2024年江苏省常州市中考英语模拟试卷

这是一份2024年江苏省常州市中考英语模拟试卷，共8页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，还原句子，综合填空，根据所给中文完成句子，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

试卷满分为90分，考试时间为100 分钟。
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.——The haze is s serius nw. It is sure t be harmful t ur health.
——Yes, I wnder when we wrry abut the air we breathe.
A. mustn't B. can't C. shuldn't D. needn't
2.——What will yu eat when yur parents are nt at hme?
——If I am hungry, I will rder fast fd.
A. simply B. exactly C. cmpletely D. hardly
3.——This nvel is f great value
——Exactly. can be enjyed frm it yu have a deep understanding f it, hwever.
A. Nthing;unless B. Few;till C. Smething;until D. Little;since
4.——Will yu fix up the brken rbt accrding t the , Jim?
——N prblem.
A. inventin B. infrmatin C. instructin D. intrductin
5.——I will be happy if ne f the wrks the artist.
—I am nt sure. Perhaps he the ne yu painted in Tibet last year.
A. satisfies;is satisfied with B. satisfied with; is satisfied with
C. satisfying;satisfies D. satisfies with ; satisfies
6. A child shuld be encuraged t tell the truth instead f stries whenever he r she has dne smething wrng.
A. taking up B. putting up C. making up D. setting up
7.——We have built the undergrund in ur hmetwn nw. Changzhu Metr Line 1 has been .
——Ww! it will make t ur life!
A. in used;Hw great difference B. in served; What great influence
C. in use; Hw a great influence D. in service; What a great difference
8.——Culd yu tell me hw t behave plitely in public in the UK?
——Yes. , yu shuld keep yur vice dwn and always queue.
A. After B. First f all C. In all D. At all
9.——What did the manager ask yu after the meeting?
——She asked me .
A. what I d fr the prject last week B. if can I finish the wrk n time
C. hw did I deal with the prblem D. why I was late fr the meeting
10.——Wuld yu please teach me hw t wear a mask?

A. With pleasure B. What a pity C, My pleasure D. G ahead
二、完形填空(共12 小题； 每小题1分，满分12分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处
的最佳选项。
There was nce a by in ragged(破烂的) clthes running t ask a building cntractr(包工头) wh was well dressed," 11 culd I becme as rich as yu when I grw up ?"
Lking at the by, the tall and strng cntractr replied, "I wuld like t tell yu a stry first abut three diggers. The first digger liked 12 a spade(铲子) withut ding anything but saying that he wanted t be a bss in the future. The secnd digger always liked 13 abut wrking t lng and getting little. The third digger liked quietly 14 himself t digging withut making any requirement.Several years later, the first digger was still hlding his spade in his place and the secnd fund a(n)15 f wrk accident fr early retirement(退休). Only the third digger became the bss f the building cmpany. D yu understand this stry? Just g t buy a red 16 and wrk hard."
The little by was puzzled, s he asked the cntractr t explain 17 . Pinting t the builders,the cntractr talked t the little by,"Lk at thse peple! They are all my wrkers. I can nt remember all f their names, and even I have n 18 f sme f them. But if yu lk carefully, yu will ntice a sunburned man in red amng them. I ntice him very early. He seems t be wrking harder with higher spirits than 19 else. He is always the first ne t wrk every day while the last ne t leave. It is 20 his red shirt that makes him stand ut amng all the wrkers. Nw I am abut t ask him t be my task-master and I believe he will wrk even much harder frm nw n. Maybe he will sn be prmted(升职) t my assistant. Yu knw that is als hw I gt 21 I am nw. I wrked hard and wre a striped shirt. My bss nticed me. I als became a bss finally.
Success can nly be brn in 22 . The mre yu achieve frm yur hard wrk, the better understanding f hard wrk yu will have. Life needs actin and I hpe yu can set up yur gal and start yur jurney right nw.
11. A. When B. Why C. Hw D. What
12. A. hlding B. buying C. spreading D. picking
13. A. explaining B. cmplaining C. arguing D. discussing
14. A. suggesting B. preferring C. lsing D. devting
15. A. chance B. risk C. excuse D. example
16. A. helmet B. scarf C. twel D. shirt
17. A. again B. farther C. further D. instead
18. A. idea B. way C. decisin D. impressin
.9. A. smene B. anyne C. nbdy D. everyne
20. A. exactly B. highly C. excitedly D. quickly
21. A. where B. which C. wh D. that
22. A. need B. danger C. curage D. actin
三、阅读理解(共14小题； 每小题2分，满分28分)
阅读下面的短文，从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
Animals were the real pineers f space fight. Let's learn abut sme that have been t space.
Fruit flies(果蝇)
On February 20, 1947, the United States sent sme fruit flies int space t study the influence that csmic radiatin(宇宙辐射) might have n astrnauts in the future. They chse flies because they are genetically(基因上) similar t humans.
When they returned t Earth, the scientists fund the flies alive, with n sign f the harm f radiatin.
Mice
Mice have lng been used t find ut mre abut hw space travel will affect the human bdy. In fact,NASA has recently published a study f mice hused at the Internatinal Space Statin. It shws that mice quickly adapt t micrgravity(适应微重力) cnditins.
The very first muse went int space in 1950, reaching an altitude f 137 km. Hwever, unlike the fruit flies, the muse died when the rcket brke int parts because f a parachute(降落伞) failure.
Dgs
Laika, a Russian hmeless dg, went t space n Nvember 3, 1957. She was picked up n the sreets and was thught suitable because she had a gentle temperament(性情) and behaved well. The scientists als believed a hmeless dg wuld be better at dealing with difficult cnditins like micrgravity than a pet dg.
Laika is famus fr being the first animal t travel arund the Earth. Hwever, she never returned.
Spiders(蜘蛛)
In 1973, tw garden spiders called Anita and Arabella were used in an experiment(实验) t see if they culd still build webs in space.
Bth spiders managed t build webs, even thugh the webs were slightly finer than n Earth. The study shwed a great deal abut the influence f micrgravity n mtr respnse(运动反应).
23. What can we learm abut the muse astrnaut?
A. It failed t cme back alive. B. It was the first animal t be sent t space.
C. Its genes were similar t humans. D. It culdn't survive in micrgravity cnditins.
24. Laika was chsen by the scientists fr all the fllwing reasns EXCEPT .
A. her gd temperament B. her gd behavir
C. her ability t deal with micrgravity D. her identity(身份) as a pet dg
25. What's the purpse f sending the tw spiders t space?
A. T cmpare the quality f webs they made n Earth and in space.
B. T study the influence f csmic radiatin n their lives.
C. T see hw fast they culd build webs in space.
D. T see whether they culd build webs in space.
B
The Mga Grttes(莫高窟) are sme Buddhist cave temples(佛教庙宇) in China. This site is near the city f Dunhuang in the nrthwestern Chinese prvince f Gansu. This ancient city was nce an imprtant place n the ancient Silk Rad. S, Dunhuang was a center where nt nly trade, but als cultural, religius(宗教的), and infrmatin exchanges tk place.
The Mga Grttes are famus fr their statues and wall paintings. The Mga Grttes have as
many as 492 caves. Inside these, mre than 2,000 painted statues and abut 45,000 square meters f wall paintings can be fund.
The first temple in the Mga Grttes was built in 366 AD. It is said that a mnk(僧人) by the name f Yue Zun nce travelled acrss the area. He had a dream in which a thusand glden Buddhas appeared.Therefre, the mnk decided t build a temple. Sn, thers fllwed Yue Zun's example, and built their wn temples int the rck face.
The fllwing centuries saw the rise and fall f many dynasties in China. Hwever, each new dynasty added t the artwrk f the Mga Grttes. Activity in the Mga Grttes reached its peak(顶峰) during the Tang Dynasty. What's mre, the rulers f the Tang Dynasty believed in Buddhism, and the number f cave temples during this perid f time grew t ver 1,000. With the use f new trade rutes in the fllwing centuries, the imprtance f Dunhuang decreased. After the fall f the Yuan Dynasty, the Mga Grttes were given up and largely fygtten by the rest f the wrld.
In1961, the imprtance f the Mga Grttes was recgnized by the Chinese gverment, and they became a natinal mnument. In 1987, the Mga Grttes were named as a Wrld Hcritage Site(世界文化遗产). Over the years, this site has becme a turist attractin.
26. Hw many statues are there in the Mga Grttes?
A. Abut 492. B. Less than 45,000. C. Mre than 2,000. D. Abut 2,492.
27. What des the underlined wrd“decreased”prbably mean?
A. rse B. drpped C. balanced D. zered
28. Frm the last paragraph, we knw that .
A. the Mga Grttes were discvered again in 1961
B. mst f the Mga Grttes were built in the Tang Dynasty
C. the ruler f the Yuan Dynasty led t the fall f the Mga Grttes
D. new dynasties als played a rle in the develpment f the Mga Grttes
C
Yu're sitting at the dinner table with yur dg. Yu knw yu shuldn't give dgs human fd, but when yu lk dwn, thse cute puppy(小狗) eyes are almst impssible t refuse.
Why des this kind f thing happen?A Japanese scientist, Mih Nagasawa, seems t have fund the answer: it has smething t d with what is called“the cuddle chemical”(拥抱化合物).
In rder t better understand hw the cuddle chemical wrks between dgs and humans, Nagasawa and his team carried ut an experiment(实验). They tested the levels f the cuddle chemical in dgs and humans, and then put them in a rm t interact(互动) with each ther.
While in the rm, the humans patted(爱抚) the dgs, spke t the dgs, and lked int the dgs'eyes. Then the scientists tested their levels f the cuddle chemical again.
The researchers fund that the levels f the cuddle chemical were higher in bth humans and dgs after they had interacted. Hwever, the levels were the highest in the humans and dgs that had simply lked int each ther's eyes, withut much patting r talking.
The results f this study can alạ-tell us a lt abut the histry f the bnd(关系) between humans and dgs.
It all started tens f thusands f years ag. Wlves used t fllw humans when they were hunting.Humans realized that they culd use the wlves t help with the hunt, and finally, bth species(物种)began t wrk tgether tward survival. Over time, the wlves and humans started t depend n each ther.And they started t bnd with each ther. These changes are what caused sme f the wlves t turn int what we nw knw as dgs.
This prcess depended a great deal n the bnd that humans frmed with them. And accrding t Nagasawa's study, the bnd was frmed with the help f the cuddlc chemical.
29. Accrding t the text, the purpse f the experiment , was t .
A. tell peple t lve their pets B. study the relatinship between dgs. and wlves
C. explain hw the cuddle chemical wrks D. understand the feelings f animals
30. Which kind f behavir leads t mst cuddle chemical?
A. Feeding dgs. B. Patting dgs. C. Lking int dgs'eyes. D. Speaking t dgs.
31. Which f the fllwing statements is TRUE?
A. Scientists first fund the cuddle chemical in wlves.
B. Sme wlves changed int dgs ver time.
C. Dgs have mre cuddle chemicals than wlves.
D. Dgs are better at hunting than wlves.
32. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Puppy Lve B. A Special Dg C. Kind Owners D. Gd Hunters
D
Lucy:Ah, gd evening, yu've cme at last.
Jack:Oh ... er ... gd evening. Yeah ... er... srry t be late.
Simn:But Jack ...
Lucy: Oh, Jack, yu are naughty(淘气的). Keeping me waiting here fr twenty years, and then trying t surprise me by cming in frm the windw. And yur friend, I see, is as strng as yu. Gd evening. Jack's such a silly by, still up t his tricks. D take a chair. And we can all have a nice cup f tea. Yu'd like that, wuldn't yu?
Simn:Oh ... er ... yeah. Er... thank yu.
Lucy: Lvely. Nw, wait a minute, Jack, entertain yur friend, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Simn:A right mess this is. Quick, back ut f the windw.
Jack:N. Calm dwn. Can't yu see? It's even easier:She thinks I'm her ld byfriend. She's been waiting fr him fr twenty years. All I have t d is t ask her fr the mney and she'll give it t me. She's ff her head.
Simn: D yu think s? It'll be as easy as that?
Jack: Of curse it will. Nw shut up. She's cming back.
Simn: She didn't even ntice ur masks.
Jack: Oh, shut up.
Lucy: Here we are. A nice cup f tea and, nw, Jack, yu haven't intrduced yur friend.
Jack: Oh, n. Srry. Er... this is Simn. Yeah ...“Simn.”Simn, this is ...
Lucy: Hell, Simn. S pleased t meet yu. I'm Lucy.
Simn:Oh, very pleased, I'm sure.
Jack: Lucy, I wanted t talk t yu abut mney.
Lucy: Ah yes, Jack. I wasn't ging t mentin it quite s sn, but that ten thusand punds I lent yu must have gt quite a lt f interest by nw, and times are rather hard. Nw, drink yur tea like a gd by and we'll discuss hw yu can pay it back. Twenty years is a lng time t wait, after all.Jack? Jack, what are yu ding? Cme back at nce. Oh dear. He is a naughty by. But I knw he'll cme back. Always did. But I'm afraid his tea will be cld. Ah . ..
33. The tw strng men came int Lucy's huse .
A. t enjy her tea B. t attend a party
C. t steal mney r rb her D. t give her a surprise
34. Hw did Lucy get t knw the name f the first man Jack?
A. She knew this man a lng time ag. B. He tld her his name.
C. Her byfriend was called Jack. D. She heard Simn's calling t Jack.
35. What des the underlined sentence prbably mean in Chinese?
A. 她生病了。 B. 她神志不清。 C. 她低下了头。 D. 她遮住了她的头。
36. Which f the fllwing statements is TRUE?
A. Lucy knew what the tw men were cming fr. B. Lucy was waiting fr Jack.
C. Lucy was t ld t tell peple's name right. D. Lucy was very lnely.
四、还原句子(共4小题； 每小题1.5分，满分6分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的六个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Grwing up in suther m China, Liu Bingya studied yangqin fr 20 years befre cming t study at Munt Hlyke Cllege. But f curse, her primary fcus(重点) was always n her schlwrk. 37
But then last faH; she funded a Chinese music ensemble( 乐 团), bringing Chinese music t Massachusetts. 38 , when she tk a curse in music.“In the class, we talked abut music frm different parts f the wrld ———Tndia, Africa, Japan, Indnesia —but n ne talked abut Chinese music,”Liu said.“I thught, I shuld d smething t bring this music t this area.”
“My gal(目标) is t get Chinese music and Chinese instruments nt the stage t shw everyne what we have,”she said.“ 39 .”
“Bingya des nt sit arund waiting fr chances t knck,”Liu's music prfessr Greenbaum said.“She learned and explred.”
Of the ensemble's 14 members, six students play guzheng. Others play pipa and three kinds f Chinese flutes. Liu plays the nly yangqin. The ensemble nw perfrms(表演) at campus events.
‘Cming t Munt Hlyke, I feel like I've gt clser t the culture I grew up with,’”Liu said.“ 40 . But nw I can see hw precius(珍贵的) the envirnment I grew up in is.”
A. Befre I came here, I tk it fr granted(想当然)
B. Music was just an extrauricular(课外的) activity
C. This tum f events began in Liu's first semester(学期)
D.. She develped an early interest in Chinese culture
E. We have smething beautiful here, and I want t share it with everyne
F. Flk sngs described wrking and daily life such as fishing and farming
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。
The skill fr making Jiangzhu Chengni inkstnes can be dated back t the Han Dynastry.(41) , it was lst at the end f the Ming Dynasty. In 1986, Lin Yngma, a man frm Xinjiang cunty, Shanxi, and his sn Lin Ta dccidcd (42) (bring) back this ancient skill. T find clues, they visited libraries t read abut the inkstne.
Althugh they learned abut the basis, bringing (43) (its) back t life was n easy task.They walked ver the riverbed and cllected different kinds f mud(泥) t find (44) (gd) ne.Mrever, they spent sleepless nights (45) (keep) a clse watch n the kiln(窑). It takes ver a ycar and mrc than 10 steps t make a Chengni inkStne. The key steps are t filter(过滤) mud. The mud requires t be filtercd ver and ver again(46) it feeis like flur(面粉).
After many failures, they(47) (success) in making three Chengni inkstnes in 1991. Lin Xialin,I. in Ta's sn, is a third-generatin inheritr(继承人). In 2019, after returning (48) his studies abrad, the 33-year-ld created new ways t make the Chengni inkstne by cntrlling the temperature.
In 2013, Lin Ta built the China Jiangzhu Chengni Inkstne Cutural Park. The number f(49) (visit) has increased t 10,000 up till nw.“Passing n the skill hlds the key t keeping it (50) .(live),“he said.
八、根据所给中文完成句子(共6小题； 每小题1.5分，满分9分)
82. 那位妈妈没有意识到她女儿已经感冒多久了。
The mther is nt aware .83. 你应该竭尽全力阻止你自己漂浮进入太空。
Yu shuld .81. 我父母不允许我熬夜写作业。
I by my parents.
85. 我认为地球表面更值得关注
I think .
86. 宇宙飞船设计得如此特别以致于能以光速运行。
The spacecrafts are designed the light.
87. 孩子们，移居火星是多么具有意义啊！
Hw , kids!
九、书面表达(共1题，满分15分)
.我班对同学们参加的俱乐部进行了调查，请根据表格内容介绍调查情况，用英语写一篇不少于100词的文章。
要求：词数不少于100字(文章的开头已经写好，不计入总词数)；根据提示适当扩充，表达丰富，行文流畅； 文中不得出现真实的学校和姓名。
We had a survey in ur class n what club students tk part in . Here is the result.
学生人数
俱乐部
活 动
30%
旅游俱乐部
一起去北京， ……(举两项活动)
34%
机器人俱乐部
参观了机器人展， 看到机器帮助人们……(举两例)
36%
读书俱乐部
了解到有多少人登上过月球， ……(举一例)
收获和感受
…