江苏省扬州市高邮市城北中学2024年中考模拟预测英语试题

Who's Julie's favourite superstar?

 What are they talking about? 

What's the weather like today?

What is Susan's animal sign?

 How many children are there on the playground? 

 Where does the conversation probably take place?

 What are the speakers mainly talking about?

 Why was Jim at the hospital?    

 When did the concert begin?

Why didn't Simon get that jobs?

 听下面一段对话，回答问题。

 听第一篇短文，回答问题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。

How to learn a language well
What's the best way of learning a language?	We should 1 .
What should we do when people laugh at our mistakes?	We should 2 .
What should we do when we make a mistake?	We should 3 .

 听短文，回答问题。

John is ____IT engineer, and he usually develops a new type of software every____few months.

—My computer works much more slowly these days.

—Maybe it has caught a virus. The computer requires ____ regularly.

—Would you like to play tennis with me _________ it doesn't rain tomorrow?
—Sure, _________ I am busy.

 Timmy likes the car very much, but its price goes ____ his ability to pay.

—What language is that survivor speaking? I can't catch a word.

—____. He's from Russia, so I guess it is Russian.

—Li Yan is worried about her father who has joined the medical team to Russia.

—What a brave hero! I wonder ____.

 Amazing China(《厉害了，我的国》), an ____documentary, arouses (激起) Chinese____ from deep inside.

 English learning isn't hard itself. How much you devote decides ____.

—Miss Hu, I haven't seen you for a long time.

—Yes. I ____ as a volunteer nurse in Shanghai for a month. I came back yesterday.

 —Thank you for showing me around your beautiful city. I love it so much.

—____. We are looking forward to your next visit to Suzhou!

 阅读下文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks，my mother had helped me practise my words. But once on stage, every word 1  from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator(讲述者)for the play. 2  I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my 3  and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.

It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英)coming out 4  the grass in bunches. I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. "I think I'll remove all these weds(野草)," she said. "From now on, we'll 5  have roses in this garden."

"But I like dandelions," I said. "All flowers are 6  even dandelions!"

My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes. Every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it?" she asked thoughtfully. I nodded(点头)."And the same as 7 ," she said.

When I 8  that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. "But you will be a wonderful narrator," she said, 9  me of how much I loved to read stories aloud.

Thanks to my mother's encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own 10  in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.

 阅读下文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Just as rice and noodles are different from bread, snacks in China are a world apart from those in the UK and the US. For one thing, I never imagined that sunflower seeds ( 瓜 子 ) would be so1 in China. I saw people eating them while2 tables outside restaurants, before dinner and, of course, while watching TV. I also saw that a plate of sunflower seeds is always on 3 during the Spring Festival holiday.

In the UK, young people love their4 . In fact, young people in Britain eat more snacks than people of the same5 in other European countries. A survey has 6 that 64 percent of people under the age of 20 snack between meals, according to an article by the British Council.

British snacks are generally7 , but it's just too hard to say no to them. Our favorites are probably potato chips, which we call crisps, and chocolate bars. From a very young age, we always 8 our crisps and chocolate bars after school.

Snacks are also popular in the US. One of the things that I found the most extraordinary ( 特 别 的 )9 I first visited the US was the number of snacks in their supermarkets; I was surprised to find huge aisles (过道) just for snacks that were10 than some stores I'd been to in the UK. Snack tastes in the US are much the same as those in the UK, except that there's many more choices.

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St. Glory Hospital Patient's Name: Leslie Johnson Date: Nov 21, 2022 To whom it may concern, The patient above was examined, treated and released from our office on November 21, 2022. It is my suggestion that she should take one day off from work on November 22, 2022. Drinking a lot of water, keeping a light diet and having a good sleep are also strongly suggested. Sincerely, Doctor Mark Palmer St. Glory Hospital 1236 S. Shelby St., Louisville, KY 40203

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Reading can open a world of joy for students, and one North Carolina principal wants to spread that moment of bap pines s to them on their birthday.

Glenn Cook, principal of Pleasant Ridge Elementary School in Gastonia, North Carolina, came up with an idea to give each student a book on their birthday. With about 900 students attending Pleasant Ridge, it is not an easy task, but Cook says he's ready to "go big or go home". He is going to include every student in this project.

''I didn't have a lot of kids' books," said Cook."So I put the idea online, and I wanted to see if any of my trends needed to clean off their books b elves at home. I was hoping to get maybe 50 books for the first round of birthdays. "· The number of books Cook received was surprising." Were probably getting maybe 500 books," said Cook. There are so many books taking up spa cc all over his office.

The idea started when Cook attended a professional development event. He asked another principal for advice. This principal told him that at her school, she gave her students a pencil on their birthday.

He wanted to take this idea to the next level, so he began reading himself. He came up with the idea that a principal should share his excitement and love for reading. The goal of giving these books to students is to find a book that's right for each one, so they can experience the happiness of reading.

Local businesses have joined the project to donate books. Michelle Clear, a parent at Pleasant Ridge, decided to support Cook's project and offer her store as a book donation center."Reading just opens up so many ways in kids' lives," Clear noted. Hopefully, this will get across the nation to call on more people to donate books.

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①The First Lesson of the New Term met people on CCTV 1 at 8 PM. on September 1. This show wants to tell us "Hard work leads to dreams." Looking back, this show is already 15 years old. The First Lesson of the New Term is popular with all the primary and middle school students because it shows something educational and meaningful through some real stories.

②There are some pictures showing some great events happening in our country. We all feel proud after watching them. We can't help thinking: the development of the motherland can't be achieved without everyone's efforts. Therefore, as students, we should keep working hard and grow healthily, so as to get ready for the future development of our country.

③When we watch The First Lesson of the New Term in 2022 and touch the story in the show, we will find that our world is really beautiful. Having the chance to become a person in this time is a very happy thing.

④In addition, the program is full ofpositiveenergy. It tells us the importance of having right ideas and dreams. So we should set up the right idea to bright our nice future. Therefore, this is the reason why "the first class" is so popular. We can also get the knowledge out of class, feeling the truth.

⑤As a teenager in the new time, we should think about the purpose of the story characters, regard them as our examples, learn their spirits, and in the future to be more serious about studying, and even to becoming a useful person!

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    Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no" or "we don't know". But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers (天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings (人；生物).

    Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. "This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life," say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. "Tools like the Hubble Telescope (哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies," says Shostak. "And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth."

    In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes (高倍望远镜) allow scientists to discover smaller planets. These planets might have intelligent life.

    Have beings from space already visited Earth? "Probably not," says Shostak. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals (信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.

 根据短文内容及所提供的的单词或中文，在空格处填入适当形式使短文完整，词数不限。

Humans think animals are really cute. In the last few years, many people  (form) a habit of taking selfies (自拍) with wildlife. However, this habit is  (harm) to animals, so we hope those have the habit of taking selfies should do everything they can(stop) doing that.

Professor Philip Seddon, one of the famous (科学家),（描述）the rise in wildlife selfies as "scary". "When plenty of people step into the(自然界）world to go after wildlife, their improper behaviors can (serious) influence the animal's physical and mental health," said he.

According to article from the newspaper The Guardian, a study (carry) out by World Animal Protection has found a rise in wildlife selfies that show wrong interactions (互动) with animals. For example, in New Zealand, tourists tried to dance with sea lions to take selfies.

Some researchers say so many tourists don't(意识到) is that even the flashes (闪光) from smartphones can make animals(压力）. Therefore, it's clever that more education is needed (teach) people about the safe distances that must (keep) themselves and the wild animals.

 阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题 (每题回答字数不超过7个词)

Each different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art.These usually try to show the things that are important in life，such as love，beauty and family.The most common things，from paper to clay to bamboo，are turned into objects of beauty.

According to Chinese history，sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming.He sent them out to ask for help when in trouble.Today,sky lanterns are used at festivals and other celebrations.They are made of bamboo and covered with paper.When the lanterns are lit，they slowly rise into the air like small hot﹣air balloons for all to see.They are seen as bright symbols of happiness and good wishes.

Paper cutting has been around for over 1，500 years.Paper cutting sounds very easy but it can be difficult to do.The paper，usually red，is folded before it is cut with scissors.The most common pictures are flowers，animals，and things about Chinese history.During the Spring Festival，they are put on windows，doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year.

Chinese clay （黏土） art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very real.The pieces are usually cute children or lively characters from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story.The pieces are carefully shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air﹣dry.After drying，they are fired at a very high heat.They are then polished before being painted well.It takes several weeks to complete everything.These small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinese people have for life and beauty.

 根据短文内容及首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

You and your parents can stop worrying—Edison, Darwin and many others were just c     boys when they were very young. Some of them in the eyes of their teachers were slow pupils. So i you have the same, don't feel disappointed (失望的).

Parents enjoy giving more inspiring (激励的) examples to e their children. If you take piano lessons, your parents might show you the picture of Mozart, playing the piano at midnight. But the fact is that at first he didn't a  to have much talent for music. It was not until 22 that Mozart suddenly became famous as a gifted m.

In the science field, there have been thousands of people who showed great iin certain subjects from their earliest years, and hundreds who didn't know what they would do in the future. You have the Wright brothers who wanted to be engineers when they were young. You have the Nobel Prize w  the Physicist Enrico Fermi, had learnt enough Maths for a doctor's degree when he was u twenty. But there is also Charles Darwin, who hated to go to school when he was young. His father once shouted "You will put your parents to shame."

So who knows what might happen in the f ? It is, of course, better for the young people to know what they want to do in life. But they needn't lose heart if they don't. Remember there is s plenty of time and it's never too late for success.

 小作文，根据所提供的的情境，按要求完成写作任务。

音乐形式多样，请列举几种并简单介绍一种你熟悉的音乐以及对它的看法，不少于4句话，字数30-40词。

 大作文

假设你叫李明，是一名中学生，喜欢看电视。请根据以下提示，给你的笔友写一封词数100左右的英文信。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 
提示：1.喜欢看电视，特别是《动物世界》；2.适合动物爱好者看，能学到很多有关动物的知识．．．．．．（举例说明）；3.你每周花两三个小时看电视，但是你的父母认为看电视是浪费时间； 4.你觉得．．．．．．（观点，理由）

Dear Penfriend,

I'm a middle school student

……

Do you agree with me? Please write to me soon.

Your's

Li Ming