2023年浙江省温州市龙湾区中考二模英语试题

2023年区初中学业水平考试第二次适应性测试试卷

英  语

2023. 05

亲爱的同学：

欢迎参加考试!请你认真审题, 积极思考, 细心答题, 发挥最佳水平。答题时，请注意以下几点：

1. 全卷共8页，有五大题，56小题。全卷满分90分。考试时间90分钟。

2. 请用2B铅笔将选择题的答案填涂在答题纸相应位置上，用0. 5毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。

3. 答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的《注意事项》，按规定答题。

祝你成功！

一、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

The editor of the school newspaper was leaving so the paper would need a new editor. Hearing the news, Tara knew it was her ____1____.

Tara had always wanted to improve the paper. Unluckily, most students cared little about ____2____. There were not any nice pictures, but the real ____3____ was that the stories couldn’t attract the kids.

After class, Tara talked to Mr. Alvarez, the headmaster, about her wish to be the editor. “We’ve ____4____ had a sixth grader in charge. Editing the paper is a big job, even for an eighth grader.” he said, “And we may not have a paper much longer because of budget cut.”

Tara stepped forward and said ____5____, “I can make students like the paper and do my best to make it pay for itself.” Mr. Alvarez ____6____ Tara’s offer and agreed, “You only have three weeks before the budget meeting.”

Tara didn’t lose any time. During lunch, she ____7____ the newspaper group and told them about her conversation with Mr. Alvarez.

“We should do something ____8____ the newspaper and make it different. Now we need ____9____ teams.” Tara said to the group. “The sales team will work on getting advertisers to help us _____10_____ the paper. And the editorial team need to discover stories students like.”

The group nodded _____11_____ they felt a bit unsure about the new leader. They started to discuss how to improve the paper.

The editorial team created a questionnaire to know what students were _____12_____. The sales team visited many local businesses. By the end of the week, things were going well. The group gathered again for further improvement.

They came up with a _____13_____ idea—create an online paper with more cool pictures and even videos. Everyone couldn’t wait to have a try.

The big day finally came. The group presented the paper at the meeting. When it was time to vote every hand in the room went up for _____14_____ their ideas.

“Well done, students.” Mr. Alvarez said to Tara’s group. “Your _____15_____ really works.”

1. A. answer B. chance C. method D. opinion

2. A. it B. her C. him D. them

3. A. result B. example C. problem D. purpose

4. A. always B. often C. sometimes D. never

5. A. angrily B. nervously C. politely D. confidently

6. A. waited for B. laughed at C. thought about D. depended on

7. A. met B. asked C. helped D. noticed

8. A. with B. without C. for D. against

9. A. two B. three C. four D. five

10. A. borrow B. read C. check D. afford

11. A. when B. until C. though D. unless

12. A. good at B. proud of C. careful with D. interested in

13. A. new B. funny C. simple D. similar

14. A. sharing B. supporting C. collecting D. explaining

15. A. habit B. effort C. praise D. kindness

二、阅读理解（本题有15小题。第16-18小题，每小题1分；第19-29小题，每小题2分；第30题5分。共30分）

阅读下面短文：第16-29小题请从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，第30小题在答题纸规定区域作答。

A

It’s important to keep safe while doing outdoor sports. We want you to have a nice experience without accidents. To learn about your awareness of outdoor sports safety, we’d like you to fill out this survey.

Please tick（√） or write down your answers in the blanks.

16. What’s the questionnaire about?

A. Health problems. B. Accidents in school.

C. Learning experiences. D. Outdoor sports safety.

17. Who is the questionnaire for?

A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Drivers. D. Doctors.

18. According to the questionnaire, the person who completed it _________ .

A. likes hiking best B. prepares well before cycling

C. often hurts badly D. waits for help after getting hurt

B

Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada—also known as “the loneliest whale in the world”—died in March, 2023.

In 1979, when Kiska was three years old, she was caught from the North Atlantic Ocean and taken to an aquarium in Iceland. She lived with four other young killer whales, including Keiko, the future star of the “Free Willy” movies. In the same year, she and Keiko were sold to a theme park in Canada called Marineland. The pair lived there together in the 1980s. Keiko was later saved and sent to the ocean near Iceland, but Kiska had to spend her whole life in Marineland.

Kiska suffered a lot while living in Marineland. She was trained to perform for the public for nearly thirty years, even in a bad health condition. Throughout her life in captivity, she gave birth to five babies. Sadly, all of them died at young ages. After that, Kiska lived alone in the pool. No family members swam by her side. No friends invited her to play. She really wanted to go back to the ocean, but she couldn’t.

Killer whales are able to feel deep emotions better than humans, so it is hard to imagine the trauma Kiska experienced. She spent her final years swimming in endless circles or simply floating lifelessly. Kiska even hit her head against the pool purposefully.

Videos of Kiska’s self-harm received over 229, 000 views online. What happened to her shows how cruel it is to keep animals in captivity. In 2019, Canada banned the captivity of whales. Hopefully there will be more ways to help as many captive animals as possible return to nature.

19. When was Kiska sent to Marineland, Canada?

A. In 1976. B. In 1979. C. In 1980. D. In 1982.

20. What can we learn about Kiska’s life in Marineland?

A. Her five babies died young. B. She refused to swim with family.

C. Keiko lived with her until she died. D. She needn’t perform when she was sick.

21. The underlined word “trauma” probably means ________ .

A. deep worry B. big danger C. great pain D. serious illness

22. The writer’s opinion is probably that ________ .

A. people should care more about captive animals

B. laws will be more useful in helping captive animals

C. theme parks need to look after captive animals better

D. better videos of captive animals should be shared online

C

Have you ever lost yourself in doing something so that you lost track of time? Everything around you—from the ringing of phones to the people passing in the hallways—seemed to be away.

Most of us have had this experience at one time or another. This is a mental state called “flow”. When it happens, we completely focus on the task before us so that nothing else seems to matter. We feel energetic, even joyful, about what we are doing.

The idea of flow was introduced and first studied by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihályi. His flow model shows the emotional states, which we’re likely to experience when trying to complete a task, depend on the difficulty of the challenge and our skill levels. For example, if the task is low challenging and doesn’t require a lot of skills, we’re likely to feel apathy and bored towards it. But facing a challenging task without the required skills could easily result in worry and anxiety. To perform at our best, we need a task with a high difficulty level, and we believe we have well-developed skills to do it. This moves us to a position where we can experience “flow”.

________? During flow, people can improve performance and get better result, faster. For instance, artists who Csikszentmihályi interviewed, said that they were highly productive, and that their work was done perfectly “without putting in much effort” in the flow state. Flow can also make people more curious and creative because they have to seek new challenges and information to keep the state. With flow, people have greater levels of happiness and satisfaction in their activities.

Flow often happens during creative activities and sports activities. But flow states aren’t just something experienced by artists, writers, or sports persons. Flow can happen anytime a person is deeply engaged in a task, including during learning activities. Many people want to achieve flow more often in their daily lives. While doing a task, having clear plans, adding something challenge-able and giving and receiving feedback in time can help achieve flow. It’s more difficult to achieve flow if the focus is disturbed, so it’s necessary that smartphones, TV and other distractions get turned off.

23. When people are in flow, they ________.

A. need to dicuss on the phone B. focus on the time often

C. give full attention to their tasks D. notice others passing by

24. According to Csikszentmihályi’s model, which part shows the flow state?

A.  B.  C.  D.

25. Which of the following can be the best topic sentence of Paragraph 4?

A. Why is flow so enjoyable B. When can people experience flow

C. What advantages does flow bring D. How do people use the flow model

26. Who can most probably achieve flow according to the passage?

A A writer who gets much advice after publishing a book.

B. An artist who is drawing an apple for his 10-year-old daughter.

C. A chess player who knows what to do before competitions.

D. A student who prefers doing homework while watching TV.

D

On a busy afternoon, as Mr. Rupert greeted customers in his cafe, a homeless man walked in, wearing smelly, old clothes.

“Excuse me, sir. I haven’t had any food in days. Could you give me something to eat? Some leftovers, perhaps?”

Mr. Rupert stepped back, bringing the leftovers to the trash bin. He said rudely, “You can have all the leftovers you want from the trash. Now GET OUT!”

The homeless man walked out in shame.

Later that evening, the cafe caught on fire. Mr. Rupert watched his cafe, on which he spent all his savings, burnt to the ground. He broke down, all alone.

Mr. Rupert sat on a bench outside his cafe, his head resting on his hands, until the following morning. He felt hungry but his pocket was empty. He walked towards the Pizza House nearby, feeling embarrassed.

“Excuse me, sir. Could you please give me something to eat? I’m hungry. And... I... I can’t pay you.”

The manager replied impatiently, “All right, I can give you last night’s leftovers, but don’t expect me to do this every day!”

The words hit Mr. Rupert like a ton of bricks. Just as he rushed out of the Pizza House with the bag of leftovers, he noticed the homeless man he’d kicked out of his cafe. He walked towards him, “Hey, excuse me. I’m sorry for not helping you yesterday.”

The homeless man was surprised. Mr. Rupert told him what had happened and shared his breakfast. The homeless man introduced himself as Freddie and told his similar story to Mr. Rupert. The two men decided to stick together. Freddie took Mr. Rupert to the homeless shelter.

In the following days, Mr. Rupert kept looking for a job. In the end, he got them both a job—a waiter and a dishwasher in a restaurant.

As time passed, Mr. Rupert and Freddie gave their best in their new roles. Their hard work paid off well several months later when they were asked to be the manager and the cook.

One day, while discussing making a change to the restaurant, Mr. Rupert advised, “Why don’t we start a project—Leftover Love: Free Meals on Wheels? We can give out leftovers on a food truck instead of throwing them away. In that way, we grab ourselves a chance to help the homeless and the needy!”

“That’s a fantastic idea. Let’s do this!” Everyone agreed.

As they watched a crowd of happy homeless diners enjoying their meals outside their food truck, Mr. Rupert said, “This is just the beginning!”

27. What happened in Mr. Rupert’s cafe on the busy afternoon?

A. Mr. Rupert treated his customers rudely.

B. The homeless man asked Mr. Rupert for help.

C Mr. Rupert greeted many homeless men.

D. The homeless man got leftovers from the cafe.

28. Which of the following is TRUE about Mr. Rupert’s feelings?

A. He felt ashamed when he got the leftovers.

B. He was surprised after his cafe caught a fire.

C. He felt hopeless after he lived in the shelter.

D. He was mad when he met the homeless man again.

29. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Mr. Rupert wanted to own the restaurant.

B. The cafe would be rebuilt for homeless people.

C. The project had cost the restaurant much money.

D. More homeless people might come to have meals.

30. Why did Mr. Rupert start the project Leftover Love: Free Meals on Wheels?（请用约40词回答）

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三、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

A.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

31. Unce John’s computer was broken, so I lent _________ to him.

32. —Wow, how clean the street is!

—The garderners have just cleared the fallen _________.

33. It’s said that people will easily become lazy and _________ in space.

34. Molly _________ spoken English when her mother came into her room.

35. Sally’s family are discussing _________ they should invite Ms. Martin to their party.

B. 根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

Last summer, my family and I went on a fantastic trip to the Olympic National Park in Washington State. April to ____36____ (十月) is the best time to visit the Hoh Rainforest in the park. ____37____ (没有一人) of us has ever been to such a special rainforest, and we were excited to see all of it.

We first hiked Hoh River Trail. There we walked ____38____ (经过) some huge trees and tons of moss. The guide told us that Hoh River Trail had ____39____ (厚的) moss in the Hoh Rainforest. Walking among them, we felt like we were in a movie.

After about 5.5 miles, we ____40____ (到达) at Mineral Creek Falls, a waterfall. The sound of the falls was ____41____ (美丽的); the fog created by the falling water was cool; the scene around the fall was peaceful. All of these made for some wonderful photo chances.

Then a path took us to the river where we saw ____42____ (小鸟) flying overhead and deer having a drink. My father told me that ____43____ (百) of animals set up their homes in the rainforest because it has a temperate climate. We were lucky ____44____ (足够) to see so many kinds of animals on the roads. We even caught a look of a black bear running off into the woods.

We really enjoyed ourselves in the Hoh Rainforest. The trip made us ____45____ (忘记) all the troubles and appreciate the wonder of nature.

四、语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的适当形式

For many Chinese people, White Rabbit Candy brings back memories of childhood. It is hot ____46____ more than 50 countries all over the world.

White Rabbit Candy was created by a company called ABC(short for “Anybody Can”) in Shanghai, China in the 1940s, ____47____ it was called “ABC Candy”. At first, the candy had a picture of Mickey Mouse on the package. It became a favorite among ____48____ (child). Later, the candy was renamed as “White Rabbit Candy,” and ____49____ company put a cartoon rabbit on the package instead. This change made the candy ____50____ (popular).

The candy tastes sweet, milky and creamy. It wears rice paper and the paper can also ____51____ (eat). In recent years, White Rabbit Candy has also been produced in different flavors, including chocolate, strawberry, and coffee. With so many choices, everyone will ____52____ (sure) find his favorite.

White Rabbit Candy is more than just a delicious treat it also ____53____ (hold) an important place in Chinese culture. It is often as a gift during holidays and important occasions. US president Richard Nixon got some when he made ____54____ (he) visit to China in 1972. And it is also used in traditional Chinese medicine to help people cough less.

White Rabbit Candy brings a smile to people ____55____ tries it. So next time when you're looking for a sweet treat with a rich history and a delicious flavor, give White Rabbit Candy a try.

五、书面表达（本题有1小题，共20分）

56. 为丰富学生生活，Milton School将增设一个学生活动空间，现正在了解学生意向。假如你是该校学生Johnson，请从下面列表中选择一个你最喜欢的活动空间，给负责老师Mr. Smith写一封邮件，从地点选择、空间布置、活动等方面谈谈你的设想，并说明理由。

注意：1. 文中不得出现真实姓名/学校等信息；

2. 词数：110词左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m very happy to have one more student activity area in our school. I ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Johnson