广州市天河区2020年中考一模英语试题及答案

15

分）

It

was

one

of

the

hottest

days

of

the

dry

season.

We

had

not

seen

rain

1

almost

a

month. The crops were dying. If we

2

see some rain soon, we would lose everything.

I

was

making

lunch

in

the

kitchen

when

I

saw

my

3

son,

Billy,

walking

towards

the

woods. He was walking with a great effort... trying to be as still as possible. Minutes later, he was

once again walking towards the woods. I

4

stand it any longer. I went out of the house and

followed him.

He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, being very careful not to spill (

溢

出）

the water he carried.

As I came closer, I saw

5

sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked

straight up to them. I almost screamed for him to get away. But the deer

6

hurt him nor

even moved as Billy got down. And then I saw a baby deer

7

on the ground, thirsty, lift its

head to lap up(

舔

) the water in my boy

’

s hands. When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to

run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap. Billy opened it and let the drip slowly fill up

his

“

cup

”

.

8

he

stood

up

and

began

to

turn

back,

I

was

there

in

front

of

him.

His

little

eyes

9

with

tears. Very

quickly,

he explained

10

he was not

wasting

water.

The week

before,

he

had made

11

same trouble with our horses,

12

caused him a lecture from his father

about the importance of not wasting water.

This time, I joined him, with a small pot of water from the kitchen. I let him

13

the

baby deer alone , for it was

14

job. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the

ground, they

15

by other drops... more drops... and more. I looked up at the sky. All I can

say is that the rain came that day saved our farm, just like the actions of one little boy saved the

little deer.

(

)1.A. in

B. at

C. for

D. since

(

)2.A. didn

’

t

B. doesn

’

t

C. wasn

’

t

D. isn

’

t

(

)3.A. six years old

B. six-year-old

C. six-years- old

D. six-year-old

(

)4.A. can’t

B. couldn’t

C. mustn’t

D. wouldn’t

(

)5.A. surprising

B. most surprising

C. the most surprised

D. because

(

)6. A. either

B. either

C. both

D. none

(

)7. A. lay

B. to lie

C. lying

D. lies

(

)8. A. When

B. If

C. Though

D. Because

(

)9. A. were fill with

B. were filled with

C. were filled of

D. were fill with

(

)10.A. which

B. what

C. why

D. that

(

)11.A. a

B. an

C. The

D. /

(

)12.A. which

B. What

C. who

D. whose

(

)13.A. take care of

B. takes care of

C. taking care of

D. to take care of

(

)14. A. scream

B. to scream

C. screamed

D. screaming

(

)15. A. himself

B. itself

C. his

D. him

二、完形填空

（共

10

小题，每题

1.5

分，满分

15

分）

Last winter vacation, my brother got a set of bedroom furniture for his thirteenth birthday.

When it arrived, I helped my parents moved the

16

furniture to the garage

（车库）

. It was

still

in

good

condition.

I

thought

it

might

be

a

chance

for

us

to

17

someone

in

our

community. I started to search neighbors, anyone who

18

a bedroom set. Finally, my mom

helped me call the local primary school. They told me about Jaila, the daughter of a poor single

mother. I was given a telephone number and

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, and I soon found myself at Jaila’s.

The moment I went into Jaila’s room, I knew I had taken on too big a task. When I pushed

the old door open, it made a long high noise. But the door was nothing compared with the rest of

the room. Some old paint was

20

the wall. One of the windows was

21

. The bed was

just a mattress

（床垫）

on the old carpet. It seemed that the room needed

22

furniture

—

it cried

—

for a complete makeover

（翻新）

.

That day I spent at least an hour looking around and

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how I could possibly fixed the

room. I had never painted a wall, let alone fixed a floor. The second day, I returned with a large

group of helpers

—

my close friends. We went to collect everything needed door to door in our

community. We replaced and repainted Jaila’s room. We sweated in Jaila’s house for more than

ten hours every day that week.

The moment we finished, we called Jaila into the room. She jumped, laughed and

hugged each of us. I turned to Jaila’s mother, and saw she had tears running down her face.

“

Anna,” Jaila called my name

24

.

“

Yes

？”

“

Welcome to my new room!”

When we saw how happy Jaila and her mother were, our tiredness disappeared into thin air.

We are really

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to make a special experience of changing someone’s life.

(

)16. A. only

B. old

C. new D. other

(

)17. A. thank

B. praise

C. help D. encourage

(

)18. A. made

B. ordered C. repaired D. needed

(

)19. A. an email B. an address

C. the key

D. the work

(

)20. A. off B. with C. in

D. on

(

)21. A. left B. broken

C. open D. closed

(

)22. A. even more B. rather than

C. more than D. less than

(

)23. A. seeing B. guessing C. remembering D. wondering

(

)24. A. excitedly

B. nervously C. bravely

D. hopefully

(

)25. A. interested

B. pleasant C. wonderful

D. proud

三、阅读（共两节，满分

45

分）

< br>

第一节：阅读理解。

（共

20

小题，每题

2

分，满分

40

分）

Student Science Fair

For Students in Grades 7-9

Dates: October 30-31

Location: Sunshine Secondary School Gym

Expl

ore Your World …Think Like a Scientist

The Student Science Fair offers a great way for you to put your science knowledge to use!

Science Fair Events

There is plenty to do during the science fair. Of course, you will want to take a look at all of the studen

ts’

projects. There will be other exciting things too. These events will highlight

（亮点）

the wonderful world of science.

The announcement of the winners will take place at the awards ceremony(

典礼

)on Friday afternoon. Several of

the other events are listed below.

Meet a Robot!

Can people and robots work together? The answer is “Yes”. Scienti

sts will be at the fair on Thursday October

30, with Modo. Modo is a robot helper being developed to help people with jobs they do. Let’s learn how Modo’s

large blue eyes are able to “see” things. Watch Modo take and hold objects and move them from side to

side.

Then see how Modo puts the objects on a shelf. Touch Modo on the arm. Watch what happens! It will respond to

your touch. If you push it too hard, it will say, “Ouch”!

Our Own !

As is known to all, William Shakespeare is well-known to almost all writers while Thomas Edison is familiar

to

the

inventors.

Here

comes

our

local

Thomas

Edison.

Make

sure

you’re

in

the

gym

at

10:00

a.m.

on

Friday.

That’s

when

local

genius

Ray

Allen

will

give

a

talk

about

his

life

as

an

inventor.

He

will

also

show

what

his

inventions can do.

SCIENCE FAIR SCHEDULE

（

（

日程表

）

Registration October 27 7:30 A.M.- 5:00 P

.M

Set-up of Projects October 28 - 29 10:00 A.M.- 3:00 P

.M.

Science Fair Viewing October 30 - 31 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 PM

Awards Presentation October 31 1:00 PM

(

) 26. When will the Sunshine Secondary School Science Fair be held?

A. From October 27 to 28. B. From October 28 to 29.

C. From October 29 to 30. D. From October 30 to 31.

(

) 27. Why will many students be in the gym at 1:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon?

A. Modo will appear. B. Registration will take place.

C. The winners will be announced. D. Ray Allen will give an interview.

(

) 28. What information can we tell from Meet a Robot!

A. Scientists are still developing Modo. B. Modo falls over easily.

C. Scientists will be at the fair on Friday. D. Modo robots will be for sale.

(

) 29. Which of the following can be put in the blank of “Our Own _______” ?

A. Modo

B. Robot

C. William Shakespeare

D. Thomas Edison

(

) 30. Which of the following belongs to the empty box below?

A. A School Science Fair

B. A Public Appearance

C. An Awards Ceremony.

D. A Schedule of Events

(

B

)

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he

does not become very rich, he wants people to thin

k that he is. That is what “keeping up with the

Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The express0ion was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told

this story about himself. He began earning $$ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money

in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside

New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every

day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and

gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep

up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of

life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with

rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short

stories. He called it

United States.“Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the

people aroun

d you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers throughout the country

for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are

“Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up

with the Joneses

because no matter what one

does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

(

)31. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they

.

A. want to be as rich as their neighbors

B. want others to know or to think that they are rich

C. don’t want others to know they are rich

D. want to look like their neighbors

(

)32. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to

.

A. live outside New York City

B. live in New York City

C. live in apartments

D. live with many neighbors

(

)33. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because at

that time “Jones” is in the United States.

A. an important name

B. a popular name

C. his neighbor’s name

D. not a good name

(

)34. According t

o Arthur Momand’s story, which of the following is Not True ?

A. Arthur Momand earned a lot of money every week.

B. Arthur Momand hired a servant and gave big parties.

C. Arthur Momand moved back to a flat in New York City.

D. Arthur Momand married a wealthy wife in the neighborhood.

(

)35. According to the last sentence underlined, what’s the writer’s attitude towards

“

keeping up with the Joneses” ?

A. It is very common to keep up with the Joneses.

B. It is very easy to keep up with the Joneses.

C. It is difficult to always keep up with the Joneses.

D. It is never too tired to keep up with the Joneses.

(

C

)

Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee

，

they don't all have the same

coffee

culture.

In

Europe

for

example,

coffee

shops

are

common

places

for

people

to

meet

friends while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North

America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with

friends.

The

coffee

culture

in

the

USA

changed,

when

Starbucks

(

星巴克

)

coffee

shops

spread

throughout the country

．

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington

，

in the

USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop's business did

well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.

Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the

three

men

who

ran

Starbucks.

Schultz

worked

in

New

York

for

a

company

that

made

kitchen

equipment (

设备

) . He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers,

which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the

original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company's head of marketing (

市场营销

).

In

1983,

Schultz

traveled

to

Italy.

The

special

environment

of

the

espresso

(

浓咖啡

)

bars

there

caught

his

eyes.

Back

in

the

USA,

Schultz

created

an

environment

for

Starbucks

coffee

shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks

began

opening

more

stores

in

the

USA.

Then

the

company

opened

coffee

shops

in

other

countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.

However

，

that

does

not

mean

Starbucks

has

not

had problems.

In

fact,

many

Starbucks

stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many

coffee shops competing (

竞争

) for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some

countries

closed

because

the

coffee

culture

there

did

not

match

with

the

comfortable

environment offered by Starbucks.

(

)36. The underlined word

A. closed

B. managed

C. made

D. sold

(

)37. According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences

？

a. This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.

b. Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.

c. He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.

d. Howard Schultz found Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.