2022年上海市浦东新区中考英语二模试卷一. Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）（共15分）1. A person without dreams is just like ________ bird without wings.A. aB. anC. theD. /2. The internet has made ________ life more colorful and convenient.A. weB. usC. ourD. ours3. Just like on the land, some places under the oceans are rich while ________ are deserted.A otherB. othersC. the otherD. the others4. ________ my opinion, the story is a tale about strength, hero and war.A. ToB. InC. ForD. With5. Finally, the plane landed at the airport ________ on the stormy night.A. safeB. saveC. safetyD. safely6. You’d better tell the man ________ the bike here. It’s the entrance.A. leaveB. to leaveC. not leaveD. not to leave7. The more time you waste on the games, the ________ you will achieve.A. muchB. moreC. littleD. less8. You ________ make a decision right now. Think it over.A. can’tB. mustn’tC. needn’tD. may not9. The two boys ________ along the lake when they heard a loud cry for help.A. walkB. were walkingC. will walkD. had walked10. Janet was so tired. She lay down on the sofa and soon ________ asleep.A. fallsB. fellC. will fallD. had fallen11. Lisa felt very happy as she ________ well in a reading contest the day before.A. doesB. didC. has doneD. had done12. Frank’s plan is ________ London with his wife and son next year.A. visitB. visitingC. to visitD. to visiting13. It is not fair that my sister can go to see the film ________ I have to stay at home.A. andB. butC. orD. so14. Hurry up! ________ we miss the last bus, we’ll have to get home on foot.A. BecauseB. AlthoughC. SinceD. If15. —________ do you usually wake up in the morning？—At about past five.A. What aboutB. What timeC. How soonD. How fast二. Complete the following passage with the words or phrase in the box. Each can be used only once（将下列单词或词组填人空格. 每空格限填一词， 每词只能填一次）（共8分）根据短文内容，将下列单词或词组填入空格，每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。There are many things in our everyday lives that have been invented accidentally. Some of these special accidents are quite ____16____.For example, at first jeans were made for workers. They were very strong and didn’t wear out ____17____. Later on, people who worked in different areas found jeans could be used for a long time and they were fashion and ____18____. Thus, jeans became popular all over the world.The invention of the ballpoint pen was a surprise, too. Ladislas Biro, a Hungarian, found that pens weren’t clear enough. He tried dry ink and a steel ball. Amazingly, this kind of pen could write ____19____.When you see colourful fireworks, you probably don’t ____20____ a Chinese cook who, in old times, accidentally invented them. He put a few things together, which were common in the kitchen. The ____21____ burnt and formed beautiful light.Even the ice-cream cones were the ____22____ of an accident. Ice-cream cones were invented at the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis, US. On a hot day, an ice cream vendor (小贩), had used up all of his cups to ____23____ ice cream. Another vendor shared some of his waffle-like pastry (网格状糕点) with him as cups. This new way to eat ice cream became a big hit.三. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子. 每空格限填一词） （共8分）24. October the ________ is the National Day of China. （one）25. Several candles lightened the ________ of the room.(dark)26. Horse ________ is a popular sport in Australia and Britain. （race）27. You can’t imagine how ________ I was when I heard the news. (shock)28. Very few people ________ in losing weight and keeping it off. (success)29. We were all ________ because of the poor quality of the room service. (happy)30. The other night I met some old ________ I hadn’t seen in a while. (classmate)31. Let your brother send me to the airport. He drives more ________ than you. (careful)四. Complete the following sentences as required （根据所给要求完成句子. 每空格限填一词） （共14分）32. I am going to read the report tonight. （改一般疑问句）________ ________ going to read the report tonight?33. It took me about twenty minutes to get there last night.（就划线部分提问）________ did it take you to get there last night？34. There is some juice in the little bottle. (改为反意疑问句)There is some juice in the little bottle ________?35. James didn’t know how he could deal with the problem.（保持句意基本不变）James didn’t know ________ solve the problem.36. We can share many things, such as bikes, cars and umbrellas.（改为被动语态）Many things can ________ ________, such as bikes, cars and umbrellas.37. Tim asked me “Will you visit Mr Smith tomorrow?”（改为宾语从句）Tim asked me ________ I ________ visit Mr Smith the next day.38. by，French，tapes，she，listening to，learned （连词成句）________.五. Reading comprehension （阅读理解）（共50分））LOOE TOWN, MY TOWNRe-Election of Ron as TownMayor for 2017/8The Council voted on August 5 to re-clect Ron as Town Mayor for 2017-2018. This will be his fifth term of office and fourth consecutive (连续的) term (two years a term). In those years Ron had worked a lot.We are looking for a Mayor Secretary to replace Mrs. Corm, a nice lady, who is retiring after 20 years of wonderful service to Mayor and Loo. This is a voluntary post. If you think you may be suitable, please call Mrs. Anne Frith. Telephone 0150326225.Citizen’s Memorial GardenLoo Town Council (地方议会) has now completed the purchase of the garden on Fish Road. We have already started to tidy up the garden and have planted some trees. We will be repairing the fences. We are hoping to get more funding (资金) so to put a memorial in the garden to memory ancient citizens of our Town. Our aim is to make the garden a pleasant, peaceful area to sit and enjoy the view or rest a while!Day Trip Fares slashed in Devon & CornwallMost Cheap Day Return fares in Loo have been slashed to get more people on trains. Many fares have been slashed by as much as 30-40%. A Cheap Day Return from Looe to Truro was £1.00 and is now £7.00, from Looe to Plymouth was E6.40 and is now E5.00 Cheap Day Return fares are typically available after 9:30 Monday to Friday and any time at weekends.Forthcoming Meetings15th August & 16th October-Planning Committee11th September & 13th October-Environment Committee17th September & 19th October-Economy Committee29th August & 24th October-Full Council MeetingWe advertise all our forthcoming meetings seven days before the meeting date on our notice boards and on our website. The notice boards are situated on: The Guildhall, Fore Street and on the Londis Store.39. Mr Ron has already worked as Town Mayor for ________ years.A. twoB. fourC. eightD. ten40. Mrs. Corn who ________ is a nice lady.A. retired 20 years agoB. will be replaced by Mrs Anne FrithC. is a good mayor secretaryD. is a volunteer who helps post letters41. A memorial will be built in the garden to ________.A. memory ancient citizensB. make the garden pleasant and peacefulC. get more funding soonD. let citizens sit and enjoy the view42. The underlined word “slashed” means ________.A. operatedB. fitC. seizedD. cut43. The meeting notice of ________ will be seen on the notice board on October the twelfth.A. Planning CommitteeB. Economy CommitteeC. Full Council MeetingD. Environment Committee44. LOOE TOWN, MY TOWN is ________.A. a book reviewB. a local newspaperC. a meeting reportD. a fashion magazine六. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）Birds have always been a problem for farmers. They like to eat the seeds in farmers’ fields. As soon as a farmer plants seeds, the birds arrive for dinner. Often these birds are crows.Farmers try to get rid of their unwanted visitors by making scarecrows. A scarecrow is ____45____ to scare away crows and other birds. The first scarecrows were made hundreds of years ago. They were sticks stuck in the ground with big rags ____46____ to the top. When the wind blew, the rags flapped(飘动) and frightened the birds. As time went on, farmers began making better scarecrows. They nailed a second stick across the top of the one in the ground. Now the scarecrows had arms and could wear old shirts. When farmers put straw into the shirts, the scarecrows began to look like real people. Some even had faces. Scarecrows were usually placed in ____47____ fields and became a notable symbol of farms and countryside in popular culture.When farmers began using modern machines, they didn’t need scarecrows anymore. The new farm machines were big and made a lot of ____48____. They scared the birds away quite well.In the 1960s people became interested in folk art such as scarecrows. Suddenly scarecrows were popular ____49____. People wanted them for their yards and vegetable gardens. Even people in cities bought scarecrows for their parties.Today some artists make scarecrows to sell. They use ____50____ materials such as sticks, straw and dry leaves for the bodies. However, these new scarecrows are often dressed in fancy clothes. Some were sunglasses, belts or scarves. Some may have masks, hats and purses.45. A. requiredB. supposedC. refusedD. supported46. A. draggedB. crossedC. steppedD. tied47. A. largeB. quietC. openD. extra48. A. noiseB. moneyC. foodD. mess49. A. laterB. againC. onceD. right50. A. easyB. specialC. naturalD. tiny七. Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词， 使其内容通顺. 每空格限填一词， 首字母已给）（14分）William Shakespeare is probably the most famous writer in the whole world. He is best known for the many plays he wrote.William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in England in 1564.When William was fifteen, his father lost all his money. William had to leave school and get a job. At eighteen he met and fell in love with Anne Hathaway. They soon got married and started a f____51____ of their own.William developed a l____52____ of reading and writing. He decided to move to London and soon found work as an actor. At that time actors often helped to write the plays as well as act them. That was how William d____53____ that he was good at writing.In Shakespeare’s time, England was a powerful country with powerful navy(海军). Englishmen s____54____ round the world and brought back stories of adventures. This gave William lots of ideas for his plays.Queen Elizabeth was on the throne at the time. She took a great deal of interest in William’s work. In fact, she liked William’s plays so much that she asked him to write o____55____ specially for her.In those days the stage was in the middle and the audiences stood all around it. If people didn’t like the play they threw things like tomatoes or eggs at the actors. L____56____ the crowds loved William’s plays. His plays were very exciting.William always worked very hard. He and his friends built their own t____57____, called ‘The Globe’, in London, in which many of his famous plays were shown there. Soon everyone was talking about him and his work. William rapidly became rich and famous.William died in 1616 when he was fifty-two years old.八. Answer the questions（根据以下内容回答问题）A warmer winter for “Ice Boy”A photo showing a boy with icy hair once drew wide attention on social media in 2018. In that photo, a boy’s hair has turned icy white, as well as his eyebrows and eyelashes, and his face is red. The 9-year-old schoolboy, Wang Fuman, was then nicknamed “Ice Boy”. Living with his sister and grandmother, he had to walk nearly 5 kilometers in the snow to attend school. His father worked away from home and his mother had left the family. After the photo was taken and released online by his teacher, the boy’s story touched many people. One web user commented, “Boy, all that you suffer now will light your way in the future!”Later, as social attention increased, Wang’s life has greatly improved. Having learned about the story of her son, his mother immediately returned to reunite (团聚) with her son. And Wang’s father also received a new job as a construction worker, with much higher pay. The family has moved to a new house, which is also about 10 minute-walk to school.The local government and charities also offered money to the school for reconstruction. Now, not only can students learn in modern labs, those who live far can also sleep in the newly-built dorm (宿舍楼).More importantly, beyond Wang and his family, many other ice boys and girls have benefited from China’s poverty alleviation (扶贫) efforts in the past years.“I’m thankful to all those warmhearted people who’ve helped us. I’ll study hard to pay back their support,” the young boy said, with a smile on his red face.58. The boy was called “Ice Boy” because he sold ice-cream, wasn’t he?_______________________________________________59. Who took and released the photo of Wang?_______________________________________________60. What did Wang’s mother do on knowing the story of her son?_______________________________________________61. How long does it take Wang to walk to school now?_______________________________________________62 What can students do after the school was reconstructed?They can __________. (Answer in no more than 10 words)63. The author mentioned Wang’ red face twice in the story. What do they show? The “red face” in Paragraph 1 shows __________. The “red face” in Paragraph 6 shows __________.