江苏南京市秦淮区中考二模英语试卷

The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2 arrived in Nanjing ______ April, 2015.

Eric will never win a gold in the swimming race ______ he works hard.

If ______ is a high-stress job, it is important that you learn how to relax after a busy day.

We’d better ______ subjects like age, weight or money while talking in Western countries.

— ______ will I stay in Singapore during the summer holiday?
— Let me check it for you. For two days.

Tony is ______ than his father, though he is only eleven years old.

Everyone lent a hand so that the work ______ a week earlier than I had planned.

If you ______ go, at least wait until the storm is over.

It is reported that thousands of people ______ since a terrible earthquake hit Nepal.

— Paul shows little ______ in the piano competition.
—Yes, but his mother insists that he should catch the chance.

Kevin was ______ late for school this morning. The bell rang right after he walked into the classroom.

— ______ big lanterns! I like them very much!
— Yes. They sell well at the Lantern Festival.

Mr Green felt surprised and wondered _______.

Walk along the street and turn right at the second crossing. Which of the following is correct?

— It is raining heavily! Will the rain last long?
— _______. The weather report says it will be sunny tomorrow.

“I love you” might be one of the most important combinations of three words in the English language. It’s the       that a romantic relationship is serious. Besides, it also shows the closeness for parents, children or the ones who you love.
In Putonghua, “I love you”       as “Wo ai ni”, but the way it’s used in China might be a little different, and most Chinese people are wondering      .
The Global Times reports that some online videos showing children telling their parents “I love you” have become           in China. One of them, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. “Are you drunk?” asked a parent. In another       video, shot by a Shanxi TV station, the parents’ responses (反应) are still mixed. For example, a father responded       bluntly (率直地) — “I am going to a meeting, so much for that.”
Why don’t Chinese families use those words? “The parents’ responses show that many Chinese are not good at       their feelings like that,” Xia Xueluan, a sociologist from Peking University, told the Global Times, “They are used to educating children with negative (否定的) language.”
Still, that doesn’t          that love can’t be shown. In another article, Zhao Mengmeng, a 31-year-old woman, said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face           she found it a bit strange. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. However, Zhao gave her father a photo album recording photographs of them together on every one of her birthdays. The pictures were       on the Internet later, being forwarded (转发) hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo.

A．value B．symbol C．clue D．reason

A．includes B．practises C．translates D．recommends

A．why B．what C．how D．when

A．humorous B．dangerous C．boring D．popular

A．different B．nervous C．similar D．fixed

A．more B．much C．little D．many

A．explaining B．creating C．expressing D．discovering

A．mean B．doubt C．allow D．know

A．if B．until C．but D．because

A．cost B．put C．solved D．dropped

How often will the club have English activities?

After taking part in English activities in the club, you will        .

According to the poster, how can you join the Happy English Club?

Nancy would like to take part in a fancy-dress party (化妆舞会). She had to go to the party with her friends because her husband has been to another city to go on a business trip. Later that night, she was busy in dressing up herself as a ghost, including putting on masks and some special costumes.
After finishing it, she went downstairs to look at herself in the mirror. Suddenly, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker (面包师). She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten (使惊吓) the poor man, Nancy quickly hid in the storeroom under the stairs.
To her surprise, it was her husband who changed his plan and came back home 2 days earlier. The husband called his wife’s name happily and looked for her all around. Nancy was so excited that she ran to her husband without realizing she was a ghost at that moment. But it was too late. Her husband let out a cry and jumped back several steps. Then he lost his sense and lay on the ground.
At first, Nancy decided to go to the fancy-dress party with        .

Nancy went to the storeroom under the stairs because she        .

What happened at the end of the story?

What can be the best title for this passage?

A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework.
P.S. 116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month, explaining that after more than a year of analyzing (分析) studies, the school had decided that students’ after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace (步伐) and playing instead of working on homework.
Hsu’s letter says that many studies show that there is no connection between homework and academic (学业的) success. Some other studies also show that the connection between homework and success is dubious at the primary school level.
Harris Cooper, a social psychologist who researches education, found that doing homework makes students perform better in school as they grew older. In later grades, students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not. In 2006, Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years’ worth of data on the influence of homework. He found that homework had a good influence on students as they aged.
Some parents are not happy with the decision to give up homework. “I think they should have homework. I want my daughter to have fun, but I also want her to be working towards a goal,” Daniel Tasman, the father of a second-grader at the school, said to the reporter.
“Students have to do homework in order to gain. Students have to do homework because they may not be able to understand everything in school,” Sharon Blake, a student’s grandmother told ABC news.

The passage is probably from a        .

Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents to explain        .

The word “dubious” in Paragraph 3 probably means “not        ”.

What can we infer (推断) according to the passage?

A 90-year-old tortoise (乌龟) is going twice its usual speed after being equipped (装备) with a set of wheels. The animal, called Mrs T, was facing a terrible future after losing her two front legs in a mouse attack while she was sleeping in winter, but her owners glued the wheels onto her shell (外壳).
“She’s going double the speed she used to,” said the owner Jude Ryder, “She uses her back legs to push herself along and seems quite happy.”
The 58-year-old owner was surprised when she went to check on her loved pet last month and found her front legs had been eaten in the mouse attack. The local animal doctor tried his best to save Mrs T. But he was afraid that the tortoise would not survive without being mobile. After paying £1,000 for the treatment, Mrs Ryder turned to her son Dale for help. Dale designed the front wheels and used resin (树脂) to add them to the front of the shell. Mrs Ryder said: “She liked them immediately, but she must learn how to turn and stop. She can get a good speed up, much faster than before. Mrs T is still quite young for a tortoise. She could go on for another 50 years. All she needs is a new set of tyres (轮胎) sometimes.”
When Mrs T was sixty years old, she was bought as a pet for Dale, an 8-year-old boy. It liked running happily in Mrs Ryder’s garden in spring and summer. When winter came, Mrs T slept in the garden shelter. A mouse got in last month and chewed (咬) off both her front legs. Mrs Ryder said: “We were afraid she would be sure to die, but her new set of wheels have saved her life. She can run in the garden again and we can always find her because she leaves very strange footprints behind wherever she goes.”
Mice attacking tortoises is not uncommon around us—in 2013 Britain’s oldest tortoise died after a mouse attack. The tortoise called Thomas was 130 when he was bitten at his home in Guernsey. He spent five days on strong antibiotics (抗生素), but the wound became so infected (被感染的) that his owner had no choice but to have him put to sleep.
After being equipped with a set of wheels, Mrs T can move by using         .

According to the passage, Mrs Ryder’s son is about         .

Which of the following shows the right order of the story?
a. A mouse chewed off Mrs T’s two front legs.
b. Mrs T’s owners glued the wheels onto her shell.
c. Mrs T learned how to turn and stop with equipped wheels.
d. The local animal doctor tried his best to treat Mrs T.
e. Mrs T was bought as a pet for Dale when she was sixty.

What can we learn from the passage?

根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1—5的相应位置上。
Bill is too fat. He plans to eat less        (肉) to keep fit.
We need a confident        (领导者) to help us deal with these difficulties.
We        (举行) a charity show and raised some money for poor families yesterday.
Our English teacher enjoys travelling. She        (很少) stays at home during holidays.
Wild animals aren’t        (自由的) because they may become dishes on the table any time.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46—50的相应位置上。
All of us were satisfied with this        (sing) songs at the concert.
It was        (possible) for anyone to get in because the door was locked.
My classmates helped a little girl find her parents on a        (rain) day.
World No. 1 Ma Long from China won his        (one) men’s singles world table tennis championship.
I would rather stay at home than        (play) football with my classmates because it is too hot outside.

根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1—5的相应位置上。

A: I will have an important exam tomorrow. Can you give me some advice?
B: Yes,   . How do you feel now?
A: Not well.
B: Are you feeling nervous?
A: Yes. I feel stressed.
B: Perhaps you should try this white T-shirt. And white can make you feel calm.
A: What do you think of my blue jeans?
B: OK. Wearing blue jeans can make people feel    peaceful.
A: What about shoes?
B: A pair of trainers can make you   .
A: Anything else?
B: You’d better take your yellow bag. You know yellow     wisdom.
A: Yes. That’s right. Thanks.
B: Wish you   !
A: Thank you for offering me advice.
B: It’s my pleasure.

As teenagers, changing the world does not only mean finding a cure for cancer, or finding the origin of humanity, but recycling a piece of paper as well. Going Green is a practical way that teenagers can have a real and meaningful influence in the world. What follows are three simple ways teenagers can go green and change the world.
Recycle
According to a Wire & Twine online article, 63 million newspapers go out to street vendors (摊贩), local paper boys, or newspaper dispensers every day and of those 44 million are thrown away. Recycling the Sunday newspapers alone we could save half a million trees a week. The age of technology creates new phones, iPods, or new computers. Many people will stand in line for hours to get their hands on the new piece of technology, but what happens with the old ones? Nothing. According to Earth911, about 75% of the old devices (设备) are thrown in the back of a drawer collecting dust.
Go vegetarian (素食主义) one day a week
Here are some amazing facts on going vegetarian for only one day. According to Noam Mohr, a physicist at the New York University, the United States would save 100 billion gallons of water which is enough to offer all homes in New England for about 4 months. The Environmental Defense concludes with the most interesting fact: if the whole population gives up one meal of chicken, the amount of carbon dioxide accumulated (累积的) would be the same amount if more than half a million cars were taken off U.S. roads. So giving up just one day of eating meat is worth the advantages it could bring.
Don’t drink too much bottled water
There is a common idea that bottled water is healthier than regular tap water. However, 25% of bottled water comes from regular tap water which goes through a filter (过滤). Bottled water companies do not need to list where they got the water from, how they clean the water, or what chemicals their plastic water bottles have. Plastic bottles do not get recycled 90% of the time which results in 1.5 million tons of plastic in landfills which are not easy to decompose (分解). In fact, after considering that bottled water and tap water have few differences, people should use more reusable water bottles.”
Just keep in mind what Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed (坚定的) citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

Topic	How teenagers can go green
Definition	Going green is a practical way which teenagers can make a     to the world. It is really meaningful.
to go green	Recycle	Unluckily, only about    million newspapers are really in use every day. People usually   most of the old devices in the back of a drawer.
Go vegetarian	All homes in New England use about 100 billion gallons of water in four   . The Environmental Defense concludes that it should be worthy for people to    eating meat just one day a week.
Drink        bottled water	Most of plastic bottles do not get recycled and it produces millions of tons of plastic which are     to decompose. In fact, it’s better for people to   more reusable water bottles.
Conclusion	Just     the words said by Margaret Mead that thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为66—75的相应位置上。
Imagine the scene: You come home after work feeling too tired to cook—only to find a delicious m   waiting for you.
It sounds like a dream. However, it could be about to come true thanks to a robot cook i by British scientists. They have come up with a set of robotic arms which are able to cook nice food. Perhaps people can b   the device in 2017 as a part of high-tech kitchen. Since it seems to be so useful in the future, scientists spent a   18 years developing the hands, which are each controlled by 24 motors, 26 micro-controllers and 129 sensors (感应器).
Some people prefer to go to well-known restaurants, b they are not cheap and may be quite far from the home. It is a chance for people to enjoy very good food cooked by robots at a suitable p . The only dish that is off the robot’s menu at the moment is sushi, which r  nimble (灵活的) fingers to make, but the team plan to solve this problem as well by the time it goes to the m  .
Users will be able to ‘order’ dinner on their way home, or breakfast for next morning when they w  up. They can use an app on their smartphone. Picking menus depends on the ingredients (配料) they have. They will also be able to c  dishes based on personal needs.
And just in case, the unit has emergency equipment if there’s a fire.

书面表达（满分15分）
孟子曰：“不以规矩，不成方圆”。家规体现着家人的价值追求和传承，也是社会风气、公民道德的源头。请根据下面表格内容的提示, 以“My family rules”为题，写一篇短文。

注意：
1. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
2. 语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
3. 词数80左右，文章的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
My family rules
Most families have some rules for children to follow.