2019无锡市省锡中初三英语二模

1、省锡中实验学校20182019学年度第二学期初三英语第二次适应性练习2019年4月二、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以埴入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共14小题，每小题】分，共】4分）21. 一 What a bad day I have today!-Everyone has a day like this when goes right.A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing22. 一 I don5 t know how to DIY the bookcase which I bought f

2、rom Yijia.-Don' t worry, just follow the.A. information B. instruments C. instructions D. introductions23. All the flowers have come out. The sweet smell the whole room andmakes mecomfortable.A. rushes B. fillsC. coversD. spreads24. In America, when something unhappy happens, a “sorry" is a

3、lways.Americans don' t care about who is responsible.A. necessary B. amazing C. welcome D. meaningful25. Though there are so many things around us that go our will we can, tgive up because following the dream is valuable.A. throughB. towards C. against D. beyond26. Life is like a journey with tr

4、ouble, but with care and wisdom you can any problem you face.A. find out B. hand out C. carry out D. work out27. - Who does the cooking when your parents are not at home?-If we are hungry, we order fast food.A. simplyB. exactly C. completely D. hardly28. - People take much from the environment and h

5、ave to protect it too.-Agree with you. , people have to keep a balance between us humans and the environment.A. HoweverB. AnywayC. Otherwise D. Moreover29. - You are always on time for everything. How it be that you were latefor themeeting this morning?-Something went wrong with my car. But I didn&#

6、39; t know it before I left home.A. should B. mustC. might D. could30. As the population, the world seems to be smaller.A. increases moreB. increases largerC. grows largerD. grows more31. The treatment of fog will be a long fight., if we use buses and cars less and do more riding, we believe a clear

7、 sky is not a faraway dream.A. By the wayB. From now onC. In this wayD. Ever since then32. - You had a really long conversation with James.-1 just listened to him singing the blues. He.A. sang songsB. found a new jobC. shared a secret with meD. lost his job33. - What did he ask on the phone just now

8、?-He wanted to know.A. when the meeting startB. what I was going to say at the nextmeetingC. how long would the meeting last D. who is the host of the meeting34. -I'm going to move house in a few days. I wonder if you could help.一. Just let me know when and I will be there.A. It dependsB. Forget

9、 itC. You betD. You are welcome三、完形埴空 先通读下面的短文，堂握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出 可以埴入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题】分，共10分）One Christmas my husband and I travelled to visit our family. Our first stop was to visit my parents in Oregon. My mother gave me a plastic piggy bank as the Christmas gift. Then we continued nor

10、th into Washington D.C. to visit his parents, but on the way there was something wrong with the car. It was late, so we went to the nearest house to ask for permission to sleep there until auto repair shop opened.The woman who 35the door was very kind, allowing us to stay. We had to unload （卸 货） a f

11、ew things from the truck, including the piggy bank, still in its long box. The next morning my husband headed off on foot towards town, but was soon offered a 36 from the nice lady, and we were back on the road 37 。什erwords.It wosn' t until we reached myparentsThome that we realized we had 38 th

12、e piggy bank in the drive way. It sure was 39 and there was no chance of going back for it.One day over a year latec when we were back in Oregon my mother cam e out of her house to greet us with the same piggy bank in her hand. I couldn' t believe my eyes! We had never told her we had lost it, 4

13、0 there it was!It turned out that the nice lady found the box and read the 4】 on the label （标签）to get my mother' s name. She then 42 with my mother and handed it to her, who held on it for quite some time until we saw her next.43 the very special lady, I was given the 44 Christmas gift twice. It

14、 wastrulyamazing to mez and now every time that bank gets filled up, I' II give away my money to a local charity to upass on” my good luck!35.A. answeredB. cheeredC. shutD. questioned36.A. mealB. jobC. liftD. wait37.A. tearfullyB. safelyC. slowlyD. shortly38.A. gaveB. leftC. tookD. forgot39.A. b

15、rokenB. stolenC.goneD. robbed40.A. yetB. becauseC. althoughD. when41.A. conditionB. statementC. explanationD.information42.A. kept in touchB. got in touchC. got onD. losttouch43.A. According toB. Instead ofC. Because ofD.But for44.A. sameB. differentC. extraD. expensive四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文容，在每小题所给的

16、四个选项中选 出最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）AScience for kidsThis monthJ s most popular books1. Women in SciencG by Rachel IgnotofskyPrice $25We all know the story of Marie Curie and her many scientific achievements. But many other great female scientists are far less well known. This book is a great introduc

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21、It tells young readers about the different animals that live on each of these lands and gives a simple description of the people' s history and culture.Ages: 5-12Order Now45. How are the books on this webpage listed?A. By price.B. By popularity.C. By reader' sage.D. By writer! s name.46. How

22、 much will a Bestbooks Book Club member pay in total if he orders First Big Book of How and A Really Short History of Nearly Everything today?A. $34.B. $30.C. $26.D. $24.47. What is the main purpose of this webpage?A. To sell books to young readers.B. To extract new book club members.C.To encourage

23、students * interest in science.D. To review books young readers might like.BOne Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a n

24、ice outing for an old woman who lived alone.At sixo, clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette （香 烟）smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry

25、（进入）.Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door ua master key“ perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday。什er that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual but she

26、 didnJ t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait silently.It was just after four o' clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and th

27、en she heard her Ie甘er-box being pushed open. With the ke甘Ie （壶）of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire （金属丝） appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob （把手）on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the

28、 kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.48. On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out.A. because she didn, t

29、 want to miss the club againB. to see if the thief was hanging about outsideC. to the club but then changed her mindD. to try to trick the thief49. The lock on the front door was the one which.A. needed a piece of wire to open itB. could be opened from inside without a keyC. couldnJ t be opened with

30、out a keyD. used a knob instead of a key 50. The wire fell to the floor.A. because it was too hot to holdB. when the man' s glove dropped offC. because the man just wanted to get awayD. because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the doorWe' ve all been there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an

31、 airplane, around by people who are, like us, deeply look at their smartphones oc worse, fighting with the uncomfortable silence.What5 s the problem? If s more likely that none of us start a conversation because if s challenging, or we think if s unnecessary. But the next time you find yourself amon

32、g strangers, consider that small talk is worth the trouble. Experts say it' san invaluable social practice that results in big advantages.Small talk is the grease （润滑剂）for social communication, says Bernardo CarduccL director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast. uAl

33、most every great love story and each big business deal begins with small tolk," he explains. "The key to successful small talk is learning how to connect with others, not just communicate with them.MIn a 2014 study,日izobeth Dunn, professor of psychology at UBC, invited people on their way

34、into a coffee shop. One group was asked to look for an interaction （互动）with its waiter; the otherz to speak only when necessary. The results showed that those who cheated with their waiter reported higher positive （积极的）feelings and a better coffee shop experience. UV s not that talking to the waiter

35、 is better than talking to your husband.M says Dunn. aBut interactions with peripheral members of our social network matter for our well-being also?Dunn believes that people who reach out to strangers feel a greater sense of belonging 属感），a relationship with others. Carducci believes developing such

36、 a sense of belonging starts with small talk. uSmall talk is the basis of good manners.” he says.51. Whaf s the main idea of Paragraph 12A. Interest in smartphones.B. Unsuitable behaviours in public places.C. Absence of communication between strangers.D. Impatience with slow service.52. What does th

37、e coffee-shop study suggest about small talk?A. It improves family relationships.C. It matters as much as a formal talk.53. What is the best title for the text?A. Conversation CountsC. Uncomfortable SilenceB. It raises people* s confidence.D. It makes people feel good.B. Advantages of Small TalkD. W

38、ays of Making Small TalkAs is often the case, parents are very shocked to discover their children have lied to them for the first time. But new research has suggested many parents may not even notice many of the lies their children tell them.Psychologists have discovered that most parents are over-c

39、onfident in their childrenJ s honesty and this may impair their ability to discover a lie.The findings may help to explain why some parents seem to be willing to let their children get away with almost anything even in the face of the evidence （迹象）.They say parents suffer from a Mtruth bias （偏见）&quo

40、t; with their own teenagers, but when faced with lies from other peopleJ s children, they have less difficulty telling if a statement is true or not.Dr Angela Evans, a psychologist at Brock University in Canada, said, “The close relationship that parents share with their own children may lead to par

41、ents failing to discover their children1 s lies. Parents , truth bias may result in parents being less doubtable of their children, allowing them to successfully cheat （欺骗） them.”Most children are thought to start lying as early as two years old but start telling more believable lies at around the a

42、ge of four years old. Learning how to lie is considered as a key part of cognitive （认知的）and social development in children. But many parents are shocked when their children start lying to them. In their study, Dr Evans and her colleagues filmed 108 children aged between 8 and 16 as they performed a

43、test。什cr being asked not to look at the answers. They were then asked。什erwords if they had looked, with 50 truthfully denying （否认）looking, 49 lying about looking and 9 admitting （承认）to looking.Videos of those denying looking were then shown to 152 parents of children aged 8 to 16z 80 of whom had chi

44、ldren who had taken part in the test. The researchers found that the parents were less able to discover lies told by their own children than by other people5 s children.54. What does the underlined word “impair" in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Show.B. Harm. C. Realize.D. Develop.55. When lying to their

45、parents, children con' t be easily found becauseA. their parents arenJ t prepared for the liesB. their parents can' t notice any of their liesC. they are very good at telling liesD. they know how to lie to their parents56. What does Dr Evans want to find about children5 s lying?A. What makes

46、 parents lose trust in their children.B. What causes children to tell lies to their parents.C. What makes parents fail to see their children' s lies.D. What affects children' s relations with their parents.57. What can be inferred from Dr Evans, s study in the last two paragraphs?A. Parents

47、prefer to protect their own children.B. Lying is a part of children * s development.C. Children aged 8 to 16 are very likely to tell lies.D. Parents can easily discover lies told by children of others.第II卷(主观题共40分)五、词汇运用(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)(A)根据句意和汉语注释，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。58. -T llbeglad when this

48、job is over and(结束).-You can have five days off and have a good rest.59. China Eastern Airlines has an excellent(安全)record. That is why many people prefer it.60. Smile is a very basic sense but humans have lost much of the ability to use it (恰当地).61. She said little things (要紧)to her that western me

49、n didn3 t take seriously.(B)根据句意，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出括号所给单词的适当形式。62. - I wcisn' t willing to accept that her leaving was a (possible).-Cheer up! She will come back soon.63. She dislikes a(n)(tidy) desk. Everything must be kept in good order.64. Businesses are less likely to(success) without se甘ing rea

50、listic goals.65. She fell(heavy) to the ground and was sent to hospital at once.六、动词填空 用括号所给动词的适当形式埴空，并将答案写在答卷标有题号的横线上。 (本大题共6小题，每小题】分，共6分)66. When someone(thank), it more than doubles his or her chances of beinghelpful again.67. -Since I have spent so much time playing computer games these days, I

51、would ratherwork harder than before(pass) the exam.一 Well, I hope so.68. -If s said that the engineer bought a big house in Vanke the other day.-Yes, the price of houses(rise) to above ¥ 15,000 per square metre inWuxi and it is likely to get even higher the next few months.69. " Wow! What

52、a nice day! Why not air your clothes outside the window?-Of course I have. I(hang) them before breakfast.70. More than one foreigner(lay) their bags in the coach in a hurry when I passed the hotel. It was hard to reach the airport on time at rush hour.71. Jenny promised that she(have) a further disc

53、ussion with me as soon as she finished reading the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.七、阅读填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文容，在文章后表格的空格埴入一个最恰 当的单词。所埴单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能埴 一个单词。(本大题共5小题，每空】分，共5分)Everyone speaks a language, but language is not just for talking. It is our most important communication tool. Through

54、language, we can tell other people what we think, howw efeel,and what we need. In fact, civilization (文明)itself depends on our ability to communicate.In the long history of human, languages survive, grow, disappear move from place t o p I a c e z and change with time. There are about 6,000 different

55、 living languages around t h e world today, and there are many thousands more that are no longer in use. Languages might sound different, but they are thought to have come from a single ancient language.Nobody knows exactly when people first started using languages. Some scientists say that people f

56、irst spoke to one another about two million years ago.Today, our complicated (复杂的)languages get fully used in the magazines, novels, science books, and movies that fill our libraries and bookstores. As humans, it is important thatw ecan.w.tell the long stories, which separates us from the great apes

57、 （类人猿）.Other animals may use kinds of methods to communicate, but we humans can send complicated messages throughspaceand time.Throughout history there were many languages that served as a lingua franca （通用语）-。common language that could serve as a bridge between people of different cultures. Today,

58、English is the main language that plays that role around the world. Many people havestudiedEnglish as a second or third language.Language helps people to work together, to share knowledge, feelings, and build up modernsocieties. The development of humanity5 s many languages was an important process that helped humans move forwards towards civi