food solutions for the future, from the past. 34. What is this passage mainly about? A. The need to protect different food species. B. How to increase the number of food species. C. The fact that many food species are dying out. D. How to prevent food species from disappearing.
35. Why are some scientists worried that such a famine could happen again? A. Because people depend on certain species of food crops. B. Because the same deadly disease may attack crops again. C. Because the world’s population is larger than that in 1845. D. Because farmers grow the same potatoes as those in the past.
36. The following sentence would best be placed at the end of _______________. Meanwhile, thousands of other species are dying out. A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4 37. What can we learn from the passage? A. The disease spread very quickly and killed thousands of people in Ireland. B. Around 80 percent of the rice varieties in the Philippines have disappeared. C. People have been storing seeds to save plane varieties for less than 100 years. D. Heritage Farm is the first place in the U.S. for people to store and trade seeds.
第 II 卷（主观题 共 40 分）
四、词汇运用 （本大题共 8 小题，每小题 1 分，共 8 分）
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 38. Don’t worry. The storm won’t ________________(持续) long. 39. I’ve had a lone ______________(累人的) day. I need a good rest.
40. Please put all the books back in the right _____________(顺序) before you leave. 41. This is not the first time for the two teams to play ____________(对抗) each other. (B) 根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 42. You told me you had ______________(deal) with these letters. Why are they still here? 43. The mother said goodbye with a smile, but her eyes couldn’t hide her __________(sad). 44. Look at you! You’re breathing so __________(heavy). We’re not even halfway there yet. 45.If you don’t have a deep love for something, don’t be __________(satisfy) until you find one. 五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。（本大题共 6 小题，每小题 1 分，共 6 分）
46. It’s said that 5G network _______________(bring) into use at the end of this year in Wu Xi. 47. –Can you pour me some tea, please, Jenny?
-Are you sure? I _____________(think) you preferred coffee.
48. _____________(realize) his lifelong dream, the young man went to the Hollywood by himself, with only a few dollars in his pocket.
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Michael Jordan, a famous basketball player. 50. –How did you fall in love with my dad, Mum?
- He ______________(make) a speech when I first saw him. He was so handsome and got a very attractive voice, you know, back then.
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51. We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What ___________(matter) is the part we choose act on. That’s who we really are.
六、阅读填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。（本大题共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，共 5 分） Britons are well known for drinking tea. The average (典型的) person in the UK drinks around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That’s around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all levels of society. But tea does not grow in Britain. Most tea grows in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?
Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea could be bought from the market. However, it was only for the rich people. At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount（数量）of tea arriving in Britain increased rapidly . Black tea arrived at this time. At first this tea served exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British colour.
In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. They drank tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a still going today but has become less popular in recent times.
Title: 52 and Britain-a short history Important facts ? Drinking tea is an important part of British culture. ? The average British drinks about 1.9 kg of tea every year. ? Tea is not _____53____ in the UK, but mostly in India and China. ? British ships discovered tea in China while exploring the world and it arrived in London in the 1600s. ? Black tea arrived at the beginning of the 1970s and Britons first drank it exactly the same way as the 54 did. ? A little milk and sugar were found to be a perfect 55 for black tea and a special British drink was born. ? Britons began to have ‘afternoon tea’ in the 1800s and it has 56 a tradition since then. Big events
七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。（本大题共6小题，每小题1分，共6分） 57. 事关重大，你得三思而行。
It’s very important and _________________________________________. 58.赫本在《罗马假日》中扮演一位公主，堪称经典。
Hepburn ___________________________ a princess in Roman Holiday and it is a classic. 59. 警方报告显示该事故与天气无关。
The police report shows that the accident _________________________________the weather. 60. 写作占去了我四分之三的假期，但我乐在其中。
Writing ______________________________my holiday, but I enjoyed myself. 61. 出于安全原因，这次年终特价优惠最终被取消了。
The end-of-year _______________________________________________at last.
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62. 如果你能告诉我机器人已失控多久，那就太好了。
It would be great if you can tell me __________________________________________. 八、书面表达 (本大题共 15 分) 假设你叫李文，是无锡阳光中学(Wuxi Sunshine Middle School)的一名学生。今天暑期，你将代表你校赴瑞士参加“模拟联合国”会议并发言，此次会议的主题是A Green World。你草拟了发言流程图，请根据下图写一篇英文发言稿。
注意事项：
1. 发言稿须根据流程图自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意； 2.流程图中包括部分非限定性内容，仅供参考；
3. 词数在 90 个左右，发言稿的首尾已在答题卡上给出，不计入总数。 4.发言稿中不得使用真实的个人及学校信息。 4. 发言稿必须写在答题卡指定的位置上。
参考答案
第 Ι 卷（客观题 共 50 分） 一、单项选择 1-5: ACNAD 6-10: BDACB 11-14:ABCA 二、完形填空
15-19: CABDC 20-24: ADACB 三、阅读理解 25-27: BAC 28-30: BAC 31-33: DBC 34-37: DABA 第 II 卷（主观题 共 40 分） 四、词汇运用
38. last 39. tiring 40. order 41. against 42. dealt 43. sadness 44. heavily 45. satisfied 五、动词填空
46. will be brought 47. thought 48. To realize 49. failed 50. was making 51. matters 六、阅读填空
52. tea 53. grown 54. Chinese 55. colour 56. became 七、完成句子
57.you should think twice 58. acted as/ played a role as 59. has nothing to do with
60. took up three fourths / quarters of
61. special offer canceled because of safety 62.how long the robot had been out of control 八、书面表达（略）
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2024年江苏省无锡市中考英语试题(含答案)
