宁波市2018年中考《英语》模拟试题(十二)

1、2018 届中考英语模拟试题（十二）12 / 12英语试题100 分，考试时间 80 分钟 , 不含听力）卷I一、完形填空（共15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A 、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I'm glad it s Sunday again. I can stay in bed _1_， I ldikreinking tea and _2_ those thick newspapers that are brought _3_ the newsboy through the letterbox at 8 ：

2、30. In this way ， I can catch up with all the _4_ I haven't got time to read during my work time.When I _5_ the papers ， I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is _6_ of the week. There's no need to hurry because there's no bus to _7_ and my friends are told not to call me up be

3、fore noon on Sundays， so there is no danger of _8_ by the telephone._9_ spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to thepark and sit in a chair_10_ boys playing football ， while in winter I sit in front of the fire and_11_ when reading a book ， sometimes I turn o

4、n the television and sleep through an old film.Then there's the _12_ ahead of me. Perhaps I ll call on some friends or go to the cinema_13_ a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh ， there are _14_ pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning i

5、s getting _15_ .1. A. as long as2. A. Read3. A. from4. A. thingsB. as soon asB. readingB. withB. booksC. as well asC. to readC. andC. informationD. as much asD. am readingD. byD. knowledgeD. read5. A. am reading B. have read C. had read6. A. the much pleasant B. the more pleasant C. the most pleasan

6、t D. the very pleasant7. A. sit8. A. trouble9. A. What to10. A. looking11. A. fall asleep12. A. supperB. catchB. being troubledB. How toB. seeingB. go to sleepB. friendC. get inC. troublingC. When toC. looking atC. go to bedC. eveningD. takeD. to be troubledD. Where toD. watchingD.get to sleepD. wor

7、k13. A. whether there's B. if there will be C. when there has D. if there will be14. A. so manyB. such manyC. a lotD. quite few15. A. busierB. longerC. nearD. Away15小题，每小题 2分，满分 30 分）阅读下列材料，然后从 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。AWhen we talk about stars ,especially women stars ,it seems t

8、hat they are always young, pretty and own charming body shapes. But recently a Britain'英SfGOVTaStat(Susan Boylehas changed our views absolutely.Simon Corwell ,one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyle s voice. “ This lady camp up ,and I m thinking, This will take five

9、 seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea . That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed to Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face through it was one of my favorite moments,“ Cowell said.The performance was post

10、ed on line and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world.Speaking from her home in Scotland, Ms Boyle said that she hasn t thought of changing herappearance. She said that her friend helped her with make -up. “ I mean, that s hardly a makeover, ” she added.Ms Boy

11、le also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents,“ I waslow at school, so getting like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built myconfidence.16. Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because.A. she was confident of her s

12、ingingB. she was satisfied with the judgesC. she was pretty and in good shapeD. she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables17. According to the passage, which is NOT true?A. It was the vocal talents that built Susan' s confidenceB. Susan Boyle was not good at her lesson when at schoo

13、l.C. Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance.D. Simon Cowell didn ' t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the first sight.18. What can we learn from Susan Boyle' s success?A. It ' s never too old to learn.B. It ' s easier to succeed at the age of 47.C. If you have a dream,

14、 try to make it come true!D. If you are not able to study well, to be a singer instead.BAmerica is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don feel'hitrt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. Thi

15、s can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（ 延伸）deeply into both families.There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives,

16、 they don' t show their politeness to them if it requires agreat deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take day off from our work to act as guides to our friends :It is o

17、pposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to doa great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes,

18、 the welcome will be full ,warm and real.For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hos

19、pitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!19. The underlined phrase“ pick up " in Paragraph 1may mean "”.A. keep out B. give up C. pay no attention to D. Continue20. Which of the following is the typical（ 典型的）way of American hospitality?A. Treating friends at home.B. Taking days

20、off to be with friends.C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.D. Sharing everything they have.21. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?A. Americans are always generous with their time.B. Americans don ' t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.C. Chine

21、se friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.22. This passage is most probably written for.A. American studentsB. Chinese studentsC. Chinese visitors to AmericaD. American visitors to ChinaCI shook hands with my father

22、in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can't tell anything," he finallysaid. "I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this and

23、do that, because everything is different and I don't know what is going to come up. I can't help much with money either, but I think things will work out."He gave me a new check -book. "If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me

24、know how much. There are some things we can always sell." In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part -time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps."You know what you want to be, and

25、they'll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a job, be sure it's honest, and work hard." I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you.Then my dad reached down beside

26、 his seat and brought the old, broken Bible that he had read so often, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbors. I knew he would miss it. I knew, though, that I must take it.He didn't say" read this" every morning. He just said

27、, "This can help you if you will let it.Did it help? I got through college without being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since.23. What is the writer's main purpose （目的）in writing this passage?A. To tell the readers his life story.B. To tell people what kind of person

28、 his father was.C. To let people know how poor he was.D. To tell the readers what present he got from his father.24. Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?A. Because he felt quite confident of his son.B. Because he was born from a poor family.C. Because he was a man of few wo

29、rds.D. Because he didn't want to be much too strict with his son.25. What would someone learn from this passage?A. How to live by oneself. B. How to stand on one's own feet.C. What a good father should do. D. What the self-important is like.26. What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to t

30、he writer's father?A. It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others.B. There were many good examples for you to copy in it.C. It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.D. It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.DWatson won h

31、is most important game and became Southern Chess Master （ 大师）in 1977. He was given the silver cup.“It isn ' t rightly mine, " he said, when he was holding the cup.”"It was won two yearswhen I was on holiday in ”“A family was staying at my hotel at that time. Mrs. Prig, the mother, was

32、told that I playedchess; and she begged me to give her young son a game.' He' s only ten. ' she said, ' I 'that he plays quite well.'“Well, as you can guess, I wasn ' t too happy. A player likes the opponem）; （o play as well as he does. But it was holiday time and I agree

33、d to play. We placed the board （ 棋盘）in the garden. The game began. I hoped it would be quick -and so it was.“I soon knew that David Prig was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to play tennis against a wall. The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece （棋

34、子）without care. I gave my attention to the board.“Call me when you are ready, Mr. Watson, " he said.When I was ready? I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister. I studied the board, and found I was driven into corner. So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the b

35、oard, then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten. Oh, so easily, by a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner-eight twentyminutes.“David Prig, a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me. To him, of course,

36、it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games.27. When Mr. Watson said,“It isn ' t rightly mine. It was won”,he meant two years beA. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty -eight minutesB. he had had a chance to take part in an important gameC. he had learned how to

37、 play chess from a childD. he had learned a good game from a child28. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson?Because he .A. had no interest in playing chess with adults （ 成年人 ）B. was not good at playing chessC. liked playing tennis much better than playing chessD. played ch

38、ess much better than Watson29. From the story, we know that .A. David Prig was the real winner B. Mr. Watson was the real winnerC. neither of them was the real winner D. both of them were the real winners 30. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing c

39、hess.B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.三、任务型阅读（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）阅读 31-34 四个小语段, 然后在方框中的 A、B、 C、 D 四个选项中找出与它们相配的 标题。Everyone feels tired at one time or ano

40、ther. The office worker feels tired after a hard day at work.The sportsman feels tired after hours of physical training.31 .The explanation is that when you exercise a muscle in your body over and overagain, something known as fatigue toxins （ 疲劳毒素 ） is produced. The blood system then carries these

41、toxins throughout the body. In the end, not only does that muscle feel tired but the whole body feels tired as well.32 Sleeping is one of the best ways to fully recharge （ 使恢复精力 ） your tired body.Most importantly, the damage caused by tired muscles is slowly being repaired when we sleep.33 Another w

42、ay to get over fatigue is by doing some activities that you enjoy. Forexample, after a hard day s work, the office worker may want to go for a relaxing walk. After a long tiring day at school, the student prefers jogging to resting at home. 34. Whenyour body is tired, one way of curing tiredness is

43、by improving the body s blood circulation. Wwe take part in an activity, our blood circulation is improved. 35.A. When you are tired, the best thing to do is to get plenty of rest.B. In the end, we would become more refreshed.C. Why do people get tired?D. Nevertheless, sleeping is not the only way t

44、o get our bodies rested.E. This way of getting rid of tiredness does work.卷I四、词汇运用（共 15小题，每小题1分，？茜分15分）（A）、根据短文内容和括号内汉语提示，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一 词。In Beijing, it is not unusual to see a foreigner. However, in small _36_（城镇）,we can beseen as a"panda", something you have heard about but _37_（几乎

45、不）or never seen in person.My wife is Chinese and the first time I met her parents we went to their home in a_38_ （ 西 部的）province. We arrived in the afternoon and went inside to eat and _39_（ 闲聊）.After I had a short rest. I was told that there was a _40_（ 群）of people on the street waiting for a chanc

46、e to see the "panda". Then I decided I should show _41_（ 我自己）so that everyone could go back to their_42_ （日常的）lives. After I had gone back inside that evening, we_43_ （注意到）that some other people were out on the street. They would have to wait _44_ （ 直至 U） the next day to see the "pand

47、a". The kids next to the home were surprised when they saw me _45_ （步行）down the road. They were shouting "Foreigner! Foreigner!" as they along with me.Please remember that there is a place in this world where every one of us would be a "panda".(B)、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空填入对话空白处，使对话通

48、顺正确。每词限用一次，每空只写一些enjoy enough he possible meanCan you imagine inviting 12 friends to a party with only 35 yuan to spend? Or could you take a holiday in Tibet with only 500 yuan? Can you imagine making a short film with only 3,000yuan?Well, you might say it ' sbe46use these things cost a lot of m

49、oney.But Qiao Xiaodao, a 36-year-old artist, shows it ' as possible in his book The Good Life Doesn' H ave to Cost a Fortune (大笔钱)。“People like to say that'I will do something as soon as I have got _47_money' ,but you should never let money become a problem to stop you from _48_ a ha

50、ppy life,“he said. Qiao lived a cheap but wonderful life. He started a rock band with his nephew, and _49_ own CD record came out a few years ago."In fact, we can do many things with only alittle money, “ he said. " A happy lifetha50ou are able to feed yourself every day, to have money to

51、make your dream come true, and to be good with family members," said Qiao.五、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）在空格处填入一个适当的阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空。Language learning begins with listening. Some linguists say children are greatly different _51_ the amount of listening that they do before

52、they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners. Most_52_ will" obey " spoken instructions some time before they canspeak, though the word " obey" is hardly accuratedescription of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the children. Before they can

53、speak, many children will also ask questions by gestures and by making questioning noises.Any attempt_54_(study) the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to_55_(consider) difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few mont

54、hs one or two noises sort themselves as_56_ (particular) expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. _57_since these can' t be said to show the babyto communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to_58_