2024届苏州市昆山市中考联考英语试卷含答案

2024届苏州市昆山市中考联考英语试卷含答案
注意事项
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Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、Every mother thinks that her child is the precious gift _______ god gives to her.
A．who B．whom C．what D．which
2、The woman lost her bag. _____, there was ____ in it.
A．Lucky; nothing important B．Unluckily; important nothing
C．Luckily; anything important D．Luckily; nothing important
3、The dictionary may for two weeks.
A．keep B．be kept C．be borrowed D．borrow
4、—Can I learn English well if I work hard on it from now on?
—Sure. ___________ .
A．One tree doesn’t make a forest
B．It’s not work that kills, but worry
C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
D．Two heads are better than one
5、---______ fine weather it is! Shall we go hiking in the hills?
---Why not?
A．What B．What a C．How D．How a
6、Kate is ________ in her class.
A．careful B．more careful C．most careful D．the most careful
7、My sister has a good habit. She likes to ________ all things in right places.
A．put down B．put away C．put on D．put out
8、—I cannot find my wallet. I think I’ve lost .
—Y ou’d better ask the Lost and Found for help.
A．one B．it C．this
9、--Do you still play football?
--Oh, no. I___ it for the past three years.
A．haven't played B．didn't play C．won't play D．hadn't played
10、The manager’s voice sounded on the phone. He offered to show us around the company.
A．softly B．friendly
C．gently D．seriously
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、Special homework was given to the students in Grade Four at a primary school in Foshan, Guangdong this April, that is to say, the children must 1 100 million grains (颗粒) of rice. A maths teacher Miss Chang asked her students to 2 the homework in two days. If some students 3 to finish in time, they would go on counting the rice at the weekend. Some parents thought that if it took a 4 to count three grains, it would take more than a year to count 100 million grains of rice.
5 , others thought it was a good idea. A parent surnamed Lin said it could
6 students to use their brains. “I will
7 my daughter to count 100 or 1,000 grains of rice first, and then
8 them and multiply (乘以) the figure to reach 100 million grains of rice. So she will have a clear
9 of the number 100 million,” she said. “The special homework could 10 help develop children’s patience,” Lin added.
Some Internet users also praised the special homework for encouraging children to 11 new ways to do their homework.
Miss Chang said earlier this week that she hoped the students could learn knowledge 12 practical activities. She said she was 13 that 10 of her more than 40 students had finished the special homework by using cups or other 14 to count the rice. The homework helps students develop their abilities to 15 problems. It’s good for them.
1．A．cook B．buy C．count D．pick
2．A．start B．finish C．master D．copy
3．A．had B．went C．failed D．asked
4．A．second B．minute C．hour D．day
5．A．But B．However C．So far D．First of all
6．A．invite B．allow C．tell D．encourage
7．A．ask B．let C．make D．hope
8．A．cut B．weigh C．cook D．taste
9．A．answer B．understanding C．task D．grain
10．A．still B．already C．yet D．also
11．A．think about B．think of C．think over D．think out
12．A．from B．in C．by D．on
13．A．sad B．angry C．happy D．enjoyable
14．A．tools B．machines C．facts D．opinions
15．A．find B．discuss C．delete D．solve
Ⅲ. 语法填空
12、My wife is addicted (沉溺) to shopping on the Internet. It seems that she can’t control1．(she) well, just clicking with the mouse. Let me2．(tell) you what happened last night. It was the3．(three) time she had shopped online for4．(hour). I had already reminded her 5．( think) twice before buying anything，but my wife ignored (不顾) what I said and replied confidently, “With the New Year approaching, preparation is necessary. Besides, I6．(not buy) things on the Internet for a whole week.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless (无言的).
In most cases, the things she bought aren’t good value for money. Maybe she just 7．(enjoy) the process (过程) of buying online.
With the8．(develop) of technology，online shopping9．(become) more and more convenient. Those who stay at home can buy whatever they want.In the meanwhile, it causes a series of problems. One of them is more spending than before，because people are10．(easy) attracted by the discount (打折). So how keep a good state of mind in front of temptation (诱惑) is an important lesson many people need to learn.
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
13、Is it true ?
1．Wearing the wrong type of glasses will do harm to your eyes .
This is not true for adults , although incorrect glasses may not be good for children under 10 . Ready-made glasses , and not wearing when you should , won’ t do harm to your eyes , but you may see better with glasses that are specially ma de for you .
2．Watching too much television is bad for you eyes .
This is not true. People with easily affected eyes may find they get red and aching from staring at a fixed distance for long periods , but there won’ t be any lasting effects .
3. Carrots will help you see in the dark. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which the body can change into vitamin A, too little of which can cause night blindness. However , people in most countries don’ t need to worry about vitamin A deficiency（缺乏）, night blindness is more likely to be connected with another vision problem .
3．Night blindness is most likely caused by _____ .
A．staring for long periods B．too much beta-carotene
C．not enough vitamin A D．vision problems
4．According to the article , eye problems can be corrected by _____ .
A．wearing specially-made glasses B．performing eye exercises
C．cutting back on television D．eating more carrots
5．Watching too much television can cause _____ .
A．night blindness B．lasting eye problems
C．a number of vision problems D．eye trouble for a limited time
6．The main purpose of this article is to _____ .
A．tell people of the importance of their eyes
B．tell people how to protect their eyes
C．tell people to have more carrots
D．tell people something more about their eyes
B
14、The journey began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned, although I had completed my packing before eight o’clock. I was quite clear about the fact that once I left, my house would stand empty for the first time since the day it was built. It was a strange feeling and perhaps explains why I was leaving so late. I walked around the house many times over, checking to see that all was in order.
It is hard to explain my feelings once I did finally set off. As I drove further and further from the house, I found everything looked unfamiliar(不熟悉的) to me. I began to have a feeling of nervousness mixed with excitement. I took a turning and found myself on a road circling the edge of a hill. I could sense the steep(陡峭的) drop to my left. I felt a sense of alarm that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all, but speeding off in the wrong direction. It was only the feeling of a moment, but it caused me to slow down. And even when I was sure I was on the right road, I thought I had to stop the car for a moment to think carefully.
I stopped my car and walked out of it. On the one side of the road, small trees grew closely together, while on the other I could now see the countryside far away and a town nearby.
I waked a little way along the roadside, when I heard a voice behind me. Until this point I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise. Sitting on the large stone was a thin, white-haired man. He called to me again and gave me a sign to join him. For a moment, I took him for a homeless man, but then I saw he was just some local man enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine.
1．Why did the writer set off later than planned?
A．Because he checked the house again and again.
B．Because he was feeling sad about leaving the house.
C．Because packing his backpack took longer than expected.
D．Because there was no one to help him get everything ready.
2．What caused the writer to start driving more slowly?
A．He wanted to look at the beautiful hill carefully.
B．He suddenly feared that he might get lost.
C．The road became steeper and steeper.
D．He realized he was driving too fast.
3．What can we infer about the white-haired man?
A．He was surprised to see the writer. B．He greatly enjoyed being alone.
C．He used to be homeless. D．He was a nature lover.
4．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The writer’s purpose in starting the trip.
B．T he writer’s courage in traveling alone.
C．The writer’s mixed feelings about his trip.
D．The writer’s experience of driving on the hill.
C
1．Which is the cheapest theater?
A．Dadi B．Huize C．Hengda
2．You can buy a skirt for your mother at _________.
A．Tianhong Store B．Kangxing Store C．Dadi
3．Which store can you buy pizza?
A．Starbucks B．Pizza Hut C．KFC
D
16、Could smells affect your lifespan? Female fruit flies (果蝇) without the ability to smell food live longer than other fruit flies．The sense of smell may be connected to the cellular ageing (细胞老化) process in many other living things even people．Such connection has recently been found in both worms and flies．For example, scientists found that removing fruit flies' ability to smell made them live nearly 10 percent longer than flies with a sense of smell．
They confirmed that food smells were the ones most likely to affect ageing, as nutrition (营养) and lifespan are known to be connected in many living things．To test the idea that food smells affect lifespan, they removed flies' ability to smell carbon dioxide, which is produced by some fly foods．They left the rest of the smelling system．
This action had no effect on male flies, but the females lived 30 percent longer than normal．Removing the ability to smell CO1 may stop flies getting information about food availability．This could mean that food is not enough, causing processes that encourage
flies to survive．Scientists found that the female flies from stored extra fat and that both males and females immune (免疫) to CO1 were stronger against the stress than normal flies．It is suggested that females may simply be easily influenced by the smells of CO1．
Scientists point out that people don't know whether ageing and smell are connected in animals and humans．But they clearly experience physical changes after smelling food．
2．From the passage, we learn that what scientists found is to ________．
A．show there is the best way to make lifespan longer
B．tell us we should remove our smell ability to live long
C．show the sense of smell can affect the cellular ageing process
D．explain fruit flies without ability to smell can live longer
3．Scientists do some research to prove
A．the immune system of flies to CO1
B．the connections between nutrition and lifespan
C．the importance of food smells to our humans
D．the connections between food smells and lifespan
4．According to scientists' opinion, we can see that ________．
A．flies without ability to smell is encouraged to store extra energy
B．male flies in general can live longer than female ones
C．both male and female flies can live longer without the ability to smell
D．flies without ability to smell can also get information about food availability
5．Which of the following best describes the passage as a whole?
A．CO1 has few effects on female flies．
B．The sense of smell might have an effect on living things．
C．The sense of smell is necessary to humans' health．
D．Female fruit flies can always live longer than male flies．
E
17、It was a rainy night in New Orleans, US. At a bus station, I watched a young girl cry as her baggage(行李) was taken down. It seemed she’d lost her ticket. She begged the bus driver not to leave her behind.
“Losing your ticket is like losing money,” the bus driver said, and left her in the rain.
But then an old man stood u p and blocked the driver’s way. “How can you leave that girl out there? You know she had a ticket. You can’t just leave her here. You can’t leave her in a city where she doesn’t have a friend. You will meet your schedule(日程安排), but she might meet her end.”
The driver showed no sign that he’d heard or even cared about the young girl’s problem, or how her travels went.
So the old gentleman said: “I’ll pay for her ticket. I’ll give her a little money to help her on her way.”
He went and bought a ticket for the girl. “How can I repay the kindness you’ve shown tonight?” she asked. “We’re strangers who won’t meet again. A mere ‘thank you’ doesn’t seem right.”
The old man said: “What goes around comes around. I’ve learned this with time. What you give, you always g et back. Always be helpful to others and give what you can spare(分让).”
1．Why was the girl’s baggage taken down from the bus?
A．Because she needed to go to the hospital.
B．Because the bus driver wanted to drop her.
C．Because she wanted to leave for another city.
D．Because it was hard to carry heavy baggage on a rainy day.
2．What did the old man ask the driver to do?
A．Let the girl go. B．Don’t leave the girl out
C．Pay for the ticket. D．Give the girl some money.
3．Which one is TRUE according to the story?
A．The girl lost her ticket and bought one again.
B．The old gentleman lent money to the girl for a ticket.
C．The girl wanted to return the money to the old gentleman.
D．The bus driver wanted the girl to leave since she lost her ticket.
4．Which is close to the meaning of “What goes around comes around”?
A．Do well and have well. B．Better late than never.
C．Take the world as it is. D．Barking dogs never bite.
F
18、Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the population of the world was hunter-gatherers, small, closely connected groups
developed their own speech different from each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages also became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of education, especially globalization and better communications in the past few years, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution(分布) of these languages is hugely unbalanced. The general rule is that warm, pleasant areas have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet areas have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1,000; Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone has well over 800. The median number (中位数) of speakers is only 6,000, which means that half the world’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. For example, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
1．What can we learn about languages in hunter-gatherer times?
A．They were developing very fast. B．They were similar to each other .
C．They were large in number. D．They were closely connected.
2．Which of the following best explains “dominant” underlined in paragraph 2?
A．Powerful. B．Traditional. C．Simple. D．Modern.
3．How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present?
A．About 6,800. B．About 3,400. C．About 2,400. D．About 1,200.
4．What is the main idea of the text?
A．New languages will be created.
B．People’s lifestyles are seen in languag es.
C．Language development depends on geography.
D．Human development leads to fewer languages.
Ⅴ.书面表达
19、书面表达）
危险无处不在，我们学生应该处处注意安全，远离危险。

请你根据下面表格所提供的信息，写一篇题为“Always Be
Careful”的英语短文。

要求90词左右。

Always Be Careful
As a middle school student, we should try to stay away from danger as the problem of safety is becoming more and more serious.
If all these are kept in mind, you are sure to enjoy a much safer life.
参考答案
Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、D
2、D
3、B
4、C
5、A
6、D
7、B
8、B
9、A
10、B
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、1．C
2．B
3．C
4．A
5．B
6．D
7．A
8．B
9．B
10．D
11．B
12．A
13．C
14．A
15．D
Ⅲ. 语法填空12、1．herself 2．tell
3．third 4．hours
5．to think 6．haven’t bought 7．enjoys 8．development 9．is becoming 10．easily
Ⅳ. 阅读理解13、3．D
4．A
5．D
6．D
14、1．A
2．B
3．D
4．C
15、1．A
2．A
3．B
16、2．C
3．D
4．A
5．B
17、1．B
2．B
3．D
4．A
18、1．C
2．A
3．B
4．D
Ⅴ.书面表达
19、Always Be Careful
As a middle school student, we should try to stay away from danger as the problem of safety is becoming more and more serious.
After watching TV, you should turn it off in time. If you’re at home alone, don’t open the door for strangers or invite friends online to your home. While you are at school, running after each other in the classroom can be dangerous. At the same time, you should remember to protect yourself while doing sports. When you are in the street, traffic rules should be obeyed all the time. For example, never listen to music while you are riding a bike. Besides, always follow the traffic lights when you cross the street.
If all these are kept in mind, you are sure to enjoy a much safer life.。