2020年常德市初中学业水平考试
英语模拟卷（五）
（满分：100分 时间：90分钟）
第I卷
第一部分 阅读技能（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题 或完成句子。
A
In 2012, Li Tao's mother was badly ill. He was worried because he needed lots of money. So he sent a message for help on his WeChat. He promised he would return all months. Two years later his mother died. After he finished his college,he worked hard and saved all his money. He wanted to return all the money as soon as possible.
Last week, Miss Zhou received a call. On the phone,a man said he wanted to give some money back to Miss Zhou. Miss Zhou didn't believe what she heard at first. But five minutes later,she got a message from the bank. The message told her that she got some money. The man was Li Tao,the college student she ever helped 5 years ago! A reporter knew about it,and he wrote an article on the Internet. Soon,more and more people knew about Li Tao. They thought Li Tao did what he should do.
（ ）1. What happened to Li Tao in 2014? A. His mother was ill. B. His mother was saved. C.His mother died. （ ）2. Who wrote the article on the Internet?
A. Li Tao. B. Miss Zhou. C. A reporter.
（ ）3. How did Li Tao raise money for his sick mother?
A. He borrowed some money from the bank. B. He sent a message for help on his WeChat. C. He borrowed some money from his relatives.
B
Sam's history teacher was asking him some questions. However,none of his answers was correct. So the teacher began to ask him some very simple questions,hoping that he could give at least one correct answer.
＂Sam,what is Waterloo?
＂Waterloo? \
The teacher shook her head. \easy question. Who was George Washington? \
＂Well, \swer came quickly, \ The teacher was a little angry,but she didn't give up. She thought and thought,and then she came up with the easiest question, \
＂Sorry, I don't know, \
The teacher lost her temper. She shouted, \
Sam looked around and sat down.
＂Stand up! \
Sam stood up. He looked puzzled. \next student. \
（ ）4. What did Sam think\
A. A place. B. A person. C. A washing machine.
（ ）5. How many questions did the history teacher ask Sam?
A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.
（ ）6. From the passage,we know__________.
A. Sam is a lazy student B. Sam is a funny student C. Sam isn't good at history
C
When we get wet,we need a towel to get ourselves dry. When a dog gets wet,all it needs is to shake its body. A study in 2010 showed that a wet dog can throw off half the water on its body by shaking for less than a second. In fact,this common act of dogs works better than a washing machine.
The study found that animal shaking begins with the head and ends with the tail. During a shake,the animal's head,body and skin all move. Smaller animals must shake faster than bigger animals to get water off. For example,in one second,a rat can shake 18 times,a dog 6 times,and a bear 4 times. Bigger animals can get their bodies dry with fewer shakes.
For animals,shaking is not just about getting themselves dry. It is also about saving their lives. Being wet makes animals heavier,and that makes it harder to run. In the animal world,how fast an animal can run often decides whether it will live or not. Maybe that's why the\become a common habit of many animals.
（ ）7. Which animals shake the fastest to get water off?
A. Tigers. B. Cats. C. Mice.
（ ）8. What does the passage say about shaking?
A. Different animals' shaking begins with different body parts. B. Shaking is a way that animals use to make other animals scared.
C. Shaking themselves dry may help animals run faster in dangerous moments.
（ ）9. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Larger animals get themselves drier at each shake than smaller animals. B. The idea of washing machines came from the shaking of dogs. C. Some animals shake more than they need to get water off.
D
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar (农历)divides the year into 24 solar terms (节气)。 Start of Winter (立冬)，the 19th term of the year,begins on November 8 and ends on November 22 this year.
Start of Winter shows the change of seasons. The temperature will drop quickly during this period,yet in southern China weather remains mild (温和的)，not too cold.
Here are five things to do about Start of Winter.
1. Greeting Start of Winter. 2. Winter swimming. 3. Eating dumplings. 4. Drinking mutton soup.
5. Keeping in good health from the cold.
（ ）10. How many days does Start of Winter last this year?
A. Eighteen. B.Seventeen. C. Fifteen.
（ ）11. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Start of Winter shows the change of seasons. B. Start of Winter begins on November 8 every year.
C. In Southern China weather remains mild,not too cold.
（ ）12. What don't people do during Start of Winter?
A. Take good care of the body.
B. Have dumplings and mutton soup. C. Say goodbye to winter.
E
Cai Lun invented paper around 2, 000 years ago in China. It is an important invention. Before the invention of paper,people had to remember lots of information or write it on stone,wood,leaves,etc.
Today everyone in the world uses paper. With paper,we can make books and print newspapers. Sharing information is a lot easier with the help of paper, People use paper every day. Students do homework and keep a diary on paper. Paper is a great invention.
Alan Turing was born in London, England,in 1912. He attended Cambridge University from 1931 to 1934. Turing was a mathematician (数学家)and a computer scientist. Many people called Turing the father of computer science. He created the first design (设计)for a modern computer.
Turing wanted to know if a machine could think for itself and trick someone into believing they were having a conversation with another person. This became known as the Turing test. In the test,a human talked to two other people through a computer. One was a machine,and the other was a person. This idea is still used today.
（ ）13. When was paper invented by Cai Lun?
A. Around 2, 000 years ago. B. About 200 years ago. C. Around 1, 000 years ago.
（ ）14. People can do the following things with paper EXCEPT_________.
A.sharing information B.printing newspapers C.having the Turing test
（ ）15. Many people considered Alan Turing to be_________.
A.the inventor of printing
B.the father of modern education C.the father of computer science
（ ）16. In order to have the test, Turing needed_________.
A.three people,one computer and a machine
2020年湖南省常德市初中学业水平考试 英语模拟卷(五)(无答案)
