1、2023年浙江省宁波市江北区中考一模英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。Do you play any old-fashioned games that your parents or your grandparents played while they were young?When I was a boy, my family would sometimes gather together at my great aunts tiny house over the summer. _1_ from all
2、 over the country would come to visit.The adults would _2_ together in the living room, around the kitchen table and on the front porch (门廊) to share each others _3_, including happiness and sadness. And all of us kids would be _4_ onto the front yard to play.Those were the days before video games a
3、nd smart phones, _5_ we often ended up playing a good old-fashioned game of tag (捉人). I remember one of those times _6_.I was the youngest and _7_ of all the kids there, so I got caught first. Even worse, I couldnt catch _8_ else. Although I tried my best to chase after my brothers and cousins, they
4、 were all too fast for me. I grew more and more _9_.I finally rushed to one of my brothers and _10_ face-first into the dirt. I got up with tears in my eyes. Then I saw one of my cousins standing there. She started to run but was going much slower than before. I _11_ caught up and tagged her. Then s
5、he turned to me, smiled and said, “Im it! Youd better run!” I ran off _12_.With glee (欢喜) while she turned and started to chase _13_ older brother.I see now _14_ her act of kindness that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy. It didnt matter that we hardly ever saw each other. We were fam
6、ily _15_ great love. We are all one, we all belong to each other and we are one big, beautiful family.1AChildrenBAdultsCFriendsDRelatives2AcrowdBplayClaughDwork3AjobsBgamesClivesDfood4Asent outBput outCgave outDset out5AbecauseBsoCsinceDbut6AsurelyBseriouslyCespeciallyDsuddenly7AsmallestBfastestCcle
7、verestDkindest8AsomeoneBanyoneCeveryoneDno one9ArelaxedBexcitedCinterestedDdisappointed10AfailedBpassedCbrokeDfell11AeasilyBsilentlyCgentlyDbravely12AcryingBlaughingCshoutingDtalking13AanotherBeveryCthe otherDeach14AwhatBifCwhyDhow15AwithBofCinDfrom二、阅读单选ExhibitionPlastic SpringExhibition Date1-31 M
8、arch, 2023Regular Opening Hour10:00 AM5:00 PMExhibition LocationExhibition Room, 1F Library, Nottingham UniversityIntroductionPlastic has been frequently used in daily life. This material, which was created to bring convenience, is now harmful to the environment and human beings. By using plastic as
9、 a metaphor (暗喻), the artist recreates a series of scenes from everyday life, highlighting the unreal nature of feelings.Series (系列) of the art worksBabe SeriesA Portrait of a Good Domestic FamilyUnder the Public EyeA Pot of Plastic FlowersThe Train to SpringTrapped & CapturedThe Love GiverNotes
10、: There are artists line draft works at the exhibition. You are welcome to choose one and colour it as your creation.For more information, you may click https:/www. N or call 87090130.16There are _ series of the art works.A5B6C7D817If you want to get more information about the exhibition, you can _.
11、Acall 87990130 for detailsBvisit https: /www. NCsend an e-mail to NottinghamDwrite a letter to Nottingham University18We may read this passage in the column of _ in a website.AhealthBfamilyCartDsportsOne day Becky went shopping. She stopped to look at some dresses. Becky saw a lovely dress with diff
12、erent coloured stripes (条纹) like a rainbow. It was just what she wanted. Becky had enough money so she decided to buy it. When she touched the dress, Becky felt a strange feeling of excitement as if there was something very special about it.Becky hurried home and tried the dress on. As she did so sh
13、e felt very odd. She started to float in the air and fly like a bird! The dress was magic!She flew up and high in the sky. She flew high above the clouds. When she looked down, everything looked smallerthe cars looked like beetles and the people looked as small as ants! Her house looked like a littl
14、e box!Becky flew over the sea. She waved to the people on boats below. They were very surprised! She waved to the whales. They blew water into the air at her. She waved to the dolphins. They jumped out of the water when they saw her.Becky flew over the jungle. She waved to the tigers. They growled a
15、t her. She waved to the elephants. They lifted their trunks and trumpeted at her. She waved to the monkeys. They threw bananas at her.Becky flew over the desert. It was very hot. She waved to the camels. She waved to the snakes. She waved to people in tents in the oasis.Becky began to get tired so s
16、he flew home and landed in her garden. What an adventure! What a dress!19What does the underlined word “it” refer to in paragraph 1?AThe lovely dress.BThe colorful rainbow.CThe colored stripes.DThe pocket money.20The writer uses so many exclamation marks (感叹号) in the passage because he wants _.Ato d
17、raw readers attentionBto ask others to obey ordersCto show the feelings of excitementDto express the strong determination21In which order does the story take place?Becky flew over the sea and saw some whales.When she tried the dress on, Becky started to float in the air.In the desert, Becky saw some
18、 camels.Becky bought a new dress.When Becky flew over the jungle, some monkeys threw bananas at her.ABCD22Whats the structure of the story?ABCDFrom writing poems to making music, ChatGPT has amazed the world since its launch in late 2022 by the US-based company Open AI. It even passed several law ex
19、ams in four courses at the University of Minnesota, US, according to CNN.The AI program can answer questions on a whole host of topics and write articles, stories and any other written texts you can think of. It does this by drawing on information collected from a data base.What makes ChatGPT so imp
20、ressive? As Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI said in an interview, “Its not actually new technology that made this (ChatGPT) so amazing.” According to MIT Technology Review, ChatGPT is based on GPT-3, a large language model. Because texts are not simply made up of the meaning of every word, language m
21、odels require a type of neural network (神经网络) that can make sense of texts.One improvement behind todays model is a network called Transformer, which was invented by Google researchers in 2017. The neural network can infer word meanings by finding where the word appears in a sentence. Transformer ca
22、n therefore get the meaning of texts more correctly. The GPT models can learn by themselves without being told what to look at. ChatGPT can now produce human-like answers at once because of the plenty of texts it learned from.“One of the biggest problems with ChatGPT is that it comes back, very conf
23、idently, with falsities,” Michael Woold at the Alan Turing Institute in London, told The Guardian (a British newspaper). This means that ChatGPT doesnt know the truth about the worldit learns information from all kinds of resources but it cannot decide what is true or false.Some argue that ChatGPT w
24、ill be used to produce unreal news, spread falsities, or be used for bad purposes.23How does ChatGPT work?ABy making long texts shorter.BBy collecting a lot of information.CBy passing several law exams in four courses.DBy selling information to people in need.24What makes ChatGPT so amazing?AA compl
25、etely new technology.BThe ability to find the location of a word.CThe mixture of a network and self-learning.DBetter understanding of the meaning of every word.25What does the underlined word “falsities” mean in the passage?AFalse information.BSomething new.CVarious resources.DTimely responses.26Wha
26、t may the writer talk about in the next part of the article?AThe usage of ChatGPT.BThe history of ChatGPT.CThe advantages of ChatGPT.DThe disadvantages of ChatGPT.Along with firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, tea is considered one of the seven necessities for life in China. Now, it has al
27、so won global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind.On Nov. 29, Chinese traditional tea processing skills and their related social practices were added to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) list. Since ancient times, Chinese people have been planting, picking, making an
28、d drinking tea.More importantly, Chinas tea culture has formed Chinese customs. It is Chinese traditional custom that a host should welcome visiting guests with boiled tea. A poem by Song poet Du Lei reads, “I offer tea, not wine, to a guest on a cold night. When water boils on the stove, fire burns
29、 with flame bright.”Boiling tea is one of the oldest Chinese tea brewing methods, dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618907). Tea leaves were boiled for a long time and sometimes they were cooked together with different kinds of herbs and fruits. During this process, people can enjoy a quiet time. Lat
30、er in the Ming Dynasty (13681644), a faster and more convenient method become more popularsteeping (冲泡)._. On the app Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book, there are over 40,000 posts on the topic of “stove-boiled tea” (围炉煮茶). They lightly roast tea leaves before boiling them in a teapot on a stove. Peop
31、le sit around the stove in a natural setting and have snacks with their hot tea. Some also wear traditional hanfu as if it could take them back to those ancient times. Through “stove-boiled tea”, people can taste a slower life and find their inner peace. As is written in one Xiaohongshu post, “It is
32、 very relaxing to drink hot tea, feel the fall breeze, and chat with best friends.”27The writer introduces the topic by _.Aasking questionsBlisting numbersCtelling storiesDstating facts28We can learn from the third paragraph that _.ADu Lei is a great poet in Tang-DynastyB“stove-boiled tea” becomes p
33、opular againCChinese tea culture has spread to western countriesDit is an old tradition to welcome guests with boiled tea29The best sentence to fill in the blank in the last paragraph is “_”.ALets try the old method of boiling tea in spare timeBThese days, the old method is making a comebackCChinese
34、 invented many different ways of drinking teaDTherefore, it is a good choice to drink tea with friends30The writer writes this passage to _.Aintroduce a popular way of making tea, “stove-boiled tea”Binvite more and more people around the world to visit ChinaCcall on the young to learn more about Chi
35、nese traditional teaDshow how popular and interesting the app Xiaohongshu is三、阅读还原6选5新冠疫情后，人们又迎来了新的考验甲流(Influenza A)。得过新冠后我们的身体会不会对甲流产生抗体呢？请阅读以下文字，从AF选项中选择适合的标题填入15空，有一项多余。If people around you have had a fever recently, it may not be COVID-19. According to China Daily, many places in China have ente
36、red into the peak (高峰) period for seasonal flu. Influenza A is sweeping across the country._31_The influenza virus can be so dangerous that it has killed thousands more people across history. It is hard to cure (治愈) because it is always changing. Since 2004, more than 5000 different flu viruses have
37、 been discovered. Among them, type A can spread the fastest._32_When people with flu cough or sneeze, the person nearby can take in the flu viruses. The viruses infect the cells and make copies of themselves. And then, the person will have flu symptoms (症状). Sometimes they will cause lots of serious
38、 problems._33_Although it looks similar to the cold, they have different symptoms. The patients will have a fever above 38 degrees. And most of the time, they will have headaches and coughs. Sometimes, they will also have poor appetite (胃口)._34_Most people dont need to take medicine. The symptoms ca
39、n go away after 3 to 7 days. But if the fever doesnt go down after three days, go to see a doctor. If you catch the flu, go back to school 48 hours after the symptoms go away._35_First of all, youd better stay away from the public place if possible, if you have to, please wear a mask. Next, wash you
40、r hands carefully before meals and always keep your windows open so that the air will be fresh. If necessary, take vaccines.AHow to Prevent Influenza ABHow to Get over Influenza ACSymptoms of Influenza ADIntroduction of Influenza VirusesESpread of the Influenza VirusesFThe Differences between Influe
41、nza Viruses四、根据汉语提示填空36In my opinion, some waste can be recycled to save _ (能量).37My sister fell off from the bike and _ (躺) on the ground crying loudly for help.38By tradition, children play tricks on _ (四月) the first.39Yu Hua is an excellent writer and his books are _ (广泛地) read.40Messi _ (进球) sev
42、en goals in the 2022 World Cup.41I _ (更喜欢) to experience failure rather than give up my dream.42Lei Feng is one of the _ (英雄) that all Chinese young people can learn from.43All of us went and cleaned up the old peoples home _ (除之外) Eric. He had a cold.44The play was so _ (幽默的) that audiences laughed
43、 all through it.45Our government has paid more attention to the problem about food _ (安全) .五、短文选词填空根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次（每空一词）。GermanyshakehardlylearnbehindWhen British people meet each other for the first time, they say “How do you do?” and _46_ hands. Usually they do not shake hands when t
44、hey just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they havent met for a long time.Last year a group of _47_ students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people _48_ shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands _4
45、9_ their backs. The English students had _50_ that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.六、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。A special library opened in Norway. But it may be a little ha
46、rd for you _51_ (visit). It is 150 meters _52_ the ground. It is inside _53_ old mine (矿井) on the island of Svalbard. The island is about 1,000 kilometers from the North Pole.The library _54_ (call) The World Arctic Archive(世界北极档案室). In fact, its not made for people to visit. It is to protect the worlds most important books _55_ natural disasters and wars, reported the Daily Mail. Some people _56_ call it the “doomsday (世界
