杭州专版2020中考英语复习许速测01完形+阅读B+D试题人教新目标版 7页

1 小卷速测(一) 完形+阅读 B+D (限时:30 分钟) Ⅰ.[2019· 北京改编] 完形填空 Run for Class President Two months ago, when our class election(选举) started, I decided to run for class president. I 1 speaking in public and got along well with people, so I felt it easy to win. But I was 2 that people would feel bad for me if I lost. I was busy preparing in the following week. My plan wasn't to make promises to do things I couldn't 3 but to show my class why I wanted to be president. I put up my posters in hallways and in the classroom. I also spent three hours 4 my speech, saying that I was the one they could turn 5 whenever they had a problem. Since I was 6 prepared, I felt that my chances of winning were strong. 7 , when I gave my speech on Election Day, the response(反应) wasn't what I had 8 . Few people actually listened. When it was my opponent's(对手的)turn, everyone was screaming his name. His speech was short, but all to the point. By then, I realized I should have made 9 shorter and clearer. It was obvious who would 10 . 11 the rest of the day, I felt like it was over. I wanted to just go home and cry, but I 12 it through. My 13 was right: I didn't win. The next day, people were still talking about the election. I just pretended(假装) not to hear. But later, things got better. People 14 about the election and talked to me just as they did before. I don't regret putting time and energy into the election because I've learned that things aren't always going the way I expect. And moments of failure like this build 15 —since then I've learned to face disappointment and grown stronger. ( )1.A.hated B.enjoyed C.remembered D.finished 2 ( )2.A.bored B.afraid C.excited D.hopeful ( )3.A.compare B.control C.manage D.repeat ( )4.A.making B.giving C.writing D.delivering ( )5.A.around B.on C.to D.up ( )6.A.fully B.quickly C.freshly D.physically ( )7.A.Though B.However C.Then D.Also ( )8.A.feared B.faced C.mentioned D.expected ( )9.A.his B.hers C.ours D.mine ( )10.A.insist B.return C.wait D.win ( )11.A.In B.For C.At D.To ( )12.A.made B.looked C.went D.read ( )13.A.suggestion B.prediction C.direction D.introduction ( )14.A.forgot B.wrote C.cared D.discussed ( )15.A.trust B.pride C.character D.support Ⅱ.[2019·南京改编] 阅读理解 Passage 1 Do you know that the “Happy Birthday to You” song is the first song sung in outer space?Apollo IX astronauts sang it on March 8, 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here's the story behind it. The song was written by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the title of “Good Morning to All” in 1893. Teachers sang it each day to welcome their students to the classroom. The composer, Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister Patty Smith Hill wrote the original lyrics for the song while she was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louisville, Kentucky, where Mildred also taught. The Hill sisters copyrighted their song on October 16, 1893. However, it appeared without their agreement in Robert H. Coleman's songbook on March 4,1924. Coleman changed part of the lyrics to say,“Happy Birthday to You”,although the song still had its original title. The song was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small changes in the lyrics. In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica, went to court over the copyright problem of the song. She was angry about the theft of the song and the 3 failure to pay to her sisters. She won her case. The Hill family owned the rights to the melody and had to be paid every time the song was part of a commercial production. The Hill sisters, who devoted their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue to earn about $2 million every year. 1.What's the “Happy Birthday to You” song written for at first? ( ) A.Celebrating a person's birthday. B.Welcoming students to the classroom. C.Greeting friends when they meet. D.Playing in a party to welcome someone. 2.According to the passage, which is the right order? ( ) ①Jessica went to court and won the case. ②The Hill sisters copyrighted the song. ③Apollo IX astronauts sang the song. ④The song appeared in Robert H. Coleman's songbook. A.②④①③ B.③④②① C.②③④① D.②④③① 3.What's the meaning of the word “copyright” in Paragraph 4? ( ) A.The right to be the only producer or seller of a song. B.Owned the right to copy a song. C.Not allowed to be copied without permission. D.Copy the right part of a song. 4.The passage mainly tells us . ( ) A.why the “Happy Birthday to You” song is sung in outer space B.the story of the “Happy Birthday to You” song C.the way the sisters get back the copyright D.the sisters make money by writing the simple little song Passage 2 [2020·原创] Blue whales love to sing. Males sing to attract mates and to communicate across long distances. People are capable of hearing only certain parts of a whale song, so scientists use special audio equipment to record and study the songs in detail. Over several decades, they've noticed that the songs have gotten lower in pitch. Pitch describes how high or low a sound is. 4 Emmanuelle Leroy and a team of scientists now think they know why. They've studied more than a million songs from five groups of whales. Last fall, the team's report was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. It sheds light on why the pitch of whale songs has gotten lower: Whales aren't singing as loudly as they used to. So why are whales singing more softly? Leroy's study presents two hypotheses(假设). The first is that there are more whales. Before the 1970s, commercial whale hunting brought whale populations near extinction. But starting in 1985, the International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling. As the whale population has increased, whales have generally begun to live closer together. And if the whales are closer together, they don't have to sing as loudly to communicate. The study's second hypothesis is that the pitch of whale songs has dropped due to climate change. An increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has made ocean water more acidic, changing its acoustics(传声效果). Now the songs can be heard from farther away, so the whales don't have to sing as loudly. But for the environment, water that's more acidic could be damaging to some marine life. Leroy says that confirming either hypothesis would require more research. “We would need to understand how the blue whales emit the song,” she says. But that would mean studying individual whales which is hard to do. Scientists continue to study whale songs. Each study adds to our understanding. “Maybe our hypotheses will be proven in 10 years,” Leroy says.“Science is often a journey.” 5.What do scientists find after they study the whale songs? ( ) A.The pitch of the whale songs has become lower. B.Whales are singing as loudly to communicate. C.Whales aren't singing more softly. D.The pitch of the whales doesn't change. 6.According to the two hypotheses, which is not right? ( ) A.Commercial whale hunting is the reason for decrease in the number of whales. B.The whales live closer so they don't have to sing as loudly. C.Climate change leads to the lower pitch of whale songs. D.Water that's more acidic is good for the environment too. 7.The underlined word “that” refers to . ( ) A.confirming either hypothesis B.more research 5 C.understanding how the blue whales emit the song D.knowing the reasons the whales singing more softly 8.What can we learn from the last paragraph?( ) A.Scientists can prove the two hypotheses in ten years. B.Some studies are useless because they can't prove hypotheses. C.Nobody knows whether the two hypotheses can be proven or not. D.Scientists will study individual whales. 【参考答案】 Ⅰ.[主旨大意]本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了“我”竞选班长,但是落选了的故事。一开始“我”信心满满, 并做了充分的准备。但是结局却出人意料,“我”落选了。刚落选时,“我”无地自容。但是最后“我”从这 件事中学到了如何面对失败和如何变得更加强大。 1.B 考查动词辨析。 结合空格后“got along well with people, so I felt it easy to win.”可推知“我” 喜欢在公共场合演讲,enjoyed 符合文意。故选 B。 2.B 考查形容词辨析。结合“people would feel bad for me if I lost”可推知,此处指“我”害怕选举 失败后,人们对“我”的感觉会不好。故选 B。 3.C 考查动词辨析。结合空格前后的内容可推知,此处指“我”不会去承诺“我”不能完成的事。compare 意为“比较”,control 意为“控制”,manage 意为“完成(困难的事)”,repeat 意为“重复”。故选 C。 4.C 考查动词辨析。结合下文“saying that I was the one they…”可知,此处是说“我”花了三个小时 写演讲稿。making 意为“做,制造”,giving 意为“给”,writing 意为“写,写作”,delivering 意为“发表”。 故选 C。 5.C 考查介词辨析。由下文“whenever they had a problem”可推知此处意思是“我是他们可以寻求帮助 的那个人”。turn around 意为“转身”,turn on 意为“打开”,turn to 意为“求助于,求教于”,turn up 意为“调高”。故选 C。 6.A 考查副词辨析。结合上文及“I felt that my chances of winning were strong.”可推知,“我”为 这次选举做了充分的准备。fully 意为“充分地”,quickly 意为“迅速地”,freshly 意为“刚刚;新 近”,physically 意为“身体上地”。故选 A。 7.B 考查副词。由上下文可知,这里表示转折用 however。 8.D 考查动词辨析。结合第二段“我”的准备以及下文人们对“我”和“我”的对手演讲的不同表现可推 知,(人们)的反应并不是“我”曾经期待的那样。fear 意为“害怕”,face 意为“面对”,mention 意为“提 到”,expect 意为“期待”。故选 D。 9.D 考查名词性物主代词。由上文“His speech was short, but all to the point.”可推知这里是指 “我 6 本该把‘我’的演讲稿写得更加简洁明了”。故答案是 D.mine。 10.D 考查动词辨析。结合第三段人们对“我”和“我”的对手演讲的不同表现可推知,此处指谁将会赢(得 选举)是很明显的。 11.B 考查介词辨析。这里考查介词 for 的用法,for 意为 “达,计”,后跟一段时间表示动作或情况持续的时 间。 12.A 考查动词辨析。make through 意为“撑了过来”, look through 意为“逐一查看;阅读”, go through 意为“经历”,read through 意为“通读,浏览”。由上文“I wanted to just go home and cry”及转折词 but 可知这里指“我撑过来了”。故选 A。 13.B 考查名词辨析。结合第四段内容以及下文“I didn't win”可推知,此处指“我”的预测是正确的,“我” 没有赢。suggestion 意为“建议”,prediction 意为“预测”,direction 意为“方向”,introduction 意为 “介绍”。故选 B。 14.A 考查动词辨析。结合下文“talked to me just as they did before”可推知,此处指人们似乎已经忘 记了选举的事儿了。故选 A。 15.C 考查名词辨析。 结合下文“since then I've learned to face disappointment and grown stronger” 可推知,此处指像这样的失败时刻培养了“我”的性格。trust 意为“信任”,pride 意为“骄傲”,character 意为“性格”,support 意为“支持”。故选 C。 Ⅱ.Passage 1 [主旨大意]本文是一篇记叙文。文中主要讲述了《生日快乐》歌背后的故事:希尔斯姐妹创作 该歌曲的雏形是《大家早上好》,以此作为每天欢迎学生进入班级的歌曲。后来,几经改编成为流行歌曲。俩 姐妹通过努力,最终获得该歌的商业版权,得到应有的报酬。 1.B 细节理解题。根据原文“Teachers sang it each day to welcome their students to the classroom.” 可知,老师们每天唱这首歌来迎接到教室的学生。故选 B。 2.A 细节理解题。根据原文中事件发生的时间可知。The Hill sisters copyrighted their song on October 16, 1893. Hill 姐妹在 1893 年 10 月 16 日取得了这首歌的版权。…it appeared without their agreement in Robert H. Coleman's songbook on March 4, 1924.这首歌未经 Hill 姐妹的允许在 1924 年 3 月 4 日出现 在了 Coleman 的歌集里。In 1934, …another Hill sister, Jessica, went to court over the copyright problem of the song. 1934 年,Jessica 就这首歌的版权问题向法院提出了诉讼。Apollo IX astronauts sang it on March 8, 1969. 1969 年 3 月 8 日阿波罗 9 号宇航员唱了这首歌。故选 A。 3.A 词义猜测题。从上文中 without their agreement 未经她们的同意,以及构词法可知这个单词的意思是 “版权”。故选 A。 4.B 主旨大意题。通读原文可知,这篇文章主要讲述了《生日快乐》这首歌的故事,故选 B。 Passage 2 [主旨大意]本文是一篇说明文,介绍了蓝鲸、音高和两个假说。近几十年科学家发现这些歌曲的 7 音高变低了。据此科学家们提出了“两个假说”,其一是由于禁捕,蓝鲸的数量增多,它们居住地更近了,因此 不必要通过高声唱来交流。其二是气候的变化导致水里传声效果的变化,蓝鲸不必要高声交流。但“两个假说” 都需要更进一步的研究来证实。 5.A 细节理解题。第一段中“Over several decades, they've noticed that the songs have gotten lower in pitch.”在过去的数十年里,他们发现这些歌音高变低了。故选 A。 6.D 细节理解题。第四段中“But for the environment, water that's more acidic could be damaging to some marine life.”但是对于环境来说,更酸的水可能对一些海洋生物造成破坏。答案 D 错误,故选 D。 7.C 代词指代题。从文章最后一段可知,“that”上一句话“We would need to understand how the blue whales emit the song.”我们必须知道蓝鲸如何唱歌。故选 C。 8.C 推理判断题。文中最后一段“Maybe our hypotheses will be proven in 10 years,”说的是也许我们 的假说在 10 年后会被证明,并不一定能,所以 A 选项错误。“Each study adds to our understanding.”每 一项研究增进我们的理解,所以选项 B“一些研究是无用的”是错误的。“But that would mean studying individual whales which is hard to do. Scientists continue to study whale songs.”但是这意味着 研究单只蓝鲸又很难操作。科学家们继续研究蓝鲸歌,可得知科学家并没有研究单只蓝鲸。D 选项错误。故选 C。