2023年江苏省常州市外国语中学中考一模英语试题（含答案）

2023年江苏省常州市外国语中学中考一模英语试题

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

一、单项选择

1．We developed two new pills, but _______ of them proved to work well.

A．neither B．none C．both D．all

2．Stop playing the game! Don’t break your ________ to your parents. You must keep it.

A．protection B．practice C．promise D．position

3．According to the rules, we _______ pass the interview before getting the job.

A．can B．may C．need D．must

4．Zhang Songwen’s acting skills in The Knockout are pretty good ______ all praise.

A．against B．over C．beyond D．above

5．The manager was so strict that he always made his men _______ his order at once.

A．work out B．carry out C．try out D．turn out

6．—Jim has made _______ great progress in the Physics exam that his teacher feels surprised.

—It’s hard for him to get high marks _______ he works hard enough.

A．so a; until B．such a; before C．so; while D．such; unless

7．—How are you getting on with your parents?  

—Very well. My mother always knows ________ how I am feeling.

A．truly B．mainly C．exactly D．likely

8．—Could you tell me _________?

—Just ten minutes’ walk. Let’s go there together.

A．how we will go to the square B．when you will go to the square

C．how far the square is from here D．how will we go to the square

9．—Could you tell me when you ________ the new smartphone?      

—Well, I _______ it for a month.

A．have bought; have had B．bought; have bought C．have bought; have kept              D．bought; have had

10．—Look at this mess! How much time do you think we need to clear it up?

—It is a big job, but _______. Let’s all get started now.

A．many hands make light work B．burn the candle at both ends

C．the early bird catches the worm D．actions speak louder than words

二、完形填空

For a long time I saw happiness as a banner (横幅) across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I ___11___ certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise (乌龟) believing that being slow would win the race. At other times I would act like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous ___12___ hoping to reach that banner a little faster. Gradually, I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it, the banner was never any closer. ___13___, I decided to sit down and take a break. It was then that I saw my ___14___ sitting beside me.

It had been with me as I ___15___ hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard them laughing and even when I was ___16___ with my wife beside me looking after me. It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner. I just did not have the ___17___ to see it.

An old Chinese saying goes, “Stress is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the ___18___ life we think we should have and enjoy the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. It will be found ___19___ your own, heart, soul and mind. It will be found ____20____ you realize that others love you just as you do.

Don’t be a tortoise or rabbits when it comes to your happiness. Be a playful dog and carry your stick of ____21____ with you everywhere you go. Take yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness, you are already there.

11．A．forgot B．missed C．offered D．finished

12．A．place B．height C．speed D．time

13．A．Generally B．Finally C．Totally D．Firstly

14．A．happiness B．goal C．success D．friendship

15．A．studied B．served C．exercised D．worked

16．A．sad B．tired C．sick D．angry

17．A．courage B．chance C．wisdom D．strength

18．A．busy B．perfect C．common D．hard

19．A．from B．on C．over D．in

20．A．when B．before C．until D．since

21．A．sadness B．fear C．luck D．joy

三、阅读单选

Educational technology such as apps can help students with time management, organization skills, study skills, homework and more. Below is a list of apps for college students recommended by educational technology experts(专家). The need of every student is different and experts suggest that students try out several apps to find the right one. Unless costs are mentioned in the app descriptions below, these learning tools are free to users:

Blackboard App. A popular learning management system, Blackboard is used at many colleges across the U.S. It allows students to get coursework for online classes or in-person classes. Students can view course content(内容), complete homework and tests, view grades and more.

Duolingo. Advertising itself as “the world’s best way to learn a language”, Duolingo offers lessons in more than 35 languages, helping users with speaking, reading, listening, writing, grammar and vocabulary. Duolingo offers both free and paid versions(版本), the latter with a free-advertisement experience and offline access to lessons.

Evernote. A note taking and task management system that offers the ability to sync(同步) across devices(设备). Evernote allows users to create to-do lists, save web-pages and change documents into a digital(数字) form through a camera. Evernote is free, though a top version costs $7.99 a month or $69.99 a year.

College mobile apps. Apps specially designed for college students have become fairly common among U.S. college students. While these apps may be different college by college, users can often find campus maps, news, safety information, scheduled events and more.

22．Which app will you use if you want to make a to-do list?

A．.Blackboard App. B．Duolingo. C．Evernote. D．College mobile apps.

23．What do the apps have in common(共同处)?

A．They cannot be used continuously unless paid. B．They can help college students learn better.

C．They have different versions for college students. D．They have been quite popular among college students.

24．What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To teach students how to use four educational apps. B．To introduce pay-for-knowledge apps for learners.

C．To encourage students to learn languages on apps. D．To help learners choose educational apps wisely.

Everybody likes to feel that she or he is special. Sadly, many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We wish that we could be more attractive or better at sports. We wish we had more money or nicer clothes. Like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, or the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz, we think we’re not good enough just as we are. In the film, the Tin Man wishes he had a heart. The Scarecrow wishes that he had a brain, and the Lion wants courage. Finally, each of them realizes that he already has what he wants.

Nearly all parents want us to be the best we can be. They sometimes try to encourage us to do better by comparing us to others. They mean well, but the message we usually get is that we’re not good enough. We start to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than somebody else, but we are often disappointed (失望的). There will always be somebody out there that is better than we are at something. There are a lot of people around who may not be as smart as we are but who are better at sports.Or they may not be as handsome, but they are more successful. It is unthinkable for us to be better than everybody else all the time. Like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, we all need what we believe will make us better people.

What we don’t understand is that often we already have the very things inside us that we look for. Our parents often forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough just as we are. Perhaps no one told them when they were growing up, or maybe they just forgot. Either way, it’s up to us to remind them sometimes that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are...is enough!

25．What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?

A．To describe how smart we are. B．To talk about your family problems.

C．To explain the importance of being yourself. D．To suggest how people can change their way of life.

26．What does the writer say about our parents?

A．They never compare us to other children. B．They always ipll us that we are good enough.

C．They often forget to tell us that we are special. D．They always want us to be the same as others.

27．Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．What Makes You Smart B．What Makes You Happy

C．What Makes You Strong D．What Makes You Special

The next night, we tied the raft(木筏)to a tree on a small island in the middle of the river. The king and the duke started makíng plans for cheating(欺骗)pcople in those places.

“We can’t do the Nonesuch show again,” the duke said. “News travels fast on the river. People will know about it. We’ll have to think of a new trick.”

“well, while you are thinking, I’ll go and have a look around one of the villages,” the king said.“Huck! Put your new clothes on, then get the canoe(独木舟)!”

We all had new clothes. The king’s new clothes changed him completely. He looked like an honest man!

We got into the canoe and left the duke and Jim at the raft. There was a big steamboat further up the river and when the king saw it, he said, “We’ll take that steamboat to the village, Huck! People will think we’re important if we arrive on a boat from St. Louis.”

On the way to the steamboat, we passed a young man on the side of the river. He had two large bags.

“Hello!” The king shouted. “Where are you going, young man? ”

“To New Orleans,” he replied.

“We are catching it, too,” the king said. “We’ll take you to it. My servant will take your bags.” He turned and spoke to me.

“Jump out and help the man, Adolphus! ”

“OK,” I said. The man was very happy because his bags were heavy. He sat down and started chatting with the king.

“When I saw you, I said to myself, ‘That’s Mr Wilks. He has arrived in time.’ But you’re going up the river, not down it. So you aren’t him, are you? ” the man said.

“No, my name’s Blodgett-Reverend Alexander Blodgett,” the king replied. “But I'm sorry Mr Wilks didn’t arrive in time. I hope he didn’t miss anything.”

“He missed seeing his brother Peter,” the young man said. “Because poor Peter died last night. He really wanted to see his brother Harvey again. They were only boys when they last saw each other. Harvey wasn’t his only brother. There were two more--George and William. George and Peter were the only ones in the family to come to America. William is the youngest one in his family and was born after Peter left and he never saw him,” the young man said.

—Taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

28．What do we know about the king and duke in the story?

A．They often gave talk shows as cultural activities here and there.

B．They did Nonesuch shows for fun in their spare time.

C．They tricked people in the villages for their money.

D．They got around the villages to find new ideas of their shows.

29．Why did the king put on new clothes when going around one of the villages?

A．To impress villagers as an honest man.

B．To show that he was richer than Huck.

C．To show off his expensive clothes in front of the villagers.

D．To let Huck know he was important.

30．Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A．Peter had two brothers and William was the youngest one.

B．Huck was unwilling to take the heavy bags for the young man.

C．The young man mistook the king for Mr Wilks and didn't realize it all the way.

D．The king did not tell the young man who he really was.

31．Which of the following questions is answered in the story?

A．Who told the young man tho truth about the trick?

B．Where did the young man wand to go?

C．Why did the king give up cheating people?

D．What's the relationship between Mr Wilks and the young man?

Shaking hands seems like a gesture(手势) that has been used forever. A throne from the ancient Assyria Shalmaneser I in the 9th century BC clearly shows two persons shaking hands. The Homeric epic(荷马史诗) Iliad, dated back to the 8th century BC, also mentions that two persons “shook each other’s hands”. Centuries later, Shakespeare wrote in As You Like It that two persons “shook hands”. It might seem like shaking hands is an old custom, the roots(根) of which are lost to the sands of time.

Historians have noticed that shaking hands in the modern time doesn’t appear until the mid-19th century, when it was considered a little improper gesture that should only be used between friends.

The modem handshake as a form of greeting is harder to find. One of the earliest evidences(证据) is a 16th-century German translation of a French book which mentions shaking hands. There’s another evidence for a handshaking tradition at that time: In 1607, the writer James Cleland said that he’d rather shake the two right hands together instead of bowing(弯曲) down to everyone’s shoes and kissing hands.

As the centuries passed, handshaking was replaced(替代) by another greeting way like bowing. According to Roodenburg, handshaking survived in remote areas, where they’d use the gesture to reconcile after a fight. Then, the handshake appeared again as a standard greeting way that remains today.

Not everyone fell in love with the handshake, however. According to an article from December 1884, in France, for example, a society has been recently formed to stop using shake-hands.

Why was shaking hands considered as a good way of greeting? The most popular explanation is that it uses the right hand, making it useless for weapon(武器) holding. In the 19th century, shaking hands without taking gloves away was quite rude and required to say sorry immediately.

Sadly, in a world where unknown translations provide only some evidence, the true reason may remain forever unknown.

32．What can we know from paragraph 1?

A．Nothing can show the history of shaking hands.

B．The sands have taken away the way of greeting.

C．The lost time can’t be found any more.

D．The true reason for shaking hands is hard to find.

33．What’s the meaning of the underlined word “reconcile” in Paragraph 4?

A．work together with somebody else B．organize something peaceful

C．be friends with each other again D．live a happy life with others

34．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Handshaking was a popular way of greeting as early as the 19th century.

B．Not all people like the way of greeting each other by shaking hands.

C．People shake hands with right hands because they don’t need to take off gloves.

D．There are lots of facts showing the true reason for shaking hands.

35．Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?

A．Evidence of handshake becoming a way of greeting

B．Some greeting manners around the world

C．The history of handshake as a way of greeting

D．A story of handshake as a way of greeting

四、阅读还原5选4

The erhu is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It is the most popular of the huqin family. ____36____

The modern erhu developed from xiqin, which was played by many ethnic minorities(少数民族) during the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, musicians began to use this type of huqin to play different kinds of music, and it became quite a popular instrument. With the rise of some forms of folk art, the art of the erhu developed quickly during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It became an important accompanying instrument in different folk music. ____37____For example, it is often mixed with pop, rock and jazz by musicians. It has even become a solo(独类的) instrument. One of the most famous musical pieces played on the erhu is The Moon Over a Fountain.

____38____The playing skills were passed down by oral(口头的) tradition, so there are few written records about the erhu that can be found. To study the history and the development of the erhu, historians usually turn to ancient paintings. The earliest pictures of this instrument were found in Yulin Caves and Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves in Gansu Province, where five erhu pictures were discovered.

Because of so many people’s effort, the erhu has become more and more popular around the world. ____39____When people watch these films, they also enjoy the special music of the erhu. The erhu is also called “Chinese violin” by many western people, but in many ways, they are quite different.

A．Now it is used in both traditional and modern music.

B．Musicians compare the differences between the erhu and the violin.

C．The erhu used to be mainly played by common people.

D．We can hear the sound of the erhu in many Hollywood productions.

E．It shows the importance of the use of the erhu music.

F．It has a very long history.

五、语法填空

While many American people were enjoying their holidays, a 22-year-old Edward Tian, a senior student at Princeton University, ____40____ (work) on a new app, an intelligent tool named GPTZero.

Does its name sound familiar(熟悉) to you? That’s probably ____41____ you’ve heard about ChatGPT. It’s a popular AI chat robot. The technology has ____42____ (surprise) changed the whole Internet, reading the collective works of humans and ____43____ (learn) patterns(模式) in language that it can recreate. All you have to do is give it a requirement, and ChatGPT can do ____44____ (end) things for you: write a story in a special style, answer a question, explain a difficult problem, compose an email, write an article for college students, and it will spit out a clear thinking, seemingly human-written text in ____45____ (second).

“This technology is amazing and unbelievable,” said Tian. “I do believe it’s the future. But at the same time it’s like we’re opening a Pandora’s Box. And we need to build the safeguards to enter that future.”

And then he came ____46____ with an idea on New Year’s Day. He decided to design an app to help the public to find out whether a text ____47____ (write) by a machine or not.

GPTZero was born three days later. Now it has quickly reached ____48____ large number of users across the world. It seems that everyone is talking about ____49____ uncommon this new technology was. New technology is here to stay, but how we use it depends on ourselves.

六、完成句子

50．张艺谋导演的电影《满江红》受到了观众的高度赞扬。

The film All Red ________ by Zhang Yimou ________ the audience.

51．既然这个项目很有价值，为何不尽快开展呢？

Why don’t you _____________________________________?

52．新冰箱占了太大的空间，我们对它一点也不满意。

The new fridge __________________________________________.

53．胡睿说他当时别无选择只好放弃了这个角色的试镜。

Hu Rui said that he _____________________________ the role at that time.

54．教会人们对垃圾进行分类是多么重要啊！

How important ___________________________________________ groups!

55．我怀疑这双鞋子是否和我的是一个尺码。

I doubt ________________________________________________ mine.

七、材料作文

56．为了了解学生如何安排自己的课余时间，你校在校园网上发布了一个主题为My free time的英文帖子，学生们纷纷跟帖，分享自己的课余生活。但是，你却从中发现了普遍存在的问题。请你仔细阅读以下三名学生的陈述，找出他们共同存在的问题并给出理由，最后提出解决问题的方法。

注意：1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；

2.要点齐全，语句通顺，表达清晰，书写规范；

3.词数不少于100。文章的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

From the statements of three students, we can see that different students have different ways to spend their free time, but they have the same problem.

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参考答案：

1．A

2．C

3．D

4．C

5．B

6．D

7．C

8．C

9．D

10．A

11．D    12．C    13．B    14．A    15．D    16．C    17．C    18．B    19．D    20．A    21．D

22．C    23．B    24．D

25．C    26．C    27．D

28．C    29．A    30．D    31．B

32．D    33．C    34．B    35．A

36．F    37．A    38．C    39．D

40．was working    41．what    42．surprisingly    43．learning    44．endless    45．seconds    46．up    47．was written    48．a    49．how

50．     directed     was highly praised by

51．carry out the project as soon as possible since it is of great value

52．has taken up too much space so that we are not satisfied with it at all

53．had no choice but to give up trying out for

54．it is to teach people to separate the rubbish into different

55．whether this pair of shoes is the same size as

56．例文

From the statements of three students, we can see that different students have different ways to spend their free time, but they have the same problem. They spend most of their free time on electronic products, such as watching short videos on the mobile phone, playing computer games and reading novels on the iPad. I think it’s bad for their eyes or study.

Here are my suggestions. Students should spend more time on study instead of electronic products. They had better stay away from them if they want to study quietly. They can arrange their spare time reasonably. For example, take part in more meaningful activities. It is also a good idea to exercise an hour a day.

I hope my suggestions are helpful.