江苏省常州市2025～2026学年初三下学期英语中考考前模拟卷1

江苏省常州市2025~2026学年初三下学期英语中考

考前模拟卷1（常州专用）

（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：120分）

 

 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共 65 分）

 一、单项选择（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —Do you know ________ man in blue over there?

   —Yes, he is ________ university professor.

   A. the; an    B. a; the    C. the; a    D. a; an

2. My brother stayed up late last night, so he felt ________ sleepy this morning.

   A. a bit    B. a few    C. a lot of    D. a little of

3. —Must I finish the report today?

   —No, you ________. You can hand it in tomorrow morning.

   A. mustn’t    B. can’t    C. needn’t    D. shouldn’t

4. The new AI translation tool is so smart that it can turn speech into text ________.

   A. in time    B. on time    C. at times    D. in real time

5. —________ will the first manned mission to Mars be launched?

   —In about two years, according to the latest plan.

   A. How long    B. How soon    C. How far    D. How often

6. The teacher told us that light ________ faster than sound.

   A. travels    B. traveled    C. will travel    D. has traveled

7. —Jack, you don’t have to follow others’ steps. Just be ________.

   —Thanks, Mom. I’ll try my best.

   A. yourself    B. myself    C. himself    D. herself

8. The little boy ________ on the ground ________ to his mother that his hen ________ two eggs that morning.

   A. lying; lied; laid    B. laying; laid; lay    C. lying; lay; lied    D. laying; lied; lay

9. ________ the rapid development of 5G technology, many rural areas now have access to

high-speed internet.

   A. Thanks to    B. Instead of    C. As for    D. According to

10. —I think teenagers should be allowed to make their own decisions.

    —________. They need to learn from mistakes.

    A. I don’t think so    B. I couldn’t agree more    C. That’s not true    D. It doesn’t matter

 

 二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

In the summer of 2026, 15-year-old Wang Lei from a small town in Gansu Province had an eye-opening experience. He was selected to attend a “Space Science Camp” in Wenchang, Hainan.

When Wang Lei first arrived at the camp, he was excited but also a little 11 . He had never seen a real rocket launch (发射) before. “I was afraid I wouldn’t 12 anything,” he said.

The camp 13 20 students from different parts of China. They learned about rocket 14 , space stations, and even tried on astronaut suits. Wang Lei’s favorite activity was building a small model rocket. “At first, I couldn’t even put the parts in the right 15 ,” he laughed.

But with the help of the camp 16 , he quickly improved. “The moment my rocket flew into the air, I felt like I had 17 the impossible,” he said proudly.

The camp also taught them how to work as a 18 . “We had to solve problems together, just like real astronauts,” Wang Lei explained.

On the last day, they watched a real rocket launch live. “The sound was so loud. I could feel the ground shaking 19 me,” he said. “It made me realize how small we are, but also how much we can achieve.”

Now back home, Wang Lei has started an 20 club at his school. He wants to share his 21 and encourage more students to love science.

“The camp opened a new world for me,” he said. “I used to think space was 22 far away. Now I know that if we work hard, we can 23 it.”

His teacher, Ms. Zhang, said, “ 24 made Wang Lei stand out was not his intelligence, but his curiosity and never-give-up attitude.”

Wang Lei’s story shows that with passion and persistence, the distance between dreams and 25 can be shortened.

 

11. A. nervous     B. relaxed      C. angry         D. bored

12. A. miss       B. understand    C. forget        D. doubt

13. A. refused     B. accepted      C. ignored      D. avoided

14. A. history     B. structure      C. color        D. price

15. A. order      B. box          C. bag          D. pocket

16. A. doctors     B. cooks        C. instructors    D. drivers

17. A. achieved    B. seen         C. imagined     D. described

18. A. team       B. family       C. class         D. crowd

19. A. above      B. beside       C. under         D. behind

20. A. art        B. music        C. astronomy     D. chess

21. A. fear       B. doubt        C. experience     D. secret

22. A. too        B. so          C. very           D. such

23. A. touch      B. reach        C. find           D. buy

24. A. what      B. that          C. which         D. who

25. A. reality     B. failure        C. trouble        D. danger

 

 三、阅读理解（本题共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

 

A

In early 2026, China introduced a new type of ecological restoration project in the Yellow River Delta: “Smart Wetland 2.0”. Unlike traditional wetland protection, this project uses AI-powered drones and underwater sensors to monitor and repair damaged ecosystems in real time.

The program started in Shandong Province. Drones fly over the wetland every day, taking high-resolution images. AI algorithms (算法) analyze (分析) these images to detect problems such as pollution, invasive species (入侵物种), or dying plants. “A drone can cover an area in two