中考英语全真模拟卷第一卷选择题（50分）I. 完形填空（10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-10题各小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
(共10小题，每小题1分）“Money can’t buy me love,” the well-known UK rock band the Beatles once sang. But what about 1 ?According to Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton, money “can make you more satisfied with life”, reported Times Higher Education. The secret is that you need to know how to 2 it. In their book Happy Money: The New Science of Smarter Spending, Dunn and Norton offer 3 for happy spending.* Buy 4 instead of things. A pair of new shoes may make you happy for a while, but the joy soon 5 . Spend your money on experiences – go on holiday or visit a museum. Such experiences will make you 6 than owning stuff and give you something to talk about when you are with your friends.* Make it a treat (犒赏). You love hamburgers, 7 you have one every day, the enjoyable experience will eventually become boring. So, make a hamburger a special treat after a week of hard work.* Invest (投入) in 8 . The combination (合并) of using time and money on someone else is the magic formula (公式) for happiness. If you are going to 9 your friend a bracelet (手镯) as a birthday gift, go buy the beads (珠子) and make the bracelet yourself.Even with these tips, however, Dunn and Norton said that you shouldn’t “bet on” money buying happiness. “Happiness 10 be sought (寻觅), it sneaks up (悄悄地来) on you – [it’s] the effect of having something useful to do, someone to love and something to hope for.”（）1. A. health B. friendship C. time D. happiness（）2. A. spend B. earn C. count D. lose（）3. A. chances B. tips C. jobs D. food（）4. A. trips B. shoes C. experiences D. friends（）5. A. discusses B. discovers C. disagrees D. disappears（）6. A. happier B. richer C. stronger D. younger（）7. A. even if B. but if C. as if D. only if（）8. A. other B. the other C. others D. another（）9. A. buy B. make C. take D. draw（）10. A. must B. mustn’t C. can D. cannotII. 阅读理解（30分）阅读下列短文，从下面每个小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项（共15小题，每小题2分）A.Father of hybrid rice” Yuan Longping passed away at 13:07 pm in Changsha of Hunan province, Xinhua reported on Saturday.The well-known agronomist (农学家) was born on the ninth day of the seventh month in 1930 of Our Chinese lunar calendar. After graduating fromthe then Southwest Agriculture (农业) Institute, he worked as a teacher at anagriculture school in Hunan.He is famous for developing the first hybrid rice strains.A series of natural disasters hit China in the 1960s. Yuan saw many people die of hunger every day. He was determined to grow more effective crops by doing research.In 1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had great advantages over others. Y uan was excited about his discovery. He then began to study the elements of this particular plant.In 1973, he started to cultivate (培养) a type of hybrid rice species (种类). It produced 20 percent more rice per unit than common ones. The next year they had a great success in seeding. This progress made China the world’s leader in rice production.He has helped save not only China but also the world from starvation. When China was faced with food shortage, he helped China create a great miracle, feeding nearly one-fifth of the world's population with less than 9 percent of the world's total land. When hundreds and thousands of people around the world were suffering from hunger, the hybrid rice was grown on a large scale （大规模地）in other countries, raising output and helping pull them out of hunger.Data shows that in China, the planting area of hybrid rice is over 16 million hectares (公顷). It is about 57 percent of the total planting area of rice. And the hybrid rice has helped feed about 80 million people every year.( )11.Where did Yuan Longping pass away?A. In Haikou.B. In Changsha.C. In Chengdu.D. In Beijing.( )12. Why did Yuan Longping become well-known?A .Because he was a well-known agronomist.B. Because he helped plant rice for farmers.C. Because he helped pull people out of hunger.D. Because he was born in Hunan province.( )13.In what year did Yuan Longping China achieve the great success of seeding which made China a leader in rice production?A.1964B.1973C.1974D. 2020( )14.What does the underlined word “miracle” probably mean in Chinese?A.意外.B.惊喜.C.奇迹.D.成功.( )15.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. Yuan Longping was born in the 1930s.B. 57 percent of the total planting area of rice is for hybrid rice.C. About 80 million people benefit from hybrid rice a year.D. The planting area of rice is over 16 million hectares.B.Years ago, Linda Henkel, an American scientist, was travelling at the Grand Canyon. “When I was at the canyon’s edge, someone came to the front, took a picture and walked away,” she recalls(回忆) as she shares her travelling experiences. “He didn’t even look at the scenery.”Henkel is surprised by how obsessed (痴迷的) people are with taking pictures. They take pictures before dinner, at the parties and on museum tours. They believe taking pictures will help them remember the moment. However, it isn’t true according to Henkel’s study.In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum. She asked them to look at 15 exhibits and then to photograph 15 others. The next day, she tested the students’ memory of the tour. She found that the students remembered fewer details about the exhibits if they photographed them.Henkel explains when people focus on taking photos, they pay less attention to the event itself. As a result, they fail to remember their experiences well.Taking pictures may not be helpful for our memory. But shouldn’t reviewing (回顾) the pictures help wake up our memories? The answer is yes. However, it happens only when we spend enough time doing it.“To remember the experiences, we have to review the photos carefully,” Henkel says. “But most people seldom spend the time looking over their digital pictures because there are too many of them.”( ) 16. Why does the passage mention Henkel’s trip to the Grand Canyon?A. To give suggestions on how to enjoy a tour.B. To complain about the visitor’s bad habits.C. To show the beautiful view of the Grand Canyon.D. To point out people’s obsession（痴迷、执念）with taking pictures.( ) 17. Which of the following is TRUE about Henkel’s study?A. 30 students took part in the study.B. It was carried out in a museum.C. It was made to test some ancient exhibits.D. Students weren’t allowed to take photos in the study.( ) 18. What do we know from the passage?A. Reviewing pictures can always help people bring back their memories.B. Taking pictures on a museum tour helped the students remember the exhibits better.C. It can’t help people to remember their experiences well by taking pictures.D. Henkel thinks taking pictures is important when people are touring around a place.( ) 19. What can we do to remember our experiences according to Henkel?A. Look over the photos we took.B. Try our best to recall them.C. Visit the places again.D. Take more photos.( ) 20. Where can we probably read the passage?A. In a storybook.B. In a travel guide.C. In a news report.D. In a science magazine.C.Zhurong, China’s first Mars rover, sends back a photo of theplanet’s surface.On May 15, China’s Tianwen 1 probe made a historic landing onMars! People all over the world applauded the successful landing,as it was very hard to pull off（成功）.In July 2020, Tianwen 1 was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center. In February, the probe entered Mars’ orbit . Experts said the difficulty of sending the probe into orbit was equal to hitting a golf ball from Paris and landing it in a hole in Tokyo. But it still couldn’t match the difficulty of the final landing stage, which is also called the “nine minutes of terror (恐怖)”. How did Tianwen 1 do it? Let’s take a look.Nine minutes of terrorWithin nine minutes, the probe had to slow its speed from 20,000 km per hour to zero, landing from 125 km above Mars. Since the probe is 320 million km away from Earth, there is a signal delay (延迟) of over 10 minutes if the research team tries to control it from Earth. So the probe had to carry out the landing by itself!The drag (空气阻力) created by the atmosphere slowed it down first. During this process, the surface of the craft heated up to 2,100 C, which could melt the craft! Fortunately, it had a heat shield (抗热涂层) to protect it.Next, a parachute (降落伞) opened to further reduce the craft’s speed. This was also a dangerous process, as the parachute’s ropes could break due to (由于) the craft’s high speed. Researchers used special materials to make the ropes strong enough to stay in one piece.At 1.5 km above Mars, the craft fired its retrorockets (反向火箭) as another way to help it slow down. At 100 meters, the craft stayed in the air and used its sensors (传感器) to check the landing area. It had to move away from obstacles (障碍物) such as rocks before finally touching down.Following the US, China is now the second country in the world to successfully land a probe （探测器）on Mars. It will give Chinese scientists their first opportunity to closely study the Red Planet.Tianwen 1 makes it to Mars( )21. When did the probe enter Mars’ orbit?A. In July 2020.B. In February 2021.C. On May 15, 2021.D. In July 2021.( )22. How far away was the probe from Earth while landing on Mars?A. 1.5 km.B. 125 km.C. 20,000 kmD. 320 million km( )23. Why does the craft have a heat shield?A. To reduce drag.B. To heat up the atmosphere.C. To make the landing process faster.D. To protect it from melting.( )24. What worked to slow down the probe just before its touchdown?A. The drag created by the atmosphere.B. Ropes made of special materials.C. A parachute.D. Retrorockets.( )25. What is the focus of the passage?A. Why Tianwen 1’s landing was out of control.B. How Tianwen 1 landed on Mars successfully.C. Tianwen 1’s journey to Mars.D. The launch of Tianwen 1.III.请阅读下列的短文，并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整连贯。
