2018北京市昌平区初三二模英语试卷(PDF版含答案)

昌平区2017 - 2018学年第二学期初三年级第二次模拟练习

英语试卷笔试部分

2018．5

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. This girl is creative. ______ often makes great things.

A. I

B. You

C. He

D. She

2. Jack rides his bike ______ the park every weekend.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. of

3. We’re doing our best this year, _______ we’ll keep on trying.

A. but

B. and

C. because

D. or

4. Table tennis is ___________ than football in our school.

A. popular

B. very popular

C. more popular

D. the most popular

5. －______ did you get your new watch?

－On my thirteenth birthday.

A. Where

B. What

C. When

D. Why

6. Larry always ______ up early on weekdays so he is never late for school.

A. gets

B. get

C. got

D. is getting

7. My dad _____ letters to his friends years ago, but I use emails or Wechat now.

A. writes

B. wrote

C. has written

D. is writing

8. I ________ John the news as soon as he gets home.

A. will tell

B. told

C. tells

D. tell

9. Tim and Bob ______ us a lot of beautiful photos since they arrived in London.

A. send

B. sent

C. have sent

D. are sending

10. Ken ______ with me on the phone at 8:00 pm yesterday evening.

A. is talking

B. was talking

C. has talked

D. is talked

11. Harry Potter ______ with its final book in 2007.

A. complete

B. completed

C. is completed

D. was completed

12. －I don’t know ___________ at the science camp next week.

－Don’t worry. Let me check my notebook for you.

A. what did we do

B. what will we do

C. what we did

D. what we will do

二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）

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。

People Just Like Us

I was not interested in the school project on ancient cultures at all, especially things about Egypt (埃及) , but Grace, my research partner, insisted the ancient

Egyptians were interesting, and said I would 13 my

mind for sure.

“Learning about these ancient people is so boring.” I said.

“It’s not! Don’t be sure until you’ve learned about them.”

said Grace.

I had to say Grace had a 14 . So the next Saturday, I found myself at the Museum of Natural History, which had a big show on ancient Egypt.

“So ancient Egyptians were pretty undeveloped, right?” I asked Grace as we waited in line for our tickets. “I mean, they didn’t have much 15 , did they? Well, except for the pyramids (金字塔) –didn’t the Egyptian kings live in the pyramids?”

Grace just kept silent and pushed me forward.

The show set me straight about the pyramids. I learned that they were tombs (墓) of the ancient kings, not their 16 . I also found out the great pyramid at Giza was huge, standing 500 feet tall when it was first built!

As I walked farther, I was 17 to find a show on ancient sports. I saw paintings showing people playing a game with a ball. Just for a moment, I could 18 ancient Egyptian kids beside the Nile River hitting around a ball, just as I do with my friends. And the next show was all about how the ancient Egyptians treasured their children. A child was considered a great gift to the family.

“So what do you think of these 19 ancient people now?” Grace asked.

“You were right,” I said. “Ancient Egyptians are much more interesting than I 20 . In fact, I know just what title to give our project. We’ll call it ‘People Just Like Us’!”

13．A．keep B．change C．lose D．follow

14．A．word B．plan C．point D．way

15．A．technology B．difference C．confidence D．information

16．A．fields B．g rounds C．schools D．homes

17．A．tired B．c areful C．surprised D．nervous

18．A．explain B．picture C．s how D．enjoy

19．A．boring B．impatient C．funny D．exciting

20．A．searched B．studied C．experienced D．expected

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）

A

21. If you are good at football, where can you go for a summer job?

A. CRUISE SHIP

B. PRIMARY SCHOOL

C. DELIVERY COMPANY

D. CITY MUSEUM

22. Who will help you know more about the work on the ship?

A. Ms. Lori Lee.

B. Mr. Kevin Smith.

C. Ms. Jones Stevens.

D. Mr. Jack Green.

23. What can you do at the CITY MUSEUM?

A. Get the ships ready for passengers.

B. Help children with math problems.

C. Guide people around the building.

D. Help the driver lift the heavy boxes.

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Garry started cooking when he was 11, partly thanks to his mother. “My

mom didn’t really like cooking, and when she did cook, I didn’t really like her

food. Once I was watching something on the Food Network on TV and I

thought, ‘I could do this’, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest

cookbook I could find.”

Within a year, he has produced most of the dishes in the cookbook and was

ready for a bigger plan. “I wanted to create my own dishes and I started to cook

for more people than just my family too.” His family allowed him to build a test

kitchen in his bedroom. “At first, they were fine with it, but then they asked,

‘do you want to be sleeping next to a cooker?’ Yes, I said! It started off as two

tables with some simple cookers, my desk and my bed, but then I needed more space for cooking, so I moved the desk out and got a small bed.” Then Garry’s older sister, whose bedroom has more space, went off to college. He moved down to her room and filled with a large cooker, four work stations and a long area for finishing the last steps on plates.

Garry and his mother set up Eureka, a super club business that organizes monthly events inside his home. Garry, who has also cooked in top-class restaurants around the US, says he’s not doing it for the money, but because he loves cooking. “At the point in your life where you stop caring if you’re going to be famous or do well, your dream will come to you. I did something with my heart and people can see it.

I hope to keep getting better and better.

24. Why did Garry begin to cook at 11?

A. Because his mother loves cooking a lot.

B. Because his mother advised him to cook.

C. Because he bought a cookbook from the bookstore.

D. Because he thought he could do better than his mom.

25. Where was his test kitchen at first?

A. In his own bedroom.

B. In his sister’s bedroom.

C. In a famous restaurant.

D. In his sister’s college.

26. How did his dream come to him?

A. He bought many cookbooks.

B. He tries hard to be famous.

C. He cared much on the skills.

D. He keeps his love for cooking.

Have fun and get smarter?

We all know about the pleasure and fun that we get from playing video games. There’s the satisfaction of finally reaching the last level of a game after months of trying. Some experts now say that as well as offering pleasure, video games might also be good for you.

Too good to be true?

It seems that when you play video games, you might get some very important skills. They are great for your concentration (集中注意力). Being able to focus is a skill you can use at school or later, in a job. Fitness (健身) games, which are very popular, allow you to practise sports skills like balancing. A lot of games also teach decision-making skills. For example when you have to choose the best way to escape from a burning building in a game, you’re learning how to solve problems and make your decision quickly. Gaming teaches you about success and failure too. A lot of games are difficult, and you have to work hard to reach the top level, which teaches you that in life you can succeed if you keep on trying. On the other hand, games teach you that if you fail, don’t give up – have a break, and then try again.

Some psychologists (心理学家) believe that role-playing games are particularly valuable. In the virtual environment, young people can take on roles which are often not possible for them in real life. You can become a leader, and have to deal with people who lie to you, or hide things from you. By dealing with these situations, you can develop social skills that might help you in the real world when you’re older.

Gaming does have its disadvantages, of course. Playing for a while is great, but people who play for hours can have problems. Physically, it can stop you from getting enough exercises, which is unhealthy. Psychologically, some players can become addicted (上瘾) to their games and begin to prefer their “virtual” lives, where they are always in control.

But overall, playing video games is not harmful, unless you spend too much time. While you’re building your city, or looking after your farm in a game, you’re also developing skills that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

27. What does the underlined word “virtual” mean?

A. Unclear.

B. Unreal.

C. Valuable.

D. Possible.

28. How does the writer think of video games?

A. They’re harmful to our study and work.

B. They give us chances to realize our dream.

C. Playing video games is bad for our health.

D. Video games can benefit us in many ways.

29. What does gaming teach us about success and failure?

A. Avoid the difficult top levels.

B. Choose the best way to play.

C. Believe in hard trying for success.

D. Get enough rest after each failure.

The results are not surprising: The monkeys are cold. But the

researchers also found that bathing in a hot-spring may lower the monkeys’ levels of stress.

“This shows that, as in humans, the hot spring has a

stress-reducing effe ct in snow monkeys,” said Rafaela

Takeshita, the study lead writer. “This habit of hot spring

bathing by snow monkeys showed how animals ’ behavior can

help fight against cold-climate stress,” Takeshita said. Snow

monkeys live in very cold place in the world. They are

especially used to living in the cold; they grow thicker and

longer fur in the winter.

In 1963, a female Japanese snow monkey living in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan, was seen bathing in an outdoor hot spring belonging to a nearby hotel, and other monkeys soon copied this behavior, the researchers said. As you might imagine, a group of monkeys bathing in a hot spring meant to hold people made people feel the hot spring dirty, so the park management built a new hot spring just for the monkeys. By 2003, about a third of the snow monkeys living in this park often bathed in the hot spring in the winter. The bathing monkeys are now already a popular tourist attraction.

The bathing monkeys seemed to be bathing to stay warm, but scientists had no data to support this theory, they said. In the new study, the researchers collected data from 12 adult female monkeys in Jigokudani Monkey Park between April and June, and again from October to December. They examined how much time the monkeys spent in the hot spring, and also studied the data for “fecal glucocorticoid” , a metbolite （代谢物）, related to the levels of stress in monkeys.

The researchers found that female snow monkeys did use the hot spring more often in the winter than in the spring, especially during colder weeks.

The researchers also found that the dominant (统领) females spent the most time bathing because they need more energy to keep their position. They also have a higher level stress.

The researchers concluded that hot-spring bathing becomes a tradition that provides physiological (生理的) benefits to the monkeys.

30. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Snow monkeys in spring

B. Snow monkeys with a new habit

C. Snow monkeys in winter

D. Snow monkeys under heavy stress

31. How does Rafaela think of snow monkeys ’ behavior?

A. It ’s a natural tradition.

B. It’s a tourist attraction.

C. It helps them get used to the environment.

D. It makes them feel the position is important.

32. What do the experiments carried in two different periods show?

A. The female snow monkeys enjoy bathing in winter more.

B. The number of hot-spring bathing snow monkeys grows.

C. The experiments are easier to carry out in winter months.

D. The bathing habits of the dominant male snow monkeys.

33. Which of the following is TURE according to the passage?

A. Some snow monkeys are copying humans’ behaviors.

B. Snow monkeys are happy to live in very cold weather.

C. Researchers found old snow monkeys enjoy hot springs.

D. Hot-spring bathing helps lower human’s and animals’ stress.

四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

My Mother, My Role Model

My mom is one of the most important people in my life and what makes her so special is that she seems to have no idea how encouraging she is. She has led our family and guided my brothers and sisters and me simply by being herself. She leads by example, showing us her values and making sure we live by our own. She carries out this example by pushing us to do our first volunteer work when I was only seven, and she joined in herself. She pushes us to treat everyone we meet with respect and I have never heard of her speaking ill of others or putting someone down.

She cares for the people she loves from the bottom of her heart and always puts our needs before those of her own. My mother herself is easy-going and selfless and works hard to connect and understand each of her children to make sure we are able to laugh at ourselves and never take life too seriously. She strongly believes in treating everyone equally (平等的), but not completely in the same way. She could always find the right way for the different child so that everyone can get the most from her advice.

She looks to the goal of making us independent, successful, and capable (有能力的) in the world and while she encourages me to work through difficulties, she also hardly ever pushes her ideas onto me. She is always there supporting me whether I win or lose, pass or fail.

She is my leadership role model and from her I learn to focus on one’s strong points, but not weaknesses. I learn to not only set a drive in my followers but also have them know that they are important to me no matter what they achieved.

In my last leadership experience, the girls in my group were to examine their lives and decide who they want to be for the future. My mother’s example helped me find ways to make these girls comfortable enough to open up and share their experiences. I have taken what my mother has taught me and carried it out into a special leadership style that perfectly puts her practice and my own experience together.

34. Who is the writer’s role model?

35. When did the writer start to do volunteer work?

36. Why can different child get most from the mom’s advice?

37. What goals does the mother have for her children?

38. How does the writer develop his leadership?

书面表达（共10分）

五、书面表达（共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。所给提示词仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。

题目①

三年来，你的学校一定组织过很多有意义的外出参观活动，让你和同学们开阔了眼界，体验了快乐，增进了友谊。《英语学习报》现正举办My School Trip征文活动，请你根据下面的提示问题，向大家介绍一次你所参加的外出参观活动，说一说大家去了哪，做了什么，以及你的感受。

提示词语：learn from, fantastic, experience, enjoy, exciting

提示问题：

Where did you go on the school trip?

What did you do on the trip?

How did you feel about the trip?

My School Trip

_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________题目②

现今，我们的很多学校都在开展Pad教学实验。你的英文笔友Peter想了解你的Pad课堂学习情况，请根据以下提示，以初中生李华的身份给他写一封邮件，告诉他，你利用Pad在课堂上学习什么内容，如何学习，以及你的感受。

提示词语：I-pad, technology, fast, convenient, share, upload, download, personal

提示问题：

What do you learn at class by I-pad？

How do you use it for your study?

What do you think of this kind of class?