1、2023年江苏省盐城市阜宁县中考二模英语试题一、补全对话（共5小题，每小题 2分，计10分）A: Hi, Linda. Where did you go during the holiday?B: I went to Jiaxing, Zhejiang with my family.A: I hear it is a nice place. _1_B: Yes. I visited the South Lake.A: _2_B: It was wonderful. The lake is very beautiful.A: Really? _3_B: OK. It is the birth p
2、lace of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党).A: Wow! Its really an educational place.B: _4_ I can show them to you.A: Great. Thanks.B: _5_A. What about you?B. Please tell me more about it.C. We took many photos there.D. Youre welcome.E. How did you like it?F. Did you do anything special there?二、完形填空
3、（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）An old carpenter(木匠)was ready to retire. His boss was _6_ to see the good worker go. He _7_ the carpenter if he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes, _8_ his mind was not on his work any more. He used poor materials and worked on the house _9_. When the carpenter
4、 finished his work, the boss _10_ the front-door key to him. “This is your house,” he said, “A _11_ for you.” What a surprise！What a _12_! If he had known he was building his _13_ house he would have done it all differently. Now he had to live in the house he had poorly built. So it is with us. Some
5、times we build our _14_ carelessly. At important points we do not _15_ our best. Then with a shame we look at the situation we have caused. We find that we are now living in the house we have poorly built. But we dont have _16_ to make it all over again. _17_ yourself as the carpenter. Think about y
6、our life. Build it _18_. It is the only life you will ever build _19_ life is a do-it-yourself project. Your life today is the _20_ of your attitudes and choices you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.6. A. gladB. nervousC. readyD. sorry7.
7、A. askedB. talkedC. addedD. said8. A. andB. orC. butD. so9. A. carefullyB. completelyC. carelesslyD. successfully10. A. handedB. leftC. soldD. threw11. A. giftB. promiseC. choiceD. question12. A. taskB. luckC. shameD. gift13. A. realB. expensiveC. oldD. own14. A. houseB. jobC. lifeD. study15. A. stu
8、dyB. workC. tryD. enjoy16. A. planB. chanceC. timeD. pleasure17. A. Remind ofB. Hear ofC. Think ofD. Dream of18. A. wiselyB. peacefullyC. rapidlyD. carelessly19. A. althoughB. becauseC. andD. so20. A. talentB. choiceC. resultD. difference三、阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，计40 分）（一）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C、D 中，选出
9、最佳选项。ADoing experiments can be interesting, and you may try the following experiments at home. Make sure that youll do them with an adult.21. How many experiments are there in the pictures?A. Six.B. Five.C. Three.D. Two.22. The following are the instructions on how to do “Step 2” in these experiment
10、s. Which one is the right order?a Pour 3/4 of the water away.b. Put a balloon on the bottle.c. Put the bottle in a bucket of hot water. The air rises into the balloon.A. a, b, cB. a, c, bC. b, a, cD. c, a, b23. What can you see in the bottle at last in Experiment A?A. Some ice.B. Some water.C. Some
11、ice and water.D. A cloud and some water.BMarie was born in Poland on November 7, 1867.Maries family had many troubles. Her mother was seriously ill. When Marie was 6, her father lost his job and their home. They moved to a small flat. It was noisy and crowded. But the noise did not stop her from stu
12、dying.In 1883, Marie finished high school. She dreamed of becoming a scientist. But in Poland, girls were not allowed to go to college. And her family did not have enough money to send her to a university in another country.Reaching her dream seemed impossible.Marie and her sister Bronya decided to
13、study in France. Marie would work to pay for Bronyas schooling. Then, once Bronya left school, she would work and pay for Maries schooling.Finally, in 1891, Maries dream came true. She entered a university in Paris. In three years, she got advanced degrees in Physics and Maths. She also met a scient
14、ist named Pierre Curie and they married in 1895.Marie studied a metal element called uranium. She wanted to study uranium because scientists knew it gave off unseeable rays of energy. She wondered where the rays came from.Marie began testing rocks to find out if other elements gave off rays, too. Ma
15、rie concluded two elements (元素) found in the rocks were radioactive.They were thorium and uranium.She called the energy “radioactivity”. Maries experiments were so exciting that she and Pierre soon began working together. One day, Marie began testing a black rock. Marie discovered a new element in t
16、he rock. She named it “polonium”. After Marie took away the polonium, the rock was still radioactive. She knew another radioactive element was inside the rock. She called it “radium”.In 1903, Marie and Pierre received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Marie was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. In
17、 1911, Marie accepted the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.Yet the work made her sick. On July 4, 1934, Marie Curie died of a blood disease that may be caused by radiation.Maries discoveries helped save millions of lives and changed the scientific world.
18、 Radiation has been used to treat cancer. Her ideas about the atom helped lead to the discovery of nuclear energy.24. What happened to Marie?A. She was born in a rich family in Poland.B. She received the Noble Prizes in Physics and Maths.C. She discovered the two new elements were radioactive.D. She
19、 went to university in France because she loved France.25. What caused Marie to study uranium?A. The experiment was very exciting.B. The scientists knew nothing about uranium.C. She wanted to know where the rays came from.D. She wanted to work together with her husband.26. Whats the purpose of the p
20、assage?A. To introduce Maries life.B. To introduce Maries dream.C. To introduce the Nobel Prize.D. To introduce polonium and radium.CThere is a traditional toy called taiping nijiaojiao. It is a clay toy and also a whistle(哨子) in Zhenjiang Jiangsu. It has a history of over 1,000 years.Taiping nijiao
21、jiao is made of the mud from the local mountain. It takes more than ten steps to make the clay toy, and the key step is to knead (捏) it with your hands. You can knead the clay toy into anything, like animals and plants. The blowhole is the most difficult part to make, for the size of the blowhole ma
22、kes a difference to the sound. While coloring, you can use traditional cultural elements(元素) that carry good meanings. Its hard to make taiping nijiaojiao. But when you finally make it, you will feel proud of yourself.Zhou Baokang a lover of folk art, learned how to make the clay toy from local arti
23、sts about 20 years ago. He wants more people to know about it, so he has opened a museum to introduce the clay toy. He teaches kids how to make the clay toy, too.There are many traditional art forms in China, but some of them have been lost. Luckily, the traditional clay toy taiping nijiaojiao is ke
24、pt to this day.27. What does the underlined word “mud” mean in Paragraph 2?A. Soft silk.B. Clean waterC. Wet earth.D. Dead wood.28. What is the key step when you make taiping nijiaojiao?A. Choosing the elements.B. Kneading the clay toy.C. Making the blowhole.D. Coloring the clay toy.29. Who does Zho
25、u Baokang teach to make taiping nijiaojiao?A. Artists.B. Kids.C. Masters.D. Teachers.30. Whats the best title for the passage?A. Shapes of the Clay ToyB. A Lover of Folk ArtC. Ways of Making a Clay ToyD. A Traditional Clay ToyDBucks first day in the frozen Northland was terrible. Every hour there wa
26、s filled with shock and frightening surprise. Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moments safetyonly endless noise and movement. At every moment life itself was in danger, because these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They knew only the law of club and tooth.Buck had never seen dogs fig
27、ht like these dogs: they were like wolves. He learnt this from his friend Curly. She tried to make friends with a big dog. But without warning, the dog jumped on Curly. Curlys face was torn open from eye to mouth. And the fight did not finish then. More dogs ran up and made a circle around the fight
28、, watching silently. Curly tried to attack the dog who had bitten her. He bit her a second time, and jumped away. When Curly tried to attack again, he knocked her backwards. And she fell on the ground. Curly never stood up, and this was what the other dogs were waiting for. In a moment, she was unde
29、r a crowd of dogs. Then Francois and other men with clubs jumped in among the dogs. Soon the dogs were chased away. But Curly lay dead in the snow, her body torn almost to pieces. Curlys death often came back to Buck in his dreams. He understood that once a dog was down on the ground, he was dead.Th
30、at night Buck discovered a problem. Where was he going to sleep? He found Francois was in the tent. Buck followed him quietly. But when he went in and wanted to sleep in the corner, Francois shouted angrily and beat him with a club. Buck ran out and walked around the tent, very, very cold, wondering
31、 what to do. Suddenly, the snow under his feet fell in, and he felt something move. He jumped back, waiting for the attack, but heard only a friendly bark. There, in a warm hole under the snow, was Billee. So he knew what he could do. _. He slept well, although his dreams were bad.In the north, Buck
32、 was learning the law of club and tooth. He learnt to eat any foodanything that he could get his teeth into. He learnt to break the ice on water holes with his feet when he wanted to drink. He learnt to travel through the forest and kill for meat with wild dogs. He was stronger, and could see and sm
33、ell better than ever before. It was easy for him to learn to fight like a wolf, because it was in his blood.31. Bucks first day in the frozen Northland, what was there filled with?A. Peace.B. Rest.C. Safety.D. Shock and frightening surprise.32. Curly lost her life because _A. she didnt want to fight
34、 with a huskyB. she was not so large as a huskyC. she was warned not to attack a huskyD. she didnt know that life itself was in danger at any time33. Curlys death made Buck realize _ in the north.how terrible the new life was the secret of winning a friendhow dangerous the men were the importance of
35、 fighting like wolvesA. B. C. D. 34. Which of the following can be put in _.A. Buck slept outside the tent silentlyB. Buck lay on the snow and finally fell asleepC. Buck ran into the tent secretly and rested in the cornerD. Buck dug himself a hole and soon was warm and asleep35. Whats the best title
36、 for the passage?A. The way to be wild.B. A cold world for dogs.C. The terrible days.D. A clever dog.第II卷 非选择题（共55分）（二）阅读下面短文，将所缺信息还原，从短文后选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。You go to bed at night, close your eyes, and go to sleep. _36_ Actually, when you fall asleep, you go through the four stages of the
37、sleep cycle. Lets explore what happens.Stage 1. When you feel yourself becoming sleepy. Your muscles begin to relax and your brain activity slows down. Your eye movements are slow. It lasts several minutes and you can be woken up easily.Stage 2. _37_ you wont wake up easily. The slow eye movements c
38、ontinue and your brain waves slow down even more. Your body temperature goes down and your heart rate slows down.Stage 3 is known as deep sleep. Its more difficult for you to be woken up. _38_ So all those sleepwalkers out there may not actually remember doing anything strange in their sleep the nex
39、t day.Finally, you move into REM (rapid eye movement). _39_ This is caused by certain brain activity. You may have vivid dreams during this stage. Your waves are more active, and theyre similar to when youre awake. Its easier to wake you up, but you may feel sleepy.Once your REM phase is over the cy
40、cle starts all over again. Stage 1 and 2 are considered light sleep, while Stage 3 is deep sleep. _40_ Youll go through about four or five of these cycles each night, depending on how long you sleep.A. This is when your sleep becomes a bit deeper.B. Have you ever wondered how exactly sleep works?C.
41、A complete sleep cycle lasts between 90 and 110 minutes.D. During the REM stage, your eyes move quickly beneath your closed eyelids.E. Although you are sleeping deeply, this is when sleepwalking or sleep talking occurs.F. Enough sleep is necessary for us.四、词汇运用（共20小题，计25分）（一）（每空1.5分，计15分）阅读短文，从方框中选择
42、适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，每词或短语限用一次。die in ones spare time keep thousand chanceOn the last day of last September, my sister sent me a message: The 1196 weather service will come to an end. So, if you want to listen, today is the last _41_.For 20 years, a caller could dial 1196, choose an area and
43、then hear the weather report read by a computer-spliced (合成的) version of my fathers voice. Dad has been _42_ for 19 years, and the weather app would take the place of it soon.Dads love for the job was beyond my imagination. He _43_ making most of the recordings _44_ of words and phrasesafter he had
44、cancer. I remembered following him to the recording room _45_.project take proud of complete FinalHe would sit there for a whole day, reading thousands of words with headphones on. The familiar headphones and the exact pronunciation all _46_ him back to his previous job as a radio journalist. And he
45、 was _47_ his voice. It sounded strong still and held its fine timbre (音色) though he was in poor health.The whole recording was really a large _48_ with many parts. In the end, dad was too weak to go to the recording room. Then the sound engineer came to my parents house to _49_ the last parts._50_,
46、 I called the number for the last time, a well-spoken robot, speaking in my fathers voice, made me ache. It was another goodbye, so long after the last goodbye.（二）（每空1分，计10分）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。Many people agree that it is important to teach children the gratitude (感恩). A great way to
47、do this is to read some s_51_ about it. Here is a story for you.Once a boy had everything his family could offer but he was still unhappy. One day, he was sitting outside when a girl came up and a_52_ him to help her look for the Thankful Coat. He was surprised at such a thing. Then he f_53_ it on the tree. It was the most beautiful coat he had ever seen. She told him to put it on. He did and felt happier than ever. He was very thankful to her and that made him feel e_54_ better. Later, she told him sh