2023年江苏省盐城市滨海县中考一模英语试题

二○二三年初中毕业与升学考试

第一次调研考试英语试题

注意事项：

1.本试卷包含第Ⅰ卷选择题（第1~50小题）、第Ⅰ卷非选择题（第51~76小题）两部分。本次考试时间为100分钟, 卷面总分为120分。考试形式为闭卷。

2.本试卷共8页, 在检查是否有漏印、重印或错印后再开始答题。

3.所有试题必须作答在答题卡上规定的区域, 注意题号必须对应, 否则不给分。

4.答题前, 务必将姓名、准考证号用0.5毫米黑色签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡上。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题, 共70分）

一、单项选择（共10小题, 每小题1分, 计10分）

从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。

1. Mr Wu is always__________ first to come to school in our class to get everything ready for us.

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

2. My mother often tells me it's not good to hit an empty bowl__________ chopsticks.

A. in B. on C. with D. from

3. In American English, "__________” has the same meaning as "biscuit” in British English.

A. store B. cookie C. movie D. eraser

4. The tie doesn't match my shirt well. Would you please show me__________ one?

A. other B. other's C. others D. another

5. __________ our dream, we should work hard and never give up.

A. Achieve B. Achieved C. Achieving D. To achieve

6. Scissors__________ be dangerous. You shouldn't play with them when you do DIY jobs.

A. can B. must C. should D. need

7. Smiling is the best way to greet others. People will smile back__________ you smile at them.

A. when B. though C. before D. whether

8. You should be even__________ to your grandpa because he is getting older and older.

A. patient B. more patient C. patiently D. most patiently

9. —How far is it from your school to your home?

—My school is not far from my home. It's only__________.

A. 8 minute walk B. 8 minutes walk

C. 8 minutes' walk D. 8-minute's walk

10. —What will you do for the coming May Day holiday?

—Pardon? I'm sorry. I__________ about something else.

A. think B. thought C. am thinking D. was thinking

二、补全对话（共5小题,每小题1分,计5分）

根据对话内容, 从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 其中有一个为多余选项。

A. What will you do in the evening?

B. I need to be very fit to fly in space.

C. No, thanks.

D. You're very hard-working, Joe!

E. What's your plan for the future?

F. Shall we go to the cinema?

A: Hi, Joe. It's Saturday today. 11 B: Sorry, Mary. I don't have time for a movie today. And I really need to rest now.

A: Rest? It's two o' clock in the afternoon. What did you do this morning?

B: I got up at six o' clock and exercised for 40 minutes.

A: You got up at six on Saturday! Why did you exercise for 40 minutes?

B: Mary, you know I want to be an astronaut! 12 I exercise every day. This morning, I also

went to the library and read books about space till noon.

A: 13

B: I need to rest for an hour before playing basketball in the afternoon, which is the best way to

develop cooperation skills. Then at five, I'll study Russian.

A: 14 Shall we go out for dinner? I'd like to have a hamburger.

B: No, I don't eat fast food any more! Mum is preparing a special healthy meal. You can come and

eat with us. Then we can watch a programme about life on Mars together.

A: 15 I'll phone Cathy. I hope she hasn't decided to become an astronaut!

三、完形填空（共15小题, 每小题1分, 计15分）

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A teacher decided to let her class play a game. She told each child in the class to bring along a

plastic bag with a few big 16 . Each potato was given the name of a person that the child

17 . So the number of potatoes that a child put in his or her plastic bag 18 on the number

of people he or she hated. When the day came, every child brought some potatoes 19 the

names of the people he or she hated. Some had two potatoes, some three 20 some had up to

five potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the potatoes in the plastic bag with them

21 they went.

Days after days passed, and the children started to let out their frustrations（沮丧）because of

the 22 smell let out by the rotten（腐烂的）potatoes. Besides, those having as many as five

potatoes also had to carry 23 bags. After weeks, the children were relieved（如释重负的）because the game 24 ended.

The teacher asked, " 25 did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you these days?"

The children started 26 the trouble they had to go through having to carry the heavy and

smelly potatoes.

Then the teacher told them the hidden 27 behind the game. "This is exactly the situation

when you carry your hatred for 28 inside your heart. The bad smell of hatred will 29

your heart and you will carry it with you everywhere you go. If you 30 stand the smell of

rotten potatoes for just a short period of time, can you imagine what it is like to have hatred in your