1、 2022 年江苏省常州市金坛区中考二模英语试题年江苏省常州市金坛区中考二模英语试题 一、单项选择（共一、单项选择（共 10 小题每小题小题每小题 1 分分, 满分满分 10 分）分） 1. _village which I was born in has grown into _ town. A. The; a B. A; the C. The; the D. A; a 2. You can ask anyone for help. _here is willing to lend you a hand. A. One B. No one C. Everyone D. Someone 3.
2、New York City, also known _ Big Apple, becomes one of the worlds greatest business and cultural centers. A. to B. by C. for D. as 4. Since he has finished most of his homework at school, he _stay up late tonight A. cant B. neednt C. couldnt D. mustnt 5. Jack put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the b
3、ed to keep _ himself of his own dream. A. reminding B. to remind C. reminded D. remind 6. -The last physics question on the paper is very difficult. I cant work it out. -_. A. So can I B. So I can C. Neither can I D. Neither I can 7. I hear _of the students in my class _ used to having lessons onlin
4、e. A. two third; is B. two third; are C. two thirds; is D. two thirds; are 8. The old man doesnt know if his daughter _to see him if she _free this Sunday. A will come; will be B. comes; is C. will come; is D. comes; will be 9. -Have you found the mobile phone _you lost in the taxi yesterday? -Not y
5、et Ill have to buy a new one. A. which B. what C. who D. where 10. -When I was abroad, I missed so much about my family that I couldnt fall asleep at night. -Me too. _. A. A miss is as good as a mile B. East, west, home is best C. Great minds think alike D. Do in Rome as Romans do 二、完形填空（共二、完形填空（共 1
6、2 小题小题; 每小题每小题 1 分分, 满分满分 12 分）分） Andy woke up and looked at the clock, 11:30. He jumped out of bed and threw on clothes. He had wanted to get up early and 11 his dad with Fathers Day breakfast in bedwith his moms help of course. He took up the wrapped present on his desk and went to find his father
7、. Where is Dad? Andy checked all the rooms, but the whole house was 12. He walked out to the yard, and his jaw dropped. Dad was holding a hammer and looking at a new tree fort that stood in the big back yard. Andy climbed the rope ladder up to the fort. It had two rooms with three small windows. Dad
8、 followed Andy into the fort, looking excited. I spent all morning 13 it I had one when I was your age. Grandpa surprised me with it on Fathers Day, too. So, its like an activity? Andy asked. Yes, this is a present for 14 of us. Maybe youll build one for your son one day. Dad looked around and asked
9、 Andy 15 they would do first in the tree fort. Andy 16 showed the present and said, Happy Fathers Day! He didnt think it was possible, 17 Dads smile widened as he opened the gift. A chess set! How did you know I wanted 18? Andy always saw his dad playing 19 the computer and he guessed it must be his
10、 fathers favorite. Lets play it! Dad 20 the chessboard. Its the best gift I got of all his Fathers Day. Im glad you like it. Andy said. I do, but I was talking about spending more time with you. I always loved the father-son time. I spent a lot with your grandfather when I was 21! Andy looked at his
11、 dad Can we call Grandpa and 22 him to come to the fort? Dad squeezed Andys shoulder. I think hed love that. That day, the three men played, talked and laughed. It was really a happy Fathers Day. 11. A. help B. bring C. surprise D. satisfy 12. A. empty B. silent C. dark D. quiet 13. A. buying B. bui
12、lding C. cleaning D. repairing 14. A. either B. both C. neither D. none 15. A. how B. why C. when D. what 16. A. quietly B. slowly C. easily D. hardly 17. A. or B. so C. and D. but 18. A. it B. one C. that D. this 19. A. against B. through C. among D. with 20. A. set up B. make up C. get up D. give
13、up 21. A. growing tip B. coming up C. playing here D. living here 22. A. order B. follow C. invite D. quire 三、阅读理解（共三、阅读理解（共 14 小题小题; 每小题每小题 2 分分, 满分满分 28 分）分） A American girl Gabrielle Anderson is one of the greatest players on her school basketball team But many outside of her school also know the
14、 17-year-old girl well-not because of her skills on the playground but because of her artwork. Anderson says that drawing had been her hobby long before she began playing basketball. She likes to paint on things that arent meant to be painted. When she was a little girl, he liked to draw on the wall
15、s of her bedroom. One day, Anderson saw someone covering his tennis shoes in newsprint （报纸图案） . She was interested in this creative idea. A friend of hers happened to ask if she could paint on an old pair of shoes. Since then, the girl has never stopped drawing on shoes. She likes the idea of each p
16、air being customized（定制）so that no two pieces of her work are exactly the same. Anderson has now set up her own shoe art company. Over the past year, she has painted and sold more than 200 pairs of sneakers, Some of these orders even came from famous basketball layers and sports coaches Anderson say
17、s she doesnt paint customized shoes simply for the money. She always wants to spread important messages through her work. On this years International Womens Day, for example, Anderson created designs to show the power of women. This is the decade（十年）of women, she said. My generation has been quite l
18、ucky. We have seen women do many amazing things, from starting companies to wining at sports. She says she hopes to play her favourite sport at he highest level. And, of course, she is going to attend different lessons so as to get better at her craft（手艺）and help her company to grow. 23. Why do many
19、 outside of Gabrielle Andersons school also know the 17-year-old girl well? A. Because of her skills on the playground. B. Because of her artwork C. Because of her school basketball team. D. Because of her beauty. 24. When did drawing become Gabrielle Andersons hobby? A. Before she began playing bas
20、ketball. B. After she began playing basketball. C. After she could paint on an old pair of shoes. D. After she plays her favourite sport at the highest level. 25. According to the passage, what will Anderson do to get better at her craft? A. Shell help her company grow. B. Shell start her own shoe a
21、rt company. C. Shell draw on the walls of her bedroom. D. Shell have different lessons. B How far can scientists let their curiosity go? The Ig Noble Prize（搞笑诺贝尔奖）, a spoof（模仿）of the prestigious（权威的）Nobel Prize, is to award unusual or unimportant achievements in scientific research. The awards are g
22、iven every year to the 10 strangest research projects of the year. It is to honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think On Septermberl2, the 2019 winners of the Ig Nobel prize were announced. Here arc three of them. See how they bring you fun and make you think. Medicin
23、e Prize: Pizza Its one of the worlds most popular food, but what if we told you that a pizza can protect you against illness and death? According to the Ig Nobel Medicine Prize winner, eating more pizzas can lower the risk of cancer and heart diseaseif your pizza is filled with fruits and veggies. T
24、hese provide flavonoids to fight against certain disease. So, if youre a pizza lover, you now have one more reason to love it. Economies Prize: Dirty Money As one of the most frequently passed items on the planet, paper money is known to pick up all kinds of bacteria（细菌）. Which countrys money is the
25、 dirtiest? To find the answer, an international team of scientists compared seven countries paper money. They found that the Romanian Leu, carry more drug-resistant pathogens（病原体）. Perhaps this will make cashless（无现金的）payments more popular. Biology Prize Cockroach（绿耗）（绿耗） Cockroaches are well known
26、for their survival abilities, but few people know they can sense magnetic （磁性的）fields. More surprisingly, an international team found that dead cockroaches have more magnetic qualities than live ones, Thats because magnetic qualities drop when the temperature gets higher. So if you can stand cockroa
27、ches, they may be good magnetic sensors. 26. According to the survey, which countrys paper money is the dirtiest? A. Roman. B. Lebanon. C. Russia D. Romania. 27. What kind of cockroach may have more magnetic qualities? A. A dead one near the stove. B. A live one near the stove. C. A dead one near th
28、e ice. D. A live one near the ice. 28. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage? A. The Ig Nobel Prize is a kind of prestigious Nobel Prize. B. If a person has cancer and heart disease, he shouldnt eat too many pizzas. C. Because paper money is useless, this makes cashless
29、payments more popular D. Because cockroaches have magnetic qualities, people may apply（应用）them to sensors. C How can people in ancient times do calculations（计算） ? In the very beginning, the cleverest thought of using stones and seashells. Then, around the 2nd century BC, they invented the abacus. So
30、me researchers consider the invention to be the worlds oldest calculator. In China, people used abacuses to do calculations quickly for thousands of years before electronic calculators became popular. The abacus is usually made of wood. It has many beads （珠子） . Each bead above the horizontal divider
31、（横向分隔竿）stands for five, and each bead below the divider stands for one. As for the vertical rods （竖向分隔竿） , each one stands for a different digit （数位） . The rightmost is ones, the second is tens, the third is hundreds, and so on. Each bead in the central area has a value. Those away from the horizont
32、al divider are ready to use. By moving the beads up or down, one can do all kinds of calculations. Because of this, abacus computations are also called bead computations It is a joy to watch a skilled hand use an abacus. Fingers move, beads knock and after a few seconds, the result comes out. It req
33、uires lots of practice to use the abacus well In the past, the use of the abacus was taught in all schools. It was considered to be an important skill that everybody needed to pick up. Today, abacuses are no longer widely used. However, we can still feel the important roles they once played. Abacuse
34、s have become a symbol. Because they used to be a must-have for business people, some have come to believe that abacuses can help their owners gather wealth People often gift a newborn a golden abacus-shaped amulet. It is believed that the amulet will help the kid grow up to become a wealthy person!
35、 29. How did Chinese people in ancient times do calculations quickly? A. They used stones and seashells to do calculations. B. They used electronic calculators to do calculations. C. They used electronic abacus to do calculations. D. They used abacuses to do calculations. 30. The bead above the hori
36、zontal divider is one in the rightmost vertical rods, and the bead below the divider is four in the second vertical rods. What is the number? A. 45 B. 41 C. 14 D. 15 31. The underlined word pick up in Paragraph3 means_ in Chinese. A. 检起 B. 采摘 C. 习得 D. 接送 32. Whats the passage mainly about? A. What t
37、he worlds oldest calculator is. B. How people used the abacus before. C. Which gif is the best for a newborn. D. Why abacus computations are called bead computations D Delia was a young pianist. Her husband, Joe, was ayoung artist. Each of them was taking lessons: Joe with a famous at teacher, and D
38、elia with a great pianist from Germany. Their teachers were the very best, so lessons were expensive, more than they could really afford, but. . . when you love your art, nothing is too much. But soon the money began to run out, and they couldnt afford the lessons any more. Then one day Delia came b
39、ack home and told Joe that she had met a man whose daughter, Sally, wanted to learn the piano, and he was going to pay her S50 an hour. Delia, Joe said, I be much happier if you keep up your lessons, Delia said it didnt matter. When Ive had some money, Ill continue. But Joe also decided to stop his
40、lessons, to draw pictures and sell them. A few days later, Joe came home and proudly took $200 from his pocket. I met a man from Vermont, he said, who bought one of my pictures. And he wants to buy more! _. They didnt have to worry about money any more. Then, one day, Joe came home and saw that Deli
41、as hand was wrapped in a bandage（绷带）. He asked her what had happened. Oh, said Delia. My student, Sally, asked me to make some coffee for her. I dropped the coffee and burned my hand. Sally went straight to the drugstore and got this bandage or me. Delia, what have you been doing the last two weeks?
42、 Joe asked. She tried not to tell him, but the tears came. Oh Joe, I couldnt get any students, so I worked as a waitress in a restaurant. Today I burned my hand with hot water. So I cant work any more. But well still have money from the man in Vermont, wont we? Joe looked at her. Theres no man in Ve
43、rmont. he said. Ive been working in a drugstore, and today someone came in to buy bandages for a woman whos burned her hand. So when I saw you, well guessed. They both laughed. 【A story by O. Henry-adapted （改编） 】 33. Who is the writer of he story? A. Joe. B. Delia. C. O. Henry. D. Sally. 34. Which o
44、f the following can be put in the _ in Paragraph7? A. A bigger plan came to their mind B. Since then Joe became very famous C. So the two of hem were very happy D. Delia stopped her lessons and stayed home 35. Both of them laughed in the end because _. A. they would go on with their lessons soon B.
45、they had both told lies to make the other happy C. they didnt have to worry about money any more D. they thought they had done something meaningless 36. What can be the best title for the passage? A. Blind love B. A pleasant gift C. A service of love D. An unforgettable lesson 四、阅读下面短文四、阅读下面短文, 从短文后
46、的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 （共从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 （共 4小题小题; 每小题每小题 1. 5 分分, 满分满分 6 分）分） China has longed （渴望） for a snooker world champion. For a long while, Chinese snooker player Ding Junhui, the countrys top snooker star, was its brightest hope. 37._ The latest hope now looks
47、to be Zhao Xintong. On December 6, the 24year-old won the UK Championship. Its one of the worlds most important snooker competitions. For s5ookcr fans, Zhao is not a new name. 38_As a wildcard （外卡选手） , he defeated world champion Ken Doherty at the International Championship. While some thought he wo
48、n by pure luck, one year later, the boy proved his talent once again. At the 2013 International Championship, he beat six-time world champion Steve Davis. Davis said at the time, This boy is better than anybody I have ever seen at that age. 39_ He has only made one appearance at the World Championsh
49、ip (in 2019). Sadly, he lost in the first round. Now, by winning the UK Championship, the young man is finally one step closer to his dream. It was the biggest match for me, and it was my first time, so I tried my best because it was Luca. I feel very, very happy now. I am very excited, Zhao told re
50、porters after the much-anticipated final, which for the first time sees two players ranked outside the top 16 go head to head. The UK Championship is a snooker theater of dreams. People believe he will go from strength to strength. The future is bright as Zhao comes of age. 40_ Lets all wait for som
