1、2024年湖南省长沙市立信中学中考二模英语试题一、阅读理解DREAM TIME REEF TOURSJoin us on this reef tour. Step back into the Great Barrier Reefs (大堡礁) Dreamtime with our excellent guides. Experience the magic of the Great Barrier Reef.TOUR INCLUSIONS (包含)1. visit 2 outer reef sites on the Great Barrier Reef2. Learn about the Gr
2、eat Barrier Reef from our biologists3. Enjoy the views with our excellent guides4. Freshly prepared lunch and afternoon tea5. Hotel pick up and drop off6. Snorkelling (潜水) equipment (设备) including wet suitsWHY CHOOSE US1. See the best reef sites and beach2. Experienced biologists and guides3. Escape
3、 from the crowds4. Free coach transfers (长途汽车接送)Departs (启程) Cairns: 9 a.m. & Return to Cairns: 5 p.m.BOOK TODAY!307920.auScan QR code for prices and information1How long will the tour last?A7 hours.B8 hours.C9 hours.2What can visitors get for free in the tour?AMorning and afternoon tea.BAmazing pho
4、tos and videos.CLunch and coach transfers.3Which of the following is True according to the passage?AVisitors can enjoy the best views with biologists during the trip.BSomeone who has got a heart problem can take part in snorkelling.CYou can book the tour through e-mail.All summer long, Jerry waited
5、and watched as his watermelons grew up every day. At first they were just very small, but each week they grew bigger until they were ten times the size of a mouse.Jerry often ate pumpkins or carrots that he dug up from the earth, but nothing tasted as good as watermelons. “Tomorrow, they will be rip
6、e (成熟的) and I will have a good meal.” he thought, and then fell asleep in his hole. The sun no longer showed as warmly and brightly and instead, cool air blew, turning the leaves orange and red.On the morning of the next day, Jerry got up and said to himself, “Todays the day.” He ran to the watermel
7、on field. “Where are they? All the watermelons are gone!” Jerry shouted. He ran about searching in the fields, but there was nothing. “Someone stole all my watermelons.” Jerry started smelling the air. “I can smell it.” He followed the smell, only to find a group of people sitting together and eatin
8、g juicy watermelons. A pout (撇嘴) spread across Jerrys face and his eyes were filled with tears. “Theres none for me,” he said.Jerry walked back towards his home. His tail dragging (拖着) on the ground. He walked through the pumpkin field. And suddenly he saw something lying behind the pumpkin. He look
9、ed at it once again. “It cant be. Is that a watermelon?” He ran over to it. “It is! It is small, but its all mine.” He rolled (滚动) it across the ground towards his home.Using his sharp teeth, Jerry bit his watermelon to pieces. “Ah, at last I get my watermelon. It tastes really good,” he thought. Al
10、though there was only one, Jerry still enjoyed it at home happily.4Which of the following is True according to Paragraph 1-2?AJerry would rather have watermelons than eat pumpkins.BJerry got a rather big and delicious watermelon in the end.CJerry has expected to have the watermelons for the whole su
11、mmer.5What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?AIt was time for people to pick the biggest watermelon.BJerry was ready to get the watermelons and enjoy them.CIt was the day for Jerry to share watermelons with others.6According to the passage, where did Jerry eat his watermelon?AIn the w
12、atermelon field.BAt his home.CIn the pumpkin field.7Where can you probably read the passage?AIn a story book.BIn a guidebook.CIn a cultural book.Slow movements, calming thoughts and deep breathingthis is the Chinese art of tai chi. People have practiced it for hundreds of years, and it helps improve
13、 strength and flexibility (灵活性). But according to a new study, it may also be known the symptoms (症状) of Parkinsons disease by several years.There is no treatment for Parkinsons disease, a disease that influences the brain and causes symptoms like shaking and difficulty speaking and moving. For year
14、s, doctors and researchers have tried to find ways to slow down the symptoms or make them more manageable for patients.To find out more, researchers from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China monitored (监测) a group of 330 people with Parkinsons disease at different times betw
15、een January 2016 and June 2021. One group of 143 people did tai chi a week for one hour, while the other group of 187 people didnt.The results came out in October 2023. They showed that the progression (发展) of the disease was slower in the group that did tai chi. This group also had better balance a
16、nd movement, fewer falls and less back pain.The researchers said the size of the studied group was quite small, so they could not prove that tai chi was the only reason for these improvements. But according to these results, they said that tai chi can be used to manage symptoms of Parkinsons patient
17、s and keep patients active.8According to Paragraph 1, we can learn that .Athose who play tai chi will become stronger and happierBpeople move slowly and breathe deeply when doing tai chiCthe Chinese art of tai chi has been around for several years9What do we know about Parkinsons disease?It influenc
18、es the patients brain.It can be completely treated today.It makes people have trouble moving.It has been studied for a long time by doctors.ABC10What did the study show according to this passage?A143 patients had better balance, fewer falls and less back pain.B330 patients were monitored for more th
19、an 6 years and a half.CIt showed that tai chi was very useful in treating patients diseases.11Whats the main purpose of the text?ATo encourage readers to do tai chi, the traditional Chinese art.BTo call on people to pay attention to patients with Parkinsons.CTo introduce the positive influences tai
20、chi has on Parkinsons.阅读下面短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅使用一次。 “For thousands of years, humans have raced to be the first. Now, in some cases, we are racing to be the last,” said The New York Times; Paige McClanahan. 12 .Last-chance tourism is about seeing the last of something. Rising temperatures
21、 and water levels mean that we may never get another chance to see certain islands, glaciers (冰川) animals and so on before they disappear. This may sound sad, 13 . One example is “The Sea of Ice” in Chamonix, France. The Chamonix ski resort (度假胜地) opened a glacier museum in 2012 called Glaciorium. T
22、here, tourists can learn about glaciers and how climate change influences places like “The Sea of Ice”. 14 . A 2020 survey showed that 80 percent of visitors “would try to learn more about the environment and how to protect it”.Though last-chance tourism has its benefits, it may also be speeding up
23、the effects of climate change. As more people rush to these endangered places they create a bigger and bigger carbon footprint (碳足迹), leading to the damage of these places in the end.Just as many experts have said, “Last-chance tourism is a paradox (悖论)”. 15 . Its more important to avoid making it w
24、orse.AThis effort seems to be making a differenceBThis is the spirit at the heart of last-chance tourism, a rising industryCbut some people use last-chance tourism as a way to spread environmental awareness (意识)DWed better rush to see it before its goneEActually, its not just about understanding the
25、 need to stop climate change二、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。Dear baby, I want you to work hard because I want you to have the right to choose in the future, not to be 16 to make a living. When we work hard, we will have the 17 to stick to our dreams, not just to live a day without an
26、y expectations. We will have the 18 and strength to choose the life we want.Maybe the future you want is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others. Maybe you have been 19 and telling yourself to get up. Maybe you have tried very hard but there are still people who are not 20 . Perhaps your dream ha
27、s never been closer to you, but please continue to move forward because others can not see the efforts 21 you, but you can always see yourself. There are many things in life that we can not decide by 22 . There will be a lot of things that we cant get and there will be a lot of things that we cant h
28、elp with. We may not be able to control the space of fate (命运), but we can control the degree of our efforts. 23 you want to give up, tell yourself to hold on a little longer. The most 24 thing in life is not that I cant but that I could. Not everyone will be brilliant (光芒万丈) in the end, but you wil
29、l be strong and brave if you work hard on the way.More 25 , in the best time, you really become a better you, live up to yourself.16AnoticedBforcedCallowed17AchanceBattentionCeffort18AvalueBwarmthCcourage19Afalling downBturning downCputting away20AsurprisedBinterestedCsatisfied21AbesideBbeforeCbehin
30、d22AyourselvesBthemselvesCourselves23AWhenBAlthoughCUnless24AregrettableBdifferentCrelaxing25AcarefullyBimportantlyCespecially三、短文填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Did you have cereal (麦片) for breakfast this morning? If you did, youre not alone. Lots of people eat cereal for breakfast every day. In
31、fact, cereal is popular all over the world. It 26 (invent) by a man named Will Keith Kellogg.Will was born on April 7, 1860, in Battle Creek, Michigan. 27 (he) first job was as a stock boy (仓库员) at the Battle Creek Sanitarium (疗养院). It was a place meant for people 28 were ill for a long time. When w
32、ill grew up, he became a manager of the sanitarium. His brother, John, was the chief doctor there.One big problem at the sanitarium was the patients diets. They needed healthy and tasty diets. Will was trying to find a good food to take 29 place of the bread, but it wasnt going very well. Then, 30 (
33、accidental), Will found something even 31 (good). He left some wheat to cook too long. When it was rolled out, it formed large, thin flakes. He asked his brother 32 (serve) it to the patients, and they loved it! In fact, they liked it so much that they wanted breakfast flakes sent to them even after
34、 they left the sanitarium. To make his cereal more famous, Will 33 (begin) a new business in 1884: selling packaged breakfast flakes. Before long, Kelloggs breakfast cereal was popular in other 34 (country), too.Will did more than just create breakfast flakes. His company made a lot of money. But he
35、 always shared it 35 others generously. He used much of his money to help children in need. Will Kellogg died in 1951. But his cereal is still one of the most popular inventions in the world.四、任务型阅读阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。Breakdancing is a street dance style that develops as part of the hip pop culture.
36、It originated (起源于) in the Bronx in New York City in the 1970s. Breakdancing has become known to more people in China in recent years, especially after it was announced in 2020 that it would be a new event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.The people who perform this style of dance are known as b-boys
37、 or b-girls. Liu Qingyi is one of them. In 2022 she became very famous at the age of 16 when she won a gold medal at Outbreak Europe. That gold medal also made her become the first Chinese b-girl to ever win the top-level break-dancing competition. Then more and more people knew about the young danc
38、er.Liu is also known as B-girl 671 because the numbers in Chinese are pronounced similarly to her name. She first saw street dance in her hometown, when she was only 10 years old. She felt deeply attracted by the performers cool dance. Liu also learned guitar, taekwondo (跆拳道) and boxing during her c
39、hildhood. Her interest in tense activities then led her toward breakdancing. “Ive been involved in many sports and hobbies, but found that breakdancing is my true love after I started learning it.” Liu said.It was through dancing that dancing will be her lifetime career. “Im super lucky already as i
40、ts not easy to turn ones hobby into a career. I will never stop exploring,” Liu added. “I hope I will be able to stay passionate (热情的) to dance as long as I can.Liu will represent China to join the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Liu said, “I take pride in competing for my country. I hope to win a medal f
41、or China. I will work hard toward that goal.”36Where did Breakdancing start? 37Who are generally considered as b-boys or b-girls? 38Why is Liu also known as B-girl 671? 39How does Liu feel about joining the Paris 2024 Olympic Games? 40Whats your favorite sport? Why? 五、书面表达41假如你是李华，近日你的笔友Jack发来邮件，向你诉
42、说他最近的困扰。请根据该邮件内容给Jack回复并提出你的建议，内容包括：1. 表示理解，并予以安慰；2. 提出合理的建议；3. 希望情况有所好转。写作要求：1. 80词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；2. 文中不能出现真实的人名、地名和校名；3. 要点齐全，行文连贯，可适当发挥。Dear Li Hua,Im in trouble now. You know, the senior high school entrance examination is coming. I am under too much pressure, so I cant have a good sleep all night. Besides, I try my best to learn Chinese, but I still get poor grades. I feet like there is a heavy weight on my shoulders. I dont know what to do. Could you help me? Im looking forward to your reply. _试卷第9页，共9页
