2022年江苏省常州市金坛区水北中学中考二模英语试题

2022年中考模拟试卷（二）

英 语

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一、单项选择（共10 小题;每小题1分, 满分 10 分）

从 A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. A helping hand costs ____________ sometimes, but it gives so much. Let's go and help her.

A. everything   B. something   C. anything   D. nothing

2. —Do you know about the scientist Sun Jiadong?

—Yes, he was presented with National Medal of honour for his great ______________ science and space technology.

A. achievements  B. education   C. satisfaction   D. development

3. The population who come to this district is becoming _________ and the cost of living here

is getting ______________.

A. smaller; higher   B. fewer; cheaper   C. larger; higher  D. more; expensive

4. — Have you ever heard that a famous pianist will give a concert this Sunday?

—Yes. Luckily, I have ______________ to get a ticket.

A. offered    B. managed   C. planned   D. promised

5. — How are you getting on with your twin sister?

—Very well. Believe it or not. I know __________ how she is feeling all the time.

A. truly    B. mainly    C. exactly   D. likely

6. Yuan Longping __________ made contribution to solving the Chinese people's food problem ____________ set a monument to world peace and social progress.

A. either; or    B. not; but    C. not only; but also  D. both: as well

7. "Countries around the world should stay together in one giant ship and sail toward a bright _________ with 'Together for a Shared Future' as the future, and this is why China official motto for Beijing 2022, " said President Xi.

A. kept up   B. came up   C. carried on    D. got along

8. Zhong Nanshan together with thousands of doctors is still devoting himself___________ COVID 19 ____________. There is still a long way to go.

A. to prevent; spread       B. to prevent; spreading

C. to preventing; from spreading     D. to preventing; spread

9. Kate was not sure _______________

A. that her parents would return home soon

B. what the matter was with the computer

C. whether they stayed there for a week

D. which buddy she could choose to talk

10. —Do you show great interest in singing and dancing?

—____________. In fact, I ____________ watch song and dance shows.

A. Of course; prefer to       B. Certainly not; had better

C. Not really; would rather     D. That's not the case; prefer

二、完形填空（共12 小题, 每小题1分, 满分12 分）

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。

Where do you go when you want to learn something? A friend? A tutor（导师）? These are all 11 places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want 12 somewhere else instead. I had the chance of seeing this first hand on a weekend.

My daughter plays on a recreational（业余的）soccer team. They did very well this season and so 13 a tournament（锦标赛）, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some 14 experiences on Saturday as they played against teams 15 trained. Through the first two games, her 16 did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I 17 seeing my daughter playing her best, but still defeated.

It seemed that something clicked with the 18 between Saturday and Sunday. When they 19 for their Sunday game, , they were completely different. They had begun integrate （融合）the kinds of play and teamwork they had seen the day before into their 20. They played aggressively and even scored a goal.

It struck me that playing against the other team was a great 21 moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. 22 is the best teacher. The lessons they learned from the games may not be different from what they would have got in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.

11. A. public   B. traditional   C. official  D. special

12. A. passes   B. works    C. lies   D. ends

13. A. won   B. entered   C. organized  D. watched

14. A. painful   B. strange   C. common  D. practical

15. A. less   B. poorly    C. newly   D. better

16. A. fans   B. tutors    C. class   D. team

17. A. imagined  B. hated    C. avoided  D. missed

18. A. girls   B. parents   C. coaches  D. viewers

19. A. dressed   B. showed up   C. made up  D. planned

20. A. styles   B. training   C. game   D. rules

21. A. touching  B. thinking   C. encouraging D. learning

22. A. Experience  B. Independence  C. Curiosity  D. Interest

三、阅读理解（共14 小题, 每小题2分, 满分28分）

阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

This is time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.

Littleton Children's Home

We don't want your money, but children's toys, books and clothes in good condition would be very welcome.

Also, we arc looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days and give them not only food but also love. You have so much—will you share it?

Phone Sister Thomas on 55671.

Children's Hospice

We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts of money to pay for more nursing staff（员工）. We also need story books and toys suitable for quiet games.

Please contact the Secretary, Little Children's Hospice, Newby Road.

Street Food

In the winter weather, it's no fun being homeless. It's even worse if you're hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It's hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you find a little money? We use a very old kitchen, and we urgently need some new saucepans. Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed. Contact Street Food, c/o Mary's House, Elming Way, Littleton. Phone 27713.

Littleton Youth Club

Have you got an unwanted chair? A record player? A pot of paint? Because we can use them! We want to get to work on our meeting room!

Please phone 66231 and we'll be happy to collect anything you can give us. Thank you!

Night Shelter

We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street. Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have quite enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however small, will be such a help.

Send it to us at 15, Green St. , Littleton.

Please make a check payable to Night Shelter. You can also call us at 62735.

23. If you like children and you could offer a happy family to a homeless child, you may go_______.

A. Street Food       B. Night Shelter

C. Littleton Children's Home    D. Children's Hospice

24. If you want to help but you have no extra to give, you may dial __________, and offer your help.

A. 27713     B. 55671    C. 62735    D. 66231

25. If your child has grown up, you may take the child's things to ________________.

A. Littleton Children's Home and Children's Hospice

B. Littleton Youth Club and Littleton Children's Home

C. Children's Hospice and Night Shelter

D. Littleton Youth Club and Night Shelter

B

Uh-oh, the new year's just begun and already you're finding it hard to keep those resolutions（决心）1o junk the junk food, get off the couch or kick smoking. There's a biological reason why a lot of our bad habits are so hard to break—they get connected with our brains.

That's not an excuse to give up. Understanding how unhealthy behaviors become deeply rooted has scientists learning some tricks that may help good habits replace the bad.

"Why are bad habits stronger? You're fighting against the power of an immediate reward, " says Dr. Nora Volkow, an authority on the brain's pleasure pathway.

"We all as creatures are behaving that way, to give greater value to an immediate reward as opposed to something that's delayed, "Volkow says.

Just how that bit of happiness turns into a habit involves a pleasure-sensing chemical named dopamine. It conditions the brain to want that reward again and again—strengthening the connection each time—especially when it gets the right cue（暗示）from your environment. People tend to think they have the ability to resist temptations（抵制诱惑）around them, thus weakening efforts to kick bad habits, says experimental psychologist Loran Nordgren.

A movement to pay people for behavior changes may use that connection, as some companies offer employees outright payments for starting better habits.

However paying for behavior plays out, researchers say there are still some steps that may help fight your brain's hold on bad habits.

Repeat, repeat, repeat the new behavior—the same routine at the same time of day. Determined to exercise? Doing it at the same time of the morning, rather than fitting it once in a while, makes the brain recognize the habit finally, "if you don't do it, you feel terrible, "says Volkow the neuroscientist, who's also a running lover.

Reward yourself with something you really desire, Volkow stresses. Stuck to your diet? Buy a book, a great pair of jeans, or try a fancy restaurant. 26. What makes bad habits hard to break?

A. Stronger connection between brain and environment. B. People's desire for immediate rewards. C. Great temptations around people. D. Huge value they bring people.

27. The underlined word "outright" has the closest meaning to"_____________".

A. wrong    B. delayed    C. immediate   D. reasonable

28. Which of the following is NOT the effective way to kick bad habits?

A. Doing different exercises.    

B. Getting paid for good habits.

C. Sticking to new behaviors.

D. Treating yourself to what you really want as a reward.

C

For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call "amusic". People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes（音调）. Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.

As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition。 In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. "I used to hate parties, "says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margarct, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.

Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex（复杂的）, and it doesn't involve（包含, 涉及）defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can't see certain colors.

Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed（诊断）. For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. "When people invite me to a concert, I just say, 'No, thanks. I'm amusic, "says Margaret. "I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy. "

29. Which of the following is true of amusics?

A. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.

B. They love places where they are likely to hear music.

C. They can easily tell two different songs apart.

D. Their situation is well understood by musicians.

30. According to Paragraph 3, a person with "defective hearing" is probably one who ________.

A. dislikes listening to speeches    B. can hear anything nonmusical

C. has a hearing problem    D. lacks a complex hearing system

31. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that _________________.

A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlier

B. she were seventeen years old rather than seventy

C. her problem could be easily explained

D. she were able to meet other amusics

32. What is the passage mainly concerned with?

A. Amusics' strange behaviors.   B. Some people's inability to enjoy music.

C. Musical talent and brain structure.   D. Identification and treatment of amusics.

D

Knowing that Mrs. Mallard suffered from a heart trouble, great care was taken to tell her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.

It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too. He had been in the newspaper office when news of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed". He had only taken the time to make sure of its truth by a second telegram, and hurried to send the sad message.

She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same. She wept at once, with wild abandonment（抛弃）, in her sister's arms. When the storm of sadness had spent itself she went away to her room alone.

There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable armchair. Into this she sank, tired from a physical exhaustion that held her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver （颤抖的, 兴奋的）with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her, and countless sparrows were tw1t1ering in the eaves（屋檐）.

There was something coming o her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? I was too hard to name. But she felt it, coming out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the smells, the color that filled the air.

Now her chest rose and fell violently. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was trying very hard to beat it back with her will. When she gave up Trying, a little whispered word escaped her lips. She said it over and over under the breath: "free, free, free!"

She did not stop to ask if it was extreme joy that held her. She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, gentle hands folded in death; the face that had never looked at her except with love, gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment many years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.

There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will against hers.

And yet she had loved him一sometimes. What did it matter! What could love count for in the face of her new freedom.

"Free! Body and soul frcc!" she kept whispering.

Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole. "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door—you will make yourself ill. "

"Go away. I am not making myself ill. "

Her fancy（幻想）was running wild along those days ahead of her, all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shake that life might be long.

She stood up after a long time and opened the door to her sister's begging. She carried herself unknowingly like a goddess of Victory. She held her sister's waist, and together they walked down the stairs.

Someone was opening the front door with a key, It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained（风尘仆仆的）, calmly carrying his suitcase and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one, He stood amazed at Josephine's sharp cry; at Richards' quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife.

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-of the joy that kills.

33. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 indicate?

A. Mrs. Mallard decided to fight back when her husband beat her.

B. Mrs. Mallard was trying hard to fight against her heart trouble.

C. Mrs. Mallard was struggling with the guilty feeling of happiness.

D. Mrs. Mallard was extremely sad because of her husband's death.

34. What can we infer about Mr. Mallard?

A. He was killed in a railroad disaster.

B. He survived the railroad accident.

C. He was unaware of what was going on.

D. He hurried back to comfort his wife.

35. What can we learn from Paragraph 14"Her fancy…. might be long"?

A. Mrs. Mallard was more afraid of her future life.

B. Mrs. Mallard missed her husband very much.

C. Mrs. Mallard always thought life was hopeful.

D. Mrs. Mallard used to think life was hopeless.

36. What really killed Mrs. Mallard?

A. The joy of seeing her husband coming back alive.

B. The shock of losing her coming freedom.

C. The fear of seeing the ghost of her husband.

D. The sadness of losing her husband suddenly.

四、六选四 阅读（共 4小题, 每小题 1. 5分. 满分6分）

阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A question commonly asked during a job interview is "What are your goals for the future?" This question is a good way for employers（雇主）to determine if your career（事业）goals are a good fit for the company. 37 __________So you should be careful to answer the question. Here are some tips for you.

Avoid discussing salary. Don't focus on goals related to earnings, raises or bonuses. You should focus on the work you hope to achieve, rather than the money you want to make. It's fine to provide a salary range if asked. However, you should never volunteer your target salary unasked,

38 ____________ Even though this question is about you, you should convey that you won't abandon the employer anytime soon. Talk about how you'll add value to the company through the achievement of your own goals. Also, convince the interviewer that working at this company will help you achieve your goals for a win-win situation.

Explain the action you'll take. Listing goals is not going to make for a strong answer. 39_________ For example, if you want to take on a management role, describe the steps you will take to become a manager.

Take time to practice. Practice answering questions about your career goals out loud, so you can be more comfortable during your interview. 40__________

五、综合填空（共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10 分）

阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It is said that claw machines（抓娃娃机）are always designed to keep players from catching a prize. But one Chinese man seems to have learned their secret. Over the past year, Chen Zhitong 41________ (win) over 15, 000 toys from claw machines.

Chen, 42 ________ IT worker, started playing the game to spend time at a shopping mall in Xiamen in 2016, He liked it, and whenever he 43___________ (visit) the mall, he would play a few rounds. In just a few 44_________ (month), he was good at it and even got all the toys in the machine. 45 __________ then, he has made claw machine 46_________ (own) unhappy. Many of them have to ask him to stop playing on their machines.

Chen says that there are two types of claw machines. The first type requires skills, while the second makes it 47_________ (possible) for people to win. He only plays on the first type, and he knows how to win. "The first factor is the claw's holding capacity（抓力）. It needs 48_________（be）tight enough. The second is the angle of claw rotation（旋转的角度）. The third is how toys 49 _________ (put) in the machine. They decide whether 50 _________ not you are able to get a toy out. "

六、根据所给中文完成句子（共6小题, 每小题1. 5 分, 满分9分）

51. 既然这个项目很有价值, 为何不尽快开展呢?

Why don't you _____________________________________________________________?

52. 虽然这个产品的质量达到标准, 但顾客还是不满意。

Though the quality of this product _______________________________________________.

53. 你最好把这些文件按类分好, 以便能及时分发出去。

You'd better ________________________________________________________________.

54. 近几年中国在太空领域取得了多么大的进步啊!

What _______________________________________ in space area over the years!

55. 我无论何时做决定有困难, 总是向父母寻求帮助。

I always _____________________________________________________________________.

56. 以在公共场所演讲的方式提升自己, 你真的很聪明。

It's wise of you _________________________________________________________________.

七、书面表达（共1 小题, 满分15分）

你的朋友 Xiaonan到英国参加夏令营, 她给你写了一封信。请你用英文给她回信, 帮她答疑解惑。

Dear Xiaohui,

I'm very proud to have the chance to join in the camping in the UK. I've made many friends here and everything is going very well. But there is one exception: We often hold dance and sing shows and I'm often asked to sing a song in the club. You know I don't have a gift for singing and I am afraid of performing in front of so many people. I really feel embarrassed! What should I do? I'm looking forward to your advice.

Yours,

Xiaonan

注意∶

1. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称;

2. 表达清楚, 语句通顺, 意思连贯, 书写规范;

3. 词数不少于100。文章的开头和结尾已为你写好, 不计入总词数。

Dear Xiaonan,

I'm very glad to hear from you. _________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Wish you good luck in the UK!

Yours,

Xiaohui