2018年南京市鼓楼区中考英语一模试卷（带答案）

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clumsy but they are good swimmers. 31. What is the second paragraph mainly about? A. It tells us the height of two types of penguins. B. It tells us the size and advantages of big penguins. C. It tells us the living areas of the smallest penguins. D. It tells us the living conditions of two types of penguins. C At first glance, there is little in Horton to attract people. The other nearby towns have much more to offer: Bradfield has its river and historic buildings, while Newtown has shops and entertainment. The buildings of Horton look dirty and unloved. For shops, there is a small supermarket, a few bargain shops, a bakery (面包店) which, strangely, does not sell bread and a flower shop which has one stand of sad-looking flowers. Even so, Horton has several advantages over its neighbouring towns. Firstly, it has a country park. Four thousand years ago, this was an important fort (要塞). There are no historic remains here now, but there are wonderful views over the countryside. On sunny weekends you can often see kids out with their parents, kicking balls or flying kites. There aren’t many job opportunities in Horton, and the roads to nearby cities aren’t really fast, but there are excellent rail links. You can be in London in an hour and a half, and other cities are less than an hour away. That means parents can work in other cities and still get home in time to spend the evenings with their families. Houses in Horton aren’t pretty, but they’re functional and cheap. The streets are quiet and safe, and there are plenty of parks and playgrounds. It has a library, three primary schools and a secondary school, St. Mark’s. It’s not as excellent as other schools in the area, but it is friendly and offers a wide range of subjects and activities to children. The town also has a swimming and a sports centre, and the community halls hold regular clubs and events for people

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of all ages. 32. What part of Horton isn’t the writer satisfied with? A. The shops. B. The country park. C. Transport links. D. The schools. 33. What advantages does Horton bring to workers? A. Plenty of jobs are easily found in the town. B. You can get to several cities quickly by train. C. You can drive to nearby cities in a short time. D. Working conditions are better here than in other towns. 34. What type of people is Horton most suitable for? A. People who have well-paid jobs. B. People who have low-paid jobs. C. Families which have elderly people. D. Students who love sport and history. 35. Which of the following sentences described Horton best? A. A quiet, country town which has a number of good places to relax. B. A dirty, unpopular town which has little to offer visitors or local people. C. A busy, industrial town which has good connections to neighbouring cities. D. A friendly, historic town which is a great place to live, work and take a holiday. D Today I am going along with Rowan Dougall, a postman in Queensland in the far north of Australia, on his daily delivery (投递) trip. Every day, Rowan sets off with his post bags in the tail of his little plane―not much bigger than a large family car, and flies across one of the wildest places on Earth, Australia’s Cape North, to reach the very faraway inland areas called the Outback. We fly just 300 metres above dangerous crocodiles (鳄鱼) and snakes. This is one of the longest and most expensive postman trips in the world. However, a 50-cent stamp not only gets a letter posted to a neighbouring town, it will get it hand-delivered by flying postman to the furthest areas of the Outback. To help with the costs, the plane takes three or four paying local people or tourists, and I am one of them. In the back of the plane, there is a pile of post―envelopes of all sizes, newspapers, and a few parcels (包裹). Somehow I expected this post to look special,

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maybe to include some hats or cowboy boots, but this looks no more exciting than the post delivered to me in England. I look at some of the names and addresses, wondering about the people who are waiting for these letters and parcels. Rowan’s route is 2,000 km long, with 15 stops, and I get a chance to meet Sandy, who has just received an order of clothes from a store. “I look forward to this weekly delivery,” she says, “but I do miss actually going shopping myself.” Rowan is checking the time. There are another ten stops to make before dusk (黄昏). Time to leap back on the plane and up into the air. 36. What does the writer say about the cost of delivering to Cape North? A. The sender pays more than the usual mail cost. B. People in the Outback pay 50 cents for a delivery. C. It may be possible to find a less expensive delivery. D. The money passengers pay help to cover some of the cost. 37. What surprises the writer about the items of post on the plane? A. The items seem to be in a mess. B. Some of the items are very unusual. C. The items are similar to his own post. D. He can’t see clear names on the items. 38. When talking about the plane post service, Sandy says that . A. she would like the service to be more often B. the mail plane does not stop long enough there C. she would like to be able to do her own shopping D. there are many items that cannot be delivered to her 39. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text? A. To describe postal delivery services in the Outback. B. To show the wild beauty of the Australian Outback. C. To warn about the dangers to postmen in the Outback. D. To get more support for postal services in the Outback. 40. What might the writer say to a friend when he gets back to England? A. The post plane is too small for the post that has to be delivered. B. Only tourists are allowed to go as passengers on the post plane. C. The postman has to fly the

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plane himself and deliver everything by hand. D. The delivery could be faster if the postman spent less time talking to local people. 非选择题（共 50 分） 四、填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） A) 请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标 号为 41―45 的相应横线上。 41. As a ▲ (爱好) and a way of exercising, more and more young people enjoy cycling at weekends in China. 42. ―Will you please come for dinner this Friday, Billy? ―Thanks a lot. But every day is OK ▲ (除……以外) Friday. 43. ▲ (最后), I’d like to thank all those people who helped make the fashion show such a great success. 44. The photo show will help foreigners have a better understanding of traditional Chinese culture and its ▲ (现代的) development. 45. The young man ▲ (选择) to start his career in his own village after he graduated from the university. B) 请根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 46―50 的相应横线上。 46. ―Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the twins are? ―They are talking to a friend of ▲ (they) in the meeting room. 47. Because of the dirty air, doctors advised people to avoid outdoor ▲ (activity) and shut doors and windows for protection. 48. ―You look tired, Betty. What’s wrong? ―I didn’t sleep well and stayed ▲ (wake) until the early morning. 49. Many foreigners like Chinese food, but they don’t know some dishes take hours or even days ▲ (prepare). 50. ―Hello. This is Sunshine Police Station. Can I help you? ―A car crashed into a tree and the driver was badly hurt. A doctor ▲ (want) here. C) 请根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确， 并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 51―55 的相应横线上。 Oliver Twist is one of the most famous stories by Charles Dickens. Set in the nineteenth century, it is about a boy called Oliver who finds himself alone in the world. He lives