2023年江苏省泰州市靖江市中考英语二模试卷

一、选择题 从下列每题所给的选项中选择一个最佳答案。（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

• 1．Please mind your ________，Linda.It's not polite to make a loud noise at the dinner table.（　　）

  A．methods

  B．materials

  C．mysteries

  D．manners
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• 2．—Mr.Li，can you ________ what "Grain in Ear （Mang zhong）" is？
  —Sure.It is the ninth of the 24 solar terms （节气）.It means the farmer is getting back to the busy field work.（　　）

  A．experience

  B．explain

  C．expect

  D．explore
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• 3．_________ antibiotics （抗生素） is very useful，It's never a good idea to take it too often.（　　）

  A．It

  B．As

  C．Although

  D．Unless
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• 4．" Peter，__________your lesson again.The final exam is coming soon." said Mum.（　　）

  A．went over

  B．going over

  C．to go over

  D．go over
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• 5．—How exciting!The 19th Asian Games ________ in Hangzhou in September 2023.
  —Yes，I can't wait to watch the Games.（　　）

  A．holds	B．is holding
  C．was held	D．will be held
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• 6．Kunqu opera is one of the oldest Chinese opera forms.           ，fewer young people want to learn or enjoy it.（　　）

  A．Sadly

  B．Simply

  C．Specially

  D．Certainly
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四、任务型阅读 阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。（注意：每个空格只填一个单词）（本题共2小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）

• 17．On April 20，SpaceX launched（发射） the first test flight of its Starship.The rocket is 120 meters tall and had 33 engines （引擎）.It is the world's（1）

  （large）and most powerful rocket that has ever been built.No one was on board. "I'm not sure whether it（2）

  （get） into orbit （轨道），"Space X founder（创建者）and CEO Elon Musk said in March of the planned launch， "But I am sure（3）

  its excitement."
     As it turned out，Starship did not enter orbit.The rocket（4）

  （expect） to make a 90-minute trip around the Earth.Then，it would land in the ocean near Hawaii.But just three minutes after take-off，the huge rocket began to turn around（5）

  （quick）.Soon afterwards，it exploded （爆炸） into a ball of fire.It was later shown that the spacecraft failed（6）

  （separate） from its booster（助推器）after leaving the ground.
     Even so，this flight was of much（7）

  （valuable）to Space X."The farther we fly，the more data（数据）we collect，"said Space x engineering manager Kate Tice，"In some ways，it is（8）

  success."
  Space X will work with local officials to get back the rocket debris （残骸）.This will help them find out what went wrong and fix the problem.Musk believes that the team will be able to make another test flight within a few（9）

  （month）.
  Space X can make spaceflight a profitable （盈利的） business（10）

  its rockets are designed to be reused.This will make it less expensive to send everything from people to satellites （人造卫星） into space.
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六、书面表达（满分25分）

• 18．九年级生活对我们而言无疑是值得回忆与展望的，欢笑与泪水，希冀与不舍，挣扎与拼搏，都将凝成人生中一个个饱含深情的感叹号！如果用一个关键词来定义你的九年级生活，会是什么？某英语网站正以"Key Word for My Grade-9 Life"为主题发起征文活动，请用英文分享你的关键词背后的故事和感悟。
  
  要求：
  1）100词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
  2）文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。
                                                              Key Word for My Grade-9 Life--     
     I'm glad to share with everyone the key word for my Grade-9 life--       
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