2024年江苏省南京市鼓楼区中考英语模拟试卷一、单选题：本大题共10小题，共10分。1.Further treatment will_cancer from developing worse. And regular exercise can also help.（）A. protectB. escapeC. getD. prevent2.The weather there isnt nice，_？（）A. is thereB. is itC. isnt thereD. isnt it3.-Couldyoutellme_？-Nextyear（）A. whendidhecomebackB. whenhecamebackC. whenwillhecomebackD. whenhewillcomeback4.Idontcarehowyoudothejob. Ionlycareitcanbedone. Justgivemeadate!A. whereB. whenC. whatD. why5.Do you know_a wonderful match and two basketball matches on July 15 th？ Yeah.I am going to watch them on that day.（）A. there will beB. there is going to haveC. there are going to beD. is there going to be6.-What were you doing at eight last night？- I_in my office at that time（）A. workedB. worksC. wasworking7.He_his left arm in the accident last week.（）A. hurtB. hurtedC. hurtsD. was hurting8.Jack_hisfatherTheyarebothfriendly（）A. looksafterB. lookslikeC. takesafterD. looksup9.If you have no time to go to the party， you should turn down his invitation _.（）A. widelyB. latelyC. politelyD. badly10.-Does anyone want to share on Mothers Day？ -Guess what？ Ill buy some beautiful flowers for her.（）A. what you will doB. how you will shopC. where you will go二、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共22.5分。Mr Smith had a small supermarket in a small town All the people who lived nearby (11) to go to his supermarket and buy things there But several years ago， a big chained store (12) in that area and it sold all kinds of things from the toothbrush to TV and， above all， the price was pretty (13) So a lot of small shops (14) except Mr Smiths The manager of the chained store wanted to explore (15) was hidden behind Mr Smiths success， so he decided to drop into Mr Smiths supermarket and he saw a lady buying things there He stopped her (16) and asked Madam， why dont you go to the big chained store？ With a smile， the lady told him it was because of a pair of shoes She told him a story Three years ago，(17) her divorce （离婚）， she worked hard to raise her family and one day when she bought things in a supermarket， Tom， one of her little children， (18) the supermarket and asked her to buy him a new pair of shoes He cried， Today I had a basketball match， but all the people (19) me because of the shoes She wanted to buy him a pair of shoes but the money in her pocket was (20) enough for a milk I am sorry but I (21) when we have money， the mother said Seeing that there was no hope， Tom ran away The woman stood there weeping （哭泣） Later she realized that (22) was patting on her back (23)， she found it was Mr Smith He took a pair of shoes that the son wanted to buy Take them， he said But I dont have enough money， the woman shook her head Take them， your son cant wait You can pay me later， Mr Smith told her Now the manager of the chained store knew the (24) for Mr Smiths success He decided that he would follow in Mr Smiths footsteps， putting his heart into whatever he did with the hope of attracting more customers And he did so after the years that followed， which also (25)11.A. dislikedB. likedC. refusedD. decided12.A. disappearedB. reachedC. appearedD. entered13.A. lowB. wrongC. unfairD. high14.A. turned offB. opened upC. showed upD. closed down15.A. whoB. whyC. howD. what16.A. rudelyB. politelyC. loudlyD. proudly17.A. beforeB. afterC. untilD. since18.A. called inB. dropped byC. rushed intoD. passed by19.A. laughed atB. quarreled withC. believed inD. made friends with20.A. normallyB. mainlyC. onlyD. surely21.A. doubtB. expectC. imagineD. promise22.A. anybodyB. everybodyC. somebodyD. nobody23.A. Looking aheadB. Turning aroundC. Turning downD. Coming back24.A. ruleB. answerC. meaningD. reason25.A. madeB. acceptedC. workedD. suggested三、阅读理解：本大题共21小题，共42分。AGetting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015, after heavy rains damaged the only power cables in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology (UT) in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ides is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the suns energ