2023年南通市海安市中考一模英语试题（含答案与解析）
2023年南通市海安市中考一模英语试题注意事项考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项1本试卷共10页, 满分为120分, 考试时间为120分钟。考试结束后, 请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。2答题前, 请务必将自己的姓名、考试证号用0 5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡上指定的位置。3答案必须按要求填涂、书写在答题卡上, 在试卷、草稿纸上答题一律无效。第I 卷(选择题共60分)第 I 卷共45小题, 请按要求将答案填涂在答题卡上。一、单项填空(本题共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分)从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1Ive kept _ empty bottle all the time because its _ unusual one for meAan; anBthe; anCan; theDthe; the2The culture that he describes is so different from _ that I sometimes find it hard to understandAmyBmeCmyselfDmine3In order to get _ the difficult times, it is of great importance for countries all over the world to work closely togetherAbeyondBacrossCthroughDagainst4Yan Ning, an excellent scientist, has just returned to China She wants to make a _ to our motherlandAcelebrationBconversationCcontributionDcondition5Im sorry to _ on you, but could you raise your voice a little?OK, I willAcut downBcut offCcut outDcut in6There are mainly six kinds of tea in China and _ of them has their special tastesAallBbothCeachDevery7Great! My favourite athlete Xu Mengtao was chosen as one of the top ten people Touching China in 2022 Her experience of winning the gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after 16 years of hard work tells us that _ is impossible and just do itAeverythingBnothingCsomethingDanything8Mothers Day is coming, but I dont have enough money to buy her a giftThe gift neednt be expensive If it is full of true love, it will _ be valuableAcertainlyBprobablyCsmoothlyDwidely9Indias population is expected to pass Chinas for the first time in 2023 The United Nations has reported that Indias population will reach about 17 billion by 2050 _ China will fall in the next few yearsAsinceBafterCbeforeDwhile10Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, _ anybody can start now and make a new endingAsoBbutCorDfor11Sam, what topic will you choose for your speech?I _ choose “Technology in Life” Ill ask Miss Yang for advice and make a decisionAmustBmayCwouldDshould12Its a long time! I cant remember when this picture _ in Hailing ParkAtakesBis takenCwas takenDtook13_ exciting the result is! I couldnt believe I passed the exam with a full markAHowBWhatCHow anDWhat an14 Have you decided _? Yes I will go there in AugustAhow you will go to Beijing this summer holidayBwhen you will go to Beijing with your parentsChow would you go to Beijing this summer holidayDwhen you would go to Beijing with your parents15The saying “_” tells us that you wont be a hero if you cant get over difficulties and achieve successANo pains, no gainsBPractice makes perfectCA good miss is as good as a mileDHe who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man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A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。A few years ago I worked in a project for homeless people There had been one young man in his early twenties that we all _16_ about He had no one in his life His father was in _17_ for murder His mother had diedWhen he was six years old, he was placed in foster care (寄养) He _18_ the rest of his childhood in and out of childrens homes He had _19_ going for him in life He started to be lost in computer games, got kicked out of the hostel he was living in and ended up _20_Id been asked to see him because the nurses had become worried about his _21_ He couldnt see the point of keeping going Someone with his history, in his situation is at a very high _22_ of killing himselfWe started talking and I asked him _23_ about if he had been thinking about killing himself “I think about it every day,” he said I asked him if he had made plans He _24_ his head “I couldnt do it to Becky,” he said I was at a loss Who was Becky? Id thought he was completely _25_no family at all“She talks to me every day,” he explained “Shed be heartbroken Shes the only reason I keep going”Becky was not a family member or a friend She was _26_ a person who, on her way home from work every day, stopped, and spoke to himShe only stopped for 10 minutes or so while she waited for her train, but would often _27_ him a coffee or sandwich and would sit with him in the waiting hall“Its funny,” he said “Shes got a good job, but she always sits on the floor next to me”She never _28_ to stop It was a tiny gesture For her, it was an insignificant (微不足道的) event in her day Yet for him, it meant something so much moreI suspect even now she has no idea the importance of what she had done She had given him a tiny glimmer (一丝) of _29_ that he had held on to with all h
