北京市顺义区2020届初三二模英语试题
顺义区2020届初三第二次统一练习
英语试卷
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知识运用（共14分）
一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Mr. Black is very kind to the students. They all like
ver y much.
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B. them
C.him
D.her
2. Mary's father is a doctor. He works ________ a hospital.
A.in
B. on
C.with
D.of
3. — ______ is your bag, Lily?
— 150 yuan.
A.How old
B. How long
C.How much
D.How many
4. Hurry up, _____ you will be late for school.
A.or
B. and
C.so
D.but
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5.— Mr. Smith, I finish reading this story book today?
— No, you needn't. Tomorrow is OK.
A. would
B. must
C. may
D. can
6. — Which subject is__________, Maths, Chinese or English?
— Of course English.
A. interesting
B. more interesting
C. most interesting
D. the most interesting
7.My family the hill if it doesn't rain tomorrow.
A.will climb
B. climbed
C. have climbed
D. climb
8.—What did you do last Sunday, Mike?
—I table tennis with my friends.
A.play
B. played
C. will play
D. have played
9.— What were you doing at six yesterday evening?
10.—Are you new here?
—No. We here for 5 years.
A. lived
B.have lived
C. will live
D. are living
11. Something _________ by our teachers for our coming back to school last month.
A. did
B. was done
C.do
D. is done
12. —Could you tell me the Science Museum?
—Next Sunday.
A.when did you visit
B. when you visited
C. when you will visit
D. when will you visit
二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）
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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
A Great Challenge
My mother had been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become something, that I would be one of the great ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my 13 to it.
As a young boy, I struggled （奋斗，努力）to achieve tasks that came easily to most. I had 14 in writing, reading and especially speaking. I did not talk the way normal kids did and did not respond to questions or stay alert to my surroundings. My reading was poor even with teachers helping me, and my speech was 15 to understand. My writing was not at the level it should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap my fingers were problems.
My mother observed all my challenges and, as a professor with a Ph.
D. , decided to 16 the situation early in my development. She did not want me to struggle alone. After a while, we did indeed conquer （击败，战胜）all the problems that had 17 me. She spent hours every day teaching me everything I needed to know, determined to help me learn. Without her I would not be anywhere close to the level I am now.
In addition, she gave 18 for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her expectations have always been high because she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She would not allow her son to be incapable. She never 19 on me, and to this day she tells me education is a must. I will be a successful person if I continue to follow her lead. She 北京市模拟中考
encourages me to work for my grades and attend college.
She used her gifts as a 20 to help her child, and now I have the opportunity to become something.
13. A. mind B.decision C.brain D.feeling
14. A. problems B.excuses C.worries
D.abilities
15. A. easy B.hard C.cool D.clear
16. A. find B.keep C.change D.study
17. A. helped B.treated C.troubled
D.pleased
18. A. information B.advice C.promise
D.pleasure
19. A. put up B.pushed up C.looked up D.gave up
20. A. singer B.doctor C.worker
D.teacher
阅读理解（共36分）
三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、
C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）北京市模拟中考
A
Summer Programs for Children
21.Which school offers Academic Summer Program?
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B. Groton School.
C. Hopkins School.
D. Phillips School.
22.If you have language based learning disabilities, you can call___________ .
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A.919-416-2096
B. 203-622-9240
C. 716-652-3450
D. 954-581-8222
23.Which program can help the kids improve social skills?
A.The Summer Day Program.
B.The Academic Summer Program.
C.The Phillips Summer Camp Program.
D.The Traditional Summer School Program.
B
A Sweet Success
One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, asked her
parents to buy a toy for her, but her father encouraged her to
make money by herself. "How can I make money?" Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, “Why not ma ke cakes and
sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?”
The next day, Taylor started her plan. She borrowed $40 from her parents in order to buy tools and materials at first and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To her parents’surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.
Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it, but she didn't. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father's phone number on them. Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large companies began to try buying her delicious cakes.
Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part in other activities. So Taylor must
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carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV after school, Taylor might have to bake a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on some days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn't late for class.
Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. “ I think making cakes is mostly my hobby. ” She says. She also decorates the boxes that are used to pack the cakes. Taylor uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.
Taylor's cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.
24.Taylor started making and selling cakes at first because
.
A.she wanted to buy a toy
B.she wanted some beautiful cards
C.she loved baking cakes very much
D.her parents encouraged her to sell cakes
25.What did she do after she made $175?
A.She bought a phone for her father.
B.She went on with her business.
C.She bought a toy for herself.
D.She started a big company.
26.From the passage we can know .
A.Taylor likes making money
B.Taylor is talented in business
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C.Taylor likes watching TV all day
D.Taylor doesn't work hard at schoolSocial Bond of Animals
Friendship is an important part of human life. Friends can share our joys and our hardships. We aren’t alone. Many different animals also make friends.
Recently ,a British research team finished an eight-year study of Indo-Pacific dolphins off the coast of Western Australia. These dolphins can use different tools to search for food. The researchers found that these dolphins are more willing to hang out with partners that like the same tool. Other factors, like family closeness or sex, have no influence on this relationship.
“It sugg ests that dolphins form social bonds （纽带）based on shared interests,w UK biologist Simon Allen told Science Daily. "Using different tools is time-consuming （耗时间的）” for dolphins to cooperate.
Apart from dolphins, elephants, horses and bats are also known to form friendships. Are friendships only limited to the same species? Of course not, The
Atlantic reported in 2015, a goat Timur was originally left in the tiger Amur's enclosure （围场）as a meal. But instead of eating Timur, Amur likes to play with it and gets jealous when others are close to his friend.
The Atlantic said it’s not unusual among captive （圈禁的）animals. That's because in captivity, animals don’t need to spend much time and
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energy marking their territory （领地）or looking for mates the way they would in the wild. They are actually more likely to feel bored. " In this particular situation, the animal's motivation to engage （参与）socially and playfully may be higher than eating. n
More interestingly, animals not only make friends but also try to keep lasting friendships. Take bats for example. In 2011, scientists found bats prefer to hang out with a few certain friends, keeping loose ties to the rest of their group.
Humans aren't so different. “We do not work, play and live together with the same friends all the time，" Swiss zoologist Gerald Kerth explained. “ But nevertheless, we are able to maintain long-term relationships …despite our often highly dynamic （动态的）social lives."
27.What did the recent British research find about dolphins?
A.They form a group to look for food together.
B.They form friendships based on family closeness.
C.They are likely to make friends based on interests.
D.They are better at building friendships than other animals.
28.What can we infer from Gerald Kerth’s words?
A.Animals like to hang out with different friends.
B.Animals might feel bored with friends of the same species.
C.Humans are better at keeping long-term bonds than animals.
D.Humans and animals make and keep friendships in similar ways.
29.What's the passage mainly about?
A.How animals form and keep friendship.
B.The importance of friendship for animals.
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C.How to build strong ties with your friends.
D.The different ways humans and animals socialize.
D
Powering up with a Catchy Tune
When watching sports events, we often notice athletes with their earphones on while preparing in the locker room or entering the stadium. They keep their eyes shut, and gently nod along the beats. It seems as if the music is empowering them and toughening （使更坚强）them up for the competition. We sometimes do the same. You might have a list of favorite songs for your morning exercises. But is there any science behind such practices?
According to recent research, it turns out there is. Music actually does make us feel powerful, but not all songs have the same effect.
The research was led by Dennis Hsu of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the US. His team had people listen to 31 songs of different types. The listeners felt powerful after listening to some songs, such as Queers We will Rock You and 2 Unlimited-Get Ready for This.
Researchers also found that high-power music made people want to take control in social events and come first in competition. That matters a lot in sports. " It's commonly said that sports are 90 percent mental and only 10 percent physical,” The HuffPost reported
Great athletes know this idea well. Former NBA player Kobe Bryant, for example, often put on big headphones and even did a little meditation to boost his game and ease his anxiety.
As for the reason for music's magical power, Hsu's team came up with one possible explanation: when people hear music that expresses a sense of power, they mimic （模拟）these feelings in their mind.
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When choosing music, we also need to look at the type of music, according to researchers.
In previous research by the Music in Exercise and Sport Group at Brunel University in London, they found that pop was perfect for slower, more repetitive-type tasks. If you're warming up or cooling down after exercises, pop songs are the correct choice.
Dance music was found to be best suited to strength and weight training because it's "fast and rhythmical （有节奏感的）"?During high-intensity （高强度的）workouts, though, you'd better not listen to rock. Its different changes in tempo （节拍）can affect your rhythm.
30.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce favorite songs for morning exercises.
B.To lead in the topic that music matters in sports.
C.To give an example of athletes’ daily life.
D.To explain how to choose music.
31.According to the passage, Dennis Hsu probably agrees that
.
A.listening to music always makes athlete relaxed
B.powerful music can make people produce similar feelings in their mind
C.the result of a game is mainly affected by the physical condition of the players
D.most athletes still don't know the effects of high-power music on
their performance
32.The word "boost” in Paragraph 5 probably means "
"?
A. control
B. lose
C. continue
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33.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Pop music is a reasonable choice for high intensity workouts.
B.Rock music helps people keep their rhythms when exercising.
C.People are advised to listen to pop music before and after exercises.
D.People should dance to music while doing strength and weight training.
四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2
分）
Both native English speakers and non-native speakers find the spelling of English is the most difficult. The English spelling system is not based on a phonetic （语音）link between sounds and letters, as is the spelling of Spanish and some other languages. Instead, English spelling is affected by the historical development of the language. Some words are pronounced in several different ways； similarly, different combinations （结合）of letters can produce the same pronunciation.
The link between sound and spelling in English is not phonetically exact for two main reasons. First, spelling changes did not keep pace with changes in the sound system after the development of printing and of conventions （惯例）for spelling. For example, the k in knife and the gh in right come from the Middle English period （from about 1100 to about 1500） , when they were pronounced as separate sounds. Second, there are some spelling conventions that are based on other languages. For example, during the 16th century the "b" was put into the word doubt. This reflected the Latin word, dubitare, even though the "b” was not pronounced in English.
Two further influences contributed to the illogical system of spelling. When books began to be printed in England, the newly invented spelling
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system was undermined （逐渐削弱）because nearly all the early London printers were foreign. They were usually paid by the line and often put additional letters into words to earn more. They regularly also added extra letters to the last word of a line to make the whole text look neater. Many of their spelling errors eventually became accepted English spellings.
There have been many attempts （试图，尝试）to reform English spelling. The author and playwright George Bernard Shaw suggested a completely new alphabet, but this had very limited success. American English has developed some of its own spelling conventions, largely as a result of the work of spelling reformer Noah Webster. Webster attempted to get rid of some of the irregularities from the English spelling system and distance American English from British English. Nevertheless, the system as a whole remains particularly complex, and English is widely regarded as having the worst spelling of any language in the world. 34.What is the most difficult for native English speakers and non-native speakers?
35.Why isn't the link between sound and spelling in English phonetically exact?
36.Did the printers often put additional letters into words to get more money?
37.What did Noah Webster do to reform English spelling?
38.What is the passage mainly about?
书面表达（共10分）
五、文段表达（10分）
39.从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不
少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
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题目①
假如你是李华，你们学校将要开展以“垃圾分分类，地球不受罪”为主题的志愿者进社区宣传服务活动，你打算邀请你们班交换生Peter参加。请用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他活动的时间和地点，你们将在那儿做什么，以及需要他做什么准备。
提示词语：volunteer service （志愿服务），community, clean, collect, proud
提示问题：? When and where will you do the volunteer service?
?What volunteer service will you do there?
?What do you advise Peter to prepare for it?
题目②
互联网科技的迅猛发展无时无刻不在改变着人们的生活方式、学习方式和思维方式。
某英文网站正在开展以“我与互联网”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英文写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你在平时的学习中常用互联网做什么，以及这样做给你带来的好处。
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提示词语：search, improve, learn from
提示问题：? What do you usually do online?
? What benefits have you got from doing so?
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