2024年江苏省无锡市初中学业水平考试 英语模拟试题（五）（无答案）

2024年无锡市初中学业水平考试
英语模拟试题（五）
第Ⅰ卷（客观题）
一、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( ) 1. Don’t follow the film stars blindly. You should know ______ is worth our learning from.
A. who B. what C. which D. how
( ) 2. Calm seas never make excellent sailors. So don’t be afraid of storms as we sail ______ life.
A. against B. through C. beyond D. across
( ) 3. — How can I get good grades in the listening test, Miss Li
— You can ______ the questions quickly before listening.
A. pay attention to B. take notice of C. look through D. go over
( ) 4. — It is a pity that the disease is still terrible at present.
— Yes. It will be worse ______ we take further action to do something for it.
A. unless B. since C. if D. though
( ) 5. — I want ______ but the best for my children.
— Oh, you are really a great mother.
A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
( ) 6. — The new energy cars are becoming popular, but some people are caring about their safety.
— We ______ worry about it with the development of modern technology.
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. shouldn’t
( ) 7. His novels not only were a joy for people to read, but also hoped to ______ people’s spirits and values in this country.
A. shape B. mark C. suggest D. confirm
( ) 8. Although this may sound like a ______ process, great care is needed.
A. stupid B. similar C. simple D. strict
( ) 9. That amazing novel has given him the will to ______ with his life and his work.
A. carry on B. carry out C. carried on D. carried out
( ) 10. It’s never ______ to start teaching a child the importance of good manners.
A. good enough B. early enough C. too good D. too early
( ) 11. — Has Sandy handed in her report
— Not sure. She told me that she wanted to check it again and that she ______ it in soon.
A. will hand B. handed C. would hand D. has handed
( ) 12. — Beijing duck, Sichuan hot pot ... Oh, I really want to try delicious food around China.
— Come on, Jane. You’d better think about ______ for us to travel around.
A. how soon will it be safe B. how soon it will be safe
C. how long will it be safe D. how long it will be safe
( ) 13. — He insisted that he had nothing to do with the murder, but ______.
— Well, I think we should find more clues.
A. every dog has its day B. out of sight, out of mind
C. many hands make light work D. there is no smoke without fire
( ) 14. — Making friends on the Internet sounds great. I want to try.
— ______. It’s not easy for you to tell whether the online information is true or not.
A. You said it B. I feel the same
C. I am with you on that D. That’s not the case
二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“I want my book back. Right now!”
“You told me I could 15 it!” I said confusedly (困惑地).
“Yes, I said you could keep it, but I didn’t say you could lend it to her. I saw her 16 it at lunch!” Brittany pointed into the classroom at Maria.
Now everything made sense.
Brittany was my best 17 . We slept over at each other’s houses all the time. She also bought us friendship necklaces. “If you take it off, I’ll die of heartbreak.” So I wore it all the time, even as the metal changed colours and made a mark on my neck.
In Grade Five, we weren’t in the same 18 and I met Maria. Soon, Maria and I did everything together.
However, Brittany was 19 . She thought it was Maria who broke the friendship between us. So she ate with Evelyn at lunch. When I came to her, she said, “Why don’t you go and sit with your best friend Maria ” My face turned red as if she’d hit i with her hand.
Brittany ate lunch with Evelyn for a week. I worried that Brittany had forgotten me. But the next Monday, she acted like 20 had changed. “Come on. We’d better hurry if we want to get our favourite place.”
I had started walking with her when I saw Maria and Andy laughing together. I wanted to know why they were laughing and 21 to look at them.
“No!” said Brittany. She caught my arm. But my hand was holding a glass of chocolate milk. So the milk poured down my dress.
Mum came to bring me new 22 . As I changed, she noticed the mark on my neck. “It’s time to take this off,” she said, unclasping (解开) it. Suddenly, I found myself 23 harder than I had in years.
That was several weeks ago. Brittany and her mum had moved to a different street, without her dad. I worried about her and sometimes I would walk toward her, but then I would stop, with a(n) 24 feeling in my stomach. I didn’t worry that she’d catch my arm. It was something about the way a hedgehog (刺猬) curls (蜷缩) up around its soft stomach when it feels endangered.
“Hello ” Brittany was still looking at me.
I thought about all the things I wanted to say. And also I wondered if she ever felt that hedgehog feeling. So, I took a deep breath.
“Brittany,” I said, “are you doing OK I heard about your dad.”
And then it was Brittany’s turn to cry.
( ) 15. A. buy B. sell C. throw D. keep
( ) 16. A. eating B. drinking C. reading D. drawing
( ) 17. A. aunt B. friend C. brother D. teacher
( ) 18. A. class B. grade C. school D. city
( ) 19. A. happy B. unhappy C. confident D. unconfident
( ) 20. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
( ) 21. A. refused B. failed C. turned D. hoped
( ) 22. A. necklaces B. glasses C. books D. clothes
( ) 23. A. working B. thinking C. crying D. laughing
( ) 24. A. nervous B. hungry C. exciting D. comfortable
三、阅读理解 阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
( ) 25. Who can take part in the support group
A. Kids aged 9 — 12. B. Teens aged 14 — 17.
C. Teens with their parents. D. Anybody.
( ) 26. How many times can one take part in the group at most
A. Once. B. Twice. C. Ten times. D. Twelve times.
( ) 27. What’s probably the purpose of the support group
A. To teach teenagers some living skills.
B. To offer people some snacks and drinks.
C. To help children get better grades in exams.
D. To help teens reduce anxiety and learn to relax.
B
Friendship is one of the most wonderful parts of human life. Friends share your happiness as you make achievements. When you feel blue, they will be the sunshine to warm your heart and bring you laughter. With its universal significance, the theme of friendship is quite popular in both Chinese and Western literature. Let’s appreciate the following two poems.
Farewell to Prefect Du by Wang Bo You’ll leave the town walled far and wide, For mist-veiled land by riverside. I feel on parting sad and drear, For both of us are strangers here. If you have friends who know your heart, Distance cannot keep you two apart, At crossroads where we bid adieu, Do not look tearful as women do! A Time to Talk by Robert Frost When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, ‘What is it ’ No, not as there is a time to talk. I throw my hoe in the soft ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit.
( ) 28. Which part of a magazine is the passage probably taken from
A. School life. B. International news.
C. History study. D. Cultural communication.
( ) 29. A Time to Talk shows the readers the moment of ______.
A. a visit from a friend B. a call to a farmer
C. a farewell to a friend D. a walk on a farm
( ) 30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the two poems
① The farmer is busy with his job so he has no time to talk.
② Friendship is very strong and even distance cannot break it.
③ Wang Bo wrote this poem to a stranger who would live far away.
④ The farmer will put his work aside and enjoy the time with his friend.
A. ①② B. ①③ C. ②④ D. ③④
C
Atticus was nearly fifty. He was much older than the parents of our classmates, and there was nothing Jem or I could say about him when our classmates said, “My father ...”
Our father worked in an office. He didn’t do anything that could possibly win the admiration of anyone. He wore glasses. He was nearly blind in the left eye.
When he gave us our air-rifles (气枪), Atticus wouldn’t teach us to shoot (射击). Uncle Jack said Atticus wasn’t interested in guns. Atticus said to Jem one day, “Don’t point that gun at anybody. Also remember it’s a sin (罪) to kill a mockingbird.”
That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens. They do nothing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
“What do you think of my father Is there anything he’s good at ”
“You’d be surprised if your father was thirty. You’d find he was quite different,” said Miss Maudie. “There’s life in him yet.”
One Saturday, Jem and I decided to go exploring with our air-rifles to see if we could find a rabbit or a squirrel. Suddenly we noticed an old dog. It hunched its shoulders and twitched its torso. “There’s something wrong with it.” We soon ran quickly back to tell Maudie. She quickly shut the wood door behind us. She herself ran outside to tell others.
“Mad dog’s coming! Mad dog’s coming!” Maudie’s message had been received by the neighbourhood.
Nothing is more terrible than a deserted (空旷的), waiting street. The trees were still, the mockingbirds were silent. Everybody held their breath.
Atticus drove back quickly and got out.
In a fog, Jem and I watched our father take the gun and walk out into the middle of the street. He walked quickly, but I thought he moved like an underwater swimmer: Time had slowed to a nauseating crawl. Atticus rubbed his eyes and chin; we saw him blink (眨眼) hard.
The rifle cracked. The dog fell onto the ground. It didn’t know what hit itself.
Jem was frozen.
“I saw that, One-Shot Finch (神枪手)!” neighbours cried.
“I forgot to tell you the other day that Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in his time,” Miss Maudie laughed.
When we went home, I told Jem we’d really have something to talk about at school on Monday.
( ) 31. According to the passage, Atticus is a ______ man.
A. modest and brave B. weak but friendly
C. energetic and humorous D. gentle but boring
( ) 32. Why was Jem frozen when the dog fell onto the ground
A. He was afraid the dog hadn’t died yet. B. He was surprised Atticus could shoot.
C. He was worried about Atticus’ safety. D. He was afraid of being hurt by the dog.
( ) 33. What’s the best title for the passage
A. An awful day B. The mad dog C. Our perfect father D. One-shot finch
D
For many animals, an island can be a great place to live. Water all around keeps big predators away. But islands have their own dangers. Food and water are limited. A storm or volcano can easily wipe out a whole population or change the land in big ways. If a predator (like cats or rats) does arrive, there’s no escape. These challenges can cause island animals to evolve (进化) quite differently from their mainland ancestors (祖先). So, islands around the world are home to rare species found nowhere else.
The Galapagos are a group of small volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles (966 km) west of Ecuador. When these islands first erupted (喷发) from the sea, they were empty of life. Over time, plant seeds blew or drifted there. Birds arrived, bringing more seeds. Tortoises and iguanas (鬣蜥) floated over on logs.
When scientist Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos in 1835, he noticed something interesting. Many of the islands had similar animals—iguanas, land tortoises, small birds. But these animals were a bit different on each island. On one island, birds called finches had long, narrow beaks—right for catching bugs. But on the next island, the finches had short, strong beaks. That island had more seeds, and fewer bugs. Each type of finch had a beak that matched the most common food on its island. He found similar differences in the tortoises and iguanas.
After thinking about this for many years, Darwin’s observations led him to a startling new idea. He realized that each family of animals probably shared a common ancestor—the original birds or turtles who flew or drifted there. Gradually, as they spread to different islands, the young with traits that best suited the food on that island did better. But since each island was different, the birds or turtles on each island evolved slightly different traits. He called this idea “natural selection”.
Darwin’s idea explained more than just the Galapagos. It also explains why islands are so often home to unusual animals. Islands separate animals from others of their kind and present them with new challenges. Those animals that do best on an island may not be the same ones who did best on the mainland. So over time, they become different.
( ) 34. The writing purpose of this passage is ______.
A. to introduce the form of the Galapagos
B. to tell a story about Charles Darwin
C. to explain the importance of the environment
D. to discover the secrets of island animals
( ) 35. The sentence “This is often the way plants and animals come and live on islands.” would best be placed at the end of ______.
A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4
( ) 36. What can we learn about “natural selection”
A. It proved islands are the perfect home to different animals.
B. It was used to describe some special animals on the Galapagos.
C. It announced the result of the research on certain island animals.
D. It was named after the islands where Darwin formed his discovery.
( ) 37. What can we infer from the passage
A. Mainland animals never evolve for there are fewer dangers around.
B. Big island animals can get smaller since they have limited food on islands.
C. Darwin first mistook different finches for totally unrelated kinds of animals.
D. The Galapagos were considered as a natural laboratory to do special research.
第Ⅱ卷（主观题）
四、词汇运用
（A）根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。
38. Life, in ______ (普遍的), as many things we do, has never been easy.
39. ______ (必定地), pets can help children develop friendship skills.
40. Too much stress is harmful to your health. You need to ______ (保卫) against it early.
41. To tell the ______ (事实), The Little Prince is a good read for teenagers.
（B）根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
42. Millie was born in a very ______ (wealth) family but she never shows off.
43. That scientist is ______ (wide) respected for his courage, knowledge, as well as contribution to the whole country.
44. The sales of ______ (person) computers have dropped greatly because of the development of smartphones.
45. The students won the competition by ______ (control) the speaking ways well.
五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
46. You never know what ______ (happen) tomorrow. So live today.
47. ______ (find) the place, he asked the way. It really worked there.
48. — Where is Andy
— He ______ (not catch) the bus up to now. So he will be a few minutes late.
49. — What do you want to be when you grow up
— I haven’t decided yet, but I’m considering ______ (become) a doctor.
50. — I still remember the first time we met. You ______ (give) out books at that time.
— It has been three years. How time flies!
51. Thanks, Mum, for teaching me that falling only ______ (make) us stronger.
52. — Madam, can I help you Would you like to try this silk dress on
— I ______ just ______ (look) around. Thank you all the same.
53. After they ______ (choose) to sing at the party, the whole team practised even harder.
六、阅读填空 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。
Water was pouring down stairways into the London Underground. A woman was walking through dirty, deep water to reach a New York City subway station. These were true stories connected to subway systems.
Subway systems around the world are fighting with terrible weather brought on by climate change. Some networks, such as London’s or New York’s, were designed and built starting more than a century ago. At the same time, the world’s newest systems can also be overwhelmed by water.
“It’s terrible,” said Sarah, director of the Rudin Centre for Transportation at New York University. “The challenge is, how can we get ready for the next storm, which was supposed to be 100 years away,” she said, “but could happen tomorrow ”
Floods in Germany killed more than 160 people. As Robert, a professor at City College of New York, put it, “Subways are going to flood. They’re going to flood because they are below ground.”
With more terrible flooding down the line, protecting subways all of the time will be impossible. Instead, money is needed in buses and bike lanes (车道) that can serve in other ways of public transportation when subways are flooded.
Some researchers question why public transportation needs to be underground in the first place and say that public transportation should reclaim (重新占领) the street. “We have this habit from the last century to give so much of the space above ground to cars,” he said. “But one bus lane carries more people than three lanes of cars,” said Bernardo Baranda Sepúlveda, a Mexico City-based researcher at the Institute for Transport Development.
Terrible climate could overwhelm subway systems
Facts of some subway systems all over the world ·Britain: Water rushed down stairways into the London Underground. ·America: A woman walked through dirty, waist-deep water to reach a subway platform. ·Germany: Floods made 54 160 people lose their lives.
Not only old subway systems but also these new ones failed to fight with terrible weather 55 by climate change.
56 of different people ·Sarah: It is 57 possible for subway systems to be overwhelmed by the next storm. ·Robert: Subways are below ground so they’re going to flood. ·Bernardo: We should give more available space above ground to buses than to cars. ·The writer: Buses and bike lanes that can serve in other ways of public transportation in floods are 58 quite a lot of money.
54. ______ 55. ______ 56. ______ 57. ______ 58. ______
七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。
59. 不用担心。目前形势尚未失控。
Don’t worry. The present situation isn’t ______.
60. 世界读书日即将到来，哪些书很值得一读？
World Book Day is coming. Which books ______
61. 年轻夫妇离家太久，甚是想念家人。
The young couple ______ for long, and they miss their family very much.
62. 因为相似，这对双胞胎兄弟中的一个经常被误认为是另外一个。
Because they are similar, the twin brother ______.
63. 这架钢琴占据太多空间，房间里已无处安放其他物品。
The piano ______ that nothing else could fit in the room.
64. 两个世纪以来，这家店铺一直以手工制作蛋糕闻名。
For two centuries, the shop ______.
八、书面表达
假定你是李华，学校“英语之声”社团招募暑期志愿者去偏远地区，帮助那里的儿童学习英语。请你根据下图写一封英文自荐信。
◆ What good qualities do you have
◆ Why do you want to take part in this activity
◆ How will you help them if you are accepted
注意事项：
1. 自荐信须根据提纲自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意；
2. 词数100左右，自荐信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 自荐信中不得使用真实的个人及学校信息。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have learned that the Voice of English Association needs some volunteers to help children in remote areas in the coming summer vacation. I am writing to recommend myself as one of them.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua