2020年江苏省扬州市广陵区中考英语一模试卷

2020年江苏省扬州市广陵区中考英语一模试卷

一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题l分，计15分）

1．（1分）Have you seen _______ first photo of a black hole on the Internet？What _______ amazing．photo it is!（）

A．a，a B．a，an C．the，a D．the，an

2．（1分）You told me for sure that you would come to my party yesterday，but you didn't appear．I won't trust you from now on．Once you make a ____________，you must keep it!（）

A．mistake B．change C．promise D．difference

3．（1分）﹣﹣﹣Here're three kinds of pens．Which one do you need to cut that piece of paper？

﹣﹣﹣__________ pen is OK．（）

A．some B．Any C．Either D．Neither

4．（1分）We thought it is______for him to finish the job in such a short time．But in the end he succeeded．（）A．easy B．boring C．important D．impossible

5．（1分）﹣﹣﹣It's time for morning reading，but I'm too tired to get up

﹣﹣﹣Remember，Jack．"An hour in the__________ is worth two in the evening．"（）

A．morning B．afternoon C．darkness D．daytime

6．（1分）Betty will keep on learning French ________ she has enough time for it．（）

A．but B．though C．unless D．if

7．（1分）Parents are the people who love us most in the world．It is not _____ of us to shout at them．（）A．possible B．polite C．perfect D．proud

8．（1分）﹣Peter，keep an eye on your younger brother．It is easy to ______ when babies learn to walk．﹣Ok，mum．I will take good care of him．（）

A．fall over B．fall behind

C．get away D．move away

9．（1分）﹣﹣﹣I'm afraid I can't afford the ticket for the art show．

﹣﹣﹣You worry about it．It's for free．（）

A．can't B．wouldn't C．mustn't D．needn't

10．（1分）﹣Eric，can you bring me the scissors？

﹣Just a moment．I the paper﹣cutting with it．（）

A．make B．made C．am making D．has made

11．（1分）﹣Lily，_____ is it from your home to the school？﹣About 15 minutes' walk．（）A．how long B．how much C．how far D．how many

12．（1分）﹣﹣﹣Who will win the first prize in the drawing competition？

﹣﹣﹣Nobody can know the result until it_________ tomorrow morning．（）

A．will announce B．will be announced

C．is announced D．announces

13．（1分）Not only his classmates but also his teacher ______used to walking to school now．（）A．was B．is C．are D．were

14．（1分）An explosion（爆炸）happened in Xiangshui，Yancheng on March 21．People wondered____．（）A．that why it happened

B．what caused the terrible accident

C．how many people are killed in the accident

D．how did the government help solve the problem

15．（1分）______．Here we are in India．So why not try on the Saris，dear？（）

A．Better late than never

B．Many hands make light work

C．One tree can't make a forest

D．When in Rome，do as the Romans do

二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题l分，计15分）

16．（15分）We live in a world where there are nearly 6，000 different languages，so it is very easy for you to get（1）when you are translating．In general，the（2）away from home you get，the stranger the languages around you become．But，have you ever noticed anything（3）among different languages？

Language studies have shown that the（4）for "mama" and "papa" around the world are surprisingly like each other．It was once believed that different languages shared something in common（5）several languages started to develop from one language．That was the origin（起源）of many languages spoken around Europe．（6），this cannot explain why there are similarities too outside Europe，such as "nanay" and "tatay" in the