外研版版中考二模英语试题

外研版版中考二模英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、完型填空完形填空（共1小题）Thomas Edison was born in 1837. He was a famous American _. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher many strange questions. Most of them had _ to do with his lessons. The teacher thought the boy was not _ and was not worth _. When he told this to Edisons mother, she _ her son out of school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him at home. The boy read _, soon he became very interested _ science when he was ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for _. Ever since then, he never stopped _ for new and better ways _ things.1 . AscientistBartistCmusicianDchemist2 . AanythingBsomethingCeverythingDnothing3 . AhonestBfoolishCcleverDbrave4 . Ato teachBtaughtCteachingDof teaching5 . AtookBhad takenChave takenDtakes6 . Alots ofBofCa littleDa lot7 . AonBinCofDat8 . AherselfBitselfCyourselfDhimself9 . AsearchingBsearchedCsearchDto search10 . AdoneBto doCdoingDto be done二、阅读单选Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars dont make plastic surgery look shameful (丢面子的).Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.11 . What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to _.AKorean TV dramasBKorean cultureCKorean languageDKorean actors12 . When did the Korean Wave start? It started with _Athe Korean pop songsBTaekwondoCthe TV series “Winter Sonata”Dthe Korean food13 . Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?ABae Yong Jun.BBaby Vox.CS.DSEFinke14 . Korean stars often change their looks by _.Asinging pop songsBacting in TV dramasCtrying different foodDhaving plastic surgery15 . Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?.AWinter Sonata tells a very famous love story.BYoung people like Korean pop stars clothes and hairstyles.CChinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.DKorean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.New York is a very large city with 8 million people.How do so many people move on their ways to work or school？In New York you can travel by subway，bus，taxi or car.The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city.Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.The second way to travel around the city is by bus.It is a slower way to travel.This is because the traffic is very heavy.You can also travel around the city by taxi.This is very expensive，but the taxi will take you to the very(恰好的) place you want to go.If traffic is heavy，the taxi will be slow，too.During the mornings and afternoons，there is the “rush hour”This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.The last way to get around New York is using your own private car.It is inconvenient(不方便的) because you will be perhaps driving during the “rush hour”The best time to travel around the city is from 9 am to 4 pm，because it isnt the “rush hour”16 . New York has a large population of _.Asix millionBseven millionCeight millionDnine million17 . There are _ways of travelling around the city.AthreeBfourCfiveDsix18 . The fastest way to travel in New York is _.Aby taxiBby carCby subwayDby underground19 . From the passage we know that _in New York.Ait is the “rush hour” from 9 am to 4 pmBtraffic is heavy at noonCpeople go to work or school before 9：00Dyou dont have to have a car20 . It is inconvenient to use your car，because _.Amany people cant buy a carByou will be perhaps driving during the “rush hour”Cthe traffic is very heavy in the cityDthe distance is not too longFor childrenMuseum: Childrens Museum, Sundays, 89 North Main Street, 67641235Story time: Childrens Library, 106 Green Street, Wednesdays during 9.30a.m5.00p.m. 66599624Sports: Soccer Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16 Yangtze Road, 86725643Basketball Club, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632Cinema: New films for children, 99 Brick Road, 69001354Useful Phone NumbersFast Food Restaurant: 66387901Hospital: 68787451Visitor Information Centre: 800-120-9847Taxi: 79210583Visitor Hotel Information: 800-739-730221 . If children want to watch new films, they should go to _.A16 Yangtze RoadB89 North Main StreetC106 Green StreetD99 Brick Road22 . If you dial 66387901, you can _.Aask for some hotel informationBdo some shoppingChave a good story timeDorder fast food in a restaurant23 . You cannot get any information about _ from the two notices.Alooking for a hotelBdoing eye exercisesCeating fast foodDtaking a taxiEvery day there is less and less space on Earth for rubbish. Yet every day we make more and more rubbish. What can we do? We can recycle some of our rubbish. Recycling means that the rubbish will be made into something that can be used again.Recycling helps Earth. And it saves space in rubbish dumps. Half of everything that we put into landfills could be recycled instead. In fact, most things made of paper, metal, glass and plastic can be recycled.Paper can be broken into small pieces and made into new paper. Steel and aluminum cans（金属雄）can be melted down（熔化）and made into new cans. The same is true of glass bottles. This can be done aver and over again. Recycling doesnt take as much energy as making these things the first time. So we can use less of Earths fuel resources.Plastic can be melted down, too. Then it can be formed into park benches, playgrounds and so on. Some people call plastic the wood of the future. Things made of plastic will last about 400 years-even if they stay outside in the weather. No wood can do that!24 . The underlined word landfills in Paragraph 2 probably means _.Abench factoriesBplaces for rubbishCgreen mountainsDrecycling centres25 . According to the passage, what happens last to the can?AThe can is put into a recycling bin.BThe can is melted down and reused.CA steel can gets filled with corn.DA person uses the corn in the can.26 . What is the main idea of the passage?ACans should be melted down.BOld newspapers can be reused.CWe can build benches that last 400 years.DWe should recycle everything that we can.三、根据首字母、中文提示填空根据句意和所给汉语注释，在空格内写出单词的正确形式。27 . The Greens have fun _(准备) food and drinks for childrens Day.28 . People like to go to beautiful _(海滩)to enjoy themselves in summer.29 . Youre much _(幸运的) to get the ticket for free than others.30 . There is a lot of _(来往车辆) on the roads at the weekend.根据句意和所给句子，用所给单词的正确形式填空。31 . Never go near tigers. They are very_(danger) animals.32 . _ (jog) is one of the most popular sports among many people.33 . Today is my son Neils _(twelve) birthday. Lets celebrate!34 . Do you know the wonderful pictures are one of the _ (visit) from France?四、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个恰当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。Whats life? Its like a big bag. The bag is filled with happiness and sadness, failure and success, and hope and despair. Experience in life teaches us 35 . (many) lessons and makes us better people. With each passing day, we learn how to deal with problems in our 36 . (day) life.Love plays a main role in our life. 37 . love, a person could become terrible. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones from whom we get much love and care. They tell us whats correct and wrong, good and bad. But we seldom care about their words 38 . we have our own kids.Happiness may always 39 . (bring) us a peaceful mind. And sadness is most 40 . (like) caused by the death of a loved one, failure or despair. But all of these things 41 . (pass) away eventually.Failure is the mother of success. It shows us that how difficult it may be if we want to succeed. You know no one is born with ability to succeed. So, when you fail to do something, dont feel upset but keep on 42 . (work) until you succeed. Remember, success brings us money, proud and self-respect. Its important 43 . (keep) a clear mind after we achieve.Hope is what keeps life going. It comes from 44 . (patient) and makes us dream. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark. So in order to enjoy a better tomorrow, the only choice is to work hard today.五、信息匹配Remembering things, like names, dates, and other fine details is a skillone that you can develop. Here are four memory improving skills everyone can learn.1. Play video GamesBelieve it or not, Playing video games helps to form better memory as you age. 3D video games seem to work better than 2D ones. Playing games like Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes a day has been found to increase the brains gray matter (脑灰质). So youll have fun while building a bigger brain.2. Strengthen the Power of MusicWe forget names and numbers so easily, but lyrics to our favorite songs or rhymes from childhood? They seem to remain a longer time Music helps us remember things through rhythm. If you want to learn a foreign language, try training with music videos. Generally singing can help increase your brain.3. Remember Peoples Names by Forcing Yourself to Interact with Them DifferentlyFor us, forgetting someones name might be the worst. Its just that our basic working memory isnt that great. However, if we try to make connections between the strange name and the person, well be more likely to remember the name. It takes a little work: Try asking a person you just met a question to give you time to repeat his or her name in your head, introduce the person to someone else, which means to force you to repeat his name, repeat the persons name at the end of the conversation.4. Take Care of Your Health and Learn New skillsUnluckily, our memory gets worse as