湖北省黄石市第十八中学2023年六月模拟考试英语试卷

黄石十八中六月模拟考试英语试卷

一．单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）

1.We can only achieve success        hard work.

A. across  B. above   C. into     D. through 

2.They have      talking about their life experiences and good wishes for the country.   

A.fun   B. trouble   C. luck     D. interest

3. It’s usually quite warm in my hometown in March, but it      be rather cold sometimes.

A. must   B. could  C. should   D. need

4. — Grandpa has changed a lot.

— So he has. He spends more time than he used to       games with the children.  

A.play  B. playing  C. played   D. plays

5. — Congratulations! You      big progress in the last 3 years.

  — hank you, Mr Li. I’ll never forget the good times in Junior High.

A.make  B. made  C. have made   D. will make

6. — Confucius Institute (孔子学院) has been set up in many other countries．

  — Yes, Chinese is ______ spoken in those countries．I am proud of that as a Chinese．

A．hardly          B．widely           C．simply            D．seldom

7．— Do you know ______?

— Yes．We should try to waste less but recycle more．

A．how can we live a green life            B．how we can live a green life

C．why should we live a green life          D．when we should live a green life

8. The boats go in different directions at first, but they all _____ in the same place.

A．give up B．clear up C．end up D．make up

9. —Did you notice the students       a few why questions in Mr Li’s class?

  —Yes, I think he wanted to train their abilities of deep thinking.

A.are asked   B. must be asked  C. have been asked  D. were asked

10.—Don't be noisy in public. It's impolite, you know.

—________.

A.Sorry, I won't    B．Not at all    C．I'm afraid so    D．No problem

 

二．完形填空。（每小题1分，共10分）

A man walked in the desert for two days. He met a sand storm during the trip. After the sand storm, he lost the sense of 11     . While he was unable to hold on, he suddenly found a small old house. He pulled his 12     body into the house. There was only some wood inside. He walked to the corner hopelessly , but suddenly13      a water pump(抽水机).

Excitedly, he went to draw water( 抽水), but he couldn't pump water no matter how hard he tried. He sat on the ground 14     . Just at that time , he saw a small bottle with a cork(瓶塞). There was a yellow 15      pasted on the bottle, which read,“You must put the water into the pump before you can draw water! Don't 16    , before you leave , refill it with water!”He pulled the cork and found the bottle was really filled with water! He could hardly believe his 17    .

  At this moment, he thought ,“If I only think about myself, as long as I drink the water in the bottle, I can be 18     to go out of this desert. If I do as the note told to put the only water into the pump and the water can't come back, I will be 19      to death. Will I take the risk or not?”

Finally , he made a decision to do what the note told him and began to draw water with his shaking hands. Sure enough, the water really 20     !

After he drank enough water, he filled the bottle with water. He enveloped(封住) it with the cork and added his words after the note , “ Believe me , it's really useful. You should learn to pay before you get it!”

11.A. touch   B. taste     C.humor        D.direction

12. A. light    B. tired     C. perfect       D.strong

13.A. started   B.repaired   C.controlled    D.discovered

14.A. sadly    B.happily     C.carefully      D.patiently

15.A. map     B.note       C.sign         D.mark

16. A. cry      B.lie         C.shout       D. forget

17. A. luck     B.success     C.ability       D.trouble

18.A. weak     B.alive       C.awful        D.nervous

19.A. lonely    B.angry      C. thirsty       D.hungry

20.A.came out   B.dried out  C. cooled down   D.ran away

 

三．阅读理解。（每小题2分，共30分）

A

阅读材料，选择最佳选项。

 

(   )21.________ may like Wand Magic most.

A．A music lover　    B．A Harry Potter fan   

C．A tour guide　    D．A film maker

(   )22.In Rhythm Drifters and SING on Tour, we can ________.

A．enjoy wonderful music    B．see a special effects film

C．wave a wand    D．create music

(   )23.In Lights Camera Action, visitors will learn ________.

A．how to guide special guests　    B．how to warm up vocal chords

C．how to create the best music　    D．how to film a special effects movie

(   )24.You can visit the Universal Beijing Resort on ________.

A．Sept.10th, 9：00 a．m.    B．Sept.14th, 10：00 a．m.   

C．Sept.20th, 8：00 a．m.    D．Sept.23th, 10：00 a．m.

(   )25.If you want to know more, please ________.

A．make a call　    B．write a letter    C．visit the website    D．send an e­mail

 

B

All animals produce waste. We call it “waste”, but we all know it can be very useful. Farmers have long used animal and human waste as a fertilizer. In some parts of the world, animal waste or poop, is collected, dried and burned for cooking and heating. (26)__________

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has an unusual way of using animal waste. The pandas in it produce a lot of poop a day. (27)__________ It’s not strange. After all, paper is made from plant fiber (植物纤维), which cannot be digested (消化) and simply goes through the body as waste.

Since pandas eat nothing but bamboo, their waste is perfect paper material.  (28)__________ Their stomachs haven’t fully developed for their vegetarian diet, so their bodies make use of just 20% of what they eat. The other 80% comes out as poop: very high in fiber and perfect for paper.

After the poop is collected, it is cleaned, crushed and poured into frames to dry. (29)__________ No one can guess where the paper comes from. And because of its good quality as well as the worldwide popularity of the panda, gift products made from the paper sell well.

(30)__________ They got the idea from the elephant dung paper (由大象粪便做的纸) made at the Elephant Conservation Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. And Creative Paper Wales in