1、浙江省台州市临海市三门县联考中考模拟英语试题2021年浙江省台州市临海市、三门县联考中考模拟英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、完型填空 A young man entered the last interview of a company. “Did you get any scholarship（奖学金）in school?” the director asked. “None,” the young man answered.“Who paid for your school fees（费用）?” the director asked. “My 1 did. When I was
2、 one year old, my father died,” the young man answered.“Where did your mother work?” the director asked. “My mother 2 clothes,” the young man said. The director looked at the young mans hands. He had a pair of 3 hands. “Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?” the director asked. “
3、 4 .” the young man answered. The director said, “I have a 5 . When you go back today, clean your mothers 6 and see me tomorrow.”John felt 7 but decided to do it. Thinking his 8 of getting the job was high, John went away with a smile. When he went back, he said to his mother 9 , “Let me clean your
4、hands.” “ 10 ?” His mother surprised but very happy. The young man nodded and began to clean his mothers hands slowly. His tears（眼泪）fell 11 he did that. It was the first time he had noticed that his mothers hands were so wrinkled（皱巴巴的）. He 12 it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes to help
5、 him pay the fees.The next morning, the young man went to the directors office. “I cleaned my mothers hands, and I know that 13 my mother, there wouldnt be the person I am today.” He said.“This is what I am 14 ” the director said. “I want a person who can 15 the help of others. Youve got the job. Co
6、ngratulations!”1Amother Bfather Cuncle Dfriend2Amade Bsold Cwashed Dfolded3Augly Bskillful Cdirty Dsmooth4AAlways BSometimes CUsually DNever5Arequest Bquestion Cproblem Ddream6Ahands Bfeet Cface Darms7Aworried Bsurprised Cexcited Drelaxed8Aidea Bchance Cadvice Dchoice9Aangrily Bsadly Chappily Dhumor
7、ously10AMine BYours CHis DHers11Aunless Bwhen Cif Dbefore12Aforgot Bhoped Crealized Dexplained13Afor Bto Cby Dwithout14Alooking at Blooking after Clooking for Dlooking through15Abe interested in Bbe happy with Cbe proud of Dbe thankful to二、阅读单选Here are two pieces of news from a newspaperWith no smil
8、e and only terrible teeth， two robotlike dinosaurs（恐龙） standing at the desk are always ready to help customers check in They are professional workers for Hennna Hotel in Chiba， Japan， the second robotstaffed hotel Robots in this hotel can greet guests in English， Chinese and Japanese languages and e
9、very room has a doorkeeper robot called Tapia， who can talk to customers or can offer such services as turning on or off TV or providing weather newsThe hotel opens on Wednesday and the price of the room starts from 170 dollars a nightHong Kongs first sightseeing restaurant bus went into service， of
10、fering tourists and locals a fresh experience of sightseeing and dining People now dont need to plan where to go or worry about where to eat The sightseeing restaurant bus has two floors with 47 seats It tours around the city while serving food prepared by the famous Michelin restaurants there Its s
11、ervice includes day and night tours， with day tour covering over 20 sights from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island or to the New Territories The twoandahalfhour day tour costs each passenger 380 HK dollars （$48.9）Night tours are only for booking out the whole bus and guests can choose the route （路线） for th
12、emselves16The robots in Hennna Hotel can speak kinds of languagesAtwo Bthree Cfour Dfive17From the passage， we learn the robots in Hennna Hotel Ahave no teeth Bnever talk to customersCdont greet people with a smile Drefuse to turn off or on TV for guests18Which is NOT true about the sightseeing rest
13、aurant bus？ AThe price of the day tour is 380 HK dollarsBPassengers can enjoy the food and sights at the same timeCMichelin restaurants provide food for the tourists on the busDPassengers can choose the route for day tour by themselves“Chicken” idioms（习语）The word “chicken” is used in so many English
14、 idioms. Do you know the following?Dont count your chicken before they hatch.The expression “Dont count your chickens before they hatch” means “Dont expect that all your eggs, which have been laid, will hatch.” “Hatch” is a verb, meaning the baby chicken breaks open the shell of the egg and comes ou
15、t successfully. So the expression mainly means “Dont depend on things working out just as you want them to.” This saying appears in the story The Milkmaid and Her Pail in Aesops Fables.A chicken-and-egg situationIn history, philosophers（哲学家）and scientists have met this dilemma（困境）:Which came first,
16、the chicken or the egg? Aristotle thought that both the bird and the egg must have always been there. However, more recently, scientists such as Stephen Hawking have argued that the egg came before the chicken. In common speech, the term “a chicken-and-egg situation” means a situation where it is im
17、possible to say which of two things appeared first and which caused the other one.Dont be such a chickenThere seems to be an idea in English, somehow, that a chicken is a scared bird. Maybe thats not fair as most birds will probably fly away from you if you go towards them. But “Dont be such a chick
18、en” means “Dont be so scared and get a bit more courage.” So if your friend is afraid to do something , you can say to him or her, “Dont be such a chicken. Just have a try!”19The underlined word “hatch” means “_” in Chinese.A孵化 B长大 C破碎 D出售20While discussing the idiom “A chicken-and-egg situation”, t
19、he writer mentions Aristotle and Stephen Hawking to show that _.AAristotles opinion was wrongBStephen Hawkings opinion is wrongCits impossible to find the right answer to this questionDphilosophers and scientists usually have the same answer to a question21We may use the idiom “Dont be such a chicke
20、n” in the situation when someone_.Ais not brave enough Benjoys counting his chickensChas difficulty making a choice Dhopes things will work out just as he wants22The writing probably appears in the _ part of a magazine.Afood Bculture Ctravel DsportA businessman was once deep in debt（债务）and could see
21、 no way out. He sat on a park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company.Suddenly an old man appeared in front of him. “I can see that something is troubling you,” he said. After listening to the businessmans trouble, the old man said, “I believe I can help you.”He asked the
22、man his name, wrote out a check（支票）and pushed it into his hand, saying, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared.The businessman saw his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John DRockefeller. One of the richest
23、 man in the world.“It can solve my problem at once!” the businessman realized. But instead, he decided to put the check in his safe. Just knowing it was there that might give him the strength（力量）to work out a way to save his business, he thought.With renewed optimism（乐观精神）, he did better in his busi
24、ness. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the check. At the agreed-upon（约定的）time, the old man appeared. But just as the businessman was about to hand back the check and share his successful story, a nurse came runni
25、ng up and caught the old man.“Im so glad I caught him!” she cried. “I hope he hasnt been troubling you. Hes always escaping from the hospital and telling people hes John DRockefeller.”And then she led the old man away by the arm. The businessman just stood there,_. Suddenly, he realized that it wasn
26、t the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence（自信心）that gave him the strength to achieve anything he went after.23By saying “it can solve my problem at once”, the businessman wanted to show_.Ahe didnt need the check Bhe didnt need to work any more
27、Che must put the check in a safe place Dhe could pay off the debts with the check24_ is the correct order in which these events happened.a.The businessman did better in his business and was out of debt soon. b.A nurse told the businessman the old man always ran away from the hospital. c.An old man g
28、ave the businessman a check for $500,000. d.The businessman went back to the park to meet the old man.Ad-c-b-a Bc-a-b-d Cc-a-d-b Dd-a-c-b25Which word can be put in the blank_ in the last paragraph?Asad Bpleased Cworried Dshocked26The best title（标题）of the passage is _.AA rich old man BA terrible expe
29、rienceCA newfound self-confidence DAn unlucky businessmanWhat does the city of the future look like? Flying cars? Robots? Or smog（烟雾）-eating buildings?Arconic, an American company, has made plans to build a 4.8-kilometer-high skyscraper（摩天大楼）. It says that the super tall building can clean not only
30、itself but also the air around it by “eating” smog and pollutants（污染物）. But how is it done?Sherri McCleary, s scientist at Arconic, says they have introduced a new technology called EcoClean. It is a special coating that pulls pollutants out of the air. With a little help from sunlight and water vap
31、our（水蒸气），the coating will produce atoms（原子能）called free radicals（自由基）. It is these free radicals that will take in air pollutants, break them down, and then leave the air cleaner.But “eating” smog and pollutants is not the only thing this skyscraper is able to do. In fact, thanks to 3D printing, the materials the building used will become even better and stronger-not only making the skyscraper look more modern, but also make it possible to stand strong winds and terribl
