江苏省苏州市2022-2023学年九年级中考第二次仿真模拟英语试卷（含答案）

江苏省苏州市23届初三

第二次仿真模拟英语试题（满分100）

一、完形填空 (共10 小题:每小题1分，满分10分)

    通读短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was,and I said,”Fried chicken”She said I wasn't funny, but she wasn’t__1____, because everyone else laughed.

My parents told me to always be truthful and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite __2____. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a(n) __3____ of PETA. He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef.  __4____ my teacher sent me to the principal's office(校长室). I told him what happened, and he __5____, too. Then he told me not to do it again.
The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me__6____, just like she’d asked the other children.I told her it was because people could __7____ them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal's office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don't __8____. My parents taught me to be honest, __9____ my teacher doesn't like it when I am.

Today, my teacher asked me to tell her what famous person__10____ like(s) most.
I told her, "Colonel Sanders(肯德基创始人)."

Guess where I am now...

(    )1. A. anger    B. right  C.patient   D.serious

(    )2. A. food    B. animal  C.answer   D.taste

(    )3. A. example       B. discover C.enemy   D.member

(    )4. A. Instead    B. Again  C.Anyway   D.Also

(    )5. A. laughed       B.believed  C.shouted   D.agreed

(    )6. A. when    B. where  C.how   D.why

(    )7. A. cut       B. divide  C.make   D.add

(    )8. A. care      B. regret  C.understand      D.remember

(    )9. A. but       B. and  C.or    D.for

(    )10. A. I    B.we   C.she   D.they

三、阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

    阅读下列短文。从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

(A)

If you have problems describing people, don't worry! We'll use popular film characters（角色）to help you learn some useful words.

(    )11. Which word is used to describe a person with a natural ability to do something well?

A. Naive.     B. Loyal.    C. Demanding.   D. Talented.

(    )12. Who always gives support to friends according to the films?

A. Buddy.    B. Woody.    C. David Frankel.   D. Niki Caro.

(    )13. In which part of a magazine can we read the text?

A. Sport.     B. Travel.    C. Environment.   D. Language.

(B)

Today, by carefully choosing dog parents, humans have created many different kinds of dog. Each kind has its own look and talents, and its own role within human society. Here are three examples of “a dog’s life” in the human world.

Today, many hospitals let specially trained dogs in to bring love and cheer to patients. Shaynee is a therapy (治疗) dog. She visits children who are in hospital, Dogs like Shaynee help patients feel calm and at peace, which can be hard in a busy hospital. They help both children and adults stay strong during long hospital stays, and, some suggest, even help them get better.

Today, some beagles (小猎犬) work in airports for the government. They are part of the program called the Beagle Brigade. A beagle is good for the work because of its powerful nose, and ability to follow smells. The Beagle Brigade’s job is to smell everything that comes into the country. They make officers notice illegal (非法的) fruits, vegetables, and other foods in luggage or in mail. The beagles do the job far better than any human could.

While some dogs are working hard, others are free to spend their days resting and playing. Across the world, many pet dogs are treated like children. Many have their own rooms and all the things a dog could want. Some even have their own clothes. Many of these pets spend their days playing, learning to follow, or even going to classes. Their owners give them the best, and enjoy doing so.

Whether as workers or objects of affection (钟情), dogs have become helpful to humans in many ways. There are plenty of advantages for the dog, too. Many kinds of wild dogs have nearly disappeared from the Earth. However, the domestic dog’s special place as “man’s best friend” has allowed it to survive(存活) in a human world.

(    )14. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. Hospitals need many special dogs. B. Dogs can take care of patients.

C. Patients need love in the hospital. D. Doctors are too busy to see patients.

(    )15. What does the underlined word “domestic” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Trained. B. Smart. C. Hungry. D. Valuable.

(    )16. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To ask people to treat dogs as their own children.

B. To explain why humans need beagles in their work.

C. To tell people about the history of dogs’ development.

D. To show a good relationship between dogs and humans.

(    )17. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A.  B.  C.  D.

(C)

Eight hundred years ago, a man in southern Turkey invented an amazing clock. It was more than 7 meters high.  At its base(基座)was a life-size model elephant. Every half hour, something amazing happened. The whole clock came alive: Model birds, dragons, and people started to move.

The clock’s inventor was an engineer named al-Jazari. He lived in Turkey. Al-Jazari was probably one of the greatest engineers in history. Some historians call him “the father of modern-day engineering”.

We know about al-Jazari mostly from a book that he wrote. __________ They include clocks and hand-washing machines. The book also has drawings that show how each machine works.

Many everyday things today—from toys to car engines(发动机—still use al-Jazari’s ideas. Without his machines with moving parts, we might not have modern-day robots.

Today, it is still possible to see what al-Jazari’s elephant clock looked like. A full-size working model is in Dubai’s Ibn Battuta Mall. There, every half hour, al-Jazari’s most amazing invention comes to life once again.

How Does the Elephant Clock Work?

A bowl with a small hole floats(浮) in a water tank(水箱) inside the elephant’s body. As the bowl slowly sinks(下沉), it pulls a rope that moves a human figure. His moving pen shows the number of minutes past the hour.

Every half hour, the water bowl becomes full and sinks completely. This causes a ball to fall from the top of the clock. The movement of the ball causes a phoenix to move and make a sound.

The ball then drops out of a falcon’s mouth into the mouth of a Chinese dragon. The weight of the ball causes the dragon’s head to move down, and the dragon’s tail pulls the water bowl back up.

Finally, the ball drops out of the dragon’s mouth and into a vase. As the ball lands in the vase, the elephant driver moves and makes a sound. The cycle begins again until there are no more balls in the top of the clock.

(    )18. Why is al-Jazari called “the father of modern-day engineering”?

A. His ideas are still widely used in machines.

B. The elephant clock is an amazing invention.

C. His inventions include some parts of modern robots.

D. His book about machines is still popular with readers.

(    )19. Choose the best sentence to fill in the blank “__________”in paragraph 3.

A. He became famous when he was a young man.

B. He invented a lot of everyday machines in history.

C. It describes a number of machines of all shapes and sizes.

D. People in Turkey enjoy reading his books in their free time.

(    )20. What does the underlined word “This” in paragraph 7 refer to?

A. The pen moves.     B. The ball drops.

C. The bowl sinks completely.  D. The bowl pulls the ropes.

(    )21. How does the elephant clock work? Put the steps in the correct order.

a. The ball drops into vase.

b. The ball drops into dragon’s mouth.

c. The elephant driver moves and makes a sound.

d. After 30 minutes, a ball starts to fall from the top.

e. The bowl moves down in the water and pulls on ropes.

A. b-d-a-c-e    B. e-d-b-a-c    C. a-c-b-d-c     D. c-a-d-e-b

(D)

Many scientists once believed that physical similarities between identical twins are genetic(基因的), while  their personalities, intelligence, and other differences between them are an effect of their environment. Now scientists are discovering that the boundaries (界限) between genes and environment are not so clear.

Twins Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted as babies and raised by different couples. When the Jims finally met at age 39, they discovered they had plenty in common. Both were six feet tall, 180 pounds. They had the same smile and the same voice. When scientist Thomas Bouchard Jr. invited the Jim twins to his lab, people there found it very hard to tell them apart.

But the similarities didn’t stop at the physical. They both had dogs named Toy. They had both married women named Linda, and then their marriage broke up. They’d both been policemen, enjoyed music, and  left love notes around the house for their wives. They had so much in common, it seemed unlikely these were just coincidences(巧合).

The Jim twins were just one of 137 sets of separated twins Bouchard tested. When they compared the twins’ IQ scores, Bouchard and his team reached a surprising conclusion(结论). They concluded that intelligence was mostly connected to genes rather than to training or education. It seemed the differences in family and environment had little effect.

However, genes can’t control everything, argues geneticist Danielle Reed, who also studies twins. Reed’s research shows that though nothing can truly change our DNA, environmental differences that a child experiences before birth and in their first year can sometimes affect the way the DNA behaves, making even identical twins into very different people. “What I like to say is that Mother Nature writes some things in pencil and some things in pen,” she explains. “Things written in pen you can’t change. That’s DNA. But things written in pencil you can.”

(    )22. How many physical similarities between the Jim twins are mentioned?

A. 2.  B. 3.  C. 4.  D. 5.

(    )23. What did Bouchard’s study find about the twins?

A. Each seemed to be as tall as their twin.

B. Each had the same hobby as their twins.

C. Each had almost the same ability as their twin.

D. Each had about the same IQ level as their twin.

(    )24. What is Reed’s opinion about genes and environment?

A. Only DNA had an effect on our development.

B. Environment could possibly change some things about us.

C. There are so boundaries between genes and environment.

D. Environmental differences can sometimes change our DNA.

(    )25. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The way the DNA behaves.

B. The similarities between the Jim twins.

C. The connection between intelligence and families.

D. The effects of genes on personality and intelligence.

三、信息还原 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A: What are you reading, Linda?

B: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

A: ___26___

B: It's about a man named Robinson who lives alone on an island.

A: Really? I can't imagine! What's Robinson like?

B: ___27___

A: Is the story interesting?

B: Sure. ___28___ I can't stop reading the book.

A: ___29___

B: Of course! I’ll bring it to you as soon as I finish it.

A: Great. ___30___

B: It won't take long.

四、词汇应用   (共13小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

第一节 根据下列句子所给汉语注释或首字母，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空限一词。

31. When Peter heard the       (令人惊讶的) news, he couldn't help crying.

32. Let's        (想象) what would happen if there were no sun.

33. I remember        (确切地) what Zhou Xingchi looked like in his first film.

34. The teacher usually        (把……分成) a class into four groups.

35. This        (舞者) childhood story touched many people.

36. Everyone should a_____ now to separate rubbish into different groups.

37. He seems to have a s_____ sense for knowing that his brother will win.

38. ---I hear your grandpa has got an eye problem. Is it serious?

---Yes. He can’t see anything now. He has gone b_____ .

第二节 认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。

The World Health Organization (WHO) was 　39 　 in 1948. In the past 74 years, the WHO has greatly improved health conditions of the world, 　40   in developing countries. It cures, prevents and controls serious diseases (疾病), and educates people about 　41 　 to protect their health. It has helped 　42 　 people by training doctors and nurses, and by teaching mothers how to take better care of their children. China is one of the first members. It offers help to the countries in need. So China has played an important 　43　 in dealing with the health problems.

五、短文填空（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每空限填词。

Huang Qiang is the owner of a cube (魔方) store in Changsha. Recently, using 560 cubes, he spent eight hours   44   (make) a portrait (肖像) of Wang Yaping, one of the three astronauts on the Shenzhou XIII.

“I want to show   45   (I) respect for the three astronauts, especially Wang, the first woman Chinese astronaut to enter the space station,” Huang Qiang said.

Before leaving, Wang promised her daughter   46   (pick) stars for her. So now Wang  47   (call) the “star-picking mother” by Chinese people.

Huang has also used cubes to make portraits of some famous medical workers who have fought   48   (brave) against COVID-19 across China.

He started to play with cube puzzles during high school. Because   49   his love for them, he joined the cube society while attending college. He practiced with cubes on buses, in school dining hall-basically whenever he 50    (have) spare time.

His record for solving a cube puzzle is 8 seconds, which is the   51   (high) speed in his college.

Although he majored in chemistry, Huang opened a cube store in Changsha after his   52   (graduate). In his store he teaches people to solve cube puzzles.

“I have strong support from my parents, who always tell me that I won’t know what is possible   53    I have a try,” Huang said.

七、阅读表达 （本题共3小题; 1题3分,2题2分,3题2分, 满分7分）

It was a lovely Spring morning here in the mountains of my home. The sky was blue, the sun was out, and the air was warm. As I drove along the roads I could see thousands of wild flowers in bloom. When I rounded a curve(转弯) I slowed. I saw some volunteers picking up rubbish along the side of the road. I smiled as I saw them doing some “Spring Cleaning” for Mother Earth. And my mind floated（飘荡）back in time to another Spring day long ago.

When my children were younger we used to walk around the lake near our home. One Spring day my daughter and I noticed just how much rubbish was lying along the path. The next day then we brought a big rubbish bag with us and started to slowly, step by step, pick up the rubbish along our way. There were plastic water bottles, wrappers(包装袋) for candy bars, empty chip bags, pieces of broken fishing line, and even an old thrown-away shoe. We stopped and picked up each one and even fished a few pieces of garbage out of the edge of the water. By the time we had circled the lake the bag was nearly full.

Tired but happy, we put the bag in an empty dustbin. We stopped before we headed home and took one last look at the lake as the sun set. It looked more beautiful than ever and I felt like the angels were looking down upon it with us and sharing our smiles.

I know that at times you wonder what you can do to make a difference. But the truth is EVERYTHING you do makes a difference! Every time you pick up a single piece of rubbish you make a difference. Every kind word you say makes a difference. Every loving thought you think, every flower you plant, every animal you save, everything you do, no matter how small, makes a difference in this world. Make your difference today! Share your love. Shine your light.

54. What made the writer remember another Spring day long ago?

  _______________________________________________________________________________

55. When was their bag nearly full?

  _______________________________________________________________________________

56. How did the writer and her daughter feel after their work that day?

  _______________________________________________________________________________

八、书面表达 (满分25分)

中学生学习和运用英语有助于开阔国际视野，培养家国居情怀，增强文化自信。“用英语讲好中国故事”是实现这一目标的有效途径之一，为鼓励更多中学生学好英语，用英语讲好中国故事，某英语报社正在举办以“Learn English, Tell China' s Stories”为题的征文活动。请你用英语写一篇短文投稿。

内容包括：

1.作为中学生，你所理解的用英语讲好中国故事的意义；

2.在实际生活中，你将如何付诸行动。（请列举两到三种做法）

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.不行出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

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参考答案 

一、完形填空 10

1-5 BBDCA     6-10 DCCAB

二、阅读理解 30

11-13 DBD    14-17 BADC  18-21 ACCB  22-25 CDBD 

三、信息还原 5

26-30 CGBAE

四、词汇应用 13

31. surprising   32. imagine  33. exactly   34. divides   35. dancer's   36. act   37. strong   38. blind

39. set up      40. especially    41. millions of    42. how     43. part

五、短文填空 10

44. making     45. my     46. to pick     47. is called     48. bravely

49. of      50. had     51. highest     52. graduation     53. unless

六、阅读表达 7

54. Some volunteers picking up rubbish along the side of the road.

55. By the time they had circled the lake.

56. Tired but happy.

七、书面表达 25

One possible version

Learn English, Tell China' s Stories

With the rapid development of China, more and more foreigners are likely to know much about China. So it is meaningful for us to tell China' s stories well.

First of all, we should pay more attention to our English study since we have to tell China' s stories in English. More importantly, telling good China' s stories can make Chinese culture spread faster. We are supposed to read books as much as possible. Last but not least, good China' s stories can strengthen the relationship between China and other countries in the world. We' d better study foreign cultures as well.

To learn English well is especially important for us. we will try our best to tell China' s stories well in English to make China known by the world.