江苏省宿迁市2021年中考英语试题（原卷版）.doc

江苏省宿迁市2021年中考英语试题（原卷版）
（满分100分，考试时间120分钟）
一、单项选择（共15小题；每小时1分，满分15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. Kitty sometimes eats ________ orange or some grapes after lunch.
A. an B. a C. the D. /
2. The Communist Party of China will have its 100th birthday ________ July 1st, 2021.
A. in B. on C. for D. at
3. —Mum, where is David?
— He ________ to see the science fiction film Back to the future.
A. is going B. goes C. has gone D. was going
4. This year’s Beijing Music Awards will be covered ________ on Sunshine TV this Saturday.
A. lively B. alive C. living D. live
5. Mary shut the window just now ________ she could keep the insects out.
A. so that B. when C. till D. after
6. —________ do you go to the school library?
—Twice a week.
A. How long B. How often C. How soon D. How much
7. The policeman told the children ________ in the river. It’s too dangerous!
A. to not swim B. not to swim C. not swim D. not swimming
8. —Suzy, your room is really in a mess.
—Sorry, Mum. I’ll ________ right now.
A. tidy up B. put up C. look up D. stay up
9. Mr. Huang was born in Nanjing, but Suqian has become his second ________.
A. family B. house C. village D. hometown
10. —Is ________ here?
—Yes. We are all ready.
A. somebody B. neither C. everybody D. none
11. —________ nice music lesson Mrs Wu gave us today!
—Yes. We enjoyed it very much.
A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
12. —Sandy, is Mr Li in the teachers’ office now?
—I am not sure. He ________ be there.
A. must B. can’t C. mustn’t D. may
13. —It’s really kind of you to help me with Maths, Jack.
—________.
A. It doesn’t matter B. All right C. You’re welcome D. Never mind
14. —Sam, can you tell me ________?
—She is a nurse.
A. what Alice’s job is B. what is Alice’s job
C. what Alice’s job was D. what was Alice’s job
15. Dad never says that he is good at cooking, but in fact he is. He always cooks delicious meals for us, that is ________.
A. every dog has its day B. put all your eggs in one basket
C. a miss is as good as a mile D. actions speak louder than words
二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

“What worries you, Tom?” asked Mrs Bell. He had a _____16_____ in his hand and tears(泪水) in his eyes.
“Our teacher asked us to recite(背诵) the poem ‘Little Jim’. The student who can recite it _____17_____ will get a prize. But I don’t think I can do it well.” said Tom.
“Why not?” asked Mrs Bell.
“The boys say that I can’t,” said Tom in a _____18_____ voice.
“Don’t mind what they _____19_____. Let them see that you can do it,” said Mrs Bell.
“But I don’t think I can,” said Tom. “The poem is so long and difficult. I may not try _____20_____ the prize, but I want to try my best to recite it, because the boys laugh at me. They call me ‘Slow Tom’.”
“Well, dear,” said Mrs Bell, “Look at that snail on the wall. How slow it is! Watch it. You will see it will get to the top at last. So just try a few lines each day, and you may _____21_____ the prize in the end.”
Tom thought that though he could not catch up with the boys, he might run a race with the _____22_____. So he decided to try it.
At last, the day came. The teacher called up the boys to recite the poem. After five or six boys had recited it, it was Tom’s _____23_____. Most of the boys laughed at him because they thought he could _____24_____. But to their surprise, Tom did not _____25_____ miss a word. His heart was full of joy when the teacher said, “Well done, Tom!” After the rest of the class had tried, the teacher said Tom had done best and he gave Tom the _____26_____.
“And now tell us _____27_____ you could recite the poem so well,” said the teacher.
“A snail on the wall taught me how to do it,” said Tom.
There was a loud _____28_____ when Tom said this. But the teacher said, “Don’t laugh! We can learn a lot from things such as snails. How did the snail teach you, Tom?”
“I saw it crawl up the wall bit by bit. It did not stop, but went on and on. And I thought I could do the same. So I recited it bit by bit, and did not _____29_____.” said Tom.
“Well done, Tom!” said the teacher. “Now boys, let us give a good cheer for Tom and the snail on the wall.” The classroom rang with a great _____30_____. Everyone was glad that “Slow Tom” won the prize at last.
16. A. book B. box C. bag D. bottle
17. A. worst B. best C. most D. fastest
18. A. happy B. low C. sad D. loud
19. A. make B. say C. show D. see
20 A. on B. at C. out D. for
21. A. lose B. get C. forget D. meet
22. A. monkey B. mouse C. snail D. snake
23. A. answer B. turn C. side D. place
24. A. succeed B. spread C. fall D. fail
25. A. even B. ever C. never D. still
26. A. praise B. prize C. problem D. price
27. A. how B. when C. where D. whether
28. A. cry B. shout C. laugh D. music
29. A. give up B. pick up C. stand up D. get up
30. A. sound B. whisper C. voice D. cheer
三、阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Apps can teach you things or let you have fun. The following are some apps that you may use in your daily life.

Kindle
Do you love to read? Do you wish that you could bring all of your books with you everywhere you go? Kindle allows you to do so. This app has over a million free e-books to download. With Kindle, you can read anything from comic books and novels to magazines and newspapers.

Calm
Calm is an app that can help you relax and sleep better. It has a lot of features to help you relax. For example, it has calming sounds like ocean waves and rain.

RunKeeper
Sometimes the hardest part of exercising is getting started. If you want to get started, you’d better try RunKeeper. It is a good app that can help you exercise. Are you ready to start? If so, RunKeeper will always be with you.

Pocket
If you don’t have enough time to read news stories or watch videos, Pocket can help you save all of them online. Then you can read them or watch them when you are free. You can view them offline, too. Besides, it can also help you organize the things you have saved.

31. How many apps can help you to read?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
32. The app “Pocket” can’t help you to ________.
A. read news stories B. watch videos
C. organize the things you have saved D. relax and sleep better
33. Which of the following apps may help you exercise?
A. Kindle. B. Pocket. C. RunKeeper. D. Calm.
B
When your town has winter, the earth’s axis(轴) is pointing away from the sun. Your town doesn’t get as much light or heat from the sun. The days are shorter and colder.
Winter and summer happen because the earth is tilted(倾斜) as it revolves around the sun. The northern end of the earth’s axis points towards the sun in summer. You have more hours of light in summer. Your part of the earth is towards the sun for more hours each day. When the part of the earth where you live is towards the sun, you have hotter days. In winter, when your part of the earth points away from the sun, you have colder days.
You have learned about winter and summer. There are two more seasons in the year. One comes after winter and before summer. The other season comes after summer and before winter. Can you name them? That’s right. Spring comes between winter and summer and autumn comes after summer but before winter.
The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring and autumn are apposite seasons. Which season do you like best?
You have thought about the four seasons of the year. Each season is different. The seasons are made by the northern end of the axis pointing towards or away from the sun.
Your part of the world gets more heat from the sun when the northern end of the axis points to the sun. When the axis points away from the sun, you get less heat. Now you know why winter is colder than summer. The axis is pointing away from the sun in winter. It is pointing towards the sun in summer.
34. What does the underlined word “revolves” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Moves. B. Turns. C. Jumps. D. Sites.
35. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How four seasons happen. B. How the weather changes.
C. When the earth’s axis points towards the sun. D. When the earth’s axis points away from the sun.
36. Where does the passage probably come from?
A. A film guide. B. A storybook. C. A science magazine. D. A book review.
C

If you walk through a park in the morning or in the evening, you might see a lot of people doing these slow and beautiful movements— Carry the tiger over the mountain and White crane spreads its wings. In fact, they are doing Taichi.
Taichi is an ancient martial art (武术). It is a common kind of exercise in China. More than 100 million people in over 150 countries practice Taichi at present. Recently UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) has added Taichi to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List (非物质文化遗产名录). Many taichi fans were happy to hear of it. “This will make taichi more popular around the world. Hopefully, more people will become healthier by practicing it.” said Chen Bin. He is a Taichi master from the village of Chenjiagou, Henan Province. This village is the birthplace of Chen-style Taichi.
It’s true that doing Taichi is good for our health. It can make us walk and move more freely, and it can also make us stronger. During slow movements, we can focus on (专注) our hands and feet. We can control them better. Slow movements also help us to take deep and long breaths.
Taichi also focuses on the harmony (和谐) between yin (阴) and yang (阳). It shows how the ancient Chinese people saw the world. The world is full of yin and yang: dark and light, soft and hard, female and male. But they don’t oppose (对立) each other absolutely (绝对地). As we see in the picture, a white spot is in the black area and a black spot is in the white area. After a dark night, the sun will rise. Leaves fall in autumn but grow in spring. Everything keeps changing — that is how we should see the world.
Taichi carries traditional Chinese philosophy (哲学), such as being in harmony with nature and using softness to beat hardness. It has become a symbol of Chinese culture.
37. How many people practice Taichi in the world now?
A. About 10 million. B. Less than 150 thousand.
C. At most 100 thousand. D. More than 100 million.
38. Which of the following words can best describe the movements of Taichi?
A. Slow and beautiful. B. Slow and exciting. C. Fast and free. D. Strong and tiring.
39. Why has Taichi been added to Intangible Cultural Heritage List recently?
A. Because it is a symbol of Chinese culture. B. Because it is from the village of Chenjiagou.
C Because it can make us walk more freely. D. Because it can use softness to beat hardness.
40. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To ask people to do Taichi in their fiee time. B. To introduce an ancient martial art—taichi.
C. To teach people how to do Taichi correctly. D. To explain why Taichi is good for our health.
D
Dr. Dolittle lived in a small town called Puddleby. Everyone in the town knew him. The dog and children ran after him.
He lived in a small house, but he had a large garden. He kept many animals in his garden. His favorite animals were Dab-Dab, a duck; Jip, a dog; Gub-Gub, a baby pig and Polynesia, a parrot. He also kept some fish, rabbits, cats, a squirrel, a cow and a baby cow, a horse, chickens and so on.
Dr. Dolittle didn’t have many patients. Most people didn’t like all of his animals, so when they were ill, they went to a doctor in another town.
“But you don’t have any money,” his sister told him. “You need patients.”
“I have a patient,” Dr. Dolittle answered, “The cat’s-meat-man. He’s the man who sells me meat for the cat.”
“He doesn’t pay you enough to live on,” his sister told him.
“Then I’ll sell everything I have,” he said.
And he did. He sold most of his furniture. He also sold most of his clothes. Then he had enough money to buy food for himself and his animals.
One day, the cat’s-meat-man said to him, “Why don’t you stop being a doctor for people and become a doctor for animals instead? I’m sure that you know a lot about animals-more than most vets. You wrote a wonderful book about cats. I’d send all the people with sick dogs or cats to you.”
When the cat’s-meat-man left, Polynesia, the parrot, flew onto the table. “He’s right, Doctor,” Polynesia said. “You should become an animal doctor.”
“There are a lot of vets,” Dr. Dolittle said.
“Perhaps there are a lot of vets. But you’d be the best vet of all. I’m not the only animal that can talk. All the animals can talk. Each kind of animal has its own language. I’ll teach you mine if you like.”
“Yes, please,” Dr. Dolittle said. He opened a drawer (抽屉) and took out a notebook and pencil. “Will you teach me the parrot’s ABCs first?” he asked.
Polynesia agreed to teach Dr. Dolittle parrot language. Later that day, Jip came into the room. Polynesia said, “He’s talking to you, Doctor.”
“I don’t think he is,” Dr. Dolittle said. “He’s just scratching (挠) himself.”
“Dogs talk with their ears, their noses, and their tails,” Polynesia told him. They don’t always make a noise. Do you see how he is moving his nose now?”
“Yes.”
“He is telling us that it has stopped raining, and he wants to ask you a question.”
Every day, Dr. Dolittle learned the languages of the animals. When people found out he was now an animal doctor, they brought their sick pets to him.
One day, a horse said to him, “You’re a much better animal doctor than the vet. You knew I couldn’t see well, and you made glasses for me.”
The horse was very pleased. He could see very well. He told all his friends how clever Dr. Dolittle was, and they told all their friends. Soon, many animals came to see him. He had a different door for each animal, and he wrote the name of each kind of animal above each door. HORSES, COWS,...
Before long, every animal that lived in or near the town became the doctor’s patient. He was very happy, and he liked his life very much.
(Adapted from The Story of Dr Dolittle)
41. What were Dr. Dolittle’s favourite animals?
① a duck, cats ② a baby pig, a parrot
③ a duck, a dog ④ a parrot, rabbits
A. ①④ B. ②④ C. ①③ D. ②③
42. Why did most people go to a doctor in another town when they were ill?
A. Because Dr. Dolittle was impolite to them.
B. Because they didn’t like all of Dr. Dolittle’s animals.
C. Because the doctor in another town was very famous.
D. Because Dr. Dolittle was busy looking after his animals.
43. Which is the correct order of what happened to Dr. Dolittle in the story?
a. Dr. Dolittle learned the languages of the animals.
b. Dr. Dolittle sold most of his furniture and clothes.
c. Animals in or near the town became Dr. Dolittle’s patients.
d. Polynesia flew onto the table and taught Dr. Dolittle parrot language.
A. d-a-c-b B. b-d-a-c C. b-a-d-c D. d-c-b-a
44. Who told all his friends that Dr. Dolittle was a clever animal doctor?
A. A parrot. B. A cow. C. A horse. D. A duck.
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