrarian.

B.Talkbychildren'sbookauthor.

C.Bookwormcompetition.

D.Introductionofnewpublications.

22.Whatdoesthelastparagraphmainlytalkabout?

A.Ashortsummaryofthewholereport.

B.Thingsthatthewriterthinksareagoodidea.

C.Otherthings（hewriterhaswrittenabout.

D.Futurereportsthatthewriterwilldiscuss.

C

Recently,mydaughterfoundsomethingatthebackofacupboard.Shedescribedit:"It'sa

box,about（hesamesizeandweightasabrick（石专）.Il'smadeofplasticandhasbuttons（按

钮）withnumberson,^^Shehopeditwasamachinefortravellingthroughtime!Shewas

wrong—itwasmyfirstmobilephone!

Findingmyoldphonemademethinkabouthowfastthingschange.Everydayobjectsused

byonegenerationarcunknowninthenextgeneration.Herearcsonicexamples.

Thissmall,rectangularboxismadeofplastic.Therearctwosmallwheelsinside.

Aroundthewheelsthereisabrowntape.Thistapemovedfromonewheeltotheother.Itwasused

forrecordingorplayingmusic.

Wcalsolistenedtomusiconrecords.Thesearclarge,flat,roundthingsandpeople

playthemonarecordplayer.Myrecordplayerwasmoremodemthanthisone.Thisgramophone

isaveryearlyrecordplayer.Itismadeofwoodandmetal.Mygrandparentsusedoneforplaying

records.

Thisthingismadeofmetalwithawoodenhandle.Itwasusedforcleaningcarpets（地毯）.

Mygrandmotherhunghercarpetsonalineinthegarden.Thenshehitthemwiththiscarpet

beaterandthedirtfellout!

MThisalsobelongedtomygrandparents.Itislongandthin.Itismadeofmetai.

IthasahandleatoneendandtheotherendlookslikeabellItwasusedforDiUtineoutcandles.I

thinkacarpetbeateritiseasiertoblow!

Ifyouthinkthesethingsarefunny,rememberthethingsyouusetodaymayalsolookfunny

toyourchildrenandgrandchildren!

23.Whydocsllicwiilcitellusabout（liethinglicidauglilcifound?

A.Toshowhowquicklythingschange.

B.Toshowhowgoodherdaughterisatfindingthings.

C.Toshowthatherdaughterisfunny.

D.Tointroducethetopicoftravelingthroughtime.

24.Whichtwothingshavethesameuse?

A.Thecassettetapeandtherecorder.

B.Thecandlesnufferandthecarpetbeater.

C.Thecarpetbeaterandthegramophone.

D.Thegramophoneandthemobilephone.

25.Whatdoes（heunderlinedpart“pulout”probablymean?

A.Putsomethingoutside,c.g.Wcalwaysputouttherubbishatnight.

B.Stopsomethingburning,e.g.Thefiremenaretryingtoputoutthefire.

C.Makeitknowntoalotofpeople,e.g.Thepoliceputoutawarningabouttheterrorist.

D.Pulthingswherepeoplecanfindandusethem,e.g.Weputoutfoodfor（hebirdsinwinter.

D

Youprobablyalreadyknowthatexercisecanhelpyouloseweightandstayfit.However,it

hasalotofothergoodeffects（影响），too.Areyouhealthyandfit?Evenifyouare,thereare

severalreasonsthatyoushculdexercise.

First,exercisecangiveyouenergy.Whenyouaretiredduringthedayandyoucan?tstudyor

work,don'ttakeanap（小睡）.Takeawalkorgoforaruninstead.Researcherslookedat70

differentstudiesaboutexerciseandtiredness.Inthestudies,peoplewhodidn'texercisestartedto

exerciseregularly.Asaresult,theyfeltlesstired.Theydidn7tfecitiredduringtheday.Over90

percentofthestudiesshowedthesameresults:regularexerciseincreasedenergyandreduced

tiredness.

Second,exercisecanhelpyousleepbetter.It'simportanttogetenoughsleep.Lack（缺少）of

sleepisoneofthemaincausesofstress.Exercisingraisesyourbodytemperature.Your

temperaturegoesbacktonormalaboutfivetosixhoursafteryouexercise.Youbecomesleepyat

（hispointbecausethedropintemperaturetellsyourbodythatit7stimetosleep.

Also,exercisecanreducestressandanxiety.Doyoueverfeelnervousorstressed?Working

outfor20minutescanmakeyoufeelcalm.How?Whenyouexercise,youhavetofocusonyour

body,soyoucan'tthinkaboutyourstressfi.ilthoughts.Inaddition,whenyouexercise,yourbody

createsaspecialchemical.Thischemicalcanhelpyourbrainreacttostress.

Finally,studiesshowthatexerciseisgoodforyourbrain,especiallyyourmemory.Exercising

makesyourbodycreatenewcellsinapartofthebraincalledthehippocampus（海马体）.Memory

andlearninghappeninthehippocampus.Becauseofthisincreaseincells,exercisingcanimprove

yourmemoryandmakeiteasiertolearnnewthings.

Regularexercisecanimproveyourlifeinsomanyways.Itcanmakeyoufeelbelter,look

better,anddomore.Sowh>arcyousittingtherereading?Gooutandexercise!

26.Whatisthewriter'smainpurposeofwritingthispassage?

A.Tointroducesomenewstudiesaboutexercise.

B.Todescribehowexercisecanchangethelife.

C.Tohelpsomepeopletolearnhowtostayfit.

D.Toadvisemorepeopletotakeregularexercise.

27.Whichofthefollowingmaycausestressaccordingtothepassage?

A.Afive-hournapintheday.

B.Someexercisebeforesleep.

C.Nothavingenoughsleep.

D.Thedropinbodytemperature.

28.HowdoesthewriterorganizeParagraph4?

A.Bytellingastoryandmakingasummary.

B.Byaskingquestionsandgivingreasons.

C.Byshowingopinionsandsharingasaying.

D.Bylistingnumbersandgivingexamples.

29.WhatisoneofthegoodeffectsofexerciseaccordingtoParagraph5?

A.Winningthefirstplaceinatest.

B.Improvingmemoryandlearningeasily.

C.Keepingingoodphysicalhealth.

D.Lookingprettywithagoodappearance.

30.Whichofthefollowingshowsthestructureofthepassage?

16-19AACB20-22BDB23-25AAB26-30DCBBB

三完形填空

36-40DBAAC41-45DCACD46-50BDACB

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第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

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C.Dredheadcanwatchvideosfor8hoursormorewithHuaweiMediaPadM5.

D.GunnellthinksNewAppleiPadisbetter（hanSamsungGalaxyTabS5e.

18.Wcmayfindthispassage.

A.InamagazineB.inanewspaperC.inastorybookD.ona

shoppingwebsite

B

On(hemorningof31stOctober2003,BethanyHamiltonandsomefriendsdecidedtogo

surfing.Theskywasclear,thesunwasshininganditwasaperfectdayfbrenjoyingthebig

wavesneartheislandofKauai,Havaii.

The13-year-oldsurfingstarwaslyingsidewaysonhersurfboardabout300metersfromthe

shorewithherleftarmintheclear,bluewater.Herfriendswerefloatingnearby,lookingoutiothe

sea.Theywereallwaitingforthenextbigwave.

Suddenlyafive-metertigersharkappearedjustbelowthesurfaceandattackedher.Itbither

leftarmandshookherbackwardsandforwards.Bethanysawthewateraroundherturnred.She

heldontotheboardandthesharkswamaway——butittookherarmwithit.Italsotookapieceof

herboard.LuckilyforBethany,thesharkattackedonlyonce.Itallhappenedsofastthatshedidn't

evenscream.

Inhermind,Bethanyrepeatedf'Gettothebeach.Gettothebeach.^^Shestartedtoswim

backtothebeachwithonearm.Herfriendsdidn'tknowaboutthesharkattack一一theythoughtal

firstthatshsewasjoking.Thentheysawthebloodandquicklycametohelp.Ittookfifteen

minutestoreachtheshore.Theycalled911andBethanyfinallygottohospital.

Bethany'sparentsarcbothsurfinglovers.Asababy,Bethanylikedtosplashintheshallow

water.Shestartedsurfingaltheageoffive.Bythirteen,shewasoneofthebestteenagesurfersin

theworld,andwasplanningtobecomeaprofessionalsurfer.Thenthesharkattackhappened.

ThereallyunbelievalbethingaboutBethanyisthatonlytenweekslatershewassurfing

agianinacompetition.Lessthanayearaftertheaccidentshewonfirstplaceinasurfing

competitioninHawaii.Beforetheaccident,alotofprofessionalsurfersthoughtthatBethanywas

goingtobethewomen'sworldchampiononeday.Aftertheaccident,

▲.

19.Whichofthefollowingistherightorderaccordingtothepassage?

①Thesharkswamaway.

②Herfriendssawthebloodandcametohelpher.

③Whileshewaswaitingforawave,asharkattackedher.

④Bethanydecidedtogosurfingwithsomefriends.

A.②④③①B.③(D®②C.®®O②D.④③②①

2O.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Bethanywasstandingonhersurfboardwhenthesharkattackedher.

B.Thesharkattackedheragainafewminuteslater.

C.Bethanyisnottheonlypersoninherfamilywholikessurfing.

D.Tenweekslater,Bethanywonasurfingcompetition.

21.WhatworddoyouthinkcanbeusedtodescribeBethanyHamiltonbest?

A.KindB.OutgoingC.HumorousD.Courageous.

22.Whichofthefollowingsentencescanbeputintheblank(空格)inthepassage?

A.theyhavechangedtheirminds.

B.theyhaven'tchargedtheirminds.

C.theydon'tthinkBethanycanbeachampionsurfer.

D.theydoubtifBethanycanbeachampioinsurfer.

C

①Thegrowthintallbuildingsworldwide,mostofwhichhavelargeglasspanes,hasledto

agreatneedforwindowwashers.Though（hejob.whichearnsworkersasmuchas$35anhour,

canbelucrative,accidentsarcnotuncommon.However,thedangerouschoremaysoonbedone

byOzmo,anintelligentwindowcleaningrobot,withhumanscontrollingfromthesafetyofthe

ground.

②Muchlikehumans,Ozmo,hangingoffthesidesofthebuilding,usesitsarmsandbrushes

tocleanthedirtontheglasspanes.A3-Dmapofthebuildingprogrammedintoitssystemallows

therobottoskillfullymoveupanddown.Computervisionandtouchsensors（传感器）enableitto

moveoutofthewayincaseofunexpectedevents,suchasthesuddenopeningofawindowAnd

therobotwillself-correctandmovearounditsoasnottobreakawindow.

③Unlikeotherwindowwashers,therobotcleanerdoesnotrequiresoaporWindcxtoclean

theglass.Instead,itusespurifiedwaterandaprocesscalledreverseosmosis（反渗透）todothe

job.Itisenvironmentallyfriendly.

©Whileittakesthreecleaners480hourseachtocleanthewindowsofa40-storyglass

building,therobotwillsingle-handedlycompletethetaskinjust80hours.However,unlikeother

robots,Ozmowillnottaketheplaceofhumanworkers,onlymakingtheirjobssafer.Hjman

workerswillcontroltherobotfrombelow.

©WhetherOzmo,whichisstillbeingtested,doesasgoodajobashumansremainstobe

seen.Pasteffortstousearobottodothisdangerousjobhavenotbeensuccessful,becausethe

machinesdonothavethesameyeashumansandoftenmisstehsoot（烟垢）collectedonwindow

corners.

23.Theunderlinedword“lucrative“inthepassageprobablymeans.

A.safeB.dangerousC.well-paidD.meaningless

24.Thesecondparagraphmainlytellsus.

A.whyOzmoismuchmoreintelligentthanhumanworkers.

B.liuwOzmuwuiksluulcanllicglassbinmlly.

C.whathelpsOzmomoveupanddownskillyfully.

D.WhereOzmocandoitsjobskillfully.

25.WhatdoesOzmousetocleantheglass?

A.WindexB.so叩C,DirtorsootD.Purified

water

26.ThewriterorganizesParagraph2,3and4by.

A.TellingstoriesB.askingquestionsC.givingsuggestionsD.

makingcomparisons.

D

Doyoufindyourselfstudyingthesamepagefor15minutes?ArcyouthinkingofaTV

showwhiledoingyourhomework?Ifso,youmayhaveaconcentrationproblem.

Concentrationis（heabilitytofocusonataskathand.Luckily,concentrationcanbe

improvedthroughtraining.Startbycreatingaspacethat'swellhit,quiet,andcomfortable.Take

awayyoursmartphone,TVorsomethinglikethat.Instead,haveeverythingyouneedatyourdesk.

Thisareaisyourconcentrazionzone,andyoushoulduseitonlyforworking.Afterawhile,your

brainwillautomaticallyswitchtoconcentrationmodeassoonasyousi（down.

Physicalhealthalsoplaysapartinconcetration.Healthyfood,enoughsleep,andregular

exercisehelpyourmindstaysharp.Whenstressgetsintheway,trymeditation（冥想）.Ilwillhelp

yourelaxandpracticeconcetration.

AmericancommunicationandcreativityexpertSamHornprovidesmoretipsforimproving

your“FOCUS”.

F=FiveMereRuleWhenynnthinkyoucan'tworkanymore,justdefivemereminutes

0=One"Think”atatime.Stopdealingwithlotsofthingsatthesametimeinyourhead.

Instead,setatimeforthinkingaboutasingletask.

C=ConqucrProcrastination（克服拖延症）.Sometimeswcdon'tfeellikeconcentrating,so

wcputoffwork.Justaskyourself44Willitgeteasierlatcr?^^Thenyouwillprobablywanttogetit

overwith.

U=UscYourHandsasBlinkers.Cupyourhandsandonlypayattentiontowhatyouarc

reading.

S=SeeAsIffortheFirstTime.Lookateachmomentlikeitisthefirstorlasttimeyousill

seeorexperienceit.

Concentrationcanhelpyougetaheadinlife.Usethetipsandfindoutforyourself.

27.Accordingtothewriter,whenshouldyoupracticemediation?

A.Whenyouarestressedout.

B.Whenyouneedtofocusononething.

C.Whneyouwanttobephysicallyhealthy.

D.Whenyoustarttofeelrelaxed.

28.Howshouldyoucreateyourconcetrationzone?

A.Createaquietplacewithplentyoflightandcomfort.

B.Createaplacewherelightmusicisplayinginthebackground.

C.Keepachatprogramopensothatyoucantalkwithfriends.

D.CreateaplacewhereyoucanwatchTVwithplen:yoflight.

29.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedassomethingthatwillhelpyourmindstay

sharp?

A.HcalihyfoodB.EnoughsleepC.ReadingabookD.Regular

exercise

30.WhichofSamHomstipshelpsgetndofthebadhabitofputtingoffdoinghomework?

A.FiveMoreRuleB.ConquerProcrastinationC.SeeAsIffortheFirsttimeD.One

“Think”ataTime.

阅读理解

A篇CCD

B篇CCDB

C篇CBDD

D篇AACB

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