中考英语V2

2015年上海中考模拟试卷（英语）
（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）
考生注意：
本卷有7大题，共94小题。

试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。

Part 1 Listening （第一部分听力）
（略）（30分）
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar（第一部分词汇和语法）
I. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) （20分）
1. Which of the following words matches the sound /l?k/?
A) look B) lock C) luck D) like
2. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?
A) Before you start your project, you had better do some research.
B) From the bottom of my heart, I really felt sorry for your failure.
C) The baby has learned three new words so far.
D) Have you heard a strange noise outside?
3. Madam, I will help you carry the luggage to your room with ________ pleasure.
A) a B) an C) the D) /
4. ________ Sunday morning, we would love to walk in the park and do some exercise.
A) At B) On C) In D) From
5. Everyone likes to make friends with ________ because he is always kind and helpful.
A) his B) him C) himself D) he
6. Tim’s sister plans to stay
in Shanghai for ________ two weeks.
A) other B) the other C) others D) another
7. Mary had one good ________ after she read this passage last evening.
A) idea B) information C) news D) advice
8. The girl looks after the homeless cat as ________ as her mother.
A) careful B) carefully C) more careful D) more carefully
9. _________ ready for the coming examinations, everyone.
A) Get B) Gets C) Getting D) Got
10. You can get a variety of useful information ________ you read newspapers every day.
A) unless B) though C) until D) after
11.Which one do you want, the new iPhone ________ the new iPad?
A) but B) and C) for D) or
12. The audience ________ keep quiet when the show starts.
A) should B) can C) may D) ought
13. It’s essential for all of us ________ our environment clean and beautiful.
A) to make B) make C) making D) made
14. Look, our monitor is practicing ________ on the playground.
A) run B) to run C) running D) ran
15. Could you tell me what you __________ this time yesterday?
A) are doing B) did C) had done D) were doing
16. ________ wise decision he has made to get rid of the bad habit.
A) What B) What a C) How a D) How
17. By last month, the twins _________ 200 toy cars.
A) have collected B) collected C) had collected D) would collect
18. —_________ performance did the judges prefer, Tom’s or Jerry’s?
— It’s hard to say. In my opinion, Tom did a better job.
A) What B) Who C) How D) Whose
19. — I was lucky enough to win the first prize in the competition.
— _________
A) Is that so? B) Congratulations.
C) I’m glad you like it.D) I’
m sorry to hear that.
20. —Sir, you aren’t allowed to park here.
—_________
A) Never mind. B) That’s right.
C) Not at all. D) Sorry, I didn’t notice that.
II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。

每空限填一词，每词只能填一次) （共8分）
Many people used their cell phones to shop on the “Double11” Shopping Festival.
On that day, nearly half of the purchases on Tmall (天猫) were completed on mobile
phones. On November 11 this year, consumers in China spent 262.8 minutes shopping
A. products
B. convenient
C. quickly
D. under
E. average
on Tmall’s app on ____21____! People from different parts had different mobile shopping habits. According to
a research recently, consumers from Beijing preferred to use WIFI when they shopped on apps. Consumers from Shanghai spent more time using mobile apps to compare ____22____ and prices. And consumers from Guangzhou were more generous. They preferred to use the 3G/4G network to browse (浏览) apps. The reasons behind these habits are still ____23____ study. “I like shopping on mobile phones because placing orders (下订单) and paying money are so ____24____,” said one consumer. At present, more than 527 million people use mobile phones in China, so mobile shopping has a huge potential (潜力).
Britain’s first online middle school which is called ecademy (网络学校) is going to open next year. It will open as ____25____ as September, 2015. Hundreds of students can have lessons without leaving their homes. The school will ____26____ lessons for children aged from 9 to 19. Each class will have no more than twenty pupils. Students just need to log-in (登陆) to an online classroom at 9:15a.m. before receiving four hours of lessons each day. They can get the same certificate (证书) ____27____ students studying at school. Studying at home can save students a lot of time traveling from home to school. Many students said that up to half the day
is taken up by getting to and from school as well as breaks between lessons. Some teachers, however, are ____28____ the idea of online schools. They think that face-to-face interaction (互动) with other children will be taken the place of by this school.
III. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms (
用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。

每空格限填一词)：（8分）
29. The ten-year-old boy can teach ________ French at home. (he)
30. Last Saturday we held the _________ English Festival in the school playground. (nine)
31. Nowadays, students showed a wide ________ in cosplay. (interesting)
32. Have you found out the exact ________ of the new factory? (locate)
33. Mary didn’t go over her lessons, so she couldn’t _________ spell the word. (complete)
34. Nobody will _________ if he doesn’t make great efforts to achieve his dream. (success)
35. To our surprise, the wounded man became much _________ the next day. (ill)
36. After making several ________, they finally got the result. (experiment)
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。

每空格限
填写一词)（14分）
37. The Great Wall has become known to all the people around the world. (改为一般疑问句)
_________ the Great Wall _________ known to all the people around the world?
38. His father’s new book is popular among teenagers. (改为反意疑问句)
His father’s new book is popular among teenagers, _______ ________? 39. Before we built the bridge, people had to reach the other side by ferry. (改为被动语态)
Before the bridge_________ _________, people had to reach the other side by ferry.
40. Actually, his brother didn’t purchase that expensive vase. (保持句意不变)
_________ ________, his brother didn’t purchase that expensive vase.
41. The boy played very well. He won the game in the end (保持句意不变)
The boy played_________ _________to win the game in the end.
42. The car ran 17000 kilometers last year. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________did the car run last year?
43. English, most, speaks, she, in, fluently, her, class (连词成句)
__________________________________________________________.
Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分阅读和写作）
V. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)
A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)
People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses instead of flats, and many people own their homes. This
means that they can make them individual (个体的). They can paint them and change them in any way they
like. The house is the private space of the individual.
People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the train, you may put your coat or bag on the seat
beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner of your own.
Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people
and there was a table between us. The man on the opposite side to me had his
briefcase on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was
angry. I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various
papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he stiffened
(紧绷) and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. A few minutes later I took my
papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it
is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!
If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don’t have any private space. You see the local
people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and “outside”. Local people can create their private space talking about things you don’t know about. And you even feel that they like you
to be outside them so that they
will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveler! But if you understand it,
then it helps you. Haven’t you enjoyed being part of a group and “owning” a bit of space?
44. According to Paragraph 1, we can know that most people in Britain ____________.
A) would like to live in flats
B) make their homes like a castle
A.as
B. early
C. against
D. provide
E. support
C) care about their private space very much
D) like painting their flats in the way they like
45. You may mark your space by ____________ when you are on a train.
A) putting your briefcase on the table
B) putting your bag on the seat next to you
C) lying on your seat
D) sitting in the corner of your own
46. The writer was angry as he was traveling on a train to London because ____________.
A) someone had invaded(侵入) his “space”　
B) some other people talked about things he didn’t know about
C) he had no space to sit
D) too many people shared a section with him
47. The followings pictures can be considered “
non-verbal communication”　
EXCEPT ________.
A) B) C) D)
48. When local people talk about things you don't know, you feel that ____________.
A) you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some fun
B) you are alone outside the house
C) they want you to go outside the house
D) you are lonely and you don’t belong to that place or that group of people
49. The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers to ____________.
A) realize the importance of “space”　
B) have one corner of their own in public places
C) create their private spaces by talking with local people
D) own private spaces by living in houses
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（12分）
The Maldives (马尔代夫), a tiny island nation in the Indian Ocean, has
reported a situation of emergency. It has been ____50____. More than 100,000
people in the capital have been left without safe water to drink. The water crisis
began when a fire destroyed the only equipment (设备) which is used to turn the
sea water into fresh water in its capital city Male.
In order to help the country, its Asian neighbours rushed to show their ____51_____.
China sent 600 tons of fresh water to the Maldives through a military vessel(军舰), as well as 40 tons of bottled water on two flights. ____52____, the Chinese government donated half a million U.S. dollars to the Maldives government.
India quickly took effective action to face the urgent need from the Maldives ____53____ help as well. It
sent five planes with tons of bottles of drinking water and two navy ships with equipment that can help repair
the broken equipment on the islands.
As a popular destination, the Maldives attracts more than 750,000 tourists each year. But the beautiful islands depend ____54____ on resources from other countries. And the country produces the fresh water through a too expensive ____55____.
Therefore, people are now calling for the government to learn the lesson from the crisis and come up with
a back-up water plan for the Maldives.
50. A) limited B) polluted C) thirsty D) flooded
51. A) support B) wealth C) ability D) power
52. A) In addition B) Even though C) After all D) For example
53. A) for B) in C) under D) through
54. A) probably B) exactly C) mainly D) completely
55. A) process B) decision C) distance D) progress
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内
容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）
Have you ever thought about seeing the world for free? Although it may sound
i____56____, there’s
a growing community that is making that dream one step
closer.
The community is called Couchsurfing. The idea is that people open their
homes up to travelers for free, and in e____57____ both people will learn from each
other. For example, if you play guitar and your host is a great cook, teach him or her
how to play to say thank you for the d____58____ meals.
Instead of paying a lot of money staying in hotels, living with l____59____ people is both cheap and authentic (正宗的). Maybe you’ll
d____60____ a hidden attraction in the city. This is also your chance to ask what life in their country is really like.
But what are some m____61____ of being a good Couchsurfer (沙发客)? First, be careful about cultural taboos (禁忌). For example, if you eat with Indians, never use your left hand. In Indian culture, left hands are used for the toilet. Also, when you are going to leave, it’s a good idea to p
____62____ a small gift. This shows your appreciation to the home owner.
Now, are you ready to travel like a local? Where will you surf first?
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)
Most people around the world are right-handed. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different
times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. They have found that most of the people shown in these works are right-handed. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left
-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? For most people,
the hand is used to find things or hold things. This is because of the different work of
the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which
controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings
show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-
handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess th
ere must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the genes (基因) for right-handedness, he or she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like
other children, but today they don’t have to.
63. What have the scientists found after studying works of art made at different times in history?
64. How many people in the world are left-handed now?
65. For most people, what is the hand used to do?
66. According to the passage, artists are more likely to be left-handed, aren’t they?
67. What might decide whether people will become left-handed if they don’t suffer brain damage?
68. Do you think left-handed people are strange or unusual? Why? VI. Writing (作文) (20分)
69. Write at least 60 words about the topic “I have grown up”.
(根据所给题目“我已经长大了”，写一篇不少于60词的短文，标点符号不占格。

)父母、老师、亲人都给予过我们很多的关怀和帮助。

你是否想过，其实，你也不是小孩子了，在即将初三毕业之际，你也可以自豪的说：“我已经长大了。

”长大对你来说，意味着什么呢？你又可以为身边的人做些什么呢？
(注意：文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。

)。