江苏省无锡市天一实验学校20##届中考英语二模试题
本试题分两卷。第I卷（客观题），第II卷（主观题）考试时间为100分钟。试卷满分90分。
第I卷（客观题，共50分）
一、单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共14分，每小题1分）
( ) 1 . ----How was _____ dinner at Mike’s house ?
----It was great. Mike’s mum is ______ wonderful cook.
A. a the B. the a C. the; the D. a; an
( ) 2. ----I’m going to the supermarket. Let me get you some fruit.
----OK. Thanks for your _______.
A. offer B. information C. message D. order
( ) 3. The boy had already lived in England for a year, _______ he had a big advantage _______ the other students.
A. so; on B. but; on C. so; over D. and; over
( ) 4. In order _______ for the meeting, my sister forced herself to get up early this morning.
A. not to be late B. not being late C. to be late D. being late
( ) 5. The dictionary is ________ to my translation, but that one is ________.
A. great help; helpless B. a great help; of no help
C. important; of few importance D. very helpful; of no any use
( ) 6. In summer milk quickly go bad _____it is put into a fridge.
A. though B. unless C. because D. once
( ) 7. The exercises ________to be harder than we thought.
You should practice more before the exam. Remember, practice makes perfect.
A. turned out B. found out C. made up D. took up
( ) 
8. Not only the twins but also their cousin Jim _______ been to Japan, but _______ of them can speak Japanese.
A. have; neither B. have; none C. has; neither D. has; none
( ) 9. It was _______pleasant surprise for the mother to see her son ____had been missing for nearly ten years that she didn’t know what to say.
A. so, that B. such a, that C. so, who D. such , who
( ) 10. It’s beyond doubt ______it will ____ later in the day. Take a raincoat with you.
A. that, be rain B. whether, be rain C. that, be rainy D. if, have rain
( ) 11.A smile costs ______, but gives much.
A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
( ) 12.She drove so fast at the turning that the car almost went ______ the road.
A. on B. along C. from, D. off
( ) 13.— It’s hard to believe ______the way out of the forest without the help of the local guide?
A. what they were able 
to find B. what were they able to find
C. how they were able to find D. how were they able to find
( ) 14. ---Reading is the best way to pass time on the train.
---______, I never go traveling without a book.
A. You are joking. B. That’s true C. I don’t think so D. It sounds like fun
二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
You may have a lot of friends and expect your friendship to last a lifetime. However, lifelong friendships are not ____1____ what everybody can get. Friends sometimes misunderstand each other. For one thing, you may want your ____2___ to be near at hand, but also you need your independence (独立).
For example, when one of your friends comes asking ____3___ it is all right to spend the evening in your house, sometimes you just say “___4___” to him or her because it is not convenient for you. Unfortunately, not all your friends ___5____ this type of independence. They believe that 
friends can ask for any favor and the answer should always be “yes”.
Also, misunderstanding sometimes happens when you ask for ___6____. You expect your friends top help you whenever you need. But the fact is, your friends may not always drop everything to satisfy ____7___ of your needs. This may make you ___8____ with them and your friendship could end. The most important thing for you and your friends to do is to always show understanding and respect for each other.
Lifelong friendships don’t develop overnights. In a true friendship, both people equally ___9____ each other. Long-term friendships provide the time to build up a ____10____ together. As you spend more time with your friend, you are creating special times and stocking up (存储) on memories.
( ) 15. A. always B. sometimes C. never D. ever
( ) 16. A. parents B. friends C. students D. teachers
( ) 17. A. when B. as C. if D. why
( ) 18. A. yes B. no C. good D. OK
( ) 19. A. provide B. understand C. produce D. invent
( ) 20. A. help B. food C. money D. respect
( ) 21. A. every B. each C. both D. either
( ) 22. A. happy B. excited C. cheerful D. angry
( ) 23. A. connect B. compare C. support D. solve
( ) 24. A. story B. family C. character D. history
三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容在A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共26分，每小题2分）
(A)
I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone.
Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben’s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.
Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day food fest”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place.
By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five o’clock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty（收成）of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift!
Well, the point wasn’t so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another’s company. None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben’s garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants!
25. According to paragraph 2, people wish they also had a garden so that_______.
A. they didn’t have to spend so much money on food
B. they could grow vegetables and sell at the market
C. they could invite their neighbors and hold parties in it
D. they could spend happy times together with their family in it
26. For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?
A. To ask them to attend a birthday party.
B. To help them get to know each other.
C. To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.
D. To ask them to share some interesting stories.
27. What did the writer most probably think of the time he spent in the garden?
A. It was too long. B. It was wonderful.
C. It was not as good as he thought. D. It was too terrible.
(B)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary “My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（财政的） security(安全，保障). Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
28. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking. b. He studied at St. P
aul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise. d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life. f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a
29. 
We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald_______.
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
30. The passage is probably followed by a concluding(总结的) paragraph about_____.
A. Zelda’s personal life B. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world
C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham D. Zelda’s illness and treatment
(C)
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her
list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you.” he said, “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
31. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
32. Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
33. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C. My Father D. My Childhood
(D)
If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you 
started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.
34. The main subject talked about in this passage is ________.
A. science on learning a second language B. man’s ability of learning a second language
C. that language can help brain power D. language learning and maths study
35. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means _______.
A. a researcher on language learning B. a second language learner
C. a person who can speak two languages D. an active language learner
36. We may know from the scientific findings that ________.
A. the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is
B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language
C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain
D. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time
37. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that _________.
A. learning a second language is the same as studying maths
B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects
C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language
D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language
第II卷（主观题，共40分）
四、词汇运用（本大题共8分，每小题1分）
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
1. Our guests __________ （称赞）the meal as the best they had had for years.
2. It’s__________(或许) the best movie I have ever seen.
3. It’s said that many _________（导演）telephone numbers are put on the Internet.
4．I am wondering which is _________(安全), traveling by train or by air.
（B）根据句意, 写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
5. Don’t get _______(patient) with your daughter. She is only a three-year-old girl.
6. Working for _______(she) meant that she could be her own woman.
7. What a hot day! The temperature must be in the _______(30) today.
8. There were four famous __________(invent) in the history of China. Paper was one of them.
五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共8分，每小题1分）
1. How unlucky he was __________ (fall) off the bike yesterday!
2. No matter how nice this fruit _________ (smell), I prefer not to eat it.
3. People were told that the plane __________ (not take) off until the rain stopped.
4. ---Be careful not to fall into the river.
---Thank you, we didn’t know we_____(stand) so close to it.
5. More than a year __________ (pass) since we moved to this new town.
6. More young men ____________ (require) in this factory if it develops fast.
7. --- Grandpa has changed a lot.
--- So he has. He spends more time than he used to ________ (play) games with the children.
8. --- May I see your ticket, please? I think you _________ (sit) in my seat.
--- Oh, sorry. My seat is upstairs.
六、 任务型阅读 根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案，每空限填一个单词。（本大题共5空，每空1分，共5分）
Beggars are often seen sitting by the side of a street with heads bowed as people pass them by. Some ask people passing by for a small amount of money and some just sit and wait to be given money.
To solve the problem , another giving plan has been suggested. Ten blue money boxes will be placed in busy places such as the market and the railway station. It aims to encourage people not to give money directly to beggars but instead to give generously to local homeless people.
Supporters of this plan think it will be an effective way to solve the beggars’ alcohol and drug problems（酗酒和吸毒）. But the police oppose the plan arguing that beggars who do not receive cash may turn to criminality（犯罪） to feed their addictions. The homeless charity “Crisis” said the success of any plan will depend on its style. They think that imaginative and positive（积极的） plans can help create local understanding and sympathy（同情心） instead of hardness. Most of the beggars dislike the plan because they think they will not get enough money from the boxes for their showers, food and clothes.
Begging is a big social problem both in developing and developed countries. Governments must play a big role in solving this problem. Training beggars to work and helping them to find appropriate jobs is one option. This is especially true for developing countries where many low-skill jobs exist.
The general community should also be educated to see beggars not as dirty and dangerous, but as people who need understanding and help.
七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共9分，每小题1.5分）
1. 据说，那个小男孩 在11岁之前有阅读障碍。
It is said that the little boy________________________________________ by the age of 11.
2. 谁能告诉我Tom打算去农场多久？
Who can tell me how long ____________________________________________________?
3. 那位年轻人太急于求成以至于摔倒了。
The young man was ______________________________________________that he fell over.
4. Julie是个很有魅力的女性，有一种让人感到宾至如归的天赋。
Julie is a charming lady that______________________________________ people feel at home..
5. 自从他搬到新居，就和隔壁的邻居合不来。
He and his neighbours____________________________________________ since he moved to the new flat.
6. 周杰伦是个天生的音乐人，许多80后是听CD里他的歌长大的。
Jay Zhou is a born musician, many people in the 1980s _______________________________in the CDs.
八、书面表达 （本大题共10分）
假如你是Simon, 你购买了某公司生产的手机，但出现故障。请根据下列要点，给该公司售后服务部写一封电子邮件。
注意：1.词数90左右。短文的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数；
2.短文应把表格中所示内容表达完整，句式规范，字迹工整；
3.省略部分作2-3句合理发挥，使条理清晰，内容完整，意思连贯。
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you for the mobile phone by your company.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for your attention.
Yours sincerely
Simon
二模答案
一、选择： BACAC, BADBC, CDCB
二、完形: A B C B B , A B D C D
三、阅读：ACB DCB AAB CCAB
四、词汇：
praised, probably ,directors’, safer, impatient, herself, thirties, inventions
五、动词：
to fall, smells , wouldn’t take, were standing
has passed, will be required, playing , are sitting
六、任务型：introduction，encourage，successful, enough, seen
七、完成句子：
1.had difficulty reading
2. Tom will be on the farm
3.in such a hurry to achieve success
4.has a gift for making
5. haven’t got on with each other
6. grew up listening to his songs
八、书面表达:
I am writing to you for the mobile phone by your company.
I have had it for two and a half months. It cost me more than one thousand yuan. But it went wrong last week. I couldn’t send text messages and I couldn’t make phone calls, either. I had it fixed in the shop the other day. I was told that it was not worth fixing. If I want to change a new one, I need to wait for at least three months. I feel sorry that I have bought a mobile phone like this. I hope to have a new one, or I want my money back. （97words）