2024年河南省许昌市中考二模英语试题（原卷版）

九年级英语

（满分120分考试时间100分钟）

一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

第一节听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出

最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。

1.Howwastheweatheryesterday?

A.Cold.B.Fine.C.Rainy.

2.Whoisplayingbasketball?

A.Carla.B.MarioC.Bill.

3.Whatisthemandoing?

A.Lookingfortheoldbooks.B.Cleaningtheroom.

C.Throwingrubbishunderihechair.

4.WhattimewillSallyandKevinmeetthisSunday?

A.Atsix.B.Atseven.C.Ateight.

5.WhendidtheboycometoCanada?

A.5yearsago.B.12yearsago.C.18yearsago.

第二节听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三

个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。

6.Wheredoesthisconversationprobablyhappen?

A.Atschool.B.Athome.C.Inthecountryside.

7.WhatdocsJackliketocat?

A.Atomatosandwich.B.Apotatosandwich.C.Achickensandwich.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9两个小题。

8.Whatdoweknowabouttheman?

A.Heknowsherewell.B.Heisnewhere.

C.Hewillmoveheretomorrow.

9.Howcanthemanfindthemarket?

A.Turnrightatthefirstcrossing.B.Turnleftatthesecondcrossing.

C.Turnrightatthethirdcrossing.

听下面一段独白，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10.WhenisMother'sDayinMay?

A.OnthefirstSunday.B.OnthesecondSunday.

C.OnthesecondSaturday.

11.WhatdidMrs.Whitehaveinasmallstreet?

AAnoffice.B.Aflowershop.C.Abigstore.

12.Whatdidthechildrendo?

A.Cleanedthewindows.B.Cleanedthefloors.C.Wateredtheflowers.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第15三个小题。

13.Wherehasthegirlbeen?

A.Tothelibrary.B.TotheEnglishCorner.C.TotheEnglishclass.

14.WlialdidtheluicignIcauhcisayabuulthegill'sEnglish?

A.ShespokeEnglishverywell.B.Sheneededmorepractice.

C.SheshouldstopspeakingEnglish.

15.Whatadvicedoesthemangivetothegirl?

A.Don'ttakeiteasy.B.Topracticeasoftenaspossible.

C.Don'tbeafraidofmakingmistakesandbelieveinherself.

第三节听下面一篇短文。按照你所听内容的先后顺序将下列图片排序。短文读两遍。

阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。

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Lei'sreadandfindoutscience

Babywhalesdrinkmilk

Whalesarehugeseaanimals.Theyliveintheoceanthewayfishdo.Butitisnotafish.

Itsamammal（哺乳动物）.Humars,catsanddogsaremammalstoo.Theyallfeedtheir

babies

milkthatcomesfromtheirbodies.Mostfishhatch。蜉）from

eggs,butalmostallmammalsarebornalive.Ababywhaleisborn

outofitsmother'sbody.Asthemotherandherbabywhaleswim

along,themotherwhalekeepsherbabynearherwithherlong

flipper.Whenthebabywhaleishungry,themothershootshermilk

intothebabywhale'smouth.Thebabywhalebeginstodrink.

Bugsareinsects

Therearemanykindsofinsectslivingaroundus.Antsareinsects.Soarebutterflies

ar.dbees.Insectscomeinmanyshapes,sizesandcolors.Theydon'ialllookalike,but

there'sawaytotellifsomethingisaninsect.Countitslegs,headthoraxabdomen

Counthowmanypartsmakeupitsbody.Allinsectbodies.

aredividedinto3parts:head,thorax,andabdomen.There

are6legsintotal.Anything（hathas6legsand3bodyparts

isaninsect.

Ducksdon'tgetwet

Ducksarewaterbirds.Alldaylongtheygoinandoutofthewater.Nomatterhow

manytimestheygointothewater,ducksdon'tgetwet.Everyduckiswaterproof（防水的）

becauseithasanoilgland（腺）nearitstail.Withitsmouththeduck

tapsthisoilcovered.Thenitspreadstheoiloveritsfeathers（羽毛）.

Thisiscalledpreening.Ducksspendhourspreeningthemselves.

Thatishowtheykeeptheirfeatherscoveredwithoil.Theirfeathers

donotgetwetbecauseoilandwaterdonotmix.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTamammal?

A.Thehumans.B.Thefish.C.Thecats.D.Thewhales.

2.Howdoesababywhalemakealivingaccordingtothetext?

A.Itisfedwithmilkbyitsmother.B.Iteatsseaplants.

C.Itisfedbyhumans.D.Itdrinkswater.

3.WhichofihefollowingisNOTaninsect?

4.Whatcanweknowahontducksaccordingtothetext?

A.Notalltheducksarcwaterproof.

B.Ducksgoinandoutofwater,andtheystaywet.

C.Ducksusetheirfeettotaptheoilgland.

D.Ducksspendhourspreeningtokeeptheirfeatherscoveredwithoil.

5.Inwhichwebsitecanyouseethe:ext?

A.https://www.AnimalWB.https://www.SportsS

C.https://www.LcarnCD.https://www.DeliciousF

EvansWadongowasfromavillageofAfrica.Hehadtodohomeworkbythelightofakerosenelamp（煤油

灯）.Evans'eyeshurtandthismadestudyingdifficult.Itwascommorinhisvillage.Manychildrenleftschoolfor

thisreason,sotheyremainedpoorfortherestoftheirlives.

Althoughstudyingwasdifficult,Evanswasanexcellentstudentandwenttoauniversity.Hecontinuedto

worryaboutthekerosenelamp.Bytliistime,herealizeditwasnotjustbadforschoolchildrenbutfbrthewhole

family.First,itcancauseillnessessuchascoughs.Also,thelightcanhurtpeople'seyes.Besides,itcanleadto

fires.Lastly,keroseneisexpensive,sofamilieshavelessmoneyfbrIbod.Itwasdifficulttocomeupv/itha

differentkindoflampthatwascheapandgoodfbrtheenvironment.YetEvansdidnotgiveup.

Oneday,hehadanidea.Hecoulduseasmallsolar（太阳能的）light.Sunlightisfreeandsolarpowerisgood

fortheenvironment.Evansbuilthisfirstsolarlamp,anditworked.Hebegantobuildmorelampsandsentthemto

localfamilies.Anorganizationheardaboutthisandprovidedmoneyforhimtobuildmoresolarlamps.

EachlamponlycostS20.However,thiswasalotofmoneytomanyvillagers,whoonlyearned（挣钱）around

$34aweek,soEvansmadesurehekeptthecostdown.First,Evansusedrecycledmaterials.Next,volunteersbuilt

thelamps.Finally,peoplefrommanycountriesgaveawaymoneytohisteam,sothelampswereusuallyfree.

Thousandsofpeoplehadsafelight.Julia,amotherofthree,said,“ThankstoEvans,mychildrenhavelightto

read,andIhavemyownlighttocook.^^Thesolarlampsmadeabigdifference.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

6.HowmanyproblemsaboutkerosenelampsarementionedaccordingtoParagraph2?

A.6.B.5.C.4.D.3.

7.Whichofthefollowingisthecorrectorderaccordingtothetext?

a.Evanswenttoauniversity.b.Thousandsofpeoplehadsafelight.

c.Hisfirstsolarlampwasinvented.d.KerosenelampshurtEvans'eyes.

e.Recycledmaterialswereusedin（helamps.f.Peoplefrommanycountriesgaveawaymoney.

A.d-a-c-e-f-bB.d-f-b-a-e-cC.a-d-f-e-c-bD.a-e-c-d-f-b

8.WhydoesthewritergiveJulia'sexampleinParagraph5?

A.ToshareJulia'sexperience.B.ToshowEvans'influence.

C.TodescribeEvans'feelings.D.TointroduceEvans,invention.

9.WhatisEvanslikeaccordingtothetext?

A.Polite,talentedandhumorous.B.Quiet,smartandhonest.

C.Humorous,cleverandfriendly.D.Hard-working,lovingandcreative.

10.Inwhichunitofatextbookcanthetextbefound?

A.UnitIAmazingPeopleB.Unit2WorldTravel

C.Unit3TraditionalCultureD.Unit4BigCities

①Everybodyhasabrain,butnotmanypeopleknowhowthebrainworks.Somepeoplebelievethatthe

brainisliketheharddisk（磁盘）ofacomputer.Wcuseittostorethings-picturcs,language（words,texts,sounds）

andsoon.Otherscomparethebraintoahugecontainerwithlotsofshelvesandboxesinit.Weputinformation

intotheseboxesandhopetofinditagainlater.

@Thebrainisnotacomputerdisk,Anditisn'tacontainer.Lookatthepicturehere.Itlooksabitlikeweeds

（杂草）inagarden,doesn'tit?Thepictureactuallyshowsachild'sneocortex——apartofthebrain.Youcanguess

whathappens——more'weeds'growasthechildgetsolder.Scientistscalltheseneuronal（神经元的）networks.

Wliatmakesthemgrow?Learning!”Learningisbrainchange,MsaysProfessorJamesZullfromCaseWestern

UniversityinCleveland,Ohio,USA."Withoutlearning,nothingchangesinthebrain.Foreverynewwordyou

learninyourEnglishlesson,everyproblemyousolveinmaths,everynewsongyoulearntosing,aneuronal

networkgrowsinyourbrainandthebrainchanges?'

③Therearemanywaystomakeyourbrainstronger.Themoreneuronalnetworkswegrow,thebetterwecan

thinkandthebetterweremember.YDUmaywonderifthereisanythingyoucandotomakethenetworksinyour

braingrowbetter.ProfessorZullsaysyes,thereis.Hesaysthatbrainchangeisthestrongestinthefollowing

situations:

•Youareinterestedinandlikewhatyouarelearning;

•Youareincontrolofwhatyouleam;

•Yougetchallengingtasksthatmakeyouthinkhard.

Choosearightwaytolearnsomething,andyoumaydevelopyourbrainbetterthanyouthink.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

11.Howdoesthewriterstartthistext?

A.Bytellingastory.B.Bylistingnumbers.

C.Byaskingaquestion.D.Bylistingtwodifferentopinions.

12.Whatdocstheunderlinedwordcontainermean?

A.Adiskusedinthecomputertostorethings.

B.Awildplant（ha（growsinagarden.

C.Anobjectusedtocarryorstorethings.

D.Ataskthathelpstodevelopyourbrain.

13.Ourbrainchangeswhenwe.

A.learnlanguagesB.haveproblemsC.enjoysongsD.planttrees

14.What'sthemainideaofparagraph3?

A.Thebrainisafantasticcomputer.

B.Whatpeoplebelieveaboutthebrain.

C.Howtomakeyourbrainstronger.

D.Werememberbetterwhenthingsareeasy.

15.What'sthebesttitlefbrthetext?

A.InterestisthebestteacherB.Meetinglife'schallenges

C.NevertoooldtolearnD.Learningisbrainchange

D

Chinaisacountrywithalonghistory.Ithasgreattraditionalculture.16AmongtheChinese

classics,TheBookofSongs（《诗经》）andHistoricalRecw/s（《史记》）aretwoofthemostimportantworks.

Herearebookreviewsofthesetwoclassics.

Shijing,alsoknownasTheBookofSongsistheearliestcollectionofpoetryinChina.17WhenI

readthisbook,1feellikeI'mhavingatalkacrosstimeandspacewithpeoplefromthousandsofyearsago.Among

allthepoemsinthisbook,myfavoriteiscalledHomecomingAftertheWar（《采薇》）.18Eventhough

theymissedtheirhomelandverymuch,theycouldnHreturnbecauseofthewar.Byreadingthepoem,wecan

understandwhatthesesoldierswentthrough,feeltheirsadnessandseehowhardwarcanbe.

HistoricalRecords,orShiji,isthefirstbiographical（传i己）generalhistoryofChina.SimaQian,anofficialof

theWesternHanDynasty（206BC-AD24）,wroteit.19Thisbookisdividedinto130chapters（篇章）.

InthisbookIreallylikehowthewriterdescribesdifferentpeople.Ferexample,there'sDaYu,whotriedsohardto

stopabigfloodthatherefusedtoenterhishomewhilepassingbymanytimes.Therearealsotwofarmers,Chen

ShengandWuGuang,whostoodupfbrthemselvesandledagroupofpeopleagainstthoseinpower.20

Hewrotegoodthingsaboutheroesandalsocriticized（批判）badrulers.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A.Itincludes305poemsoftheearlyZhouDynasty.

B.WhenIreadthisbook,IcanseehowSimaQianmadethecharacterscomealive.

C.Thispoemmainlytalksabouthowsoldiershadtoleavetheirhomestofightformanyyears.

D.ItcoversChinesehistoryfromtheYellowEmperorto（heearlyHanDynasty.

E.Inrecentyears,PresidensaidmanylimesabouttheimportanceofreadingChineseclassics.

三、完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，共15分）

aspanow

Apairofsparrowslivedinabigtreeinaforest,wheretheymadeanest（巢）.Whenthe21season

came,theweatherwasgettingverycold.

Oneday,somemonkeysreachedthetree.Theythoughtitwouldbebetterto22thecoldunderthat

tree.Theystartedtalkingabout23tomakethecoldgoaway.Thereweresomedry24and

woodlyingnearby.Seeing（hem,amonkeytoldothermonkeysto25themandburnthemso（hatthey

wouldnotfeelcold.1henthosemonkeysstartedthinkingofideastolightthem.

Thesparrowsittingonthetreewaslisteningtothe26ofthemonkeys.

Sheadvisedthemonkeystokeepwarm27buildingtheirownhouse.Afterlisteningtothesparrow,

onemonkeysaid28、“Youdoyourbusiness!Thereisnoneedtospeakbetweenus!”

Thentheeyesofthemonkeysfellonafirefly.Theysaid,uThereisaspark（火花）intheairabove.Catchitto

lightafire.^^Hearingthis,allthemonkeysranto29thefirefly.

Thesparrowthensaid,"Hey!Thisisafirefly（萤火虫）,anditcan'tlightafire.Youcanusetwo3（）

tocreatesparksandlightaf^re.,,Themonkeysdidn'tlistentotheadviceofthesparrowagain.

Theycaughtafireflyandthenstartedtryingtolightafirewithit,buttheycouldnot31.Andthe

fireflyflewaway.Thismadethemonkeys32.

Thesparrowsaidagain,<lYoufool!Whynotlightafirebyrubbing（使摩擦）stones?Pleasefollow

33wordsandsee."Hearingthis,anangrymonkeyclimbedupthetreeand34thebird'snest.

Thetwosparrowsstartedcryinginfearbecausethey35theirhouse.Afterthistheyflewawayfrom

thattreeandwentsomewhereelse.Inthatwinter,themonkeyswerestillinthecold.Maybetheyhaveknownthat

listeningtoothers'adviceissoimportant.

21A.springB.summerC.autumnD.winter

22.A.agreeB.avoidC.holdD.look

23A.howB.whyC.whenD.where

24.A.foodB.waterC.fruitsD.leaves

25.A.buyB.eatC.collectD.spread

26.A.talkB.laughC.songD.cry

27.A.inB.onC.atD.by

28.A.happilyB.angrilyC.sadlyD.quietly

29.A.killB.catchC.watchD.drive

30.A.stonesB.handsC.woodsD.tools

31.A.changeB.arriveC.returnD.succeed

32.A.gladB.shyC.unhappyD.afraid

33.A.yourB.myC.theirD.our

34.A.burnedB.builtC.brokeD.checked

35.A.hadB.gotC.lostD.opened

四、语篇填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

第一节

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限

用一次。

howeverfactorypairmakebeknownshepopularuntilfor

Whatkindofshoesdoyouwearmost?Perhapsleather（皮制的jshoesorsportsshoes.ButinancientChina,

manypeople36theirownclothshoes.

Tangchang,atowninSichuanprovincewith7（M）yearsofshoemakinghistory,is37foritscloth

shoes.TangchangclothshoeswerepopularinChina38the1980s.TherewerefiveTangchangclothshoe

39inChengdualone.In2018,Tangchangclothshoes40addedtoSichuan'sintangiblecultural

her.（age（非物质文化遗产）list.Butmakingclothshoesisnoteasy.GrowingupinTangchang,LaiShufang,63,is

amasterofmakingclothshoesandhasbeenmakingthem41over40years.Shesaidthatthereare32

stepstomakeapairofTangchangclothshoes.Thejobneedspatience.

Overthetime,sportsshoesbegantobecomemore42withcustomers.Fewerandfewerpeople

chooseclothshoes.Tbmakealivingandhelp（heculturalheritagesurvive,43.Laiandherco-workers

continued（omakeclothshoesandsoldthemin44store.AiPeng,Lai'sson,alsohelpsandaddsShu

embroidery（蜀绣）totheshoes.Theynowse