2020 年湖南省常德市初三学业水平考试 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 Taos 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 didnt 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 Sams 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? said the boy. Oh,it is a kind of washing machine, I think. The teacher shook her head. Sam,be serious,please. Now tell me the answer to a very,very easy question. Who was George Washington? Well, th e answer came quickly, he must be the man who uses that washing machine. ” The teacher was a little angry,but she didnt give up. She thought and thought,and then she came up with the easiest question, Whos the president of the United States now? Sorry, I dont know, Sam answered. The teacher lost her temper. She shouted, Donald Trump! ” Sam looked around and sat down. Stand up! cried the teacher. I didnt tell you to sit down. Sam stood up. He looked puzzled. Oh, Im sorry, he said. I thought you were calling the next student. （）4. What did Sam thinkWaterloowas? 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 isnt 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 animals 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 thats why thewet-dog shakehas 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.