安徽省合肥市瑶海区中考二模英语试题.docx

1、安徽省合肥市瑶海区中考二模英语试题2020年安徽省合肥市瑶海区中考二模英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_1Shall we sit in the corner or by the window ?_. I dont mind.ANone BBoth CNeither DEither2Would you mind turning on the light? Its getting _ in here.Acold Bcrowded Cdark Dblack3Why didnt you answer when I phoned you ? I _my lunch.Acook Bcooked C

2、have cooked Dwas cooking4 I like to take the underground. Its quick and cheap.Well, I _take the underground. The places I go to are all very close to me.Ahardly Bsimply Calmost Dusually5Life is very much like a _: if you smile upon it, it will smile back upon you.Acandle Bmovie Cmirror Dtour6Emma, w

3、hat do you want to be in the future?I want to be a doctor. This has been my dream_ I was a kid.Asince Bwhen Cuntil Dbefore7How do you and Joe _?Were great friends.Acome along Bget on Cgive up Dset off8What kind of house do you want to buy?Well, its _ be bigthats not so important.Ashould Bmust Cneedn

4、t Dcant9Why didnt you fly to Moscow?Because all the flights _Aare canceled Bwere canceled Cwill be canceled Dhave been canceled10It was nice talking to you. The plane is taking off, so I have to go._OK.I will miss you a lot.Awhy not? BGood point. CHow come? DTake care A banker was on holiday. He was

5、 walking on a beautiful beach near a small village. He saw a fisherman in his 11 with a few fish in it.“Great fish! ”he said.“ 12 did it take you to catch them?”“Not very long”, answered the fisherman.Why didnt you stay at sea longer to catch some more? asked the banker.There are just enough fish he

6、re to 13 my family, answered the fisherman.Then the banker asked, But what do you do the rest of the time?I sleep late, I play with my kids, 14 I relax. In the evening, I go to see my friends in the village. We drink wine and play the guitar. Im 15 than you think. Life here isnt as.”“I have an MBA f

7、rom Harvard University, the banker 16 .And I can help you. Youre not fishing as much as you can. If you start fishing for longer periods of time, youll get enough money from selling the fish to buy a bigger boat. Then with the 17 you ll get from catching and selling more fish, you could buy a second

8、 boat, and then a third one, and so on. Then 18 selling your fish to shops, you could sell them directly to a fish factory, or even 19 your own factory.”“And then? asked the fisherman.Then you ll be able to leave your little village for the big city, where you could direct the company and you will 2

9、0 millions.”Millions? But then what?Then you can retire（退休）, live in a small village by the sea, go to the beach, sleep late, play with your kid.”11Ahouse Bkitchen Cboat Dsea12AHow long BWhen CHow much DHow13Aserve Bcost Ctreat Dfeed14Athough Bso Cand Dbut15Alazier Bbusier Ccleverer Dkinder16Aturned

10、 up Bcried out Cran away Dbroken in17Amoney Bsuccess Ctime Dinterest18Ainstead of Bthanks to Cexcept for Dbecause of19Asave Bfind Copen Dsell20Adream Bmake Close Dspend Does anybody sit down and watch TV these day ? When my parents were growing up ,they only had a few channels to choose from.If you

11、21 your favorite program,it was just bad luck-you didnt have a 22 of seeing it again unless you had a video recorder . The TV was the center of the house . 23 planned what show they wanted to see and cooked their dinners so that they could finish eating in time to watch it .At school ,children 24 th

12、e shows they watched the night before and because there werent many programs for kids ,they all watched the 25 thing .When I grew up ,the TV was bigger and a lot thinner than the TVs of my parents time .TV had better sound and a remote control to 26 between the many channels .But the TV was 27 an im

13、portant piece of electrical equipment in the house and we all sat 28 it on a Saturday night to watch something as a family.These days, TV just doesnt t seem to be so 29 . People don t even need a TV. They can watch them on phones 30 and wherever they like. And in many houses the TV set sits forgotte

14、n in the corner of the living room, waiting for the day when the family sits down together again and turns it on.21Amissed Bwatched Cavoided Drecorded22Alist Bhabit Cway Dchance23AClassmates BFamilies CChildren DFriend24Aput off Bagreed with Ctook up Dtalked about25Aboring Bsing Csame Dright26Acover

15、 Bchange Cmatch Dstay27Ayet Bnever Cstill Deven28Aaround Bin Cabove Dalong29Auseless Bexpensive Cimportant Dancient30Awhenever Bhowever Cwhatever DwhoeverA:Hello?B:Hi. 31A: No, sorry. Sandras not in at the moment. B: Oh. Do you know when shell be back?A: 32 B: OK. Well, could I leave a message for h

16、er?A: 33B: Could you ask her to give me a call this evening?A: Sure. 34B: Bella, Im a colleague(同事)from work. 35A: All right. Ill tell her.ANo, I ve no idea.BShes got my phone numberCYes, of course.DWhos answering the phone?E.Could I have your name, please.F.Is that Sandra?G.Ill call later.1-800-555

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18、me parks youre your nights at the show. Restaurants, beaches, fireworkswe have got it all. 185 per nightLake Tahoe.CASee the most beautiful lake in America! Climb mountains ,enjoy wonderful sights and wildlife, and go mountain biking. It is an experience you will never forget.199 per nightNew York .

19、NYSee the Empire State Building and Ellis Island. Watch a Broadway show and take a carriage ride through Central Park. You will have the time of your life.209 per night36If you go to Big Sky, you will_.Asee a baseball game Bplay sports Csee a Broadway show Dride horses37_ focus on （关注）nature and doi

20、ng things outsides.ABig Sky and Orlando BOrlando and Lake TahoeCLake Tahoe and Big Sky DLake Tahoe and New York38Bob and Mike want to book the trip to the place where they can watch a Broadway show, and they want to spend two nights there. They should pay _in total.A836 B740 C418 D20939What does thi

21、s passage probably come from?AA healthy magazine BA travel guideCAn English novel DA science book Toys and games are fun, but inventing them is serious business. Big toy companies treat it even more serious, because the more toys they sell, the more money they make. They have adults who do nothing b

22、ut think up new toys. Sometimes they even work in locked rooms so no one can steal their ideas!But not every new toy is invented that way. Some of the best inventions are made by kids.Thirteen- year old Casey Golden loved to play golf(高尔夫). He invented a way to make the game more fun. He Invented a

23、new golf tee(球座). It is called the Bio tees Most golf tees are made from wood, but Caseys tee is made out of recycled paper. It does not harm the environment. Casey started his own company to make his new tee. Hes already had orders for millions of them.Jessica Peach invented a toy when she was only

24、 eight. Jessica likes to jump rope. She jumps alone and she jumps with friends. To jump alone, you need a short rope. With friends, you need a long rope. So Jessica invented a new kind of jump rope. The length of Jessica s jump rope can be modified. It can be made long to jump with friends. Or it ca

25、n be made short to jump alone. When you are done jumping, you can even turn the jump rope into a belt(带子), Now Jessica has a business to sell her jump ropes.Do you have a great idea for a new invention? Give your idea a try. It may become the next Biotee or latest jump ropes.40In big toy companies,

26、_ is serious business.Aplaying games Binventing toys Clocking rooms Dstealing ideas41The Biotee_.Awas invented by a 13-year-old girl Bis harmful to the environmentCis not different from most golf tees Dis made out of recycled paper42Paragraph 4 is mainly about_.Athe best inventions made by kids BJes

27、sica Peachs favorite activityCJessica Peach and the latest jump rope DCasey Golden and the new golf tee43What does the underlined word modified in Paragraph 4 mean?A调整 B忽略 C估计 D确定 They play many different kinds of music-from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love

28、 this group. What makes them so popular? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, its both of these things, but its also something else: theyre elephants.These musical elephants are from the Thai Elephant Conservation Center(TECC)in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand a

29、nd care for these huge, but gentle（温顺的） animals, And like many zoos around the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.Richard Lair works with TECCHe knew that elephants hear better than they see. So he had an idea: if elephants are intelligent and they have good hearing, maybe they can play m

30、usic. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra(管弦乐队). During a show elephants play different kinds of instruments, including the drums. The animals also use their voices and trunks(象鼻)to make sounds.But can elephants really, make music properly? Yes, says Lair. Theyre very creative. Humans may encourage the animals to play instruments, but the elephants make their own songs; they dont just copy their trainers or other people. There are now CDS of the groups music, which make money for the TECCAnd the music these articles create is