2025年广东省广州市越秀区七中东山学校中考二模英语试题

九年级英语综合素质训练

一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Teachers are often considered to be engineers of the human soul. They are expected to spread knowledge, ideas and ___1___. There is one person in China who is called the “teacher of teachers”. He is Tao Xingzhi. He is a wise man and devoted his whole life to education.

Born in Anhui province, China, in 1891, Tao studied abroad ___2___ educational methods. ___3___ Tao returned to China in 1917 and began his own career as ___4___ educator, he did not blindly follow western education methods or theories. In fact, he changed the saying of “Education is life itself” to “Life is education”. For Tao, education is an active experience in real life instead of ___5___ and being told. He encouraged students to think independently and apply ___6___ they learned to their daily lives.

Besides developing education methods, Tao ___7___ tried his best to improve mass (大众) education. After doing surveys in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai in 1921, Tao ___8___ surprised to learn that in China more than 70% of the people in the city didn’t know how to read or write. ___9___ the problem, Tao organized young workers and farmers to study while working. Later, most of ____10____ became teachers at schools in the countryside. In January 1934, he started the “Little Teacher” movement in which young students were encouraged to serve as teachers to ____11____. They even taught those who were ____12____ than themselves. Under Tao’s guidance, over 18,000 “little teachers” ____13____ in Shanghai within 10 months. He ____14____ a middle school in Chongqing and offered free education to poor children.

Maybe Tao’s motto is the best explanation for his life. “Giving a whole heart, yet taking nothing in return, not ____15____ a leaf of grass.” For Tao Xingzhi, education was not just about learning about knowledge but about changing lives. His teachings and actions make him not just a teacher but also a wise man whose achievements will forever be remembered and celebrated.

1. A. true B. truly C. truth D. truer

2. A. for B. to C. with D. at

3. A. Until B. Before C. When D. If

4. A. a B. an C. the D. /

5. A. to tell B. tell C. tells D. telling

6. A. what B. how C. why D. that

7. A. too B. as well C. also D. either

8. A. is B. was C. were D. has been

9. A. Solve B. To solving C. Solved D. To solve

10. A. them B. they C. their D. theirs

11. A. other B. another C. the others D. others

12. A. old B. older C. the oldest D. elder

13. A. train B. trained C. was trained D. were trained

14. A. found B. was founding C. founded D. would found

15. A. just B. even C. only D. neither

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

Saving Baby Elephants

Mishak rubs (擦) his eyes when he prepares warm milk. Like other people looking after babies, he is ____16____. It’s 5:30 a. m., and he hasn’t had much sleep. Mishak sits next to the baby elephant, smiles and makes sure she finishes the breakfast.

Mishak is a ____17____ from an elephant rescue center. ____18____, many elephants meet problems, so they need rescuing here. For one thing, hunters ____19____ for their ivory. For another, people build homes and plant fields where elephants used to live. Hungry elephants walk into the villages and fields to look for food. They often cause serious damage, so farmers kill them. As a result, adult elephants often leave their babies behind.

When a baby elephant loses its mother, it’s also in great danger. This is because it needs its mother’s milk for about four years. Without the milk, the baby has little chance to live. Research shows that elephants, like people, have ____20____. If the mother elephant dies, the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill.

The center’s job is to raise these baby elephants and send them back to the ____21____ step by step. First, keepers take turns looking after the baby elephants because they don’t want an elephant to depend on one of the keepers too much. Then keepers take the elephants into the forest. This is a(n) ____22____ part of the process because the elephants learn how to eat in the wild and communicate with others. When an elephant is four and no longer needs ____23____, keepers move it to the wild. This makes elephants become ____24____. It often takes them eight to ten years to get used to the wild.

At bedtime, Mishak has to lie down and ____25____ with his baby elephant. Mishak says that when he leaves the babies, they cry. Does he need an alarm to wake up? “Oh, no,” he says, “The elephants are our alarms.”

16. A. nervous B. down C. tired D. shy

17 A. teacher B. keeper C. doctor D. policeman

18. A. Unluckily B. Finally C. Excitedly D. Suddenly

19. A. buy B. kill C. keep D. collect

20. A. foods B. homes C. friends D. feelings

21. A. center B. zoo C. wild D. city

22. A. easy B. fast C. important D. strange

23. A. milk B. fruits C. grass D. leaves

24. A. brave B. popular C. friendly D. patient

25. A. work B. play C. study D. sleep

三、阅读理解：

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

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