2026年山东省枣庄市中考英语考前练习卷

2026年山东省枣庄市中考英语考前练习卷

一、阅读理解

                                        A

1．When did sugar painting become popular?

A．In the Song Dynasty.

B．In the Ming Dynasty.

C．In the Qing Dynasty.

2．What is the correct order of doing sugar painting?

A．②①③④ B．①④③② C．③①②④

3．In which part of a magazine can you probably read the text?

A．Traditional Art. B．New Technology. C．Historical Event.

                                      B

First Journey around Earth

It has been over 500 years since the first journey around the whole planet in 1522. Long before the invention of trains and planes, many thought it was impossible. It nearly was. The journey was started by Portuguese (葡萄牙的) sailor, Ferdinand Magellan, but he never saw it finished.

Magellan was following in the footsteps of explorers (探险家) like Christopher Columbus. He’d traveled

from Spain to America in 1492 and encouraged others to take to the seas. But Magellan’s journey was even more daring. A journey around the whole world would show completely the still-questioned idea that the world was not flat, but round.

In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain where he got support from the Spanish King, Charles V. But Spanish sailors didn’t like being led by a Portuguese man.

After fighting storms, losing ships and many of his men turning against (反对) him and returning home, Magellan was killed in the Philippines by local people.

After Magellan’s death, his group continued in the only ship that was left. Along the way, they traveled across a new ocean and mapped new paths for European trade. For better or worse, they had made the way for modern world trade. Sixty thousand miles later, and after the death of 80 percent of those who took part, the journey had shown that the world could be circled around.

The passage (航程) Magellan’s team went through, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was named after him: the Strait of Magellan. It is 570 kilometers long. His influence on the world did not end there. In 1989, NASA named a spacecraft (宇宙飞船) after the explorer and sent it to Venus (金星).

4．What does the underlined term “the still-questioned idea” refer to?

A．The dream of finding new, flat lands.

B．The belief (信念) that Earth was round.

C．The idea of traveling on the sea for years.

5．What did Magellan die from during the journey?

A．Bad weather.

B．Lost ships.

C．Fighting with local people in the Philippines.

6．How did Magellan’s journey influence the world?

A．It discovered a new ocean on Earth.

B．It encouraged people to travel to Europe.

C．It created new paths for world trade.

7．What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Magellan’s historic (历史性) journey around the world and its influence.

B．The importance of mapping new paths for world trade.

C．The challenges during Magellan’s journey to South Asia.

                                    C

Are you curious about the future? What do you think our life will be like in 50 years or more? To answer this, you can read a sci-fi book. Perhaps you will have some ideas then. Today, many young readers are interested in science fiction. But what makes it so popular?

For one thing, science fiction gives us a chance to imagine what our future will be like. Anything is possible. We can dream big. Some people think there will be flying cars and robot servants. Others believe we will learn more about strange aliens and other worlds.

Another reason is that sci-fi writers and their work can inspire us to create the future. In 1945, a sci-fi author named Arthur C． Clarke wrote about a system of space stations. In the article, he predicted the earth of the future would have many TV stations and people would send TV programmes around the world. However, this was before TV was a common item at home! In a short story by Clarke, he suggested people in the future would use a system to talk with others around the world. Amazingly, the short story was actually the inspiration for the internet!

Science fiction is also popular because it can make us think about our world in new ways. Although many sci-fi stories are set in imaginary worlds or societies, they can help us better understand the real world. They can also make us excited when we feel like we are living in a boring world.

What will the future be like? Sci-fi inspires us and helps us to understand what it could be like.

8．What do some people think there will be in the future?

A．More boring work. B．Flying cars and robots. C．A system of old TV stations.

9．What did Arthur C． Clarke do in his works?

A．He gave ideas for the internet.

B．He built the first space station.

C．He watched TV programs at home.

10．Why is science fiction popular according to Paragraph 4?

A．It describes a boring world to us.

B．It helps us see the world differently.

C．It helps us live in imaginary societies.

11．Which is the right structure of the passage? (①=Paragraph 1, ②=Paragraph 2, …)

A．①—②③④⑤ B．①—②③—④⑤ C．①—②③④—⑤

                                       D

When I was young, flowers filled my mom’s garden each spring. I never thought that Mom had done much about them behind the scenes (幕后), until she shared her secret with me.