湖南省衡阳市实验中学2020中考英语七选五11篇模拟试题(14页)

湖南省衡阳市实验中学2020中考英语七选五11篇模拟试题Passage 1Besides the main subjects, international students at the Shanghai Maritime University are also offered a window into Chinese culture. 1.Dragon boat classes have always attracted many international students. 2. Benjamin Baffoe, a member of the team, says, “It is great to come to China and have the chance to learn about dragon boating that I used to see when I was a child.” 3. “That’s what life is about: Never give up and always keep trying,” he says.Tai chi is also one of the most popular sports among international students at SMU. 4. David Bobadilla of Chile, however, already has a good understanding of Chinese culture through his study of kung fu for 11 years. “There is difference in the practice between the two—tai chi is more for internal(内部的) development and kung fu is more of an external(外部的) sport, but their concept (概念) is the same,” he says.5. During the New Year’s party for foreign students at SMU, Shreya Pandey from Nepal recited ManJiang Hong, a Chinese lyrical poem written by Yue Fei. “The preparation for the performance helped me to learn about Yue Fei’s story as we ll as the history, language and culture of China. I love to learn various types of poems,”says Pandey.A.Since 2012，the team of the university has won many races.B.Chinese poetry classes have also impressed foreign students.C.Having learned the sport for six years in China, Baffoe is now stronger and more confident.D.Some people may think tai chi movements are slow and that it is just about moving the hands.E.Chinese culture is quite popular all over the world and more and more foreign students study Chinese.F.According to the university, about 800 students from 97 countries chose classes about Chinese culture last year.G.Many foreign students like Chinese culture very much and they want to learn more about it in Chinese universities.Passage 2Welcome to join the math club in my school. 1. When you join the math club, you will know math is a useful tool. 2. When you want to know what scores you need to get in a final exam to become the top 10 percent of your grade, math can help you. 3. When workers build buildings with perfectly square corners,the Pythagorean Theorem (勾股定理) is helpful. Even your TV depends on math, too.4.When solving a math problem, we need to understand the problem, think of ways and use a certainmethod to get the results. In this way, you develop your ability to solve complex (复杂的) problems. What’s more, math teaches us logic ( 逻辑) and order. When we want to get a certain result in math, we must follow exact steps. The training of mind that children achieve in math class can be used into everyday life.5.For example, when students are required to explain how they get to a way of a complex problem, they are in fact using a way of thinking.A.It is also helpful to workers.B.We work hard to set up a math club.C.It is used in almost every field of the world.D.It can tell you how and where math is used.E.We can enter the university by learning math well.F.Through math, we can also learn some thinking skills.G.Besides, math provides us with a lot of skills in problem solving.After visiting the club, you will like math.Passage 3Most of us think the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. 1. In fact, an Italian named Antonio Meucci was officially recognised（认定）as the inventor a few years ago. Who is Meucci and why wasn’t he known for his invention at the time?Antonio Meucci was born in Italy in 1808. He studied engineering and drawing. During his studies, Meucci started to experiment with electricity. 2. When two places were connected with wire, people in those places could hear each other talk.In 1850, Meucci and his wife, Ester, moved to New York. Meucci was worried about his wife, because she had become very ill. 3. To solve this problem, he connected metal cables between his home and his workshop. This way, they could talk to each other conveniently.Meucci invited a group of people to see his new invention. They listened in amazement as the voice of a singer was heard through the wires.4. Even worse, Meucci never applied for a patent( 专利)on his invention. Meanwhile, Alexander Graham Bell was working on the same idea and in 1876 the patent for the telephone was given to him.In 2002, more than a century after Meucci’s death, his work was finally recognised by the government.5.A.He invented the telephone by accident.B.People thought it was very convenient.C.He needed to keep in touch with her at all times.D.Unfortunately, only a few people attended this talk.E.However, he wasn’t the first person to think of the idea.F.He discovered that sound could travel through metal cables.G.He will now be known all over the world as the telephone’s inventor.Passage 4Nexi is one of a new type(类型) of robots. 1. But robots like Nexi are more than just entertaining(使娱乐) toys.Nexi, a social robot created by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology( MIT)，can express human emotions. Roboticists(机器人专家) at MIT call Nexi a “social robot”. 2. Nexi can look sad, mad and even bored. Some social robots can also “read” our facial expressions. Roboticists believe that it won’t be long before we have social robots in our homes, helping us live better lives.3. It is a robot health coach. It has a screen where you enter information about what food you ate that day or how much you exercised. Autom has a face with eyes that move. It speaks with a synthetic(合成的) voice. Autom gives you advice about your diet and exercise and drives you to do better.In a test, Autom helped people lose weight better than other ways of recording diet information. Breazeal thinks this is because Autom used facial expressions and words of encouragement. In fact, many people who used Autom gave the robot a new name and talked to it. 4.In the future, humans may communicate with social robots just like they do with other people. 5. Let’s wait and see what will happen in the future!A.It moves on wheels and can pick up objects.B.Autom is another social robot developed at MIT.C.A social robot is a robot that can communicate like a person.D.This kind of robot is very popular now, and many people want to buy it.E.You can talk with social robots freely because they can understand what you say.F.The robot of the future will be not just a machine; it may also be your coach helper, orfriend.G. When robots use human expressions and body language, people reply to them likethey reply to people.Passage 5Reading is the key to learning language. 1. The books we are reading need to be chosen carefully. And most importantly, it needs to encourage us to be a better person and give us the power to face the difficulties we m eet.2. Different people love to read different books. For example, my oldest loves science books, my youngest loves comedy(喜剧) and I love history book. To encourage a love of writing for kids, it is important to find each child’s things.Once you find books that you can’t put down, make sure they are well written. 3. In our quick communication driven world, many children are growing up surrounded(被……环绕着的) by poor grammar, a lack of sentence structure(结构) and even improper spelling. 4. So make sure you read as many books as you can. And it will make you learn more about the grammar and the language.To become a writer, children need to develop an ear for language. To do this, they need to read properly written articles that they want to read and are excited to read. When they do this, the music and patterns of language will be naturally recorded by their minds. 5.A.But it can’t be just any book.B.What kind of books do you like reading?C.This is shaping how our children understand language.D.The books that do this are going to be different for everyone.E.And they will have a better understanding of reading.F.The best way to develop amazing writing skills is by reading amazing writing.G.Speaking of reading, many people are excited because reading brings them bothknowledge and entertainment.Passage 6For centuries, the pyramids of Giza（吉萨金字塔）have been timeless symbols of Egyptian culture. But who actually built them? 1. But archaeologists（考古学家）recently discovered an ancient village near the pyramids. Close by, there was a cemetery（墓地）where pyramid builders were buried. From studying these places,archaeologists can now make sure that the pyramids were not built by slaves or foreigners (or space aliens). Ordinary Egyptians built them.2. According to archaeologists, about 20,000-30,000 people were involved in completing the task. The workers had different roles. Some dug up the rock; some moved it, and some shaped it into blocks.3.Life for these workers was hard. “We can see what in their bones,” says Azza Mohamed Sarry El Din, a scientist studying bodies found in the cemetery. 4. Archaeologists have also found many female skeletons in the village and cemetery. The damage to their bones is similar to that to the men’s.5.On a wall in Khufu’s Great Pyramid, for example, a group of workers wrote Friends of Khufu. “It’s because they were not just building the tomb of their king,” says Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass. “They were building Egypt. It was a national project, and everyone was a member.”A.For years, we did not know for sure.B.It took about eighty years to build the pyramids.C.There were so many people dying from building the pyramids.D.People also worked on different teams, each with its own name.E.The work was challenging, but laborers were proud of their work.F.Different teams all worked hard, and they wanted to finish it as soon as possible.G.The bones show signs of arthritis（关节炎）,which developed from carrying heavythings for a long time.Passage 7If you come to America, you will discover a basic fact of A merican culture: 1.It’s not that there’s no public transportation in America. Many cities have taxis, buses and subways to help people get to and from work. But most people find it much more convenient to drive. Nowadays busy families often have more than one car. Many people view their car as a status（地位）symbol.2.They generally get it around age 16 by passing a written test and a driving test. In many cases, before they can get their licenses, they have to take a driver education course. This course gives students hands-on practice with driving. It also helps to reduce the high cost of insurance (保险).In America, before a person gets his or her license and starts driving, he has to understand that the American style of driving is defensive. 3. For example, obey all road signs and police officers, drive within the speedlimit, etc.Sometimes no matter how careful the maintenance is, all cars need to be repaired. Many Americans take their cars to a garage for repairs. 4.Driving is to Americans what flying is to birds. 5. For many Americans, being behind the wheel is like their natural habit.A.Driving is a way of life.B.It’s almost part of their nature.C.Cars are less important to them.D.Many people drive car to have a date.E.Others like to work on their own cars.F.They also need to learn all the basic traffic rules.G.Young people in America often get their driver’s license early.Passage 8Weather is one of things we are unable to control. 1. But if we study the signs around us correctly, we can tell changes about the weather in time. This way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting (天气预报). It is closely related to our daily life.Sometimes things that far away from us such as hills seem to be very clear and near. This is a sign of much water vapour（水蒸气）in the air. 2.3. With the coming of wet weather, people will feel uncomfortable in their bones. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but when they fly near the ground, that means rainy or stormy weather is on the way.4.Such rainbows always come in the evenings and the following days will become clear. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fine weather will continue. If a fog appears in the morning, especially about the sunrise, then the day will be warm. Instead, if a fog appears in the evening, we should be careful.5.A.No man can change it.B.Weather affects our mood.C.Therefore rain will probably come.D.Because the next day will be wet weather.E.People’s pain in their bones means something.F.The weather can be easily known from insects.G. A rainbow during rainy weather signs fine weather.Passage 9Nowadays, many people like playing Douyin, which is a very popular video app among the young and the old. 1. Also, they can make short videos to express their happiness and feelings on it. At the same time, it creates a way to share people’s enjoyable moments with others.2. The memes was created by the netizen. They saw a video of a dancing girl. Her dance was very interesting and different from others. It drew people’s attention quickly.3.Actually, the pronunciation of the word “duck” in Chinese is “ya”. It is the same as a word which express people’s surprising feelings in Chinese. There are many funny homophones(同音词) like this in the Chinese language. 4. Other duck-themed memes include “I don’t want to work today”,“go for it”,“Good heavens”, and “Need to cheer up today”.Because compared with words, memes can show people’s feelings through images, people canA.Some people dislike it.B.This is only one of them.C.One can make his own videos on it.D.It is very popular among young people.E.And they bring much pleasure to the public.F.The duck-themed memes are now popular on the Internet.G.So, people created some funny memes according to her video.related themselves with different memes more easily. Therefore, they have become very popular online. 5.Passage 10Do you like the smell of cookies baking? Fresh flowers? 1. You just need a cool new gadget(小装置) for sending smells, scent pellets(气味颗粒)，and an app on your smart phone or tablet.2. Sharing smells can help us connect to an idea or an experience better than just looking at a photo or reading a text. Think about it: you're making cookies. You take a photo of the cookies using the app. Then you tag( 加上标签) the photo with certain smells, like chocolate or butter. You can use tags to create more than 30,000 different smells! I love how the product lets you be creative in mixing different scents. I also like the idea of receiving smells.3.4. First, the gadget is big and not very mobile. It would be great to receive smells wherever I go. Thecompany is working on this problem. They’re creating bracelets(手环) and smart phone cases that will let users smell, but we can’t get these products of great value yet.The product is also pretty expensive! 5. Therefore, there won't be many people to share smells with. All in all, I give this product three out five stars!A.It may be a while before a lot of people have it.B.But there are some things about it that I don’t like.C.The product can also give you an amazing experience.D.Many people think it is very useful and they want to use it.E.Now, it is possible for you to experience these great smells electronically.F.If my friends are camping and I’m not there, at least I can smell the burning camp fire.G.This product is amazing because it lets you send smells to people anywhere in the world.Passage 11Here I’ll introduce a new book to you.The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a best seller all over the world.1. It is just for teens. The book tells us that when facing changes in our lives, like a new school or new friends, don’t be afraid of using this change to make a better life.The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students. 2. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mic e, two “little people” and some cheese.The two mice are in a maze(迷宫)looking for the cheese. 3. But they find the cheese gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams.4. They are afraid of changes like the mice, so they find no cheese.After Chris finishes the story, the friends have a great discovery to get more cheese.5.They understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or feeling good about themselves.A.The little people can’t do this.B.They learn from the two mice.C.There’s something important in it.D.Several teens are talking about this.E.And they are fond of cheese very much.F.Here, cheese means something important in life.G.It teaches people how to face changes in their lives.参考答案话题1介绍类Passage 1【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。