冀教版2020届英语初中学业水平模拟考试试卷B卷.doc

冀教版2020届英语初中学业水平模拟考试试卷B卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解 (共5题；共37分)1. （8分）阅读理解Only humans speak using words. But all kinds in the animal world can communicate in one way or another. Maybe you have heard about the way bees dance around to send messages to each other and the way dogs bark in different ways to give warnings, to be friendly or to be playful. But did you know about infrasonic communication used by elephants? This is how it works:Humans hear low sounds like thunder rumbling in the sky. But we dont hear sounds lower than this. However, animals such as elephants and hippos can hear much lower sounds than humans can. And whats more, they can make those low sounds as well, and they use them to communicate with each other. This is known as infrasound.The amazing thing about infrasound is that it travels over several kilometers. Higher-level sounds like the one people can hear, dont travel well through walls, leaves, trees and so on, which is why we cant hear sounds from more than 100 meters away. But infrasound is much stronger and things like grass and trees have no influence on it. Therefore, it can travel much further. Elephants can hear infrasonic calls from four kilometers away!There have been reports of people watching groups of elephants feeding or resting and then the elephants suddenly all stopped what they were doing for no reason at all. They obviously heard a warning call from a long way away, but the people didnt hear a sound. In places like a zoo or wildlife park where you can get nearer to animals, it is a bit easier to sense when infrasonic sounds are made. When you stand near mother elephants with their babies in a zoo, you may notice a slight rumbling in the air every few minutesnot loud or strong, but clearly noticed. This is infrasonic communicationthe mother elephants “talking” to their babies.（1）Why does the writer mention bees and dogs in Paragraph1? A . Because they use infrasonic communication.B . Because they communicate like the elephants.C . Because they are examples of animal communication.D . Because people want to learn how they communicate.（2）Which of the following is TRUE about infrasound? A . Humans can hear infrasound easily.B . It travels nearly several kilometers.C . It sounds low but cant travel very far.D . It travels well through walls, leaves and so on.（3）In places like zoos, _. A . elephants dont need to make infrasonic soundsB . it is easier for elephants to make infrasonic soundsC . mother elephants dont let people stand near their babiesD . humans can easily sense infrasonic sounds when they are made（4）Which would be the best title for the passage? A . Talking to humansB . Talking to animalsC . Playing with humansD . Playing with elephants2. （10分） It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know what future really is? I have to say that future is now. That is to say, we must treasure every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.There is an old English saying, “Gain (得到) time, gain life.” Then whats time? Time is something that we cant see or touch, but we feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeable. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even more precious (珍贵的) than money, because when money is spent, we can make it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. So, some of us even say time is priceless (无价的).We should always remember: future is now. For us students, we should try our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never put off (推迟) what can be done today till tomorrow.As we all know, “Time and tide wait for no man.” If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter. Remember: “No pains, no gains.” Todays hard work is the cause of tomorrows harvest.根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（1）If we want to have a bright future, we should.A . know the value of time and make every minute usefulB . feel time passing byC . understand that time is always with us and we can waste it（2）The word unnoticeable meansin Chinese.A . 随意的 B . 不引人注意的C . 慢慢的（3）Time is more valuable than money because.A . past time will return no more B . time cant be seen or touched C . time is always with us（4）From the passage, we know.A . when money is spent, we should make it backB . we can put off what can be done today till tomorrowC . todays hard work leads to tomorrows harvest（5）What is the best title for the passage?A . A Bright FutureB . Time and Monday C . Future and Today3. （10分） On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, Once you learn to play, itll stay with you for life. But I didnt want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. It was your fathers, Mum said. His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it.I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didnt allow. I asked why. He answered, Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts. He added softly, Someday youll have the chance I never had: youll play beautiful music for your family. And youll understand why youve worked so hard. I was speechless.The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. Play it. Play it, they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.At that moment, my fathers words came back to me, Someday youll have the chance I never had. And youll understand. I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, This is my fathers music.（1）My father didnt learn to play his violin when he was young because _.A . he didnt like to play the violinB . he had to support his familyC . he wanted to play gamesD . he didnt keep on practicing（2）How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?A . Delighted.B . Excited.C . Bored.D . Relaxed.（3）Dad didnt allow means _.A . Dad didnt agree with me.B . Dad didnt keep me doing it.C . Dad didnt help me do it.D . Dad didnt see me do it.（4）What were the writers children doing when he started to play simple songs?A . SingingB . DancingC . Clapping to the beatD . Screaming（5）Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _.A . I could go to a better schoolB . I could give myself much joyC . I could be a useful manD . I could make people happy4. （4分） Armida Scarpa is an English teacher. She believes that stories can be used from the very beginning. She uses a real text of Goldilocks with her class. _. They are in their second year at school. They are learning to read in Italian, and have English three times a week. She doesnt expect the children to learn the difficult grammar. _. She only asks them to really learn the words. This method is to give children an experience of real English and allows the teacher to use almost any story._and if the teacher uses it carefully, the children can understand it.Children are used to living in a world where they do not understand a lot of things._, but they can also notice all the other information around them. If we deprive (剥夺) children of every experience except those we want them to master, then we take away the chance for them to experience this natural growth.A. Most children take what we find for themB. But she does want to show them that they can make sense of themC. Her class are a group of seven-year-old pupilsD. If the children like the storyE. Because they are interested in the story5. （5分）任务型阅读，根据上下文，选择正确的句子将短文补充完整。Mr. White lived in the country. One day, he bought a second-class train ticket and went to London to buy something. All the seats in the second-class carriages had been taken when Mr. White got on the train. _Half an hour later, _So he went into one of them and took an empty seat. The other four men seemed to be rich people because they all wore fine clothes. But just before the train started, a different kind of person jumped in and sat down._It was clear that he was very poor.Everyone in the carriage looked unhappy with the young man. Mr. White thought that he would not be the only person to pay more. _If so, he was wrong. For when the train had traveled an hour, the door opened and the ticket-collector came into the carriage. Of course, Mr. White had to pay more money for his ticket. But to his great surprise, one by one each of the four men held out a second-class ticket. _He was the only man who had the first-class ticket in the carriage.A. Only the young man sat there quietly.B. He was a young man in old and dirty clothes.C. Maybe the young man hoped that the ticket-collector would never come.D. he found that there were some empty seats in the first-class carriages.E. He had to stand up all the way.二、 单词拼写 (共1题；共1分)6. （1分）My bike is too old. Its n_for me to buy a new one. 三、 短文填空 (共1题；共10分)7. （10分）补全文中单词 Xian is an a_city. It has a long history. It is f_in China, even in the world. Xian has man