人教版2020年中考模拟英语试题(二)D卷

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处填入恰当的词语。

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What did Wolf Dad do for his children in their lives?

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What is the main idea of the passage?

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4.

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There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and

less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages

and bicycles.

In the Second World War, some people didn't use gas made from petroleum(

石油

) in their cars. They

made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn't go fast, but they ran, so this was better than

nothing.

However,

in

the

future,

we

can't

cut

down

all

our

trees

to

make

gas;

we

need

our

trees

for

other

things, too.

Besides

different types

of gas, we can

also use

electricity(

电

)

to

run our cars, but

first

we

must

make the electricity! Some countries have coal(

煤

) and they make electricity with that, but we might

not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of

water to turn turbines(

涡轮机

) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.

We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river.

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Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.

Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?

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When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?

A . When they are poor.

B . When they run out of oil.

C . When they need more exercise.

D . When there aren't any big trees in the world.

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2

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What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?

A . Water.

B . Coal.

C . Wood and plants.

D . Tides.

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3

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How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?

A . 2.

B . 5.

C . 4.

D . 3.

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Accor ding to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A . There is more petroleum than we can use now.

B . Trees are needed for some other things besides making gas.

C . We got electricity from ocean tides in the old days.

D . Gas wasn't used to run cars in the Second World War.

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The passage is mainly about __________.

A . how to run our cars

B . what to do when oil runs out

C . different types of gas

D . the ways to make electricity

5.

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分）

Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success?

The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama's “back to school” speech.

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Here is an excerpt(

摘录

) from his speech.

I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard

work

—

that your ticket to success is through rapping (

饶舌音乐

) or basketball or being a TV star, when

chances are, you're not going to be any of those things.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. Not all the

homework will seem completely important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at

everything the first time you try.

That's

OK.

Some

of

the

most

successful

people

in

the

world

are

the

ones

who've

had

the

most

failures.

JK

Rowling's

first

Harry

Potter

book

was

turned

down

12

times

before

it

finally

came

out.

Michael

Jordan

was

cut

from

his

high

school

basketball

team,

and

he

lost

hundreds

of

games

and

missed

thousands

of

shots

(

投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life.

And that is why I succeed.”

These

people

succeeded

because

they

understand

that

you

can't

let

your

failures

beat

you

—

you

have

to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.

No one's born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.

Don't

be

afraid

to

ask

questions.

Don't

be

afraid

to

ask

for

help

when

you

need

it.

I

do

that

every

day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness; it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage

to admit(

承认

) when you don't know something, and to learn something new.

And

even

when

you're

struggling,

even

when

you're

discouraged

(

泄气

),

and

you

feel

like

other

people

have given up on you

—

don't ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give

up on your country.

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Why

does

Barack

Obama

mention

(

提到

)

JK

Rowling

and

Michael

Jordan

in

the

fourth

paragraph?

A . To compare these two famous persons.

B . To explain that writing and sports are difficult skills.

C . To show that the two persons were treated unfairly.

D . To prove that failure is the mother of success.

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Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A . No one can be successful without working hard.

B . Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.

C . Those who believe in themselves shouldn't ask others for help.

D . One should try his best to make his dream come true.

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Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?

A . One should change his mind when others give honest advice to him.

B . One should believe in himself no matter what difficulty he is faced with.

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C . One doesn't have to work hard when he has failed several times.

D . One doesn't have to take others' advice when they get away from him.

6.

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分）阅读理解

American

Sign

Language,

often

called

ASL,

is

used

by

most

people

with

hearing

problems

in

the

United

States and Canada.

Besides ASL, there are more than fifty sign languages used throughout the world today, including

Mayan Sign, British Sign, Israeli Sign, and Chinese Sign. Like spoken languages, sign languages are

different from each other. But all sign languages are based on sight instead of sounds.

Sign languages have several main visual (

视觉

) parts that work together to express meaning. The

first part is the shape made by the hands. Movement is also important. Moving the body or organs (

器

官

) like hands affects the meaning of the shape. The place where the sign is made and the direction the

hands face are crucial as well. Other visual clues (

线索

), such as the expression on a person's face,

can sometimes change a sign's meaning. For example, a change in a smile can show whether a signer is

happy, very happy, or overjoyed. Raising the eyebrows can mark a question.

In sign languages, the visual parts are combined (

结合

) in different ways to create signs.

These signs stand for things, actions, feelings, and ideas. ASL has about 4,000 different signs.

Like spoken

languages,

sign

languages

cannot

be

translated

word-for-word.

For English word may be represented by a series of signs in ASL. Or several English words may be

represented by a single ASL sign. Unlike spoken languages, the signs are organized according to

sign-language grammar and the most important word or idea is signed first.

In ASL, the letter signs are made with one hand. Signers would rarely, if ever, spell out all the

words

they

are

signing.

That

would

be

as

awkward

and

slow

as

speakers

spelling

each

spoken

word.

However,

American Sign Language does not have signs for proper names, so signers may use the alphabet to spell

these. Also, sign languages often borrow words from other languages. They may spell words using finger

spelling which is done with a set of hand shapes that stand for letters of the alphabet.

Sign

languages

develop

naturally

when

people

with

shared

culture

and

needs

want

to

communicate with each other. Signers are closely linked to each other, perhaps more than to speaking

people in their own communities. Signers share points of view, values, needs, and problems,as well as

languages.

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）

Which group of signs shows how to finger-spell the word hat?

A .

B .

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