广州市第二中学2022学年第二学期初三二模考试英语试卷（满分90分）出卷人：本部初三备课组 审卷人：初三备课组一、语法选择（共15小题；每
小题1分，满分15分）Kids are kids, no matter where they live. On fine spri
ng days, you find them outside looking for games to play. It''s th
e nature of being young. 1the game of marbles (弹珠) for example.
From villages in deepest Africa to towns along the China Sea, yo
ungsters have been playing a version of this traditional game for
2 years. There are many reasons 3 make the game of m
arbles so popular. It''s easy to play and requires no equipment. B
oth the rich and the poor have 4 equal chance of winning.
5 you have at least one marble, you can get into a game. Per
haps most important of all, the rules are flexible. It means 6
the rules can be changed by the players. That''s why there are
no written rules for marbles. You and your friends 7 get a
game going and, as long as you all agree, those are the rules fo
r the game in your neighbourhood. However, the goal is always the
same. Players put their marbles on the ground. They try to win t
heir opponents'' marbles by hitting the marbles or by knocking the
m out of a circle. 8 the end of a game, one player goes hom
e with a bag full of marbles. 9 go home with bags that are
far 10 than when they arrived. The first marbles were small
round stones. Later, clay marbles 11 . Even later, marbles
started being made from glass. The prettiest glass marbles are a
lways the most valuable. Marble players often trade marbles, tryi
ng to get the most colourful and beautiful ones for 12 . Tod
ay, there is an International Marble Championship. 13 as an
y youngster knows, the best game of marbles 14 in the schoo
lyard. The days are warm, the marbles roll 15 , and friends
gather around to see who will have the best luck that day. 1. A.
TakeB. To takeC. TakingD. Took2. A. two thousandsB. thousand ofC.
thousands of D. two thousand of3. A. whichB. whyC. howD. what4.
A. aB. anC. theD. /5. A. WhileB. UnlessC. IfD. Since6. A. whatB.
whyC. whichD. that7. A. shouldB. canC. mustD. need8. A. InB. OnC.
ByD. At9. A. AnotherB. The otherC. OtherD. The others10. A. ligh
tB. more lightC. lighterD. lightest11. A. are appearedB. have app
earedC. were appearedD. appeared12. A. themB. theyC. themselvesD.
their13. A. ButB. AndC. OrD. So14. A. are playedB. playC. has pl
ayedD. is played15. A. more easilyB. easyC. easilyD. most easily二
、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）There was a businessman who was deep in d
ebt (债务) and could see no way out. He sat on a park bench, head i
n his hands.Suddenly, an old man stood before him. “I can see tha
t something is 16 you,” he said. After listening to the business
man''s story, the old man wrote out a 17 , and put it in his hand
, saying, “Take it and pay me back here exactly one year from tod
ay.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. Th
e businessman saw in his hand a check for $500, 000, signed by Jo
hn D. Rockefeller, one of the richest men in the world!“I can 18
my debts in a second!” he realized. But 19 , the businessman
decided to put the check in his safe. Just knowing it was there m
ight give him the 20 to save his business, he thought. He went
back and worked hard to make his business 21 . Within several mo
nths, he was out of debt and making money once again. Exactly one
year later, he returned to the park with the check. At the agree
d-upon time, he saw the old man come with a nurse. The nurse spok
e to the businessman and said that the old man was 22 ill and w
as always telling people that he was John D. Rockefeller. The bus
inessman was 23 to hear this. All year long he''d been buying an
d selling, believing that he had half a million dollars behind hi
m. Suddenly, he 24 that it wasn''t the money, real or imagined,
that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confide
nce that had helped him 25 anything he went after. 16. A. surpr
isingB. beatingC. troublingD. attacking17. A. noteB. ticketC. bil
lD. check18. A. take offB. clean upC. cut downD. pay off19. A. do
ubtfullyB. insteadC. unluckilyD. meanwhile20. A. excuseB. chanceC
. powerD. imagination21. A. successfulB. unusualC. personalD. ind
ependent22. A. finallyB. mentallyC. possiblyD. physically23. A. s
hockedB. worriedC. sadD. moved24. A. believedB. heardC. realizedD
. noticed25. A. achieveB. captureC. completeD. follow三、阅读（共两节，满分3
5分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡
上将该项涂黑。(A)There was a young prince who had a pet lion. The lion w
as his friend, but unfortunately, the lion was never let out of h
is cage. This made the lion feel sad because he thought that if h
e was considered a friend, then why was he not allowed out of the
cage? Next to the lion''s cage was a hyena. He hated the lion. On
e day, the hyena said to the lion, “if you are the friend of the
prince, why does he keep you in a cage?”The prince was about to a
nswer, when the hyena cut him off and said, “The reason, Lion, is
because of your big teeth.” The prince laughed at this and said,
“No, it''s not because of his teeth!”“Then it''s because of your c
laws. They could kill the prince with one swipe!” the hyena said
to the lion. The prince laughed again, “No, it''s not because of h
is claws. I trust the lion will not hurt me. The reason he''s in t
he cage is because I''m afraid that if I were to let him out, he''d
see how wonderful it is to be free, and he would leave me. I cou
ldn''t stand that.”The hyena said, “Oh, but you''re wrong, young pr
ince! We love our cages. We''d never leave. Open my cage and I''ll
show you.” The innocent young prince opened the cage and the hyen
a immediately jumped on the prince to eat him. Suddenly, the lion
jumped out of his cage and grabbed the hyena in his powerful cla
ws. The hyena escaped and ran off, never to be seen again. The yo
ung prince was surprised and asked, “Lion, how did you get out?”
The lion replied, “My prince, my cage was never locked. I have al
ways stayed here because we are friends.”From that day on, the li
on''s cage door was taken off. 26. Why didn''t the prince let the l
ion out of his cage?A. He didn''t really like the lion. B. He was
afraid of being attacked by the lion. C. He was worried that the
lion might run off. D. The lion always tried to escape from his c
age. 27. What did we know about the hyena?A. He jumped on the pri
nce and ate him. B. He broke the cage and escaped. C. He was kill
ed by the lion. D. He ran away at last. 28. What lesson did the p
rince probably learn that day?A. A friendship without trust is no
t a real friendship. B. A life without a friend is one without th
e sun. C. Keep a certain distance between friends. D. A friend is
easier lost than found. 29. What is the best title of this passa
ge?A. Lion—the Best PetB. A Silly PrinceC. The Lion and the Princ
eD. A Dangerous Hyena(B)Learning to play a musical instrument can
be a bit tricky. For one thing, you have to have an instrument f
irst in order to learn it. It can be a bit expensive. Besides, wh
at if you find out that you don''t really like the instrument afte
r you start learning it?Meng Qi, a 35-year-old Beijinger, is an e
lectronic musician. He wasn''t satisfied with the instruments that
he saw on the market. His interest in musical experiments led hi
m to design and build his own electronic instruments. His most we
ll-known instrument is perhaps the Wing Pinger. It uses melody an
d noise to create special sounds that can''t be made with regular
instruments. “I build for myself first, mostly for experimenting
with an instrumental idea. Then when I get bored with the instrum
ent, I might sell it,” he said. He added that his creations are n
ot just musical instruments, but also represent his way of life a
nd his idea of beauty. Meng starts building his instruments on a
computer. He uses Arduino, a software for electronic prototyping
(原型设计), to design his creations. They look very different from re
gular musical instruments. They''re made out of electronic parts t
hat are connected together—kind of like how a computer is built.
“First it can be a prototype in software, testing out ideas, as w
ell as getting to know the range of the sound. Then it can be tes
ting of the technical stuff, like the circuits to use. After that
there will be selection of electronic parts till everything feel
s right. Then production can begin,” he said. However, it takes m
ore than technical knowledge to design an electronic instrument.
Meng''s experience as a musician allows him to create instruments
that are still playable and musical. “Playing a lot of instrument
s can help you both understand and feel the process of playing mu
sic,” he said. 30. What does the underlined word tricky in the fi
rst paragraph probably mean?A. too expensive to affordB. difficul
t to deal withC. too heavy to carry withD. impossible to learn31.
Why does Meng build his own instruments?A. Because regular instr
uments are too expensive. B. Because he wants to make something h
e could sell. C. Because he wants to do experiments with his musi
cal ideas. D. Because he wants to learn how to play a musical ins
trument. 32. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?A. Tec
hnical knowledge is necessary in his designing. B. Being a musici
an is helpful to his inventions. C. It is important to play a mus
ical instrument. D. How difficult it is to make a musical instrum
ent. 33. Which is the correct order of the following according to
the passage?a. Test the circuits in software. b. Use Arduino to
design a prototype. c. Select the proper electronic parts. d. The
musical instrument is made. e. Get to know the range of the soun
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ks, Trisolarans, a type of alien, can dehydrate (脱水) their bodies
. They can then ride out terrible environments and come back to l
ife again hundreds of years later. Is it possible that humans cou
ld be like that as well?Scientists have now made a new discovery
by studying water bears. These microscopic organisms can live wit
hout water for decades, according to University of Tokyo biologis
t Takekazu Kunieda. When water bears find themselves somewhere wi
thout water, they go into a form called a tun. In this form, ther
e are no signs of life, and they can survive pretty much anything
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bears just sleep it off and wake up once it''s safe again, said Sc
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e without water? Scientists may be onto the answer now. “It’s tho
ught that as water leaves a cell (细胞), some kind of protein must
help the cell keep its strength to avoid breaking apart,” said Ku
nieda. Now scientists have found proteins special to water bears.
The proteins protect their cells against dehydration. Scientists
also put those proteins into human cells. They found these prote
ins can strengthen the human cell so that it won''t become smaller
in size when losing water, said Science Alert. With experiments
using human cells showing successful results, Trisolarans might o
ne day come to be a reality. 37. What can Trisolarans do in the T
hree-Body Problem books?A. They can live in water for hundreds of
years. B. They can protect themselves from dehydration. C. They
can help other dead things come back to life. D. They can dehydra
te themselves and live in bad environments. 38. When there is no
water, which of the following about water bears is TRUE?A. They g
ive up living. B. They become a tun. C. They go to live near volc
anic fire. D. They find a dark space to sleep in. 39. What is the
key for water bears to live without water?A. Their special cells
. B. Their way of dehydrating. C. The strength of their bodies. D
. A kind of protein in their bodies. 40. What is the passage main
ly about?A. How humans can live underwater. B. What water bears c
an do for humans. C. A scientific finding on water bears. D. The
story of the Three-Body Problem books. 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）阅
读短文及文后A～E选项，选出可以填入41～45各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。If you walk through
a park in the morning or in the evening, you might see a lot of
people doing these slow and beautiful movements—Carry the tiger o
ver the mountain and White crane spreads its wings. 41Taichi is
an ancient martial art. It is a common kind of exercise in China.
More than 100 million people in over 150 countries practise Taic
hi at present. Recently UNESCO has added Taichi to its Intangible
Cultural Heritage List (非物质文化遗产名录). 42 “This will make Taichi
more popular around the world. 43 ” said Chen Bin. He is a Tai
chi master from the village of Chenjiagou, Henan Province. This v
illage is the birthplace of Chen-style Taichi. 44 It can make u
s walk and move more freely, and it can also make us stronger. Du
ring slow movements, we can focus on our hands and feet. We can c
ontrol them better. Slow movements also help us to take deep and
long breaths. Taichi also focuses on the balance between yin and
yang. It shows how the ancient Chinese people saw the world. The
world is full of yin and yang: dark and light, soft and hard, fem
ale and male. But they don''t go against each other completely. As
we see in the picture, a white spot is in the black area and a b
lack spot is in the white area. After a dark night, the sun will
rise. 45 Everything keeps changing—that is how we should see th
e world. Taichi carries traditional Chinese philosophy, such as b
eing in harmony with nature and using softness to beat hardness.
It has become a symbol of Chinese culture. A. Hopefully, more peo
ple will become healthier by practising it. B. Leaves fall in aut
umn but grow in spring. C. In fact, they are doing Taichi. D. It
is true that Taichi is good for our health. E. Many Taichi fans w
ere happy to hear of it. 四、写作（共三节，满分30分）第一节 语篇填词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确的形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整的单词。The world''
s famous palace, the 600-year-old Forbidden City, receives more t
han 17 million v 46 every year. But if we were to travel back to
the past, this huge palace would be a total mystery to us. At th
at time, all buildings in Beijing were low except the Forbidden C
ity. It was guarded by high walls. After getting a look at the go
lden roof from the outside, common people could only imagine what
it looked like inside. The Forbidden City which is in the heart
of Beijing is one of the l 47 palaces on Earth. It c 48 more tha
n 720, 000 square metres and has 1, 050 buildings and more than 8
, 700 rooms. It was b 49 by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynas
ty. After that, it served as the living and working place for fou
rteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty and ten emperors of the Qing D
ynasty u 50 the last emperor Pu Yi left in 1924. The palace saw
the highs and lows of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as how
Qing Dynasty finally came to an end in China. 第二节 完成句子（共20空；每空0.
5分，满分10分）根据所给汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词）51.上周，一位著名足球运动员给我们上了一节特别的体育课。
A special PE lesson ____________ ____________ ____________ ______
______by a famous football player last week. 52.他教我们如何才能踢好足球。He t
aught us ____________ ____________ ____________football well. 53.
除此以外，他跟我们分享了他的经历。Besides, he ____________ ____________ __________
__ ____________us. 54.我们很感兴趣以致于听得很认真。We were ____________interest
ed in it ____________we all listened very carefully. 55.我们了解到要做好一
件事，多练习十分重要。We learned that ____________ ____________very ________
____us to practice more if we wanted to do something well. 56.多么精
彩的一节课啊！____________ ____________the class was!第三节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分）
6月5日是环境保护日，为了让同学们意识到保护环境的重要性，学校将组织一场关于环保的英语演讲比赛，请你以“How to be a g
reen student”为题写一篇演讲稿。请介绍以下思维导图的内容，并就图中的四个方面分别补充建议，倡导同学们从日常生活的细节做
起，一起来保护环境。注意：1.字数：100词左右（短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。2.不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。Ladies and gentlemen, I''m glad to have the opportunity to give a speech about how to be a green student. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thanks for listening!参考答案一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1~5 ACABC6~10 DBDDC11~15 DCADC二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）16~20 CDDBC21~25 ABACA三、阅读（共两节，满分35分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）26~29 CDAC30~33 BCBB34~36 BCA37~40 DBDC第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）41~45 CEADB四、写作（共三节，满分30分）第一节 语篇填词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）46. visitors; 47. largest; 48. contains; 49. built; 50. until第二节 完成句子（共20空；每空0. 5分，满分10分）51. was given to us; 52. how we can play; 53. shared his experience with54. so that; 55. it is important for; 56. How wonderful第三节 书面表达（满分15分）略 |
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