2019北京西城中考英语一模

一、 单选题

1. I like watching table tennis matches and ____ favorite player is Fan Zhendong.

A. my B. your C his D. her

2. I would like to take part in the volunteer work _____ May Day.

A. in B. on C. at D. for

3. -- ______ is it from our school to the nearest bookstore?

--About two kilometers.

A. How much B. How often C. How far D. How soon 4. Huawei is one of _____ technology companies in China.

A. large B. larger C. largest D. the largest

5. Tim, you’re all wet. Take off the clothes, ____ you will catch a cold.

A. or B. and C. but D. so

6. –Excuse me, ____ I take a photo of this beautiful drawing?

--I’m afraid not. There is a sign “No Photo”

A. may B. must C. should D. need 7. –What’s your plan for this weekend, Lucy?

--I ____ my grandparents.

A. visit B. will visit C. visited D. have visited 8. The students ___ about the art show happily when I passed by.

A. talk B. talked C. are talking D. were talking 9. –What do you think of the film The Wandering Earth?

--It’s great. I _____ it three times.

A. see B. am seeing C. have seen D. will see 10. When I was your age, I _____ a lot of housework to do after school.

A. will have B. am having C. have D. had 11. –Grandpa, who is the cute boy in this photo?

--It’s your father. It _____ about 30 years ago.

A. took B. will take C. was taken D. will be taken 12. –We had a hot discussion about our summer trip just now.

--Cool! Have you decided _____?

A. where did you go B. where will you go C. where you went D. where you will go

二、完形填空

Father and son

The other day, I was sitting in the study and working on my website, a cup of tea on the table and old songs from my computer. It was a special pleasure to have such a __13___ day after weeks of hiking, snowboarding and going crazy.

“Hi, dad! Want some orange juice, graybeard?” Coyote yelled (叫喊) to me much louder than 14 . “No, just bring me some chips!” I shouted back.

One time, when I misheard what he said three times in a row, he 15 that I had become too old and started to hear worse. Since then, yelling at me has become a kind of family joke.

Pushing everything to the limit was the basis of Coyote’s character. On the one hand, it helped him to achieve tasks he had to do on his own, and he did great, making me proud of him. On the other hand, this brought him 16 , as he did not know when to stop. At such moments, I would behave super-fatherly, and give him advice and warnings that he usually ignored (忽视). When he wore a green haircut, I would try to

convince（说服）him to paint it black. When he got a tattoo (纹身)， we had a/an 17 . All these surely drove me mad, and the big fights started. It is strange but when I was a teenager, my father would act exactly the same and it took me a long time to understand him.

“Dad, let me show you something,” Coyote said as he was getting back. “Don’t get too 18 , okay?” I sighed (叹气)， because I was almost sure of what I was about to see.

When he 19 his T-shirt, I saw a new tattoo: some Buddhist symbol, I guess. Coyote has been interested in Asian culture for a long time.

“Control yourself, graybeard,” I said to myself, trying not to yell something like, “Why the hell would you need another tattoo after you already made that huge first one?”

The next moment, I realized that my yelling would not 20 anything; the tattoo was already on Coyote’s skin.

And then I thought : “Hey, what if I get a tattoo myself?”

13. A. busy B. blue C. strange D. peaceful 14. A. needed B. expected C. accepted D. imagined 15. A. complained B. realized C. joked D. shouted 16. A. tiredness B. honors C. happiness D. troubles 17. A. agreement B. argument C. decision D. discussion 18. A. mad B. curious C. excited D. nervous 19. A. hid B. showed C. lifted D. hung 20. A. interrupt B. change C. test D. cost

三、阅读理解

A

A Dog’s Way home (2019)

It is a 2019 Chinese-American family adventure film directed by Charles Martin Smith. It tells a story of a dog, and she travels four hundred miles in search for her owner in a Colorado wilderness. It is a must-watch of Charles Martin Smith’s best performances.

It came out on January 11, 2018. Wonder Park (2019)

It is a 2019 adventure film directed by Dylan Brown. It tells a story of an amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.

It came out in 2D and 3D on March 15, 2019. Green Book (2018)

It tells a story of an Italian-American body-guard, who becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist through the 1960s American South. It was directed by Peter Farrelly. It won the National Board of Review award for the best film of the year.

It came out on November 16, 2018. Coco (2017)

It is a 2017 American 3D fantasy film directed by Lee Unkrich and co-directed by Adrian Molins. The story follows a 12-year-old boy who comes to the Land of Dead by chance and finds his great-great-grandfather.

It came out on November 22, 2017.

21. Wonder Park came out on _____.

A. January 11, 2019 B. November 16, 2018 C. March 15, 2019 D. November 22, 2017 22. Green Book was directed by _____.

A. Charles Martin Smith B. Peter Farrelly C. Dylan Brown D. Lee Unkrich 23. If you are interested in animals and nature, you should watch _____.

a. Coco B. Green Book C. Wonder Park D. A Dog’s Way Home

B

This kid fights hunger and homelessness

Austin Perine is only four years old. His story started this part February in the living room in Birmingham. Austin and his father TJ Perine, were watching a program about a mother panda leaving her babies. “I told him that the babies would be homeless for a while,”, TJ says. “Austin didn’t know what homelessness meant, but he was sad and wanted to know more.”

Seeing this as a teachable moment, TJ took Austin to the Firehouse Ministries, a local shelter (救济中心) that provides housing and food for homeless men. As they drove by, they saw 25 homeless men standing on the street corner. “Dad, they look sad,” Austin said. “Can we take them some food and make them smile:”

Austin used his pocket money to buy each man a Burger King hamburger and handed the food out himself. Seeing what the burgers meant to the men, Austin returned the next week. He handed out burgers along with his catchphrase (口号), “Don’t forget to show love!”

After he returned for five weeks, words of Austin’s acts of kindness spread through social-media. Burger King agreed to donate（捐赠）$1,000 a month for a year to feed the homeless. Soon, churches and shelters began inviting Austin to give out food in poor areas. Thanks to social support, now Austin and TJ can feed 800 to 2, 000 people at once.

But Austin isn’t just filling bellies. He’s improving the lives of those people he meets. On that first trip to Firehouse Ministries, TJ and Austin talked to a man named Rayment. The respect Austin showed touched Raymont, and Raymont told them his story. Having known his experience, TJ helped him get a job. Finally he was able to rent an apartment. All that was made possible because a little boy took time to care.

Austin’s actions have now become his family’s calling. His grandma Audreyy Perine set up a Show Love Foundation (基金会) which helps fight homelessness. TJ left his job to oversee the foundation.

As for Austin, eh continutes to give out food, smiles, and his message of love. “It makes me feel like I’m saving the day.”

24. Austin’s father took him to _____ to see what homelessness meant.

A. a church B. a restaurant C. a poor area D. a local shelter 25. Rayment was moved when _____.

A. Austin offered him a job. B. Austin bought him some food

C. Austin showed respect to him D. Austin listened to his story patiently 26. How did Austin help the homeless?

A. By setting up a foundation. B. By asking Burger King to donate

C. By spreading their stories through social-media D. By spending time and money caring about them

C

Grandparents are respected in many human societies. But telling stories about old times and overfeeding grandchildren seem like distinctly human traits (特性). Are these classic grandparent behaviors really limited to human beings? Do any animals know their grandparents the way people do? For most species (物种) on Earth, the answer is NO！Usually, there just aren’t grandparents living anymore when an animal is born,” said Lahdenpera, a biologist at University of Turku in Finland. Even if an animal’s grandparents are still alive, most species spread out to avoid competing for resources, so the chances of running into a grandparent are small.

But there are a few exceptions, primarily among mammals (哺乳动物) that live in close social groups. Canadian zoologist Anne Innis Dagg described groups of langur monkeys in India in which older females lived with their daughters and grandchildren. The grandmother langurs have a particular job: they protect the group’s babies against hurt from humans, dogs and other monkeys. Some females langurs even give their own grandchildren special treatment, cleaning their fur and stepping in when they play too roughly with other young.

Many whale species, too, travel with their families, including grandmothers and grandcalves. In groups of sperm whales, according to Dagg, old females help babysit the group’s young while their mothers dive (潜水) for food. Orca grandmothers often lead their family members and can live for many years after they stop reproducing. In 2015, scientists suggested that these elder orcas help their grandcalves through hard times, because remember all the best places to find food.

Female elephant rule the whole family. Calves (幼崽) are typically born into groups led by their grandmothers, who can live to around 80 years old. The female elephants form close relationships, said Lahdenpera, and raise their young together. Lahdepera found that the calves of young mothers were eight times more likely to survive if their grandmothers lived near them than if they didn’t. When the calves’ mothers were older and more experienced at raising babies, this benefical “grandmother effect” disappeared even if the actually grandmothers were still around.

It isn’t very clear how elephant grandmothers help their inexperienced daughters, said Lahdenpera. It is believed that they may help nurse their grandcalves. But Lahdenpera thinks that the more likely advantage is the wisdom a grandmother elephant has got during her long lifetime.

And what about grandfathers? Studies of humans in recent years have shown that a living grandfather can improve a person’s mental health and well-being, said Lahdenpera. But there are signs of that in the animal kingdom, she said. Male animals seldom socialize with their own children, let alone grandchildren. “Males are usually focusing on producing their own children and aren’t providing so much care,” Lahdenpera said.

27. From Paragraph3, we know that orca grandmothers _____.

A. die after reproducing B. teach the young to dive for food C. have rich experience D. enjoy travelling with grandfathers 28. The example of monkeys, whales and elephants show that_____. A. the “grandmother effect” lasts long in the animal world

B. grandmothers shoulder great responsibilities in their families. C. animal grandfathers can improve grandcalves’ mental health D. most species treat their grandparents like human beings do 29. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Animal grandparents are like human grandparents B. Animal grandmas are born group leaders C. Are animal grandmas given enough respect D. Do animal know their grandparents?

D

Over the past decade, an increasing stress has been placed on the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related classes in primary, middle and high school education in the U.S. The reason for this direction is well founded: research and test scores from the 1980s and 1990s showed that our students had fallen behind their international peers in all of these subject areas. Education officials, teachers and parents all felt that the situation needed to be changed, and quickly. However, in the rush to play catch-up in STEM-related areas, there’s one important aspect that is being neglected (忽视)：the Fine and Performming Arts, particularly drama.

It’s long been understood that a study of drama at the primary, middle and high school level helps students

improve in many areas, such as self-confidence, self-expression, communication skills, teamwork, and imagination. Most educators and parents agree that all of these are important for students to develop at any age, but it is difficult for the same parents and teachers to prioritize (优先安排) study time and classroom time to a subject like drama over subjects like math， Physics or Computer Science. It’s even more difficult for policy makers and school officials to channel funds (资金) towards classes like drama, when the skills arts subjects develop are considered “soft skills.” When the modern world is calling out for “hard” skills, like those needed to succeed in the tech-driven 21st century, how can they possibly prove it is reasonable to spend their funds that are becoming smaller and smaller on anything but STEM subjects?

The short answer to the question “why spend time and money on drama” is that drama education has been scientifically proven to improve students’ achievements, especially in communication skills that are very important to a STEM education. As we develop students with high refined skills in STEM subjects, it’s equally important that we train the teachers that will support continued growth in these areas. An active, communicative teacher is the best way to get students on board in the study of STEM subjects, which can be unbearably dry. The best way to develop active communication skills? Drama. The next area in which the communication skills can be developed is publication and conference presentation. Drama improves students’ public speaking skills necessary for STEM students to effectively present papers in conferences and their writing skills necessary to publish papers. It’s also very important for student to be able to work well with on another. In the real STEM world, almost all scientific work happens in teams. Without the “soft” people skills necessary to navigate all of these interactions, no matter how technologically skilled one becomes, he or she will be at a disadvantage without the ability to communicate and work in tearms.

While the nationwide trend (趋势) to focus on playing catch-up in STEM education is reasonable, practical and absolutely necessary, it’s important not to forget the huge effect art, specifically dram education, have on the overall education of our children. The question parents, educators, and policy makers should be asking themselves is not “can we afford to support arts education in school?” but rather “can we afford not to?:”

30. Why did Americans start to stress STEM related classes? A. Because the world has moved into a tech-driven century. B. Because STEM classes have long been neglected in America. C. Because education officials prefer STEM classes to art classes.

D. Because US students are expected to be at an advantage in these area. 31. The word “channel” in Paragraph 2 probably mean “____” . A. afford B. direct C. created D. raise 32. The third paragraph is mainly about _____. A. the benefits of drama education B. the importance of STEM learning

C. the abilities needed for STEM learning D. the reasons to improve drama education 33. The writer probably agrees that _____.

A. drama is more important than STEM classes B. drama education has been the nationwide trend

C. the result of neglecting drama education is hard to bear D. American students have made progress in playing catch-up

四、阅读短文回答问题

On Sunday I took part in Tomato Sauce Day of my friend Deb’s family. I am thankful for my beautiful friend to share this family milestone (里程碑) event.

Nine family members, myself and a few friends, took part in the day. Sunday was a special day because it was the last time that Tomato Sauce Day event would be carried out at Grandma’s home. Tomato Sauce Day is

going to be different next year in terms of the surrounds (环境), however, I have a feeling that all else will remain unchanged.

Grandma passed away 5 years ago, and Deb and her uncle bought the property (地产)。 Plans are in progress to begin building two new homes on the same place.

I listened to the family discussing the activities of the day, past sauce days and memories. A love of the tradition of the day and happy memories of sharing the day with family members who have passed away were recounted. The value of spending time together as a family was obvious.

The basic process and recipe for the sauce made b Deb’s family remains the same way as it is still done in Grandma’s village today.

 The event takes place once a year.

 Sauce is made by the family, for the family for the year ahead

 The sauce is made with just salt added to the tomatoes. This allows the family to use it throughout the year

in various dishes as the base ingredient (食材). They add their own preferred ingredients in the cooking process.

 The women prepare and make the sauce, the men are not involved. The women start the day with a visit to

the community garden to collect the tomatoes and then they began the preparation. Once the sauce is cooking, it is lunch time and time for the family to catch up. Tomato Sauce Day is relived by the family all over the year as they open each bottle of red tomato goodness. I am looking forward to trying my sauce tonight. I feel like I need to make home-made pasta to eat it!

34. What event did the writer take part in on Sunday? 35. Where was the event carried out this year? 36. How do the family use the sauce?

37. What do the women do to start the day? 38. Why is the event a family milestone event?

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39. 任选一题，完成一篇不少于50字的文段写作。 题目①

假如你是李华，正在美国格林中学做交换生。为了让更多的人了解中国文化，你打算向学校申请建立一个社团（Chinese Culture Club）。请用英语给学校负责老师Mr. Lee 写一份申请，内容包括建立社团的原因及社团的主要活动安排。

提示语：spread, experience, Beijing Opera, chopsticks, speech 提示问题： Why do you want to start the club?

What activities will you have in the club? Dear Mr. Lee,

I’m writing to apply for starting a Chinese Culture Club.________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope this application will be approved. Thank you for your consideration. Regards, Li Hua

题目②

“书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟”，成功不会从天而降，美好的未来需要靠不断努力来创造。

某英语网站正在开展以“天道酬勤”为主题的征文活动。家人你是李华，请用英文写一篇短文投稿，讲述你通过勤奋，取得进步甚至成功的经历，并谈谈你对感受。

提示词语：diligence (勤奋), make progress, effort, proud 提示问题：What did you achieve by working hard? What did you do to make it? How did you feel about it?

Diligence is a must for us to reach our goals. ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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34. Tomoto Sauce Day 35. At Grandma’s home

36. The family use it as the base ingredients.

37. They visit the community garden to collect the tomatoes.

38. Because it is a family tradition to get together and share happy memories.

39. One possible version 题目①

Dear Mr. Lee,

I'm writing to apply for starting a Chinese Culture Club.

As we know, more and more people are interested in Chinese culture, so a Chinese Club can be a good chance for our students to learn more. In this club, students will work together to complete different projects. As a result, we can understand each other better and develop friendships.

We will have a variety of activities for students to experience Chinese culture, such as performing Beijing Opera, practising Chinese calligraphy, having paper-cutting competitions and so on. Moreover, we'll hold some salons for students to share their life experiences in China and America. I believe everyone in the club will benefit a lot.

I hope this application will be approved. Thank you for your consideration. Regards. Li Hua

题目②

Diligence is a must for us to reach our goals. I never realized it until I tried every effort to win the English speech competition last year.

It was quite a big challenge for me because I was not that confident about my oral English and I was shy to speak in public. To give a better performance, I made full use of my spare time to prepare for it. I recorded my lines and asked my foreign teacher to correct my pronunciation. Then I kept practising day and night. Besides, I seized every chance to speak in front of my family or friends. The more I practised, the more confident I became. In the end, I won the competition and got a prize. It was so great that all my efforts paid off. I felt so proud of myself.