江苏省南通市2018年中考英语二模试题及答案

通州中考英语模拟试题二

(总分:120分考试时间:120分钟)

第I卷选择题（共三大题，计60分）

一．单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择能填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. ______ young boy living next door wants to work in ______ university in the future.

A. A; the

B. The; a

C. The; an

D. A; an

2. These two shirts are diffe rent ______ style and material.

A. from

B. to

C. between

D. in

3. It’s silly _______ you _______ other’s homework.

A. of; copy

B. for; copy

C. of; to copy

D. for; to copy

4. —______ hard work it is!

—Yes, but he seems _____ to do it.

A. what a; happy

B. what; happy

C. what a; happily

D. how; happy

5. The students ______ not to talk loudly in the reading-room.

A. have told

B. are told

C. will tell

D. are telling

6. —I hear that our boss left for Guilin this morning.

—Really? But he made no ______ of the trip at yesterday’s meeting.

A. attention

B. information

C. mention

D. attraction

7. We decided to make ______ a rule for us to turn off the lights at 10:30 p.m.

A. this

B. that

C. one

D. it

8. —How do you feel before leaving for New York？

—So sad. I ______ this city since ten years ago.

A. have been in

B. have been to

C. have gone to

D. have come to

9. ______ she couldn’t see his face, she could tell by his voice that he was young.

A. Unless

B. If

C. Because

D. Though

10. Please tell me ______ to improve my English.

A. how I can do

B. how can I do

C. what I can do

D. what can I do

11. Some of the apples are bad, but I believe the rest ______ sweet.

A. taste

B. tastes

C. are tasted

D. is tasted

12.I didn’t catch the last bus on that rainy night. I couldn’t feel then.

A. more excited

B. more terrible

C. the most excited

D. the most terrible

13. New types of energy from the sun，wind and water are not expensive and will never ______.

A. put out

B. come out

C. break out

D. run out

14. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you ______ keep moving.

A. can B . can’t C. must D. mustn’t

15. — Can you tell me how to get to the park?

—______.

—Thank you all the same.

A. Show me the map, please.

B. Certainly. It’s opposite the museum.

C. Sorry, I don’t know. I’m a stranger here.

D. Sure. Turn right and go along Rock Road.

二、完形填空（本题共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As we all know, graduation is exciting to many people, but my graduation day was not.

I remember that weekend two years ago. My parents and many friends came to 16 the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the economy turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very uncertain 17 .

The weeks ahead weren’t 18 . I knew my small university town could n’t offer me any opportunities, 19 I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a week dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same 20 as I was before.

You know that feeling when you wake up in 21 ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting 22 . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just coul dn’t seem to make any 23 .

So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to 24 . Something about putting words on paper made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me hope . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you 25 ! I put my dissatisfaction into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of a little fish, who 26 to give up his dream.

And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a 27 contract（合同）for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into place . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was 28 shortly after.

Don’t give up. Even if things look 29 now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often our dreams lie in waiting just a little further upstream …all we need is the