2020年初三第二学期英语中考第三次模拟试卷 (三)(含答案)

上海英语中考三模卷（三）

Part 1 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary

(第一部分语音、语法和词汇)

I. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)

( )1. Listen to me, please. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word?

A) /`li:sn/ B) /`lɪsn/ C) /`l eɪsn/ D) /`lɪstn/

( )2. The weather here is so fine that we decide to go on ________ picnic.

A) a B) an C) the D) /

( )3. I didn’t buy these apples. A friend of mine gave them to ________.

A) I B) me C) my D) mine

( )4. There is ________ furniture in this room than in that one.

A) little B) few C) less D) fewer

( )5. By the way, what do you mean ________ saying “it's a piece of cake”?

A) with B) for C) to D) by

( )6. The clerk with bright blue eyes was ________ and everyone was satisfied with her manners.

A) friendly B) politely C) luckily D) carefully

( )7. The naughty child fell down from the tree. Luckily, there was ________ wrong with him.

A) nothing B) anything C) something D) everything ( )8. It’s known to us all that Lee Kuan Yew（李光耀）encouraged Singaporeans ________ good English.

A) speak B) to speak C) speaking D) spoken

( )9. Let’s sit down and have a good look at your design, ________?

A) can’t you B) will you C) don’t we D) shall we

( )10. T he professor from the USA answered the questions one after ________ after the lecture.

A) another B) others C) the other D) the others

( )11. Fresh fruits are too expensive, ________ they still sell well in this area.

A) and B) but C) or D) so

( )12. –________ did the experiment go yesterday?

– It was not easy. I will do it again.

A) Why B) What C) When D) How

( )13. S tudents ________ to be very strict with themselves in their study and life.

A) can B) may C) ought D) should

( )14. W hen they got to the top of the hill, they stopped ________ for a while.

A) rest B) resting C) to rest D) rested

( )15. – Mike, please turn down the music, Lily ________.

–Sorry, I’ll do it right now.

A) is sleeping B) was sleeping C) has slept D) had slept

( )16. A ll the passengers will stay at the airport for another day if the snow storm ________

tomorrow.

A) won’t stop B) doesn’t stop C) didn’t stop D) hasn’t stopped ( )17. H e told me when he hurried to the railway station, the train ________ already.

A) is leaving B) has left C) would leave D) had left

( )18. N owadays many new taxi apps (打车软件) ________ to help people travel around more easily.

A) are used B) use C) used D) is used

( )19. – I nearly hurt my foot when I rushed to school this morning.

–________

A) What a pity! B) Be more careful next time.

C) You're so unlucky. D) My pleasure.

( )20.– Thank you for your delicious dinner, Winnie.

–________

A) Don’t say so. B) Really? Just so so.

C) Never mind. D) I’m glad that you enjoyed it.

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。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) (共8分)

Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek has seen much of the city’s history. Some lucky cities can show off a great body of water, 1 London with the river Thames and Paris with the river Seine. Shanghai is 2 the special right to have two great bodies of water: Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek.

Huangpu River became 3 when colonists (殖民者) set up a number of amazing buildings on its banks and it was called the Bund. Today, the Bund overlooks the breathtaking skyline of Lujiazui financial district. Shangh ai’s other body of water, Suzhou Creek, 4 , has become less important in a way.

1. ________

2. ________

3. ________

4. ________

Suzhou Creek 5 the inland cities of Jiangsu province with Shanghai. The British colonists arrived in the city after it was opened as a commercial port (商业港口) in 1843. When they found they could reach Suzhou, Jiangsu province, through the creek, they named it Suzhou Creek.

Thanks to its 6 , a large number of goods and travelers were transported through the creek before rail links were set up.

But after a century of being used as a waterway to transport goods and workers, the creek grew 7 and smelly. Industrial factories were set up along the banks. In the 1990s it became a key task of the city government to clean the creek.