2022年江苏省苏州市苏州工业园区中考二模英语试题

2022年江苏省苏州市苏州工业园区中考二模英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单项选择

1．Kitty’s aunt, ________ tired and sleepy after work, finished all the housework.

A．but B．and C．though D．or

2．—I am going to the railway station to meet a friend, but my car broke down.

—Don’t worry. I can give you a ________.

A．trip B．ride C．journey D．travel

3．Most fairy tale stories ended ________ those famous words, “And they lived happily ever

after.”

A．in B．to C．on D．with

4．—What would you buy for your sister as the birthday gift?

—I ________ buy her a doll, but I haven’t decided yet.

A．may B．must C．will D．need

5．—I learnt from the news that Su Yiming received a special letter from President Xi.

—________ pleasant surprise he has got!

A．What B．What a C．How D．How a

6．—How long haven’t you seen your best friend?

—Actually, I ________ her in our neighborhood the other day.

A．meet B．met C．have met D．will meet

7．—How about inviting Suzy to help us with our project?

—She has already been very busy. I don’t think she can ________ any extra work.

A．take on B．take in C．take up D．take off

8．Which one of the following is an opinion? ________

A．Suzhou Museum was designed by leoh Ming Pei.

B．Suzhou Museum has some features of Suzhou gardens.

C．Suzhou Museum is one of the most beautiful museums in the world.

D．Suzhou Museum has been free open to the public since May, 2008.

9．—The Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou XIII have returned safely.

—Wow, amazing! Could you tell me ________?

A．how do they feel after such a long space trip

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B．that they set a new speed record on the return

C．what did they bring back from Tiangong station

D．how long they stayed in space before their return

10．—How do you like the online concert of the Irish pop band Westlife?

—________. I enjoyed every minute of it.

A．What a pity! B．That’s all right. C．It couldn’t be better. D．I am not sure.

二、完形填空

Imagine yourself under the cool shade of an apple tree. Your mind and body relax as you

sit quietly, thinking. ____11____, an apple falls from the tree, narrowly (勉强地) missing

your head. Most of us would be ____12____ that the apple did not hit us. And that would be

the ____13____ of it. But sometimes, an ordinary happening can lead to extraordinary (不同寻常的) results. Such was the case in the 17th century. Isaac Newton spent his life working

out many laws of physics. He wanted to ____14____ how things worked. For him, the world

was his laboratory in those early days of ____15____. One lucky day, as he was sitting in his

study at his mother’s country home, he looked out ___16___ the yard. The apple trees there

were filled with red apples. ____17____ he sat there thinking, he noticed an apple falling

from the tree. When he watched the apple hit the ground, he asked himself some ____18____

questions: Why did that apple fall straight down? Why did it not fall sideways? Why did it

not fall up, towards the sky?

With these simple questions, Newton discovered gravity. More correctly, he discovered

____19____ gravity ists could understand why the moon was held in orbit (轨道)

around the earth. Gravity _____20_____ why people did not fall off the face of the earth.

Imagine if Newton had watched that apple falling, and thought nothing more than,“Oh

yes, just another apple falling from a tree!”

11．A．Luckily

12．A．careful

13．A．end

14．A．put out

15．A．science

16．A．off

17．A．Before

B．Suddenly

B．hopeful

B．beginning

B．take out

B．art

B．over

B．After

C．Sadly

C．doubtful

C．result

C．find out

C．literature

C．from

C．As

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D．Quietly

D．thankful

D．truth

D．carry out

D．language

D．down

D．Until

18．A．strange

19．A．how

20．A．expressed

B．difficult

B．what

B．expected

C．simple

C．when

C．explored

D．silly

D．where

D．explained

三、阅读单选

Hire the Best and Bravest Pet Sitter in Town

(Duke k.)

If you have an unusual pet, call ME!

I will watch any pet because

I am not afraid of anything!

·bugs and slugs

·bats and rats

·frogs and dogs

I will keep your spider warm and safe, as long as I

don’t have to feed or touch it.

I will watch your snake (unless it is venomous).

(有毒的)

Except for geese. They are c (很凶).

Dad says I am not allowed to watch lions, tigers, or

bears, unless they play football.

21．What are the pictures about?A．Pets that Duke has to feed. B．Pets that Duke has special

rules for.

C．Pets that Duke likes to watch.

22．What can we learn from the poster?

A．Duke doesn’t think geese are mean. B．We can contact Duke by e-mail any time.

D．Pets that Duke has watched before.

C．Pet owners may be interested in this poster. D．Duke is willing to watch all kinds of

animals.

Yes, you read that right: plants that dance. It’s true. I’ve seen them! Udon Thani is a

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province in northeast Thailand. There are no big cities there and not as many tourist

attractions as there are in other parts of the country. But there is one small plant nursery (苗圃)

with one of the most amazing but little-known sights in the world: simple, green plants that

look like common weeds (野草).

These special dancing plants area hybrid of the Thani Gyrant and the Chinese

Gyrant—the pure parents can’t dance as well as their hybrid child. The scientific name of this

type of plant is Codariocalyx motorius (舞草).

Let’s go back to the dancing. Walk through the nursery, and we see many bright,

eye-catching plants. Deep in the center of the nursery, is a row of these green weeds. These

are the dancing plants. “Stand in front of them and sing,” the nursery worker says.

At first it feels silly to sing to a plant. I sing quietly and shyly, and nothing happens. I

think about leaving, but I make myself stay and sing longer. Slowly, the plants start opening

and closing their little leaves. The longer and louder I sing, the more they move. When I stop,

they stop. I test to see if my breath is making the leaves blow—nope. They’re moving

because I’m making a sound. It’s unimaginable to communicate with a plant this way. It

makes me think very deeply about the ways all living things are alive. Perhaps we’re more

connected with the plant world than we think we are.

Why the plant dances is still a mystery—just another sign that we still have a lot to learn

about our world.

23．According to the passage, where can the dancing plants be found?

A．Northeast Thailand. B．Southern China.

Thailand.

24．The underlined word “It” in paragraph 4 refers to .

A．blowing to the leaves

C．working in the nursery

B．standing in front of a dancing plant

D．communicating with a dancing plant

C．Japan. D．Southern

25．In which part of the newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A．MAGIC WORLD B．STAR STORIES

C．SCHOOL TIME D．NEWS DESK

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At nine o’clock that night Encyclopedia climbed into bed. He lay awake for a long time.

He thought over what his mother had said to him about being a detective when he grew up. In

the morning he made up his mind.

He would go into the detective business and help people. He wouldn’t wait until he grew

up. It was summer and school was out. He could begin at once.

Encyclopedia got out of bed and searched through his closet. He dug out a toy printing

press, a Christmas gift from his Uncle Ben two years ago.

As soon as Encyclopedia finished breakfast, he printed fifty leaflets. When the ink (墨水)

was dry, he put the leaflets in all the mailboxes in the neighborhood.

Then he went home and asked his mother for a big piece of cardboard. She gave him a

dress box from the Bon Ton Store, which she had been saving. Encyclopedia borrowed the

kitchen scissors and cut out a square piece of cardboard. He took a black crayon and carefully

lettered a sign.

The leaflets and the sign said:

Encyclopedia put up the sign on the door of the Browns’ garage (车库). The next

morning, he sat in the garage, waiting for somebody with a problem to drop in. Nobody

dropped in. Only the rain. The roof of the garage had a hole in it.

Rain fell all morning, all afternoon, and all the next day.

Encyclopedia looked at the rain and felt lower than a submarine’s (潜水艇) bottom. He

thought about taking down the sign and going digging for worms (虫子) with Billy and Jody

Turner or fishing off the bridge at Mill Creek.

Suddenly a pair of rubbers (雨鞋) and a raincoat appeared in the doorway. Inside them

was a small boy.

“My name is Clarence Smith,” said the boy, “I need your help.”

26．Which is the correct order of the following events?

①A small boy appeared in the doorway.

①Encyclopedia printed fifty leaflets and lettered a sign.

①Encyclopedia’s mother told him something about being a detective.

①Encyclopedia climbed into his bed.

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①Encyclopedia waited for someone to drop in.

A．①①①①① B．①①①①① C．①①①①① D．①①①①①

27．What can be inferred from the underlined sentence?

A．Encyclopedia fell deep into the sea. B．Encyclopedia was interested in the rain.

C．Encyclopedia felt sad and almost lost heart. D．Encyclopedia waited at the bottom of a

submarine.

28．What would probably happen next?

A．Encyclopedia would finish his homework soon. B．Encyclopedia would help the boy

with his case.

C．Encyclopedia would dig for worms.

Throughout its long history, writing has been a big deal in China. Since the earliest

dynasties, the skills of reading and writing have been highly respected. In fact, they form an

important part of the Chinese art world. Calligraphy, the art of writing with a brush, is

（书法）almost as old as writing itself. And though this art form dates back thousands of years, it is

still very popular today.

________ The answer most likely lies way back in the Shang Dynasty（about 1600-1046

BC）. That’s when characters were first used in religious（宗教的）events. This practice

showed a spiritual part which gave writing power in the eyes of common people.

Calligraphy spread during the Han Dynasty, when the, necessary tools and materials

were more easily got. First there was the brush, made from bamboo and animal hair. Early ink

was made by burning pinewood（松木）and mixing it with water. Early forms of paper were

invented around AD105. Finally, there was inkstone, a smooth piece of stone used for mixing

ink. Together, these tools were known as the “four treasures of study” in ancient China.

Calligraphy has been popular in China for thousands of years. Some say that it’s an even

higher art form than painting. Though foreigners may not always get it, there’s something

truly special about calligraphy. Every written character has a strict strokeorder. When

（笔划）viewing the results, you can experience every stroke of the artist’s brush. This allows for a

close connection between artists and viewers. Calligraphy is something that’s best

experienced by doing. Luckily, this ancient art is still widely practiced today. So what are you

waiting for? Get out there and find yourself a teacher!

29．Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 2?

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D．Encyclopedia would repair the roof.

A．What did people write with a brush in the past?

B．When did people start to practice writing skills?

C．Who made calligraphy become popular in ancient China?

D．How did writing become so important in Chinese culture?

30．Which of the following is TRUE about the “four treasures of study”?

A．With pinewood and oil, people made early ink.

B．People in the Shang Dynasty started to use paper.

C．People used to mix dry ink and water on the inkstone.

D．People first used wood and animal hair to make a brush.

31．Which of the following statements may the writer agree with?

A．Calligraphy is only practiced by artists.

learn.

C．Calligraphy may not be popular in the future. D．Calligraphy is an important art form in

China.

32．Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Four Treasures of Study

C．A Famous Chinese Dynasty

B．The Ancient Art of the Brush

D．An Ancient Tool for Writing

B．Calligraphy is easy for foreigners to

四、阅读还原7选5

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Li Meixi, 12, feels worried about her looks—not her face, but her clothes. When she sees

fashionable people on the street, she tries to keep away from them. “ ___33___” said Li, from

Chengdu, Sichuan.

What Li is experiencing is fashion anxiety（时尚焦虑）. It’s been a hot topic online

recently. ___34___ They are afraid of being seen as out of style.

A big reason that leads to fashion anxiety is fashion bullying. Fashion magazines

（霸凌）and advertisements sell the “latest and greatest” trendsby telling us what to wear. They

（趋势）have made us care more about how we look. ___35___

Also, fashion anxiety comes because we are not confident enough. ___36___ This can

make us doubt or even dislike ourselves. The fact is that those people usually don’t notice us

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at all.

___37___ Instead of following them, the key is to find your own style. If you’re able to

wear something with confidence, you will be the one starting a trend. More importantly, what

you wear just shows what you look like, not who you are. What also matters is your

personality and abilities.

A．I am afraid that they think I’m out of style.

B．People have the right to choose what to wear.

C．Fashion trends come and go, always changing.

D．No matter what we wear, keeping it clean is enough.

E．If we don’t follow the trends, we seem to fall behind.

F．These days, many people feel worried about their clothes.

G．We care too much about how fashionable people look at us.

五、根据汉语提示填空

38．Our children go to the same school as ________ (他们的).

39．Have you ever considered ________ (翻译) the novel into English?

40．The purpose of our advertising is to attract foreign ________（顾客）attention.

41．We believe the steps China has taken will bring people in the world ________（长久的）peace.

42．She ________ (支持) herself by working as a waitress in a restaurant at a very young age.

六、根据首字母填空

43．Listen, the rain is beating a________ the windows. It is raining cats and dogs again!

44．People all over the country spoke h____ of the Chinese women’s soccer team.

七、根据句意填空

45．It is ________ of her to mistake my bag for hers. She needs to be more careful.

46．—When do people talk least?

—In ________. Because it is the shortest month of the year.

47．—Did you and your sister do any housework last night, Amy?

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—________ of us did, because we went out for dinner with our parents.

八、语法填空

阅读下面短文，在标有题号的横线上，填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。

Forests are home to many animals. They are also important to humans ___48___

different ways. China made March 12 its national Tree Planting Day, to remind people about

the ___49___ (important) of forests.

China planted 36,000 square kilometers of forest in 2021, according to the National

Afforestation Committee (全国绿化委员会). That’s more than double the area of Beijing.

The committee called on all adults to plant three to five trees a year. During the past 40 years,

volunteers planted ___50___ (near) 79 billion trees across China.

People are also ___51___ (encourage) to take part in greening projects, from donations

to tree adoption (认领). Some of you may play Ant Forest, a game on Alipay. Through

___52___ (day) actions, users collect “energy” to make their “trees” grow. When the “energy”

___53___ (reach) a certain level, some organizations and companies will plant a real tree in a

desert area of China. Ant Forest has planted more than 360 million trees in China ___54___

2016. And now it seems that the nation’s efforts as a whole to make ___55___ greener world

have paid off (有成效).

Besides big projects, China also centres on small actions. China now has more than

20,000 “pocket parks”—mini parks in ___56___ (city). It has also _____57_____ (build)

more than 80,000 kilometers of green pathways across the country.

As China goes green, teenagers may want to help out, too.

九、阅读回答问题

阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题。

This Monday there was a surprise winner of Dr Safak’s Design-an-app Competition.

Anna, who only came to this school last month, won first prize for her brilliant (出色的)

Timetabler app. Her app helps students organize their time.

Dr Safak announced the competition at the beginning of May. She said, “The app must

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be easy to install (安装) and use on a mobile phone, and it must help students with their

schoolwork. It shouldn’t use lots of battery.” Throughout the month students talked about

possible winners and everyone said the same thing: “If Bruce enters it, he’ll win it.” “Bruce

knows everything about computers,” said Harry. “He’ll be the Steve Jobs of Italy one day.”

said Lisa.

Everyone was surprised when Dr Safak announced the winner of the competition. Anna

is new to the school and very quiet. Nobody knew that she designed her first app when she

was only seven years old. Now, she is the star of the software (软件) class and everyone

wants to talk about her app. “It makes it easy to plan your time! You tell the app what exams

you need to study for. You also tell it when the exams are. Then you click on the special ‘plan’

button and the app makes a timetable for you.” said Diana. “I love it!” said Jim. “With Anna’s

app, I have more time for studying because the app does the planning for me.”

58．What app did Anna design?

___________________________________________________

59．Why were students surprised when they knew the winner?

___________________________________________________

60．Would you like to use this app? Why or why not?

___________________________________________________

十、话题作文

61．每个人都曾收到过礼物，它可能是一本书，一张卡片，一个篮球……在你心中，你曾经收到的最珍贵的礼物是什么？请根据要点提示，以The best gift I have received为题写一篇英语短文，讲述你和你最喜爱的礼物之间的故事。

要求：

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1.

词数：100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2.

内容涵盖要点，全文连贯通顺，可适当发挥；

3.

请勿提及真实校名、姓名等信息。

The best gift I have received

The best gift I have received is

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