江苏省盐城市中考英语二模试题.doc

江苏省盐城市2013届中考英语二模试题第i卷（选择题，共60 分）一、单项选择（共15题，每题1分，计15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。 1he has _ poor eyesight, but his brother has _ good sense of humour. a/, a ba, a ca, the da, /2_ great fun he had chatting with his friend! ahow bwhat cwhat a dhow a3i dont think _ little sheep can eat _ much grass. aso, so bso, such csuch, so dsuch, such4its amazing that the _ boy is _. a12-year-old , 2-metre-tall b12 years old , 2-metre-tallc12 years old , 2 metres tall d12-year-old , 2 metres tall5. - _ you _ the 3d filmalice in wonderland?- yes. i saw it last saturday night.a. did; see b. had; seen c. have; seen d. were; seeing6. our teacher told us to_the new words in the dictionary if we didnt know them .a. look over b. look after c. look down d. look up7_ the students speaking russian _. athe number of, is smaller and smaller ba number of, is fewer and fewercthe number of, are fewer and fewer da number of, are smaller and smaller8. there _ a fashion show next week , isnt there ?a. is b. will be c. is going to be d. are going to be 9the clothes _ of animal fur dont look nice _ you. aare made, on bmade, in cmade, on dare made, in10would you mind my sitting here?_. the seat is for my brother. ano, you wouldnt bof course notcsorry, youd better not dnot at all11do you know _?in order to prepare for the coming pe exam. aif he stops exercise bwhy does he stay up latecwhat he exercises every day for dhow soon will he work hard12its five years _ the book _. athat, came out bsince, came outcwhich, was come out dwhether, was came out13_ you reach a new place, there will be a lot of fans _ you. aeach time, follows bwhen , followedcevery time, following das soon as, to be followed14_ helps poor young girls return to school. aproject green hope bproject hopecsave chinas tiger dspring bud project15i _ a host, my job was _ aused to be, to introduce each star bwas used to be, to introduce each starcwas used for, to be introduced each star dwas used to being, introducing each star二、完形填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，计 15 分） 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。in the past, large numbers of american people liked to use tomorrows money. however, since the economic depression(经济萧条), many have learnt to live 16 . here is a true story about an american girl, anna. after graduation, she began to live in los angeles on her own. she 17 a job in a publishing house(出版社) and earned 18 $30,000 a year. her parents thought annas life would be 19 , but anna was able to live on her money and still 20 $5000 in the first year. how could she do so in 21 expensive city?cheap living always starts with keeping the 22 cost small. for people, that 23 housing. so anna chose to share a flat with three other friends. her next biggest cost was 24 . when she ate 25 , she went to cheap restaurants. 26 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. she then took the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. today young people often 27 a lot of money on entertainment. but anna loved going to museums and parks as the 28 for these places were free. did anna feel poor by cheap living? not really. she even 29 to take two trips, one to the netherlands, 30 to portland.“dont think of saving money as something hard. its a kind of game,” said anna.16. a. happily b. luckily c. hopefullyd. cheaply17. a. foundb. getsc. looked ford. makes18. a. more thanb. less thanc. mored. less19. a. dangerousb. hardc. easyd. comfortable20. a. madeb. gavec. tookd. saved21. a. so anb. such anc. sod. such22. a. expensiveb. muchc. bigd. heavy23. a. doesb. becomesc. helpsd. means24. a. foodb. clothes c. studyingd. traveling25. a. awayb. out c. upd. inside26. a. soonb. finallyc. onced. again27. a. payb. spendc. costd. take28. a. ticketsb. seatsc. exhibitiond. tea29. a. triedb. hadc. needed d. managed30. a. another b. the otherc. otherd. other三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。a do you want to do well in the exams? sometimes your knowledge is not enough, and you also need good strategies. here are some for you:before you answer the questions, if you feel a little nervous, take a few deep breaths to help you relax.always read the question carefully and make sure that you understand it. read it a few times if possible.find out how much each question is worth or how many points you need.if it asks to give one answer, only write one.if there is a difficult question, dont worry. go on to the next question and come back to it if you have time later.try not to leave questions unanswered when you finish the test. sometimes a guess may get you points.when you finish, go back and check your answers. you will need to check your writing for spelling mistakes.31. from the passage, we know we can _to help ourselves relax if we feel nervous.a. tell ourselves not to be nervous b. ask the teacher for helpc. go out for a walk d. take a few deep breaths32. when we finish answering all the questions, we need to_.a. hand the paper in at once b. check spelling mistakesc. worry about our points d. check with classmates33. which of the following is not right according to the passage?a. find out how many points we need or how much each question is worth.b. try not to leave questions unanswered when we finish the test.c. if it asks to give one answer, wed better write more.d. sometimes we should guess the answers to get points.bdear amy,i couldnt read your two e-mails until today because my computer was broken. im so sorry to hear about your problem, but im glad youre feeling better and are recovering(康复). im surprised that in china someones liver(肝脏）matched yours! this is really a moving storya stranger donated part of his liver to a girl he doesnt even know!its not only in your country. its the same here with us chinesemany people are always going on diets or taking weight-loss pills, which are often dangerous. but in fact, some of them are not overweight at all. i hope these people can learn something from your story. hope you will leave hospital as soon as possible.love, 34. who does “a girl” in the letter refer to?a. the writer of the letter. b. amy. c. a stranger. d. an unknown person.35. which country is the writer of the letter from?a. america. b. china. c. germany. d. england.36. which is the correct order of the following? a. a chinese man donated part of his liver to amy.b. amy will probably leave hospital soon. c. amy received an operation on liver. d. amy is now in hospital recovering.a. a- b-c-d b. c-a-d-b c. c-d-a-b d. a- c-d-b37. where is amy now according to the letter? a. at school. b. in the sports centre. c. in hospital. d. at home.cpaul had just left college and was offered an interview for a position in a company in new york. as he needed to move from texas to new york if he got the job, he wanted to talk about the decision with someone before accepting it. but his parents had died. he remembered that his father had suggested he should turn to an old friend of his family if he needed advice.the older man said, “go to new york and have the interview. but i want you to go on a train and i want you to get a private compartment(车厢). dont take anything to write with, anything to listen to or anything to read, and dont talk to anybody except when you order the meal. call me when you get to new york and i will tell you what to do next.”at first, paul followed the advice closely. the trip took two days. as he had brought along nothing to do, he quickly became bored. he realized he was being forced into quite time he could do nothing but think. about three hours outside new york city he broke the rules, asked for a pencil and paper and kept writing down the thoughts until the train arrived in new york.paul called the family friend from the train station.“thank you, uncle. i know what you wanted. you wanted me to think. and now i know what to do.” “i guessed you could understand my idea, paul,” came the reply, “good luck.”now, years later, paul runs a company in new york. and he always spends a couple of days being alone with no phone, no television and no people to think quietly.38. paul would go to new york for _. a. a conference b. a visitc. educationd. an interview39. we can know from the passage that _. a. paul had worked in texas for three years. b. the older man advised paul to go by air c. paul broke the rules before arriving in new york. d.now paul runs companies both in new york and texas.40. according to the passage, which of the following is true? a. paul had a talk with a clever man during the trip. b. the older mans advice influenced paul greatly. c. paul only brought a pencil and paper with him. d. the older man lived in new york.41. what would be the best title for the passage? a. time to be quietb. youre not alone c. studying in the journeyd. friends are usefulabdlook at the center circles of diagram (图)a and diagram b. which of the centre circles looks larger?take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in diagram a is smaller than that in diagram b. in fact , they are exactly the same size.then look at the picture on the right. what do you see? a vase? or two faces？does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. “whats happening? is something wrong with my eyes?” you may wonder at what you see. dont worry. here is how it goes: when we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读） the information. however, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. it seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. this often happens and we call it “visual illusion（视觉错误）. movie makers often make use of illusions. they make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. this makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. the movies jurassic park and honey i shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.42. the centre circle in diagram a looks smaller than that in diagram b. thats because _.a. something is wrong with our eyes. b. the two circles are not the same size.c. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way.d. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other.43. whats the right order according to the passage?a. we look at things with our eyes. b. our brains interpret the messages.c. our brains tell us what we have seen. d. our eyes send messages to our brains.a. adbcb. cabdc. acdbd. bcad44. in the picture on the right, it seems that line ab is shorter than line abcdcd, but in fact line ab is as long as line cd. which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?a. the second one. b. the third one. c. the fourth one. d. the second one.45. the text is probably taken from _.a. an advertisement b. a science book c. a movie magazine d. a story book第卷 （非选择题，共60 分）请将试题答案填写在答题纸上 四、任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。summer is coming soon. when is the best time for swimming in the day in summer?if you would like to swim indoors, a good time in the day is the early hours-the body has the most energy to use because the body has woken up and will be ready for all kinds of different activities of the day. the body is going to work with enough energy and therefore a person will feel more comfortable if he swims during the early hours of the day.swimming early in the day can also be good for anyone who plans to swim outdoors. the conditions outside will be excellent: the water will not be too cold or too hot, and the air will be just clean and fine. everything is suitable.usually, it is not a good idea to swim later in the day because ones body is tired after work for a whole day and also the weather conditions can be the worst in the later parts of the day.however, there are still some exceptions. different people feel different and ones body acts differently at different time of the day. when a person is feeling active and is not tired at all after work, it may be a better time to swim for him than for others. if he is alert(警觉的) that time, he is safe in the water.in a word, the best time can change for every person. the persons body condition decides when the best time for swimming is.the best time to 46 in summerin the early hoursof the daya good time (indoors)the body has the most energy then.after 47 up, people are ready for different activities.the person will feel more comfortable with 48 energy.a good time( 49 )the conditions outside will be 50 .the water is neither too cold nor too hot.the 51 is clean and fine.later in the dayusually not a good timethe body feels 52 after a days work.the weather conditions are the 53 during the day.exceptionslater in the day can be a good time for some people.peoples 54 conditions are different.the body acts differently at different times of the day.conclusionthe best time to swim in the day in summer should be 55 according to the body conditions of the swimmer.五、词汇（共 25 小题，每小题 1 分，计 25 分） a. 根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子。 56. nowadays driving after drinking wine is the law . (违反)57the plan is still under (讨论) .58. she spent much time (解释) the problem .59. the lazier you are , the (少) progress youll make .60. she asked me if i knew those (导演) namesb根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空。61. its getting warmer and warmer, and some students feel in class.(sleep)62. he did his homework so _ that he made a lot of mistakes. (care)63. the players washed their uniforms (they).64. hed like to buy a present for his fathers _ (forty) birthday.65.the three sides reached an _ (agree) to stop the war at last.c根据句意，用所给动词的适当形式填空。66. would you please _ (dress) the baby?67. so far they _ (send) a lot of e-mails with the computer.68. the robber _ (catch) by the brave policeman yesterday morning.69. the foreigner has known a lot of chinese since he _ (come) to china three years ago.70. generally speaking, glass _ ( feel ) very cold in winter.d. 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。 good afternoon, everyone. my talk for today is “early money”. im going to t_71_ you something about money u _72_in the early days. to tell you the truth, we know little about h_73_ early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things w_74_ have been used a_75_ money. in early times in some european c_76_ ,salt was very difficult to g_77_. it was used as money. in some p_78_ of asia, tea was used for money. the american indians used nuts and other things. perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some kind. in some places today, cows are still used as a k_79_ of money. so you see, things highly valued (价值) by everybody may serve as money. the chinese were the first p_80_ to use coins as money. oh, here are some coins of the past. you can come over and have a look.六、翻译句子（共5 小题，每小题2 分，计10 分）根据所给提示完成下列句子。81蓝色穿在你身上很好看。blue _.82昨晚一位医生被发现死在了他的屋里。a doctor _ last night.83.每天我有很多作业，我别无选择，只能去做。i have a lot of homework every day, and i _.84. 年轻人应该常向别人学习，而不是卖弄。 young people should often_.85. 我真的不知道我能怎么处理这个机器人。 i really have no idea _.七、书面表达 （共l 题，计 15 分） 2013年4月22日是第