湖北省宜昌市2025年中考真题（1）英语试卷-有答案

1、I was having breakfast with my three children ________ water started filling my home.

A．since

B．before

C．after

D．when

2、Peter Parker participated in a science exhibition, ______ he was accidentally bitten by a spider ______ was exposed to radiation (辐射) .

A.where; who B.where; that C.which; that D.which; which

3、The forest fire suddenly _______ during the night.

A．broke down

B．broke up

C．broke out

D．broke away

4、With the help of Internet, information can __________ every corner（角落）of the world.

A.send B.decide C.reach D.question

5、 The footprints on the floor __________ that someone had broken into their house while they were out.

A. recognized B. forecast  C. indicated   D. observed

6、The room is so clean. It must have________yesterday evening.

A．cleaned

B．not clean

C．been cleaned

D．be cleaned

7、“We trust that today’s talks will help create _________ on the Belt and Road Initiative as part of the efforts to build a global community of a shared future,” said Zhou Shuchun.

A.consensus B.consequence C.compromise D.competence

8、Learning is a natural pleasure, inborn and instinctive, of the essential pleasures of the human race.

A.which B.one C.each D.any

9、I’m above the Arctic circle,________ in summer the sun never sets.

A．which

B．that

C．where

D．whom

10、—A child's behavior is most easily influenced by his parents.

—True. That's ________ we should set a good example to our kids.

A.why B.when C.whether D.where

11、It is easy to ________ my car from others in the parking lot; it has a picture of Mickey Mouse on the back.

A．make up

B．find out

C．pick up

D．pick out

12、Frankly speaking, I envy your ________ achievements.

A．distinguishing

B．distinguish

C．distinguished

D．distinguishment

13、For most of the time, these scientists are living in a tent in the desert, filming and researching wildlife, away from _______ most people consider civilization.

A.that B.what C.which D.where

14、I felt a growing sense of alarm when he did not return that night.

A．担心

B．警报

C．闹钟

D．警钟

15、His sister is a teacher. That’s ________ favorite job.

A．she

B．her

C．hers

D．herself

16、Generally speaking，________ according to the directions，the drug has no side effect.

A．when taking

B．when taken

C．when to take

D．when to be taken

17、—Her father is very rich.

—So what? She won’t accept his help ______ it is offered.

A．even if

B．if only

C．in case

D．so that

18、---Where did the money you had got go?

--- On a computer, ______ on the desk over there.

A. it   B. this

C. one   D. the one

19、--What do you think of cloning?

--No doubt it’s a great invention. But ________, it may have some side effects.

A．if not properly handling B．if properly not handled

C．if not properly handled  D．if properly not handling

20、______ payment online is safe, people will be more likely to link their bank cards to Wechat.

A．Even if

B．As if

C．As long as

D．Unless

21、The commonly held view is that people arrived in North America from Asia via a land bridge once connecting the two continents at the end of the Ice Age around 13,000 to 16,000 years ago. But recent discoveries have suggested humans might have been there earlier. Researchers studying fossilized human footprints in New Mexico say that humans were there at least 23,000 years ago.

Matthew Bennett, a specialist in ancient footprints and author of a study on the new findings published in Science, and his colleagues studied 61 footprints by radiocarbon(放射性碳) dating layers of aquatic (水生的) plant seeds preserved above and below the footprints and accurately dated they were made 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. The people who made the footprints were living there in the last Ice Age when two massive ice sheets covering the continent and cold temperatures would have made a journey between Asia and Alaska impossible, indicating humans must have been there much earlier than previously thought.

According to their analysis of the footprints, they were likely made in soft ground at the edge of a wetland by children who were sent to do the work like fetching and catching by adults. Wind probably blew dust over the surface, accumulating in the prints, thus, leaving footprints that previously recorded.

Their finding also makes it possible to explore the older and more controversial sites. One such site is Chiquihuite Cave in central Mexico, where stone tools dating back to 30,000 years ago have been found.

David Rachal, an experienced geoarchaeologist (地质考古学家) thought the footprint dates provided by Bennett and his team looked extremely solid, with seeds providing very reliable and precise ages through radiocarbon dating. “You could not ask for a better setup,” said Rachal. However, he was puzzled that no artifacts, such as stone tools, had been found in the area. “We need to be cautious and more research needs to be done.” Rachal said.

【1】What is the most essential evidence dating the time in the passage?

A．The aquatic plant seeds.

B．The fossilized human footprints.

C．The unearthed tools.

D．The massive ice sheets.

【2】Why does the author mention Chiquihuite Cave in central Mexico?

A．To introduce a historical site.

B．To show the significance of the finding.

C．To compare geoarchaeological discoveries.

D．To explain the course of making a discovery.

【3】What’s David Rachal’s attitude towards the new discovery?

A．Optimistic and trustful.

B．Conservative and cautious.

C．Negative but curious.

D．Favorable but confused.

【4】Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?

A．The Discovery of Human Footprints.

B．Scientific Methods of Dating Footprints.

C．The Earlier Arrival of People in North America.

D．A Discussion on Human History Among Researchers.

22、A researcher at Ben-Gurion University conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, uncovering a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, including university students.

“We found that children in the first, second and third grades who sing these songs prove skills absent in children who don’t take part in similar activities,” explains Dr. Idit Sulkin. “We also found that children who naturally perform hand-clapping songs in the yard during break have neater handwriting, write better and make fewer spelling errors.” As part of the study, Sulkin went to several elementary school classrooms and engaged the children in either a board of education conducting music appreciation program or hand-clapping songs training — each lasting a period of 10 weeks.

“Within a very short period of time, the children who until then hadn’t taken part in such activities caught up in their cognitive abilities to those who did,” she said. But this finding only surfaced for the group of children undergoing hand-clapping songs training. The result led Sulkin to conclude that hand-clapping songs should be made a necessary part of education for children aged 6 to 10, for the purpose of motor and cognitive training.

During the study, Dr. Sulkin interviewed school and kindergarten teachers, visited their classrooms and joined the children in singing. Her goal was to figure out why children are fascinated by singing and clapping up until the end of third grade, when these entertainments are abruptly abandoned and replaced with sports. “This fact explains a developmental process the children are going through,” Dr. Sulkin observes. “The hand-clapping songs appear naturally in children’s lives at the age of 7, and disappear at the age of 10.”

Sulkin says that no in-depth, long-term study has been conducted on the effects that hand-clapping songs have on children’s motor and cognitive skills. However, the relationship between music and intellectual development in children has been studied extensively, causing countless parents to obtain a “Baby Mozart” CD for their children.

【1】What conclusion does Dr. Sulkin make?

A．Hand-clapping songs training is short.

B．Kids with hand-clapping songs training write well.

C．Kids with hand-clapping songs training are smarter.

D．Hand-clapping songs should be part of kid education.

【2】How old are kids naturally performing hand-clapping songs?

A．At the age of 6.

B．At the age of 7.

C．At the age of 8.

D．At the age of 10.

【3】Why do parents tend to buy a “Baby Mozart” CD?

A．To help their kids develop better.

B．To support their kids’ dream.

C．To satisfy their kids’ hobby.

D．To let their kids sleep well.

【4】What is the text probably continued with?

A．Hand-clapping songs’ effect on adults.

B．Shortcomings on hand-clapping songs.

C．Sulkin’s growth in the musical home.

D．Songs from “Baby Mozart” CDs.

23、   Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or homes for the aged. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.

Other young people volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls

Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.

【1】Where can you often find volunteers in the United States?

A．At a bus-stop.

B．In a park.

C．In a hospital.

D．In a shop.

【2】How do volunteers usually help those who are sick or old?

A．They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their house.

B．They cook, sew or wash their clothes.

C．They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.

D．They clean, wax and repair their cars.

【3】What is Big Brothers?

A．It’s the name of a club.

B．It’s a home for children who have no brothers.

C．It’s the name of a film.

D．It’s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers.

【4】Why so most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers?

A．Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger.

B．Because they like younger boys and girls.

C．Because they know how to do the work.

D．Because they have a lot of free time.

24、A company in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, reportedly introduced an internal document requiring all employees to stop using iPhones. Those who continue using iPhones could lose their jobs while those who switch to Huawei would get subsidies, the document said.

Asked why, a senior company executive said the move was to ensure the security of information and commercial secrets, and to encourage all to support domestic brands. Some enterprises and agencies might have security concerns, but for the company involved that seems unlikely, and it seems to be more of a publicity ploy.

There have been instances in the past, too, of other private companies forbidding employees from using iPhones and insisting they support Chinese brands.

At a time when the United States government is forcing US companies to stop doing business with Huawei, it is good to see Chinese compatriots (同胞) supporting Chinese brands. However, it isn’t Apple that is stopping supplying chips and other high-tech parts to Huawei. It is US politicians. The president has also issued executive orders to shut down Tik Tok so as to force it to sell its US businesses to an American company.

The best way to support Chinese companies is to speak out against those US politicians. It is advisable, for example, to create awareness among friends in the US about the ways in which these politicians are harming both Chinese and US interests.

Boycotting US brands such as Apple is not at all advisable. It not only violates (侵犯) an individual’s personal right to choose what he or she likes, it also creates a lot of misunderstanding. Of course, organizations that deal with critical information can ask their employees to use domestic brands. But that must be done legally.

Even Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said that patriotism should not decide whether one wants an iPhone or a Huawei. He said that he had bought Apple computers for his family and that his company must learn from its competitors.

【1】The underlined word “subsidies” in Paragraph 1 probably means .

A．jobs

B．bonus

C．punishment

D．compliment

【2】Why did the company require its employees to stop using iPhones according to its leadership?

A．They thought the company’s secret information might be stolen by iPhones.

B．They felt guilt and shame at using iPhones.

C．They had to obey the order of the local government.

D．They thought using iPhones was an act of showing off.

【3】According to the passage all the following statements are true EXCEPT that________.

A．some enterprises and individuals don’t use iPhones to take their patriotic stand

B．Apple is stopping supplying chips to Huawei

C．boycotting US brands is not at all wise and appropriate

D．Ren Zhengfei and his family also use Apple products

【4】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．We Need to Unite Against Using iPhones

B．One Company Ploy Matters to One Country’s Future

C．Can’t Force Huawei to Be Apple of One’s Eye

D．Chinese Compatriots - Let’s Switch to Huawei

25、Have you ever heard someone say that he can't see the forest for the trees? If so, you may have ____ what this curious phrase means. If you can see the trees, how is the forest not ____, too?

This popular phrase accurately describes situations in which people sometimes get so caught up with the ____ that they lose sight of the big picture. ____, you're paying so much attention to the trees that you forget that the trees are just part of a ____ forest.

This is a problem we all ____ from time to time. When observing our world, it’s easy to focus on the interesting details and ____ larger concepts. For ____, though, it's important to be able to focus on both the forest and the trees.

Since the ____ of scientific inquiry thousands of years ago, observations have been ____. The first scientists used their ____ to see, hear, smell, feel, and taste the world around them. Through these ____, they learned about their world and began to search for answers to the questions that ____ arose.

Today scientists ____ rely upon their five senses to make observations. However, they also take advantages of modern ____ to make observations with a wide variety of tools. These enable them to “see” the world in ways beyond what their five senses ____.

From satellite telescopes atomic microscopes, ____ scientists use these tools to observe the world in ways never ____ by early scientists. Some of these tools allow them to ____ small details while others help them to see the big ____.

【1】

A．wondered

B．believed

C．explained

D．described

【2】

A．acceptable

B．accessible

C．visible

D．possible

【3】

A．reasons

B．problems

C．effects

D．details

【4】

A．In contrast

B．In return

C．In other words

D．In the meantime

【5】

A．better

B．larger

C．clearer

D．greener

【6】

A．seek out

B．pass by

C．agree on

D．meet with

【7】

A．catch

B．ignore

C．comprehend

D．misuse

【8】

A．observers

B．farmers

C．scientists

D．leaders

【9】

A．beginning

B．separation

C．recovery

D．removal

【10】

A．forgotten

B．welcomed

C．impossible

D．important

【11】

A．senses

B．feelings

C．environments

D．experiences

【12】

A．errors

B．gifts

C．observations

D．inventions

【13】

A．luckily

B．naturally

C．exactly

D．occasionally

【14】

A．even

B．yet

C．never

D．still

【15】

A．technologies

B．theories

C．discoveries

D．efforts

【16】

A．release

B．allow

C．prefer

D．enjoy

【17】

A．famous

B．young

C．popular

D．modern

【18】

A．imagined

B．suggested

C．remembered

D．convinced

【19】

A．create

B．study

C．copy

D．choose

【20】

A．cause

B．change

C．picture

D．achievement

26、假定你是李华，你校英语报正在举办以“What I Have Learned From My Family”为题的征文活动。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：

1.你的经历；

2.你的感受。

注意: 1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。