2023年江苏省盐城市鹿鸣路初级中学中考一模英语试题（含答案）

2023年江苏省盐城市鹿鸣路初级中学中考一模英语试题

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

一、补全对话6选5

根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个为多余选项。

(The holidays were over, and everyone was heading to King’s Cross Station to get the train back to school.)

Harry: Let’s go.

Man: What do you two think you’re doing?

Harry: Sorry. The trolley (手推车) is out of control.  ____1____

Ron: I don’t know. The gateway has closed itself for some reason.

Harry: ____2____ We’ve missed it.

Ron: Harry, if we can’t get through, maybe Mum and Dad can’t get back.

Harry: ____3____

Ron: The car. There we go.

Harry: Ron, are you sure you know how to fly this?

Ron: ____4____

Harry: Look out! Ron, I should tell you most Muggles aren’t used to seeing a flying car.

Ron: Right. Okay. Oh, no! Something is wrong with the invisibility booster (隐形助推器).

Harry: Well, come on, then. ____5____ We need to find the train.

Ron: Okay.

A．No problem.

B．Let’s go lower.

C．Why can’t we get through?

D．We are in King’s Cross, you say.

E．The train leaves at exactly 11 o’clock.

F．Maybe we should just go and wait by the car.

二、完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Susan was a 12-year-old girl from a small village. After she had finished primary school, she was very pleased knowing that she was able to ___6___ a very good school in a city nearby.

Today was the first day of her new school. Susan made it to her ___7___ after asking fellow students for direction. Upon seeing her ___8___ clothing and knowing that she was from a small village, other students started making fun of her. Luckily, the teacher soon arrived. She ___9___ Susan to the class.

Then the teacher told ___10___ to write down the Seven Wonders of the World. The students started writing the answers ___11___. Susan, holding her pen in her hand, had no idea ___12___ to write on the paper.

Everyone handed in their answer sheets ___13___ Susan. The teacher came and asked Susan, “What happened, dear? Don’t worry. Just write down what you know ___14___ the other students have already learned about it.”

Susan replied, “I was thinking that there were so many things, and which I should ____15____ to write down!” When she handed in her answer sheet, the teacher started reading everyone’s answers. Most of the students had answered it ____16____—the Great Wall of China, Colosseum, Taj Mahal...

The teacher was happy because the students had ____17____ what she had taught them. At last, the teacher ____18____ Susan’s answers and started reading.

“The seven wonders are—To Be Able to See, To Be Able to Hear, To Be Able to Feel, To Laugh, To Think, To Be Kind, To Love!”

The teacher was ____19____ and the whole class was silent. Today, a girl from a small village had reminded them of the most precious gifts that every one of us had, which are truly ____20____. So value what we have and use what we have.

6．A．enter B．leave C．finish D．refuse

7．A．building B．classroom C．home D．office

8．A．beautiful B．clean C．simple D．expensive

9．A．followed B．pushed C．turned D．introduced

10．A．someone B．anyone C．everyone D．no one

11．A．easily B．quickly C．sadly D．slowly

12．A．what B．which C．how D．why

13．A．with B．after C．except D．including

14．A．if B．though C．as D．when

15．A．agree B．choose C．expect D．manage

16．A．badly B．terribly C．carefully D．correctly

17．A．shared B．remembered C．forgot D．missed

18．A．handed out B．put down C．picked up D．put up

19．A．satisfied B．surprised C．worried D．frightened

20．A．gifts B．talents C．answers D．wonders

三、阅读单选

21．How many kinds of food do red pandas live on?

A．5 B．6 C．7 D．8

22．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Red pandas are as big as giant pandas. B．The world has 40% of red pandas left now.

C．This year’s Red Panda Day will fall in September. D．Red pandas warm themselves by using thick blankets.

23．Which part of a magazine may this passage be taken from?

A．Art World. B．Green Life. C．Animal Science. D．News Review

Born in Zhejiang Province, Shen Kuo was an excellent scientist of the Northern Song dynasty. He was a gifted scholar of literature, physics, chemistry, calendars, medical science and many other fields. In his life, Shen held a number of official positions. He once represented the government to the Liao Kingdom and led soldiers in battle. At one time, he served as the director to watch the stars. So, Shen Kuo was well-known for his amazing talent in ancient China.

Shen Kuo was especially known for the explanations of natural phenomena found in his famous book Mengxi Bitan, or Dream Pool Essays. The book was widely regarded as an important scientific work in ancient China. There is a story about the origin of Mengxi Bitan. While in his thirties, Shen Kuo often dreamed of a place. In the dream, he climbed a hill, the top of which was covered with brightly-colored flowers and trees. A clear stream flowed at the foot of the hill. Later on, when traveling around, he was shocked to find a piece of land that was just the place in his dream. After his retirement, he remained there for the last seven years, naming it “Dream Brook Garden”, and wrote down the discoveries he had made in his lifetime.

In Mengxi Bitan, he wrote a lot about the animals and plants he had seen when traveling through the country, such as the giant clam (蛤蜊) in the South Sea, the crocodile in Chaozhou and Chinese wolfberries in the northwest of China. The book also introduced some methods to kill insect pests.

Shen Kuo was the first to discover that the compass does not point directly north, but to the north magnetic pole (北磁极). He also had deep knowledge about fossils. When visiting the Taihang Mountains in Shanxi Province, he found fossilized seashells and noted the egg-shaped stones like those were often found on the area by the sea. This led him to conclude that at some time in the distant past, Shanxi had been covered by the sea.

Shen Kuo was hundreds of years ahead of Western scientists in many fields. His work Mengxi Bitan was a milestone in the history of Chinese science. Today, this amazing 1,000-year-old work has been translated into a number of different languages.

24．What do we know about Mengxi Bitan?

A．It described Shen Kuo’s dreams. B．Its name came from the place in his dream.

C．It was one of Shen’s 1,000 scientific works. D．Mengxi Bitan and Dream Pool Essays are about nature.

25．Which of the following sayings can best describe Shen Kuo?

A．Like father, like son. B．Silence is gold.

C．Good both at pen and sword. D．Practice makes perfect.

26．What does the underlined “This” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Shanxi was covered by the sea long ago.

B．The compass points directly to the north.

C．Shen Kuo visited the Taihang Mountains in Shanxi.

D．Egg-shaped fossils were found on the seaside of Shanxi.

27．What might be the best title for the passage?

A．Shen Kuo and Mengxi Bitan. B．Scientific Work in Ancient China.

C．Discoveries Made by Shen Kuo. D．A Clear Stream in Shen Kuo’s Dream.

One day when Wendy and the boys were sitting on the rock, a sudden change happened in the lake. The sun disappeared behind thick clouds and it became so dark that Wendy could not see her sewing needle (缝衣针). The water became very cold and the wind stopped. Wendy heard a sound from far away; it was the sound of a large boat.

Wendy was afraid and wanted to awake the sleeping boys, but she didn’t want them to swim just after eating lunch, so she did not.

Luckily, Peter could feel danger even when he was sleeping. He woke up and jumped to his feet. “Pirates!” he shouted and the children all awoke afraid.

“Swim!” Peter ordered. The boys all quickly jumped into the water and swam away.

The pirate ship moved closer and closer to the rock. Starkey and Smee were on it, and so was the Indian Tiger Lily. Smee had caught her as she was climbing onto their ship with a knife in her mouth. They tied her up with rope and threw her down onto Death Rock.

Peter and Wendy swam under the pirate ship so that no one could see them. Wendy felt a great pity for the Indian girl and did not want to see her die. Peter felt angry because the pirates did not fight fairly. Many pirates bad fought against just Tiger Lily.

Peter planned to save Tiger Lily. He could have waited until the pirates left before saving her, but Peter never did anything the easy way.

★Instead he thought of a different plan. Peter could imitate many sounds and many voices, so he imitated Captain Hook’s voice.

“Hey, Smee!” he called.

“I hear the captain,” said Smee to Starkey. “He must be swimming out to the ship to meet us.”

“Hey, Captain, we tied up Tiger Lily and are leaving her on the rock to die,” Smee called out happily.

“Let her go free!” said Peter imitating Hook’s voice.

“Free?” Smee cried, feeling very shocked.

“Yes, cut the rope and let her free!”

“Why Captain?”

“Do it at once. It is my order!” the voice said seriously and loudly. “Do it or I’ll push my hook (钩) into your heart slowly!”

“This is very strange,” said Smee to Starkey. “We’d better do what Captain Hook orders,” said Starkey nervously. He was afraid of the captain’s hook.

“Okay, Captain,” Smee answered, and he took out his knife and cut the ropes that were around Tiger Lily’s hands and feet. She quickly jumped into the lake and disappeared.

Wendy thought Peter’s clever trick was very wonderful; but before she could praise him, they heard the real voice of Captain Hook coming from over the lake.

—Adapted from Peter Pan

28．What happened before the ship appeared?

A．A sudden rain came. B．Peter felt danger and woke up.

C．Boys swam before lunch. D．Wendy lost her sewing needle.

29．What does the underlined word “imitate” mean in the paragraph with ★?

A．Copy. B．Raise. C．Lower. D．Hear.

30．How did Smee feel after hearing the order?

A．Afraid. B．Happy. C．Nervous. D．Strange.

31．Which is the correct order of what happened in the story?

a. Smee caught the Indian Tiger Lily.

b. Smee cut the ropes and let Tiger Lily free.

c. Wendy heard the sound of the pirate ship.

d. The boys jumped into the water and swam away.

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

①We often reach a point in our life when we should be ready for change that will help us unlock our self-improvement power. However, there’s always something staring at us right under our nose but we don’t see it. The only time we think of unlocking our self-improvement power is when everything gets worst.

②When do we realize that we need to change diets? When none of our shirts and jeans would fit us. When do we stop eating candies and chocolates? When all of our teeth have fallen off. When do we realize that we need to stop smoking? When our lungs have gone bad. We see the warning signs and signals when things get rough and difficult.

③The only time most of us ever learn about unlocking our self-improvement power is when the whole world is falling apart. We think and feel this way because it is not easy to change, but change becomes more painful when we pay no attention to it.

④Change will happen, like it or hate it. At one point or another, we are all going to finally unlock our self-improvement power not because the world says so, but because we realize it’s for our own good.

⑤Happy people don’t just accept change; they welcome it. Unlocking our self-improvement power means unlocking ourselves out of the box of thought that is just the way we are. It is such a poor excuse for people who fear change.

⑥Jane always tells everyone that she doesn’t have the courage to be around groups of people. She heard her family tell the same things about her to other people. Over the years, that is what Jane has believed. Every time a great crowd come, she steps back and locks herself up in a room. Jane not only believes in her story, but lives it!

⑦Self-improvement may not be everybody’s favorite word, but if we look at things in a different way, we might have greater chances of enjoying the whole process instead of counting the days until we are fully improved. Three sessions in a week at the gym would result in a healthier life. Reading books every day would build up knowledge. And only when we are enjoying the whole process of unlocking our self-improvement power will we realize that we’re beginning to take things light and become happy.

32．What’s the writer’s purpose of writing Paragraph 2?

A．To remind health is the most important. B．To explain we will meet troubles in life.

C．To tell problems are not realized at times. D．To show we learn lessons when experiencing pain.

33．What advice might be given to help solve Jane’s problem?

A．Always believe in herself. B．Unlock herself out of the box of thought.

C．Get on with people in a friendly way. D．Count the days until she is fully improved.

34．What’s the structure of the passage? (1=Paragraph 1)

A． B． C． D．

35．Which of the following opinions may the writer support?

A．Don’t improve ourselves until things get worst.

B．People change when they find it easy to do that.

C．If you welcome change in life, you’ll make it better.

D．Process of self-improvement makes chances happen.

四、阅读还原6选5

You may have recently heard of NFT technology, which allows digital (数字的) works of art to be collected and sold for millions of dollars.

But why would people pay so much money for something they cannot even touch? And what is driving the present rise in NFTs? ___36___

What is an NFT?

NFT stands for non-fungible token (非同质化代币). ___37___ It is based on a technology called blockchain (区块链), which is also used with digital money systems known as cryptocurrency (加密货币).

What kinds of things are NFTs?

___38___ They are usually bought with electronic money. The form of digital money mainly used with NFTs is called ether. NFTs have been used to sell sports videos, pieces of land in worlds that only exist on computers and even the first-ever tweet by Twitter’s founder.

What do people say about NFTs?

Some people mention that traditional art, like a painting, can be placed on a wall and looked at. ___39___ They point out that even though an artist can “own” a digital piece, others can easily save a copy of the same work as a file on their computer.

What are some prices for NFTs?

In February, a 10-second video showing an picture of former U.S. President Donald Trump sold on an NFT marketplace for over $6 million. The first-ever published tweet from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey recently sold for nearly $3 million.

___40___

It is too early to say if it is wise to pay for NFT’s. But so far, many people have objects that are more valuable than what they paid for them. This is no promise, however, that such buyers will be able to sell their digital objects for more money.

A．But digital art is different.

B．Is it wise to pay for NFTs?

C．Why do people pay for NFTs?

D．It is something that is only found in the digital world.

E．NFTs can be found in the form of pictures, video, music and text.

F．Here is some basic information to help you understand the technology.

五、短文选词填空

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺，意思完整。每词或短语限用一次。

Leonardo da Vinci was an amazing man and artist who changed art for all time. His masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, is considered as one of the most ____41____ paintings in the world.

As is known to us all, the Mona Lisa is famous for the mysterious smile. But what is the secret behind ___42___ smile? This is a question always asked by many art-lovers, but it ____43____ unanswered so far.

Well now, we have the chance to ask Mona Lisa ___44___, thanks to a new interactive exhibition in Beijing which brings the 500-year-old painting to life.

___45___, Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century masterpiece is now able to move her head and wave her hand in 3D, and even answer questions.

It’s also ___46___ that when she talks, it’s not Italian you hear. Instead, it’s ___47___ like this: “Dajia hao, wo jiao Mengna Lisha. Hen gaoxing jiandao nimen.”

The new, digital Mona Lisa is a great work created by the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition in Beijing, which also displays other world-famous paintings ___48___ Da Vinci’s Last Supper.

The exhibition’s organizer Wang Hui spent two years ___49___ the collection with a team of over 400 digital artists, at a cost of around 50 million yuan.

He says, “What’s special about this is that it’s the first time that 3D technology, holographic (全息) technology, and voice recognition (识别) technology have been ___50___  together in one exhibition.”

So what does the Mona Lisa say if you ask her why she is smiling?

六、短文首字母填空

根据短文及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。

Every once in a while, you hear a story that truly amazes you. It makes you wonder. And it makes you think. Here is a story that everyone is talking about. Someone in the city has d___51___ money to the old people’s home, but no one knows who he is.

Twenty years ago, when the first donation arrived, it seemed a bit uncommon b___52___ it was a lot of money—over one thousand yuan. The old people’s home tried to contact the person who named h___53___ Xiao Lei. But they found out that the address and the name provided did not exist. It seemed that this person s___54___ wished to keep his donation quiet. Then a few months later, another anonymous donation arrived, sent from another post office. And then, another.

After many years of receiving the donations, the whole town was curious to discover the t___55___ identity (身份) of the person behind these acts of kindness. Was this person rich or poor? What made him do this? Why not come forward and be honoured for what he was doing? A journalist even wrote an a___56___ in the local newspaper with the headline: Where are you, Xiao Lei?

The search continued for many months w___57___ any result. At last, the office received an anonymous phone call saying that the person only did what anyone should do. After all, it is w___58___ spending money helping others, and please stop looking for him. He did not want to make a name for himself, or to be recognized for what he did. Therefore, the old people’s home a___59___ the fact that they could never know who the person really was. When a second article in the local newspaper showed the r___60___ of the search, people were deeply moved and inspired.

Following in his footsteps, many people have started donating some of their own money to help those with less. It has become part of their lives.

七、阅读回答问题

Zibo city in Shandong province has unexpectedly gone viral on Chinese social media since late February for its local barbecue specialty. In March, the small city received about 4.8 million tourists. It is certainly not the only city that offers barbecue, or even the most famous one, but why did it enjoy such great popularity?

Zhou Maosong, president of the Zibo Tourism Promotion Association, said the popularity started from the crowd-gathering effect of cultural and tourism activities including a music festival. Then famous people tasted the barbecue and put their experiences online attracting young people, which led to a wave of students from neighbouring cities visiting Zibo. What better way to attract adventurous and hungry college students except “tasty barbecue that makes you full within only 50 yuan!”

However, Zibo did not fall into the trap of easy fame that dies fast where sellers cheat buyers on price and quality for the most money in the shortest time. A blogger on Douyin took an electronic scale to ten barbecue stands in Zibo to test if he would be offered less food. It turned out that not a single one was caught short of weight and some owners even offered him local snacks for free. Local people’s honest and friendly behaviour touched even more people online and again lifted the city’s popularity.

Zibo’s successful story has raised a heated discussion about hometown cultural symbols on Weibo. People post about their cities’ unique dishes, places, etc, hoping their hometown may be the next Zibo.

回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。

61．How many tourists visited Zibo in March?

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62．What did Zibo’s popularity start from according to Zhou?

____________________________________________________

63．Why does Zibo’s barbecue attract college students?

____________________________________________________

64．What else lifted Zibo’s popularity according to Paragraph 3?

____________________________________________________

65．What do you think might be the cultural symbol of your hometown?

____________________________________________________

八、话题作文

66．学校英文网站正在开展“邂逅中国传统文化”为主题的征文活动。请根据提示，以Traditional Chinese Culture and I为题，用英语写一篇短文投稿，介绍你参加一次中国传统文化活动的经历和感受。

提示问题：

●What cultural activity did you take part in?

●What did you do during the time?

●What have you learned from the experience?

注意事项：

1. 词数100左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总数）；

2. 文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息。

As a lover of culture, I have been interested in traditional Chinese culture.

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参考答案：

1．C    2．E    3．F    4．A    5．B

6．A    7．B    8．C    9．D    10．C    11．B    12．A    13．C    14．C    15．B    16．D    17．B    18．C    19．B    20．D

21．A    22．C    23．C

24．B    25．C    26．D    27．A

28．B    29．A    30．D    31．A

32．D    33．B    34．A    35．C

36．F    37．D    38．E    39．A    40．B

41．valuable    42．her    43．has remained    44．directly    45．To our surprise    46．interesting    47．something    48．such as    49．preparing    50．mixed

51．(d)onated    52．(b)ecause    53．(h)imself    54．(s)imply    55．(t)rue    56．(a)rticle    57．(w)ithout    58．(w)orth    59．(a)ccepted    60．(r)esult

61．About 4.8 million.    62．The crowd-gathering effect.    63．Because it is cheap and tasty.    64．Local people’s honest and friendly behaviour.    65．Salt.

66．例文：

As a lover of culture, I have been interested in traditional Chinese culture.

My favorite traditional Chinese cultural activity is the lantern show which is during the Lantern Festival. Last year I took part in the lantern show organized by our school. It was amazing. At the beginning, our history teacher introduced the history of the festival and the activity to us. Then we learnt how to make traditional lanterns. After that, we were allowed to take the lanterns home and hung them with our families.

Through this activity, I not only learned the history of the lantern show and how to make traditional lanterns, but had a wonderful time with my family as well. I hope to participate in more traditional Chinese cultural activity.