甘肃省兰州市城关区外国语校2023学年中考二模英语试题含答案解析

1、2023学年中考英语模拟测试卷注意事项：1 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在考生信息条形码粘贴区。2选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、测试卷卷上答题无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。. 单项选择1、Mo Yan is _ favorite writer. They have read his novel The Frog three times.AMarys and JoansB

2、Mary and JoansCMarys and Joan2、 Has your sick pet dog been cured yet? Not yet. Its still under _.Adiscussion BcontrolCtreatment Drepair3、Never _ till tomorrow what may be done today. In this way, you can get most and learn best.Aput onBput downCput off4、The monitor spoke more loudly _ everyone hear

3、him.AmadeBmakingCmakeDto make5、 Could I use this dictionary? _. Its a spare one.AGood idea.BJust go ahead.CNot at all.DYoud better not.6、What did he say?One shouldnt act without caring for public _.AadviceBsuggestionsCideaDopinion7、The mobile phone_in 1973.Ainvents Bis inventedCinvented Dwas invente

4、d8、 Henry cheated (作弊)in the Maths exam. I know. Now he has been aware of his mistake.Ahas foundBhas realizedChas corrected9、The boy is tall enough his age.Yes, I was much shorter when I was his age.AofBatCfromDfor10、We visited Jokhang Temple and PotalaPalace, and also saw many _ people and some oth

5、er places of_ .Ainterested; interestedBinterested; interestCinteresting; interestedDinteresting; interest. 完形填空11、In our daily life, some people think that smoking 1 help them relax. In fact, smoking is really 2 . Do you know that there are over 4,000 chemicals（化学药品） in cigarettes? These chemicals a

6、re 3 for our bodies. They can cause cancer and 4 diseases. The smoke from cigarettes harms not only smokers but also other people. Its 5 “second-hand smoke” and it can be 6 and has higher risks. Smokers shouldnt use smoking 7 them relax. They must give up smoking as soon as possible.1Amust Bcan Csho

7、uld2Ahealthy Bhealth Cunhealthy3Agood Bbad Cwell4Aother Bothers Canother5Acalled Bcalls Ccalling6Amore dangerous Bdangerous Cthe most dangerous7Ahelp Bto help Chelping. 语法填空12、阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。Think before we speak!It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the railway station was

8、waiting for the train1(arrive). Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.It was a busy station with a lot of people and some juice shops, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shops, etc. The train was arriving and everyone prepared to get into the train to their

9、 seats.The group of friends made loud noise2(welcome) the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats before anyone entered the train.The empty seats were3(fill) and the train whistled (鸣汽笛) to move. An old man with a young boy4(age) around 15 had their seats just next to the fri

10、ends group. The young boy was so5(surprise) to see everything. He cheered, Dad, the train is moving and the things6(move) backward.His father smiled and7(nod) his head.As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed (尖叫) , Dad, the trees are green in color and run backward very fast.

11、His father said, “Yes, dear, and smiled.Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great8(interesting).A fruit seller passed9(sell) apples, bananas and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, I want to eat apples. His father bought some for him. He said, Oh, this apple looks a lot10(sweet) than

12、it tastes. I love this color. The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boys father, Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving so11(different)?His son is mad, I think, a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.The father of the young boy, with patience, r

13、eplied to the friends group, “My son was born blind. Only a few days ago he12(operate). He is seeing different things in his life for the first time.The young friends became very quiet. 阅读理解A13、Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail

14、 represents high speed，there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business-future mailThe letter should be sent next Mothers Day and not a day earlier! Lin Xiaofan，a senior high school student in Hefei，instructs one of the companies offering the serviceLin Xiaofan wrote the letter to

15、her mother in advance to express her love to her mother for next Mothers DayOffering this service makes people slow down and let them understand the meaning of time in another way， said Zheng Zhimin，manager at a future mail company in Hefei Zheng thinks future mail letters are reminders of care，frie

16、ndship and loveWhile future mail is becoming more and more popular，some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arriveZheng said customers are glad to complete an acceptance form and make an assessment（评估） so they can be co

17、mpensated（赔偿） if their letters or goods are lost or damagedMost of the business customers are college students and young white-collar workersPsychologists said young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this serviceMost people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so the

18、y can experience the connection between the past and the present while they receive the letterIt can help people re-understand the meaning of time ， said Wang Kaiyu，a sociologist in Anhui Province1Express mail is a（n） _ way to send your lettersAslowBfastCimpossibleDancient2_ are interested in future

19、 mail service nowACollege studentsBBlue-collar workersCOld peopleDYoung children3Through the future mail service，people can _Aforget friendshipBshow feelingsCmisunderstand timeDmake an assessment4According to the passage，future mail is _AdangerousBexpensiveCdifficultDsafe5You had better use future m

20、ail if you want to_Asave money from sending express mailBsend a birthday gift to your friend quicklyCtalk with your e-friends about your life freelyDexpress your wishes for your fathers next birthdayB14、There is an old story about a king and his daughter. The king asked his daughter how much she lov

21、ed him. She said that she loved him as much as she loved salt. Her answer made the king sad. Salt is a simple thing, and it is very common. So the king thought his daughter didnt care about him. But the king was wrong. Salt might be common, but it is very important. Throughout history, salt has caus

22、ed wars. So why do people care so much about salt?Salt has many uses. Our bodies need salt. If we dont have enough, our body cant work properly. We put salt on icy roads to make them safe. We also use salt to produce other products. Products like paper, glass, rubber and soap depend on salt. But for

23、 many years, salts most important job was preserving(保存)food.Like other living things, most bacteria(细菌)that cause food to spoil need water to survive. Salt absorbs large amounts of water, so most bacteria cannot live in a salty environment. As a result, salt has the ability to preserve almost anyth

24、ing. For much of human history, this ability has made salt treasured. Every ancient culture from Egypt to China depended on salt. Even today, we compare hardworking, useful people to salt by calling them the salt of the earth.For centuries, salt was also hard to get. The combination(组合)of usefulness

25、 and rarity made it extremely expensive. Since almost everyone needed salt, the salt trade was an important business. Salt could even be used like money. In fact, the word salary(工资)comes from the word salt. And valuable people are still described as being worth their salt. Today, salt is easy to ge

26、t. It is no longer expensive, but it is still both important and useful.1In the first paragraph, the writer is trying to make readers .Abecome interested in the old story Bunderstand the importance of saltCfall in love with salt Dunderstand the daughters love to salt2Which of the following is NOT tr

27、ue according to the article?ASalt is very common, but it has many uses.BSalt was so valuable that it was once used like money.CAlthough salt is cheap now, its still important and usefulDWe can use salt to produce all the products we need.3Whats the meaning of the underlined word rarity?Athe quality

28、of being rare Bthe quality of being importantCthe quality of being common Dthe quality of being usefuC15、This month in Travelers Corner there are three teenagers experiences in year-abroad programs.Mariko Okada-JapanMy year abroad in the United States was a fantastic experience. Im not a shy person,

29、 and I was very comfortable speaking to everyone. So I got lots of speaking practice. I also learned lots of interesting things about American culture. When I got home, my friends all said that I had improved so much! I hope to go back again in the future.Carla Fonseca-BrazilI spent last year studyi

30、ng English in London. Im from a small town, and London is a very big city. Sometimes I felt it was too big. There were so many people to talk to, but I always felt embarrassed about my English. I missed my family, and I really missed my two cats. My roommate was always using our telephone, so I hard

31、ly had the chance for a nice long talk with my parents. I think it was a good experience for me, but Im glad to be home!Alvin Chen-Hong KongStudying in New Zealand was a fun experience for me, but it was also lots of hard work! I had English classes six hours a day, five days a week with lots of hom

32、ework. I also kept a diary of my experience. I like to write, and I wrote two or three pages in my diary every day. On Saturdays, my alien family took me to lots of interesting places and showed me so many wonderful things about the culture. Im really glad I went!1What is true about Mariko, Carla, a

33、nd Alvin?AThey are all good at English.BThey all spent a year abroad.CThey all studied in the same country.DThey all hope to spend more time abroad in the future.2Who was very comfortable speaking English?ACarla. BMariko. CAlvin. DAlvin and Carla.3Mariko thought that _Ashe missed her cats Bshe was t

34、oo shy to speakCshe learned about some cultural things Dher roommate was easy-going4Carla hardly had the chance for a nice long talk with her parents because_.Ashe couldnt speak English wellBthe phone call was so expensiveCLondon was too big to find a pay phoneDher roommate was always using the tele

35、phone5When Alvin studied in New Zealand, he _ .Ahad a hard time Bwrote letters to his parentsChad lots of homework Dvisited lots of interesting peopleD16、John was a poor man in a small village. He tried to grow as many vegetables as possible in his yard, so he didnt have to buy so many in the market

36、.One evening, John was reading in his room. All of a sudden, he heard a noise in his yard and he looked out of the window. A white bull (公牛) was eating his vegetables. That burnt him up. He at once went out with his stick and ran after the bull. However, he was too old to catch it. When he got back,

37、 he found that most of his vegetables were ruined (毁坏).The next morning, while John was walking near his house, he saw two white bulls. They looked very much like the one that had eaten his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, so he at once began to beat the two bulls with it. As neither

38、of them looked more like the bull that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them very hard.The owner of the bulls saw that and shouted, “Hey! Why are you beating those poor animals like that? What have they done?”“You keep out of this!” John shouted back, “Thats a matter between

39、me and one of the two bulls. _”The owner couldnt even say a word.根据短文内容选择最佳答案。1The underlined words “burnt him up” most probably mean _.Acalled him backBdrove him madCcheered him up2Before John heard a noise in his yard, _.Ahe was reading in his roomBhe was looking through his windowChe saw a white

40、bull eating his vegetables3John beat the two bulls with his stick because _.Athey had eaten his vegetables in his yardBneither of them looked like the bull that had eaten his vegetablesChe didnt know which of the two bulls had eaten his vegetables4Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the

41、passage?AJohn grew as many vegetables as possible to save money.BThe next morning John was walking to look for the white bull.CJohn was an old poor man who lived in a small village.5“_” can be the missing sentence in the passage.AThey know the reason why I beat them.BYou should be in control of him.

42、CHe knows very well why I beat him.E17、 Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. Hes world well-known on space and time. Stephen was searching some very big questions, such as “How did the universe begin? How will it end?”Stephen was a student at Oxf

43、ord University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live.” As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong he didnt die. He cant walk but he uses a wheelchair. He cant feed himself an

44、d get in or out of bed himself. But he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学).Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to d

45、raw or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In 1981, he met the Pope(教皇) in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than

46、 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty(风趣的) conversation.1Which of the following is NOT true?AStephen is good at thinking.BStephen cannot walk.CStephen has had the answers to some very big questions.DS

47、tephen had once studied math and science.2A Brief History of Time is _.Aa book which is well-known all over the wordBa book about Romes historyCStephens talk collection with the Pope in RomeDStephens talk collection with me in China3Stephens studies DO NOT include _ according to the passage.Ascience

48、BmathCphilosophyDart4The underlined word impressed might mean _ in Chinese.A鼓励B表扬C给印象D给帮助5The passage is mainly about _.AStephens booksBStephens studyCStephen and the PopeDStephen HawkingF18、Normally, we talk about the spirit of giving , and it is important to do this. But we hardly hear any talk ab

49、out the spirit of receiving. Very few people know how to receive a gift kindly. Therefore, while we are receiving a gift ,we are actually rejecting it .And we turn off the flow of love by refusing to allow the other person to experience the joy of giving. A man knew that his wife dreamed of having a

50、 fur coat , but he couldnt afford to buy her such a coat .He loved his wife very much and he wanted to make her happy. Finally, he decided to start a fur-coat-buying project. He saved money in every way that he could .Two years later, he brought her a fur coat not one of the most expensive ones, but

51、 a nice fur coat. He gave it to his wife on her birthday. When she saw the coat, she said, “Oh , Bill, how could you ?You know how much we need a new sofa . ” Then after a while ,she said ,“But it is nice ,thank you .”But the husbands feeling were hurt. Two years of love was hurt by her wordsshe did

52、nt accept a gift kindly.Do we often act this way when we receive a gift? Are we sometimes too proud, or too cold? Or are we not strong enough to let the other person do the giving?Are you unwilling to allow the other people to experience the joy of giving? After reading this passage, you may know wh

53、at to do when you receive a gift next time.根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。1We often talk about the spirit of giving, but we hardly hear any talk about_.Aexperience the joy of giving. Bexperience the joy of receiving.Cthe way of giving Dthe spirit of receiving2From the second paragraph, we can learn that _ .Athe man had a very good job.Bthe man saved money in order to buy his wife a gift.Cthe women started a softbuying projectDthe woman thought the fur coat was not as nice as her friends3The man was probably very _ after hearing his wifes words.Asad B