英语（北京卷）-2023年中考考前押题密卷（含考试版、全解全析、参考答案、答题卡）

2023年中考考前押题密卷（北京卷）

英语

注意事项：

1. 本试卷共10页,共两部分,共39题,满分60分,考试时间90分钟。

2. 在试卷和草稿纸上准确填写姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号。

3. 试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。

4. 在答题卡上、选择题用2B铅笔作答,其他试题用黑色字签字笔作答。

5. 考试结束,请将本试卷、答题卡和草稿纸一并交回。

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．My aunt works as a doctor in a hospital. ________ tries to save more people.

A．I B．He C．She D．You

2．Many people go to Tian’anmen Square ________ National Day.

A．on B．to C．in D．at

3．—________ is the new airport from here?

—About one hour’s drive.

A．How much B．How far C．How old D．How often

4．Lucy ________ play the violin very well and she has won many prizes.

A．can B．may C．need D．might

5．It was difficult to finish the task himself, ________ the boy asked his friends for help.

A．so B．but C．or D．because

6．The English speech made me ________ in speaking English than before.

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

7．— Where is Harry, mum?

— He ________ vegetables in the garden.

A．waters B．is watering C．will water D．has watered

8．All your efforts ________ if you try your best to achieve your goal.

A．pay off B．paid off C．is paying off D．will pay off

9．The little girl ________ much help since she came to the new school.

A．gets B．is getting C．has got D．will get

10．—What were you doing at eight yesterday evening, Peter?

—I ________ my sister how to make paper cutting.

A．teach B．am teaching C．will teach D．was teaching

11．A new factory ________ to deal with water pollution last month.

A．built B．builds C．was built D．is built

12．— Do you know ________?

— Sure, next Friday afternoon.

A．when was the football match B．when will the football match be

C．when the football match was D．when the football match will be

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。

Sacrifice

We got a HUGE task in PE class. HUGE! This was so big that Mr. Dover was basing half of our grades on it.

Here was the task. We were divided into groups of ____13____. One person stood on one side of the gym, and the other three stood across from him or her. We had to get a baby doll across the gym floor to the fourth member on the other side. But we couldn’t just walk across the gym floor because we had to pretend(假装) the floor was full of crocodiles. And the baby doll couldn’t be dropped on the floor because we were supposed to pretend it was our most beloved baby. If the fourth member ____14____ to catch the baby doll, the team would not get any grade.

Many solutions we tried, but none of them ____15____ well without dropping the baby doll on the floor.

The class was almost over, but we were still not getting anywhere. And not even a team got any ____16____. Suddenly a word “sacrifice( 牺牲)” on a poster caught my eyes. Then I had an idea.

I quickly gathered all the baby dolls of each team and handed them to my team members. Then I walked directly into the center of the gym. After that, I asked my team members to walk to Hudson, who was standing on the other side of the gym. With all the dolls getting across, all the groups could get grades.

I announced, “ While all the crocodiles are busy ____17____ me, my team members could take all the baby dolls across the gym floor, and at the same time, all baby dolls will be safe and ____18____. ”

Mr. Dover was shocked. “ Jamie, you are going to let the crocodiles eat you?

Doesn’t that mean you fail?”         

“I already failed,” I answered ____19____. “But now everybody else passes. And they can get their grades, right?”

Mr. Dover smiled. He said to the whole class, “ She is right. The only solution to this task is for one member to ____20____ up everything for the rest of you. You got it, Jamie! And all of you will get A-plus!”

13．A．two B．three C．four D．five

14．A．failed B．decided C．managed D．refused

15．A．developed B．fit C．appeared D．worked

16．A．praise B．chance C．grade D．money

17．A．eating B．greeting C．pleasing D．touching

18．A．strong B．sound C．popular D．beautiful

19．A．unhappily B．calmly C．angrily D．regretfully

20．A．put B．save C．pick D．give

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

Humans are hurting the planet and destroying the environment. Change needs to happen at every level of society. We are holding Call to Earth Day to ask you to do something good to protect the environment.

What is Call to Earth Day?

Call to Earth Day is a movement that stresses environmental protection. Across TV and our website, there are stories about our amazing planet and the people who are protecting it.

How can I be involved?

Everyone is invited. We can all play a role in creating a movement for good. You have to do something to protect the environment. We are asking you to think big, get creative, and make your event influential.

What kind of event can I hold?

The event you choose to hold is up to you, but it should focus on creating a healthier planet. Here are some suggestions for where you can get started:

Visit our website for more information: www. calltoearthday. com

21．What is Call to Earth Day?

A．A movement. B．A festival. C．A TV program. D．An organization.

22．Why is Call to Earth Day held?

A．To teach children to become creative. B．To ask people to protect the environment.

C．To encourage others to work for the community. D．To tell the public the importance of social events.

23．In the event “Art projects”, you can ________.

A．watch and share beautiful videos B．teach everyday skills like recycling

C．encourage kids to create works of art D．help remove litter from your hometown

B

A Country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever

When Sarah was a teenager, she used to fight over almost everything with her family. But five years ago, while she was studying abroad in England, she heard a song full of feelings about returning home on the radio. It made Sara think about her family and friends back in the US. She came to realize how much she actually missed all of them. Ever since then she has been a fan of American country music.

Country music is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. Nashville, Tennessee is the home of country music. Many songs these days are just about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and success, but not about belonging to a group. However, country music brings us back to the “good old days” when people were kind to each other and trusted one another. It reminds us that the best things in life are free—laughter, friends, family, and the beauty of nature and the countryside.

Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet but it is her dream to go there one day. She has already read a lot about the place and done some research on it. She knows that there is a Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville. There are also always a lot of great country music concerts with famous musicians and singers like Garth Brooks. Sarah has already listened to most of his songs. “Garth is one of the most successful musicians in American history. He’s sold more than 120 million records. I hope to see him sing live one day!”

24．Where did country music come from?

A．The eastern states of America.

B．The western states of America.

C．The southern states of America.

D．The northern states of America.

25．The country music will remind us the best things in life like ________.

A．the importance of money

B．friends and family

C．great country music concerts

D．the hope for success

26．Sarah’s dream is to ________.

A．learn country music

B．be a famous country music singer

C．go to Nashville one day

D．see a famous country music singer

C

Each year, you’ll spend a total of about 24 hours brushing your teeth. You’ve got to make sure you’re doing it right, day in, and day out — unless you want to have fewer teeth than your great-great-grandparents.

Brush for the right length of time: The best advice for top toothbrushing technique (技术) are the best-practice guidelines from both the American Dental Association and the British Dental Association. They suggest almost the same length of time that you should brush your teeth. You have to brush your teeth for two minutes, twice a day, every day.

And it’s important to hit each and every one of your teeth. It is a good way to set a timer and don’t stop until it goes off. You can use the one on your phone, or even get a special sand timer with smiling teeth to remind you that happy teeth mean no visits to the doctor. You can also get an electric toothbrush with a built-in timer that will keep you brushing for two minutes.

When you brush, it is important, too. It is advised that you wait at least 60 minutes after eating, especially if you’ve had fruits. Brush too soon and you’re not letting your body’s natural tooth protection do its work.

Use proper brushing technique: It’s also about how you do it. To make the most of your brushing time, you’ll want to make sure you’re using the correct technique. Use a soft toothbrush that feels comfortable and fits your mouth—a hard toothbrush can harm your teeth.

Once you’ve got your brush all pasted (涂牙膏) up, hold it at a 45-degree angle (角度) to your teeth and brush gently. One big mistake people make is brushing too hard, believing this will be more effective and get their teeth cleaner, faster. Instead, think of the toothbrush as a broom — the harder you press, the less dirt it can sweep. So brush gently, if you want your toothbrush to do its job properly.

Once you’ve thoroughly (彻底地) cleaned every surface of your teeth, don’t forget about your tongue (舌头). Research shows just brushing your tongue is effective at reducing bad breath.

27．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．When you should brush your teeth.

B．How long you should brush your teeth.

C．How often you should brush your teeth.

D．How you can brush for the right length of time.

28．Why does the writer talk about a broom in Paragraph 6?

A．To show how you should hold your toothbrush.

B．To stress the importance of brushing technique.

C．To explain why you should brush teeth gently.

D．To suggest some possible ways of brushing teeth.

29．The word “sweep” in Paragraph 6 probably means “________”.

A．clear B．spend C．stop D．hold

30．Which of the following would be the best title for passage?

A．Don’t Worry about Your Teeth

B．How to Brush Your Teeth Properly

C．Brush for the Right Length of Time

D．It’s Important to Brush Your Teeth

D

Can Training Your Working Memory Make You Smarter?

We would all like to increase our cognitive (认知的) ability beyond the limits set by Mother Nature. So it’s no wonder that brain-training programs — which focus on training our working memory — are a multibillion-dollar industry. But can this kind of training really make us smarter?

Cognitive training sees the brain as a kind of muscle (肌肉) that can be made stronger with the right kind of practice. Although people did much research, there has been no agreement about its effectiveness. Some think that cognitive training increases some cognitive abilities, while others are less hopeful.

Yet we do know that some cognitive skills probably go together and are predictors of real-life skills such as work performance. Thus, training one cognitive skill might lead to an improvement in many other cognitive and non-cognitive skills. That is the key hypothesis (假设) on which working-memory training is based.

To test this hypothesis, we examined all the studies about working-memory training. The results were very clear. Working-memory training did not show any effect on children’s fluid intelligence (流体智力), a person’s ability to solve new problems and get used to new situations. It didn’t influence their educational achievement or other cognitive abilities, either. The only dependable effect was that children got better at what they were trained to do. So performing working memory tasks does seem to make you better at doing them. However, the fact that participants (参与者) got better at such tasks does not necessarily mean that their working memory ability increased. They may just have learnt how to perform that type of task.

The results do show that the use of working-memory training programs as an educational tool is useless. Beyond working-memory training, other recent studies have shown the limitations of different types of cognitive training.

However, these negative (负面的) results must not discourage us from training our cognitive and non-cognitive skills. We just have to realize the actual limitations of such practice in areas outside what we are actually training. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it — the most efficient way to develop a skill is, after all, to train that skill.

31．According to the passage, cognitive training probably ________.

A．benefit the training companies

B．balance the learning skills

C．make us stronger through practice

D．help the children get good results

32．Children taking part in the experiments were able to ________.

A．be familiar with new situations quickly

B．get greater educational achievements

C．succeed when they solve real life problems

D．do better in the field that they were trained in

33．What is the writer’s opinion on the cognitive training?

A．The cognitive training is a useful experiment.

B．The cognitive training can’t make us smarter.

C．The cognitive training challenge the children’s skills.

D．The experiment is helpful to children’s cognitive skills.

第二部分

本部分共6题,共20分。根据题目要求,完成相应任务。

四、阅读表达（每题2分,共10分）

阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。

Air is important for everyone, we live depending on it. But what if it is polluted? Air pollution is a killer. The World Health Organization says it kills about seven million people around the world each year. Even if polluted air does not kill us, it can make us very sick. It may do more than hurt your body. Breathing dirty air can also influence your brain and your ability to think. It is true whether you believe or not.

A new study shows that air pollution can influence our intelligence (智力) — cause a “huge” reduction in our intelligence. The study was carried out by researchers at Peking University and Yale University. Xi Chen of the Yale School of Public Health led the study.

The study performed for a long period. The researchers studied about 25,000 people from across China. The youngest people in the study were 10 years old, while the oldest was 90. They came from 25 of China’s 34 provinces (省) with different air levels. These Chinese men, women and children were given language and math tests during the study. Then researchers compared the test results with levels of pollution in the air. They found that breathing polluted air can reduce a person’s education level by about one year.

Xi Chen told that there are two main parts in the brain—white matter and gray matter. He said, “Air pollution has a great effect on the white matter, and white matter is more connected with a person’s language skills. So, that’s why language skills are more affected.” He also noted other studies have shown, “However gray matter is connected to our ability to solve math problems.”

Chen suggests government to make serious changes. “We need to support in cleaning up the sky instead of using in short-term avoidance, for example the face masks or air filters (过滤).”

34．What can influence your brain and your ability to think?

________________________________________________

35．Where was the new study carried out?

________________________________________________

36．How many people did the researchers study from across China?

________________________________________________

37．Why are language skills more affected than math?

________________________________________________

38．What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

________________________________________________

五、文段表达(10分)

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。

39．假如你是李华，值此毕业之际，你校英语社团公众号计划做一期主题为“学长学姐有话说”的推送。请你用英语给八年级的学弟学妹们写一则寄语，简要谈谈你对初三生活的看法和理由，并给他们提一些建议。

提示词语：busy, plan, exercise, support, make progress

提示问题：

● What do you think of your life in Grade 9? Why?

● What tips do you have for the 8th-graders?

Dear 8th-graders,

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Wish you all the best.

Li Hua

40．少即是多(Less Is More)，不断做减法，才能让自己轻装前行，走得更远。某英文网站正在开展以“少即是多”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你对该主题的理解，以及你是如何付诸实践的。

提示词语：reduce, focus, simple, effective (有效的), improve

提示问题：

● What is your understanding of “Less Is More”?

● What do you usually do to put it into practice?

It’s important to understand “Less Is More”.  

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