2020中考英语全真模拟试题

英语试卷

第二节语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）The Chinese river pig needs help!

The Chinese river pig is actually a porpoise（江豚）. It ____26_____ a “river pig” because its flat and small nose remind people of a pig. River pigs live in the Yangtze River. Adults are usually about 1.55 metres long and ____27_____ about 3-45 kilograms, and they are dark grey in ____28_____. Though they can eat almost anything, they love to eat prawns and fish. River pigs are shy ____29_____ often swim away from boats and people. However, sometimes they like to show off by ____30_____ in the water on their tails. River pigs like to travel in groups of three or four, though groups of fifty have been seen.

The river pig used to be quite common. However, it is now a(an) ____31_____ animal. Recently, scientist could only find 380 river pigs in the Yangtze River and as ____32_____ as 1,000 river pigs are now living in the wild.

The river pig is in danger because of human activity. Pollution in the Yangtze River is killing prawns and

fish, so the river pig does not have enough food

____33_____.

We need to cut down the pollution in the Yangtze River

and create new nature reserves. ____34_____ the help

of these nature reserves, the river pigs can be saved,

but we need to act now ____35_____it is too late.

26. A. call B. calls C. called

D. is called

27. A. weigh B. weighs C. are weighted D.

are weighed

28. A. colourful B. coloured C. colour

D. colours

29. A. or B. but C. and D.

however

30. A. standing B. stand C. stood

D. to stand

31. A. endanger B . endangered C. danger

D. dangerous

32. A. little B. less C. fewer

D. few

33. A. to eat B. to be eaten C. eating

D. eaten

34. A. Under B. In C. At D. With

35. A. if B. after C. before D. when

三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

The city that I live in is about to put cameras at all traffic light s to catch people who run red lights. It ____36____ me of how many people I’ve seen who take the yellow light as a signal to go faster. I also can’

t understand why people don’t move when the traffic light has turned green. Above all, there are those ____37____ situations in which someone doesn’t even notice that the light turns red, and just keeps going. That is why so many ____38____ happen! All these situations make me ____39____ the purpose of traffic lights.

However, it’s even more frightening to imagine letting people make their own decisions at ____40____ crossroads. Do the biggest cars get to go first? Who decides who goes next? So I guess I do like the idea of a system to ____41____traffic. And I’ll do my best to obey the traffic rules: to go, to be