湖南省衡阳市某中学2023年中考考前最后一卷英语试卷（含答案）

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I.单项选择

1、Ifyoucan'tgototheparty,youshouldturndownhisinvitation・

A.widelyB.politelyC.latelyD.badly

2、一DidLisanoticeyouenterthehouse?

-Idon'tthinkso.Shetothemusicwithhereyesshut

A.listensB.listenedC.waslisteningD.islistening

3、ThesuperstarMessiinterestedinfootballeversincehewasveryyoung.

A.hasbeenB.hasbecomeC.becameD.was

4、一Yourhometownismuchbetterthanbefore.

一Yes.Greatchangestoitlastyear.

A.havemadeB.wasmadeC.havebeenmadeD.made

5、Youaresuch_honestkid,andIwouldliketoinviteyoufor_dinner..

A.an;aB.a;theC.an;/D.a;/

6、Somestudentsgotoschoolfootandothersgobus.

A.on;byB.by;onC.on;onD.by;by

7、一Keepworkinghard,Paul.Youwillsurelyrealizeyourdreamofbeingawriteryougiveituphalfway.

—Iwill,thankyou,MissRowling.

A.unlessB.ifC.sinceD.though

8、Singingisaformofexpressionthatcanbeunderstoodbyeveryone.Also,somesongscancheerpeopleupwhenthey

introuble.

A.willbeB.aren'tC.are

9、LilyLucymaygowithyoubecauseoneofthemmuststayathome.

A.Notonly;butalsoB.Neither;nor

C.Both;andD.Either;or

10、Thelittlegirlwasfound______inherbedroomaftershehadanargument（争论）withherbestfriend.

A.cryingB.tocryC.beingcryingD.cried

II.完形填空

11、Onceuponatime,therewasasmalltown.Andtherewasacavenearthetown.Peoplecalled1the

“CaveofFear59.Manypeoplehadexploredintothecave2noonehadeverreturnedfromthere.Sopeoplelived

interror.Theywereafraid3themonsterwouldleavethecaveoneday.Sincethen,noonewenttothecaveany

more.

Manyyears4,ayoungmancametothetownoneday.Heheard5thesituationofthecave,he

decidedtoenterthecaveand6themonster.Theyoungmanwanted7persontogowithhim,but

everyonewas8afraidthatasinglepersongotnearthemouthofthecavewithhim.

Theyoungmannevergaveup.Hewentinsidethecavealone.Suddenly,hefeltsomethinghithim9onthe

back.Thispushedhimforwardtowardsaholeintherock.He10avoidit,andfellthrough.Hethoughthewas

aboutto11.

However,ashefell,heheardmusic,andvoices.Theygot12whenhereacheddosertothebottomofthe

cave.Heheardagroupofpeopleshout,“Surprise!”

Itwas13bigparty!Thepartygoerswereallthosepeople14hadneverreturnedtothetown.They

explainedtohimthatthisplacehadbeentheideaofanoldmayorofthetown.Thatmayorhadtriedtodo15

greatthings,butwasalwaysheldbackbythefearsofthepeoplearoundhim.Sohecreatedthestoryofthemonster.He

wantedtotellpeoplethatfearwouldstopyourwaytoexploration.

1.A.itselfB.itC.itsD.it's

2.A.ifB.orC.butD.however

3.A.thatB.whereC.howD.whether

4.A.afterB.agoC.pastD.later

5.A.fromB.aboutC.onD.for

6.A.metB.willmeetC.meetingD.meet

7.A.anotherB.otherC.othersD.theother

8.A.veryB.soC.suchD.even

9.A.hardlyB.harderC.hardD.hardest

10.A.mustn'tB.couldn'tC.can'tDwouldn't

11.A.dieB.deathC.deadD.dying

12.A.clearB.dearerC.clearestD.clearly

13.A.aB.anC.theD./

14.A.whoB.whoseC.whichD.whom

15.A.alotB.fewC.alittleD.some

III.语法填空

12>Iknewweneededtofindthatshoe,forourmothercouldn'taffordnewshoes.Ihadtogobacktofindit,soItoldmy

sistertowaitrightl..

Amanhearditandstoppedmejust2.Iwalkedoff.Heaskedme,66YouareleavingyoursisterheretoHndtheshoe?

Whatwouldyoudoifsheisnotherewhenyoureturn?”Ididn'tknowhowtoanswerthatquestion.He3.,“It'sOKif

youcan'tfindtheshoe,butitisnotOKtoloseyoursister."Thenhesentustomum'sworkplacebytaxi.

DuringmywholelifeIhavedependedonthekindnessofmanystrangers,IfeelsorrythatIcan'tfindthemandsay

'thankyou'.Idonotevenrememberwhattheirfaces4.,buttheytaughtmealesson™peoplearemoreimportantthan

things.

W.阅读理解

A

13、MillionsofBritishpeoplehaveditchedthetraditional“thankyou”andtooktheplaceofitwiththelessformal

“cheers"，accordingtoasurvey.

Althoughthecommonpersonwillsay“thankyou”nearly5,000timesayear,oneinthreearemorelikelytoadda

“cheers"or“ta”whereifsneededtoshowtheyarefashionable.

Oneintwentynowsay“niceone55instead,whiletheyoungeraremorelikelytooffera“cool”thana“thankyou”.

“Merci”,“fab”andeven“gracias”werealsolistedascommonphrasestouse,as“muchappreciated（感激）”.

Oneintwentywhotookpartinthesurveyof2,000peoplebytheFoodNetworkUKforThankYouDay,whichis

markedonNovember24,2011,saidaformal“thankyou”wasnownotoftenneededineverydayconversation.More

thanoneintenadultssaidtheyregularlywon'tsaythankyouiftheyareinabadmood.Mostpeoplestatedthatsaying

thankyouwassomethingthattheirparentstrainedthem.Ahuge70percentofthosequestionedwillsaythankyoutoa

person'sfacewithoutevenmeaningit,whileonefifthavoid（避免）sayingitwhentheyknowtheyshould.

Itseemsourfriendsandfamilygetthestressofourbadmanners.Halfofthemadmit（承认）they'renotgoodat

thankingthoseclosesttothem.Manyofthemexplainthattheydon'tsaythankyoubecausetheirfamily“alreadyknow

I'mgrateful”.

Whenspokenwordswon'tdo,itfallstoanicetexttodothejobformostpeople.

Onethirdwillstillsendahandwrittenthank-younote-but45percentadmitifsbeenmorethansixmonthssincethey

triedtosendone.

AquarterofBritishpeoplesay“thankyou“withfood,with23percentcookingamealtoshowtheirappreciationto

someone.Another15percentbakeacake.

Itfollowsthat85percentofpeoplewillbeangrybecauseofnotgettingthegratitude（感激）

theyfeeltheyshouldreceive.

1.（d、题1）Mostofthepeoplewhotookpartinthesurveysaythattheysay"thankyou”.

A.whentheyareingoodmood

B.completelyoutofhabit

C.whentheyfeeltrulygrateful

D.purelyoutofpoliteness

2.（小题2）Theunderlinedword"ditched”inParagraph1means"

A.gaveupB.used

C.sharedD.knew

3.（小题3）Itcanbelearnedfromthepassagethat.

A.differentwaysofexpressinggratitudeareallfashionable

B.peopleshouldavoidsaying"thankyou“nowadays

C.athank-younoteisstillappreciatedbymostpeople

D.peopleinabadmoodneversay“thankyou”

4.（小题4）WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Mostpeopleexpresstheirgratitudetoothersbybuyingfoodforthem.

B.Aboutfiftypercentofpeopletrynottosaythankyouwhentheyshould.

C.Mostpeoplemayfeelnaturalwhentheyfailtoreceiveothers9gratitude.

D.Manypeoplethinkitunnecessarytosaythankstotheirfamilymembers.

B

14、Shynesscanbeanunhappyfeeling.Butthegoodnewsis,you*renotalone.Scientistssaythatmorethan40percent

ofteenagersandadultsconsiderthemselvesshy.Shynessisfeelingalittlenervousorasifyouwanttohidewhenyou're

aroundotherpeopleorinanewsituation.

___Scientistssaysuchthingsasgenetics（遗传基因），lifeexperiences,andenvironmentcaninfluencewhethera

personisshy.Forexample,insomefamilies,everybodyseemstobeshy.

Whathappensifyouareshy?Well,beingshymaycauseyoutoavoidormissopportunitiesyouwouldenjoy.

Howdopeopleovercome（克服）shyness?ThisiswhatGilberttellsus."WhenIstartedofftryingtogetoverbeingshy,I

decidedtodolittlestepsatatime,includingpracticingsmilingandsayinghitopeople.Anditworkedforme."

Butshynessisnotthekindofthingthatmostpeoplecangetoverovernicht.Overcomingshynesstaketimeandneeds

practice.

Herearesometipsgivenbyscientists.

Thinkofwhattotalkaboutbeforeyouleavehome.Preparethingstotalkaboutbeforeyou*reinasocialsituation.For

example,ifyouknowyourclassmatesareinterestedinanupcomingevent,learnaboutitsoyoucanjoininthe

conversations.

Letpeopleknowyou'reshy.Ifyou'reshy,justshowit.Insteadoflettingpeopleguess,tellthemthetruth.Explainthat

youareshyandfeelnervousbutenjoytalkingtopeople.

Makethingseasyfortheotherperson.Remember,you'renottheonlyshypersonaround.Dowhatyouthinkmighthelp

othersfeelgood-forexample,sayhelloorsmile.

Pickonesocialskilltopracticeatatime.Startsimply.Forexample,smileorbethefirstpersontosayhi.Chooseskills

youfeelcomfortableenoughwithtopracticeforaday,aweek,amonth,orevenayear.

1.WhichofthefollowingcanbeputintheblankinParagraph!?

A.Whatisshyness?

B.Whatmakespeopleshy?

C.Canshynessbegoodforus?

D.Canweovercomeshyness?

2.TheexampleofGilbertinParagraph4isgivento・

A.showhowpeopleovercomeshyness

B.introduceashygirlcalledGilbert

C.telltherighttimetopracticesmiling

D.explainthestepsofovercomingshyness

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword''overnight''inParagraph5mostprobablymean?

A.Correctly.

B.Suddenly.

C.Slowly.

D.Finally.

4.Whichofthefollowingistherightwaytoovercomeshyness?

A.Don'tletothersknowthatyouareshy.

B.Waitforotherstosayhellotoyoufirst.

C.Chooseseveralskillstopracticeatatime.

D.Getreadybeforeyoujoininasocialsituation.

C

15、Whenyouwearsomething,youareoftensaying,"Lookatme!”Yourclothingcommunicatestotheworld

whatyouwanttheworldtothinkofyou.Forexample,whenyougoonajobinterview,youmightchooseclothesthat

makeyouseemsincere.Whenyougotoaparty,youmightchooseclothesthatmakeyoulookexciting.

1InScotlandandpartsofthecountriesofEastandSoutheastAsia,menaswellaswomenworeskirts.In

TurkeyandChinaandamongtheInuit,bothmenandwomenworetrousers.ButinancientGreece,menwhowore

trouserswerethoughttobesavages（野蛮人）.IntheUnitedStatestoday,bothmenandwomenwearpants.

2Overthecenturies,anthropologists（人类学家）havelearnedthattheclothingpeopleworewas

connectedtothepositiontheyheldinsociety.Inmostsocieties,importantpeopleputonspecialclothingtoshowtheir

power.Inthe18th,kingsandqueensworespecialclothing,oftenspeciallymadeanddifficulttokeepclean.Sincepoor

peoplecouldnotaffordtowearthiskindofclothing,itbecameasymbolofwealth.

3Todaysomepeoplestillwearclothingthatrepresentstheirpositioninlife.Sometimesclothingclearly

showstheorganizationthatapersonworksfor.Postalworkers,airlineattendants,andsomefactoryworkerswear

uniforms.Otherswearexpensiveclothesthatshowtheirsocialpositionaswealthypeople.

4Nowmanyteenagersandadultsbuyclothesfromacertaindesignerorcompany.Theymaylikethe

goodnameofthedesignerorthecompanyandwanttosharethatname.Butonebasicreasonforchoosingclothesisthe

sameasithasalwaysbeen.Peoplechoosetheirclothestotellotherswhotheyareandwhattheylike.

1.Thesentence''Indifferentcivilizations（文明）atdifferenttimes,differentkindsofclotheshavebeenacceptable（可

接受的）.''canbeputinBlank.

A.1B.2C.3D.4

2.Whydosomepeoplebuyclothesfromacertaindesigner?

A.Theylikethedesigner'sgoodname.

B.Theyworkforthedesigner'scompany.

C.Theywantmorepeopletoknowthedesigner.

D.Theythinkitmakesiteasiertochooseclothes.

3.Inthesentence“Butonebasicreasonforchoosingclothesisthesameasithasalwaysbeen,'1onebasicreason”

probablyrefersto（指的是）・

A.theirworkB.theirwealthC.theirappearanceD.theirposition

4.Accordingtothearticle,youmaybelievethat・

A.peoplemightnotlookattractiveinnewclothes

B.eachnewperiodbringssomechangesinclothing

C.clothesfromgooddesignersorcompaniessellwell

D.peoplewhobelongtoorganizationsmustwearuniforms

D

16、ManypeoplethoughtthatU.S.PresidentCalvinCoolidgealwayslivedintheWhiteHouse.However,he

sometimeslivedinthenearbyWillardHotel.

Once,inthemiddleofanight,thePresidentwokeuptoseeathiefsearchinghisclothes.Coolidgecalmlyspokeup

fromthedarkness,”Iwishyouwouldn'ttakethatwatch.n

"Why?”askedtheshockedman.

Coolidgeanswered,”Takeitnearthewindowandreadwhatisengraved（雕亥！J）onthebackofit.n

Themanread,"PresentedtoCalvinCoolidge,SpeakeroftheHouse,bytheMassachusettsGeneralCourt.HHe

wasverysurprised!

"AreyouPresidentCoolidge?”heasked.Hehadneverthoughthewouldfindthepresidentsleepinginahotel!

”Yes,Iam.nCoolidgesaid.Thenheasked,”Whyareyoudoingthis,Son?”

TheyoungmanexplainedthatheandtwofriendstraveledtoWashingtonduringtheircollegevacation.Theyspent

alloftheirmoneyandhadnomoneytopaythehotelbillandthetrainticketsbacktoschool.

Coolidgeaddedupthecost.Itcameto$32.Thatmaynotsoundlikemuchnow,butitwasabignumberthen.”

I'llgiveyouthe$32asaloan（借款），"thePresidentsaid,"AndIexpectyoutopaymeback.H

Theyoungmanthankedhim.Coolidgelefthimwiththiswarning:"Son,youareaniceboy,youarebetterthan

youareacting.Youarestartingdownthewrongroad.Justrememberwhoyouare."

Itwasn'tuntilafterthedeathofMr.Coolidgethatthisstorywasallowedtocomeout.Itwasfirstpublishedinthe

newspaperLosAngelesTimes.AndthemostinterestingofallisthatthePresidenfsnotesshowthattheyoungmanwas

indeedbetterthanhewasacting.Herepaidthe$32loaninfull.

1.Howdidtheyoungmangettoknowthepresident?

A.Bylookingatthebackofthewatch.B.Bylookingattheloan.

C.Thebossofthehoteltoldtheyoungmanaboutit.D.Thepresidenfswifetoldtheyoungmanaboutit.

2.HowdidtheyoungmantraveltoWashingtonwithhisfriend?

A.Byair.B.Bybus.C.Bytrain.D.Onfoot.

3.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?^・

A.Theyoungman'sfamilywasalwayspoor

B.Thehotelcostwasratherexpensiveatthattime

C.Theyoungmanneverkeptintouchwiththepresidentagain

D.Theyoungmanlearnedalessonfromhisexperiencewiththepresident

4.Howdidpeoplefirstgettoknowthestoryofthepresidentwiththeyoungman?

A.Fromthepresidenthimself.B.Fromanewspaper.

C.Fromtheyoungman'snotes.D.Fromtheyoungmanhimself.

5.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Moneycanbegivenupwhennecessary.

B.Peopleshouldbeforgiven（原谅）fortheirmistakes.

C.Everyonecanbecomebetterafteranunusualexperience.

D.Anactofkindnessmaychangeaperson'slife.

E

17、OnMay2,2012,AshokGadgilbecamethewinnerofthe$100,000Lemelson-MITAwardforGlobalInnovation（全

球仓ll新奖）.Eachyear,thehonorisgiventoaninventorwhohasmadeabigdifferenceinthelivesofpeoplein

developingcountries.GadgilisaprofessorandphysicistattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Hespentthirtyyears

helpingpeopleinneed.Hisinventionshavehelpedmorethan100millionpeoplearoundtheworld.chosetofocuson

problemswheremyknowledgeofsciencecouldhelp,“Gadgilsaid.

Inthe1990s,Gadgildesignedhisfirstlife-savinginventionaftermorethan10,000peoplediedfromBengalcholera（孟

加拉霍乱）becauseofthecleanwatercrisis（危机）inIndia.Hisinventionusesultravioletlighttokilldeadly

disease-carryinggerms侈田菌）fromdrinkingwater.Itcostsjustonecenttocleanfivelitersofwater（about21cups）.So

far,theinventionhasprovidedsafedrinkingwaterformorethanfivemillionpeopleinIndiaandotherdeveloping

countries.

GadgiFsanotherimportantinventionistheBerkeley-DarfurStove（炉具）.ThelongandviolentwarinDarfur,Sudan,

hascausedmanypeopletomovetoforeigncountriesandliveinrefugeecamps（难民营）.Theyaregivenfoodaid.But

peoplestillhavetotravelalongdistancefivetimesaweektogatherfirewoodtocookmeals.Thiscanbedangerous

becauseofstreetviolenceinthearea.Toavoiddanger,somespendmuchoftheirmoneyusedtofeedtheirfamilies

buyingfirewood.

ThestoveGadgilcreatedcutsfuelusageby55%.Thatmeanspeoplewouldn'thavetoleavethecampstofindfirewood

asoften.Theinventionalsohelpstosavehomesmorethan$300ayear.About125,000peopleandtheirfamilieshave

beenhelped.

Asaprofessor,Gadgilencourageshisstudents,66Beoptimistic（乐观的）whenyoutryahardproblem/5hesays."It's

whenyousolvealargeproblemthatyoucanhaveabiginfluenceontheworld.”

1.AshokGadgilwasgiventhehonorbecause,

A.hewasafamousprofessorandphysicistatUC,Berkeley

B.heimprovedthelivesofpeopleindevelopingcountries

C.hespentthirtyyearshelpingpeopleinneed

D.hedevelopedusefulinventionswithhisteam

2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutGadgilisTRUE?

A.Hehelpedabout125,000peopleinIndia.

B.Hespentlotsofmoneyonhisinventions.

C.Heusedhisknowledgetohelppeopleinneed.

D.OneofhisinventionscouldcureBengalcholera.

3.WhatdopeoplebenefitfromtheBerkeley-DarfurStove?

A.Theycansellstovestomakealiving.

B.Theycansavebothtimeandmoney.

C.Theycanbeprotectedfromdiseases.

D.Theycancooktheirfoodeasily.

F

18、根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

Acitywithoutcarswouldbeverystrange,right?ButVeniceissuchacity.

VeniceisinthenortheastofItaly.Itwasn*tbuiltonland,likeBeijingorShanghai,butonmorethan110islands.

Seawateriseverywherearoundthecity.

Evenso,travelisn*tdifficult.Thewaterwayshavealwaysbeenthebestwaytogetaround.Thereare117waterwaysand

morethan400bridgesthatcanguideyouwhereyouwanttogo.PeopleinVenicemovefromplacetoplacebyboat.

Theyliketoenjoythescenery（风光）andcoolsummernightswhiletakingboattrips.Theycantalktootherpeopleas

theygoalong.

VenicegrewoutofsmallislandsinsaltwaterlakeswhensomeItaliansescapedfromawarover1,500yearsago,and

builthomesthere.

Watermakesthecityspecial,butitisalsoabigproblem.Sometimestouristswillhavesuchstrangeexperiences.One

momenttheywalkacrosstheRialtoBridge,andthere'snothingspecial.Butwhentheycomebacktothebridgeanhour

later,ifsunderwaterandeveryoneiswearingrainshoes.

Once,peopleusedtoomuchundergroundwater.Thismadethecitygetlowerlittlebylittle.Nowthecityhasgonedown

by23centimeters.Anotherproblemistherisingseawater.Thetemperaturehasrisenovertheyears.Thishasmadethe

iceoftheArcticOcean（北冰洋）melt（融化）.

Everyyear,highwatershitthecityinautumnandwinter.Whenalotofwatercomes,morethanhalfofthecityis

underwater.

Scientistsaretryingdifferentwaystostopthecityfromgettingevenlower.TheItaliangovernmenthasaskedsomeof

Italy'sbiggestcompaniestobuildtheMOSTproject,whichwasplannedtobebuildundertheseawatertostopthe

risingwater.Anyway,thisprojectishelpingsolvetheproblem.

1.Accordingtothepassage,VeniceisaofItaly.

A.inthenortheast.B.inthewest.

C.inthesouthwestD.inthesouth.

2.havealwaysbeenthebestwaytogohereandthereinthecity.

A.Taxisandcars.B