2023年浙江省温州外国语学校中考二模英语试题（含答案）

2023年浙江省温州外国语学校中考二模英语试题

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

一、完形填空

“Are you listening, Simon?” Simon’s teacher asked. It was a pretty usual question.

Simon smiled and shook his head. He ____1____ listened in class.

Talking was so much better. He always thought he had good opinions! He preferred to be ____2____ than to listen.

“I am talking to Susan,” he said lazily.

“You should listen, so you will learn something,” Mrs. Jacobs said ____3____, trying to control her voice. She tried every day, but he always turned a deaf ear to her.

That evening, Simon started to feel a little sick. By his bedtime snack, his throat really hurt. He had ice cream to make his throat feel better, but he wasn’t ____4____ that it would work.

The next morning, when he opened his mouth to say “Good morning”, ____5____ came out. His mother looked at him worriedly. “Honey, you’ve lost your ____6____.”

“Can I stay home?” he tried to ask, but words didn’t come out. Instead, his mother checked ____7____ for a fever and said he was good to school, even if he couldn’t talk. How ____8____ he felt!

When he got to school, Mrs Jacobs said “Hello” to him, he just ____9____. When his friends asked him what TV shows he watched last night, he just shrugged. Almost everyone looked at him _____10_____ as if he’d grown a third eye or an extra nose.

In class Simon got bored because he couldn’t talk to his neighbors. He had nothing to do, so he tried listening to his math teacher.

You know what? It wasn’t that bad! He _____11_____ do his homework on his own that night! He even had cartoon time and game time because he finished the _____12_____ in a shorter time. All this happened just because he listened!

The next day, _____13_____ his voice was coming back, he stayed quiet again. The third day, he could talk fine, but he didn’t cut in or waste time. He just listened and then _____14_____ his hand! Everyone listened and then there was a loud cheer for him! This time he was really heard!

What a/an _____15_____ that one day made!

1．A．always B．often C．sometimes D．hardly

2．A．remembered B．heard C．forgotten D．ignored

3．A．sadly B．patiently C．proudly D．happily

4．A．afraid B．worried C．sure D．curious

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

6．A．taste B．smell C．sound D．voice

7．A．him B．her C．them D．it

8．A．awful B．lucky C．pleased D．ashamed

9．A．cried B．complained C．nodded D．shouted

10．A．excitedly B．strangely C．seriously D．nervously

11．A．should B．might C．must D．could

12．A．game B．homework C．snack D．cartoon

13．A．though B．because C．if D．before

14．A．focused on B．pointed at C．put up D．stared at

15．A．decision B．plan C．effort D．difference

二、阅读单选

In order to know more about bumblebees, Tony looked through some websites on the computer at weekends. Below is what he has found.

16．We can find a bumblebee as long as ________.

A．6 mm B．20 mm C．30 mm D．130 mm

17．From Tony’s information, a bumblebee ________.

A．has got two small ears

B．can sting a person only once

C．stores plenty of food to spend winter

D．can wave its wings faster than a racing car goes

18．Which learning strategy did Tony use?

A．Going over notes on the Internet.

B．Discussing with classmates online.

C．Using online tools for further information.

D．Correcting mistakes with the help of the Internet.

You might not know Giorgio Morandi (1890—1964), the Italian painter. But you might know the Morandi colors, which are named after him. And these years, Morandi and his art have got popular all around the world.

The Morandi colors are not bright. They look like they’re covered with a layer of gray. Morandi made the colors himself. He mixed gray and white with each color so that they became less bright. Morandi colors are quiet and give people a peaceful feeling. They appear in everything from fashion design to daily crafts.

Besides these special colors, Morandi is well-known for drawing small, still objects and scenery from daily life. He would often paint the same group of objects again and again. They include bottles, cups, vases, flowers, and things outside his window. He once said that the feelings and pictures around us were very difficult to express, because they were decided by form, color, space and light. So he drew things in different situations to show their colors and shapes.

Morandi had many books about traditional Chinese art. Did he learn from it? We don’t know. But some people compare the stillness of Morandi’s works with the peaceful feeling of Song Dynasty paintings. They show the same feeling in some way.

Morandi and his art help us to relearn how to look at things we didn’t see, and how to look at the objects we thought to be meaningless before. Morandi influenced a lot of artists and led to the birth of minimalism, a kind of modern art which shows the simplification of form and color.

19．The Morandi colors ________.

A．are bright B．are lively

C．bring a feeling of power D．bring a feeling of peace

20．Which of the following might be Morandi’s work of art?

A． B． C． D．

21．We can know from the passage that ________.

A．Morandi developed a new way to look at things

B．Morandi was against the modern art minimalism

C．Morandi learned from Chinese art of Song Dynasty

D．Morandi taught a lot of artists how to draw simple pictures

22．Why does the author write this passage?

A．To introduce Morandi and his art.

B．To tell Morandi’s life experiences.

C．To attract readers to visit Morandi’s exhibition.

D．To analyze Morandi’s works and drawing skills.

The science fiction movie The Wandering Earth Ⅱ has been quite popular since its release on Jan 22. The space elevators in the movie are quite impressive—elevator cars travel quickly between the cables hat connect Earth’s surface and the space station. This device may not only be imagined in the future.

Early in 1895, Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was inspired by the Eiffel Tower. He pointed out that if humans could build a tower high enough to reach space, people would be able to travel by space elevators. However, such a tower is impossible because no matter how large its base is, it would not be able to support the whole system.

Scientists then considered the idea in a different way. Earth’s satellites, about 36, 000 kilometers high in the sky, appear to be fixed in space. They rotate around Earth once every day. According to Scientific American, if such a satellite could drop cables towards Earth, and the cables could be fixed to Earth’ surface, then the whole system would rotate along with Earth.

This seems possible, but one of the challenges that stop engineers from building the elevators is the cables’ material. According to an article by the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a carbon nanotube might be the most proper material. It weighs 1. 6 grams and it can hold more than 800 tons which is about the weight of 160 elephants. Since its discovery in 1991, scientists have been trying to create a carbon nanotube as long as possible. However, the longest carbon nanotube with a perfect structure was only about half a meter. It was developed by a team at Tsinghua University in 2013.

Space elevators require far less energy and money than rockets. With space elevators, space tasks would be carried out more easily and more frequently. Although scientists have not solved the key problem, they will continue doing research on carbon nanotubes. Maybe one day the space elevator will enter our life.

23．The author mentioned The Wandering Earth Ⅱ in Paragraph 1 to ________.

A．show the popularity of the movie

B．give personal opinions on the movie

C．explain the advantages of the movie

D．lead in the topic based on the movie

24．The underlined phrase “ the idea ” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A．setting up a large base for a space tower

B．connecting satellites with Earth by cables

C．building a device for people to reach space

D．creating a system rotating along with Earth

25．The key problem of space elevators at present is ________.

A．how to create carbon nanotubes faster

B．how to make carbon nanotubes lighter

C．how to develop longer carbon nanotubes

D．how to discover more carbon nanotubes

26．What is the best title of the passage? ________

A．Space Elevators：A Widely Used Invention

B．Space Elevators：A New Device on the Way

C．Space Elevators：A Science Project in China

D．Space Elevators：A Safe Guard for Space Travel

三、多任务混合阅读

Brie Fainblit in California does her homework by candle light whenever the power gets cut off. If there is no water supply, she fills empty bottles at school to wash her hair. She is used to not having what other people have. Mostly, the 19-year-old student doesn’t complain and just accepts it.

But she won’t do that for prom. She wants to be Highland High School’s prom queen and turn heads. After all, every ordinary girl wishes the important moments in their lives to be well remembered.

Brie lives with her mother, who is left disabled by an accident, and her aunt, who works two part-time jobs to support them.

There is never enough money for new clothes. Usually, Brie finds what she can wear at the local Goodwill, a charity organization that provides donations for people in need. But the prom dresses there are too big and too old.

So, back in September, with the big day waiting at a distance on the calendar, she decided to make a dress for herself. She got a plan when she saw a can tab lying on the ground, shining in the sunlight—she would make her dress out of can tabs, for free.

For months, Brie’s aunt, Sylvia Davalos, has asked everyone at her jobs to help. Together with Brie and her friends, they have turned the dining room table into an assembly line.

But who knew that tabs came in so many colors, shapes and sizes, or that some have holes and some don’t? Who knew that many would have sharp edges that would need to be smoothed out, or that it would take many months to get enough perfectly shaped silver tabs for one prom dress?

Brie’s mother and aunt haven’t been able to buy her much. But they have tried to make up for it by stressing the importance of creativity. For her dress, using thick black thread, Brie joins tabs together in row after perfect row.

The free dress is not finished, but there’s another price to pay: Brie and her mother both have Band-Aids on their fingers.

Other girls in Brie’s class will have gone to the mall to pick out their dresses. Some will ride in cars from their homes to the school, where a bus will take them all to the prom.

Brie will have no nice car to ride in nor pocket money to burn.

But she’ll be a proud Cinderella in can tabs, with magic that won’t disappear forever.

27．What does the underlined phrase “turn heads” in Paragraph 2 mean? ________

A．Open empty bottles.

B．Complain about things.

C．Refuse to attend an event.

D．Draw attention from others.

28．Why did Brie Fainblit decide to make her dress out of can tabs? ________

A．Because she wasn’t satisfied with the prom dresses at local stores.

B．Because her mother and aunt always encouraged her to have a try.

C．Because it cost almost nothing and would make her special at the prom.

D．Because she wanted to prove her clothes-making skills and her creativity.

29．Which of the following can be inferred from the story? ________

A．Brie leads an ordinary life just like other girls in her class.

B．Lots of time and efforts went into making Brie’s prom dress.

C．Brie redesigned an old prom dress from Goodwill with can tabs.

D．Brie’s mom used to work in a charity organization called Goodwill.

30．For Brie, what’s the magic that won’t disappear in her life?

________________________________________________

四、多句选词填空

31．If you are at the top of the London Eye, you ________ a good view of London.

32．The Pyramids in Egypt are one of ________ man-made wonders in the world. How they were built is still unknown.

33．After visiting the Terracotta Army twice, he became ________ interested in Chinese history.

34．Located in Arizona, the Grand Canyon is considered ________ a must-visit place in the USA．

35．When you go to the countryside in Australia, you can see large groups of ________ in the green fields, just like white clouds in the sky.

五、短文汉语提示填空

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest and longest coral reef group in the world. In fact, it can ____36____（看见）from the outer space. It is home to ____37____（多于）400 kinds of coral and 1, 500 kinds of fishes. Because of its large amount of rare sea life and brilliant coral reef, UNESCO ____38____（添加）it to the list of World Heritage Site in 1981. Since then, it has become a most touristic place in Australia, ____39____（尤其）for water sport lovers and people who are crazy about sea life. Now it is thought to be one of the seven wonders of the ____40____（自然的）world. Thanks to it, Australian government gets about 2. 7 billion ____41____（美元）each year. However, scientists warn that by the middle of this ____42____（世纪）, some coral groups will disappear ____43____（完全）because of overfishing, over tourism and global warming. So ____44____（保护）the coral, they suggest that the number of the tourists should be limited and some parts of the Great Barrier Reef should be remained untouched. And they worry that it will be too late ____45____（除非）the Australian government takes action right away!

六、语法填空

When parents send pictures of their children online, it is called “sharenting”. Here is how Collins Dictionary ____46____（explain）“sharenting”: the usual use of social media to share news, pictures, etc, of one’s children. Sharenting is ____47____ common thing among parents. A lot of them ____48____（do） this many times in the past few years. So why do “sharents”do this?

Blogger Aimee Horton believes that “sharents” have many different ____49____（purpose） for sharing. “Some do it for clicks; others do it for support—Anyway, people don’t want to keep things to ____50____（they）. Every person on social media is looking ____51____ understanding and acceptance from others,”she told The Guardian.

But the danger behind sharenting is always there. According to a study in the UK, by the time children turn five, they will have about 1, 500 photos online. That can create serious problems ____52____ online posts often contain personal information. You can find out about a child’s name, what they look like and where they live ____53____（easy） than ever. So some bad guys can use the information to steal children’s identity. The BBC reports that “sharenting” can cause about two ____54____（three） of UK identity stealing cases by 2030.

Therefore, it is time for “sharents” to realize they should think twice before ____55____（put）their children’s private information online.

七、材料作文

56．研究发现，快乐让我们身体更健康、思维更敏捷，心态更阳光。传递快乐能使快乐加倍。某英语网站以“传递快乐”为主题发起征文活动。请参考下图，阐述你传递快乐的方式，并叙述一次你为他人带来快乐的经历。

要求：

①不能出现真实的个人信息。

②词数：约110词左右。

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参考答案：

1．D    2．B    3．B    4．C    5．C    6．D    7．A    8．A    9．C    10．B    11．D    12．B    13．A    14．C    15．D

16．B    17．D    18．C

19．D    20．B    21．A    22．A

23．D    24．A    25．C    26．B

27．D    28．C    29．B    30．The prom dress she made with can tabs won’t disappear.

31．will enjoy    32．the most amazing    33．deeply    34．as    35．sheep

36．be seen    37．over    38．added    39．especially    40．natural    41．dollars    42．century    43．completely    44．to protect    45．unless

46．explains    47．a    48．have done    49．purposes    50．themselves    51．for    52．because    53．more easily    54．thirds    55．putting

56．例文

Once my classmates and I walked around on the playground. Nobody said anything because of the coming examination. How I wished to see their smiling faces! Suddenly, an idea struck me.

I stopped, raised my head and looked up. Some classmates asked me what was happening. I just opened my mouth wide, looking up into the sky. Soon, more and more classmates looked up, asking what had happened on earth. “Nothing! Just for fun! Ha…” I couldn’t help laughing.

Silent for a few seconds, they all laughed loudly. All the students and teachers passing by laughed with us.

My act of happiness cheered others up, and cheering others up brought me a happier day. So we can communicate happiness more in our own way. We can also smile at others, praise others, and share good news.