2023学年中考英语模拟试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 单项选择1、I havent got _ nails(钉子) to repair the chain. I need another two.Aenough bigBbig enoughCmuch bigger2、Do you know the Great Wall?Next Friday.Awhen will we visitBwhen we will visitCHow will we visitDHow we will visit3、The little girl is always too shy and afraid to express herself in public.AangrilyBclearlyCquietlyDpolitely4、They are all European countries except .ANorwayBSingaporeCSpain5、-Look! There_ so many noisy kids in the room!-Havent you heard the saying “When the cat is away, the mice _?”Ahave; play Bis; are going to playChave; are playing Dare; will play6、The film Operation Red Sea_a lot of praise since its first show months ago.AwinsBwinCwill winDhas won7、Tom wants to study at university in Europe, but hasnt decided which one to go to yet.AaBanCtheD/8、Chinas first home-built aircraft carrier(航空母舰) hit the water in Dalian _ the morning of April 26, 2017.Ain Bon Cat Dto9、- is the playground?-Its about 7,000 square metres .AHow longBHow largeCHow farDHow much10、By the end of last term, we _ over two thousand new words.Ahave learnedBlearnedChad learned. 完形填空11、 The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the 1 and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up（折叠）so it is 2 to carry them.However, the umbrella has not always been as 3 as it is now. In the past, it was a symbol of importance. Some African countries still use umbrella in this 4 . Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.Umbrellas are very old. People in different parts of the world began to 5 umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had the more than 3000 years ago. From there, umbrellas 6 to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, 7 wouldnt use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women.England was 8 , the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The weather is very 9 and umbrellas are very useful.Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you 10 one, thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them , youll feel you are important people, too.1ArainBcloudCairDwater2AlovelyBcheapChardDeasy3AlightBheavyCcommonDspecial4AwayBsizeCreasonDplace5AdiscoverBuseCexamineDdiscuss6AwalkedBtraveledCrodeDflew7AchildrenBparentsCmenDwomen8AprobablyBalreadyCsuddenlyDimmediately9AsunnyBrainyCAsnowyDwindy10AsellBreturnCborrowDcarry. 语法填空12、五、用所给动词的正确形式填空。Mrs. Wilson is my neighbor (邻居). She 1(work) at a post office and she meets lots of people every day .She is friendly to everyone and likes 2(help) others . She is over fifty years old, but she looks very young(年轻). She always buys many beautiful clothes. She always says, ”Old people still want3 (be) beautiful!” Yesterday she 4 (have) a trip . She went to a farm. She 5(see) many interesting things and she 6(take) some photos . Look, she7(show) her pictures to us now . 阅读理解A13、The high school diploma (文凭) is losing its value quickly, as a growing number of students graduate (毕业) from school without the math and reading skills that colleges and companies require, according to a new report. The high school graduation exams that most states (州) require students to pass before they graduate remain far too easy. Most of the exams generally test eighth-or ninth-grade level work.Today, even high school graduates who are going to have blue-collar (蓝领) jobs need to study the math, research and writing courses. But in high school, only students who are going to college are now required to take these courses. “If you want a good job with a good pay, its a high-skill job,” said Michael Cohen, a leading member of the America Diploma Project.The project suggests that all graduates master a wide range (范围) of skills. “A high school diploma should mean something to a company and university,” said Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, who is Achieves co-chairman. In Tafts state, about 30% students who go directly to college from high school have to take_of English or math, he said. Its easy to see that the present high-school graduating standards are not preparing students for college education.And with high-skilled jobs increasingly headed overseas to places like India and Ireland, states need to act, he said.To prove why math and reading skills matter, the report includes real-life examples of problems students meet in college and that workers must solve each day on the job. Some states are taking actions to upgrade the high school diploma. In Texas, all hig