1、江苏省江苏省常州常州市市 2020 年中考英语年中考英语第一次模拟第一次模拟 (考试时间：100 分钟 满分：100 分) 一、单项选择(共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 1. High school, where we have _ good time living together, is _ time of discovery, learning and hard work. A. a; a B. a; the C. a; 不填 D. 不填; a 2. Australian seasons are _ of _. A. opposite; us B. the opposi
2、te; ours C. against; ours D. against; us 3. Just like weather, life _ be beautiful all the time. A. mustnt B. neednt C. cant D. wouldnt 4. My cousin Lisa is going to get married _ John on New Years Day. Theyre both _ their twenties. A. to; in B. with; in C. to; at D. with; at 5. Reading Corner, whic
3、h entered Happy Community Center this spring, has made it _ for the people there to experience the pleasure of reading than before. A. easy B. easier C. easily D. more easily 6.It will be a long time before Mike finishes doing his homework. Yeah, you have to be _ with our kid. A. strict B. popular C
4、. serious D. patient 7.Can you lend me some pocket money? _ . You havent given back the money you borrowed last month. A. No problem B. No doubt C. No way D. No hurry 8.Im going to work over time at weekends. Im afraid I cant see the movie with you. _ . A. Thank you. B. Youre so kind. C. Thats a goo
5、d idea. D. What a shame! 9. Dont blame(责怪)them any more 一 this is _ because they are still young and dont have much experience. A. exactly B. simply C. hardly D. generally 10. The total number of online literature website users had _ to 352 million by the end of June 2018. And the number is still gr
6、owing. A. increased B. reduced C. included D. introduced 11. The sudden storm left us no choice but to _ the travel plan. -What a pity! You let the kids down again. A. put up B. give up C. take up D. make up 12. Its already six oclock. The meeting will begin in 10 minutes. How can we get there in ti
7、me? -Dont worry. I put the clock 20 minutes _. A. upwards B. forward C. before D. behind 13. Wheres the medicine? Ive looked everywhere for it. -Oh, its on the top shelf. Mum put there to make sure little Tom _ it. A. wouldnt reach B. havent reached C. wont touch D. hadnt touched 14. This book will
8、show you _ from books is put into practical use. A. how youve learned B. how what youve learned C. how that youve learned D. that youve learned 15. Our kid is too young. We cant expect him to sit _ the concert. A. against B. among C. between D. through 二、完形填空(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) When our son Br
9、adley was ten, the new bicycle he had received as a birthday gift was stolen. Owning a bike was a big deal to our 16 when they were little. They spent hours and hours, day after day, 17 their bikes, riding up and down the footpath, and at the front of the house. 18 was a great way to get the kids ou
10、t of the house and into the fresh air without spending any 19 . Bradley discovered that his bike had been 20 from our backyard, when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldnt believe that 21 would do this. He got a large piece of cardboard, painted a sign 22 for the bike to be re
11、turned, and tied the sign to the letterbox. The following morning when I went out to collect the 23 , I found a white envelope with the magical words 24 yourself a new bike. It was a $100 banknote inside. We were very 25 that someone had the heart to do this. Weve never been able to thank the person
12、 26 we think it may be one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley 27 a big Thank you on the sign and we left it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards in case it was someone who drove down our street. A happy Bradley was able to buy a new bike. As the years 28 , the bikes became bigger and more expen
13、sive but were still important for those family bike riders. Now 29 have taken the place of their bikes. Bradley is 25. Sometimes I miss the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them. All these years later, we are still 30 to that amazingly kind stranger who made Bradleys
14、wish come true. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, wonder who he was. 16. A. children B. friends C. parents D. relatives 17. A. with B. in C. on D. to 18. A. Camping B. Hiking C. Bicycling D. Skating 19. A. challenge B. t
15、ime C. energy D. money 20. A. broken B. stolen C. forgotten D. mistaken 21. A. somebody B. anybody C. everyone D. nobody 22. A. standing B. waiting C. looking D. asking 23. A. mail B. clothes C. fruit D. food 24. A. Make B. Cost C. Pay D. Buy 25. A. moved B. satisfied C. interested D. relaxed 26. A.
16、 and B. but C. so D. or 27. A. drew B. wrote C. painted D. marked 28. A. went away B. went on C. went over D. went off 29. A. ships B. trains C. cars D. e-bikes 30. A. cheerful B. useful C. helpful D. thankful 三、阅读理解(每小题 2 分, 满分 26 分) A Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By J. K. Rowling Paperback
17、, 784 pages. Publisher : Arthur a Levine Date：07/07/2009 Reading level: Age: 9-12 Price: $16.69 Deceptively Delicious By Jessica Seinfeld Hardcover, 204 pages. Publisher: Collins Date：09/01/2007 Reading Level: Parents Price: $12.83 Rich Dad, Poor Dad By Robert T. Kiyosaki Paperback, 266 pages Publis
18、her: Business Plus Date: 01/01/2010 Reading Level: Age 20-25 Price: $5.59 The Road By Cormac McCarthy Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Vintage Books Date: 09/11/2007 Reading Level: Adults Price: $5.50 31. How many books written for children are there from the posters above? A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
19、 D. Four. 32. Which of the following books is after 2009 in print? A. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows B. Deceptively Delicious C. Rich Dad , Poor Dad D. The Road 33. How much will Mr. Wang pay for two of the books for adults? At least _ . A. $29.52 B. $18.42 C. $11.09 D. $18.33 B Dreams are lik
20、e stars. You may never catch them，but if you follow them，they will lead you to success. Yan Ning is such a dream follower. Yan is a rising star in the science world. When Yan Ning was only a little girl，she dreamed of being a great scientist. After years of hard work， in 1996， she went to Tsinghua U
21、niversity to study biology. After graduating from Tsinghua in 2000，she went to Princeton University and finished her study abroad in 2007. Then she returned to Tsinghua and set up her own lab. At the age of 30 she became the youngest professor（教授）at Tsinghua. Now, Yan，42，has become a leading biology
22、 researcher at Princeton. On April 30，she was included among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates（院士）into the US National Academy of Science（国家科学院） However，it was a long and difficult road for her to make such achievements. She said that in order to realize her dream，she experienced a lot o
23、f failures and pains. But she never gave up her dream. Instead，she followed her dream and fought for it. She usually works at least I4 hours a day. Sometimes she even forgets to eat and rest and works until late night. She never gets tired because she thinks doing research is the most “comfortable“
24、job for her. In a TV interview，Yan encouraged young people to work hard for their dreams. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to follow them. “ 34. Yan went to Tsinghua to study in 1996. A. chemistry B. physics C. medicine D. biology 35. We can learn from the passage that _. A. Yan
25、wanted to give up when she had failures and pains in research. B. Yan never gets tired because doing research is the easiest job. C. Yan achieved her dream because she had the courage to follow it. D. Yan made these achievements mainly by asking others for help. 36. What is the best title（标题）for thi
26、s passage? A. A Difficult Research. B. A Dream Follower. C. A Smooth Road. D. A Famous University C We usually see ancient plants or insects in amber(琥珀). But recently, a group of researchers found something unusual in amber a feathered tail! The tail includes bones, soft tissue and even feathers. I
27、t is 37 mm long, which is about the length of a matchstick. It looks like a plant at first sight. But researchers later identified(确定) it as part of the tail of a dinosaur that couldnt fly almost 100 million years ago. Xing Lida of Beijings China University of Geosciences discovered the amber in a m
28、arket in Myanmar in 2015. “It is an amazing fossil(化石) and the finest details of feathers can be seen in 3-D.” he said. The researchers note in their paper that this finding is particularly special because, although dinosaur feathers have been found in amber before, we dont know which dinosaurs they
29、 came from. But this time researchers know more. The tail is likely to belong to a tiny dinosaur called coelurosaur. Famous coelurosaurs include the T-rex(霸王龙) and Velociraptor(迅猛龙) the latter of which would finally evolve into birds. So with the “once in a lifetime” finding, can we hope for the pos
30、sibility of a real Jurassic Park (侏罗纪公园)? In the movie series, scientists bring dinosaurs back to life by getting their DNA from blood found in amber. But Canadian scientist Ryan Mckellar said that although soft tissue and blood of the tail were found in the amber, no genetic material was kept. The
31、Jurassic Park answer is still a no this is in the science fiction. he said. 37. What do you know about the amber? a. It is about 100 million years old. b. It was discovered in Myanmar. c. It was discovered this year. d. It is a valuable fossil. A. ab B. bc C. ac D. bd 38. What does the underlined ph
32、rase evolve into in Paragraph 5 mean? A. come into B. break into C. grow into D. get into 39. The movie Jurassic Park is mentioned to _ . A. talk about the use of DNA in this area B. call on people to watch it C. compare different dinosaurs D. talk about science fiction D In 1992, a group of archite
33、cts(建筑师)and engineers in Seattle had collected hundreds of canned goods for charity. “We wanted to give back to the community,” said Deborah Ashcraft, organizer for the Construction project. Volunteers also wanted to have some “creative fun, so they used the cans to create a huge map of the State of
34、 Washington. Today Construction has thousands of volunteers across the United States and Canada, for the purpose of creating a world without hunger. Construction members build their delicious artwork in shopping areas and museums. In some cities, such as Tampa Bay, Florida, Construction artists are
35、made up of school kids, “Our class built a Wurlitzer organ(风琴)out of cans,” said Jasmine Heaggans, a student at Lanier Elementary. “We based ours on the 77-year-old organ at the Tampa Theater. Beginning in September, architects Danni Anstett and Danielle Williams visited class weekly. After a field
36、trip to see the real Wurlitzer, the architects showed the class how to draw pictures of the organ from all sides. They instructed students to do a plan view. And they helped the young artists count up how many cans would be used. On October 24, Construction workers from Lanier and three other Tampa
37、Bay schools gathered at the local shopping area to build and display their artworks. The students got to stack (堆)cans. With 1,800 cans, Lanier students had nine hours to get the Wurlitzer ready for the judges. “The cans had to be perfectly stacked, student Courtney Keenam recalled, or everything wo
38、uld fall. After four hours, the students were feeling pretty good. The organ was taking shape. Then the kids had an uh-oh moment. The cans were facing the wrong way. They had to be turned around. At last, the Wurlitzer stood shiny and tall, just in time for the judges to name it most creative. 40. W
39、hat is the aim of the Construction project? A. To sell canned food. B. To end world hunger. C. To bring people much fun. D. To build better communities. 41. How did Anstett and Williams help the young volunteers? A. By helping design the artwork. B. By building an organ with cans. C. By drawing pict
40、ures of an organ. D. By offering them a real Wurlitzer organ. 42. Why did the students come together on October 24? A. To collect cans used by the shopping area. B. To do volunteer work for the shopping area. C. To enter a can building competition. D. To get more people to join Construction. 43.What
41、 does it in the last paragraph refer to? A. The real Wurlitzer organ. B. The 77-year-old organ at the Tampa Theater. C. The huge map of the State of Washington. D. The Wurlitzer organ built out of cans. 四、阅读表达（每小题 1 分, 满分 5 分） 阅读下面短文, 在表格内的空白处填入合适的答案（每格限填一词） 。 The University of St Andrews is the set
42、ting of royal(皇家的) love: on the grounds of this great Scottish university Prince William and Kate Middleton first met and fell in love. More than that, St Andrews is Scotlands first university and one of the oldest universities in the English-speaking world. Built in 1413 (just after Oxford and Camb
43、ridge), over 6 hundred years, the university has been well known as one of Europes leading and most special centers for teaching and research. The location of St Andrews is in a small, historical town to the coast of North East Scotland. The university itself is the perfect place for learning. On av
44、erage(平均) one in three people you see in the street have something to do with the university. You start to feel very quickly that you belong. As a student in St Andrews, playing golf is a must. With the town itself known around the world as The Home of Golf, the university is within minutes of the a
45、ncient golf-playing ground in the world, the Old Course, just near the sea. Students can take a break from their studies by enjoying a game of golf, and the university itself is a popular place to go. It has one of the lowest dropout(辍学) rates in the UK-98 percent of students complete their degree.
46、Perhaps its popularity is in part because of the fact that St Andrews is good for nearly every subject. It has long been among the UKs top five. St Andrews University History Scotlands first university and the 44 oldest university in the English-speaking world Its learning environments It 45 in a sm
47、all town on the coast of North East Scotland, a perfect place for learning. It provides students with a 46 of belonging among a large group of students. Famous sports St Andrews is home of golf, so the students here need to learn to play golf. Every study can be used for a game of golf in the univer
48、sity itself or on the Old Course, only a few minutes walk away. Academic(学术的) 47 St Andrews is good for nearly every subject. 48 one of the lowest dropout rates in the UK, it is ranked among the UKs top. Over six centuries, it has been a famous teaching and research center in Europe. 五、词汇（每小题 1 分, 满分 8 分） A）根据句子意思, 用括号中所给词的正确形式填空, 每空填一词. 49. As a mother, the children _ (要紧) more than anything else in the world. 50. I don