2022年江苏省扬州市广陵区中考二模英语试题
学校:___________姓名:___________班级:___________考号:___________
一、单项选择
1.— Excuse me, where can I find ________ photo that won the first prize?
— Follow me. I’ll show it to you.
A.a    B.an    C.the    D./
2.—As Laozi’s book says, a thousand-mile journey begins with the first ________.
—Yes, let’s get started now!
A.try    B.day    C.step    D.foot
3.Please read the article _______a low voice, then answer the questions below it.
A.by    B.in    C.on    D.with
4.Believe in yourself. No matter where you are, you will have ________ to fear.
A.nothing    B.something    C.anything    D.everything
5.________ taking exercise is important, you’d better not exercise too close to bedtime.
A.Though    B.As    C.If    D.Unless
6.My mom _________ me to take good care of myself again and again because it was my first time to travel alone.
A.reminded    B.reported    C.respected    D.remained
7.—A new film is on these days. __________ go to the cinema to enjoy it?
—Good idea.
A.Why not    B.Let’s    C.What about    D.Why don’t
8.Nowadays, the citizens ________ to divide the waste from daily life into four different gr
oups.
A.required    B.are required    C.require    D.are requiring
9.My father is fond of DIY. Look, he is trying to ________ a shower in the bathroom now.
A.put out    B.put through    C.put away    D.put in
10.—Did you enjoy the military training last week?
—Yes! Though I was ________ dead after so much hard training.
A.so good as    B.as well as    C.as good as    D.so well as
11.He is such a great man that we ________ praise him too much.
A.needn’t    B.mustn’t    C.shouldn’t    D.can’t
12.— Are you going to the Science Museum tomorrow morning?
— Yes, I am. ________ I ________ my brother is going there.
A.Not only; but also    B.Neither; nor    C.Both; and    D.Either; or
13.— Did Lisa leave a message? 
—Yes. She wanted to know________ this Sunday.
A.who you would go shopping    B.if you would go shopping with her
C.that you will go shopping    D.when will you go shopping with her
14.—Have you heard that Gu Ailing claimed the historic gold in the women’s freestyle skiing of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games?
—It’s not surprising. ________. She has worked hard at it these years.
A.Every dog has its day    B.Actions speak louder than words
C.No pain, no gain    D.Many hands make light work
15.—I think the drama series A Lifelong Journey (《人世间》) is worth watching.
—________. We can see great changes over the fifty years from the drama series.
A.That’s all right    B.Believe it or not    C.That’s a good idea    D.I can’t agree more
二、完形填空
Have you ever eaten a dandelion (蒲公英)? Me neither. Have you ever blown it to make a wish? Me, ____16____.
“Time to go, Athena. Dad and Grandma are waiting,” Mum open the car door and I entered with a ____17____. My hometown is in Greece (希腊), where dandelions are ____18____ on the menu. But I didn’t eat dandelions. Why did I have to ____19____ them with my family every spring?
Then I said goodbye to my ____20____ friend Brigid, whose family had recently moved in our neighborhood in New York. I was ____21____ Brigid didn’t ask where we were going. People in America cut off dandelions from their lawns. No one wanted them. I always worried that ____22____ would notice us picking dandelions. What would the new neighbo
rs think if they found out our family ate weeds?
We ____23____ west until the houses stopped. Then we stopped.
We walked through a wild field. Hundreds of lively yellow flowers decorated the soft earth. Grandma went over to cut dandelions and put them in her bag. But I just hid in the book. “____24____ do we eat dandelions?” I asked. “The best food in the world,” Dad answered, shaking a handful of greens. _____25_____ we were ready to leave, we had enough dandelions. On the way home, Mum and Grandma talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our _____26_____ food.
“What about spaghetti and meatballs?” I asked.
“That’s Italian,” Grandma said. “We’re Greek.”
s.b.polo“Fried rice?” I asked.
“Chinese,” she said.
The night of the party, Brigid arrived with her parents. Mum served _____27_____ different Greek foods. Our guests ate everything. Finally came the dandelions, “Wait!” I said to Brigid. But it was too _____28_____. “You ate the dandelion!” I told her. We both laughed, and she ate _____29_____ bite. “Not bad,” she said.
Mum was smiling at us. After dinner, Brigid and I went to the backyard and lay on the grass. The stars reminded me of dandelions in the soft field. I closed my eyes and made a _____30_____: to be as open-minded as my family and my new friend.
16.A.anyway    B.still    C.too    D.neither
17.A.bag    B.book    C.menu    D.flower
18.A.ever    B.never    C.always    D.hardly
19.A.pick    B.plant    C.watch    D.water