仁爱版2019-2020年英语中考英语模拟试卷（二十四）D卷.doc

仁爱版2019-2020年英语中考英语模拟试卷（二十四）D卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解 (共3题；共26分)1. （10分） The Green Magic Tree House, in India, is the perfect hotel for anybody who likes adventure（冒险）. Guests must drive for miles through the jungle to find it in the middle of tea and coffee plantation (种植园).There are two tree houses to choose from, one 30 meters and the other 35 meters above the ground. Both houses have two floors. The bedrooms are above the living area and there are bathrooms and showers. You can get up to rooms and move between floors by using ladders (梯子). You can go from one tree house to the other on a rope bridge. The houses sometimes move about in the wind but the views are fantastic.Guests can enjoy moving through the jungle, climbing in the mountains, and watching wildlife. There are many unusual plants, birds, and insects in the area.The Ice Hotel is in Jukkasjarvi, a village in Sweden 200 kilometers north of the Arctic（北极）Circle. Every winter, a team of architects（建筑师）, designers and snow builders build the hotel. This year there are 80 rooms.Everything is made of ice. The walls, the floors, the ceilings（顶棚）, and even the furniture are made of ice. The beds are made of ice, too, but guests sleep on warm deer skins. Outside it can be -37, so inside it feels quite comfortable. The hotel has a bar, where guests can drink vodka（伏特加） from glasses made of ice. Its very popular because there isnt much else to do.To spend a night at Jules Underwater Lodge in Florida, guests need to scuba dive (潜水) seven meters under the sea. They enter a small house through a door at the bottom of the building. Inside, the kitchen is stored with food and there is a fridge and a microwave oven(微波炉). There is a hot shower and comfortable beds and lots of books, DVDs and video games. Most guests, however, spend their time at one of the large windows watching different fishes swimming by.（1）The writer tells us three _ hotels.A . naturalB . unusualC . greenD . movable（2）The Ice Hotel _.A . disappears in AugustB . is totally（全部） made of iceC . organizes lots of activitiesD . is enlarged every year（3）Which of the following statements is True?A . The bar in the ice hotel is famous for beer.B . Fishes are watched through the hotels windows.C . Guests can live underwater for several days.D . The tree houses are of the same height.（4）The Green Magic Tree House is in _.A . USAB . SwedenC . IndiaD . Japan（5）Both of the Tree House have _ floors inside.A . twoB . oneC . threeD . four2. （10分）阅读理解 Manufacturing（制造业） is an important industry in the United States. However, for many years, Americans have expressed fear that the industry is in danger.Matthew Burnett knows this all too well. The American businessman started a watch company in 2007. At first, he had overseas（海外的） manufacturers make all his products. As a result, Burnett often faced shipping delays（延误）, a lack（缺乏） of quality control, and time zone problems. Later, he developed into leather goods. Still, he tried to find factories in the country to make the wallets, belts, and other products of his new brand. And he was not alone. Many American businessmen found it easier to go out of the country for manufacturing. There was no central marketplace for the industry.So, Matthew Burnett, and his business partner Tanya Menendez, created one. They called it Makers Row. Since 2012, the online marketplace has been connecting businessmen with American manufacturers.Matthew Burnett explains. What we try to do at Makers Row is to encourage the brands to start producing in the United States so that you see more made in America products on the shelves. We used to produce 97 percent of the goods that we consume here in the United States, today its less than three percent. So it makes it very challenging to find sometimes made in America products, but thats the situation were trying to change, by bringing these brands back home to produce.Makers Row helps brands and businesses find and organize their supply chains（供应链）in the country. Besides, Makers Row can be especially helpful to new or part-time entrepreneurs（企业家）. The site, M, can provide a plan for turning an idea into a business. And co-founder Tanya Menendez says Makers Row offers classes and training. We have an online course. Theyre designed for people with busy lifestyles or those who may start off working 9-to-5. Today, the Makers Row website has 80,000 registered users.The BCG company in Boston advises businesses around the world. It estimates（估计） the average cost to manufacture goods in the U.S. is only five-percent higher than in China. And the company predicts（预计） that by 2018 the cost difference will narrow further, to as little as two percent higher. Makers Row and other similar efforts could play a big part in making that prediction come true.（1）What is true about the situation of manufacturing in the U.S.? A . It plays an unimportant part in the country.B . Its important and the top of the world.C . Its important in the country but not as good as before.D . Few people in the U.S. care about this industry.（2）According to Burnett, what problems did he face when he found overseas manufacturers? A . Time zone problems, shipping delay, and a lack of quality control.B . Shipping delay, high pay, and a lack of quality control.C . A lack of shipping control, high pay and a lack of time.D . Different time zones, shipping delay, a lack of labour.（3）What is the main purpose of Makers Row? A . To help college students learn to start their business.B . To have more products made in America.C . To encourage businessmen to find overseas manufacturers.D . To raise money through online lessons.（4）According to the last paragraph, which of the followings is not true? A . It is predicted that the cost difference between America and China will be smaller.B . Now the average cost in the U.S. is 5% smaller than in China.C . The average cost in the U.S. will probably be 2% higher than in China.D . Makers Row will help to make the cost difference smaller.（5）What is the best title for the article? A . Makers Row：Made in AmericaB . Manufacturing problemsC . Prediction about manufacturingD . A new brand in America3. （6分）阅读理解 When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.It was the early autumn of my first year at a high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldnt talk to anyone about my problem, and I didnt want my parents to worry about me.Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy came into the classroom. I didnt know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, without a word, only a smile.Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and make friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile becomes my best friend now.One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldnt remember smiling at me!It doesnt matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are unhappy, you might truly unhappy. So smile at the world and it will smile back.（1）What was the writers problem? A . Her old school was far away.B . She had no friends at a new school.C . Her parents worried too much about her.D . Her heart was broken.（2）How did the smile change her life? A . She started to make friends.B . She became the best friend with the boy.C . Her parents dont worry about her any more.D . She began to smile at people.（3）Where does the writer think her feeling of unhappiness come from? A . From her old school.B . From her parents.C . From her new classmates.D . From herself.二、 选词填空 (共2题；共30分)4. （25分）阅读短文，回答问题。Some time ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a boy to work for him, and he put an advertisement in the newspapers. The next morning, many boys came to the old mans office, asking for the job.There was a post（柱子）by his desk, and there was a nail in it. He took a walking stick and said, “Everyone has three chances. If anyone can hit that nail（钉子）on the head with this stick more than once, I will give him the job.”The boys thought it was very easy. They all tried, but nobody could make it. So the old man said, “Im sorry I cant take any of you,” and they left.He kept the advertisement in the papers, and the next morning more boys came, and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before. The boy hit the nail successfully for three times. The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that.“Yes,” said the boy, “I failed yesterday, but I thought that if I kept on trying a while, I could do it. So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again.”The old man said, “You are the boy for me,” and gave him the job. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried to do his best. It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（1）Did the thin boy get the job at last? （2）What did the old man have in Boston? （3）Where did the boy practice hitting a nail? （4）How many times did the boy hit the nail successfully at the old mans office? （5）What can you learn from the thin boy? 5. （5分）下周六将是你15岁生日，你准备晚上在家举办一场生日晚会，你想邀请你的朋友Jim参加。请根据内容提示，完成下面的邀请函，每空一词。Dear Jim,Im going to have my _birthday party at home next Saturday. Would you like to come? Im sure youll enjoy _at the party. By the way, I hope you can bring your friends to the party. A party is more _with more people. Im really looking _to it. You can 100._me an e-mail to let me know if you can come.Yours,Ann三、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)6. （15分）阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。Mr. Smith had a small supermarket in a small town. All the people who lived nearby 1to go to his supermarket and buy things there. But several years ago, a big chained store 2 in that area and it sold all kinds of things from the toothbrush to TV and, above all, the price was pretty 3. So a lot of small shops 4 except Mr. Smiths. The manager of the chained store wanted to explore 5 was hidden behind Mr. Smiths success, so he decided to drop into Mr. Smiths supermarket and he saw a lady buying things there. He stopped her 6 and asked “Madam, why dont you go to the big chained store?”With a smile, the lady told him it was because of a pair of shoes. She told him a story. Three years ago, 7 her divorce (离婚), she worked hard to raise her family and one day when she bought things in a supermarket, Tom, one of her little children, 8 the supermarket and asked her to buy him a new pair of shoes. He cried, “Today I had a basketball match, but all the people 9 me because of the shoes.” She wanted to buy him a pair of shoes but the money in her pocket was 10 enough for a milk. “I am sorry but I 11 when we have money,” the mother said. Seeing that there was no hope, Tom ran away. The woman stood there weeping (哭泣). Later she realized that 12 was patting on her back. 13, she found it was Mr. Smith. He took a pair of shoes that the son wanted to buy.“Take them,” he said.“But I dont have enough money,” the woman shook her head.“Take them, your son cant wait. You can pay me later,” Mr. Smith told her.Now the manager of the chained store knew the14 for Mr. Smiths success. He decided that he would follow in Mr. Smiths footsteps, putting his heart into whatever he did with the hope of attracting more customers. And he did so after the years that followed, which also 15.（1）A . disliked B . liked C . refused D . decided （2）A . disappeared B . reached C . appeared D . entered （3）A . low B . wrong C . unfair D . high （4）A . turned off B . opened up C . showed up D . closed down （5）A . who B . why C . how D . what （6）A . rudely B . politely C . loudly D . proudly （7）A . before B . after C . until D . since （8）A . called in B . dropped by C . rushed into D . passed by （9）A . laughed at B . quarreled with C . believed in D . made friends with （10）A . normally B . mainly C . only D . surely （11）A . doubt B . expect C . imagine D . promise （12）A . anybody B . everybody C . somebody D . nobody （13