英语中考模拟试题（阅读写作部分）范文

Fireworks (烟花) rose into the night sky and spelt the message: “One world. One Family”. Many people still remember the amazing scene during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Today, fireworks are becoming increasingly eye-catching and able to create different shapes and add more fun to festivals and big events like the Olympics.

People from all over the world like using Chinese fireworks to make the night sky colorful. Most of them are produced in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. With a long history in China, firework production used to be one of the most dangerous industries, but the use of modern machines and technologies has made it safer and greener.

In Liuyang, Hunan, modern machines now work in all of its firework factories. With them, there are fewer factory accidents. They also require much fewer workers and less space than before. The Liuyang government has used an intelligent system at firework factories to help find out risks before an accident happens. In Dayao, a town in Liuyang, every firework factory has intelligent cameras. For safe production, only one worker can get into some areas in the factories, and there will be warning messages if more than one person appears in those areas. A similar system is also used in the firework factories in Wanzai, Jiangxi. It has helped discover a lot of safety problems.

▲ The city of Liuyang has set up research centers and worked with universities across the country to make fireworks environmentally friendly, such as improving the quality of the fireworks to produce less smoke.

As the birthplace of fireworks, Liuyang makes efforts to bring safer and cleaner Chinese fireworks to the whole world.

4. What do we know about Chinese fireworks?

A. They are popular at home and abroad.

B. They are mainly produced in North China.

C. It’s more dangerous to produce fireworks now.

5. Why do the firework factories in Liuyang use the intelligent system?

A. To guide workers.B. To help save money.C. To make the production safe.

6. Which of the following can be put into ▲ ?

A. Have you ever watched a firework show?

B. Firework production also cause less pollution now.

C. Thanks to the intelligent system, no accidents have happened.

7. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. More and more firework factories appear in China.

B. Firework production in China needs fewer workers.

C. Firework production becomes safer and greener in China.

A museum can be a place that transports people back to a historic moment, a treasure house for artists, or an escape on a hot summer day. As the museum craze has grown strong in the past few years, teenagers in China have become more interested in the exploring museums, where they can lose themselves in modern technology as well as culture from the past. According to Educator Magazine, visits by teenagers to museums each year increased from 220 million to 290 million between 2017 and 2023. Among the increasing numbers of museum visitors, many of them were accompanied (陪伴) by their families.

To draw younger visitors, many museums are creating more activities and products for the purpose of spreading Chinese culture, including artifact (手工艺品) making, night visits, secret adventures, treasure repair, and some interesting courses. At the China Hangzhou Arts & Crafts Museum, for example, teenagers gathered around to make paper umbrellas during the Spring Festival holiday. With white gloves on and little tools in their hands, visitors in Henan Museum got to experience the daily work of archaeologists (考古学家), who often spend the whole day examining the remains of buildings and objects found in the ground.

Apart from these teenager-favorite activities, some museums are riding the wave (浪) of going digital. A hall called Popular Agricultural Science for Young Visitors uses both visual and audio (视听) technology to help teenagers to join in agriculture (农业). Besides this offline form, the Palace Museum has also created its website for teenagers. Here, online visitors may go on an unusual adventure at the museum in the style of a comic (漫画) book.

For Huang Le, a local museum is her go-to spot whenever she travels to a new city. She said to Educator Magazine, “A museum is like a 3D encyclopedia (百科全书). We should always get our kids to be fully immersed (沉浸) in museums and fall in love with learning through them.”

8. What is the writer’s purpose of showing numbers in Paragraph 1?

A. To advertise for Chinese museums.

B. To encourage more people explore museums.

C. To show the museums’ increasing popularity.

9. What creative activities can visitors do in the museums?

①experience archaeological work②watch the oil paper umbrella show

③learn how to repair the treasure④visit museums at night

A. ①③④B. ①②④C ②③④

10. What does the underlined word “digital” mean in Paragraph 3?

A. 现实化B. 数字化C. 农业化

11. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. How Do Museums Win the Hearts of Teenagers?

B. How Do Museums Provide Creative Exploration Online?

C. How Do Teenagers Spend Summer Vacation in Museums?

第二节(共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Feel down? Hug a tree! Recently, many Chinese young people have turned to trees to help with their stress. ____12____

It can be explained by the “biophilia hypothesis (亲生命假说)”. It was pointed out by US scientist Edward Wilson in 1984. He said that humans are born to love being around other living things. Humans’ love for nature is “in our DNA”. ____13____It’s also one of the reasons why people love cute pets.

Some studies have looked into why tree-hugging can help with our health. A study in 2021 reported that the activity can increase oxytocin (催产素). It’s a hormone (荷尔蒙) that produces pleasant feelings. ____14____Hugging trees for only 21 seconds can lead to an increase in oxytocin.

Another hormone called cortisol (皮质醇) is a mark of stress. The brain produces more cortisol when the person is anxious, angry, or very sad. Hugging trees helps cut cortisol production, which makes us feel better.

Although the activity is helpful to us, it’s important to keep in mind that we shouldn’t hurt nature while hugging trees. Trees often hold valuable ecosystems. Many small creatures (生物) live on the tree and they are too small to be seen. ____15____It’s just like how you hug a friend! Hugging trees can cut the stress. So if you feel down, have a try!

A. For most people, stress is a fact of life.

B. You may need to be gentle when hugging trees.

C. This is why people prefer natural, green views to city views.

D. The higher the level of oxytocin is, the calmer and happier you may be.

E. Although it sounds strange, there’s a science behind the act of tree-hugging.

第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分25分)

第一节(共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15分)

阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

At the beginning of the school year, each student would be given a special job for which they would be responsible for the whole term. Helen, a quiet and hard-working girl, ______16______an exciting task, like taking care of the class plants. Instead, she received a small box with sand and a small _____17_____.

_____18_____the teacher insisted (坚持) that this task was very special, Helen could not help feeling disappointed (失望的). However, she decided to do her best with her new responsibility. She began to look after the ant as _____19_____as she could, learning about its habitat (栖息地) and needs. She made the box a comfortable home for the ant, and it grew much bigger than anyone expected.

Helen’s efforts caught the attention of her science teacher, Mr. Thompson. He turned her work into a class project, and Helen became the class _____20_____on ants. Her hard work helped the whole class learn about ant behavior and habitats. They even built a small ant farm _____21_____in the classroom to observe (观察) the ant closely.

As the school year progressed, Helen’s classmates became more and more ______22______in the ant project. They started asking her questions and observing the ant’s behavior. Helen felt _____23_____to share her knowledge and see her classmates so interested. At the end of the year, the school regarded Helen’s class as the best of the year. They ___24___Helen for her hard work and how she turned a small responsibility into something big. Helen learned that every task, no matter how small, could make a big difference. She also realized that sometimes the ___25___things can lead to great success.

16. A. hoped forB. looked forC. listened for

17. A. potatoB. antC. plant

18. A. BecauseB. AlthoughC. If

19. A. bravelyB. nervouslyC. carefully

20. A. expertB. friendC. student

21. A. itselfB. themselvesC. herself

22. A. disappointedB. interestedC. bored

23. A. proudB. afraidC. tired

24. A. challengedB. doubtedC. praised

25. A. unexpectedB. popularC. touching