2019年南京市秦淮区初三二模英语试卷

1、2018-2019学年秦淮区初三年级第二次模拟考试英语试卷第一卷选择题（共40 分）一、单项填空（共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分）从A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最住选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. Millie drew a chart below to introduce a website. The missing word might be .A. giftsB. placesC. hotelsD. weather2. Mother s Day was the same day as International Nurses Day this yea

2、r.A. inB. onC. atD. for3. There will be a great for the 70th birthday of China in October.A. conditionB. locationC. instructionD. celebration4. - Are people in Internet companies complaining about long working hours- Yes. They make great contributions to IT industry, they can t achieve a balancebetw

3、een life and work.A. orB.ifC.butD. since5. A survey was to see how many students would like to move away from the Earth.A. put outB.carried outC.broke outD. came out6. - do you go to Jinling Library- We borrow books twice a month. You can find booksfor all ages there.A. How soonB.How oftenC.How long

4、D. How far7. The ground floor of Beijing Daxing Airport covers an area as as 35 football fields.A. bigB. biggerC. biggestD. the biggest8. Some people can succeed because they don t give up easily .A. heavilyB. mainlyC. hardlyD. closely9. Yuan Longping has developed better rice plants the problem of

5、hunger.A. solveB. solvedC. to solveD. to solving10. A meeting on 5G technology in Jiangbei New District last month.A. heldB. was heldC. will holdD. will be held11. - What a heavy rain! When did it start- It started at about seven this morning. I the newspaper at home then.A. readB. will readC. have

6、readD. was reading12. -Why don t we go to see Tea House at Poly Theatre tonight- Good idea. Let me check .A. when will the play startB.where is the Poly TheatreC. how much does a ticket costD.whether there are tickets or not13. - Shall we go to see the works by Picasso in Nanjing Museum- . We will g

7、o if we still have time after visiting the Presidential Palace.A. It dependsB.My pleasureC. Never mindD. Don t mention it14. Which of the following sentences has a different sentence structure from the other threeA. We have four seasons.B. Ice cream tastes nice.C. Spring is warm and sunny.D. Autumn

8、leaves turn brown.15. Which of the following books might be put in a different area in a libraryA. Treasure IslandB. Gulliver s TravelsC. Alice in WonderlandD. Oxford English Dictionary二、完形填空（共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Recently, great scientists ar

9、ound the world were able to create a real picture of a blackhole. The black hole named Powehi is about 55 million light years from Earth. This means lighttravelling from that point takes 55 million years to be _16_ on Earth. When we look at thepicture of Powehi, it s like we are looking into the pas

10、t. Light started a journey from Powehito planet earth millions of years ago, _17_ light from the sun takes only about 8 minutes and 20 seconds.Black holes have always attracted scientists because a black hole isn t a hole._18_,it is a place in space with a lot of matter （物质 ） inside. It has so much

11、gravity that our suncan be pulled into it _19_. Even light can t avoid it. As a result, it s always black .It was an amazing discovery. It _20_ many ideas about black holes. It also proved AlbertEinstein was _21_ about his Theory of General Relativity （ 相 对 论 ） which explains the relationship betwee

12、n space and time.This discovery is more than a story about the development of technologythat _22_humansto see a black hole for the first time. It s also a story of how these scientists from all overthe world worked together for many years to have this great _23_.Scientists also point out that the fi

13、rst picture of Powehi is the _24_ of many morediscoveries.One of the important lessons welearn from this picture is to keep learning. Aristotleonce said,“The more you know, the more you _25you don' tknow,“ You never know what amazingdiscovery you will find.16. A. seenB. touchedC. coveredD. used1

14、7. A. afterB. untilC. whileD. because18. A. In allB. In factC. In placeD. In order19.A. freelyB. easilyC. clearlyD. exactly20. A. forgotB. choseC. doubtedD. confirmed21. A. rightB. sorryC. worriedD. crazy22. A. allowedB. forcedC. advisedD. invited23. A. attractionB. applicationC. achievementD. agree

15、ment24. A. chanceB. challengeC. beginningD. boundary25. A. realizeB. reportC. refuseD. repeat、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。26. The beginning of a plastic bottle ' s life cycle is .A. oilB. waterC. coal27. How many of the waste plastic bottles are recycled

16、A. Almost all.B. More than half.C. Less than a quarter.28. The picture can be used to advise people to. A. extract more oilB. reuse extracted oilC. recycle plastic bottlesD. pelletsD. Less than one thirdD. reduce water pollutionBThornton, Pete and Hans, with Buck and six other dogs, started going to

17、 the east. When spring came, they found a lake in a wide valley. Through the water the gold showed like yellow butter, and here their search ended. They worked every day, filling bag after bag with gold.Buck spent many evenings sitting by the fire. He always heard something calling him into thefores

18、t. The call of the wild reminded him of the wolf who had run beside him."He' s the finest dog that I ' ve ever seen, " said Thorn ton to his friends one day as they watched Buck walking out of camp.“There' ll never be another dog likehim, " said Pete.In autumn, Buck starte

19、d to see moose （ 麋鹿）in the forest. One day he met a group of about twenty. The largest was two meters tall. When the moose saw Buck, it got very angry. For hours Buck followed the moose; he wanted the big one, but he wanted it alone. By the evening Buck had driven the big old moose away from the oth

20、ers, and then he began his attack. The animal weighed six hundred and fifty kilos - it was big enough and strong enough to kill Buck in seconds. Buck followed it for four days, attacking and then jumping away. He gave it no peace, no time to eat or drink or rest, and slowly the moose became weaker.

21、At the end of the fourth day. Buck pulled the moose down and killed it. He stayed by the dead animal for a day and a half, eating and then turned towards camp and Thornton.29. Thornton and his friends stopped searching because they.A. felt tired of workB. found gold in a lakeC. met a wolf on the way

22、D. heard the call of the wild30. The underlined " him" in Paragraph 4 refers to （ 指的是）.A. PeteB. HansC.BuckD. Thornton31. What was Buck like while hunting the big moose clever patientbrave angryA.B.C.D.CYou are sitting in the cinema with popcorn in mouth when a scene flashes on the screen

23、-the moment when the hero fights against the villain （反弹）-and you doubt whether success ispossible. Then, the hero wins and you realizeyou' ve been holding your breath all the time.Superhero movies come out every year. Avengers: Endgamewas so popular that tickets for the first week were sold out

24、 quickly. Why do we never get tired of watching these moviesSuperhuman abilities, alien worlds, and strange situations are features of our favorite superhero （ 超级英雄）movies. Yet these characteristics are absent from our real life. The great difference between these movies and our daily life allows us

25、 to separate one from the other. When our real life becomes too hard for us to face, we can get away into the world of superheroes.Superheroes are those who have super powers and are brave enough to sacrifice （牺牲）themselves. This kind of courage is often translated on screen as superheroes using the

26、ir abilities to protect humans. This is another reason why we love them. We are born to be attracted to people who protect weaker ones.In recent movies, superheroes with amazing abilities also experience very human moments like losing loved ones. As a result, we see part of ourselves in these charac

27、ters and they help us face challenges like them.The last reason why superhero movies are so popular today is money. These movies make a great deal of money. This win-win situation drives a lot of filmmakers to keep making the films.Over the past few years, superheroes have turned from comic-book cha

28、racters to movie stars.They have become such a commonpart of popular culture that it seems we can t live without them. You might eat your popcorn while watching the breath-stealing scenes again soon.32. In Paragraph 1, people hold their breath because they .A. have popcorn in mouthB. expect to see t

29、he villainC. worry the hero may failD. feel excited to get a ticket33. In Paragraph 2, we want to enter the world of superheroes when we .A. can protect the weaker onesB. cannot separate it from real lifeC. want to get away from real lifeD. find strange situations in real life34. How many reasons ar

30、e there for people to love superhero moviesA. ThreeB. FourC. FiveD. Six35. What does the writer think of the future of superhero moviesA. People will get tired of the superhero movies soon.B. Filmmakers may not make money from the movies.C. Superhero movies will have to face new challenges.D. Superh

31、ero movies will still be popular for some time.DThere are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world. All the languages are different from one another in sounds, vocabularies and also structures. Thatleads to an ancient question: Doesthe language we speak shape the way we think Charlemagne, Holy

32、Roman emperor, said,“ To havea second language is to have a second mind. ” However, Shakespeare once had Juliet say, “ What s in a name A rose by any other name would smell just sweet.”Recently, researches have been done to answer this question. Kuuk Thaayoorre people inAustralia don t use words lik

33、e “ left ” and “ right ” . Instead, everything is in directions: north, south, east and west. They would say, “ Oh, there s an ant on your southwest leg. ” The way they say “ hello ” is “ Which way are you going ” The answer would be “ North -northeast in the far distance. How about you ” People spe

34、aking languages like this can always telldirectionscorrectly.Language makes a difference in how people think about time. In a research, people speaking different languages are asked to organize pictures of a man in time order. An English speakermayorganize pictures from left to right. But speakers o

35、f Hebrew （ 希伯来语） may do it in the oppositedirection. This has something to do with writing direction. How would the Kuuk Thaayoorrepeople organize these pictures For them, the order of pictures changes every time they face different directions.Languages also influence how people describe events. If

36、a manbroke a plate by accident, English speakers may say, “He broke the plate. " People speaking Spanish （西班牙语）are more likely tosay, “The plate broke itself. " This difference has a consequence that makes people speaking different languages pay attention to different things. In this examp

37、le, English speakers will remember who did it, but Spanish speakers are more likely to remember it was an accident. Two people see the same event but end up remembering different details about the scene.Speakers of different languages think differently. You could ask yourself,“Why do I thinkthe way

38、I do " or "How could I think differently ”36. In Paragraph 1, Juliet ' s words are mentioned to .A. give a different answerB. describe the smell of a roseC. support Charlemagne ' s ideaD. introduce works by Shakespeare37. The purpose of using Kuuk Thaayoorre people as an example is

39、 to prove.A. Hebrew speakers write from right to leftB. words like "left " and "right " are necessaryC. English speakers have a poor sense of directionD. language influences ideas of direction and time38. The underlined word“consequence " means.A. factB. purposeC. resultD. a

40、dvantage39. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 4A. English speakers are good at remembering accidents.B. The language of English has more details than Spanish.C. Spanish speakers can always tell who caused accidents.D. Details from two witnesses at one scene may be different. 40.

41、The article is mainly about how language.A. helps us find directionsB. attracts human attentionC. changes in different areasD. shapes the way we think第二卷非选择题（共50分）四、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41-45的相应位置上。41. They love ballet and dream of becoming successful（舞蹈者 ）.42

42、. Xuanwu Lake Park is a good place to(放松)after a hard day' s work.43. We should realize that any job we' re given is a chance to prove(我们 自 己).44. - David, whatever you do, do it a hundred percent. Then you will have nothing to (遗憾).-OK, Dad. I will try my best to do so.45. The sweet memorie

43、s of summer days are about walking(沿着)Boai Road with treesand shade to feel cool.B)根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46-50的相应位置上。46. We can never learn to fly without(crash) a few times.47. - Have you heard that Judy is going to work as a volunteer in a mountain area-What an(usual) experience! She

44、 will remember it forever.48. The Three-Body Problem is so popular that millions of(copy) have been sold out.49. Mr. . Pei who never (fail) to make people amazed at his works died a few daysago.50. - What do you think of the weather in Nanjing recently-It ' s like magic. Every time the temperatu

45、rerises above 30 degrees, it drops (rapid) soon after that.C)根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51-55的相应位置上。great; wisdom; discover; something; your own way"It ' s time, “ Papa said. "I think it is, “ Mamaagreed. "Time for what“ Adri asked. Papa' s voice softened

46、,“To share some (51). ”Always be on the lookout for a new friend. Look for beauty wherever you are, and keep thememory of it with you. Find (52). You don ' t have to follow the crowd. Know when to speak; know when to listen. No matter how you look at it, there is so much to (53).if you make a wr

47、ong turn, circle back. If (54)is on your way, move around it.Mamadssed Adri on the top of his head. "There' s only one you in this (55) world,” she said. "Make it a better place. ”51. 52. 53. 54. 55.五、阅读填空（共 20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第56-65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为56-65

48、的相应位置上。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。No other place represents France quite like Notre Dame.Its main rival(对手)as a national symbol, the Eiffel Tower, is a little more than a centuryold. Notre Dame has stood tall above Paris since the 1200s.It has given its dame to one of the country ' s greatest works of litera

49、ture. Victor Hugo ' s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame is known to the French simply as Notre Dame de Paris.It is impossible to describe how shocking (令人震惊的)it is to watch such a symbol of a country burn.Local people are not famous for their sunny disposition (性情),but few can take a walk bythe

50、River Seine in the central part of the capital without feeling their spirits rise when seeing Notre Dame.It is one of the few sights sure to make a Parisian feel good about living there.Like all popular places everywhere, it is not one that local people visit very often. In the thirty years I spent

51、in this city, I haven' t been inside Notre Damemore than three or four times -and then only with foreign visitors.There are many of those. But Notre Dame is much more than a popular tourist attraction inWestern Europe. President Emmanuel Macron has expressed the shock ofa “whole nation " at

52、 thefire. As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said, Notre Dameis “part of our common heritage (遗产)”.What Notre Dame (56)to the FrenchIt ' s (57)to describe how shocking it is to watch Notre Dame burn, because it represents France quite well.As a national symbol(58)It has stood tall above Paris for centu

53、ries, and itis much (59)than the Eiffel Tower.LiteratureThe great novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame is (60) after it.As one of the main (61)of the cityLocal peopleWhenseeing Notre Dame, they always feel their spirits (62), and are sure to have a feeling thatit is good to live in Paris.Visitors from(

54、63)Although local people (64) visit it, it ispopular among foreign visitors.As our commonheritageThe leaders of France have (65) their sadness of losing NotreDame because of its great value.56. 57. 58. 59. 60.61. 62. 63. 64. 65.66-75的相应位置上。沙漠化）in the country byB）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为Chin

55、ese net users have found a new way to fight desertification （ playing virtual ( 虚拟的)planting games.Ant Forest, which is under Ant Financial of the Alibaba Group, has planted 55,520,000 trees covering about 507 square kilometers (66) a China during the past few years.Ant Forest is the first such game

56、 in China. It (67) m the Internet, finance (金融)and a low-carbon (彳氐碳的)lifestyle together and contributes to making desertification less(68) h.In the game, any low-carbon activity, (69) l walking, taking public transport andonlinepayments, will be rewarded with “green energy” . The energy will be used to (70) g a virtual tree in the user' s "forest ” . Users exchange it for a (71) r tree by paying some energy.Ant Forest will plant the trees in spring and autumn each year with t