沪教版2019-2020年英语中考英语模拟试卷（三十七）（I）卷
姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________
一、 阅读理解 (共4题；共32分)
1. （10分）阅读理解 A
My name is Sara Green．I'm from Wales．I live in Cardiff and I'm 14 years old．My birthday is on
March，1 st．I live with my family：my mom, my dad and my sister Estelle．My dad is 40 and he is a biologist(生物学家)．He studies big marine mammals(海洋哺乳动物)．His job is very interesting! My mom is 39 and she is a musician．She plays the violin．
We live in a house with a big front garden(花园)．On Sunday morning I usually help my mom in the garden．There are small trees and flowers in the garden! I like gardening!
I also like studying． I want to be a biologist to work with my dad,so my favorite school subjects are science and biology．But my favorite thing to do in my free time is read．I read all kinds of books．There are about 200 books in my bedroom．After school I always go to the library to study or do my homework．I love staying there．
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
（1）Sara has a family of ． A . three B . four C . five D . six
（2）What does Sara think of her father's job? A . Easy． B . Difficult． C . Interesting． D . Boring．
（3）Where is the garden? A . In front of the house． B . Behind the house． C . On the left of the house． D . On the fight of the house．
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（4）What does Sara like doing best in her free time? A . Reading． B . Gardening． C . Playing sports． D . Playing the violin．
（5）What can we know from the passage? A . Sara's birthday is in May． B . Sara's mother is a biologist． C . Sara wants to be a musician． D . Sara likes staying in the library． 2. （6分）阅读理解
As a young woman， my mother worked in the kitchen of a large farm owned by Fanny Cratty. She was hardworking and had a special skill in making delicious strawberry jam.
Aunt Fanny was single and had no children. She didn't like to share love with others. I thought she was very lonely， although she didn't mind it. She had a workshop where my mother helped her make the best strawberry jam， and everyone in our town bought it. But aunt Fanny asked my mother not to tell the recipe(秘方) of making the strawberry jam to others.
When the strawberries were ripe， my family would pick them together. We talked and laughed， experiencing the fun of picking strawberries. But aunt Fanny never joined us. She just asked us to pick strawberries quickly and make more strawberry jam to make more money for her. Each person in our town said that she just paid attention to money rather than anything else. What a poor woman! It's no use having too much money because she had no family and friends to share her happiness during her lifetime. Maybe it was the recipe that brought success to aunt Fanny. But to me， it was just a common recipe. Money can make you feel rich for a while， but it is the beautiful days spent with family and friends that truly make you rich.
（1）Who owns the recipe of making the best strawberry jam? A . The writer's mother. B . The writer. C . Aunt Fanny. D . Fanny's mother.
（2）Why do people in the town think aunt Fanny is poor? A . Because she needed to work hard in her workshop. B . Because she paid attention to nothing except money.
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C . Because she had no close friends to shared her success.
D . Because she always thought of helping others rather than herself. （3）—What does the last word “rich” mean in this passage? —It means ________.
A . the success of making strawberry jam B . having the recipe and much money C . the happiness， one's family and friends D . owning a big house and the large farm
3. （6分） Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama's “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through rapping (饶舌音乐) or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you're not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem completely important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.
That's OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understand that you can't let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one's born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness; it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit(承认) when you don't know something, and to learn something new.
And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged (泄气), and you feel like other people have given up on you—don't ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
（1） Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the fourth paragraph? A . To compare these two famous persons.
B . To explain that writing and sports are difficult skills.
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沪教版2019-2020年英语中考英语模拟试卷(三十七)(I)卷
