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1、2021-2021学年第中考试英语试题命题人：赵晋亮 审题人：郭治平【本试卷总分值150分，考试时间120分钟】第一卷（选择题共100分）第一局部听力（共两节,总分值20分）第一节（共5小题；每题1分，总分值5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最正 确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和 阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What did the woman buy for her father?A. A watch. B. A tie. C. A coat.2. Where will the man
2、go for his holiday?A. Suzhou.B. Shanghai.C. Beijing.3. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. The mans last job.B. Their favorite jobs.C. The womans new job.4. When will the man set off for the airport?A. At 1: 30 p.m. B. At 2: 00 p.m.C. At 2: 30 p. m.5. What does the woman mean?A. Linda
3、is very nice.B. She needs more friends.C. They should accept the invitation.第二节（共15小题；每题1分，总分值15分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选 项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个 小题，每题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，答复第6、7题。6. What should the man do after getting to thebridge?A. Turn right
4、 before crossing it. B. Cross it and turn right.C. Cross it and turn left.7. Whafs the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Neighbors.B. Classmates.C. Srangers.听第7段材料，答复第8至10题。8. How did the woman learn French?A. By learning it at college.B. By learning it by herself.C. By learning it
5、from Mr. Brown.9. What language did the woman learn for twomonths?A. French.B. German. C. Spanish.10. What does the man think of German?A. Hard.B. Popular. C. Simple.听第8段材料，答复第11至13题。11. Whafs wrong with the womans bikeA. Its completely out of control.B. It doesnt run very well.C. It has caused an a
6、ccident.12. How does the man help the woman?A. By fixing her bike.B. By calling his uncle.C. By lending her his bike.13. Where does the conversation take place most probably?A. At a factory.B. At aschool.C. At a repair shop.听第9段材料，答复第14至17题。14. Which country is the man from?A. England.B. Canada.C. A
7、merica.15. What does the man find it hard to get used to?A. The weather. B. The citys sights. C. The food.16. Whafs the mans condition in class now?A. Listening quietly.B. Asking questions actively.C. Joining in group discussions.17. Why does the man chat with his neighbors inhis free time?A. To kil
8、l the time.B. To practice his Chinese.C. To get to know more about them.听第10段材料，答复第18至20题。18. What did Lisa do in order to lose weight?A. She worked out at the gym. B. She ran in the morning.C. She ate small meals.19. How much weight did Ashley lose?A. 60 pounds.B. 149 pound. C. 151 pounds.20. Why d
9、id Ashley keep a blog?A. To share her stories.B. To record her weight loss.C. To write down weight-loss ways.第二局部阅读理解（共两节，总分值50分）第一节（共15小题，每题2.5分，总分值375分）阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最正确选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity ChallengeDare to Take the Curiosity ChallengeThe Cambri
10、dge Science Festival （CSF）is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 tocreate an artwork or a piece of writing that shows theircuriosity and how it inspires them toexplore their world.Students are b
11、eing dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artworks or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.Studen
12、ts who enter the Curiosity Challenge and arc selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be give
13、n. Families of those who take part will be included in celebration and brunch will be served.Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closingceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available a
14、t: /cambridgesciencefestivciLorg.21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?A. School students. B. Cambridge locals.C. CSF winners.D. MIT artists.22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On February 8th.B. On March 10th.C. On March 15th. D. On April 21stWhat type of writing is this t
15、ext?A. An exhibition guide.B. An art show review.C. An announcement.D. An official report.BMy name is Deirdre Veneracion and I am a paraglider（滑羊羽伞）pilot. Ive been paragliding since I was 11.My dad and I arrive at our local fly site on a June morning. We meet our instructor and spend the first 20 mi
16、nutes watching the wind cycles. I go through my pre-flight steps and turn on my radio. At last, I take a step and feel the ground under me fall away. I feel the pressure of my weight on the canopy（伞衣）.After 15 minutes of playing with the wind, my father radios me from the place where he is about to
17、take off.How is the wind? Perfect! I say. Dad takes off behind me.I have done almost 100 flights and yet every flight amazes me just as much or even more than my first flight. I love the unpredictability of each flight. Every flight is different. After 15 minutes, I decide to land.Now, Tm over a ric
18、e field. It is a much smaller landing than most landing zones but its possible. Out of nowhere, I feel my canopy becomes unstable. It loses pressure and falls directly in front of me. I am falling. I have butterflies in my stomach. I pull my brake line, in the hope that my wing will get pressure aga
19、in but it doesnt I look towards my dad and see that he is also in trouble. It9s as if we were inside a washing machine being thrown up and down. I wont make it to the landing zone in front of me. On my right is a narrow stream with hardly any water in it. I make my decision: The narrow stream is my
20、best chance of landing safely.As I touch down, I check on my dad and am glad to hear that he is fine. Local villagers come to check on me but, surprisingly, I am uninjured.This is one of those times when we are reminded that no preparation can prevent Mother Nature from surprising us.23. What does t
21、he author do before taking off?A. She has a talk with her father.B. She watches the weather.C. She turns off the radio.D. She gives instructions.24. What is the attraction of paragliding in the authors eyes?A. The pleasant wind.B. The success of each flight.C. The excitement of landing.D. The uncert
22、ainty of each flight.25. What kind of feeling does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably show?A. Nervousness B. Happiness C. Anger D. LuckWhat happens in the process of the authors landing?A. She hurts herself.B. She asks her dad for help.C. She sees a washing machine below. D. She changes
23、 her mind about the landing site.cA large-scale study has found a link between eating a diet based on organic foodand having a reduced risk of cancer. If the new results are confirmed, promoting organic food consumption could be a promising preventative strategy against the disease, a team of French
24、 researchers said.Meanwhile, pushed by environmental and health concerns, the organic food market continues to grow rapidly. Organic food is produced without the use of man-made chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides （杀虫剂）.“There are good reasons fbr the organic trend/7 said Julia Baudry, lead au
25、thor of the study in France. There are growing concerns about exposure to different types of pesticides from farming. Organic food is less likely to contain pesticide remains than conventional（常规的）food, and studies have shown that an organic diet reduces exposure to certain pesticide/For the study,
26、a team of researchers examined data on the organic food consumption frequency and dietary intake of 68, 946 French adults collected by an ongoing survey which began in 2021. Participants reported how often（never, occasionally or most of the time）they consumed 16 types of organic foods including frui
27、ts, vegetables, dairy products, meat and fish, eggs, grains and so on.“Over the course of the study, the researchers observed a significantreduction in the risk of cancer among those participants who were high consumers of organic food/ Baudry said. “In total, the participants developed a total of 1
28、, 340 cancers. However, those individuals who ate the most organic food had a 25% reduced risk of developing cancer compared to consumers with a low organic food consumption frequency.，zDespite these results, the authors note that the study contains several limitations, which means, at present, no c
29、onclusions can be drawn which definitively link eating organic food to having a reduced risk of developing cancer.26. What is the finding of the French researchers9 study?A. Consuming organic food can help cure cancer.B. Eating organic food is linked to lower cancer risk.C. Organic food consumption
30、may help people stay in shape.D. Organic food is an extremely important source of various nutrients.27. Whats one reason for organic food becoming popular?A. People care about the environment and their health.B. Organic food is produced in a clean environment.C. More and more people can now afford o
31、rganic food.D. Organic food is easier to grow.28. What does the underlined part the organic trendprobably refer to?A. Better quality of organic food.B. Losing interest in organic food.C. Higher prices of organic food.D. The rapidly growing market of organic food.29. What can we know about the French
32、 researchers Purvey from the passage?A. It was only carried out in 2021.B. Nearly 69,000 people took part in it.C. 25% of the participants were cancer patients.D. The participants only consumed organic foods.The discussion on renewable energy has been going on for at least a decade and people have r
33、elied on FossilFuels almost entirely for more than a century. However, the situation where fossil fuels were the most efficient and the cheapest source of energy has been left far in the past. Many countries such as Germany and Sweden have already made significant efforts to fix this situation, empl
34、oying many power plants working on the renewable resources of energy. The most effective among these resources is geothermal （地热的）energy.Geothermal energy does not depend on the worlds economic and political situation as strongly as fossil fuels do. Besides, extracting（提炼）fossil fuels adds to the pr
35、ice of energy produced from them. Therefore, geothermal energy is much cheaper than traditional ones, saving up to 80% of the costs over fossil fuels.Being a renewable resource, geothermal energy produces less waste and pollution than traditional energy sources. In geothermal systems, carbon dioxide
36、 makes up about 10% of air produced. Overall, in order to produce the electricity that can be used for one hour, the geothermal systems produce 0.1 poundof carbon dioxide and other harmful gases. For a comparison, a power plant producing from gas produces up to 2 pounds of carbon dioxide into the at
37、mosphere, and those power plants that work on coal produce an astonishing 3.6 pounds of greenhouse gases.Low costs is another reason why using geothermal power plants should be the first choice for many countries. Geothermal heat systems require 25% to 50% less energy for work compared with the trad
38、itional systems for heating or cooling. Besides, geothermal equipment is smaller: due to the very nature of geothermal energy, geothermal power plants have only a few moving parts, all of which can be easily sheltered inside arelatively small building. Whafs more, the life span of geothermal equipme
39、nt is rather long. All these make geothermal power stations easy to build and keep.30. Fossil fuels are more expensive than geothermal energy partly because.A. the production of fossil fuels costs a lotB. fossil fuels are nearly used upC.it is free to use geothermal energyD. geothermal energy doesnt
40、 depend on political situationAccording to Paragraph 3, what can be concluded from the comparison?A. Coal is much more efficient than gas.B. Gas and coal are often used to produce electricity.C. Geothermal energy is environmentally friendly.D. The geothermal systems dont produce harmful gases.31. Ge
41、othermal equipment is usually not as big as that of traditional energy becauseof.A. the life span of geothermal equipmentB. the nature of geothermal energyC. the small buildingsD. geothermal power plantsWhat is the main idea of this passage?A. Geothermal energy has many advantages.B. Geothermal ener
42、gy is well accepted.C. Fossil fuels are being run out of.D. Many countries have benefited from geothermal energy.第二节（共5小题；每题2.5分，总分值12.5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正确选项。选项中有两项为多 余选项。A new app helps blind people know the world around themOne of the best uses of technology is to make life easier. 36.Th
43、e product, an app called Seeing AI, is currently available for free for Apples iPhone and iPad. “AI” is short for artificial intelligence, a term for computers with an ability to think and learn like human beings. 37,The app then announces what the camera sees so users will know what is in front of
44、them.People can also use Seeing AI to learn words in English. With the app, you can point your iPhone or iPad at any object and Seeing AI will say what the object is. With Seeing AI, users can hear a description of not just objects, but other people. 38,People can use the app when going shopping. It
45、 can read product bar codes（条形码）so users will know whether a can is filled with fruit or dog food, Microsoft says Seeing AI will soon be able to identify banknotes so people know whether they are holding a bill that is worth $100 or $1. 39. The app can identify what is in the image, as if it were ri
46、ght in front of you. People can even use the app to readsigns and get directions, although Microsoft warns against using it for navigation（导 航）purposes.40.For example, that someone is smiling does not necessarily mean he or she is happy. The app recognizes text, but not handwriting yet. That feature
47、 may be available in the future.The app is currently available in Canada, Hong Kongjndia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States.A. Seeing AI can also identify images.B. It can even tell you about their emotions.C. The app can identify more than one person in a photograph.D. Seeing AI is a new
48、 app and will not be 100% correct all the time.E. Seeing AI uses both a camera and artificial intelligence to identify places, objects and people.F. With this intelligent app, just hold up your phone and hear information about the world around you.G. A new product from Microsoft Corporation can just do that for people who have trouble seeing. 第三局部 英语知识应用（共两节，总分值55分） 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的 最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Survival in the AndesOn October 13, 1972, a small plane flying to Chile accidentally crashed into