2018届江苏无锡初三英语二模试卷分类汇编-------阅读金桥A25 If you are free on Tuesday and you are interested in paintings, where can you go to enjoy yourself?A. Concerts.B. Exhibitions.C. Theaters.D. Movies.26 What movie is on at Bijou Theatre in the evening?A. Quarantine! Starring Tony Stark.B. Kerry Gaynor in the Devil’s PlaygroundC. Midnight Double FeaturedD. Melinda Lee’s Siam Sunset27 Which is TRUE according to the passage?A. Clubs are open only in the morning.B. Concerts are open only at night.C. You can see the movie Tony Stark in Bijou Theater at 7:30 to 9:45 in the morning.D. Valleyview Sculptors’ Society Group Exhibition is on from Tuesday to Sunday.BOne of Britain’s bravest women told y esterday how she helped to catch suspected(可疑的) police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money.Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber’s bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building.She said: "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there.”The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious(怀疑) of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said:“He didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact(接触).” Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoningVicki every 15minutes.“It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’. My heart missed a beat.”Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key.“I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man’s room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting atthe man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out becausethey shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed(带上手铐).”28 Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because __________.A. the police called herB. he looked very strangeC. he came to the hotel with little luggageD. he came to the hotel the day before New Year’s Eve29 David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in ________.A. the passageB. the man’s roomC. Vicki’s bedroomD. the top floor room30 The whole event probably lasted about ____ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.A. 6B. 8C. 11D. 14CSome time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a b roken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it repaired, as there are a lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception(接待). I w as quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth--so I decided that my approach must be wrong.I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing.”Everything was going according to my plan and l was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked.“Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “Wha t do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll givewhat would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you repair this chair for me?’” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll re pair this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.31 We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_______.A. was rather impoliteB. was warmly receivedC. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chairD. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair32 The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_______.A. changed his mindB. accepted the offerC. saw the writer’s purposeD. decided to help the writer33 How much did the writer pay?A. ￡5.B. ￡7.C. ￡20.D. ￡27.DThe father’s role in the family is important. One researcher says babies who are cared for by their fathers have greater cognitive (认知的) development at one year of age than babies not cared for by their fathers. Another researcher reports that by spending time with their pre-school children, fathers can help to develop children’s language ability. Researchers also point out that for school-age children, fathers are one bridge with the outside world.Fathers who value (重视) education have children who do better in school than those children whose fathers don’t value education. What’s more, fathers who spend quality time with their children may give their children happy memories which may last a lifetime.have something in common.Good fathers attend their children’s school activities. They also involve the children in their lives and the adult world by taking them to see the workplace, or by taking them when the car needs to be repaired, etc.Good fathers expect a great deal from their children, but also accept and support the unique individuals (个体) that their children are becoming.Good fathers prefer explanations and reasoning to force.Good fathers know their time with children is really an investment (投资) in them.Being an involved father is good for children and good for fathers. Both children and fathers have the chance for growth and development. Today’s lifestyles are changing. More and more fathers are keeping a balance between their personal life, work, and family time.34 The passage is mainly about _________.A. how to be a qualified fatherB. the growth and development of both fathers and childrenC. the father’s role in the growth and development of childrenD. the change of the father’s role in modern societyA. has the same ideas as othersB. is the only one of his typeC. does everything without considering others’ ideasD. tries to do everything well36 Which of the following statements is CORRECT according to the passage?A. Good fathers attend their children’s school activities but never take them to their workplace.B. Good fathers expect a great deal from their children and force them to work hard.C. Good fathers try to make it clear to their children that staying with their fathers is aninvestment.D. Good fathers improve themselves when they spend time with their children.37 According to the passage, father’s involvement in their children’s lives may NOT lead to_________.A. the good fate(命运) of their childrenB. better reading levels of their childrenC. happy memories which may last a lifetimeD. greater cognitive development of their children省锡中AThe province of Alberta covers a large part of the Rocky Mountain, making it an attractive province to visit. However, this part of Canada has more than the Rockies. There are cities and towns that draw a large number of tourists each year.CalgaryCalgary is the largest city in Alb erta. It’s best known for the Calgary Stampede, a large show that happens in summer every year. The city also has many historic buildings and an amazing zoo. It’s very rich because of the province’s large oil industry.EdmontonEdmonton is the capital of A lberta. It’s the second largest city in the province. It is home to a lot of history. The West Edmonton Mall is a popular attraction, which is the largest in North America and includes over 800 stores, a water park, and a famous theme park.BanffBanff lie s in Banff National Park. It’s famous for its wonderful scenes. Activities in the area include hiking, cycling, and skiing. The local hot Springs are also fun to visit. Though it’s a small town, it is home to a lot of arts and cultures. Banff holds a film festival each year and hosts many dance, theatre, and music programs during the whole summer.JasperLocated in Jasper National Park, Jasper attracts lots of visitors. There are a lot of hiking roads and other nature-related activities. The town offers a number of dining and hotel choices at a different price points, making it easy for your visit to the area.25. What do we know about Calgary?A. It is the capital of Alberta.B. It is the richest city in Alberta.C. It is famous for its historic buildings.D. It holds the Calgary Stampede every summer.26. Visitors who like shopping should go to _______.A. CalgaryB. EdmontonC. BanffD. Jasper27. What can you do in Jasper?A. Seeing films.B. Hosting music programs.C. Having fun at hot springs.D. Going out camping or walking.BChinese food is popular all over the world, but one group who fight against it is vegetarians （素食主义者）. Meat is nearly always on the table, no matter what part of China you are in. It is so common that Zhang Xiuyan has long grown used to the difficulties of being a vegetarian in China.The 67-year-old woman cannot eat meat because it causes her uncomfortable feeling in stomach. “ Every time I go out, I meet the same situation,” she says. “ I tell them I don’t eat meat, so in the soup, please don’t include chicken or duck. But when they serve it, there’s always a little bit of meat.”Ms Zhang says it’s sometimes just a problem of communication. “ For example, when they serve green beans, there is a bit of meat in the dish. I say ‘how come there’s still meat?’” she says. “And the waiter look and say,’ Oh that? That shouldn’t be a problem!’”Ms Zhang is among 50 million Chinese who are believed to be vegetarians, about 4 percent of the 1.3 billion population. Traditionally in poorer times, meat was a luxury(奢侈). But times are changing, and with them, so are cultural attitudes(态度).Belle Zhang from Beijing is another vegetarian who has also had difficulties at restaurants. “At home of the noodle restaurants here, even if you order a bowl with no meat, the soup is always made from meat,” she says, “ we vegetarians can always taste it!” She says a recent trip with friends up to China’s Northeast proved more difficult than other parts of the country.“The food in the Northeast is really meaty, so there wasn’t a single dish we ordered that was vegetarian,”she says. “Every plate on the table in one way or another had a little bit of meat in it.”28. Why does Ms Zhang dislike eating meat?A. Because she loves animals.B. Because she wants to keep fit.C. Because it does harm to her health.D. Because she is a picky eater(挑食者).29. Hearing the waiter’s reply, Ms Zhang probably feels _________.A. curiousB. interestedC. surprisedD. angry30. What’s the best title of this article?A. The introduction of Chinese food.B. A story of vegetarians.C. Being a vegetarian in China.D. Views on vegetarians.CCathy Krause, who works as an emergency dispatcher(紧急调度员) at the Rockwood Police Department, is tired of getting calls from children, most of which are usually a joke. However, a phone call from 5-year-old Jackson McManus who said his father was in trouble was the real deal.“I’ve not had the call like this before,” Krause said as she spoke about the 911 call. Krause was able to calm the boy down and ask him questions to help police find his location and also gather information about the situation. “I asked him plenty of questions and he was so good,” she said. “He was a little nervous in the beginning, but he did everything I asked him to do.” Krause asked Jackson if his father was awake. Jackson went to check on his father who couldn’t give any replies when he called out his name. This led Krause to believe that the man was unconscious(无意识).Jackson told his father’s name but she was sti ll unable to locate the address. She then asked the boy where he went to school and told him to look at the garage and see if there were any numbers. “I already had a car look for you,” Krause said as she continued to talk to the child.The boy mentioned a street called Groat Street which is between Huron River Drive and Woodruff Road. With these details, she realized that the boy lived at the southern end of the Brownstown Township. She told Jackson to stand outside his house and wave so that police officers would be able to see him.Even though Jackson got some of the numbers of his address wrong, police saw him outside his home and the father was quickly taken to a local hospital. He is now in good condition.The father had been suffering from low sodium because of the medicine he was taking. He told 7 Action News he had taught Jackson and his daughter Mary how to call 911 when something terrible happened to him.31. Which of the following is most important for Cathy?A. To know Jackson’s exact address.B. To get through to Jackson’s father.C. To learn about Jackson’s situation.D. To get in touch with Jackson’s school.32. We know from the text that Jackson ________.A. answered all of Cathy’s questions correctlyB. remained clear-minded in the accidentC. has been well trained in giving first aid(急救)D. know his community very well33. The text above is probably taken from _______.A. a medical reportB. a book reviewC. a news reportD. a story bookDWhat is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed at the entrance? Or the soft background music?But have you ever noticed the smell? If it isn’t special, the answer is likely to be no. But though a shop’s scent(气味) may not be compared with sounds, it is certainly there. And it is providing to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase（购买）.A brand store has become famous for its special scent which floats through the quite dark hall and out to the entrance. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customers’ willingness to purchase increased by 80 percent.When it comes to the best shopping streets in Paris, scent is just as important to a brand’s success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sales. That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be.Some years ago, the focus（聚焦）for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants’ disproving attitude（伪善的态度）and don’t-touch-what-you-can’t-afford displays. Now the rise of electronic purchase has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. But while e-shops can use sights and sounds, only bricks-and-mortar stores(实体店) can offer a fullexperience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave. another brand store seeks to(追寻) much more than a shop, but rather a destination. And scent is just one way to achieve this.Now a famous store uses man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department, and coconut scent in the swimsuit department. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store’s windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.34. According to the passage, what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand store?A. Friendly assistant.B. Special scents.C. Soft background music.D. Attractive window display.35. E-shops are mentioned in the passage to ______.A. show the advantages of brick-and mortar storesB. force shop assistants to change their attitudeC. push stores to use sights and soundsD. introduce the rise of e- shopping36. The underlined word “destination” in Paragraph 5 means _______.A. an area that exhibits goodsB. a place where travelers like to stayC. a place where customers love to goD. a goal that a store expects to meet37. The main purpose of the passage is to _______.A. compare and introduceB. examine and recommendC. discuss and reviewD. inform and explain惠山区AAmazing events in our birthday month:Spend over $50 and get a chance to win a $10 gift card.Spend over $100 and get a chance to win prizes, from Nobel membership, e-dictionaries to concert tickets!25. April is the birthday month of ________.A. Nobel Book StoreB. Fanta CentreC. Retro MallD. Winkle Mall26. You can get the biggest discount on ________.A. adults’ story booksB. all magazinesC. children’s picture booksD. all text books27. The underlined word “renowned” means ________.A. newB. youngC. humorousD. famousB(an extract from Probuditi!)Calvin waited outside Trudy’s bedroom. Then it happened—a scream, a very loud scream. Calvin ran to his room and dived into bed.He heard Mama coming down the hall.“Did you do this?” his mother asked. Calvin looked out from under the covers. His mother stood over him, holding a rubber spider(蜘蛛).“Do what?” he asked.“You put that thing in my bed,” Trudy told him, stepping out from behind Mama.“Don’t think that just because it’s your birthday you can get away with something like this,” Mama scolded (责骂).“You do want your present, don’t you?” That wiped the smile off Calvin’s face.“Course I do,” he said.“Then you apologize (道歉).”Calvin dropped his head. “Sorry Trudy,” he mutt ered (嘟囔).“Here,” Mama said. “Happy birthday.” At the breakfast table she handed Calvin an envelope. Inside were tickets to the matinee show of Lomax the Magnificent, the world-famous magician and hypnotist. “You’ve got two tickets there,” Mama said, “and I know someone who’d really love to go along.” She smiled at Trudy.“You don’t mean here, do you?” Calvin asked, eyeing his little sister.“Well, that would be really nice. But those tickets are yours. If you want to ask somebody—” Calvin didn’t wait f or his mother to finish. He rushed out of the house to tell Rodney, his friend next door, that the two of them were going to see Lomax the Magnificent.28. Who screamed at the beginning?A. Calvin.B. Calvin’s sister.C. Calvin’s friend.D. Calvin’s mother.29. Calvin’s mother really wanted Calvin to ________.A. ask his friend to the showB. do what she thought was rightC. watch the show without his sisterD. find out what his friend thought30. What is the best title for this passage?A. Trudy’s SpiderB. Mother’s TicketsC. Calvin’s BirthdayD. Rodney’s PresentCWherever I look outside my home, I see people busy on their high-tech devices (设备), while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they areaway from physical reality.People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted”was the word use d by people to describe their relationship to Ipad, smart phones and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time getting away the attraction of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and wine.The main purpose of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. A number of people willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to catch up with people around them or to appear modern.I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-wasting technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude (奴役). It means a loss of personal freedom and independence（独立）because of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the important question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up mistakes about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain(重获) control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for praising the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.Richard Fernandez, an e xcellent coach at Google said that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection, people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.31. We can learn from this passage that people ______________________________.A. consider too much technology wonderfulB. have realized the harm of high-tech devicesC. can regain freedom without high-tech devicesD. may enjoy life better without overused technology32. From the passage, technology companies________________________________.A. improve people’s quality of lifeB.provide the latest informationC. attract people to buy their productsD.deal with cultural diseases33. What’s the writer’s opinion on the overusing of high-tech devices?A. He thinks the overusing of high-tech devices makes people’s life wonderful.B. Using high-tech devices when it is necessary rather than overusing it is a right choice.C. He is unsure if it is right to overuse high-tech devices.D. It makes no difference to people to overuse high-tech devices.DListen carefully to what I say.” the time traveler said. “I shall tell you something that you will not agree.”“Why will we not agree?” I asked.“Because the science and mathematics you know are not correct,” he said, “You believe there are only three dimensions(三维空间）---length, breadth(宽）and thickness.”“There is nothing to agree with that,” the youngest member of our little group said.“Exactly!” the time traveler answered. “But there is also a fourth dimension---time.”“We all know about time,” another member of the group said,” Time passes.”“I do not agree,” the time traveler said. “Length, breadth and thickness do not pass. They stay in the same place in space. We move about them. I can prove that time is the same. It does not pass. We move in time the same way that we move in length, breadth and thickness.”None of us believed the time traveler, and we argued with him for many hours.“If we could travel back in time,” the scientist said, “we could do things to change the future.”“If we could travel forward in time,”the doctor(博士）said, “We could do things that change our present.”The time traveler smiled. “It is clear,” he said, “that there is only one way I can show you that I am right. We must do an experiment. Please wait here.”He left the room and soon returned, carrying what looked like a clock.“This is a model of a time machine. It took me two years to make it.” The time traveler said, “I want all of you to understand that when I start the machine, it will immediately (立即) travel in time and disappear from present.”He turned to the youngest of us. “Give me your hand.” he said.The young man put out his hand. The time traveler took it and placed it on the machine. Immediately, there was a sudden wind, and the little machine disappeared.I was certain this was not a trick, but the doctor was not so sure.“Are you asking us to believe,” he said, “that the machine is now in the different time?”“Certainly! In my laboratory, a full-size machine is almost complete. As soon as it is complete, I shall send myself on a journey through time. Would you like to see my machine?”“Are you serious about this?” the doctor asked.“I have never been more serious about anything,” the time traveler said, “Come.”We followed him to his laboratory. There, we saw the actual machine, not quite complete, but large enough for a man to sit in.34.How many dimensions did the time traveler say there are?A.TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five35. Which is the right order of what happened in the story?a. The model time machine disappeared with a wind.b. The time traveler came back to the room with a model time machine.c. The members of the group argued with the time traveler for many hours.d. The time traveler showed them a full-size time machine which was not quite complete.e. The youngest man’s hand was placed on the model time machine.A. e c a d bB. b c e a dC. c e b a dD. c b e a d36. What can we infer (推断) from the passage about the time traveler?A. He believed that they could move in time.B. He was playing a trick on a group of people.C. He sent the young man to the future in the model time machine.D. He would possibly send himself on a journey through time.37. What kind of story do you think the passage is?A. A detective story.B. A science fiction.C. A romantic fiction.D. A horror story.新吴区AWant to enjoy some extreme sports(极限运动)? Here are a small number of the extreme sport clubs across universities in the UK.25. If a student wants to take part in Octopush, he or she should be able to ___________ .A. skiB. swimC. skateD. skydive26. A usual skateboard is_______ than a Longboard.A. shorterB. longerC. widerD. bigger27. According to the passage, which of the following is the most common sport in UKuniversities?A. Octopush.B. Snowboarding.C. Skateboarding.D. BASE jumping.BHere is an experiment (实验) to see how ants can organize some clever teamwork.What’s going on?You can see one of the best examples of insect teamwork by watching ants. If one ant findsfood, it leads others there to eat it too. They follow each other by making long trails(踪迹). Theants go back and forth collecting food, to take back to their nest （穴）. When you move the fruit,the ants will still find it. But, instead of making a new direct route to the food, they will followeach other through their old trail route.28. If the fruit is moved to a new position, the ants will ________.A. fail to find itB. give up looking for itC. make a new direct route to itD. get to it through the old trail route29. Which is the correct order to do this experiment?a. Move the fruit to a new position.b. Find an ant.c. Check the fruit an hour later.d. Put a thin slice of fruit in front of the ant.A. a-b-c-dB. b-d-c-aC. d-b-c-aD. c-a-d-b30. What can we learn from this experiment?A. The experiment is done successfully in the lab.B. Ants do the experiment to show their team spirit.C. Careful watching does little help in this experiment.D. We can find out some facts by doing small experiments.CA round face, white fur, fatty body — but more importantly, a full set offunny poses —pushed a cat to be a star on Chinese Internet. Lou Lou, anonline famous cat with over 680,000 fans on Sina Weibo. Its facial expressionshave been used to make a number of emojis(表情包) and widely used on theI nternet. “You may not know the cat’s name, but you must have seen its emojis,” says Lou Banniang, the cat’s owner.Sadly, Lou Lou died of a heart attack on Oct. 14, leading to a wave of sadness among quite a few online users. “I cannot accept the fact that Lou Lou has gone forever, and my favorite emojis cannot update any more,” Weibo user Xiao Pihai_223 said.“One of the necessities(必须) in my life is watching each and every move of Lou Lou. It looks like an angel to me, and it has now gone back to paradise(天堂),” added Pai Dadui, another user.The cat first got public attention last year, because of a short video recording its naughty (淘气) yet interesting movements in the bathing process, and a clip that has been viewed millions of times. Besides emojis, Lou Lou’s image（图像）has appeared on pillows, cups, clothes and。
