2023年江西省九江重点中学中考英语二模试卷-普通用卷（含解析）

2023年江西省九江重点中学中考英语二模试卷 一、单选题（本大题共8小题，共8.0分） 1. Fresh food is good for you．But you have to it first because sometimes it's a little dirty．（　　） A. taste B. smell C. wash D. plant 2. There are lots of _____ that students have to follow in the school.（　　） A. gifts B. rules C. skills D. problems 3. It was late. She opened the door _____ because she didn't want to wake up her grandma. A. angrily B. quietly C. loudly D. heavily 4. Jim studies harder than Tom，but Tom is _____ and he has more friends.（　　） A. more active B. the most active C. more serious D. the most serious 5. Tom did very well in the interview and _____a nice job last month.（　　） A. offers B. is offered C. offered D. was offered 6. -- Lucy，is your uncle a teacher？ -- Yes，he is.He _____ history for nearly 20 years.（　　） A. was teaching B. has taught C. is teaching D. will teach 7. Mary _____ a math problem with her classmates when the math teacher knocked at the classroom door.（　　） A. has discussed B. discusses C. was discussing D. discussed 8. Little Jack has learned to do lots of things on his own, ____ he is only four years old． A. if B. though C. for D. since 二、完形填空（本大题共15小题，共15.0分） Crop circles （麦田怪圈） are strange patterns that appear mysteriously overnight in farmers' fields.The circles are mostly found in the United Kingdom but have spread to many other （1） _____ around the world in the past years.The （2） _____ has given the idea for many books，blogs，fan groups，researchers and even films. Some people （3） _____ that the first crop circles appeared near the small town of Tully Australia.A farmer said he （4） _____ a flying UFO rise up from a swampy（沼泽的） area and fly away.When （5） _____ went closer，he saw a circular area. （ 6） _____ ， the first real crop circles didn't appear until the 1970s.The number of the （7） _____ increased hugely in the 1980s and 1990s. One set of the world's most complex （复杂的） crop circles （8） _____ in England.It was called Julia Set.While some simple circles might be explained with （9） _____ weather，this one was impossible. It was said that Julia Set appeared in less than an hour during the daytime and this made the circles more mysterious （神秘的）.If this was （10） _____ ， it would be impossible for people to create the circles.The circles （11） _____ one of the most famous and important circles in history. There are many （12） _____ about what creates crop circles，including aliens，time travelers，wind and so on. （13） _____ there is no good evidence （证据） for any of them. （14） _____ one day，mysterious，unknown source will be discovered by humans.But until then，perhaps crop circles are best （15） _____ as the art of nature. 9. A. towns B. countries C. cities D. villages 10. A. mystery B. animal C. joke D. house 11. A. thank B. keep C. think D. invent 12. A. saw B. made C. lent D. hoped 13. A. it B. they C. she D. he 14. A. At ... ...