苏州市初三中考英语全真模拟试题(2)
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Selecting a proper summer camp for your child is not an easy task. You have to consider too many factors(因素). Remember, you are sending your kid to a summer camp not just to let him enjoy himself but also to help him become confident. So you should try to select a summer camp for your kid so that after he returns from the camp, the first thing that he asks you is when you will send him again for camping. Let us see how you can pick the best summer camp for your child.
Search the Internet
If you browse(浏览) the Internet, you will find a number of websites of summer camps where you can find all the detailed information about the camps. For example, how much the whole camping will cost, where the camps are, what children can do in the camps and what additional facilities (额外的设施) they can provide. Don't forget to read the comments(评论) of parents who have sent their children to those camps and pay attention to how they find those camps.
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Some camp organizers prefer advertisements in newspapers. Some of the organizers even invite famous people to their camps to communicate with kids. You should keep an eye in the summer camp advertisements in newspapers so that you could pick a suitable one for your kid.
Ask for advice from your child's school teachers
Go to your kid's school and ask his teachers whether they can give you names of some of the summer camps they consider to be the best.
Know the interest of your child
While searching, you will come across different types of camps. They are organized according to the nature and interest of children like a music camp, a sports camp, etc. So it is very important to know what your child is interested in before picking a summer camp.
29. Which of the following can be put on the line before Paragraph 3?
A. Place advertisements in newspapers.
B. Visit the organizers of summer camps.
C. Search for advertisements in newspapers.
D. Invite famous people to talk with your kid.
30. We can know that in the writer's opinion, '
A. finding a proper summer camp for children is not difficult
B. the purpose of a summer camp is not only for children to have fun
C. what other parents think about a camp on the Internet is not believable
D. children usually don't have to go again after returning from a summer camp
31. According to the last paragraph, before making the final decision, parents should_______.
A. consider the interest of their kid B. rethink if camping is necessary
C. know everything about the camp D. know the kid's performance at school
C
"Tammy! Come here, please! Mother needs your help in the kitchen." Her father called out to her.
Tammy was in her room, getting ready to do her homework. "Yes, Daddy!" she replied. "I'll be right there."
She hurried out of her bedroom and down the hallway. She was only nine years old. Her elder sister, Ella, had just moved away to go to a performing arts high school in another city. Her brother, Harry, was in middle school and always got home late. With Ella leaving home, Tammy was expected to do a lot more than she had ever done before, especially now, because her mother was ill.
Her father was in the kitchen. "Tammy, I know you usually do your homework right now, but with things being different, we all have to change a little bit. I'll help you and Harry with your homework later on, OK?"
Her father had an apron(围裙) on over his clothes, and he looked kind of funny. He was doing the dishes and he always splashed(溅出) water all over when he did that. After helping her father with the dishes, Tammy helped set the table.
After supper, her father helped her and Harry with their homework, and then they played a board game so that their mother could lie down for a while.
The next morning, Tammy got up early on her own because she wanted to help her mother with breakfast. She made orange juice and even put bread in the toaster and got out the butter so that her mother could sleep for a few more minutes.
When her mother got up half an hour later, she was very surprised and moved to see the breakfast on the dining table. She gave Tammy a big hug.
"Thank you, Tammy. You really are mother's little helper now, aren't you?"
32. Why did Tammy's sister move out of their home?
A. Because she hated doing housework B. Because she was busy with her work.
C. Because her school was far away from home. D. Because she disliked her family.
33. From Paragraphs 3 & 4, we can learn that Tammy_______.
A. was a middle school student B. did well in all subjects
C. always did a lot of housework at home D. was the youngest child in the family
34. What can we learn about Tammy's father from the passage?
A. He was a very serious person.
B. He wasn't very good at doing housework.
C. He liked playing board games very much.
D. He always helped Tammy do her homework.
35. Which is the right order for the things that Tammy did in the story?
①Did her homework. ② Prepared breakfast.
③ Played a board game. ④ Helped with super.
36. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Mother's Little Helper B. The Life of Tammy's Family
C. A Happy Family D. Tammy's School Life
D
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while - then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸)sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality(好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine(事务). They will be likely to expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
37. The writer of this passage must be_______.
A. an American B. a Chinese C. a visitor D. a student
38. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
B. Americans are usually more friendly than Chinese.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
39. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will be_______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
40. The underlined words "generous with our time" in Paragraph 3 mean_______.
A. strict with time B. willing to spend time C. careful with time D. free with time
四、词汇检测(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
41.None of the ▲ (选择)are correct.
42. His English ▲ (词汇)is larger than mine.
43. People ▲ (在……下)18 are not allowed to learn to drive in our country.
44. Everything we used was made from ▲ (天然的)materials.
45. The ▲ (懒惰)you are, the less progress you will make in study.
46. The curtains went up and a bright light ▲ (照射)out across the stage.
47. They were ▲ (激动地)discussing the plan for the coming May Day holiday.
48. - Why was the castle build here?
- To ▲ the city from being attacked.
49.- Who's that? I couldn't recognize your ▲ .
- This is Mary speaking.
50.-I like the Korean TV series You Who Came From The Star.
- Me too. I can ▲ in front of the TV for hours, watching it.
五、句子翻译(共5小题：每小题3分，满分15分)
将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
51.你介意向我们介绍一下自己吗?
▲
52.我们每个人都得到了一次演讲的机会。
▲
53.你最好不要把你的业余时间都花在网聊上。
▲
54.恐怕这位歌星不如以前受欢迎了。
▲
55.如果你运气够好的话，你有可能赢得一张音乐会的门票。
▲
六、书面表达(共1小题;满分20分)
英语中有一句谚语：Failure is the mother of success.生活中我们常常会遭遇失败，但只要能正确对待，往往会获得最后的成功。请就此用英语写一篇短文，主要内容包括：
1.描述亲身经历的一次失败;
2.叙说失败后如何获得成功;
3.谈谈你的感想。
注意：1.词数90左右。短文的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数;
2.短文须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺;
3.短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。
Life is full of ups and downs and it is never too easy to achieve success. As the English saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success."
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