上海版2020届中考一模英语试题A卷
姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________
一、完形填空 (共1题；共10分)
1. （10分）根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。
After Columbus discovered the New Continent(新大陆) and 1 back to his motherland, Spain, he was warmly 2. But not everyone felt 3 at Columbus' Success. Some people thought Columbus was only a 4 and what he had done could be done by any other seaman. One day, at a dinner, some self-important men did what they could to 5 Columbus unhappy, saying that he had only done the 6 thing in the world. Hearing this instead of jumping up angrily, Columbus took an 7 from a dish and asked,“Look, here, gentlemen, is there anyone here who can make this egg stand upright?” They tried one by one but none could. Then the egg 8 back to Columbus. He broke it a little, put the egg on the table and it stood upright. “What can be easier than this, gentlemen?” he said, “Now you will say it's so9 that everybody can do it. Of course, because I have shown you now.” They looked at each other and talked10.
（1）
A . took
B . gave
C . got
（2）
A . surprised
B . welcomed
C . attracted
（3）
A . glad
B . angry
C . sad
（4）
A . fireman
B . businessman
C . seaman
（5）
A . show
B . help
C . make
（6）
A . worst
B . hardest
C . easiest
（7）
A . egg
B . apple
C . orange
（8）
A . called
B . looked
C . came
（9）
A . difficult
B . easy
C . happy
（10）
A . loudly
B . angrily
C . surprisingly
二、阅读理解 (共3题；共22分)
2. （8分）阅读下列短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项.
D
For too many, the damage begins early in life. Four out of 10 babies born in the United States do not form a strong relationship with either parent, and they will pay for that the rest of their lives.
New research from Princeton University confirms what other researchers have already found: The number of babies born into families that are too poorly equipped(装备、配备) to give them a fair chance of having a successful life is very big.
That finding is supported by many other research Projects, including a study from the University
of Rochester showing that nearly one-third of U.S. parents don't know what to expect from their new horns, or how to help them grow and learn and get along with others. Babies, as others have pointed out, don't come with an owner's manual.
The basic problem, according to the Princeton study, is 40 percent of infants in the U.S. live in fear or distrust of their parents, and that will turn into aggressiveness（侵犯）, defiance（挑衅）and hyperactivity（多动） as they grow into adults.
Of that number, 25 percent don't have a close relationship with their parents because the parents don't satisfy their needs. And 15 percent find their parents so troubling that they will avoid them whenever possible.
That will not necessarily result in a lifetime of violence(暴力), but it will make living a successful life much more difficult.
"They can overcome(克服) it," sociologist (社会科学家) Sophie Moullin of Princeton, lead author(作者) of that study, said in a telephone interview. "It's not a make or break situation, but they might find it harder to control their behavior."
Moullin, along with coauthors from Columbia University and the University of Bristol in England, analyzed(分析) more than 100 research projects, to reach their conclusions.
There are many factors, including poverty(贫穷), ignorance（无知）, and stress among parents who are so busy with their own problems that a new child is sometimes more than they can deal with.
Yet strong relationships, the researchers say, are amazingly simple to achieve.
（1）According to the writing style of the passage, it may be a(n) _________.
A . news report
B . book report
C . novel
D . review
（2）What is the meaning of the underlined word "manual" in Paragraph 3?
A . An actor who tells you how to take care of a baby.
B . A book that tells you how to do or operate something.
C . A TV show that tells you how to make a relationship with your baby.
D . A radio program explaining how to look after your baby.
（3）What do you think is the best title of this passage?
A . It's harder to control children's behavior.
B . What a little love means to a little one.
C . The problems of the parents in the United States.
