2023年江蘇省無錫外國(guó)語學(xué)校中考英語二模試卷（含答案）

2023年江蘇省無錫外國(guó)語學(xué)校中考英語二模試卷

一、單項(xiàng)選擇(本大題共14小題，每小題1分，共14分)在A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最

佳選項(xiàng)。

1.Whatamazingprogresshe'smadewiththehelpofhisteacher!()

A.aB.anC.theD.不填

2.withthemedalfortheBestActress,MichelleYeohencouragedalltheladiesnottogiveup.()

A.ProvidedB.PresentedC.GivenD.Raised

3.—Doyouthinktheweatherwillbeperfectforthepicnic?

——No,weareluckyenough.Theweatherreportsaysitwillbequitehot.()

A.untilB.ifC.unlessD.although

4.Ican'trememberexactlyNickleftthevillage.IonlyrememberitwasaSunday.()

A.howB.whenC.whereD.why

5.Honey,youcantakeofthetwocakesandgivetheothertoyoursister.()

A.anotherB.eitherC.everyD.both

6.Beforetakingmedicine,you'dbetterreadthefirst.()

A.inventionB.invitation

C.instructionD.instrument

7.—IsthatladyinredoverthereyourEnglishteacher?

—Itbeher.Shegotillaweekago.Idoubtifshehascomeback.()

A.mustB.can'tC.shouldD.may

8.Thisyear'sTaibuMusicFestivalinChangzhouhasattractedvisitorsfromallaroundthecountry.()

A,agreatdealofB.thenumberof

C?anumberofD.aplentyof

9?—ThesatisfactoryresultwehadinthePEtestisquiteourexpectation.

一Itisyourhardworkandconfidencethatleadtothesuccess.()

A.beyondB.againstC.overD.above

10.ThecartoonfilmSlamDunktobeagreatsuccess,foritcarriestheyouthmemoryofmanypeople.

()

A.breaksoutB.comesoutC.putsoutD.turnsout

11.—Wecanalwaysfindgoodinabadsituationifwelookforit.

-Ican'tagreemore.Let*smakefulluseofwhatcomes.()

A.nothingB.somethingC.everythingD.anything

12.—AtraincrashhappenedintheUSAseveraldaysago.

—Thatwasreallyawful.Peopleallwondered.()

A.howmanypeoplearekilledinthecrash

B?thatwhyithappenedsmoothly

C.whatcausedtheterribleaccident

D.whatdidthegovernmentdoafterit

13.—Haveyoueverheardofintelligenthousefurnishings(智能家居)？

一Yes,andtheyareusedinpeopledhomesnowadays.()

A.certainlyB.wiselyC.quietlyD.widely

14.—ShallIhaveanother5-dayholidaythismonth,mom?

—.Don*taskforthemoon,baby.()

A.Gotit

B.Itcouldn'tbebetter.

C.Comeon

D.Takeiteasy

二、完形填空(本大題共1小題，共10分)先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的A、B、C、D

四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

15.Hittingheavilyonthekeys,Iturnedawayfromthepiano,tryingtofightthetearsinmyeyes.Afteranhourof(1)

,Istillcouldn'tgettherhythm(節(jié)奏)quiterightonaMozartpiecethatIhadtoshowtomypianoteacherthe

followingday.AlthoughItriedveryhard,Ijustcouldn'tseemtoplayitthewayitwas(2)tobeplayed.

Idecidedtotakeabreak.Forthemostpart,afteralittlebitofwork,Icouldusuallylearnthesongpretty

quickly.Sadly,itwasalwaysthatonesong,whichmighthaveappearedsimplebutwasdifficult,thatalways

annoyed(惹惱)me.Thesetypesofsongsalwaysmademe(3)myselfwhetherIcouldbeapianist.

Afterdinner,Idecidedtocomebacktothe(4).Placingmyfingersonthekeys,Ichosetoplaythe

piececarefullyand(5),payingattentiontohittingthecorrectnotesinsteadoftryingtoplaythepiece

quickly.Usingthisnewmethod,Iexercisedagreatdealofpatience,somethingthatIoftenhad(6)

with.Insteadofthinkinghowhardtherhythmwas,IthoughtabouthowIcould(7)myself,littleby

little.Finally,Icouldslowlyseemyselfgettingbetter.

Thatevening,Ididn'tevengettherhythmrightuntilaweeklater.I(8)animportantlesson--

sometimes,babystepsarethebestwaytoreachagoaLI'ma(n)(9)personwholikestothinkthatIcanget

somewherebyleapsandbounds(跳躍).(10)，inthecaseofpiano,Icouldn*tmoveforwardandimprove

untilIsloweddownandtookitonestepatatime.

(1)A.actingB.insistingC.singing0.practicing

(2)A.allowedB.thoughtC.supposedD.reported

(3)A.doubtB.considerC.admireD.challenge

(4)A.lessonB.pianoC.teacherD.room

(5)A.happilyB.gentlyC.seriouslyD.slowly

(6)A.troubleB.funC.experienceD.influence

(7)A.showB.improveC.prepareD.please

(8)A.gaveB.missedC.learnedD.taught

(9)A.proudB.impatientC.carelessD.hardworking

(10)A.OtherwiseB.MoreoverC.HoweverD.Indeed

三、閱讀理解（本大題共13小題，共26分）閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在每小題所給的A、B、C、

D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Countingheartbeats

Whenadoctorgivesyouacheckup,heorshe

checkshowfastyourheartisbeating.Andit's

simpleloIcamhowtodoic

Usetwofingertips(IB尖)toGnd

theboneon(hesideof

yourhelper'swrist(手IR)about

2cmbelowthethumb.

MoveyourGngerstowardthepalmbentsin15seconds,

(手拿)ofyourhelper'shand,andyou

multiply(IftKX)byfourand

willfeelasofterspot.

You'llneedwrite(hatnumberdown.

Holdthatspotgently,andyouwillTrade(交換)place*and

Ahelper(eelatinymovement-yourhelper**haveyourhelpercount

Alimcr吧

nbcaiing.QofyOugoou.sidc.yourheartbeat.

Pencilan(T

paperwalkaroundquicklyfortwo

minutes,thencheckyour

?heartbeatsagain.

Whathappens?

Aperson*rhcartbcat,orpulse

(脈搏),isgiveninbeatsperWhenyouexercise,

minute.yourheartspeeds

^^That'swhyyoucountup.

Ibeatsfor15secondsSitquietlyforafew

qthenmultiplybyfour.minutes,andyour

heartslowsdown

again.

16.，

(1)Theunderlinedword"timer"mostprobablymeansinthepassage.

A.atooltotellthetime

B?aninstrumenttofindoutthelengthofthetime

C.aninstructiontoguideyouwhattodo

D.apersontotellothersthecorrecttime

(2)IfTina'sheartbeatis21in15seconds,herheartrateis.

A.60perminute

B.72perminute

C.84perminute

D.96perminute

(3)Whatdoyouknowabouttheheartbeat?

A.Youcanfeelyourheartbeatonthethumb.

B.Aperson'sheartrateisgivenin15seconds.

C.Exercisingmayaffectaperson'sheartbeat.

D.Theheartbeatwillspeedupwhenyousitquietly.

17.Whenthefirstsupermarketopeneditsdoors75yearsago,shopperswereinshock.ThatdayinJanuary1948

changedthewaypeopleintheUKshopped.On12January1948,agreatnumberofpeoplecrowdedintoanewshop

inManorPark,London.Thiswasbecauseitallowedshopperstochoose,touchandtakethingsofftheshelves

themselves.TheideacamefromtheUS,whereasupermarket-styleshopcalledPigglyWigglyhadopenedin

1916.1tsowner,ClarenceSaunders,decidedtoletpeoplehelpthemselvesinsteadofservingeachofthem.Inthis

way,hecouldcutcostsandreduceprices.Shoppingtrolleys（購(gòu)物車）firstappearedintheUKsupermarketsin

1950.Withatrolley,peoplecouldcarrymoreinasingleshoppingtrip.

Within10years,supermarketswerespringingupalloverBritain.Peoplecouldfindonealmostanywhere.The

firstone-stopsupermarketopenedinNottinghamshire,England,in1964.Ithad50departmentsandsold

everythingunderoneroof.Around30,000peopleand1,000carsturneduponitsopeningweekend,causing

trafficjams.Today,9outof10peoplebuythingsfromsupermarkets.

Supermarketsareusingtechnologytomakeshoppingeasier.AmazonFreshshopsusecamerasandshelvestosee

andweighwhatpeoplebuy.IntheUS,"smarttrolleysnscan（掃描）objectswhentheyaredroppedinandmakeit

easyforcustomerstofindthings.EngineersinHongKonghavedesignedself-drivingtrolleys.Supermarketsare

lookingfbrsmarterwaystosendthings,too.ColessupermarketinAustraliausesdrones（無人機(jī)）toflythingsto

customers*doors.

（1）WhatisParagraph1mainlyabout?

A.HowBritishpeoplepaidforthings.

B.HowsupermarketsintheUKstarted.

C.Howshoppingtrolleysdeveloped.

D.Howtheownercutcostsinhisshop.

（2）Inwhichorderdidtheseeventshappen?

a.ThefirstsupermarketopenedinManorPark.

b.ClarenceSaundersstartedPigglyWiggly.

c.ShoppingtrolleysfirstappearedintheUK.

d.Thefirstone-stopsupermarketopenedintheUK.

A.a-b-c-d

B.a-b-d-c

C.b-a-d-c

D.b-a-c-d

（3）Whatdoesa"smarttrolley"intheUSdo?

A.Itcarriesmorethanbefore.

B.Itmovesaroundbyitself.

C.Ithelpspeoplefindthings.

D.Itweighsthethingsinside.

18.Lucy：Ah,goodevening,you'vecomeatlast.

Jack：Oh…er…goodevening.Yeah---er,,,sorrytobelate.

Simon：ButJack***

Lucy：Oh,Jack,youarenaughty（淘氣的）.Keepingmewaitingherefortwentyyears,andthentryingto

surprisemebycominginfromthewindow.Andyourfriend,Isee,isasstrongasyou.Goodevening.Jack'ssucha

sillyboy,stilluptohistricks.Dotakeachair.Andwecanallhaveanicecupoftea.You'dlikethat,wouldn'tyou?

Simon：Oh…er…yeah.Er…thankyou.

Lucy：Lovely.Now,waitaminute.Jack,entertainyourfriend,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha.

Simon：Arightmessthisis.Quick,backoutofthewindow.

Jack：No.Calmdown.Can'tyousee?It'seveneasier.ShethinksFmheroldboyfriend.She'sbeenwaitingfor

himfortwentyyears.AllIhavetodoistoaskherforthemoneyandshe'llgiveittome.She'soffherhead.

Simon：Doyouthinkso?It*llbeaseasyasthat?

Jack：Ofcourseitwill.Nowshutup.She'scomingback.

Simon：Shedidn'tevennoticeourmasks.

Jack：Oh,shutup.

Lucy：Hereweare.Anicecupofteaand,now,Jack,youhaven'tintroducedyourfriend.

Jack：Oh,no.Sorry.Er...thisisSimon.Yeah...”Simon."Simon,thisis...

Lucy：Hello,Simon.Sopleasedtomeetyou.I'mLucy.

Simon：Oh,verypleased,Fmsure.

Jack：Lucy,Iwantedtotalktoyouaboutmoney.

Lucy：Ahyes,Jack.Iwasn'tgoingtomentionitquitesosoon,butthattenthousandpoundsIlentyoumust

havegotquitealotofinterestbynow,andtimesareratherhard.Now,drinkyourtealikeagoodboyandwe'H

discusshowyoucanpayitback.Twentyyearsisalongtimetowait,afterall.Jack?Jack,whatareyoudoing?

Comebackatonce.Ohdear.Heisanaughtyboy.ButIknowhe'llcomeback.Alwaysdid.ButFmafraidhisteawillbe

cold.Ah...

(1)ThetwostrongmencameintoLucy*shouse.

A.toenjoyhertea

B.toattendaparty

C.tostealmoneyorrobher

D.togiveherasurprise

(2)WhatdoestheunderlinedsentenceprobablymeaninChinese?

A.她生病了。

B.她神志不清。

C.她低下了頭。

D.她遮住了她的頭。

(3)WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A.Lucyknewwhatthetwomenwerecomingfor.

B.LucywaswaitingforJack.

C.Lucywastoooldtotellpeople'snameright.

D.Lucywasverylonely.

19.

APathway(路徑)toMeaninginLife

Whenitcomestoameaningfullife,wemightthinkoflove,happinessandhealth.Alifefilledwithmeaningis

whatmostofuswantforourselves.Then,whatmakesameaningfullife?

Manyresearchersagreethatameaningfullifecomesdowntothreefactors(因素)：havinglong-termgoals

,believingthatone'slifematters,andfeelingthatone'slifefitstogetherand"makessense11.

Butwebelievethereismoretoconsider.Sometimeslifeenablesustoexperiencesmallmomentsof

beauty.Whenpeopleareopentoappreciating(欣賞)suchexperiences,thesemomentsmayimprovehowtheysee

theirownlife.Wecallthisexperientialappreciation（EA）.EAisaboutthepersonfeelingconnectedtoeventsand

beingabletoappreciatethevaluewithintheconnection.ltshowsthediscoveryofandadmirationforlife'sbeauty.

WerecentlysetouttobetterunderstandEAinstudies.WewereinterestedinwhetherEAwasalsotiedto

generaljudgmentofmeaninginlife.Ifso,itcouldbeafactorformeaningfulness.

Inthefirststudy,wehadpeoplerate（評(píng)估）theirsupportfordifferentmethodsofreducingstress.Wefound

thatpeoplewhomanagedstressbyfocusingontheirappreciationforlife'sbeautyalsoreportedexperiencinglifeas

highlymeaningful.

Inthenextstudy,weaskedpeopletoratethedegreetowhichtheyagreedwithvariousstatements.suchas"I

appreciatethebeautyoflife"and"Iappreciatelittlethingsinlife,“aswellasotherstatementsthatrelatedtothe

threefactorsandageneralsenseofmeaninginlife.Ourresultsshowedthatthemorepeoplereportedthattheywere

"appreciatinglife"anditsmanyexperiences,themoretheyfelttheirlifewasvaluable.Inthefollowingstudies,we

furtherlookedattheconnectionbetweenEAandmeaningfuIness.Forexample,wefoundthatpeoplewhowere

askedtolookbackonthemostmeaningfuleventofthepastweekgenerallyreportedhighEAinthosemoments.

Alltheresultsprovedourtheory（假設(shè)）true.Butputtingitintopracticecanbedifficult.Ourfast-paced

lifestylesfillthedaywithgoals.Wetrytogetthehighestoutputbothatworkandinsparetime.Thisfocusonfuture

outcomesmakesitalltooeasytomisswhatishappeningrightnow.Weshouldslowdownandletlifesurpriseus.

（1）YouweremostprobablyintheEAconditionwhen.

A.youmadeatravelplanforthecomingholiday

B.youhurriedtoservethecustomersinthestore

C.youpracticedhardtobecomethebestviolinist

D.youstoppedtoadmiretherosesbytheroadside

（2）Whatcanwelearnfromthestudiesmentionedinthepassage?

A.Thinkingbacktothepastweakensoursenseofmeaning.

B.Enjoyingsmallthingscaninfluenceourattitudetowardlife.

C.Properstressmanagementisthekeytolivingasatisfyinglife.

D.Goodjudgmentonbeautyimprovesconnectionsamongpeople.

（3）Whatdoesthelastparagraphmainlytellus?

A.Itiseasierforresults-drivenpeopletoachievesuccess.

B.Weoftenturnablindeyetothepresentmoment.

C.Afast-pacedlifestylehelpsusreachourgoals.

D.Futurelifewillbringusmanymoresurprises.

（4）Whatisthewriter'smainpurposeinwritingthispassage?

A.Toexplainhowtodiscoverbeautyinlife.

B.Todiscusswhatthetruemeaningoflifeis.

C.Tointroduceanewfactorfbrameaningfullife.

D.Tocomparedifferentfactorsformeaningfulness.

四、詞匯運(yùn)用（每小題1分，共8分）（A）根據(jù)句意和漢語注釋，寫出單詞的正確形式。

20.Successcanonlybeachieved（憑借）hardwork.

21.Itishopedthattheelderlyintheir（九十）willgetfreemedicalcarebytheendof2025.

22.Yourwordsreally（產(chǎn)生效果）.Jimpracticedharderthanbefore.

23.Thankyouforgivingme(建議)onhowtoimprovemyoralEnglish.Theydohelpme

alot.

(B)根據(jù)句意，在答題卡對(duì)應(yīng)題號(hào)的橫線上，寫出括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式。

24.Theboy(careless)putthecuponthetableanditfelldown.

25.Themorebooksweread,the(wealth)wewillbeinourspiritualworld.

26.Attheconcert,those(music)skillsimpressedthelittleboysomuch.

27.Weallthinkthosesoldierswhohave(service)ourcountryformanyyearsshouldbewell

paid.

五、動(dòng)詞填空(本大題共8小題，每小題1分，共8分)用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給動(dòng)詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

28.What'stheweatherliketomorrow?Iwasonthephoneand(miss)mostoftheweatherreport.

29.DearFriend,sinceyou(grow)up,youcanmakedecisionsbyyourself.

30.一Arethepolicegoingtotellthedetailsofthecasetothepublic?

-Notuntilthethief(catch).

31.(watch)herselfinthemirror,thequeenthoughtshewasthemostbeautifulladyintheworld.

32.—Shallwego?

-Waitaminutemom.I(check)theemailfrommyteacher.

33.—Didyouseeanyonewalkintomyoffice,Jack?

—Sorry,Ididn'tnoticeit,formyteacher(explain)themathproblemforme.

34.Itissaidourgovernment,aswellasschoolsshoulddowhattheycanassoonaspossible(

prevent)schoolbullying(霸凌)fromhappening.

35.Getyourpassportsbackassoonaspossible,orthey(lay)onthereceptiondesk(

前臺(tái)).

六、閱讀填空(本大題共1小題，共5分)先通讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在文章后表格的空格內(nèi)填入

一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。每個(gè)空格只能填一個(gè)單詞。

36.HaveyouevervisitedLongmenGrottoes(石窟)orYungangGrottoes?Around1,800yearsago,Chinese

artistsmadestatuesinmountains.Overtheyears,thesestatueshavegonethroughearthquakes,floodsand

wars.Nowinthe21stcentury,however,theyarefacinganevenbiggerproblem：tourism.Toomanytouristsgoto

visitthosegrottoeseveryyearandthiscertainlydoesharmtothegrottostatues.How?

Overmanycenturies,thesegrottostatuesslowlycorrode(侵蝕)becauseoftheacidiccontent(酸性物含

fi)ofair,waterandsoon.Butwhentheyareopentothepublic,thecorrosionprocessspeedsup.

Accordingtoastudy,thecarbondioxidethatvisitorsbreatheouthasmadetheairmoreacidic.Also,visitors

bringinmicroorganisms(微生物).Eventheirbodyheatcanincreasethegrottoes*temperature.

BadbehaviourcancauseharmtothegrottostatuesaswelLToomanyvisitorstouchthegrottostatuesandcause

theirsurfacestochangecolour.

Whenwevisitthegrottoes,wecanoftenseeasignsaying,"NoFlash!uor"NoPhotos!"Thisisbecausethe

stronglightcanbebadforthestatues,especiallythosewithcolour.Thelightcaneasilymakethemlosecolour.

Toprotectthoseancientculturaltreasur