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1、中考英语调研测试试卷 7 7 一、单项填空( (共 1515小题; ;每小题 1 1 分，满分 1515分) ) 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 ( )1. Brian is gifted in writing music: he is very likely to be Beethoven. A. a B. an C. the D./ ( )2. Shanghai is about 1，460 km away from Beijing and its nearly a ride by high-speed train. A. six hours
2、B. six-hours C. six-hour D. six-hours ( )3. You be Carol. You havent changed a bit after all these years. A. must B. can C. will D. shall ( )4. “Theres no reason to the suspect is lying, “ said Sherlock. A. suppose B. support C. survey D. surprise ( )5. If you swim in a river or lake, make clear is
3、below the water surface. A. what B. who C. that D. whoever ( )6. High technology was used in EURO 2016 to the matches were fair enough in France. A. make up B. make sure C. come out D. come over ( )7. some people are motivated(激励)by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure. A. B
4、ecause B. If C. Unless D. While ( )8. After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on all the people who had helped in her career. A. to thank B. thanking C. having thanked D. have thanked ( )9.Whats the matter, Jenny? something wrong with my bike. A. It is B. There is C
5、. I have D. It has ( )10.She stayed up late last night. She can hardly do more work now. . Im too tired. A. So can I B. So I can C. Neither can I D. Neither I can ( )11. Andy is satisfied with the toy. It is he has ever got. A. a better B. the better C. a best D. the best ( )12.Could you tell me the
6、 of making such tasty soup? Well, I just follow the instructions in the cookbook. A. time B. method C. cost D. menu ( )13. As you go through this book，you that each of the millions of people who lived through World War II had a different experience. A. will find B. found C. had found D. have found (
7、 )14.All the people of Suzhou need to work together to make our city more beautiful. Thats it. . A. Practice makes perfect B. Many hands make light work C. When in Rome, do as the Romans do D. A friend in need is a friend indeed ( )15.This apple pie is too sweet，dont you think so? . I think its just
8、 right，actually. A. Mot really B. I hope so C. Sounds good D. No wonder 二、完形填空( (共 1010小题; ;每小题 1 1 分，满分 1010分) ) 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A,B,C,D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 To most of us, school means classes, teachers. schedule，grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school
9、 is very 16 . Firstly, there are no 17 . All the children, aged between 4 and 19，do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members(管理人员) “. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to three-year
10、-old kids, Go to 18 the secrets of nature. You cant stop them!“ says Daniel Greenberg, a founder(创始人)of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day, they will lose all 19 for learning. “ At Sudbury Valley School，you will find children talking, reading, painting, playing the piano,
11、 climbing trees, 20 just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing! The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can 21 the rules. Every week, there is a school 22 where both children and staff have one vote each-even the four-year-olds. They decide the sc
12、hool rules. 23 to spend the school budget(预算)，and even which staff they want and do not want any more. When the school first opened in 1968，people said it would 24 work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students 25 to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time hav
13、e become successful today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist. ( )16. A. boring B. important C. common D. different ( )17. A. lessons B. students C. books D. playgrounds ( )18. A. create B. discover C. hide D. represent ( )19. A. value B. taste C. importance D. energy (
14、)20. A. and B. but C. or D. so ( )21. A. break B. keep C. decide D. obey ( )22. A. meeting B. experiment C. experience D. club ( )23. A. when B. how C. that D. why ( )24. A. never B. always C. often D. sometimes ( )25. A. go up B. go down C. go on D. go back 三、阅读理解( (共 1212小题; ;每小题 2 2 分，满分 2424分) )
15、 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the seas of trees. They are full of thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals. However, the
16、 worlds forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmlands as well. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear? If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants a
17、nd animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old desertsdeserts. For example, crops will not grow there. Whats worse, it will not rain very often. and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the weather of the world will change，which will be da
18、ngerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests. ( )26. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “deserts“? A. Farmland. B. Sands. C. Green fields. D. Villages. ( )27. Which fact does the passage provide A. Only Africa and South America ar
19、e the oceans of trees. B. Forests are homes to different kinds of animals. C. Forests are usually several square kilometers large. D. Different plants cant be found in the same forest. B The film Alice Through the Looking Glass is on. Millions of people go to cinemas to see it. The little girl Alice
20、, with long hair of gold, is alive in peoples mind again after the film Alice in Wonderland was shown in 2 010. These two popular films was adapted from the novelsAlices Adventure in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Both of them were written by Lewis Carroll，a famous English writer, who him
21、self was as interesting as his books. Lewis Carroll was a math teacher and talented writer. In 1856，he met Henry Liddell and his three lovely daughters. His friendship with the family became an important part of his life over the following years. He liked the girls very much, especially the youngest
22、 one, Alice Liddell. He often told stories to make them happy. One day he took the girls to a boat trip. To make the time more enjoyable, he began a story about the adventure of a little girl named Alice in Wonderland. Many other strange characters such as the Mouse, the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat
23、 and the Queen of Hearts were brought to this wonderful world，too. Alice Liddell loved the story and she begged Carroll to write it down for her. After Carroll finished the manuscript(原 稿 )of the story Alices Adventure in Wonderland , he gave it to the girl as a Christmas present. When the book was
24、published in 1865，it was an immediate success, and soon was famous around the world. ( )28. Lewis Carroll was the three lovely daughters . A. friend B. teacher C. relative D. coach ( )29. Lewis Carroll wrote down the story he told on the boat trip because . A. he thought it was a very interesting st
25、ory B. he could improve the story and publish it C. Alice enjoyed the story and asked him to do so D. Alice thought others also wanted to read the story ( )30. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. Carroll finished the book and gave it to the three girls. B. The two novels bec
26、ame famous after the films were shown. C. Carroll created Alice and many strange characters in his stories. D. The friendship between Carroll and the Liddells lasted until 1856. C Getting electricity(电)has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, Sou
27、th America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged(损坏)the only power cables(电缆)in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce. Luckily, researchers at the Unive
28、rsity of Technology(UT)in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution(解决方法).They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden bo
29、x and uses it to light up an LED light bulb. While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the idea is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the suns energy, water and chemicals from the soil )，they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in t
30、he soil eat this waste and they produce electrons一 the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to get the energy and keep it in the lamps batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50-watt LED light for two hours 一 enough tim
31、e for local villagers to get their evening work done. The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp，believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many peopl
32、e, especially small rainforest communities. 42% of whom have no electricity. ( )31 .What is true about the Plant Lamp? A. It can be made by local people. B. It is much easier to use than oil lamps. C. It can produce all the electricity the villagers need. D. The things it needs to make electricity a
33、re easy to find. ( )32. The Plant Lamps inventor believes it could be most helpful for . A. rainforest communities B. cars C. poor people in cities D. farmers ( )33. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To report on a new invention B. To explain a new scientific theory(理论) C. To describe how elect
34、ricity is made D. To discuss the problems of poor villages D Hi Sam! Sorry I havent emailed recentlyIve been revising for my exams. I have finished them now and I have got some relax and some money to spend on going out. Last weekend， to see a great film called Yes Man. If you havent seen it go! Jim
35、 Carrey plays the main character and its very funn also quite encouraging. Its based on a book by Danny Wall is also called Yes Man. I read the book a few months ago a hilarious, tooI really laughed out loud! The book is a true story about what happens to the writer, Danny. Basically, he found that
36、he was doing nothing all the time, just worrying about things and complaining about his life. He wasnt seeing his friends much, so he was lonely and bored. Then one day, he was on a bus in London when he sat down next to a man. The man was a stranger, but they started talking. Danny told him about h
37、is boring life and the man just gave him three words; “Say yes more.“ And for Danny this was a turning point in his life. Those three words influenced everything he did. At that moment, he made a decision; “I will say yes to everything! “ And he wrote a book about what happened to him in the next ye
38、ar or so. Three years later, the book was made into a hit film. The film is based on the book although there are some differences. First， its set in the US instead of England. Secondly, the main character is based on Danny, but he is called Carl in the film. And whats more. he doesnt meet a man on a
39、 bus. His turning point comes when he goes to a self-help class and they advise him to say “yes“ more. In the film, Carl succeeds in changing his life and doing lots of crazy things; he has flying lessons, he learns to speak Korean and he rides a motorbike with no clothes on The storyline isnt very strong. Its quite weak, I suppose, but all Carls