2024年江苏省连云港市中考英语试卷

Huaguoshan Airport will open up international flights. It will make it _________ for us to travel abroad.

Modern medicine is developing quickly and now most eye problems _________ be cured.

Our school life is more interesting now _________ we can enjoy ourselves in different clubs.

UNICEF helps build a better world for everyone, _________ children all over the world.

The movie Chang An _________ China’s rich history and culture to people around the world.

To live a green life, we should remember to _________ the lights when we leave a room.

Robot dogs _________ as volunteers for the first time during the 2023 Asian Games.

As a Chinese traditional martial art（武术）, Taijiquan _________ to more than 150 countries all over the world so far.

—John, can you tell me _________ in the future?

—I want to be a football player.

Don’t _________, otherwise, you’ll be tired out.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

“Meera, do you remember what day it is tomorrow?” asked Rani.

“It’s Mummy’s birthday!” cried Meera. “What are we going to give her as a （1） ”

That was the （2） . They couldn’t think of anything! Maybe they could buy her some flowers or make her a birthday card. But that didn’t seem （3） enough for Mummy!

Both girls （4） how they could make Mummy’s birthday an extra surprise. They asked Papa for help. After an hour of discussing with Papa, the girls nodded to each other. They finally had a （5） !

Next morning Papa （6） the girls very early, even before the sun had risen properly. Quickly and quietly, the three of them started to （7） . Papa and Rani blew up balloons—red, yellow, green, blue—and Meera （8） them all around. Soon the room was looking very （9） indeed.

Then they got into the （10） . “Let’s make breakfast!” Papa began giving （11） in a low voice. Rani and Meera did as Papa said. （12） the children made the breakfast ready. There were sandwiches, a fruit salad, a glass full of （13） orange juice and another full of warm milk.

Mummy came out of her room. The girls （14） to her and hugged（拥抱）her. “Happy birthday!”

“What a wonderful （15） !” cried Mummy, looking at the balloons and the breakfast table. It was the best breakfast Mummy had ever eaten.

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阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

Best kite festivals around the world

Imagine a sky full of colorful kites of all shapes and sizes. Isn’t it wonderful? Now, we’ll take you on a journey through some of the best kite festivals around the world.

（1）Both Weifang and Washington State International Kite Festival ________.

（2）What can people do in Dieppe International Kite Festival?

（3）If Tom wants to make a kite, he can go to ________.

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

Holly gets a pet dog. She’s so happy, and the dog is happy, too! “I want to call him Eco,” says Holly. “Come here, Eco!” And Eco wags（摇摆）his tail.

“That dog is your responsibility（责任）, Holly,” says her father. “No problem!” Holly agrees.

Before school, Holly takes Eco for his first morning walk. She feels very tired. It’s really cold and dark—and it’s so early! But Eco doesn’t mind. He runs, stops, runs again, sees a black cat, tries to run after it and nearly pulls Holly off her feet!

Holly realizes it’s late when she gets back from the walk. She quickly eats a piece of bread, takes her bag and jacket, and runs to school.

What a busy morning! But that’s not all for looking after a pet dog.

When Holly takes Eco for his evening walk, it’s quite dark outside. Holly feels nervous. She runs along the road with him, but it’s difficult. Because Eco often stops to study the bushes and trees. And he often tries to catch birds, or play with sticks and fallen leaves.

A few days go by. Then…

It’s raining outside. Eco enters…and the trouble starts. Eco’s dirty paws leave prints everywhere, on the floor, on the blanket, on the sofa…“Come here, Eco!” says Holly. She wants to stop him, but it doesn’t work.

Holly gets really angry now. She decides to punish Eco. So that night Eco is kept in the green house alone.

When Holly enters the green house next morning, it’s a disaster. Her mum’s plants and flowers are lying on their sides or on the floor. And the pots（花盆）are broken into a hundred pieces. And Eco is sitting in the soil and leaves.

“Oh, no,” says Holly. She realizes it’s time to train the dog. “He needs to know the rules.”

Every day after school, Holly repeats simple orders to Eco. If he can do as ordered, he can get nice bones. The amazing thing is, Eco really enjoys it. For him, it’s one big game.

So Eco learns to sit when Holly says, “Sit!” He learns to come when Holly says, “Come here!”…And he doesn’t get into trouble!

（1）What can we learn from Holly’s words in paragraph 2?

（2）To take care of Eco, Holly _________.

（3）Which is the right order of the following events?

a. Holly keeps Eco in the green house.

b. Eco leaves the green house in a mess.

c. Eco makes the house dirty on a rainy day.

d. Holly decides to help Eco learn some rules.

e. Eco doesn’t listen to Holly and that makes her angry.

（4）From the last two paragraphs we can learn that Holly is ________.

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

If you grew up in an unusual family and felt limited by heavy thoughts, how would you change your life story? In the book Educated, the US writer Tara Westover shows us how she deals with hard times.

The book talks about Westover’s life. Her father had a junkyard（废品场）in Idaho, US. It’s a very small mountain village. Tara and her brothers and sisters worked every day. Before she turned 17, she had never traveled outside. None of the kids in her family had ever been to a school or a hospital. As she got older, she felt that she needed to get away from this uncomfortable situation. Luckily, Westover’s older brother taught her to read. With hard work, Westover went to college on a scholarship, and later got a PhD（博士学位）in History at Cambridge University.

Education changed her, her life, her way of thinking and even her luck. After reading the book, I come to feel the deepest thanks for my own family, and the education I got. Education allows girls like Westover to fly like birds toward their own goals. It allows us to get a different view, find new experiences, better understand others and explore the wider world. I wish for all of us to be like free and powerful birds, growing and changing through challenges and difficulties.

（1）What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1?

（2）What can we learn about Westover’s life from paragraph 2?

（3）What is the last paragraph mainly about?

（4）What is the text?

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

As we know, eating vegetables is good for us. Why do some people like them but others don’t? A new study has found that other people’s likes and dislikes could be a reason. According to the research, people who eat vegetables and show a clear dislike for them can influence others.

People may make facial expressions（面部表情）when eating. How does it affect a person watching them? A team of scientists in the UK did a study. They asked more than 200 young women to watch videos of other adults eating broccoli（西兰花）. The people in the videos had different expressions while eating. They would smile, seem neutral（neither happy nor sad）, or look disgusted.

The study found that when people in the videos look disgusted while eating broccoli, people watching them began to like broccoli less. The opposite was not true, however. When someone had a smile while eating broccoli, people watching them did not like broccoli more.

By watching others, humans learn which behaviors will be good for them. Scientists believe that people might avoid food that looks terrible. In this way, people can protect themselves from eating something bad or dangerous.

The research focused only on adults, but the team believe that the results could also work for children. This means, if children see their parents not enjoying certain foods, including vegetables, they might not want to eat them either.

How does the behavior of adults influence children’s choices of food? The team said they hope to understand more about it. This could help find ways to encourage children to eat more healthy foods.

（1）What does the underlined word “disgusted” in paragraph 2 mean?

（2）What’s the result of the study?

（3）The team may do further study on _________.

（4）What is the best title of the text?

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺连贯，其中有两项是多余选项。

When winter comes, cranes migrate（迁徙）from northeast Siberia in Russia to Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, China. （1） However, climate change has influenced the birds’ living conditions.

In some years, the Poyang Lake experiences floods, while in others, it experiences dry weather. （2）

To help deal with the problem, the local government has planted 70 hectares（公顷）of lotus roots（莲藕）in Nanchang. （3） The birds’ population has risen from about 3, 000 to more than 5,000 over the past 20 years.

Over the years, China has worked hard to protect migratory birds. Recently, 1,140 places in the country have been taken as important breeding（繁殖）grounds, wintering grounds and migratory stops. （4） They play a key role in cleaning water, preventing floods, and keeping the balance of the environment.

（5） The law sets rules to help manage wetlands. And it stops harmful activities, including giving out waste water. Thanks to these efforts, China has reported more birds wintering in the wetlands.

根据短文意思和首字母提示，写出一个完整正确的单词。

Community connects us with each other. A community is a （1）p＿＿＿＿ where people live, work and play together. It’s just like a school, where （2）s＿＿＿＿ help each other to learn. People in a community （3）h＿＿＿＿ one another, too.

People in a community have different skills. They often help neighbors （4）s＿＿＿＿ all kinds of problems. For example, sometimes people do not feel well. The （5）d＿＿＿＿ and nurses will make them feel better. There are also some engineers. They may help people （6）f＿＿＿＿ their broken bicycles or washing machines. When people don’t know what to wear to a party or how to design their homes, the artists will give them some （7）a＿＿＿＿.

Some college students work as volunteers in their （8）s＿＿＿＿ time. They often do some cleaning for the old people and help students with their （9）h＿＿＿＿.

Community is not a building or an organization. It is like a big （10）f＿＿＿＿. Members of a community have a sense of trust, safety and caring for each other.

从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空（每个词或短语只能用一次）。

（1）Keeping exercise every day will ________ to our health.

（2）Yuan Longping, one of the greatest ________, won respect all over the world.

（3）He is confident enough to make a speech ________ the public.

（4）—Sorry, I can’t hear you. The wind ________ hard. Can you speak louder?

—That’s OK. I’ll ring you later.

（5）Orange represents joy. It can ________ you ________ when you are feeling sad.

（6）Vacations are a chance to ________ your free time ________ meaningful activities.

（7）In the World Park, we can see models of more than a hundred ________ in a day.

（8）The fast Wi-Fi on China’s space station helps astronauts ________ people on Earth easily.

（9）The past can never be changed and it is ________ to worry about the future. Why not enjoy the present?

（10）Sports World provides up-to-date information about different sports, ________ swimming, basketball and football.

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题，每个题目的答案不超过5个单词。

A talented young band, called Esinaba, became one of the top 10 winners at a national music competition this year. The band came from Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture（阿坝藏族羌族自治州）, Sichuan. The band’s name means “azalea flower” in the Qiang language.

The band was formed in March last year. It is made up of six children, including lead singer Li Guoran, guitarist Zhang Ruixiang, and drummer（鼓手）Qiu Zixin, with an average（平均）age of 10.

“The original（起初的）idea of forming a band was to make music class interesting. Our goal is to make folk music popular so that this beautiful music can reach more people,” says Ha Xue, a music teacher at two local primary schools. She adds that one of the members in the band is Yu Meng xiaofeng, who plays a Qiang musical instrument made of sheepskin.

“We collected old songs of our ethnic group（民族）. Many of them are not written. They are passed down by elders singing to their children,” says the teacher. “I worked with the children to turn the old songs into new pieces with modern instruments. We plan to hold a concert this year.”

（1）What’s the name of the band?

___________________________________________________________

（2）How many members are there in the band?

___________________________________________________________

（3）Why did they form the band?

___________________________________________________________

（4）What do they plan to do this year?

___________________________________________________________

（5）What’s special about the band?

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假如你是李华，你的交换生朋友Kevin很喜欢你亲手做的小礼物，他来信询问制作过程，请你给他回信，内容包括：

（1）你送的礼物是什么；

（2）你送此礼物的原因；

（3）制作的方法或过程。

注意:

（1）词数90左右，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

（2）文中不得出现考生的真实姓名、校名等信息。

Dear Kevin,

I am glad that you like the small gift I made by myself.

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Yours,

Li Hua