2024年初中毕业生学业考试适应性练习（二）
英语试题卷（2024.5）
考生须知：
1. 本试题卷分卷I（选择题）和卷IⅡ（非选择题）两部分。请考生使用规定用笔，将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。做在试题卷上无效。
2. 全卷共8页，6大题。满分为90分。考试时间为100分钟。 温馨提示：答题前请仔细阅读答题纸上的“注意事项”。
卷I
注意：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
一、完形填空（本题有15小题；每小题1分；共计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Ernestine Shepherd recently celebrated her 80th birthday. The woman works out every day. But this was not always the case, she says. \ 1 , I did not think too much about eating 2 or exercising, but as time went on, my mind changed completely.\
One day, she went out 3 with her sister. Shepherd tried on a swimsuit. Both women realized they were 4 shape. They decided to take a fitness class to 5 and get in shape. So at age 56, alongside her sister, Sheperd started to 6 . \become a bodybuilder.\
In 1992, Shepherd's sister died suddenly of a brain disease. \ 7 good health even more. Finally I got myself together, I 8 training to honor（对……表示敬意）my sister's memory.\
Ernestine started working out three times a week. Later, Ernestine got 9 from a personal trainer. \ 10 show.\the age of 79, she broke the Guinness World Record 11 the world's oldest female bodybuilder.
Now, Shepherd keeps a balanced 12 and drinks lots of water. She says her lifestyle changes her health conditions. She 13 competes in bodybuilding events. This year she bacame an author. Her book 14 in April. Shepherd says she wants to let people especially
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older people, know that it is not too 15 to get healthy. \-aging pill, you would have to call it exercise.\
1. A. poorer B. shorter C. smarter D. younger 2. A. easily B. correctly C. similarly D. traditionally 3. A. shopping B. skating C. picnicing D. sightseeing 4. A. under B. below C. out of D. away from 5. A. wake up B. hold on C. go over D. lose weight 6. A. wait B. count C. exercise D. compare 7. A. miss B. discuss C. influence D. treasure 8. A. stopped B. continued C. described D. controlled 9. A. truth B. wealth C. support D. pleasure 10. A. flower B. fashion C. talking D. bodybuilding 11. A. as B. to C. for D. like 12. A. view B. diet C. program D. business 13. A. still B. simply C. hardly D. generally 14. A. paid for B. found out C. took place D. came out 15. A. late B. young C. strong D. popular 二、阅读理解（本题有15小题；每小题2分；共计30分）
阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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Set the screen 45 to 80 cm from your Do eye exercises. eyes. Try to reduce reflections（反光）. Step 1: Slowly move eyes up and down. Step 2: Do Step 1 three times. A. Try not to place a screen below a Step 3: Slowly move eyes to the left and then to the light. B. Control natural light from windows. C.____________
Take breaks. right. Step 4: Do Step 3 three times. 2
A. Follow the 20/20/20 rule when taking a break: After 20 minutes of computer use, look at something 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. B. Take more breaks after looking at the screen for a long time. You should take at least one 15-minute break after 2 hours of computer use. 16. What could be a suggestion for \ A. Use a dark computer screen. B. Put a bright light behind your back. C. Try to work in a dark room if you can. D. Never place your screen in front of a window. 17. Which of the following is a way to protect your eyes?
A. After 20 minutes of computer use, close your eyes for 20 seconds. B. Take a 5-minute break after looking at your screen for two hours C. After 20 minutes of computer use, look at something 10 feet away D. Take a 20-minute break after looking at your screen for two hours 18. What is the writer's purpose in writing this passage? A. To ask us to set our screen correctly B. To tell us how long we should have a break. C. To introduce ways about how to protect our eyes D. To remind us of doing eye exercises as often as possible
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Attention, everybody! You need to focus! And, in fact, it shouldn't be difficult.
Some people say the average person's attention span（持续时间）has declined to eight seconds—shorter than that of the goldfish. This, however, is not supported by science. Our ability to focus is actually very complex. It can't just be measured using time. And scientists say the ability of healthy people to pay attention hasn't become weaker. \changed,\
However, it has been widely reported that our attention span has declined.
The claim is said to come from a report by Microsoft. In 2015, the American company published a 52-page report. It said the average human attention span had dropped from twelve to
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2024年浙江省嘉兴市南湖区中考二模英语试题(附答案)
