1、2022年江苏省常州市金坛区中考二模英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、单项选择1_village which I was born in has grown into _ town.AThe; aBA; theCThe; theDA; a2You can ask anyone for help. _ here is willing to lend you a hand.AOneBNo oneCEveryoneDSomeone3New York City, also known _ Big Apple, becomes one of the worlds greatest busine
2、ss and cultural centers.AasBbyCforDto4Since he has finished most of his homework at school, he _stay up late tonight.AcantBneedntCcouldntDmustnt5Jack put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself _of his own dream.AremindingBto remindCremindedDremind6The last physics question on the pa
3、per is very difficult. I cant work it out. _ .ASo can IBSo I canCNeither can IDNeither I can7I hear _ of the students in my class _ used to having lessons online.Atwo third; isBtwo third; areCtwo thirds; isDtwo thirds; are8The old man doesnt know if his daughter _ to see him if she _ free this Sunda
4、y.Awill come; will beBcomes; isCwill come; isDcomes; will be9Have you found the mobile phone _ you lost in the taxi yesterday?Not yet. Ill have to buy a new one.AwhichBwhatCwhoDwhere10When I was abroad, I missed so much about my family that I couldnt fall asleep at night.Me too. _.AA miss is as good
5、 as a mileBEast, west, home is bestCGreat minds think alikeDDo in Rome as Romans do二、完形填空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 th
6、e wrapped present on his desk and went to find his father. “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 u
7、p to the fort. It had two rooms with three small windows. Dad 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. May
8、be youll build one for your son one day. Dad looked around and asked 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_
9、?” Andy always saw his dad playing _19_ the computer and he guessed it must be his 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
10、 the father-son time. I spent a lot with your grandfather when I was _21_!Andy looked at his 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.11AhelpB
11、bringCsurpriseDsatisfy12AemptyBsilentCdarkDquiet13AbuyingBbuildingCcleaningDrepairing14AeitherBbothCneitherDnone15AhowBwhyCwhenDwhat16AquietlyBslowlyCeasilyDhardly17AorBsoCandDbut18AitBoneCthatDthis19AagainstBthroughCamongDwith20Aset upBmake upCget upDgive up21Agrowing upBcoming upCplaying hereDlivi
12、ng here22AorderBfollowCinviteDrequire三、阅读单选American girl Gabrielle Anderson is one of the greatest players on her school basketball team. But many outside of her school also know the 17-year-old girl well not because of her skills on the playground but because of her artwork. Anderson says that draw
13、ing 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 walls of her bedroom. One day, Anderson saw someone covering his tennis shoes in newsprint(报纸图案). She was interested in th
14、is 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 pair 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
15、 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 says she doesnt paint customized shoes simply for the money. She always wants to spread important messages through her work
16、. 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 lucky. We have seen women do many amazing things, from starting companies to wining at sports.”She says she hopes to
17、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.23Why do many outside of Gabrielle Andersons school also know the 17-year-old girl well?ABecause of her skills on the playground.BB
18、ecause of her artwork.CBecause of her school basketball team.DBecause of her beauty.24When did drawing become Gabrielle Andersons hobby?ABefore she began playing basketball.BAfter she began playing basketball.CAfter she could paint on an old pair of shoes.DAfter she played her favourite sport at the
19、 highest level.25According to the passage, what will Anderson do to get better at her craft?AShell help her company grow.BShell start her own shoe art company.CShell draw on the walls of her bedroom.DShell have different lessons.How far can scientists let their curiosity go? The Ig Noble Prize（搞笑诺贝尔
20、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 given 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 Septerm
21、ber 12, the 2019 winners of the Ig Nobel prize were announced. Here are three of them. See how they bring you fun and make you think. Medicine Prize: PizzaIts 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 Nobe
22、l Medicine Prize winner, eating more pizzas can lower the risk of cancer and heart disease-if your pizza is filled with fruits and veggies. These 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 MoneyAs o
23、ne 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 dirtiest? To find the answer, an international team of scientists compared seven countries paper money. They found that the Romanian Leu, carry more drug-resis
24、tant pathogens（病原体）. Perhaps this will make cashless（无现金的）payments more popular. Biology Prize: Cockroach（绿耗）Cockroaches are well known 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
25、 magnetic qualities than live ones. Thats because magnetic qualities drop when the temperature gets higher. So if you can stand cockroaches, they may be good magnetic sensors.26According to the survey, which countrys paper money is the dirtiest?ARoman.BLebanon.CRussiaDRomania.27What kind of cockroac
26、h may have more magnetic qualities?AA dead one near the stove.BA live one near the stove.CA dead one near the ice.DA live one near the ice.28Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?AThe Ig Nobel Prize is a kind of prestigious Nobel Prize.BIf a person has cancer and heart d
27、isease, he shouldnt eat too many pizzas.CBecause paper money is useless, this makes cashless payments more popularDBecause cockroaches have magnetic qualities, people may apply（应用）them to sensors. How can people in ancient times do calculations(计算)? In the very beginning, the cleverest thought of us
28、ing stones and seashells. Then, around the 2nd century BC, they invented the abacus. Some 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
29、 is usually made of wood. It has many beads(珠子). Each bead above the horizontal divider(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
30、, and so on. Each bead in the central area has a value. Those away from the horizontal 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 a
31、bacus. Fingers move, beads knock and after a few seconds, the result comes out. It requires 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
32、 widely used. However, we can still feel the important roles they once played. Abacuses have become a symbol. Because they used to be a musthave for business people, some have come to believe that abacuses can help their owners gather wealth. People often gift a newborn a golden abacusshaped amulet.
33、 It is believed that the amulet will help the kid grow up to become a wealthy person!29How did Chinese people in ancient times do calculations quickly?AThey used stones and seashells to do calculations.BThey used electronic calculators to do calculations.CThey used electronic abacus to do calculatio
34、ns.DThey used abacuses to do calculations.30The bead above the horizontal 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?A45B41C14D1531The underlined word “pick up” in Paragraph3 means “_” in Chinese.A检起B采摘C习得D接送3
35、2Whats the passage mainly about?AWhat the worlds oldest “calculato” is.BHow people used the abacus before.CWhich gift is the best for a newborn.DWhy abacus computations are called “bead computations”?Delia was a young pianist. Her husband, Joe, was a young artist.Each of them was taking lessons: Joe
36、 with a famous art teacher, and Delia 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
37、.Then one day Delia came back 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 $ 50 an hour.“Delia,” Joe said, “Ill be much happier if you keep up your lessons,” Delia said it didnt matter. “When Ive had some money, Ill continue.”
38、 But Joe also decided to stop his 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 any more about money.Then, one
39、day, Joe came home and saw that Delias 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 for me.”“Delia, wh
40、at have you been doing the last two weeks?” 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, wo
41、nt we?”Joe looked at her. “Theres no man in Vermont, ” 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, I guessed.”They both laughed.A story by O. Henry adapted (改编)33The writer of the story is _.AJoeBDeli
42、aCO. HenryDSally34Which of the following can be put in the “_” in Paragraph 7?AA bigger plan came to their mindBSince then Joe became very famousCSo the two of them were very happyDDelia stopped her lessons and stayed home35Both of them laughed in the end because _.Athey would go on with their lesso
43、ns soonBthey had both told lies to make the other happyCthey didnt have to worry about money any moreDthey thought they had done something meaningless36The best title for the passage can be _.ABlind loveBA pleasant giftCA service of loveDAn unforgettable lesson四、阅读还原5选4China has longed (渴望) for a sn
44、ooker 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 to be Zhao Xintong. On December 6, the 24-year-old won the UK Championship. Its one of the worlds most important snooker competitions. For
45、snooker 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 won by pure luck, one year later, the boy proved his talent once again. At the 2013 International Championship, he beat six-time world cham
46、pion 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 Championship (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 d
47、ream. “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 reporters after the much-anticipated final, which for the first time sees two players ranked outside the top 16 go head to head. “The UK Cham
