1、2023年江苏省无锡市中考二模英语试卷一、单项选择 (本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分) 1. Coffee or juice, York?_ is OK. I care little about it.A. BothB. NoneC. NeitherD. Either2. Mark, where is Jim now? He is testing _ he can jump in the playground.A. how longB. how farC. how soonD. how often3. 一May I enter the laboratory?一No, it is onl
2、y open to teachers and students _ you own a school ID card.A. sinceB. althoughC. unlessD. if4. 一Mums birthday is coming, but I have no idea what present I should prepare.一Whatever you give to her, it will _ be liked by her.A. properlyB. hardlyC. certainlyD. specially5. 一My parents always make decisi
3、ons _ my will. You know I was not born yesterday.一You should communicate with your parents and let them know your feelings.A. against B. beyondC. overD. through6. 一The new energy cars are becoming popular, but some people are caring about their safety.一We _ worry about it with the development of mod
4、ern technology.A. mustntB. needntC. cantD. shouldnt7. I think some online eating shows waste a lot of foods.I do agree with you. Laws should be made to _ food waste.A. avoidB. acceptC. allowD. afford8. It is said the conditions along the Yangtze River are suitable for the _ of green tea.A. introduct
5、ionB. inventionC. situationD. production9. Youd better draw a mind map of the key words while preparing for the report. _, you may easily forget some.A. InsteadB. HoweverC. MoreoverD. Otherwise10. I prefer to see and touch what Im buying before I pay for it, especially for clothes and shoes.Thats ri
6、ght. _.A. No pain, no gainB. Seeing is believingC. Every dog has its dayD. Dont burn the candle at both ends11. 一Quan Hongchan _ to be a big success after practicing the 207C action hard in May.一I cant agree more.A. turned outB. took outC. broke outD. put out12. How do you like the story?I dont know
7、 _ , but I really like its surprising ending.A. what the story is aboutB. whether the story is trueC. when did the story take placeD. who are the main characters13. Peter called to tell his mother that he _ home before 9 p.m., but he broke his promise.A will returnB. would returnC. returnedD. had re
8、turned14. Making friends on the Internet sounds great. I want to try._. Its not easy for you to tell whether the online information is true or not.A. You said itB. I feel the sameC. I am with you on thatD. Thats not the case二、完型填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共 10小题， 每小题1分，共10分)。“
9、I want my book back Right now!”“You told me I could _15_ it!” I said confusedly(困惑地).“Yes, I said you could keep it, but I didnt say you could lend it to her. I saw her _16_ it at lunch!” Brittany pointed into the classroom at Maria.Now everything made sense.Brittany was my best _17_. We slept over
10、at each others houses all the time. She also bought us friendship necklaces.“If you take it off Ill die of heartbreak.” So I wore it all the time, even as the metal (金属) changed colors and made a mark on my neck.In Grade Five, we werent in the same _18_ and I met Maria. Soon, Maria and I did everyth
11、ing together.However, Brittany was _19_. She thought it was Maria who broke the friendship between us. So she ate with Evelyn at lunch. When I came to her, she said, “Why dont you go and sit with your best friend Maria?” My faces turned red as if shed hit them with her hand.Brittany ate lunch with E
12、velyn for a week. I worried that Brittany had forgotten me. But the next Monday, she acted like _20_ had changed. “Come on. Wed better hurry if we want to get our favourite place.”I had started walking with her when I saw Maria and Andy laughing together. I wanted to know why they were laughing and
13、_21_ to look at them.“No!” said Brittany. She caught my arm. But my hand was holding a glass of chocolate milk. So the milk poured down my dress.Mum came to bring me new _22_. As I changed, she noticed the mark on my neck.“ Its time to take this off,” she said, unclasping (解开) it. Suddenly, I found
14、myself _23_ harder than I had in years.That was several weeks ago. Brittany and her mom had moved to a different street, without her dad. I worried about her and sometimes I would walk toward her, but then I would stop, with a _24_ feeling in my stomach. I didnt worry that shed catch my arm. It was
15、something about the way a hedgehog (刺猬) curls (蜷缩)up around its soft stomach when it feels endangered.“Hello?” Britany was still looking at me.I thought about all the things I wanted to say. And also I wondered if she ever felt that hedgehog feeling. So, I took a deep breath.“Brittany” I said. “Are
16、you doing OK? I heard about your dad.”And then it was Brittanys turn to cry.15. A. buyB. sellC. throwD. keep16. A. eatingB. drinkingC. readingD. drawing17. A. auntB. friendC. brotherD. teacher18. A. classB. gradeC. schoolD. city19. A. happyB. unhappyC. confidentD. unconfident20. A. nothingB. somethi
17、ngC. anythingD. everything21. A. refusedB. failedC. turnedD. hoped22. A. necklacesB. glassesC. booksD. clothes23. A. workingB. thinkingC. cryingD. laughing24. A. nervousB. hungryC. excitingD. comfortable三、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。(本大题共 13小题，每小题2分，共26分)。A 25. The picture above is _.A.
18、a surveyB. a posterC. a noticeD. a diary26. You may read the picture above _.A. in a story bookB. in a film reviewC. in a charity magazineD. in a food advertisement27. The picture above is mainly about_.A. how to help poor peopleB. how to choose healthy foodC. how to support local farmersD. how to m
19、ake a clever buyerBIf you find your room in a mess when you look around your room, youre sure not to be alone.Cleaning and organizing arent the things most people want to do in their spare time, but in fact they arent that hard to keep up with, and they can even be fun once you get into a habit! In
20、this article, well help you form your own habit so you can keep your room, locker, and any other spaces you use neat and organized all the time.Making Choose a day where you can sit down and plan for the week ahead. A good time to do this would be Sunday night. Most people dont have anything to do o
21、n Sunday nights, unless you have other activities. If so, maybe Saturday night will work. You need to get to know your plan, or else things will get difficult.Organizing ossessionsCreate a place for everything. Being organized starts with knowing where things should go this comes in handy during cle
22、an-up and helps you keep order along the way, so that big clean-ups become less necessary.School lifeDo your homework every night. Stay on top of your studies, and try hard to succeed.Personal factorsLearn to do your laundry. While it may be easier to depend on your parents to keep your clothes clea
23、n most of the time, its even better to learn early on how to do housework.28. Which word is the most suitable for .A. plansB. notesC. videosD. cards29. The passage is most probably written for _.A. teachersB. visitorsC. studentsD. parents30. The passage is mainly about _.A. how to make plansB. how t
24、o organize thingsC. how to be successfulD. how to form a good habitCIt was dark and I was standing in front of a strangers house in an unfamiliar street. The little bird waiting inside the house would be my first test as a volunteer wildlife rescuer (救助者).A kind-looking man led me inside to see my f
25、irst patient. I would have to look confident, like Id done this kind of thing many times before. I lifted the edge of the shoe box very slightly to see a bird standing on very thin legs. The bird seemed very aghast, so I decided not to catch it by hand but just move the whole shoe box into my rescue
26、 box.I hadnt seen this species (物种) of bird before, so I searched the Internet for its information: a rufous fantail, so called because of its red-brown tail feathers that, when fully open, spread out into a neat little “fan”. I phoned the bird specialist of the rescue group. She told me this specie
27、s hunts insects on the wing and keeping it longer than overnight would only do it harm.I waited until dusk the next day, which would provide the cover of darkness, to set it free. I held the bird up as high as I could to give it a good lift off and open the flap. The little bird flew off quickly int
28、o the darkness. My first successful rescue was not just a second chance for the bird. Five months earlier, I received a cancer diagnosis (诊断) and I was now at the point where I wasnt planning my days around hospital visits.For me, it was making room in my life for wildlife rescue. Id been interested
29、 in animals ever since I was a young girl but had always thought that Id missed that boat. But I heard about a local wildlife rescue group that was looking for volunteers, and was holding a two-day intensive (强化的) course in wildlife rescue.I had a free weekend. The only thing stopping me was a lack
30、(缺乏) of confidence. I generally didnt put my hand up for tasks that I might fail in, especially in public. But the wildlife rescue organization was willing to take a chance on me, then I could find the courage to take on the responsibility of this role.And one day, there was a small bird picked up b
31、y an elderly man whod looked out of his front window after hearing bird calls. It was in a box waiting just for me.31. What does the underlined word “aghast” mean in this story?A. quietB. boredC. excitedD. scared32. What can we infer from the passage?A. The rescue was a change in direction for the w
32、riter.B. The rescue mainly helps these birds to search for food.C. The writer would like to be a rescuer when she was young.D. The writer felt hopeless after receiving the cancer diagnosis.33. Which can be the best title of the story?A. Just for MeB. A Second ChanceC. A Kind GirlD. A Successful Resc
33、ueDThe typical image of a knitter may be a white-haired lady but in the 1940s, young male Royal Air Force pilots used needles as they waited for their next task. Wartime pilots crashed a lot and knitting helped rebuild flexibility(灵活性) in wounded arms and meanwhile calm wounded minds. They were the
34、basis of early career therapy.There is increasing evidence that practising creative and meaningful jobs can have a positive influence on health and well-being. Career therapist Jill Riley was part of a team from Cardiff University that surveyed more than 3,500 knitters worldwide and found that the m
35、ore often people knitted, the calmer and happier they felt. Knitting in a group created happiness, improved social contact and communication with others. As one person surveyed put it,“That rhythm of making stitch (针脚) after stitch is like deep breathing. Its a flow where you dont have to stress abo
36、ut it and youve got the rhythm happening.”“Flow”is an invention first named by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentrnihalyi. As he wrote in his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, “The best moments in our lives are not the passive or relaxing times. The best moments usually happen if a per
37、sons body or mind is in a voluntary effort to complete something difficult and worthwhile. During the flow, attention is freely paid to achieving a persons goal because there is no disorder to strengthen out or no threat (威胁) for the self to guard against.” “When a person can organize his or her min
38、d so as to experience flow as often as possible, the quality of life starts to improve.”An artist, Shauna Richardson, knows just how true this is. The artist spent 18 months in a state of flow when she knitted three seven-metre-long lions for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.To complete the task, she says
39、 she had to fix all her attention and keep a state of mind driven by rhythm and process (过程). Csikszentrnihalyi also describes the opposite to flow. He points out that although people are healthier and 1ive longer, they often end up feeling anxious and bored, and they are usually cut off from satisf
40、ying work.Because knitting is so accessible(可到达的)at its heart its two sticks and one stitchit helps people build confidence in their abilities. After all, if you make a mistake, you can just pull it all out and start again.34. Why does the writer mention “a white-haired lady” in paragraph 1?A. To gi
41、ve an example.B. To introduce the topic.C. To compare two things.D. To prove the writers opinion35. According to the passage, how does “career therapy”help people?A. Fill their free time by doing handwork.B. Reduce their stress by breathing deeply.C. Improve their mind and body by knitting.D. Perfec
42、t their skills by completing a task36. How do people feel in a state of flow?A. Fixed.B. Bored.C. RelaxedD. Satisfied37. What can we learn from the passage?A. It is certain that young males are interested in knitting at present.B. It is proved that knitting has a bad effect on peoples health and lif
43、e.C. In the writers opinion knitting can bring people good points and bad points.D. In the kitting process, knitters can enjoy it without worrying about making mistakes.第11卷(主观题共50分)四、词汇运用(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)。(A)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。38. We spent the whole afternoon _ (宁静地) without noisy kids around.39
44、. It is a _ (常见的) sense that drinking milk can help kids grow stronger.40. Scientists around the world are working to _ (发现) a cure for cancers.41. Reducing the risk of heart diseases is an important _ ( 优势) of regular exercise.(B)根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。42. The boy _ (simple) wont accept his parents d
45、ecision.43. We can clearly see the pain from her _ (worry) eyes.44. They will never know the _ (true) behind what happened.45 Peter _ (regret) wasting much time playing computer games and failed his exam.五、动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)。46. All that _ (matter) is that you are safe. Take car
46、e!47. Dont worry! I _ (help) you to complete the task in the following week.48. The bus was late. The poor old man had no choice but _ (wait) in the rain.49. 一I cant find my mobile phone anywhere. Someone on the bus _ (steal) it!一Are you kidding me? Its in your hand right now.50. Michelle Yeoh _ (wi
47、n) the Oscar for Best Actress and became the first Asian woman to get the award.51. Billions of paper cups _ (use) every day in the world so recycling is necessary.52. You looked serious. What troubled you?Well, I _ (think) about how to write my application.53. Thousands of people _ (leave) homeless in the earthquake which happened in Turkey in February, 2023.六、阅读