2023年浙江省嘉兴市桐乡市中考二模英语试题

2023年初中毕业生学业水平考试适应性试卷（二）

英语试题卷

2023.05

一、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分）

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

It seems simple enough for most of us to buy a cup of coffee. However, such tasks can be worrying for people who ___1___ disabilities. That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see the story—a barista(咖啡师) does something small to make life a little ___2___ for someone who is deaf.

Ibby Piracha ___3___ his hearing when he was only two and now he goes to a local cafe to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week. ___4___ all the baristas have remembered his order, Ibby always writes his order on his phone and ___5___ it to the barista.

One day, however, one of the baristas did something that ___6___ everything! After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was ___7___ when barista Krystal Payne handed him a note in reply. “I’ve been learning ASL(American Sign Language) just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language ___8___ he would like to order. Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel ___9___.“It is really a ____10____ different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me! Because I was a deaf ____11____!” Ibby said. Krystal had spent hours watching videos so that she could learn enough sign language to give Ibby the best ____12____! “My job is to make sure people have the experience they ____13____ and that’s what I gave him,” Krystal says.

Ibby took a photo of the note and shared the story online. It ____14____ quickly and got hundreds of likes. He sees Krystal’s kind action as a(n) ____15____ from the hearing world. Ibby still loves to visit the coffee shop, saying “It is something that gave me real happiness—even now, I’m still smiling.”

1. A. look for B. care about C. suffer from D. depend on

2. A. safer B. easier C. luckier D. healthier

3. A. hid B. lost C. hated D. covered

4. A. Until B. Though C. Unless D. Because

5. A. shows B. lends C. serves D. returns

6. A. stopped B. changed C. avoided D. achieved

7. A. scared B. worried C. relaxed D. surprised

8. A. why B. who C. what D. where

9. A. brave B. proud C. special D. welcome

10. A. simply B. seriously C. naturally D. completely

11. A. patient B. manager C. customer D. stranger

12. A. price B. advice C. service D. choice

13. A. expect B. follow C. accept D. record

14. A. spread B. raised C. improved D. travelled

15. A. instruction B. protection C. requirement D. encouragement

二、阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共计30分）

阅读下面四篇材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A

Searching on social media platforms has won arising popularity among young people around the world. To know young people’s search habits in China, TEENS surveyed readers aged 12 to 16 on which social media platform they prefer to use for searching.

16. We can learn from the text that ________.

A. people can share lifestyles with others on Bilibili

B. Zhou Yaokai usually searches for videos on physics

C. Xiaohongshu helps searchers connect with real people

D. Li Zhouzi prefers traditional search ways for knowledge

17. The underlined word “this way” refers to ________.

A. using official websites B. searching for lighter topics

C. showing his own ideas D. using social media platforms

18. The passage is probably from a ________.

A. poster B. newspaper C. storybook D. guidebook

B

Imagine getting the chance to go camping for five days. It would be an adventure in the wild. You could go boating on a lake every day and leave your smartphone at home. Would you want to try this?

In June, four teenage girls from Minnesota, the US, went camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. They had a great time—even without their smartphones. Ji Ruelle, 16 years old, put the group together. Earlier this year, she won an writing competition provided by a company. The prize was a five-day camping adventure with up to three friends. No parents or guides would be there. This adventure was supposed to encourage kids to be less dependent on technology.

Ruelle had been to the area before but she had always gone with her parents. Sharing the experience with friends would be very different. She invited three friends: Anna Wander, Madeline Wilson and Julianna Torelli.

They came up with a daily plan. “We would wake up early every day. We would do watersports by noon. We ate lunch at the camp. Then it was time for hammocks(吊床), reading, writing, making friendship rings, talking and resting,” Ruelle said.

“I’m a lot less worried about things,” Wander said when asked how she felt without her smartphone. Her favourite thing was to lie in her hammock, looking at the lake. Torelli enjoyed cooking. She made blueberry pancakes and sandwiches.

“No one felt hungry or homesick. Mental health can be improved so much. It really helps to get away and reconnect with yourself,” Ruelle said.

19. How did Ruelle get the chance for the camping trip?

A. She joined in an online game. B. Her school offered her a vacation.

C. Her parents sent her to the camping trip. D. She won a prize of a writing competition.

20. Which of the following activity was included in their daily plan?

A. Chatting on the phone. B. Walking around the lake.

C. Cooking over a campfire. D. Reading in the hammocks.

21. Anna Wander felt ________ during the adventure.

A moved B. relaxed C. worried D. surprised

22. The camping trip tells us ________.

A. we will win a prize by working hard B. life without phones can be enjoyable

C. we are supposed to make a daily plan D. friendship is really important in our life

C

Last term I took a beginner’s course in video art. The course taught me about the development of modern arts, and how media works.

At first, Lauren Woods, the course professor, encouraged us to make videos. I made a video about food. I believe food is a good way to learn more about cultural differences and social traditions, and trying food is a way for me to understand the world and make friends. I believe a video about food can best explain my values and ideas about the world.

We also learned about performance art. Performance artists use their bodies and action to inspire people’s thoughts about the world. Once, Professor Woods gave us paint, glue and colored paper, and let us do whatever we wanted to in an empty art room. At first, we just drew some flowers and animals on the walls; however, later, we poured paint on the walls and even broke the colored paper. This art experiment showed that when there are no rules, people can have strong destructive power (破坏力).

Our final project was making a performance art video. I made a video of myself taking care of an egg. I needed to wash the egg and talk to it every 15 minutes. I discovered my social life, rest times and study times were influenced by taking care of the egg. I wanted to use this video to show the difficulties of being a mother, and encourage society to think of motherhood as a real job.

In general, the video art class provided me with the chance to create videos by myself. It allowed me to learn more about modern arts. It was the most interesting and creative course I took this past term.

23. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

A.  B.  C.  D.

24. The writer made a video about food to ________.

A. make friends with the course professor B. show a better understanding of the world

C. explain his values and ideas about the world D. learn about cultural differences and social traditions

25. In Paragraph 3 Professor Woods used the art experiment to show ________.

A. there should be rules about performance art

B. art students could realize whatever they wanted

C. artworks painted on the walls were more creative

D. artists always used their bodies to express thoughts

26. The writer wants to ________.

A. show his performance videos B. introduce the course of video art

C. compare traditional art with modern art D. share his experience of taking the course

D

When you think of hot summer days, what comes to your mind? Eating ice cream from the fridge while staying in an air-conditioned(装空调的) room, right? However, do you know that fridges and air conditioners use lots of energy? Worldwide, 20% of total electricity is used to cool spaces. Yet, at the same time, without ways of cooling spaces, heat problem leads to nearly 40% of deaths. So some companies are developing new cooling ways that can help us stay safe and reduce pollution.

Researchers in the US have developed a white paint. The paint can reflect(反射) 98.1% of all sunlight that falls on it. At present, the paints we use can’t cool down the area and reflect about 80%—90% of sunlight. It took the researchers seven years to develop the paint. They did thousands of experiments. The results are fantastic—just covering an area of 1,000 square feet will produce a cooling power over 10kw. It’s more powerful than a central air conditioner.

At the same time, researchers in Saudi Arabia are developing a cooling system that can work without electricity. It uses the energy from sunlight to cool down. The system uses a natural phenomenon (现象) that happens when salt is added to water. As salt melts (融化) in warm water, it takes in energy and cools the water. After experimenting with different salts for their cooling system, the researchers chose something that is cheap and common. According to the study, within 20 minutes of adding the salt, the system cools to about 3.6℃. And it keeps a temperature below 15℃ for 15 hours! This technology can be used for cooling both spaces and food. And after that the salt can be reused as well.

If these technologies can be widely used, we will be able to eat ice cream in a cool room without using electricity!

27. At the beginning, the writer intends to ________ by asking questions.

A. catch the readers’ attention B. show his doubt on the topic

C. present his writing purpose D. describe the serious situation

28. How many new ways of cooling spaces are introduced in the passage?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

29. What do we know about the white paint from the passage?

A. It can be used to cover wider areas. B. Scientists developed it all over the world.

C. It’s as powerful as a central air conditioner. D. The area where it covers will be cooled down.

30. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. new technologies will help us reduce pollution

B. it will be more expensive to cool food in the future

C. the cooling system can be used with less electricity

D. the temperature of summer days will stay below 15℃

三、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分）

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。

31. Last night we saw a star moving ________ across the dark sky.

32. We ________ to get to the airport in time although there were traffic jams.

33. Today is Alan’s ________ birthday and his family have a party for him.

34. We’ll take a trip on the River Thames, which ________ London into two parts.

35. Our school had to ________ the sports meeting because of the heavy rain last week.

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

It was the middle of winter 30 years ago and I was a young father with three little children. I worked in a wood factory. As I got ready to go to work, I wrapped band-aids (创可贴) around my fingers and put more in my ___36___ (口袋). Cutting and stacking wood for eight hours a day ___37___ (导致) my fingers to split (裂开) in the cold and dry winter air.

That day the work was harder than usual. The ___38___ (机器) kept breaking down so we had to rush to catch up. And all the heaters in the building had even stopped working and we could see our breath when we spent hours working there. When the workday ___39___ (结束), I took off my work gloves and checked my aching fingers. The splits were  ___40___ (坏的) than ever. I walked tiredly ___41___ (朝，向) the washroom and wondered how long I could keep doing this and why life was so hard.

After ___42___ (开车) home I tried to put a smile on my face as I opened the front door. My daughter appeared ___43___ (激动地) and she ran up to me, yelled “Daddy!” and put her little arms around my neck. I lifted her up and my heart was ___44___ (充满) with joy. My body didn’t feel so tired anymore. My ____45____ (疼痛) disappeared into her hug. At that moment I kissed my little girl’s face, and then I knew I could continue.

四、语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共计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正确形式。

Zhu Xuelan is good at making tea. She shares her family recipe(配方) for Liubao tea, a traditional dark tea in Guangxi with ___46___ history of over 1,500 years, to help the villagers there live a better life.

Zhu ___47___ (learn) how to grow and make tea from her grandparents ever since she was a child. After years of practicing, she has developed ___48___ (she) own way. However, she didn’t think it was good, because she was the only one who knew these ___49___ (skill). Zhu said, “It will be better when ___50___ (many) villagers get to know how to make the tea.” But her family didn’t agree with her. They thought the secret recipe would bring fortune(财富) to the family, ___51___ they didn’t want to share it with others.

It took Zhu along time ___52___ (communicate) with her family. They ___53___ (final) agreed. Around 2013, she started to teach villagers to make tea. So far she has got over 20 “students”. “I feel very happy that most of the villagers have known about the way and made money ___54___ selling tea,” she said.

Zhu is really a kind and ____55____ (help) woman. She cared about the development of her village.

五、任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）

阅读下面材料，从所给的A—C三个选项中选择正确的选项，将其序号填入1—3题，并回答4和5题。

UK psychologist(心理学家) Francesca recently shared videos on TikTok about what people’s text messages say about their personality. Many people agreed with her. Let’s check out what she said.

   1  

You are probably sensitive(敏感的) to things around you. You reply to everything the other person says because you want to show that you care about the chat. Also, finishing a conversation last puts you in a position of power because you are no longer waiting for a reply.

   2  

It is possible that you were not pay full attention when texting the messages. It may also be a common texting style among the teenagers. But sometimes, sending several short messages can be seen as rude by the receiver.

   3  

You may be an outgoing person, and your messages are usually friendly. You might want to leave a good impression on the receiver, showing you are easy to get along with.

Social media bring people closer than ever. During online chats, we usually learn from the other user’s personalities from their texts. However, we should be careful. If a person texts with sweet and polite words, people may think he or she is popular. However, the person may be pretending(假装). As a result, what we know about someone from text messages may not always be true.

A. If you prefer short messages...

B. If you use a lot of emojis (表情符号) ...

C. If you finish the conversation last…

56. ________

57. ________

58. ________

59. What’s the best title of the text?

A. Social Media Matters B. Texts Show Personality

C. Texting Style Changes D. Personality is Important

60. Write down your advice about online chats. (no more than 15 words)

_________________________________________________

六、书面表达（本题有1小题，共计15分）

61. 假定你是李华， 你校英语杂志社Youth Voice打算改版， 现就新增栏目名称与内容等征求全校师生的意见。请你用英语给杂志社主编Simon写一封邮件，分享你的想法。

注意：

（1）邮件必须包含所有要点并补充一个栏目；

（2）文中不得出现与你身份相关的信息；

（3）词数：80~100。首尾句已给出，不计入总词数。

FROM: Li Hua

TO: Simon

SUBJECT: Adding new columns to Youth Voice

Dear Simon,

I’m so glad that our school magazine Youth Voice will renew very soon. I have some ideas about adding new columns.

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I hope you will consider my advice and I believe our school magazine will be better!

Yours,

Li Hua