2026年江苏省泰州市中考英语考前适应性练习卷

2026年江苏省泰州市中考英语考前适应性练习卷

一、单项选择

1．Bill thought _________ necessary to work with friends and share different ideas.

A．this B．that C．it is D．it

2．—________ is the population of India?    

—Sorry, I am not sure. I wonder whether India has the second ________ population in the world at present.

A．How much, most B．How much, largest C．What, most D．What, largest

3．The hosts of the Spring Festival Gala had real-time ________ with citizens to spread wishes.

A．conclusion B．competition C．contribution D．communication

4．Read the lyrics (歌词) of the song Sunshine after the Rain. Its theme is about ________.

After the rain, the sun will shine; Clear skies above the clouds will rise. Hold every hope within your hands, Through storms and trials, we’ll understand.

A．beauty of nature B．difficulties in life

C．weather of a day D．hopes for the future

5．The 15th Five-Year Plan has pointed out the ________ for our future efforts. We must go all out!

A．tradition B．direction C．invention D．introduction

6．—Which classical Chinese poem do you like best?

—Don’t laugh if we ________ drunken (醉酒) on the battleground; how many soldiers ever came back safe and sound (安然无恙).

A．put B．lay C．lied D．drank

7．—Do you know ________?

—They think it will be very successful.

A．why 2026 Taizhou Half Marathon will take place

B．when will 2026 Taizhou Half Marathon take place

C．what the foreigners think of 2026 Taizhou Half Marathon

D．how do the foreigners like 2026 Taizhou Half Marathon

8．Many tourists gather in Tian’anmen Square early in the morning to watch the _________ of the national flag.

A．raising B．rising C．raises D．rises

9．—What did your Chinese teacher say just now?

—She asked us to ________ a story with all the key words on the blackboard.

A．give up B．turn up C．make up D．get up

10．—We’d better not go out alone at night either. It can be dangerous.

—_________. I think we need to learn to protect ourselves.

A．I agree B．I don’t think so C．I suppose not D．That’s all right

二、完形填空

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

“Karen, stop playing on the Internet. Clean up the basement (地下室), and then we’ll go to the    11   ,” Karen’s mom called. Karen didn’t think she was playing.    12    , she was painting with a drawing program. Still, she turned off the computer.

The basement was full of old boxes. In one of them, Karen found a (n)    13    painting. It was made from thick layers (层) of paint, with a black rectangle (长方形) in the center. Who painted    14   ? Why is the rectangle there? She thought about these questions on the way to the museum.

At the museum, there was a    15    called Shevegen Sands. It had been in the museum for many years. People had always wondered    16    a crowd of people in the painting were looking at nothing. Then one day, a researcher    17    the painting. He was surprised to discover a huge whale that had been washed up on the beach. The whale had been hidden under the    18    for 140 years! Now everyone wanted to see it.

“Paintings like this can make history come alive, because they show how artists changed their    19    while painting,” said Karen’s mom, but Karen wasn’t listening. She was    20    the black rectangle. Is there something under it, too?

As soon as Karen got home, she began to clean the painting    21   . Soon the rectangle was gone, but there was nothing under it. Karen looked    22   .

“I have an idea,” Karen’s mom smiled. She asked Karen to paint something    23    on the painting, in the place where the rectangle had been. Karen    24    the job and spent the rest of the summer working on the painting.

“Now the painting is by two    25   ! You’ve made history!” Karen’s mom said happily.

11．A．beach B．market C．garden D．museum

12．A．In all B．In fact C．At first D．For example

13．A．modern B．strange C．famous D．expensive

14．A．it B．them C．me D．us

15．A．poster B．model C．photo D．painting

16．A．where B．why C．how D．when

17．A．broke B．stole C．dropped D．cleaned

18．A．sand B．water C．paper D．paint

19．A．minds B．hobbies C．dreams D．challenges

20．A．looking for B．thinking of C．talking about D．pointing to

21．A．quietly B．secretly C．carefully D．bravely

22．A．angry B．nervous C．worried D．disappointed

23．A．new B．useful C．expensive D．bright

24．A．lost B．kept C．took D．found

25．A．workers B．artists C．directors D．designers

三、阅读理解

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