江苏省常熟市实验协作区2011届中考英语第二次模拟考试(无答案)

1、2011 年实验协作区初三第二次模拟考试试卷初三英语学科【注意事项 】1、请同学将答案一律做在答题纸上，在试卷纸上作答一律无效。2、交卷时只需要交答题纸，试卷纸不需要交。3、学生作答时，请写在答题纸对应的框中，答案书写在框外或其他地方一律无效。4、答题时一律用0.5mm水笔作答，作图部分可以用铅笔。一、选择题（ 本题共25 题，每空只有一个正确答案，请将正确答案填在答题纸相应的空格中。每小题 1分共 25分）（一）()1-What colour is _ orange ?- it's_ orange .A. an,anB. the, theC. an /D. the, /)2.Are

2、you hungry ,Mary ? _ .I have just had some bread.ANot a bitB Not a little C Itdoesnt matterD.I do not mind.)3.-Have you finished doing all the exercises the teacher gave you yesterday?-Yes,completely._is left.A. NoneB.NothingC. No oneD. Neither)4.-We ll have _ holiday next month. Will you go home?-

3、No. If I go home, I ll have to take_ ride.A. one-week; seven daysB.an one-week; a seven day sC. a one-week; a seven daysD. one-week s ; a seven days()5.-How did you find your visit to the museum?-I enjoyed it very much. It was _ interesting than I expected.A. far moreB. even muchC.so moreD. a lot mu

4、ch)6.Mr. Wang told me that _students in theclass would beable tothose maths problems in _ time .A. only a little , noB. only a few , such a shortC. such a few , so shortD. very little , much)7.Nick_a job , but to our surprise, he didnt take it.A. is offeredB. offeredC. was offeredD. has offered)8.-H

5、ave you ever been to Shanghai, Mary?-Yes.I _ there for three days with my parents last year.A.have goneB.have beenC.wentD.was)9 .-The famous writer introduced us his new book that will _ next monthA. give outB. come outC. put outD. be come out)10. He s never stolen anything before, _he?一 _ It s his

6、second time to be taken to the police stationA hasn t ； YesB has； YesChas； NoDis ： No)11.I tried to call you_ I heard from him, but you were not in.A. sinceB. whileC. untilD. as soon as)12. Excuse me, could you tell me_?A. where can I have my MP4 repairedB. How many students have passed the testC. h

7、ow can I go to the e-shopD. What the trouble is with y)13.-Whatwillthe weatherbe liketomorrow? -It_ be rainy,cloudywork out our bike or sunny.().14.-I am leaving now. -_ you turn off the lightsA. To make sureB. Make sure C. Made sureD. Making sure()15. I am very worried about tomorrow s maths test.

8、I am afraid I can t passthis time.-_! Im sure you ll make it.A. No problemB. That s rightC. Cheer upD. Dont mention it.（二）完形填空（10 分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、 D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项Ifyou losetimesone aftertheother,willyou justgive up? Dale Carnegie ,a -16-in publicspeaking and self-development ,

9、kept trying .And he became famous by showingpeople how to be-17-.Carnegie was born in1888 to a poor farming family in the central United States .Theboy didn t see a train until he was 12 years old .In his teens , he had to get up at3 a.m. every day to milk thefamily cows.When Carnegie first entered

10、college ,he felt-18-because of his clothes and normallooks . His mother encouraged him :“ Why not try to be better in other things insteadof just -19-and goodlooks?”Carnegie tried to be more -20-in college. He joined the debateteam(辩论队 ). Butone after another he -21-12 meets. The young man was very

11、disappointed in himself.He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures.But soon Carnegiewas seen practicingpublic-22-on theriverside. His hardworkpaidoffat lastIn1906,Carnegiewon a famous speech competitionandbecame widelyknown .The youngman made his-23-words come true：” Bel

12、ieve that you willsucceed，and you will .”In order to -24- hissuccess， Carnegie opened schools and wrote books . Hisbestsellers -25-“ How to Win Friends and InfluencePeople” and“ How to StopWorryingand Start Living” . More than50 millioncopies ofhisbookshave been printedin 38 languages .They are stil

13、lhelping people on the road to success.()16.A.leaderB.managerC.masterD.pioneer()17.A.happyB.famousC.successfulD.different()18.A.hopelessB.excitedC.luckyD.comfortable()19.A.appearanceB.shirtC.foodD.dress()20.A.activeB.talkativeC.practicalD.polite()21.A.failedB.wonC.gotD.lost()22.A.talkingB.speakingC.

14、writingD.reading()23.A.trueB.oldC.ownD.popular()24.A.shareB.showC.tellD.make()25.A.holdB.includeC.expectD.have .二、阅读理解 ( 共 15 小题；每小题 2分，满分30 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、 B、 C和 D) 中，选出最佳选项AGreat changes have been made in family life because of science and industry.In the past,when more Americans livedon fa

15、rms,thetypicalfamilyhad many children.In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often too,uncles and auntslived nearby. But when industrybecame more importantthanagriculture(农业 ) in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who areread

16、y and able to move offthe land and to move again whenever necessary.And la rge familiescannot be moved from placeto placeas smallerfamiliescan.Therefore,at presentpeopletend( 易于 ) to have smaller families.In the future, because of industrialization（工业化）, a typical family will berequired tomove even

17、more often than now, so familieswillbe even smaller. The typicalfamilymay remain childlessand consistonly of a manand a woman. A smallnumber of familiesmay take raisingchildrenas theirchiefwork.At the same time theymay alsoraiseotherpeople s children, leaving those families free to move from job to

18、job.26. In the past, who did more children use to live with in America?A. With their parents.B. With their grandparents.C. With their uncles or aunts.D. With their parents and grandparents.27. What kinds of families are described in the passage?A. Families of the past.B. Families of the present and

19、of the future28. What is one of the reasons that families are getting smaller in America?A. People dont like having children.B. Children want to leave their families when growing up.C. The need for workers who can move at any time is increasing.D. Both old and young people prefer to live by themselv

20、es.29. What can you learn about from the passage?A. Americans are very choosy with their jobs.B. Children do not live with their parents or grandparents.C. Large families have difficulty surviving in the modern society.D. Science and industry have caused lots of families to split(破裂 ).BHe was a foun

21、der(奠基人 ) of modem Chinese literature(文学 ). He was regarded as " anold man always telling the truth". Living across two centuries, he experienced manyperiods of danger and suffering(痛苦 ) but never lost his beliefs(信仰 ). His name was BaJin.As the l01-year-oldpassed away in Shanghai on Oct 1

22、7, 2005 afiera six-yeardisease,millionsof Chinese were deeplysad.People in Shanghai and Chengdu gathered(聚集 ) aroundhisold house to mourn( 悼念 ) forthe gjeatman. Ba Jin was born in Chengdu, Sichuan ProvinceAs son of a rich family, Ba helped the poor ever since'he was a child. Ba finished hisfirst

23、novel "Destruction（毁灭）”in 1929 duringhistravelsto France.His laterbooks,"Family","Spring"and"Autumn". .encouragedChinese peoplenot togiveup. "Ba Jintoldthe true story of hiscountry and his people. His great loveand service（服务）tothemmeant he was thinkingaboutwh

24、at he coulddo forthem."saidBing Xin,a well-knownwriterand also his good friend.30 . Why did millions of people mourn for the great man?A.Because people think highly of him.B. Because people are his friends.C. Because Ba Jin lived a longer life.D. Because people are his relatives.31 . What does

25、Bing Xin think of Ba Jin?A. He is friendly and generous.B. He is honest and helpful.C. He is kind and modemD. He is kind and generous.32 . What is the best title(标题 ) of this passage?A. A LovelyMan.B. A Good Friend.C. A Kind-hearted Man.D. An Honest WriterCJupiter's Moons and How They TravelThe

26、many moons of Jupiter travel around the planet in different directions (方向 ).Jupiter( 木星 ) isthe largestplanetin our solarsystem.Over theyears,scientistshave found that Jupiter has its own small solar system. Earth has one moon. Jupiter hasat least sixteen and probably more.Sincethereare so many moo

27、ns, scientistsbegan to number them. The numerals (numbers)tell the sequence, or order, in which the moons were found. They were slower to name themoons. All of Jupiter's moons now have a name as well as a number.The first five moons to be discovered are known as the "inner moons". But

28、they arenot the closest to the planet. Theclosest is only 127,600kilometers away from Jupiter.All the inner moons circle the planet in counter-clockwise direction, that is, oppositeof the hands of a clock.Jupiter's middle group of moons are at least 11,100,000 kilometers from the planet.They als

29、o move in a counter-clockwise motion (moving). The four farthest moons are atleast 20,700.000 kilometers away. These are called "outer moons". They circle in aclockwise motion.How many more moons do you think will be discovered?33. Things thattravelin the same directionas the hands of a cl

30、ockare said to be travelingin a _.A. clockwise directionB. counter-clockwise directionC. same directionD. different direction34. Jupiter's _group of moons travel in a clockwise direction.A. planetsB. innerC. middleD. outer35. The numbers given to Jupiter's moons tell _.A.the orderin which th

31、eywere discoveredB.the orderinwhich theytravelC. the order of their distance from JupiterD. the order of names36. According to the passage,which of the following statements is true?A. None of Jupiter'smoons have names.B. Most of Jupiter's moons circle clockwise.C. Jupiter's inner moons w

32、ere discovered first.D. Jupiter is the nearest planet to the earth.DWhen we talkaboutsta rs,especiallywomenstars,itseems thatthey are always young, pretty and own attractive body shapes. Butrecently a Britains Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle haschanged our views completely.Simon Cowell, one of the

33、organizers of the talent show spoke ofhissurprise over Ms Boyles voice.“This lady came up, and I m thinking,This willtake five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea. That changed when she began tosing I Dreamed a Dream fromLes Miserables.She knew we were going to have that reaction（反应） and just

34、to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through it wasone of my favorite moments, ” Cowell said.The performance was posted online and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish womanhas been famous all over the world.Speaking from her home in Scotland,Ms Boyle saidthatshe hadnt thoughtof chan

35、gingher appearance. She said that her friend helped her with make-up.“I mean , it smeaningless . ” She added.Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began toexplore her musical talents.“ I was kindof slow at school,so gettingsomethinglikesingingwas a good way of hidingbehind that and therefore

36、it built my confidence.37. Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because_.A. she was confident of her singingB. she was satisfied with the organizersC. she was pretty and in good shapeD. she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables38 . What does the under

37、lined word“views ” mean?A.见解B.预告C. 复习D. 景色39. According to the passage, which is NOT true?A. It was the musical talents that built Susan's confidence.B. Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school.C. Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance.D. Simon Cowell didn't think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight.40.What can we learn from Susan Boyles success?A.It s never too old to learn.B.It s easier to succe