1、20222022 年江苏省无锡市二校联考中考二模英语试题年江苏省无锡市二校联考中考二模英语试题 第第 I 卷（客观题卷（客观题 共共 50分）分） 一、单项填空一、单项填空 在在 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将卡上将 该项涂黑。 （本大题共该项涂黑。 （本大题共 14 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1 分，共分，共 14 分）分） 1. I have to say thats a wonderful plan. But I wonder _ it can be finished. We dont have
2、much time, Im afraid. A. how B. when C. where D. why 2. The Beijing Winter Olympics are considered as a chance to go _ the differences and work together for a better shared future. A. beyond B. against C. through D. across 3. Many people keep cats as their pets, because they are easy to raise, unlik
3、e dogs that _ more attention and outdoor activities. A. represent B. remind C. require D. remain 4. Over the next 20 years the global _ of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600 million to 1.1 billion, according to an article from The Economist. A. pollution B. population C. production D
4、. position 5. The lunar exploration program of our country is _ 3 parts, including orbiting, landing and sample returning. A. turned into B. broken into C. divided into D. got into 6. _ your father is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about. A. Since B. Before C. Although D. While 7.
5、We _ never pay too much attention to protecting ourselves from catching the virus. A. should B. must C. may D. can 8. The 81-year-old man has managed to beat his own personal best by running 400m into one minute and 31 seconds, and even college students can _ match his speed. A. simply B. hardly C.
6、probably D. highly 9. Too many people were absent. The famous training school announced that it _ the activity if necessary. A. would cancel B. cancelled C. will cancel D. has cancelled 10. The Beijing 2022 Winter Games opening ceremony was so _. Many people were amazed by the Olympic flame. It was
7、a real change. A. attractive B. creative C. practical D. traditional 11. Do _ kind for others. Such acts of kindness can make the world better. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 12. The three astronauts have returned to the Earth from Chinas space station. Do you know _? A. how long
8、they have returned home B. how long they stayed in space C. how far is the space station D. where is the space station 13. I may find a better job if I go abroad. Dont be silly. You know _. A. actions speak louder than words B. the early bird catches the worm C. the grass is always greener on the ot
9、her side D. every dog has its day 14. Do you know anything about Yuan Longping? _ He is praised as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. A. How come? B. So what? C. Certainly. D. Exactly. 二、完形填空二、完形填空 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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 （本大题共最佳选项，
10、并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 （本大题共 10 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1 分，共分，共 10 分）分） My dream was to be a baseball player. By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fast ball and hit anything moving on the football field. I was also _15_. My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but
11、taught me how to believe in myself. One thing happened between us _16_my life forever. It was the summer holiday in Senior two and a friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a _17_ for money in my pocket, certainly money for a new bike and new clothes, and the start of savings for a house
12、for my mother. This summer job was _18_, and I wanted to jump at the chance. Then I realized I would have to give up summer baseball training for the work plan. I was _19_to tell my coach, but I remembered what my mother told me, “If you make your bed, you have to lie in it.” When I told my coach Ja
13、rvis, he was as mad as I _20_ him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said, “but your playing days are limited. You cant afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head _21_, thinking of _22_ would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket wa
14、s worth facing his disappointment(失望) in me. “How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he asked. “$3.25 per hour,” I replied. “Well,” he said, “Is $3.25 an hour the _23_ of a dream?” That question made me realize the difference between wanting something right now and having a long-term goal
15、. That summer, I _24_ myself to baseball training. Within the year, I already had a baseball scholarship to the University of Arizona, which led me to higher education and offered me more professional training. 15. A. lucky B. curious C. lively D. successful 16. A. improved B. marked C. shaped D. ch
16、anged 17. A. chance B. method C. cause D. decision 18. A. interesting B. attractive C. boring D. unusual 19. A. afraid B. happy C. sad D. excited 20. A. hoped B. imagined C. wished D. expected 21. A. nodding B. shaking C. hanging D. raising 22. A. what B. when C. how D. why 23. A. truth B. price C.
17、purpose D. product 24. A. took B. forced C. devoted D. kept 三、阅读理解三、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，佳选项， 并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 （本大题共并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 （本大题共 13 小题，每小题小题，每小题 2 分，共分，共 26 分）分） A 25. Bananas which are needed in this experiment _. A. have the same size B. look a
18、like with the same length C. are totally different D. have similar shapes 26. Why do these helpers think the two bananas have different length? A. Because helpers see them in different ways. B. Because helpers usually think the one closer to them is the longer. C. Because helpers compare them with d
19、ifferent curves. D. Because the bananas used in the experiment are totally different. 27. What does the experiment want to tell us? A. Seeing is believing. B. Think twice before acting. C. Seeing is not always believing. D. Practice makes perfect. B Every day, millions of people surf the Internet, a
20、nd there are countless websites for them to visit. Here are four popular websites for online users. https: /www. cracked. com If you are old enough, you might remember Cracked, the monthly magazine that was founded in 1958. Although the magazine is no longer printed, the website https: /www. cracked
21、. com is still alive. The content (内容) of Cracked not only is humorous but also tries to tell all readers new and unexpected. https: /www. buzzfeed. com Are you looking for links to big news on the Internet? Look no further than https: /www. buzzfeed. com. Each day the website offers the latest stor
22、ies and pictures that are crazily spread. BuzzFeed covers different topics and its articles are written by staff members, site users, and partner sites like The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast. https: /www. reddit. com Reddit calls itself “the front page of the Internet”, and that is exactly wha
23、t it is. Just as many people used to read the newspaper while eating breakfast, one to two million Internet users read Reddit every morning to get their daily news. The content of this website comes completely from the public, with users uploading videos, links, stories, pictures, etc. https: /www.
24、imgur. com Do you know many of the funny pictures, GIFs and emojis that hit your Facebook come from Imgur? Its a free website where users upload 1.5 million pictures each day. Imgur users are especially fond of pictures of cute animals and beautiful natural wonders. And it is free to read and use. Y
25、ou can download any photos you like. 28. Which website should you visit if you want to collect lots of emojis for free? A. B. C. D. 29. Which of the following can best describe the content of Cracked? A. Serious and classical. B. Funny and surprising. C. Formal and boring. D. Traditional and educati
26、onal. 30. What can we know from the passage? A. The four websites are very popular among people using Internet. B. Reddit always provides the front page for the newspaper. C. Imgur users are all love cute animals and natural wonders. D. BuzzFeed mainly offer the funniest pictures. C “Breakfasts on!”
27、 Mom called. I put on my sweater. My blue jeans had holes on the knees, like badges(徽章) of courage. My shirt was red. My socks were white and my shoes were black. My mom was color-blind, and my dad had no idea what was fashion. So I was all right. Its funny, sometimes, when you look at the people wh
28、o brought you into this world and you see yourself so clearly in them. You realize that every person in the world is a compromise(妥协) of nature. I had my mothers small-boned frame and her dark brown hair, but my father had given me his blue eyes and his sharp-bridged nose. Sometimes I got nervous ta
29、lking to people so I stayed quiet. In my fantasies, though, I walked along with the cowboys and detectives who parade past us on the television, and out in the woods that came up behind our house. One thing I do know I got from my grandpa Jaybird, his curiosity about the world. Although he was seven
30、ty-six years old, he brought home things that made Grandma Sarah often shout, snake-skins and animals hed found dead. One time he hung up a dead toad(蟾蜍) from a tree and invited me to watch the flies eat it. Maybe he was crazy. Maybe crazy is what they call anybody whos got magic in them after theyr
31、e no longer a child. On that morning before the sun, as I sat eating my breakfast with Dad and Mom in our house, the year was 1964. All I knew at that moment was that I needed another glass of orange juice. So when breakfast was over and the dishes were cleared, after I had gone out into the cold to
32、 say good morning to Rebel and feed him. Mom kissed both Dad and me, I put on my jacket and got my schoolbooks and we went off in the old truck. And there was Zephyr town before us, the town quiet in its dreaming, the moon in the sky. 31. The following sentence should be put at the end of _. But gra
33、ndpa lit a candle of wonder in me and by that light I could see a long way beyond Zephyr town. A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 5 32. What do you think of the writers grandpa? A. Curious and energetic. B. Curious but impolite. C. Strange but friendly. D. Creative and confide
34、nt. 33. What can we infer from the passage about the writer? A. He had a pet cat called Rebel. B. He was a brave and outgoing boy. C. He loved his grandpa but thought he was crazy. D. He studied in Zephyr town which is far away from his home. D The government is working to encourage larger families.
35、 To provide nursery(托儿所) care services has become the latest focal point in Chinas push to raise the birthrate, according to official documents and experts. Song Jian, deputy director of the Population Development Studies Centre at Renmin University of China in Beijing, said last years work report m
36、ainly pointed out the importance of the need to adjust(调整) family planning policies and make them more complete, while the 2022 report laid out real measures(措施). “The next step is to ensure implementation(落实),” Song said. “Developing nursery care services is an important measure to provide service
37、support. It can help solve the problem of who looks after the kids before the baby reaches the age to get into a kindergarten.” Nursery care services are widely considered to be a useful way of helping to raise the birthrate. Thats because such services can help women to achieve a balance between ca
38、reer and family according to Wang Gewei and Zhao Yaohui, researchers at Peking University in Beijing. “Although high-income families can afford to hire nannies(保姆) or ask grandparents to look after the kids so the parents can return to the workplace, low-income families may not be able to do so beca
39、use they cannot afford nannies, and the grandparents cannot give up their work to care for the kids.” they wrote in an article published in the journal Fudan Finance Review in January. The authors said providing high-quality, affordable nursery care services is the key to reducing or preventing the
40、disadvantages that women face once they become mothers, such as being paid less because they work fewer hours. However, lots of parents find it really difficult to find a suitable nursery care centre. A nursery worker Casey in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, said the Child Care Centre she works for costs ab
41、out 2,500 yuan ($395) per baby per month. “Nearly all the parents are requiring us to adjust the price.” she said. As a frontline worker, she said that it is necessary for the Centre to be considerate and meet reasonable needs from parents. “For example, even though the official opening hour for the
42、 centre is around 8:30 a.m., parents can drop their kids off earlier, at 7:50 a.m., so they can go straight to work afterwards,” she said, “Besides, we have both traditional Chinese nursery care methods and Montessori educationa system developed by an Italian physician, so their children will receiv
43、e good-quality care, and they will see rapid improvements in their childrens habits and cognitive(认知) skills.” 34. What does the word “focal” mean in Paragraph 1? A. 重要的 B. 病灶的 C. 优先的 D. 反面的 35. Nursery care services can bring many advantages EXCEPT _ A They can help raise the birthrate. B. They can
44、 help mothers to work fewer hours. C. They can help mothers to take care of the kids. D. They can help women to achieve a balance between career and family. 36. What can we learn from the passage? A China has paid more attention to raising the birthrate. B. High-income families do not need nursery c
45、are services. C. The government laid out real measures to raise birthrate in 2021. D. Providing nursery care services are the only way to raise the birthrate. 37. The last paragraph mainly wants to tell us that _ A. The nursery care centre costs too much money. B. The nursery care centre should adju
46、st their official opening hours. C. A high level of education can be provided by the nursery care centre now. D. Theres still a long way to provide people with suitable nursery care services. 第第 II 卷（主观题卷（主观题 共共 50分）分） 四、词汇运用（本大题共四、词汇运用（本大题共 8 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1 分，共分，共 8 分）分） (A) 根据句意和汉语注释， 在答题卷对应题号的横线上
47、， 写出单词的正确形根据句意和汉语注释， 在答题卷对应题号的横线上， 写出单词的正确形式。式。 38. Jia Ling has become a popular female _ (导演) in China because of the film Hi, Mom. 39. People all over the world are looking forward to a _ (完全的) success in controlling COVID-19. 40. Its wiser to _ (比较) yourself with the one you used to be instead o
48、f anyone else. 41 History teaches us that a nation can _ (几乎不) achieve anything if it is against people. (B) 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 42. What is useless to you may be _ (value) to others, so always remember to share. 43. Anyone who devotes himself to protecting our motherland is _
49、 (consider) as a hero. 44. Its said that there is a _ (possible) that this years Tokyo Olympics will be held without viewers at the scene. 45. China is not as it was. We can _ (certain) ask other countries to speak to China from a position of strength. 五、动词填空五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卷对应题号的横线上。
50、用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卷对应题号的横线上。 （本大题共（本大题共 8 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1 分，共分，共 8 分）分） 46. Even though the price of houses in Wuxi is increasing rapidly now, houses still _ (sell) well. 47. Our managers spoken English is excellent! Yes, he _ (live) abroad for 10 years, but now he lives in Shanghai. 48. After
