2023年江东省苏州市姑苏区联盟学校第三次模拟练习(含答案)

2023年苏州市姑苏区联盟学校第三次模拟练习

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、完形填空

It was a Thankful Thursday. It’s a tradition (传统) that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a ____1____.

My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we ____2____ along a busy road. Suddenly I ____3____ that there stood a panhandler (乞丐) at almost every crossing. After we ate, I ordered 15 lunches and we set out to give out them. We would come up to panhandler and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “Oh, ____4____, here’s lunch.”

We gave our last lunch to a small woman and then turned at once. The woman made her way to our car. “No one has ever done ____5____ like this for me before,” she said. I asked, “So ____6____ do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”

She just looked at me with her tired eyes and said, “Oh, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was confused, but ____7____ I could say anything, she continued, “You see, my little girl loves McDonald’s. You know tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”

I don’t know if the kids ____8____ the tears in my eyes. I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too ____9____ so many times. ____10____ at that moment, I understood the truth of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things—only small things with great love.”

1．A．decision B．plan C．contribution D．way

2．A．ran B．walked C．drove D．flew

3．A．realized B．thought C．understood D．knew

4．A．by the way B．at last C．in fact D．to tell the truth

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

6．A．when B．how C．what D．where

7．A．as B．after C．before D．later

8．A．felt B．noticed C．watched D．looked

9．A．large B．small C．great D．boring

10．A．Yet B．Thought C．Although D．If

二、阅读单选

Welcome to be a member of our clubs.

11．The article is _________.

A．a letter    B．a story      C．an introduction (介绍) D．an ad (广告)

12．You can NOT be a member of the Drama Clubs if you are _________.

A．17 B．a boy C．1.60 meters D．13

13．Jim, a 13-year-old boy, likes music and singing, what club can he join?

A．Chinese Reading Club B．English Reading Club

C．Music Club D．Dancing Club

Holly sat down on the branch. Eco licked her hand. Holly had another bad night. The owl didn’t come back, but there was an army of ants that decided to march all over her body. Eco got very excited and tried to eat them.

The next day, after breakfast, Holly waited for everyone to leave the house. Then she let down the rope ladder and took Eco for a walk. Eco loved it—he was happy to be on the ground again—and he ran and jumped and scratched and chased other dogs.

Holly wanted to see her friends—but she couldn’t stay away from the oak tree for very long. She had to be there in case her father tried to cut it down.

When he came home from work, Holly’s father tried to get her down from the tree again. This time he was ready for action! He walked up to the tree carrying a ladder. He leaned it against a branch.

“Right,” he said. “You’re going to come down from that tree right now.” “No way,” said Holly. Eco barked in support.

“OK, if that’s the way you want it. I’m going to come up and get you.”

But before her father could step on the ladder, Holly climbed onto the branch, and pushed it away. The ladder fell with a crash.

Then Holly saw her mother coming from the kitchen. She was carrying a tray with a bottle of fizzy water and a large mushroom pizza—Holly’s favourite. But Holly didn’t eat the pizza.

 Her father took the tray and said, “Don’t think you’re going to eat this, young lady. You’re not going to get any more food from us while you’re up in the tree!”

And with that, he walked quickly back to the house and threw the pizza into the waste bin.

14．What does the underlined word “it’’ refer to?

A．The ladder. B．The branch. C．The oak tree. D．The tray.

15．Which is the right order for Holly’s father’s events?

a. He wanted to step on the tree.

b. He leaned the ladder against the tree.

c. He threw the food into the rubbish bin.

d. He tried to get Holly down from the tree.

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

16．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Eco was very hungry to eat ants. B．The oak tree was cut down.

C．Holly’s father was angry with her. D．Holly ate nice food cooked by her mother.

17．What is Holly like in the passage?

A．Curious and energetic. B．Careful and caring.

C．Happy and serious. D．Modest and hard-working.

Uber has picked Melbourne as the first city outside of the United States to test its flying taxis. Test flights in the Australian city will begin next year with a goal of commercial ride-hailing （打车） services by 2023, it announced on Tuesday, in November 2016.

“We will see other Australian cities following soon after,” Susan Anderson, Uber’s regional manager for Australia, said at the company’s annual flying car conference in Washington DC．

Melbourne will be the third city to host trials of Uber’s flying taxis, after Dallas, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. The electric taxis will be flown by a pilot.

Uber has partnered with NASA for its flying taxi program, named Elevate, and is one of several companies racing to make flying vehicles a reality. Other big names in the business include Rolls Royce and Boeing.

Even as it works on developing autonomous, electric flying vehicles, which are still several years away, Uber is taking its service to the skies in other ways.

The company will start a helicopter service on July 9, taking passengers from Manhattan to JFK Airport in eight minutes. It says customers who buy the roughly $200 ticket will save an hour of travel time during rush hour.

But the rollout（首次展示） of that service is now clouded by safety concerns about increased air traffic in cities, following two accidents in New York City in recent weeks.

A helicopter crashed onto the roof of a Manhattan building on June 10, killing the pilot. This deadly accident came weeks after a helicopter crash in the Hudson River. There were no deaths in that incident.

“For us, it shows the need to make safety the absolute base of everything we do,” said Eric Allison, Uber’s head of Elevate.

Safety will also be a concern in Australia, where Uber has nearly 4 million regular customers for its ride-hailing service.

“We will continue to work with communities and governments to ensure that we create an urban aviation（飞行） ride-share network that is safe, quiet and green,” Anderson said.

18．What can we learn about the flying taxis from the text?

A．Most flying taxis are self-driving.

B．The flying taxi was first tried out in Melbourne.

C．Flying taxis could be used in Australia in several years.

D．The flying taxis turned out to be a failure in America.

19．Why does the author mention Uber’s helicopter service?

A．To further introduce NASA’s cooperation with Uber.

B．To show the challenges facing the flying taxi service.

C．To explain why Uber’s technology stands out.

D．To describe the development of Uber ’s flying services.

20．What is the author’s major concern about flying taxis?

A．Safety. B．Management.

C．Side effects. D．Affordability.

21．What is the author’s attitude toward the flying taxi?

A．His information is based on facts.

B．He doubles about it.

C．He disagrees with it.

D．He is hopeful about it and expecting good things to happen on it.

Still remember the following poems? Memories return every time I read or hear them.

22．The first poem is sung to ________.

A．babies B．mothers C．relatives D．friends

23．In the second poem, the last thing “I” will kiss at night is ________.

A．the fur B．Mum’s face C．a bird D．Mum’s bed

24．What do you think of “I” in the third poem?

A．Shy. B．Lucky. C．Crazy. D．Helpful.

25．What are the three poems mainly about?

A．Food and health. B．Hobbies and sports.

C．Family and love. D．Animals and humans.

三、阅读还原7选5

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从文后的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

Once, there was a shepherd (牧羊人). ___26___ He was very happy and hoped these wild sheep wouldn’t leave.

It snowed that night. The next morning, the shepherd couldn’t take his sheep to the mountains. Instead, he had to feed them inside. ___27___ But he gave more of the food to the wild sheep. He thought the extra (额外的) food would stop them from leaving.

It snowed for several days. During that time, the shepherd’s sheep ate very little. ___28___ At last, the snow stopped, and the shepherd took all the sheep out. As soon as they got to the foot of the mountain, the wild sheep started to run away.

“Wait! ___29___ Why do you run away?” the shepherd shouted.

One wild sheep stopped and said to him, “We’re leaving because you fed us better than your own sheep. ___30___ Yesterday, you were kind to us, but tomorrow you might be different. If more wild sheep join your herd (牧群), you will give us less food, too.”

The shepherd finally realized his mistake. He was sorry that he didn’t take good care of his own sheep.

A．I looked after you so well.

B．You were trying to cheat us.

C．He gave a little food to his own sheep.

D．The wild sheep, however, ate very well.

E．The wild sheep felt bored and wanted to play outside.

F．One night, he found some wild sheep joined his herd.

G．He made sure that he would never lose any of them.

四、根据汉语提示填空

31．Do you want to be a ________ (志愿者) this summer?

32．I’m allowed to ________ (选择) my own clothes.

33．People in the ________（西方的）countries usually use a knife and fork to eat their meals.

34．The Tiangong space station is the _________（骄傲）of all Chinese.

35．It’s necessary for teenagers to learn how to spend their pocket money _______（明智地）.

五、根据首字母填空

36．This novel written by Mo Yan is w________ reading. Many people have read it.

37．Kate has p_____ her bedroom blue because the colour brings peace to her mind and body.

38．They m_     a company offering（提供）advice on mergers（并购）and acquisitions（收购）.

六、短文选词填空

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空 (每词限用一次)。

My mother is forty-three. She is a worker__39__a factory. She is of medium height. She has__40__eyes, and long curly black hair. I think she is very beautiful.

My mother is kind__41__friendly. She is always ready to help others. And she is also hard-working. She is busy every__42__.

My mother takes good care of me. I go to her for __43__whenever I have trouble.

I love my mother!

七、语法填空

The storm brought people closer together. Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black ___44___ (cloud) were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. ___45___ news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.

Everyone in the neighborhood was busy. Ben’s dad was putting pieces ___46___ wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio ___47___ (be) working. She also put some candles and matches on the table.

Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat ____48____ (heavy) against the windows. Ben couldn’t sleep at first. He finally ____49____ (fall) asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. When he woke up, the sun was ____50____ (rise). He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. Fallen trees, ____51____ (broke) windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined the neighbors and tried their best ____52____ (clean) up the neighborhood together.

The storm broke many things apart, _____53_____ it brought families and neighbors closer together.

八、阅读回答问题

Camping in your backyard is full of fun, no matter what your age is. It’s great for keeping us relaxed. It offers us chances to check the night sky and to be noisier than usual. It lets us have friends stay over who might not fit inside the house! Follow these instructions and you’ll have a night you’ll never forget!

Put up your tent.

Depending on the number of family members and guests, you may need more than one tent. Tell your friends to bring their tents if needed. Follow the instructions or check out the articles on how to put up a tent on the Internet.

Prepare your bedding.

You’ll want your guests to be able to relax. Put something soft to lie on on the floor: a mattress(床垫) or thick comforters may work well. Fill the tent with soft toys and blankets(毯子). Have lightweight sleeping bags or cotton blankets. They are especially important if you live where the temperature drops greatly at night.

Prepare a seating area.

If you have a picnic table, that would work best. If not, set up a few chairs and a small table to set out drinks and food. A simple choice is to lay out a blanket in the sun, so that your friends can eat and talk together. Be sure the grass isn’t wet!

Make memories.

Plan some activities. You’re camping in the backyard, so it’s time to make the most of being outdoors. Have a camera nearby to take photos of you, your family members, and your friends. Take one large group shot(照片) with everyone smiling and laughing. Be sure to make copies for everyone!

54．What can we do to help us relax according to the passage? (不超过10个词)

________________________________

55．What’s especially important when you sleep in your yard at night?(不超过10个词)

________________________________

56．How can we make memories? (不超过10个词)

________________________________

九、材料作文

57．《苏州日报》英文专刊以“Practice makes perfect”为题向中学生开展征文活动，请你用英语写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：

1. 你对该谚语的理解；

2. 你生活中的一个事例（例如：运动、乐器、家务、学习等方面）；

3. 你的感悟，

注意：1. 词数100，短文开头已给出，不计人总词数；

2. 内容需涵盖所有要点，可适当发挥；

3. 文中不得出现与考生相关的真实校名和姓名等信息。

Practice makes perfect

Have you heard of the saying “practice makes perfect”? I mean ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案

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

11．D    12．A    13．C

14．A    15．B    16．C    17．B

18．C    19．D    20．A    21．A

22．A    23．B    24．D    25．C

26．F    27．C    28．D    29．A    30．B

31．volunteer

32．choose

33．western

34．pride

35．wisely

36．(w)orth

37．(p)ainted

38．(m)anage

39．in    40．big    41．and    42．day    43．help

44．clouds    45．The

    46．of    47．were    48．heavily    49．fell    50．rising    51．broken    52．to clean    53．but

54．We can camp in our backyard.    55．Lightweight sleeping bags or cotton blankets.    56．We can plan activities and take photos.

57．例文

Practice makes perfect

Have you heard of the saying “practice makes perfect”? I mean that we should practice unfamiliar things again and again. We’ll be able to perform it perfectly.

The practice of learning English is a good example. We are not living in an English speaking country. So, in order to learn it well, we need extra practice, such as reading English books, going to English corners, or communicating with foreigners. You can’t master English just by sitting at your desk. As another example, if we want to be skilled in using the computer, we also need to practice using it. Some children become little experts in computer, just because they play with it everyday. On the contrary, if we just stick to books, we will still feel confused when using computers. Judging from the evidence offered, we might safely draw the conclusion that practice makes perfect.