北京昌平初三二模英语试题及答案版

1、昌平区 2017 - 2018 学年第二学期初三年级第二次模拟练习英语试卷2018 5考生须知1.本抽测为笔试部分，共五道大题，满分60分，共8页，39个小题。考试时间90分钟。（本学科听说部分将采用考生2018年中考英语听说最高成绩）2.在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校名称、姓名和准考证号。3.试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。4.在答题卡上，选择题用2B铅笔作答，其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。5.考试结束，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。知识运用（共 14 分）一、 单项填空（共 6 分，每小题 0.5 分）从下面各题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的

2、最佳选项。1. This girl is creative. _ often makes great things. A. I B. You C. He D. She2. Jack rides his bike _ the park every weekend. A. in B. on C. at D. of3. Were doing our best this year, _ well keep on trying. A. but B. and C. because D. or4. Table tennis is _ than football in our school. A. popul

3、ar B. very popular C. more popular D. the most popular5. _ did you get your new watch?On my thirteenth birthday. A. Where B. What C. When D. Why6. Larry always _ up early on weekdays so he is never late for school. A. gets B. get C. got D. is getting7. My dad _ letters to his friends years ago, but

4、I use emails or Wechat now. A. writes B. wrote C. has written D. is writing8. I _ John the news as soon as he gets home. A. will tell B. told C. tells D. tell9. Tim and Bob _ us a lot of beautiful photos since they arrived in London. A. send B. sent C. have sent D. are sending10. Ken _ with me on th

5、e phone at 8:00 pm yesterday evening. A. is talking B. was talking C. has talked D. is talked11. Harry Potter _ with its final book in 2007. A. complete B. completed C. is completed D. was completed12. I dont know _ at the science camp next week.Dont worry. Let me check my notebook for you. A. what

6、did we do B. what will we do C. what we did D. what we will do二、 完形填空（共 8 分，每小题 1 分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。People Just Like UsI was not interested in the school project on ancient cultures at all, especially things about Egypt (埃及) , but Grace, my research partner, insiste

7、d the ancient Egyptians were interesting, and said I would 13 my mind for sure.“Learning about these ancient people is so boring.” I said.“Its not! Dont be sure until youve learned about them.” said Grace.I had to say Grace had a 14 . So the next Saturday, I found myself at the Museum of NaturalHist

8、ory, which had a big show on ancient Egypt.“So ancient Egyptians were pretty undeveloped, right?” I asked Grace as we waited in line for ourtickets. “I mean, they didnt have much 15 , did they? Well, except for the pyramids (金字塔) didnt the Egyptian kings live in the pyramids?”Grace just kept silent

9、and pushed me forward.The show set me straight about the pyramids. I learned that they were tombs (墓) of the ancient kings,not their 16 . I also found out the great pyramid at Giza was huge, standing 500 feet tall when itwas first built!As I walked farther, I was 17 to find a show on ancient sports.

10、 I saw paintings showingpeople playing a game with a ball. Just for a moment, I could 18 ancient Egyptian kids besidethe Nile River hitting around a ball, just as I do with my friends. And the next show was all about how theancient Egyptians treasured their children. A child was considered a great g

11、ift to the family.“So what do you think of these 19 ancient people now?” Grace asked.“You were right,” I said. “Ancient Egyptians are much more interesting than I 20 . In fact, Iknow just what title to give our project. Well call it People Just Like Us!”13Akeep Bchange Close Dfollow14Aword Bplan C p

12、oint Dway15Atechnology Bdifference Cconfidence Dinformation16Afields B grounds Cschools Dhomes17Atired B careful Csurprised Dnervous18Aexplain B picture Cshow Denjoy19Aboring Bimpatient Cfunny Dexciting20Asearched Bstudied Cexperienced Dexpected阅读理解（共 36 分）三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，

13、选择最佳选项。（共 26 分，每小题 2 分）A21. If you are good at football, where can you go for a summer job? A. CRUISE SHIP B. PRIMARY SCHOOL C. DELIVERY COMPANY D. CITY MUSEUM22. Who will help you know more about the work on the ship? A. Ms. Lori Lee. B. Mr. Kevin Smith. C. Ms. Jones Stevens. D. Mr. Jack Green.23.

14、What can you do at the CITY MUSEUM? A. Get the ships ready for passengers. B. Help children with math problems. C. Guide people around the building. D. Help the driver lift the heavy boxes.BGarry started cooking when he was 11, partly thanks to his mother. “Mymom didnt really like cooking, and when

15、she did cook, I didnt really like herfood. Once I was watching something on the Food Network on TV and Ithought, I could do this, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggestcookbook I could find.”Within a year, he has produced most of the dishes in the cookbook and wasready for a bigger pl

16、an. “I wanted to create my own dishes and I started to cookfor more people than just my family too.” His family allowed him to build a testkitchen in his bedroom. “At first, they were fine with it, but then they asked,do you want to be sleeping next to a cooker? Yes, I said! It started off as twotab

17、les with some simple cookers, my desk and my bed, but then I needed more space for cooking, so Imoved the desk out and got a small bed.” Then Garrys older sister, whose bedroom has more space, wentoff to college. He moved down to her room and filled with a large cooker, four work stations and a long

18、area for finishing the last steps on plates.Garry and his mother set up Eureka, a super club business that organizes monthly events inside hishome. Garry, who has also cooked in top-class restaurants around the US, says hes not doing it for themoney, but because he loves cooking. “At the point in yo

19、ur life where you stop caring if youre going tobe famous or do well, your dream will come to you. I did something with my heart and people can see it.I hope to keep getting better and better.24. Why did Garry begin to cook at 11? A. Because his mother loves cooking a lot. B. Because his mother advis

20、ed him to cook. C. Because he bought a cookbook from the bookstore. D. Because he thought he could do better than his mom.25. Where was his test kitchen at first? A. In his own bedroom. B. In his sisters bedroom. C. In a famous restaurant. D. In his sisters college.26. How did his dream come to him?

21、 A. He bought many cookbooks. B. He tries hard to be famous. C. He cared much on the skills. D. He keeps his love for cooking.CHave fun and get smarter?We all know about the pleasure and fun that we get from playing video games. Theres thesatisfaction of finally reaching the last level of a game aft

22、er months of trying. Some experts now say thatas well as offering pleasure, video games might also be good for you.Too good to be true?It seems that when you play video games, you might get some very important skills. They are greatfor your concentration (集中注意力). Being able to focus is a skill you c

23、an use at school or later, in a job.Fitness (健身) games, which are very popular, allow you to practise sports skills like balancing. A lot ofgames also teach decision-making skills. For example when you have to choose the best way to escapefrom a burning building in a game, youre learning how to solv

24、e problems and make your decisionquickly. Gaming teaches you about success and failure too. A lot of games are difficult, and you have towork hard to reach the top level, which teaches you that in life you can succeed if you keep on trying. Onthe other hand, games teach you that if you fail, dont gi

25、ve up have a break, and then try again.Some psychologists (心理学家) believe that role-playing games are particularly valuable. In thevirtual environment, young people can take on roles which are often not possible for them in real life.You can become a leader, and have to deal with people who lie to yo

26、u, or hide things from you. Bydealing with these situations, you can develop social skills that might help you in the real world whenyoure older.Gaming does have its disadvantages, of course. Playing for a while is great, but people who play forhours can have problems. Physically, it can stop you fr

27、om getting enough exercises, which is unhealthy.Psychologically, some players can become addicted (上瘾) to their games and begin to prefer their“virtual” lives, where they are always in control.But overall, playing video games is not harmful, unless you spend too much time. While yourebuilding your c

28、ity, or looking after your farm in a game, youre also developing skills that will stay withyou for the rest of your life.27. What does the underlined word “virtual” mean? A. Unclear. B. Unreal. C. Valuable. D. Possible.28. How does the writer think of video games? A. Theyre harmful to our study and

29、work. B. They give us chances to realize our dream. C. Playing video games is bad for our health. D. Video games can benefit us in many ways.29. What does gaming teach us about success and failure? A. Avoid the difficult top levels. B. Choose the best way to play. C. Believe in hard trying for succe

30、ss. D. Get enough rest after each failure.DSnow monkeys have been discovered taking baths in man-made hot springsduring winter in recent years. Now, researchers have found exactly why the monkeysdo this.The results are not surprising: The monkeys are cold. But the researchers also found thatbathing

31、in a hot-spring may lower the monkeys levels of stress.“This shows that, as in humans, the hot spring has astress-reducing effect in snow monkeys,” said RafaelaTakeshita, the study lead writer. “This habit of hot springbathing by snow monkeys showed how animals behavior canhelp fight against cold-cl

32、imate stress,” Takeshita said. Snowmonkeys live in very cold place in the world. They areespecially used to living in the cold; they grow thicker andlonger fur in the winter.In 1963, a female Japanese snow monkey living in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan, wasseen bathing in an outdoor hot sp

33、ring belonging to a nearby hotel, and other monkeys soon copied thisbehavior, the researchers said. As you might imagine, a group of monkeys bathing in a hot spring meantto hold people made people feel the hot spring dirty, so the park management built a new hot spring justfor the monkeys. By 2003,

34、about a third of the snow monkeys living in this park often bathed in the hotspring in the winter. The bathing monkeys are now already a popular tourist attraction.The bathing monkeys seemed to be bathing to stay warm, but scientists had no data to support thistheory, they said. In the new study, th

35、e researchers collected data from 12 adult female monkeys inJigokudani Monkey Park between April and June, and again from October to December. They examinedhow much time the monkeys spent in the hot spring, and also studied the data for “fecal glucocorticoid” ,a metbolite（代谢物） , related to the level

36、s of stress in monkeys.The researchers found that female snow monkeys did use the hot spring more often in the winterthan in the spring, especially during colder weeks.The researchers also found that the dominant (统领) females spent the most time bathing becausethey need more energy to keep their pos

37、ition. They also have a higher level stress.The researchers concluded that hot-spring bathing becomes a tradition that provides physiological(生理的) benefits to the monkeys.30. Whats the best title for the passage? A. Snow monkeys in spring B. Snow monkeys with a new habit C. Snow monkeys in winter D.

38、 Snow monkeys under heavy stress31. How does Rafaela think of snow monkeys behavior? A. Its a natural tradition. B. Its a tourist attraction. C. It helps them get used to the environment. D. It makes them feel the position is important.32. What do the experiments carried in two different periods sho

39、w? A. The female snow monkeys enjoy bathing in winter more. B. The number of hot-spring bathing snow monkeys grows. C. The experiments are easier to carry out in winter months. D. The bathing habits of the dominant male snow monkeys.33. Which of the following is TURE according to the passage? A. Som

40、e snow monkeys are copying humans behaviors. B. Snow monkeys are happy to live in very cold weather. C. Researchers found old snow monkeys enjoy hot springs. D. Hot-spring bathing helps lower humans and animals stress.四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共 10 分，每小题 2 分）My Mother, My Role ModelMy mom is one of the mos

41、t important people in my life and what makes her so special is that sheseems to have no idea how encouraging she is. She has led our family and guided my brothers and sistersand me simply by being herself. She leads by example, showing us her values and making sure we live byour own. She carries out

42、 this example by pushing us to do our first volunteer work when I was only seven,and she joined in herself. She pushes us to treat everyone we meet with respect and I have never heard ofher speaking ill of others or putting someone down.She cares for the people she loves from the bottom of her heart

43、 and always puts our needs beforethose of her own. My mother herself is easy-going and selfless and works hard to connect and understandeach of her children to make sure we are able to laugh at ourselves and never take life too seriously. Shestrongly believes in treating everyone equally (平等的), but

44、not completely in the same way. She couldalways find the right way for the different child so that everyone can get the most from her advice.She looks to the goal of making us independent, successful, and capable (有能力的) in the worldand while she encourages me to work through difficulties, she also h

45、ardly ever pushes her ideas onto me.She is always there supporting me whether I win or lose, pass or fail.She is my leadership role model and from her I learn to focus on ones strong points, but notweaknesses. I learn to not only set a drive in my followers but also have them know that they areimpor

46、tant to me no matter what they achieved.In my last leadership experience, the girls in my group were to examine their lives and decide whothey want to be for the future. My mothers example helped me find ways to make these girls comfortableenough to open up and share their experiences. I have taken

47、what my mother has taught me and carried itout into a special leadership style that perfectly puts her practice and my own experience together.34. Who is the writers role model?35. When did the writer start to do volunteer work?36. Why can different child get most from the moms advice?37. What goals

48、 does the mother have for her children?38. How does the writer develop his leadership?书面表达（共 10 分）五、书面表达（共 10 分）39. 从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于 50 词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。题目三年来，你的学校一定组织过很多有意义的外出参观活动，让你和同学们开阔了眼界，体验了快乐，增进了友谊。英语学习报现正举办 My School Trip 征文活动，请你根据下面的提示问题，向大家介绍一次你所参加的

49、外出参观活动，说一说大家去了哪，做了什么，以及你的感受。提示词语： learn from, fantastic, experience, enjoy, exciting提示问题： Where did you go on the school trip? What did you do on the trip? How did you feel about the trip?My School Trip_题目现今，我们的很多学校都在开展 Pad 教学实验。你的英文笔友 Peter 想了解你的 Pad 课堂学习情况，请根据以下提示， 以初中生李华的身份给他写一封邮件，告诉他，你利用 Pad 在课堂

50、上学习什么内容，如何学习，以及你的感受。提示词语： I-pad, technology, fast, convenient, share, upload, download, personal提示问题： What do you learn at class by I-pad？ How do you use it for your study? What do you think of this kind of class?Dear Peter,How is it going? Im glad to hear from you._Yours,Li Hua昌平区2017 2018学年第二学期初三年

51、级第二次模拟练习英语试卷笔试部分参考答案及评分标准 2018. 5知识运用一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分） 1-2 DABCCA 7-12 BACBDD二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分） 13-20 BCAD CBAD阅读理解三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）21-23 BAC 24-26 DAD 27-29 BDC 30-33 BCAD四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）34. The writers mother. /Mother.35. When the writer was only seven. 36.