2023年镇江市八校中考一模英语试题（含答案）

2023年镇江市八校中考一模英语试题

 （满分：120分    考试时间：120分钟）

一、听力选择（共20小题, 每小题1分, 计20分）

第一部分  听对话回答问题

本部分共有10道小题, 每小题你将听到一段对话, 每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前, 你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后, 你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘀”的信号后, 进入下一小题。

(    )1． Where does the man come from?

(    )2． What does the sign mean?

(    )3． Which is David’s favourite drink?

(    )4． How will the speakers go to the supermarket?

(    )5． Where does the dialogue happen?

A． On the No． 15 bus．                  B． On the No． 10 bus．       C． At the bus stop．

(    )6． What does the man think of the concert?

A． He thinks it’s great．         B． He wants to hear a better one．        C． He doesn’t like it．

(    )7． What are the speakers doing?

A． They are celebrating the woman’s birthday．

B． They are celebrating the man’s birthday．

C． They are climbing a mountain．

(    )8． How much should the man pay?

A． 53 yuan．                                    B． 52 yuan．                         C． 76 yuan．

(    )9． How often does Tom play basketball?

A． Every day．                                 B． Never．                            C． Twice a week．

(    )10． What programme will the woman see?

A．Science and Health．

B．English Learning for Children．

C． Star Sports: Women’s Football Match．

第二部分  听对话和独白回答问题。

本部分共有10道小题, 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选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第一段对话, 完成第11至12小题。

(    )11． Why does the woman call the man?

A． To book tickets．                      B． To check the date．        C． To invite him to a show．

(    )12． When will the woman go to see the show?

A． On Friday．                             B． On Saturday．            C． On Sunday．

听一篇短文, 回答第13至15小题。

(    )13． A． country music        B． folk music                            C． pop

(    )14． A． 6567-8681             B． 6264-0309                    C． 6879-0818

(    )15． A． talk                       B． smoke                       C． shout

听第二篇独白, 回答第16至20小题。

(    )16． Why did Tommy’s parents take him to a catholic (教会的) school?

A.Because he did very badly in Maths．

B.Because he made many mistakes．

C． Because he wanted to study in a new school．

(    )17． What surprised Tommy’s mother after the first day?

A．Tommy did even worse than before．

B． Tommy worked hard but said little．

C． Tommy ate much at dinner．

(    )18． What did Tommy get in Maths finally?

A． An “A”．               B． A “B”．                                         C． A “C”．

(    )19． How did Tommy’s mother feel when she knew his maths grade at the end of the term?

A． angry                 B． surprised                      C． nervous

(    )20． Why did Tommy begin to learn hard?

A． Because he thought he should listen to his parents．

B． Because he liked the teachers there．

C． Because he was afraid when he saw that man hung on the cross(十字架)．

二、单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(    ) 21． At the 2023 Oscars, Michelle Yeoh becomes the first Chinese actress to win an

Oscar, setting ______ record in her sixties．

A．a               B． an             C． the            D． /

(    ) 22． There are laws about network protection nowadays, so teenagers can be

protected ______ the bad effects of the network environment．

A．about            B． in             C． for             D． from

(    ) 23．— Listen! Is Tim talking on the phone in the hallway?

— It _____ be him． But I’m not sure．

A．can             B． must            C． might          D． would

(    ) 24． We solved all the challenges we faced and got to go through the _____ moment

of success together．

A．interesting        B． surprising       C． relaxing         D． exciting

(    ) 25． — A robot severed us dinner last night． Don’t you think we are living in amazing

times?

— I can’t agree more． The ____ makes our lives easier and happier．

A．information      B． technology      C． discovery        D． competition

(    ) 26． I’ve been trying different ways _____ I decided to study English well．

A．until            B． since           C． but             D． unless

(    ) 27． — Mom, did you see my key to the door? I can’t find it ______．

— It’s on the table． You’d better keep your things in order．

A．anywhere         B．somewhere      C． everywhere       D． nowhere

(    ) 28． Many students learn singing, dancing, painting and so on． They _____ to have a

colourful life and bright future．

A．will expect      B． are expected    C． were expected     D． were expecting

(    ) 29．_____ with gasoline cars, electric cars are more energy saving, making them

cheaper to operate．

A．Compared       B． To compare     C． Comparing       D． Compare

(    ) 30． The best thing we can do is to _____ the kindness to the people around us in

order to make the society better．

A．agree on          B． hold on        C． live on           D． pass on

(    ) 31．—China is famous for its tea． What kind of tea do you like best?

— Green tea, I guess． But _____ of them has a special taste．

A．other             B． both          C． each             D． either

(    ) 32 ． — Wow, Mr Black’s works on the wall are so beautiful．

— Yes． He’s really good at painting． And he _____ several art shows in our city．

A．has held          B． holds         C． was holding       D． is holding

(    ) 33． Which of the following words is formed like “earthly”?

A．really           B． usually         C． mainly          D． friendly

(    ) 34． — What should I do _____ stupid mistakes in the Chinese exam?

— Read the instructions carefully before answering the questions．

A．avoid make       B． to avoid make    C． avoid making    D． to avoid making

(    ) 35． — You have made great progress in English speaking．

— Thank you． I believe ______ I work, the better grades I will get．

A．the more careless  B． the more careful   C． the harder       D． the worse

(    ) 36．We cannot rule our the possibility ______ climate change is not the result of human activities．

A．whether         B． how            C． that              D． why

(    ) 37． My parents ______ Tianjing on business for a whole week． So I live with my uncle these days．

A．have been to   B． have gone to     C． have been in        D． have been away

(    ) 38．  — Harvey, I hear that Nick came first again in the exam,

— It’s not surprise． ______． He learns most carefully in our class．

A．No pain, no gain

B．Every dog has its day

C．Many hands make light work

D．Actions speak louder than word

(    ) 39． — What’s your plan for tomorrow?

— I want to go out． But I don’t know _______．

A．where I went

B．how the weather will be

C．which bus should I take

D．that the museum is worth a visit

(    ) 40． — What about going to the music festival with us tomorrow?

— _____． There is no better choice．

A．I suppose so   B． I hope not      C． I’m afraid so    D． I don’t think so

三、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

     阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Reggie couldn’t hear a thing． He was a very normal (正常的) boy, but he had

been born deaf． Unluckily, he always seemed to end up being treated  36  from

everyone else． Children worried that they would hurt him, and that maybe he

wouldn’t hear the ball being hit in his direction．

Reggie didn’t like this very much． But the person who disliked it most was his

friend Michael． One day he decided  that things had to 37  ． Michael’s father was

the town’s mayor, and Michael managed to convince（说服）his father that this

year, they should give a one-day festival to deaf people． During that whole day

  38   in town would have to wear earplugs (耳塞)．

People liked the idea, because they loved Reggie． The day became known

 39  The Day of Silence, and when it arrived people stuck earplugs in their ears．

That morning was  40  practical jokes and laughter． But, as several  41  passed,

people got to know how difficult life was when you couldn’t hear anything．

Reggie was very  42  ! On that day no one  43  of Reggie as just a deaf person．

This meant he could be treated just like any other little boy, and people saw a whole

new side of him． Not only that, but Reggie had a bright and sharp mind． On that day,

using his usual gestures (手势)，Reggie was the one who could communicate  best with

people． People paid more attention to  44  he was saying, and they were surprised by his

intelligence,  creativity, and his  45  to find methods to almost any problem． They realized

that in normal life all Reggie needed was a little more time than others to communicate．

That was the only difference． So they should treat him as ordinarily as possible．

We should give everyone with disability a chance to show their good qualities．

四、阅读理解。（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

A

(    ) 51． What should we take when we went out on April 15^th?

A． thick coat        B． umbrella                     C． map              D． bike

(    ) 52． How many days might be rainy during these seven days?

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

(    ) 53． Which of the following sentences is true according to the weather report?

A． It would be very rainy on April 16^th．

B． We should wash our car on April 18^th．

C． We’d better not do sports outside on April 12^th．

D． The sun rose at 7:03 in the morning on April 12^th．

B

Schools help protect kids’ mental (心理的) health in many ways． Some states in the US let kids take mental health days． Should schools offer mental health days? Here’s what some students have to say．

Bibi Tooren, 11

Schools should give kids days off for mental health, because mental health is an important part of overall(整体的) health． If you don’t feel well, it will have a big influence on your ability to focus． Kids get stressed with long school days． Plus, kids don’t have much   experience dealing with mental health crises(危机)．

Nugg Canales, 8

Kids should get mental health days off from school． Sometimes, we need to stay at home and play games to calm our minds． Some schools don’t allow music, and I need soft music to make me feel good about myself and the world． If you take a mental health day, you should not make up work because it adds stress to your life．

Hailey Young, 12

The weekend was created to give us time off, and we children need to learn to better manage our time． We hardly get our schoolwork done in the five schooldays we get． Plus, schools would need students to make up mental health days． They would probably do so during our real breaks: in summer vacation or winter vacation． Another thing is that, for some kids, school might be safe．

Johnny Cabel, 9

I don’t think schools should give students days off for their mental health． Having too many days off can have a bad influence on grades． And many students’ parents have to go to work． If students get too many days off, they might get left home too much． This could make some students’

mental health problems worse．

(    ) 54． Who thinks kids might have low grades in exams if they get mental health days off?

A． Bibi Tooren．       B． Nugg Canales．            C． Hailey Young．            D． Johnny Gabel．

(    ) 55． What does the underlined word “so” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A． Taking advantage of the weekend．

B． Giving kids a safe place like their school．

C． Making up mental health days they have got．

D． Finishing schoolwork in the five schooldays．

(    ) 56． What is the passage mainly about?

A． The discussions about kids’ mental health crises．

B． The importance of offering kids mental health days．

C． Several suggestions for improving kids’ mental health．

D． Some opinions about whether kids should get mental health days off．

C

“No building comes without carvings (雕刻)，and carvings make buildings more valuable,” goes an old saying in Minnan, an area in southernFujian Province． The saying refers to brick carvings, which were an important feature of the old red brick buildings in the area．

The carvings were once commonly found on either side of the main entrance of Minnan’s buildings． However, with development, the number of ancient red brick buildings has decreased, and Minnan’s brick carvings have gradually faded (逐渐消失) from sight, said Wu Jiandong, a young master brick carver from Fujian’s Quanzhou City．

The 42-year-old has learned the traditional technique and now combines it with modern tastes

to develop his own style of brick carving． Wu said that he hoped to be able to help the traditional craft continue through innovation (创新)．   ① 

“Market demands have changed in recent years, and so has our thinking,” Wu said． “We must add modern elements to help pass down and develop traditional crafts．”   ②  

People in Minnan love tea, so Wu created a series of carved brick tea decorations, including tea plates, cup holders, pot holders and other items．   ③  

Earlier this year, a pendant (挂件) decorated with a swallow tail ridge (屋脊) and a bright moon was bought by an overseas Chinese man from the Philppines． The customer told Wu that he would hang the pendant in his office as a reminder of the architeture and the moon of his hometown．

Because of the market’s recognition of his work, Wu will be able to pass down the craft and further develop his pieces, and the popularity of short videos has also given him new hopes of promoting (推广) Minnan brick carvings．   ④  

The art form originated during the Song Dynasty flourished (繁荣) during the Ming and Qing

dynasties． It is now an important part of national cultural heritage．

(    ) 57． What’s the writer’s purpose in mentioning the saying at the beginning?

A． To attract more people to visit Minnan．

B． To give advice on developing brick carvings．

C． To introduce an area in southern Fujian Province．

D． To show the importance of brick carvings in Minnan．

(    ) 58． What can we infer (推断) from the sixth paragraph?

A． Wu’s most customers came from abroad．

B． The pendant of brick carving becomes popular．

C． Wu’s brick pieces are warmly received all over the world．

D． Brick carvings become symbols of homesickness for overseas Chinese．

(    ) 59． Which is the most suitable place to put the sentence “They have been warmly received by both local people and foreign visitors．”?

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

(    ) 60． What is probably the best title for this passage?

A． The history of Minnan’s brick carvings

B． Minnan’s brick carving art is coming back

C． The ancient red brick buildings in Minnan

D． An artist with his own style of brick carvings

五、词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

A) 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式或音标提示填空，每空一词。

61． ____________ ([ɔːlˈðəʊ]) Confucius lived over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today．

62． Now waste from daily life in our city Zhenjiang is ____________ (require) to be separated into different groups．

63． — The oral English test for the senior high school entrance examination is about to start．

— To get high marks, we will pay more attention to __________ (improve) our pronunciation．

64． It’s reported that it is going to rain, so you’d better, I think, not _________ (go) for a picnic tomorrow．

65． All the __________ (hero) names are carved on the stone． They are the pride of our country．

66． In this age of information, it’s easy for us to get news from the Internet, but we are _________ (certain) about the truth of the news．

67． Nowadays many teens find it very difficult to pull ________ (they) away from electronics．

68． I’m so lucky that I get a surprise gift today because I’m the ________ (ninety) customer．

B) 根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。

69． — What do you think of the opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics?

— Creative． And the 24 solar terms (24节气) at the ceremony play a role in spreading traditional Chinese culture without _________ (疑问)．

70． — Have you heard the news?

— Yes．The school broadcasting station announced that our school had put the money _________ (募集) by them to good use to buy new instruments for kids．

71． Luckily, no one was hurt, but the smoke from the fire ________ (上升) straightly up in the air．

72． After watching the programme Drive less, cycle more, we hope that people can reduce pollution and make streets much __________ (安全的)．

73． To help you remember new English words, I __________ (高度地) recommend you use an app called BaiCiZhan．

74． I have tried many different ways of doing it, but _________ (没有一个) of them were successful．

75． On a train last Thursday, I sat _________ (在……对面) a man who was so fat that he filled more than one seat．

六、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，没空一词。

Beauty of theater — Dance shows carry cultural value 

Imagine you are looking at Wang Ximeng’s famous painting

from the Song Dynasty (960-1279), A Thousand Miles of Rivers and

 Mountains (千里江山图)． S  76   , its blue rivers flow, and its green mountains move． Music p  77   you into the painting as it comes

to life and shares with you its history． This is what happens in Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting (只此青绿), a dance drama based on

the beautiful piece of art． Now, The performance is now running a  78   China．

Over in the West, dance is used in similar ways to tell cultural stories from history and invent

them again in the modern world． One dance piece now s  89   in London, which is called Woolf Works, tells the story of writer Virginia Woolf’s novels with modern dance, w  80    another dance show, Coppelia, takes the 19th- century Dutch ballet to the modern world with

themes of artificial intelligence (人工智能)． China’s Poetic Dance also b  81    a bridge between the past and present, bringing historical art together with modern dance and visual effects(视觉效果)．

It’s always fantastic to see China’s love for its c  82   brought to life on the stage．

In the show, the dancers arch (弓起) their b  83    and wave their flowing costumes to

create the movements of the rivers． In one scene, the dancers become huge rocks． The creative

dancer behind the movement speaks to us in a poetic way． It’s a f  84   of expression hardly

seen in films．

With a l  85    performance, there is also a shared connection between the performer and the audience． That’s the true joy of theater．

七、任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

A

A recent report showed that, in the US alone, 27 million tons of plastic ended up in landfills in 2018, but only 3．1 million tons were recycled． Worldwide the numbers are similarly bad, with just 9% of plastic being recycled． The results are even worse for certain types of plastic． Now, researchers at The University of Queensland have found a kind of worm could be the key to plastic recycling． The worm can eat through polystyrene(聚苯乙烯)． To study how worms deal with purely plastic food, researchers separated 135 of the worms into three teams: one was fed only wheat, another was fed only plastics, and the third was given nothing．

“We found the the first team of worms have been much healthier than the second and third teams, more than doubling their weight over the study which lasts three weeks． Though the second team of worms made less impressive gains, they still put on more weight than the third team of worms,” Dr． Rinke said． “This suggests the worms can get energy from plastics, most likely with the help of their gut microbes(肠道微生物)．”

“The worms are like mini recycling factory, eating the polystyrene and then feeding it to their gut,” Dr． Rinke said． It’s hoped this will improve plastic waste recycling and reduce landfills． Researchers said they aim to grow the gut microbes in the lab and further test its ability to degrade(分解) polystyrene． Then they can look into how to use this to a level required for a whole recycling factory．

阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的短文，每空一词。

A recent report showed that only one ninth of the waste plastic was recycled in 2018 in the US． The similar thing   86  all over the world． Luckily, a kind of worm which can eat through polystyrene may  87   the problem． Researchers found the worms eating wheat healthier than those eating plastic or nothing in a  88  study． The most important fact is that worms eating plastic are still  89  than those eating nothing by getting energy from plastics． They eat polystyrene and then feed it to their gut microbes． Researchers said they could grow the gut bacteria in the lab and further try to test  90  it was able to degrade polystyrene． As a result, they can look into the way of setting up a real recycling factory．

B

The topic of China’s “slash youth”(斜杠青年) has become hot on social media recently, drawing attention to the different pursuits(追求) of the younger generation．

The slash youth means those who refuse to be accepted by just one personal identity(身份)． They like to present themselves as different identities, such as a nurse and model, a teacher and excellent singer, and an engineer and band player． Rather than comfortable life, they pursue meaningful achievement．

A different career can make them develop new experiences and talents． What’s more, they can get other people’s recognition(承认) and they can have a sense of satisfaction themselves．

A study on “slash youth” published in the China Youth Research magazine talks about the background of this phenomenon(现象): with part of modern society’s usual organization and stability norms(稳定的规范) are broken, flexible labor(灵活的劳动力) markets has appeared． Young people also face the difficult time of self-development, including the sense of powerlessness, lost sense of value in the job, which forces them to re-find the meaning of work．

“The slash life shows that our society is changing better and better in some ways, and it welcomes everyone’s self-development,” said Shi Yanrong, an associate researcher from Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences． “Young people no longer have to depend on work and money for their sense of self-development． They would like to create their own identities．” The researcher added that against the background that people have different interests and are willing to pay for these interests nowadays, the slash life of the youth would drive the growth of a new economy(经济) and its development．

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Thanks for offering such wonderful tours． I prefer___________________________________

Yours,

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参考答案

一、听力选择

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