2023北京朝阳初三二模英语

2023北京朝阳初三二模

英    语

第一部分

本部分共33题, 共40分。在每题列出的四个选项中, 选出最符合题目要求的一项。

一、单项填空(每题0. 5分, 共6分)

从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —Is that your bike, Mike?

—No._________ is black.

A. Mine     B. His      C. Hers       D. Yours

2. We plant trees in the park _________ spring every year.

A. at       B. in       C. to       D. on

3. We should do everything to protect the earth, ________ we’ll lose our home.

A. and      B. so       C. or       D. but

4. —I can’t find my dictionary. ________ I use yours?

—Sure, here you are.

A. Must     B. May       C. Need      D. Should

5. Paper cutting is one of _______ activities among teenagers.

A. popular    B. more popular  C. most popular  D. the most popular

6. —James, _______ have you been a member of the English club?

—For about two years.

A. how much    B. how long    C. how often    D. how far

7. My father is a tea lover. He often _________ tea after supper.

A. drinks     B. drank      C. is drinking    D. will drink

8. I _________ you an email as soon as I receive the photos.

A. send      B. sent      C. will send     D. have sent

9. I saw Lucy in the school hall. She _________ for her speech at that time.

A. prepares   B. will prepare   C. is preparing   D. was preparing

10. Jack __________ more than 10 Chinese songs since he came to China.

A. learns     B. learned     C. will learn    D. has learned

11. Today, China Daily _________by more and more students at school.

A. read     B. reads      C. is read     D. was read

12. —Do you know _______________?

—At 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.

A. when the parents’ meeting will begin

B. when will the parents’ meeting begin

C. when the parents’ meeting began

D. when did the parents’ meeting begin

二、完形填空(每题1分, 共8分)

阅读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。

Claire had always been a perfectionist. No matter what she did, whether it was organizing her own birthday party or working on a science project, everything had to be done perfectly to the last detail (细节). If her work did not turn out well, she would get very __13__ for days.

When Claire heard about the singing __14__ held by the community center, she was very excited to take part in it. Claire made up her mind to win the first prize. She had never come in second before in any of the competitions she joined. “It must be a __15__ experience!” she thought. As usual, Claire made sure she was well-prepared. Not only did she spend a long time choosing a song, she also put in a lot of effort to sing each note correctly.

At the beginning of her show, Claire was doing perfectly fine. However, when she got to the chorus(副歌), for some reason, she could not. __16__ a whole line of the words. Not knowing what to do, Claire just had to pass over that line. __17__. She was very disappointed in herself and nearly cried. “What a silly __18__ I made!” she thought. In the prize-giving ceremony (仪式), when one of the judges announced that she had taken the second place, Claire couldn’t help crying on stage.

Claire’s mother comforted her after the ceremony. She said, “It’s perfectly all right to make mistakes. That’s how we learn. “ Claire had never thought of it that way. She dried her tears and agreed. “Maybe it is not that bad to __19__ , “Back home, she placed the cup on the desk in her room. It would __20__ her how mistakes could help her to learn and improve.

13. A. excited  B. bored   C. upset   D. serious

14. A. competition B. club   C. party   D. team

15. A. strange  B. difficult  C. wonderful D. common

16. A. create   B. remember  C. explain  D. understand

17. A. completely B. correctly  C. possibly  D. pleasantly

18. A. deal   B. mistake  C. promise  D. plan

19. A. ask   B. sing   C. try   D. lose

20. A. punish  B. find   C. offer   D. remind

三、 阅读理解(每题2分, 共26分)

阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。

A

Three students had some confusing experiences. Please help them get the information to understand better.

21. Maria: “When I went on a trip to Thailand last year, I found that people there eat food with their right hand. I want to know more.”__________

22. Lingling: “I gave my seat to a British old man on the bus, but the man looked a little bit angry and refused to take my seat. I don’t know why.” ____________

23. Peter: “I first met Judy at the airport on a cold winter morning. It was so cold that I shook Judy’s hand without pulling off my gloves. Am I right to do so?” __________

B

Fred had something important to tell his family. Everyone in his family was asked to sit at the dinner table and listen.

“I’m going to take part in the Olympics.” he said.

“Can a fourth-grader do that?” asked Anna, his younger sister.

“I’m not going now. I’ll go when I’m a little older. “Fred shook his head. “I’ve studied how the athletes(运动员)become the best. That is practice. If I practice hard enough, I can’t fail. “

“Sounds like a big challenge,” said Dad. “Which sport will you take up?”

“I haven’t made up my mind yet,” said Fred.

After a month’s practice, Fred got hurt again and again when he tried to find out which sport was for him. He tried different kinds of sport, such as running, jumping, badminton and so on. But at last he stopped practicing. “It’s too difficult. I don’t think I can find a sport right for me,” Fred talked to himself.

The following Sunday, the family sat down for dinner as usual.

“I’ve decided not to play a sport,”said Fred.

Everyone was surprised.

“You’re giving up on your Olympic dream?” said Anna.

“I didn’t say I was giving up,” said Fred. “I’m still going to the Olympics.”

Anna looked puzzled. “How can you go if you don’t do a sport?”

Fred held up a book titled Is Sports Medicine the Career for You? “Over the past few weeks, I’ve discovered that athletes need much medical help. So I am going to become a sports doctor. I’ll still go to the Olympics—but as a doctor, not an athlete.”

Fred answered confidently.

“Now that is another challenge, Fred!” said Dad. “I’m sure you would do as well as you can to realize your dream.”

24. After a month’s practice, Fred felt __________ about choosing a right sport.

A. surprised    B. difficult     C. nervous     D. confident

25. Fred wanted to be a sports doctor at last because ________________.

A. he loved reading on sports medicine

B. his sister asked him to give up practicing

C. his family encouraged him to be a doctor

D. he discovered athletes’ need from a book

26. Fred’s story mainly tells us that _____________________.

A. keeping trying helps us realize our dream

B. discussing with family makes a difference

C. reading books can make us feel happy

D. doing sports is good for our health

C

Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea?

Sometimes the answer isn’t to just force an idea out of your mind.

Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander (走神). Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.

Daydreams allow your mind to run freely and even increase productivity in some cases. Daydreaming develops creativity which is why you have an ah-ha moment and sudden insight about a situation. Daydreaming allows you to uncover thoughts and ideas you did not realize you even had and get the thoughts hidden under the surface.

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, found an association (联系) between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes making participants (参与者) first do an “unusual-use task”. They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use un object as they could.

Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again; complete a difficult task, complete an easy task, take a 12-minute break, or skip (跳过)a 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.

Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.

But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as “unconscious thought” . Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle (不易察觉的)way.

When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not.

Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.

Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.

27. The “unusual-use task” included having participants ___________________.

A. complete a very simple task

B. achieve a very difficult task

C. have a break for 12 minutes

D. find various uses for an object

28. Those who completed the easy task performed best because _______________.

A. they worked harder on the easy task

B. they saved time for the following task

C. they chose to stay away from the difficult task

D. they came up with more ideas while daydreaming

29. The words “unconscious thought” in Paragraph 6 probably mean “__________”.

A. wander in a subtle way under your control

B. know clearly what you’re thinking and doing

C. think about a problem without even knowing it

D. stop processing information from the outside world

30. The passage mainly tells us that ________________.

A. daydreams are good for people’s well-being

B. daydreaming is a way to improve creativity

C. completing tasks is important to creative ideas

D. problem-solving skills are important in our lives

D

Ten years ago, many people thought that the age of physical books was coming to an end. The objects that had been the companions (伙伴) of millions of readers for hundreds of years were about to disappear. Soon, we’d all be reading on little electronic screens and laughing at the memory of places called “libraries” and “bookshops”.

But it seems not true about the idea of the death of the physical books. At least in the UK, as The Guardian noted, sales of e-books are falling while sales of physical books are rising. More surprisingly, it’s young people who are buying the most physical books. More than 60 percent of 16-to-24-year-olds preferred print books to e-books. The most popular reason given was:”I like to hold the product. “

Books become very personal objects to lovers of reading. It often starts with the way they get them. Many buyers of books like to write down their names on the inside cover when they’ve bought one. And we carry books around with us everywhere.

If there’s a mark made on the pages from coffee or food, it doesn’t matter. These accidents make the book—our book—even more personal. It’s as if readers of physical books make friends with them.

Of course, some could say that the devices(设备) on which people read e-books, like Kindles and iPads are also objects that we like. But it isn’t quite the same. A Kindle can hold as many pieces of writing as a whole library. But a story we remember from our time turning its pages in our favourite armchair enters our memory forever.

Physical books are as valuable to some readers as photographs of family members.

This “friendship” people develop with books isn’t just about feelings. Research has shown that readers remember more information read from physical books than electronic ones.

However, there’s no doubt e-books are here to stay. They aren’t simply a” here today, gone tomorrow” thing. But it’s also certain that physical books, which have been in production since the fifteenth century, are here to stay, too.

31. The writer probably agrees that _____________________.

A. physical books will be no longer made soon

B. lovers of physical books are mostly old people

C. sales of e-books and print books are both rising

D. physical books are making a comeback in the UK

32. What can we know about physical books?

A. Physical books are sure to get more and more popular.

B. People develop lasting friendships by reading physical books.

C. The readers keep more information in mind with physical books.

D. Young people prefer physical books with development of technology.

33. What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To explain why physical books will not disappear soon.

B. To suggest that readers read more physical books than e-books.

C. To show that people have different kinds of reading preferences.

D. To discuss what makes e-books become the companions of readers.

第二部分

本部分共5题, 共20分。根据题目要求, 完成相应任务。

四、阅读表达(34-36题, 每题2分, 37题4分, 共10分)

阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。

Chinese traditional painting and dance are two important parts of the art world. But what about when they meet each other?

A dance drama called The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting was shown on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala. It became popular overnight.

According to CCTV, this dance got the idea from the 900-year-old Chinese painting—A Panoruma of Rivers and Mountains (《千里江山图》), which was created by Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng when he was about 18 years old.

A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains is the only extant (尚存的)work by Wang. Now the painting is at the Palace Museum. It has been on show to the public only four times since 1949. The 11.9-meter-long painting records people’s lives and the natural scenery (景色)including mountains, rivers and villages of that time.

The dance show tells the story of a researcher who has worked hard to study the painting. By chance, the researcher travels back in time to see the moment when Wang was about to finish the work. As the painting was finished, the researcher guides the audience(观众) into the world of the painter. The dance show provides the audience with a new experience to better learn about the work. It shows the process of how painting is done.

The dancers each had a different hairstyle, which looked like a mountain rock. The clothes that they wore were color of green and blue, which is also poetic show of the mountains and rivers. When the dancers danced beautifully, the audience seemed to be looking at the moving mountains and rivers. Huge mountains and rivers are coming to life! More than a thousand years later, green mountains and rivers still wow people as they did long ago.

In recent years, more and more modern shows with Chinese traditional culture have received a warm welcome, especially among young people. They show great love to Chinese culture and are proud of it.

34. How old was Wang Ximeng when he created the painting?

35. What does the painting record?

36. What does the dancers’ hairstyle look like?

37. Would you like to watch the dance show? Why or why not?

五、文段表达(10分)

38. 从下面两个题目中任选一题, 根据中文和英文提示, 完成一篇不少于50词的 文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。

题目①

假如你是李华, 毕业在即, 三年初中生活即将结束。学校打算为你们举办一 次毕业派对 (school-leaving party)。 请你用英语写一封邀请函, 邀请交换生 Peter参加, 告诉他派对的时间和地点, 派对上你们将做些什么。

提示词语： meeting hall, short speech, colorful school life, dance

提示问题：● When and where will the school-leaving party be held?

● What will you do at the school-leaving party?

题目②

心若芬芳, 花自开。生活中总有一些瞬间让我们心生欢喜, 一杯热茶、 一个偶遇、亦或是一次成功 ……

某英文网站正在开展以 “我的小欢喜”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华, 请你用英语写一篇短文投稿, 分享一次让你心生欢喜的经历, 为什么心生欢喜, 并谈谈你的收获。

提示词语： fail an exam, comfort, promise, moved, mean a lot

提示问题： ● What happened?

● Why were you happy at that time?

● What have you learned from the experience?

参考答案

第一部分

一、单项填空(每题0. 5分, 共6分)

1. A  2. B   3. C  4. B  5. D  6. B  7. A  8. C  9. D  10. D  11. C  12. A

二、 完形填空(每题1分, 共8分)

13. C  14. A  15. C  16. B  17. A  18. B  19. D  20. D

三、阅读理解(每题2分, 共26分)

(A) 21. B  22. A  23. C

(B) 24. B  25. D  26. A

(C) 27. D  28. D  29. C  30. B

(D) 31. D  32. C  33. A

第二部分

四、阅读表达(34-36题, 每题2分, 37题4分, 共10分)

34. About 18 years old.

35. People's lives and the natural scenery including mountains, rivers and villages of that time.

36. A mountain rock.

37. Yes. / No. Because . . . 能够自洽即可。

五、 文段表达(10分)

38. 参考范文： 题目①

Dear Peter,

I'm writing this letter to invite you to take part in our school-leaving party. The party will be held in our school meeting hall at 1:00 pm this Saturday afternoon. At the beginning of the party, everyone will give a short speech to memorize our colorful school life and to thank our teachers. Then we will sing and dance as well as play interesting games. We will also give each other presents and take some photos.

I am looking forward to your coming. Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions about the party.

Yours,

Li Hua