【20套精选试卷合集】内蒙古乌海市2019-2020学年中考英语模拟试卷含答案

years, the air became much cleaner．There were no more “pea-soupers”．

Many Chinese cities now face the same sort of problem with air pollution that London faced 40 or 50 years ago．However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve．One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people’s houses．If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs．Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel(燃料), like gas, is quite expensive．

However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution．As a result, there are fewer “pea-soupers” in Beijing than there used to be．

46．What was the main reason for air pollution in London?

A．There was too much smoke in the sky． B．There were too many factories in the city． C．People burnt too much coal in the houses． D．The city was too big for the cleaners to clean． 47．How did the air in London become much cleaner?

A．There was not so much fog in the winter later．

B．A law was made to keep people from burning coal in their houses． C．Many factories in the city were closed．

D．People paid more attention to cleaning their city． 48．What does the underlined word “pea-soupers” refer to?

A．Smog

B．Smoke

C．Gas

D．Coal

49．The problem of air pollution is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve because of the

following reasons except _________

A．Most pollution comes from the factories.

B．Changing from coal to cleaner fuel is quite expensive.

C．If factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their

jobs.

D．Chinese government pays little attention to it. 50．Which sentence is Not true?

A．Air pollution is serious in Beijing and Chongqing． B．Using coal is much more expensive than using gas． C．Factories made much more pollution in China．

D．The reasons of air pollution in London and Beijing are different． B

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious.

Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.” 51．After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.

A. to study industrial management B. to buy and read more mystery books C. to do market research on book business

D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore 52． How did their bookstore do in the first year?

A. They had to borrow money to keep it going. B. They made just enough to cover all the costs. C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money. D. They failed though they worked hard.

53．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _________.

A. to pay for children’s education B. to get to know more writers C. to set up more bookstores D. to do what they like to do

54. The following are all ways Mary used to attract customers except _________

A. She offered gifts to mystery lovers

B. She offered dinners for book clubs that met in the store C. She served dinners to writers in the shop

D. She started a coffee bar in the shop

55. From the passage, what can we know about Mary and Richard?

A. They are rich.

B. They are enjoying themselves. C. They have three children.

D. They are always willing to help others.

第二节：阅读下面短文，从A—F中选出符合Thomas, Melanie, Arthur, Darrel, David 五人各自需求的最佳选项，其中有一选项为多余。

56. Thomas is a student from Japan, studying in Eastland High School. He has some problems with

some English words and expressions. So he turns to some proper website for help. 57. Melanie is a high school student and wants to learn some hot technology news by reading some

books in this field during the coming summer vacation. She wants to know where to get such books.

58. Arthur is a young school teacher and wants to take a long journey to Germany with his family

by air. He hopes to get low-priced airline tickets and deeply discounted hotel rooms. In order to do this, he draws his attention to the websites.

59. Darrel’s father is a successful businessman. He is excited about his father’s job and

decides to follow him. So he’d like to make good use of time in the summer holiday to learn some practical business English. How can he find a place where his dream can come true? 60. David is a student of English coming from Africa and used to have many difficulties in his

English study. He decided that he would get some free English learning materials to read and with the help of his friends, he wanted to find a website for his purpose.

This site is to help ESL/EFL learners develop speaking skills. At this site A you can listen to native speakers talk about all kinds of topics; learn useful idioms; learn common words and expressions; test your vocabulary skills in everyday English and so on. This is a professional website for the tourism. It provides the national B hotel free booking services and business services. It provides the latest news and information about business travel information. Our website offers you special place to study English. The classes are C small—never more than 6 students. The friendly, highly qualified teachers are always ready to help. We have programs such as Day and Evening Classes, and Business English Training for the workplace. This website provides hundreds of pages of free English learning materials D organized at different levels from low beginners to high beginners, low intermediate, high intermediate, and advanced. No matter which English level you are at, you’ll find something for you here. Our website always gets deep discounts on airline tickets, hotel rooms saving E up to 70%, cheap vacation package at special rates and so on. We decide these special discounts from our travel partners, then pass these saving on to you. See what you could be saving with us! Live large, travel cheap. Whether you are looking for a mystery, romance, Developers’ Tools, or Hot F Technologies, our site always has a full list for you. ick Book Sets For ids and Teens, For Men, For Teachers and so on. You will get what you need with great content. Welcome to our website! 七.词语填空（共10小题，计10分）

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often 61 space. when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some clever farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes 62 the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the price. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars 63 .

Many people know the saying,“Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to 64 . “Roses are red” to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists 65 that when they put a chemical from a blue flower into a rose, they can create a 66 100% blue rose.

For many years Chinese scientists have been 67 on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now have

each work discover much near way change waste so against produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect itself 68 insects and diseases, but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times 69 rice than they could grow in the past.

Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a 70 to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies.

八.单词拼写(共10小题，计l0分)

根据下列句子及所给单词首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的完全形式(每空限填一词)。 71. Carmen won’t watch TV until she f_______ her homework.

72. We should take an active attitude towards our life and never give up our d_______.

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