2024年中考英语模拟试卷（无答案）

第二学期初三英语模拟试卷
一、单项选择（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）
1. When sunlight passes ________ small water drops in the sky, rainbows appear.
A. through B. across C. beyond D. along
2. If you don’t take the GPS with you, you will be ________ a blind man in the rainforest.
A. as good as B. as well as C. as silly as D. as slow as
3. — Zhang Yue, how many of your classmates have brothers or sisters in their families
— Believe it or not, it ________ to be more than a quarter.
A. takes up B. turns up C. takes out D. turns out
4. Life is like a one-way race, so treasure every moment ________ time cannot be won again.
A. so B. as C. if D. unless
5. —Excuse me, may I speak to Michelle, please
—Sorry. She ________ the library. Shall I take a message
A. went to B. has been to C. has gone to D. has been in
6. “The reason people are into you is because of ________ you have in you— don’t ever let go of that ever.” said Adele, a famous British singer.
A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
7. Never give up halfway without trying your best, for you will never know ________ close you are to success.
A. where B. what C. when D. how
8. —It’s a long time since we last met. Where have you been
—Oh, it’s really a long story. I went to the UK and ________ there for three years, as a Chinese teacher. You know it’s popular to learn Chinese now.
A stayed B. stay C. have stayed D. was staying
9. What a pity! ________, I believe he will succeed some day!
A. Otherwise B. Anyway C. Moreover D. Instead
10. —The Chinese language is more and more popular.
— Exactly! It’s becoming a ________ language skill in the international community.
A. similar B. difficult C. necessary D. single
11. —We will take graduation photos this Friday afternoon. Could you tell me ________
—Of course, they will.
A. what time we will take photos B. how many photos we can take
C. where we will meet on that day D. whether our teachers will join us
12. —What place will you suggest if I travel to Yixing
—The best-known Shanjuan Cave comes ________ as the first choice.
A. hardly B. patiently C. silently D. naturally
13.—I hear you’re organizing a trip to the game next week. _________ me in!
—No problem. Just keep in touch on WeChat.
A. Matter B. Leave C. Count D. Mind
14. —Do you know about classic Chinese poems
—________. Ask John. He is crazy about it, especially the poems of Bai Juyi.
A. No idea B. No wonder C. No way D. No problem
二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Amy was taking her first art class at school. She was very excited.
The art teacher, Mrs. Williams, told the children to ___15___the flowers in a vase at the front of the class.
“Don’t worry if your painting doesn’t look ___16___like the painting by the person next to you,” she said. “The important thing is to paint what you see.”
Amy worked very hard. She spent so long painting that her hand began to hurt from holding the brush.
She put the brush down for a moment to rest and looked at the painting next to hers
“That’s really good,” she said to Gina. Gina’s painting was small and tidy. Every flower was just like the real flowers in the vase.
“Thanks,” said Gina. She looked over at Amy’s painting. “Oh! What happened to yours ”
“What do you___17___ ” asked Amy. She looked at her own painting. It was very different from Gina’s. It covered the whole page and the colors were brighter than the real flowers.
“It looks like a big ___18___,” said Gina. “Did you pour the paint ”
“No.” said Amy, ____19____. “I painted what I saw, just like Mrs. Williams said.” “It’s OK, you know,” said Gina. “Not everyone is good at art.”
Mrs. Williams heard what Gina said, and she came over to look at Amy’s work.
“Oh, my dear,” said Mrs. Williams. “I think it’s wonderful, Amy. It’s so full of____20____ and happiness.”
Amy was very___21___.
“But Mrs. Williams, it doesn’t look anything like the flowers you told us to draw.” Gina said.
“Maybe not to you, Gina. Everyone sees different things when they look at the world.” She showed them a picture in a painting book. “This is a picture an artist painted of his own face. This is ____22____ he saw himself.”
“But...but... it’s just a few lines,” said Gina. “It doesn’t look anything like a real person.”
Mrs. Williams ___23___to Amy, “You should read this book, Amy. There are a lot of different kinds of paintings and one isn’t better than the other.”
That evening, Amy read all about the famous artists. Some of their paintings were very ___24___, but she liked to look at them all.
“I’m going to be an artist when I grow up,” she said to her mother.
15. A. water B. watch C. paint D. show
16. A. exactly B. nearly C. mainly D. mostly
17. A. say B. mean C. wonder D. think
18. A. flower B. picture C. mess D. rubbish
19. A. cheerful B. sad C. excited D. angry
20. A. leaves B. paint C. colour D. flowers
21. A. surprised B. patient C. scared D. worried
22. A. what B. why C. when D. how
23. A. showed B. looked C. turned D. waved
24. A. wonderful B. strange C. interesting D. meaningful
三、阅读理解（本大题共 13 小题，每小题 2 分，共 26 分）
阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Battling e-waste
E-waste, the world’s largest and fastest growing type of waste, doesn’t only come from computers but other electronics as well.
In 2019 the world produced 53.6 million tons of e-waste.
The world’s e-waste will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. That’s almost a doubling of e-waste in just 16 years. Today, only 15—20 percent of all e-waste is collected and recycled.
Why should we recycle e-waste E-waste has many valuable things in it, such as gold, silver and copper. One smartphone battery can pollute 600,000 liters of water.
What can we do ·Try to repair your electronics instead of buying new ones. ·Check for recycling organizations and donate your broken electronics ·Remove (去除) any batteries because they need to be recycled separately. ·Tell others to recycle e-waste.
25. In which year did the amount of e-waste reach about 37.3 million tons
A. 2014. B. 2019. C. 2022. D. 2030.
26. In order to reduce e-waste, we can do the following things EXCEPT ________.
A. considering repairing rather than buying electronics.
B. recycling batteries together with other parts of electronics.
C. donating broken electronics to recycling organizations.
D. raising people’s awareness of e-waste recycling.
27. This is probably from ________.
A. an instruction B. a newspaper C. a novel D. a comic book
B
Hitting screens during winter vacation, the Chinese drama Reset（《开端》）is certain to be one of the hottest topics. The sudden popularity of this TV program also draws public attention to the concept of the “time loop（时间循环）”.
In a time loop story, characters are trapped in specific（特定的）periods of time and re-experience the same events over and over. So they have to try to break out of the cycle and get out of the repetition. A time loop would usually be reset when a certain condition is met, for example, the death of a character. Under this condition, some characters may keep the memories from the previous loop.
According to Polygon website, the earliest time loop story is probably Doubled and Redoubled, written by US writer Malcolm Jameson in 1941. The story tells of a person who was cursed（诅咒）to repeat a day going wild. On that day, the character makes a lucky bet, gets a promotion（升职）and makes a successful wedding proposal（求婚）.
The concept of the time loop has been used in different forms of media, including TV series, films and video games.
Tracing the reason for its popularity, Polygon website said it’s partly “because the world is a mess, and we either don’t know how to fix it, or don’t have the power to—but that’s a really incomplete answer”.
A time loop would, in imagination, give people the chance to make different choices and lead different lives.
28. The phrase “going wild” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.
A. being worse B. being meaningful C. being perfect D. being awful
29. The writer mentions the drama Reset at the beginning of the passage to________.
A. tell the readers what the story is about
B. introduce the topic and attract the readers
C. compare with Doubled and Redoubled
D. show the reason why people like it
30. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. The characters of Reset are trapped in a specific period of time.
B. People trapped in time loop can remember things that happened in the previous loop.
C. Time loop stories have been famous for a long time, and are used in different forms.
D. People like time loop stories only because they want to lead different lives in their real lives.
C
Garrison had been treasuring his last piece. All he had left now was a sheet of the beautiful brown paper Pa had brought back from his last sailing trip.
“You’ve been quiet.” Pa said, “Could I see your picture ”
Garrison handed over his sketch. Pa studied it, then looked at his son. “You’re ten now, eh ” Garrison nodded, hoping Pa wouldn’t say that he was too old to be fooling around with pencils and paper.
“When I was ten, I wanted to work on my father’s ship,” Pa said, “When Thomas was ten, he asked me to let him plant the corn.”
Garrison’s throat tightened. “I know I’m not like either of you.” Pa looked at the drawing again.
“No, you are like both of us. You work hard, like Thomas. And you’re like me, too. I have wandering feet, but you have a wandering mind. We need to see things differently.”
Garrison frowned. “I’d rather love the land, like Thomas, or the sea...”
Pa patted his hand. “Thomas cares about our family very much—that’s why he’s worked so hard to bring us food. And my love for the sea makes good money. But there’s more in life than food and money. There’s happiness, for one. Does it make you happy to draw ”
Garrison nodded.
“And it makes me happy to look at your drawings. Not many folks can catch happiness on a piece of paper. Some might say drawing’s a waste of time, but they don’t understand how things are. Why, asking you to stop drawing would be like asking Thomas to stop farming, or me to stop going to sea. It would be like asking us to stop breathing, wouldn’t it ”
Garrison considered this, then replied, “No, sir. Not quite like breathing. If I couldn’t draw any more, it would be...like someone took away my voice.” He hung his head. In his mind he could hear Thomas laughing, “It’s not like you ever speak up, anyway.”
But Pa patted his shoulder and said, “That would be a pure shame. Your voice is important, Garrison, whether it’s out loud or on paper. And speaking of paper...” Pa smiled. “Take a look in my bag.”
Garrison reached into the bag and found a sketchbook. For a moment he was speechless; happiness seemed to fill his body and stick in his throat. Then he managed to find his voice. “Oh, Pa—thank you.”
31. Why did Garrison’s throat tighten
A. Because he felt thirsty.
B. Because he felt very scared.
C. Because he knew he was not like Pa or Thomas.
D. Because he thought Pa would stop him drawing.
32. When Garrison frowned, he most probably felt ________.
A. unhappy B. worried C. afraid D. excited
33. Which word can describe Garrison’s father
A. Strict. B. Patient. C. Understanding. D. Traditional.
D
Technology has done our world wonders: from development in medicine, travel, communication, to our day-to-day lives. It has undoubtedly changed the way our society works, and how we communicate with one another and ourselves. However, by completely welcoming technology as a part of everyday life, are we losing our ability to create
Technology presents a new platform for creativity to exist(存在)on. Through technology, ideas can be set free and come to life in the physical world. We have the necessary tools for greater possibilities and new solutions. For example, businesses now have the opportunity to improve themselves more creatively through websites, film advertisements,social media or radio.
However, when we look more closely, it’s easy to notice some disadvantages. For example, many of us depend so heavily on automated calculations(自动计算)nowadays, rather than taking the time to work it out for ourselves. Another obvious situation is that a lot of people are spending too much time on screens. As a result, they are reducing the opportunities to come up with their own creations.
Is there a way to find a balance between technology and human creativity I think so. It is simply a matter of making sure that creativity is not deterred by technology. The first way is to reduce our usage of digital devices(数字设备)by setting limits on when, where, and how long we use them,turning off the notifications(通知)on your phone, or putting your phone on “Do Not Disturb”. Once you become used to these, you will feel surprised how little you think about your phone.
Another wonderful way is to take daily walks in the nature. It can help you reset, rebalance, and keep going. In the long run, a daily walk can not only influence our creativity and imagination but further our physical and mental(思想的)health. We can also develop our creativity by doing yoga, keeping a journal, or reading.
The key to the survival(生存)of our creativity starts with us. Will you put your phone away when spending time with friends Will you try to find happiness and purpose outside of a screen The actions you choose to take will help change the relationship between creativity and technology for the better.
34. Why does the writer talk about businesses in Paragraph 2
A. To stress the importance of creativity.
B. To suggest good ways to develop technology.
C. To show the effect that technology has on creativity.
D. To explain the relationship between business and creativity.
35. The word “deterred”in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.
A. examined B. controlled C. replaced D. prevented
36. The writer probably agrees that ________.
A. limiting the usage of our phones can help us develop creativity
B. spending time on screens is the easiest way to keep people happy
C. turning off the notifications on the phone will make people worried
D. a daily walk does more good to physical health than to mental health
37. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Technology: How Does It Help Develop Creativity
B. Creativity in a World of Technology: Does It Exist
C. Technology and Creativity: Which Is More Important
D. Technology and Creativity: How Do They Influence Each Other
四、词汇运用 (本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)
（A）根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
38. Hanfu is an ________ (古代的) clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty.
39. Children’s confidence should be developed in the path, theory(理论), system and ________ (文化) of socialism(社会主义) with Chinese Characteristics.
40. Chinese-made products are ________ (高度地) praised at the FIFA World Cup 2022.
41. Soft music is often played at some malls to _______ (创造) a relaxing shopping environment.
(B) 根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
42. Yang Ziqiong made history on March 13, 2023 by becoming the first ________ (Asia) to win the Best Actress Award at the 95th Academy Awards.
43. Much is _______ (know) about the new movie called How do you live, but the film based on Yoshino（宫崎骏）’s novel is well worth expecting.
44. In my family, a decision will not be made until everyone is in _______ (agree).
45. The cowboy had much difficulty _______(control) all the horses. After all, he was too young.
五、动词填空(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)
用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。
46. The temperature was still high during the day. However, it ________ (drop) a lot last night.
47. Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman ________ (win) the Oscar for Best Actress.
48. —You were not listening. What troubled you
—Sorry, I ________ (think) about how to help kids get in the habit of saving.
49. The Yinchuan Wetland Park ________ (become) a popular place for wild birds so far.
50. Billions of coffee cups ________ (throw) away in the UK each year. A change in recycling is necessary.
51. What difficulty do you have ________ (explain) what you want to your parents
52. Every day ________ (matter) so never put off what you can do till tomorrow.
53. 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup ________ (hold) in Australia and New Zealand this July.
六、阅读填空(本大题共5小题.每小题1分，共5分)
先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词，每个空格只能填一个单词。
On June 18, 2018, a number of small driverless delivery robots were taken to the streets for the first time from the Shangdi delivery station in Beijing’s Haidian District to improve delivery service and reduce the cost.
The red and white delivery robots stood in shining line around the Shangdi distribution centre, one of JD’s main delivery stations. The driverless robots usually deliver 30 boxes of products at a time, reaching 15 kilometres per hour. It can carry up to 300 kilograms of goods.
“The deliveries covered most of the living areas near the distribution station,” said Yang Jing, general manager at JD’s AI Research Department.
“Information of the machines was already on record connected with the local transport department of Beijing before they were taken to the road,” said Yang.
The robots can avoid barriers and people stop or go according to the traffic lights and make their way to the delivery sites all by themselves.
“We are using delivery robots to reduce the human costs of traditional delivery service,” said Yang. JD has already used delivery machines in several closed areas, such as colleges and parks of companies. JD plans to put more than 100 delivery robots in use in more than 20 Chinese and foreign cities, such as Shanghai, Tianjin and Xi’an in China and Bangkok in Thailand.
Delivery robots ____54____ the road in Beijing
Purpose To help improve delivery service and reduce the cost.
____55____ about driverless robots *They can deliver many products at a ____56____ of 15 kilometres per hour. *They are ____57____ to avoid barriers and follow traffic rules. *They can make their way to the delivery sites on their own. *Some are used in several closed areas, such as colleges and parks of companies.
JD’s future plan *Over 100 delivery robots will be used in more than 20 cities at home and ____58____, like Shanghai, Tianjin and Xi’an in China and Bangkok in Thailand.
七、完成句子(本大题共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分)
按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。
59. 这次学生上交的作业一半是以海报和视频的形式呈现的。
Half of the homework that students handed in __________________ posters and videos.
60. 她太敏感了。与她说话我们得要三思自己的言辞。
She is sensitive. We _______________________ our words before talking to her.
61. 万幸！他们在战争一开始就成功躲进了地下室。
Luckily! They ______________________ in the basement as soon as the war broke out.
62. 这两位年龄相仿的商人，在做生意的想法上不谋而合。
The two businessmen _________________________ each other on doing business.
63. 刚开始，是否值得开展课后服务工作引起了人们的广泛讨论。
People widely discussed _____________________ the after-school services in the beginning.
64. 由于严格的质量控制流程，该公司的产品多年来一直达到标准。
The products of the company ___________________ for years because of the strict quality control process.
八、书面表达（本大题共20分）
65. 假设你叫张华，是无锡阳光中学九年级的学生，也是学校英文报的一名记者。上周日，校学生会 (the Students’ Union) 组织毕业班学生在一家农场进行初中毕业纪念活动。为此，你将结合以下通知所示内容及个人活动感受用英语写一篇报道。
注意事项：
1.报道须根据通知内容自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意；
2.词数在100个左右。
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