2022年江西省中考二模英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、单项选择
江西中考2022时间1．—How about taking a train to Paris?
—I’m afraid we can’t ________ it. Taking a bus is cheaper.
A．keep    B．afford    C．find    D．plan
2．—Do you know Lan Xin finally entered a top school?
—Certainly. That’s the ________ of his hard work.
A．suggestion    B．habit    C．decision    D．result
3．— Look! Is the man standing under the tree Mr. Smith?
— It ________ be him. He is attending a meeting now.
A．mustn’t    B．shouldn’t    C．can’t    D．needn’t
4．It’s raining all day these days. Take a raincoat with you, ________ you may get wet and catch a cold.
A．and    B．or    C．but    D．so
5．—Did you watch Ice Dance last night?
—No, I ________ for my English speech to be held next week.
A．practice    B．will practice    C．was practicing    D．am practicing
6．—How was your vacation in the countryside?
—It couldn’t have been ________! I don’t even want to talk about it.
A．longer    B．happier    C．simpler    D．worse
7．The match was really fantastic, ________ when Smith scored in the last minute.
A．exactly    B．probably    C．especially    D．mostly
8．—May I go shopping with you tomorrow, Mom?
—Of course, if your homework ________ by then.
A．is finished    B．will be finished    C．finish    D．will finish
二、完形填空
My sisters and I recently returned from visiting our beloved parents in Florida. For six days, we spent about six hours on the beach. We took the beach ___9___ —it’s almost a full-time job! Though, we really ___10___ ourselves there.
I usually read books on the beach while my mom and sisters enjoyed ___11___ shells (贝壳). This time they filled their pockets and bags with seashells, and then took them home. They meant to ___12___ all kinds of things with the seashells. On the last day of our trip, I got into the family ___13___ of collecting shells too. I grabbed handfuls of (一把) sand a
nd picked out shell treasures. Having ___14___ so many shell handicrafts (手工艺品) made by my mom and sisters, I used to take shells for granted (理所当然). But I couldn’t help but feel ___15___ at the shells in Florida. Some were big and in different ___16___ while some were no bigger than a chocolate chip, which was unbelievable. I was lost in thought.
Many people know there’s a beach full of ___17___ in Western Australia, which is over 74 miles long and more than 32 feet deep! It’s called Shell Beach. It isn’t exactly known _____18_____ seashell species (种类) there are: _____19_____, there are as many as 200,000 different species. Very few shells have pearls (珍珠) in them.
_____20_____ The Science Network, “A finished pearl takes 15 to 20 years to make, which _____21_____ why a ton of shells might produce as few as three pearls. The probabilities (概率) of them being _____22_____ pearls are, exactly, one in a million.”
The chances of finding a pearl in a shell are more than one in a million. Compared with shells, _____23_____ isn’t so hard. The shells with pearls are valued by people and so ar
e successful people. So we should try our best to be successful people.
9．A．patiently    B．nervously    C．seriously    D．happily
10．A．trained    B．improved    C．believed    D．enjoyed
11．A．collecting    B．touching    C．watching    D．painting
12．A．connect    B．buy    C．mix    D．make
13．A．history    B．business    C．vacation    D．relation
14．A．seen    B．described    C．lost    D．imagined
15．A．bored    B．upset    C．strange    D．surprised
16．A．copies    B．shapes    C．sizes    D．names
17．A．seats    B．stones    C．sands    D．shells
18．A．how often    B．how far    C．how many    D．how long
19．A．instead    B．perhaps    C．still    D．sometimes
20．A．According to    B．As for    C．Because of    D．Such as
21．A．means    B．suggests    C．wonders    D．explains
22．A．normal    B．common    C．perfect    D．similar
23．A．changing    B．succeeding    C．growing    D．falling
三、短文选词填空
请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写到答题卡的相应位置。每个词限用一次。
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Richard Simcott has super ability to learn languages. He comes from the United Kingdom
and speaks 16 languages fluently. Besides, he has also ___24___ more than 40 languages. He is called one of the most multilingual（说多种语言的）persons in the UK.Richard was ___25___ with the talent for languages. He could speak French at an early age. Later he picked up Welsh. When his family moved to Thailand, he learned Thai and could speak ___26___ fluently（流利地）.
Actually Richard uses __27__ languages in his family life. When he is with his wife, he speaks Macedonian. With his daughter, he speaks French. He helps her with her homework ___28___ English. During play time, the family have ___29___ in German or Spanish.
Richard ___30___ studying languages every day. He also likes to ___31___ the country where he can use the language he is learning at the time, ___32___ he believes immersion（沉浸）is really important in language learning.
Richard notes that one of the ___33___ difficulties with language learning is finding the time to study. He needs to look after his child, go to work and study, so he feels there will
___34___ be enough time to learn all he wants in life. However, he says he will continue with his language learning until his body can no longer take it.