2024年辽宁省初中学业水平考试(模拟卷三)英 语 试 卷(本试卷共45道题 满分90分 考试时间90分钟)考生注意：所有试题必须在答题卡指定区域内作答，在本试卷上作答无效第一部分 选择题(共50分)一、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)第一节阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
AMobile phones help us keep in touch with each other.Fridges keep food cool and fresh. Televisions make our life fun.But they can get old and become e-waste as time goes by.In fact,e-waste doesn't only come from these things,but other electrical equipment as well.What is e-waste?It includes all waste with batteries or wires (电线)☑0E-waste is bad for the earth.In 2019,the world produced around 54 million tons of e waste.This is even heavier than all the adults in Europe.It increases every year.The world's e- waste will reach around 84 million tons by 2030.It leads to not only a great harm to the environment,but a waste of valuable resources (资源).In fact,e-waste includes valuable resources such as gold and silver.Besides,one smartphone battery can pollute 600,000 liters (升)of water.How can we deal with e-waste?·RecyclingYou can give it to a recycling center in your community or some recycling companies.You can also多功repair your electrical equipment instead of buying new ones.·SellingYou can put it in a second-hand market.Some people prefer to use older and cheaper products.And you can get money from these old things.·Donating (捐赠)You can donate it to someone in need or who can't afford new products.1. (新考法 · 图片理解)Which one might become e-waste as time goes by?A.2.(新考法 · 跨学科试题)Which of the following may describe the amount of e-waste from 2014 to 2030?E-waste productionA. B. C. D.3.What can we know from the passage?A.There's a little e-waste around the world.B.Two smartphone batteries can pollute 12,000,000 liters of water.G.There are only two ways to deal with e-waste.D.We can get gold and silver f rom e-waste.4. In which part of a website can we read the text?A.Food.B.Health.C.Travel.D.Environment.BOne afternoon,Grandpa wanted to bet me a big bag of popcorn that I didn't have as many true friends as I thought.I accepted the bet happily.However,I wasn't sure how I could see whether my schoolmates were true friends or not.The next day,before I went to school,Grandpa walked toward me,and it seemed like he was carrying something,but I could see nothing there.Grandpa said,“Take it,it's a special chair.Because it's invisible ,it will be difficult for you to sit on.However,if you can sit on it successfully,you can use the chair's magic power to tell who your true friends are.”I took the strange invisible chair to school.During the break,I asked everyone to stand in a circle, and I put myself in the middle with the chair.“Look!This is something amazing,”I said,and then I tried sitting on the chair.Of course,I missed it and fell to the ground.Everyone laughed.I kept trying to sit on the magic chair again and again.Finally,I did it.This time I was hovering (盘旋)in mid-air.Then I experienced the magic that Grandpa had talked about. Looking around,I saw George,Lucas and Diana holding me up,while some of my schoolmates did nothing but made funof me.D.I was quite thankful to Grandpa.He helped me test who my true friends were.That evening,we four true friends went to see Grandpa and had a great time eating popcorn.5.What bet did the writer make with his grandpa?A.He couldn't sit on the chair successfully.B.He didn't have as many true friends as he thought.C.He couldn't see who his true friends were.D.He couldn't have a big bag of popcorn.6.The underlined part "it's invisible" in Paragraph 2 probably means"A.it's funnyB.it's usefulC.it can't be seenD. it looks strange7.Why did Grandpa give the writer an invisible chair?A.To make him believe in his friends.B.To make him have a rest with his friends.C.To make him find out who his true friends were.D.To make him have a great time with his friends.8.What can we infer(推断)from the passage?A.Grandpa would never make bets with the writer from then on.B.The writer's grandpa bought him a big bag of popcorn.C.The writer took the strange invisible chair to school every day.D.George,Lucas and Diana were the writer's best friends.CThe Chinese character Fu is a necessity(必需品)in the Spring Festival celebrations.It expresses people's best wishes for the coming new year.The tradition of pasting(粘贴)the character Fu on walls and doors has been around for a long time.It's recorded that this tradition started in the Song Dynasty.The character Fucan be pasted either normally or upside down,because in Chinese,the“reversedFu”and “Fu arrives”sound similar, both being pronounced as "Fu dao le".There is a story about pasting the"reversed Fu".Zhu Yuanzhang,the firstemperor of the Ming Dynasty,once used the character Fu as a secret signal to kill afamily.To avoid the disaster,his wife Empress Ma ordered every family to paste the character Fu on the front of their own doors before the sun rose the next day.But one family pasted the character upside down,because they couldn't read or write.The next day,when the emperor ordered his soldiers to check,they found the character Fu everywhere,including the upside-down one.The emperor said angrily to the soldiers,“I will kill the family who pasted the character differently.”But Empress Ma said to the emperor,“That family pasted the character upside down on purpose. It has the same meaning as 'Fu arrives'.They did this to welcome you."After hearing this,the emperor immediately set the family free.From then on,people began to paste the character Fu upside down for the purpose of hoping for luck and honoring(尊敬)Empress Ma.9.The character Fu is used to in the Spring Festival celebrations.A.spread knowledgeB.hope for good luckC.remember Zhu YuanzhangD.mark the special family10.Why did Empress Ma order every[amily to paste the character Fu?A.To help the families.B.To kill more people.C.To show the beauty of the character Fu.D.To make her husband angry.11.Which of the following is TRUE about the story of Zhu Yuanzhang?①He used the character Fu as a secret signal to kill a family.②He was the emperor of the Song Dynasty.③He was angry when seeing the upside-down character Fu at first.④The family pasted the upside-down Fu to welcome him.⑤He didn't kill the family at last.A.①②③B.③④⑤C.①③⑤D.②③⑤12.What can you infer(推断)from the text?A.The emperor was very kind.B.Pasting the character Fu started from the Ming Dynasty.C.Every family pasted the character Fu upside down from then on.D.People were very thankful to Empress Ma.DThanks to Earth,we have fresh air to breathe,clean water to drink and warm sunshine to enjoy. But it seems that we may have considered those things natural and haven't realized that our planet is getting“sick”.Now scientists have given us a warning.“More than 15,000 scientists around the world have written a letter to warn about environmental problems,”The Washington Post reported.Among those environmental challenges,climate change sits at the top. Global average temperatures have risen by more than 0.5 ℃since 1992.A half-degree temperature rise is a big deal. It means that heatwaves would last around a third longer and rainstorms would be about a third more intense(激烈的).The increase in sea levels would be much higher,according to NASA.But this is not the only problem people are facing.It's getting harder to get fresh water.Ocean pollution has become serious.Since 1992,the human population has grown by about 3 billion,while the population of all other animals has dropped by nearly 30percent.Scientists say that we are experiencing the sixth mass extinction(灭绝)in history.More than two-thirds of the world's wildlife could be gone by the end of the decade if action isn't taken soon,according to the World Wildlife Fund.However,we have made some progress by making the hole in the ozone layer(臭氧层)smaller. That's because we gradually stopped using chemicals that can break down ozone.This progress shows that we can make positive changes when we take action,the letter says.13.What are the scientists worried about in the letter?A.The overuse of natural resources.B.Deadly diseasesC.The growth of human population.D.Environmental problems.14.What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A.The heatwave.B.The rainstorm.C.Climate change.D.Sea level.15.The writer wrote this passage toA.ask people to give thanks to EarthB.help people do scientific researchC.call on people to protect our planetD.show the progress people have made16.How is the text organized?(①=Paragraph 1,②=Paragraph 2..)B. C. D.第二节阅读短文，从方框内所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个多余的选项。
