1、2021年湖南省长沙市中雅培粹学校中考二模英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读单选Here are the most popular TV programs in 2020.NameKeep Running Season 4Day Day UpWoman Like MeTypeOutdoor sports showTalk showTalent showTimeAt 9:10 pm / Fri.(From May 29th)At 10:00 pm / Sun.At 11:50 am / Fri.(from June 12th)ChannelZhejiang TVHunan TVHu
2、nan EntertainmentScore on Douban6.48.28.4Popularity degree68.0252.7171.141Lily is really good at singing and dancing, so she may like_.AWoman Like MeBDay Day UpCKeep Running Season 42Which of the following is TRUE?AKeep Running Season 4 got the highest score on Douban.BWoman Like Me is the most popu
3、lar and has the best-quality.CTim has to go to bed before 10:00 p.m., so he can always watch Day Day up.From M 18 to y 22Science Week is coming! Science Club, May 8, 2021Black HolesOn April 10, people around the world got their first look at a real black hole. Want to know more? Come and enjoy a fil
4、m about black holes at 3 p.m. on Thursday in the school hall!5G is coming! Come and experience what it is like!Time: 2:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.Day: MondayPlace: Science CenterTeachers: Miss Yang, Mr. LiuWhy cant we grow to be 3 meters?Speaker: Doctor HuTime: 9:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.Day: FridayPlace: Biology Lab
5、Two3D-printed products must bring you different feelings!Time: 8:20 a.m.10:20 a.m.Day: TuesdayPlace: Computer Room FourTeacher: Mr. Wang3If Mike is free in the morning on Friday, where can he go to listen to a speech?AScience Center.BComputer Room Four.CBiology Lab Two.4_ will explain something abou
6、t 5G to the students.ADoctor HuBMiss Yang and Mr. LiuCMr. Wang5Whats the main purpose of the poster?ATo encourage the students to study hard.BTo help the students to make friends.CTo invite the students to take part in the activities during Science Week.Sunday: the final day of freedom; the last cha
7、nce to catch your breath before another busy week begins.Growing up in Singapore and spending a number of years in Britain, I have found that the way we spend Sundays is different in both countries.“Sun”-day: Friend or enemy?One can easily tell Sundays in Singapore from those in Britain by looking a
8、t the relationships each country has with the sun.Singapore is a tropical(热带的)island with two seasons: rainy and sunny. When it rains, its hot. When it shines, it burns. This is why Singaporeans prefer to spend their time indoors. These days, indoor activities like trampolining(蹦床)are getting popula
9、r among young people. We dont hate the sun, but we dont like it very much, either.In Britain, however, sunny days are few and people try to make use of them as much as they can. While I was making my way to the library one Sunday, I met a group of college students outside, bathing in the sun as they
10、 wore their beach clothes. I wish I could have joined them.Sunday roastThis is one of the most British things about Britain. It happens every weekend, usually in the late afternoon. It is a meal with roasted meat, roasted potatoes and roasted or boiled vegetables.Of course, we eat lunch and dinner i
11、n Singapore on Sunday. But the “British Sunday roast” isnt just about the food. Its also a time to get together with family and friends.6The author thinks Sunday is _.Aa day to relaxBa day to prepare for the coming weekCa very busy day7Why do Singaporeans prefer to stay indoors?ABecause it is always
12、 rainy outside.BBecause the sun will hurt their skin.CBecause they hate the sun.8What does the underlined word “them” refer to?ASundays.BSunny days.CPeople in Britain.9Sunday roast in Britain includes _.Aroasted meat and potatoesBboiled meat and roasted vegetablesCroasted meat and fruit10What is the
13、 passage mainly about?ASundays in Britain and Singapore are important.BBritish people enjoy more sunny days than Singapore.CThere are different ways to spend Sundays in Britain and Singapore. tyreUpcycling is the process of changing old materials into something useful and often beautiful. So, is it
14、the same as recycling? No. Recycling takes materialspaper or glassand breaks them down so their base materials can be reused to make a new product. When you upcycle an item, you are not breaking down the material, you are simply refashioning it. For example, you might make shoes out of old tyres. Al
15、so, the upcycled item is typically of the same, or even better quality than the original（原来的）.Upcycling isnt a new idea. Some of the best examples of modern daily upcycling come from the 1930s to 1940s when families didnt have enough materials. In those days, things were repurposed over and over unt
16、il there were no longer useful. For example, an old door can be changed into a new dining table. Saving is still a trend（趋势） today and a big reason why more and more people upcycle. But an even bigger reason for the rebirth of upcycling is its good influence on the environment.Upcycling is green. Th
17、e simple fact of the matter is that upcycling is much better for the planet than throwing things away. When you upcycle, thats one item less that ends up on the waste mountain. Upcycling is also considerably more environmentally friendly than recycling, which needs energy or water to break down mate
18、rials.Upcycling just needs your own creativity and effort. For example, Grace Robinson, from the UK, takes used tea bags and turns them into dresses, shoes and even hats.There are two ways to support the upcycling movement. Sort through your recycling bins and create items yourself, or buy ready-mad
19、e items from upcycled materials. Both ways do good to the environment and in return, you get something thats both attractive and practical.11What can we know about upcycling according to the passage?AIt may improve the quality of items.BIt needs more energy than recycling.CIt needs to break down bas
20、e materials.12The underlined word “refashioning” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_”.Amaking a perfect copyBgiving a fashionable nameCgiving a new look13We can learn from Paragraph 3 that _.Ait is important to help others to upcycleBit is quite difficult for us to upcycle clothesCupcycling is much gre
21、ener than recycling14Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AThe writer tells us many ways to begin upcycling.BTea bags can become whatever we like by upcycling.CUpcycling can reduce lots of items that become waste.15Whats the best title for the passage?AGet started to recycle today
22、.BA modern trend: upcycling.CTo recycle or to upcycle?二、阅读还原5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。 “How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?” How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 20 years ago? _16_Google is the most popular Internet search engine (引擎) in the w
23、orld. _17_ They met in 1995, when they were both studying computer science at Stanford University, USAThey were also both fans of the science fiction TV programs, and they loved the spaceship computer. _18_ Internet search engines at the time were slow and gave many websites that werent useful. In J
24、anuary 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine._19_ So they used their credit cards (信用卡) and bought as much computer memory as possible. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, with $100,000, they started their own company in a small garage (车库
25、).The Google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and accurate (准确的). By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. _20_ Google hopes that in the future all the worlds information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find ev
26、erything.ANobody would give them money for their project at first.BIt answers all kinds of questions, including sports, science, music and medicine.CYou can google it and find the answer in a second.DIt was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.EThey dreamed of producing something tha
27、t could also answer any question in seconds.三、阅读回答问题阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。Passing tests is a huge part of success at school. Clearly, if you want to do well on a test, you need to prepare by learning the material. But other actions can help make test-taking easier.Even the best prepared student sometim
28、es gets nervous before a test. Nervous feelings can cause people to forget facts that they know. So one important test-taking tip is to try to relax. Breathing deeply is helpful for this. So is moving your body slightly, such as by rolling your shoulders around. Try to arrive for a test a few minute
29、s early, so you can relax before it starts.My father once gave me a helpful piece of advice. He said that if your stomach feels sick, thats not actually bad. Thats the result of your body producing adrenaline（肾上腺素）, which gives you energy to succeed. It might help to tell yourself that youre excited
30、, instead of nervous. That may help you think more positively, relax and do better.Moreover, pay attention to the time. When you are handed a test paper, look over all the questions. Read them carefully, noticing details. Also pay attention to how many points each question is worth. Divide your time
31、 based on the percentage of your marks with each question is worth. First answer questions you know and then go back to the difficult ones. That way you dont spend too long on one question.Finally, try to write an answer for every question on the test, even if youre not sure of the answer. The only
32、exception（例外）is if you will lose points for wrong answers. If possible, try to finish early so you have time to review your answers and correct mistakes. If youre not sure whether you should change an answer, its best not to. More often than not, your first feeling will be correct.Try your best abov
33、e all and study well. If you do that, you can be proud of whatever score you get.21How many ways are mentioned to help the students get relaxed in paragraph 2?_22What does the writers father think of stomach sickness?_23When should we look over all the questions?_24Should we first answer the easy qu
34、estions or the difficult questions?_25What may be correct when we are not sure of an answer?_四、完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。As a young man, Jack was an excellent artist with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son had a serious stomachache. Thinking it was only some _26_
35、disease(疾病), Jack and his wife didnt take the boy to the hospital. But the boy _27_ suddenly that night.Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time, the boys death could be avoided. So he always felt guilty(内疚的). Even worse, a short time later his wife left him, leaving him alone w
36、ith his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Jack could _28_, and he turned to alcohol (酒精) for help. Soon Jack became an alcoholic.Gradually, his health and life became _29_ and Jack began to lose everything he owned his land, house, etc. _30_ Jack died a
37、lone in a small bar. Hearing of Jacks death, I thought, “What a waste of life! What a complete _31_!”As time went by, I began to change my earlier simple judgement(评价). I knew Jacks now adult son, Bill. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between
38、Bill and his children. I thought that Bills kindness and caring must come from _32_ .I hadnt heard Bill talk much about his father. One day, I asked him _33_ on earth(究竟) his father had done so that he became such a special person. Bill said quietly, “As a child until I left home at 18, my father ca
39、me into my _34_ every night, gave me a kiss and said, I love you, son. ”Tears came to my eyes as I realized I was a fool before. I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure. He didnt leave valuable things behind, _35_ he was a kind and loving father, and left behind his best love.26AterribleBcomm
40、onCunusual27AdiedBleftCdisappeared28AstandBunderstandCget29AbetterBworseCweaker30AFinallyBNormallyCFirstly31AillnessBproblemCfailure32AanywhereBsomewhereCeverywhere33AwhatBthatCwhich34AbedroomBsitting-roomCbathroom35AandBsoCbut五、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Hutong, a kind of narrow street wit
41、h houses on both sides, _36_ (be) the most typical residence in Beijing. There are thousands of hutongs in Beijing, formed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in Chinese history. Most of them were formed in the Yuan Dynasty in _37_ 13th century.The direction of hutong is _38_(most) East and West, a
42、nd its width is generally no more than nine meters. Most of the buildings on both sides of the alley are quadrangles (四合院). Siheyuan is a kind of building_39_ is surrounded (包围) by four houses in symmetrical (对称的) form. Hutongs are similar in appearance, _40_ their inner characteristics are differen
43、t. They are not only the key paths of the city but also the living area for ordinary people in Beijing. It is the most _41_ (peace) place in this noisy city as people get along _42_ each other well. Beijingers have special feelings for Hutong because it is not only a place for people _43_ (enter) an
44、d exit their homes, but also a museum of folk _44_ (custom), which has left many marks of social life.Its believed that there used to be 4,000 hutongs in Beijing. However, many hutongs _45_ (replace) by modern buildings so far as the city developed. Only a few of them have been preserved keeping the
45、 traditions and history of Beijing alive.六、语篇翻译阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch. 1. They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. Or, in summer, they may think it is the heat. However, th
46、e real reason lies inside their bodies. At that time, about eight hours after you wake up, your body temperature goes down. This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy.Scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments where there was no night or day. The people in these experiments almost always followed a similar sleeping pattern. 2. They slept for one long period and then for one short period about eight hours later.In many parts of the wor
