2017年中考英语精选模拟(3)

2017年中考英语精选模拟（3）二、笔试部分(满分80分)Ⅰ. 单项填空(每小题1分，满分15分)21. The soup is not enough. Add some salt, please.A. sweetB. sourC. saltyD. crispy22. —What do you think of this football match?—I’ve no idea. But is believed that the Spanish team will win.A. thatB. thisC. whichD. it23. Mr. Zhang left for America in 1998, and he didn’t return home 2002.A. unlessB. whenC. untilD. since24. A big class is usually 3 or 4 groups at our school.A. fallen intoB. divided intoC. added intoD. run into25. The new machine will be used glasses.A. makeB. madeC. to makeD. for make26. The basketball game was invented by a Canadian doctor James Naismith.A. was calledB. to callC. namedD. calling27. —I often see Wang Fang to the old people’s home.—I hear she volunteers to look after the old.A. comeB. comingC. to comeD. came28. —Do you know ?—In the 6th century.A. when is the abacus inventedB. when the abacus is inventedC. when was the abacus inventedD. when the abacus was invented29. As water is very important for us，we should stop people from the river.A. pollutingB. usingC. fillingD. crossing30. Three years ago my parents encouraged me keyboard，but for some reason，I gave up.A. studyB. to studyC. studiedD. studying31. In our school library there a number of books on science，and in these years the number of them growing larger and larger.A. are;isB. is;areC. have;areD. has;is32. Most of the kids in our school enjoy pop songs， some hit songs on the Internet like Gangnam Style.A. besidesB. includingC. exceptD. without33. I’m sorry I took your umbrella mistake.A. forB. aboutC. onD. by34. —Thank you very much for what you have done for me.— .A. Wait for a momentB. Good ideaC. My pleasureD. Me too35. Mr. Brown has made a of three books for us to read during the school holiday.A. mapB. ruleC. listD. menuⅡ. 完形填空(每小题1分,满分10分)The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the 36 and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up(折叠)so it is 37 to carry them.However， the umbrella was not always as 38 as it is now. In the past， it was a symbol of importance. Some African countries still use umbrellas in this 39 . Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.Umbrellas have a long history. People in different parts of the world began to 40 umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3，000 years ago. From there，umbrellas 41 to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome， 42 wouldn’t use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women.England was 43 the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The weather there is very 44 and umbrellas are very useful.Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you 45 one， thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them， you’ll feel you are the important person， too.36. A. rain B. cloud C. air D. water37. A. lovely B. cheap C. hard D. easy38. A. light B. heavy C. common D. special39. A. way B. size C. reason D. place40. A. discover B. use C. examine D. discuss41. A. walked B. travelled C. rode D. flew42. A. children B. parents C. men D. women43. A. probably B. already C. suddenly D. immediately44. A. sunny B. rainy C. snowy D. windy45. A. sell B. return C. borrow D. carryⅢ. 阅读理解(每小题2分,满分20分)ALeonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best known as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa. However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern day life.Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and used in war many years later. By watching the way birds fly，Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketches(素描)we can see several objects. We consider them as modern flying machines. Leonardo spent many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.Leonardo was a strange man. He didn’t eat any meat，which was very unusual in those times. He never published (发表) his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing，which looks like writing in a mirror, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.We have very little of his work today. Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe，however，that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.46. According to the passage, Leonardo is not only an artist but also .A. an inventorB. an engineerC. a writerD. a musician47. was Leonardo’s most special invention.A. The mirror writingB. The cutting machineC. The machine gunD. The flying machine48. Leonardo was strange，for example， .A. he didn’t eat any vegetablesB. he usually used mirror writingC. he liked to publish his discoveriesD. he enjoyed drawing flying machines49. Leonardo invented some machines to .A. stop the warB. help paint picturesC. watch the birdsD. make good use of time50. From the passage，we can learn that Leonardo was very .A. humorousB. seriousC. cleverD. lonelyBSkin-diving(轻装潜水)is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under the water，it is easy for you to climb big rocks，because you are no longer heavy.Here，under water，everything is blue and green. During the day，there is plenty of light. When fish swim nearby，you can catch them with your hands.When you have tanks of air on your back，you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides，there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.Now you see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting.51. Skin-diving is a popular sport. It can take you to .A. deep waterB. the mountainsC. a new world of landD. the moon52. In deep water .A. there is no light at allB. there is plenty of lightC. there is a new world of landD. it is like a visit to the moon53. You can climb big rocks under water easily because .A. you are very heavyB. you are as heavy as on the landC. you are very thinD. you are not so heavy as on the land54. With tanks of air on your back，you can .A. catch fish very easilyB. stay under water for a long timeC. climb big rocks X K b1 .C o mD. have more fun55. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Skin-diving is a new sport.B. The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun.C. Skin-diving is like visiting the moon.D. Skin-diving is not only interesting but useful.IV. 任务型阅读(每小题2分，满分10分)An American named Crum invented potato chips in 1853, although that was not his intention (意图). He was a chef(厨师长) at a beautiful restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. A regular dish on the menu was fried (油炸的) potatoes, which was an idea that had started in France. At that time, French fried potatoes were cut into thick slices (片).One day, a dinner guest at the restaurant sent back his fried potatoes to the chef because he did not like them so thick. So Mr. Crum cut the potatoes a little thinner and fried them. The guest did not like those either. That made Mr. Crum angry, so he thought he would just show the man. He sliced the potatoes paper-thin and fried them, thinking that the man would say nothing about it. However, to his surprise, the man loved the thin potatoes very much. Other guests tried them and also liked them. So, Mr. Crum’s potato chips were added tothe menu. They were called Saratoga Chips.Finally, Mr. Crum opened his own restaurant to sell his famous chips. Now potato chips are packaged (包装) and sold in stores.根据短文内容，完成下列表格。