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02五选四-2021年上海市初三英语二模专项汇编原卷版_0122026上海中考一模二模真题试卷_2025-2012年_3.上海中考英语一模二模(12-24)_二模(12年无音频)_2022年中考英语线下二模分类汇编
02五选四-2021年上海市初三英语二模专项汇编原卷版_0122026上海中考一模二模真题试卷_2025-2012年_3.上海中考英语一模二模(12-24)_二模(12年无音频)_2022年中考英语线下二模分类汇编
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教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 2-2022年上海市初三英语二模真题专项训练之五选四 2022杨浦二模 (A) A. aims B. rides C. banks D. made of E. made up of Plans for a new UK theme park are under way and if all goes to plan, it will be open to visitors in 2024. The 'London Resort' theme park will be built on the ___36___ of the river Thames in Kent. It is set to be three times bigger than any other UK theme park and the most ambitious plans Europe has seen since Disneyland Paris was built in 1992! The London Resort theme park will be ___37___ hotels, food halls, water parks and of course, ___38___! Visitors will be taken on a journey to six different 'lands.' Each of these will have a different theme, from magical woodlands and kingdoms to futuristic alien encounters. The park ___39___ to meet the needs of everyone. 36. _______ 37. _______ 38. _______ 39. _______ (B) A. Influence B. prevent C. protect D. seriously E. response But not everyone is happy about the idea of the London Resort. The ___40___ so far has been mixed. According to a survey carried out by London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), the developers of the theme park, 16% of people said they were against it being built. One reason for this is the possible bad ___41___ on the area's environment. The area is believed to be home to a number of endangered plants and animals. However, according to LRCH, the plans for the park include areas designed to ___42___ wildlife through quiet zones and green areas. They also plan to leave existing wildlife marshes (沼泽) as they are. After ten years of planning, the LRCH has handed in its plans, which will be ___43___ considered by the government and open to a public discussion. So, what are your thoughts on the proposal? 40. _______ 41. _______ 42. _______ 43. _______ 2022普陀二模 A. remind B. favourite C. disappointed D. silent E. accept教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 Having bad days is a part of life. Perhaps you are in a terrible mood after school or the news of your friend leaving makes you 36 . It’s all right. And here are some things you can do when you have a bad day. First, 37 the fact that you’re having a bad day. Forget about what you think you should be feeling. This will make it much easier to let them go. And 38 yourself: it’s okay to have a bad day. Then treat yourself. Find your go-to and enjoy! Play music that makes your heart sing, spend some time with your pets, or have your 39 snacks–it doesn’t matter as long as it makes you smile. 36. 37. 38. 39. A. joy B. spread C. symbol D. probably E. effort Get some fresh air. Take a walk outside to clear your head. You’ll 40 be surprised by how much better you feel! Many people find it comforting to spend time in nature, so get out and enjoy! Don’t forget to 41 some kindness. One of the easiest ways to feel good is to do good. You’ll find that by lifting others up, you do the same for yourself. So if you’re feeling down, keep in mind that this won’t last forever . With a few changes, you can feel the 42 of life. These don’t require much 43 , and may be easier than you think. Let’s go for it. 40. 41. 42. 43. 2022虹口二模 A) behavior B) details C) deeply D) quickly E) average Today, museums around the world are holding “Slow Art Day” in order to encourage their visitors to take their time and appreciate (欣赏) art more ___36___. Several studies have shown that the most common amount of time for people to spend looking at a piece of art is ten seconds. Many people may spend more time, but not much more-the ___37___ is about 28 seconds. What is worse, people at the Tate Modern Museum in London spend about eight seconds on each art work. In recent years, museums have worked hard to change this ___38___. Today, over 170 museums around the world are celebrating “Slow Art Day”. They are asking their visitors to spend at least 5-10 minutes looking at just one work of art. Slow Art supporters believe that when visitors take more time looking at and studying the教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 work of art, they appreciate it more. By spending time, they are able to notice ___39___ about the work that they would miss with just a quick glance. A) exhibition B) painting C) effort D) focus on E) feel like Studying a work of art for more time can also help people get a better understanding of the artist’s ideas and how much ___40___ the artist put into the work. Most of the museums taking part in Slow Art Day are choosing just a few works for their visitors to ___41___. Some of the museums offer chances for visitors to talk about the artworks afterward and share their ideas. It is necessary to have the museums support slow art. Often when people visit a museum with lots of art, they ___42___ they must see everything in the museum. They go around like they are checking things off of a list. When people view art this way, slow art supporters believe, they aren’t really seeing it. They can’t really see a(n) ___43___ as they’re walking by it. 2022松江二模 A) wonderful B) even C) or D) somewhere E) stored The best way to understand “the cloud” is to go back to the beginning, back in the days when your photos or music used to be 36 on a piece of hardware, a CD or a hard disk in your computer. But today, you might look at a photo on Weibo 37 listen to music on Apple Music. You might 38 use iTunes to watch a movie. The photo, music or movie isn’t on your computer; it’s 39 else. And that place is called “the cloud.” A) working B) make sure C) then D) lives E) ability Basically, “the cloud” refers to the Internet. It lets you store and get data on a remote server (远端服务器). Since your data 40 in “the cloud,” you can get your stuff from any device with an Internet connection. This can be useful for 41 together to share or exchange files (文件). And this 42 can also be used to back up (备份) your important work. However, be careful when you store your important files in “the cloud.” As they are in other places than the hard disk in your computer, 43 your passwords are strong enough to keep them safe.教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 2022宝山二模 A) complete B) confuse C) Therefore D) imagine E) In addition Dictionaries are very important tools in language learning. They help us learn the meanings of words. They also teach us how to use and spell these words. ___36___, some dictionaries give us the meanings of words in other languages. This helps us learn new languages easily. We can’t even ___37___ learning English without a dictionary. Then, when was the first English dictionary written? Robert Cawdrey, who was an English school teacher, wrote it in 1604. At that time, people borrowed words and phrases from foreign languages and added them to English. Robert was afraid that these changes would ___38___ people. To help them, he wrote his dictionary and named it A Table Alphabetical. However, it was not a very ___39___ dictionary because it only had 120 pages with 2,500 entries (词条). A) available B) examples C) different D) responsible E) smartphones Modern dictionaries are much larger with more entries. For example, the Oxford English Dictionary contains over 600,000 entries and has 20 volumes (册)! English dictionaries also come in several versions (版本) for ___40___ language learners. For instance, the Longman Children’s Picture Dictionary helps kids understand words through vivid pictures. Furthermore, the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary has been ___41___ since 2000. So we can look up plenty of new words and also listen to the pronunciations anytime and anywhere with our ___42___. Thanks to dictionaries, we can learn languages easily. They give ___43___ so we can understand how words are used in sentences. They also teach us how to pronounce words. Now, let’s think again. Can we learn English without a dictionary? 2022静安二模 A) females B) amazing C) type D) completely E) creative Dr. Chip Taylor is a university teacher in the United Stales. He studies one ___36___ of North American butterfly. Just like a migrating (迁徙) bird, this butterfly travels about 4.000 kilometres south in autumn. The ___37___ facts about the butterfly have attracted Dr. Taylor's attention. In Mexico, the butterflies always return to the same small piece of forest, which is only 20 kilometres wide. Here, about 230 million butterflies spend the winter. They can cover some trees almost ___38___. The butterflies that return to the south are the great-great grandchildren of the butterflies that left for the north. When they begin to travel north in spring, the ___39___ lay eggs. They lay eggs on only one plant: milkweed. A) protect B) confusing C) farming D) discovered E) frightening教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 But in Mexico, people cut down the trees that the butterflies need to rest on because they want more land for ___40___. In the United States and Canada, farmers use chemicals that kill milkweed. This worries Dr. Taylor a lot. Now things are improving. Mexico has begun to ___41___ parts of the forests. The United States and Canada have encouraged farmers to use fewer chemicals. Scientists still don't understand how the butterflies know when to fly south. If they are even a few days late, they will freeze. And how do all the great-great grandchildren find the same forest in Mexico every year? This is both ___42___ and interesting for many scientists. There are still many unknown facts to be ___43___ by those interested in science. Would you like to study? 2022崇明二模 A) courses B) appeared C) records D) caused E) widely Wang Yue, a seventh-grader from Jiangsu, opened a study app (应用软件) which can help students work out math problems. However, a series of game advertisements 36 suddenly which made her feel bad. In fact, that is just one of several disappointing things about study apps that are 37 used by students. Study apps aim to help students learn. For example, students can check answers for problems and take online 38 . However, with more study apps coming into the market, serious competition has 39 some apps to change. How to make good use of them has become an issue. A) copy B) polite C) solve D) once E) better Some study apps have social media features that can disturb students. Li Xieyichang, 14, from Sichuan, has noticed this. “I 40 joined a chat group to learn from others. However, hundreds of gossipy messages bombarded (轰炸) my phone,” she said. So, she quit (退出) the group chat. In addition, some students simply 41 answers from study apps. Zhang Shiyuan, 14, from Shanghai, often sees her classmates do so. But she has a 42 way to use study apps. “They show many ways to 43 one problem. I try them one by one and see how they work. Then I use the things I’ve learned to work out the problem again,” she said. 2022奉贤二模 Finally a Home hero to Cheer for A. contests B. fell C. perhaps D. races E. over教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 Are you a fan of F1 racing? If you are, then ____36____ you have always had a regret in your heart: Why is there never a home hero to cheer for? Now, finally, the long wait is ____37____ and you no longer have to feel that regret. Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu is joining the Swiss Fl team Alfa Romeo for the 2022 season. Zhou was born in Shanghai in 1999. He first hit the track (赛道) in go-karts(卡丁车) at the age of seven. The boy thoroughly ____38____ in love with motorsport (赛车运动). After only a few years of training, at the age of 10, he won all eight ____39____ of that year’s China Karting Championship (NCJ-B). A. process B. performance C. graduate D. come true E. program It took Zhou several more years to ____40____ from karting in 2015, he began his formula racing career (生涯) in F4. From there, Zhou has never stopped moving forward. For a Chinese driver, this ____41____ has been especially difficult. He has always had to go the extra mile because he is in unknown territory (领域) and nobody can tell him the best path to choose. Zhou’s ____42____ over the past three seasons has impressed many people. In 2019, the French F1 team Alpine signed (和签约) him as a development driver. Last year, it gave him the role of test driver. Now, Zhou is proud of becoming China’s first-ever full-time F1 driver. His childhood dream has finally ____43____. Chinese Fl fans now have high expectations of Zhou. The young man says he will turn all that stress into strength to become a better driver. Let’s cheer him on! 2022嘉定二模 A. explore B. information C. possible D. shortest E. necessary Some scientists believe that Mars is the planet with the highest chance of supporting human life away from Earth. Some believe that it is 3 6 for humans to reach Mars by 2030. However, there are many questions to answer and things to prepare before this can happen. Recently, scientists have sent robots to Mars to gather 37 about the planet to answer such questions. Is there life on Mars? What is the climate like? What does the land look like? What would be needed for humans to 38 Mars? Putting people on Mars will include planning how a person will live on Mars. At its 39 distance, Mars is 225 million kilometers away from Earth. So, it would take about 6 months for a one-way trip to get there. And astronauts would have to remain on Mars for over 18 months before Earth and Mars were at their closest distance again. 36. ______ 37. ______ 38. ______ 39. ______教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 A. conditions B. small C. figure out D. comfortable E. outside Therefore, scientists should 40 how much food and supplies would be needed to plan for such a long trip. For astronauts, they will need to prepare both their minds and bodies for such a long trip away from Earth. NASA set up a special research building that copied the 41 of living on Mars. A group of astronauts stayed in this research building for 366 days. During their stay, they had to deal with what they might have to deal with on Mars. For example, they had to eat bad food. They had to live with each other in very 42 space. They also had to deal with the problem of having lots of time with little or nothing to do. They could not receive help from people on the 43 for the whole time. But it is all part of the plan for preparing to put people on Mars one day. 40.______ 41. ______ 42. _______ 43. _______ 2022闵行二模 A) improving B) various C) sometimes D) local E) adding My name is Miss Jones. I am an English teacher at a ___36___ secondary school. To me, teaching is an admirable job because teachers are respected by a lot of people. I find my work rewarding because my students learn a lot from my classes and that makes me so happy. Learning English can ___37___ be challenging, so when my students find a topic difficult, I try to find ways to make the subject easier and more enjoyable. I enjoy different hobbies, and I have ___38___ interests; everything from collecting old books to mountain biking. I love to find an old book that no one else owns, which means the books are very unique and special. I also enjoy learning new skills. Every Friday evening, I take a French cooking class. I really feel my cooking skills are ___39___! I enjoy my work and life! A) online B) volunteer C) instead D) influence E) voices Pop singers earn a lot of money by giving concerts. But many do not just keep the money for themselves. Many singers use their ___40___ and their money to help others. After the Japan earthquake, several famous singers made a special album to raise money for the people in Japan. They sold the album only ___41___. Lady Gaga gave a concert tour (巡回演出) to raise money to help homeless young people. She also told her fans that they should ___42___ to help the homeless. Singers often use the internet to talk to fans. Now stars have even more ___43___教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 than before. Singing to help others is so meaningful and important. 2022徐汇二模 A. directions B. part C. signs D. easier E. active Every now and then, you may hear satellites sent into space. Why do we need so many satellites? What do they do for us? At present, there are more than 3,000 ___36___ satellites moving around the earth. Satellites have all kinds of roles, from transmitting TV signals, giving you ___37___ on the road, to helping scientists with their research. For example, the 22 satellites China sent up on February 27th are ___38___ of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. Shared bikes that use BeiDou chips can provide more accurate positioning. It will make them ___39___ to find Drowes (无人机) can also use BeiDou to fly. A. predict B. united C. disasters D. block E. distances Before we have satellites, TV signals didn’t reach very far. Mountains or tall buildings would ___40___ the signals. Phone calls to faraway places were also a problem. Setting up telephone wires over long ___41___ is difficult. With satellites, TV signals and phone calls can be sent directly to the satellite and back to different locations on Earth. Satellites can also provide information about clouds, oceans, land and ice. They help scientists ___42___ changes in weather and climate. By monitoring wildfires and volcanoes (火 山), satellites help deal with natural ___43___. Farmers can use satellite images to decide the best time to water their fields. Some satellites fly near other planets. They may look for water on Mars or take close-up pictures of Saturn's rings. 2022浦东二模 A) recent B) moving C) learning D) special E) spread New sports are invented all the time. They ___36___ quickly around and find new fans. A popular new sport in ___37___ years is “free running”. It is the sport of ___38___ through a place by running, jumping and climbing under, around and through things. Free running is not like other sports. You don’t use a ball or a bat. And you don’t have to wear ___39___ clothes. In fact, all you need is your own body and the environment where you教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 live. You can practise by yourself or with other people. A) courses B) actually C) enemies D) ability E) possibly The sport requires great skill and athletic ___40___. Free runners try to get from one place to another over whatever obstacles (障碍物) are in their way. They do this in the fastest and most efficient way. They do not use any other tool ___41___, but their body. The sport involves running, jumping, climbing, swinging, rolling and many other movements. The sport was born in France. The founder (创始人) was in the army. In the army, they had some ___42___, and soldiers had to complete them. This made them stronger and fitter. He then taught it to his son. His son started using it in the city where he lived. Slowly, more people joined and it became popular. Now it’s believed that free running will also ___43___ be a new Olympic sport for future games. Be sure you must only practise with trained people, and you must be fit. 2022长宁二模 A) as well as B) disappointed C) such as D) special E) disagree Many famous novels have been turned into movies. How did you feel about the movie adaptation (电影改编)? Often, people are __36__ by movie adaptations of their favorite books. That's because movies are often very different from the books they're based on. Some people feel that a movie should be true to the book. Others __37__ saying that movie directors should be free to make their own artistic decisions. Why would a director choose to make big changes to a story and characters? Here are some reasons. Books can be very long and complicated. Movies have to put everything into just two hours. The books in J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, for example, are each hundreds of pages long. They include many characters __38__ lots of songs, poems and relationships. Some people feel that the songs and poems are important. They make the books unique and __39__. But if the movie included all of them, it would take days to watch! A) placed B) details C) audience D) describing E) performance Many books include pages of information about what characters are thinking and feeling. But characters in movies can't spend hours explaining their thoughts. Sometimes __40__ about a character are left out because there is no easy way to show a thought or feeling on the screen. For example, at the beginning of each Harry Potter book, the author spends pages __41__ Harry's feelings about his school, his home, and the people in his life. If Harry Potter spent twenty minutes in the film explaining how he feels. Most likely, you'd be bored.教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 Some books include words and ideas that are not part of today's world. Movie makers may choose to make some changes to the old stories. For example, the play and movie West Side Story took the characters and plot of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and __42__ them in modern New York City. There are many different ways to turn books into movies. It's up to the __43__ to decide whether they feel the director made choices that work! 2022金山二模 A. all the time B. course C. crazy D. cause E. watch Hi Simon, Sorry I haven’t written till now. Since I got here, I’ve been really busy with the ___36___ and making new friends. I’m speaking English ___37___ and going out in the evenings with my classmates. Were a real mix of nationalities: Chinese, Russian, Thai, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian We all talk in English but I’m leaning loads (许多) about other languages and countries too. My host family are really nice. The parents, Susan and Paul, are very friendly and kind. The children are called Lewis and Amy. They’re both in primary school and are very sweet but they can be a bit annoying too. If I have to ___38___ the film Frozen with them one more time, I'm going to go ___39___! I know all the songs by heart now. Ahhhh! A. Photos B. traditional C. fun D. ancient E. at the moment We live pretty near the school so I walk there every day. It's only a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre, and there are loads of shops and cafes there. There’s an ___40___ castle too and we’re going there on a school trip next week. Edinburgh is a really interesting place to see and there’s a festival on ___41___. It’s awesome but a bit expensive for us students. so we’ve been hanging out in the streets, watching the free street performances from actors and musicians. Yesterday I saw a magician doing card tricks -- it was so much ___42___! I’ll send some ___43___ of Edinburgh Castle next time. Please take care and let me know how you are doing Fran 2022青浦二模 A) come up B) however C) fall off D) system E) ordered The first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang, completed a huge amount during his rule. Between 221 and 210 B.C., he started the construction of the Great Wall. He introduced a new教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 writing 36 and built a large network of roads. The emperor also 37 the construction of a huge army of life-sized terracotta soldiers (兵马俑). The soldiers in Xi’an’s terracotta museum are today light brown. They, 38 , weren’t always. They began as an army of red, blue, yellow, green, white, and purple. Sadly, most of the colours did not last to the present day. After being exposed to air during excavation (挖掘), the coating under the paint began to 39 . The paint disappeared in less time than it takes to boil an egg, taking with it important pieces of history. 36. _________ 37. __________ 38. __________ 39. ___________ A) challenge B) really C) in plastic D) painted E) disturb Now new techniques are starting to show the army’s true colours. Archeologists (考古学家) have recently discovered an area with more than a hundred soldiers. Many of these still have their 40 features, including black hair, pink faces, and black or brown eyes. Chinese and German researchers have developed a special liquid to help preserve the soldiers’ colours. After they find a soldier or other artifact (遗物), archeologists spray it with the liquid. They then cover it 41 . Archeologists are also finding colours in the dirt around the soldiers. It’s important not to 42 the dirt, so the colours won’t be lost. “We are treating the earth as an artifact,” says archeologist Rong Bo, the museum’s leading chemist. The next 43 , says Rong, is to find a way to apply the colours to the army again. Once that happens, artists can bring Emperor Qin’s army back to life in full, vivid colour. 40. ________ 41. ________ 42. ________ 43. ________ 2022黄浦二模 (A) A. disappointed B. shelter C. instruction D. adding to E. thought Is it OK to regift Christmas presents? When it comes to presents, some say it’s the ___36___ that matters. Others think it’s the thing, and when the thing is something that the receiver doesn’t want, the present is just a waste. There’s a lot of waste in the world, especially at Christmas, and it’s damaging the environment. Instead of ___37___ the problem, give the gift to someone who will love it. Books and toys can be given to a friend on their birthday or to a children’s charity, and clothes to a homeless ___38___. An unwanted gift can become a treasured item. The person, who first received the present and felt ___39___, is now joyful because it will be used and has made another person教育资源分享店铺 网址:https://shop175591889.taobao.com 微信号: kingcsa333 happy. In any case, it is often much better to give than to receive. (B) A. turned B. condition C. feelings D. manner E. response Giving gift is an ancient tradition that brings families and friends together in a generous, thoughtful ___40___. The right ___41___ to kindness is to be thankful, whether you want the thing or not. To pass a present on, as soon as the giver’s back is ___42___, is ungrateful and rude. What happens in six months if the giver asks to see the thing they considerately chose and gave you, or asks if you’re enjoying it? Regifting can land you in a web of lies as you say that your friend has borrowed it or you lost it. You might hurt the giver’s ___43___ badly. Besides, a thing is only a waste if a person doesn’t use it. So be imaginative, work out how to enjoy the gift and be thankful.