2023
年上海市杨浦区中考英语二模试卷
一、单选题：本大题共
15
小题，共
15
分。
1
.
All Grade 8 students are busy preparing for their History exam at
______
moment.
（ ）
A.
a
B.
an
C.
the
D.
/
2
.
Tommy
，
be polite!No one likes to be made fun
______
.
（ ）
A.
with
B.
of
C.
from
D.
at
3
.
His idea doesn't agree with
______
on this subject.
（ ）
A.
I
B.
me
C.
my
D.
mine
4
.
Space Day falls
______
24 April every year.
（ ）
A.
on
B.
by
C.
at
D.
in
5
.
David pretends to be
______
as if nothing has happened between them.
（ ）
A.
politely
B.
angrily
C.
sadly
D.
friendly
6
.
Don't stay up late
，______
you will feel sleepy the next day.
（ ）
A.
so
B.
and
C.
but
D.
or
7
.
We knew
______
about the new boss except that he was just back from the USA.
（ ）
A.
nothing
B.
something
C.
anything
D.
everything
8
.
The teacher is glad to see that Tony is
______
than before.
A.
careful
B.
more careful
C.
most careful
D.
the most careful
9
.
一
Linda
，
I'm afraid we can't complete the model spaceship this afternoon.
一
Well.we
_____
finish it today.It's fine if we give it to Mr Wang tomorrow.
（ ）
A.
can't
B.
needn't
C.
mustn't
D.
shouldn't
10
.
At the meeting
，
the managers kept arguing about the problem
______
they reached an agreement.
A.
after
B.
when
C.
until
D.
since
11
.
My father
_____________
me a funny joke and I can't stop laughing every time I think of it.
A.
told
B.
tells
C.
will tell
D.
is telling
12
.
- Lydia
，
have you decided which city to travel to
，
London or New York
？
- Not yet.Maybe I
London to meet my friends this time.
（ ）
A.
visit
B.
visited
C.
will visit
D.
was visiting
13
.
Sue practises
______
the violin hard and often gives wonderful performances.
A.
play
B.
played
C.
to play
D.
playing
14
.
Linda
，
may I know
______
you will visit your grandparents
？（ ）
A.
what
B.
when
C.
how
D.
who
15
.
______
exciting speech the head teacher has made to us!
（ ）
A.
How
B.
What
C.
What a
D.
What an
二、完形填空：本大题共
6
小题，共
12
分。
CREEPY-CRAWLIES
the superfood of the future
？
The number of people in the world is growing fast-every year there are about 70 million more people.So
，
we've got two questions that need answers
：
Have we got enough space on our planet for so many people
？
and How can we
（
1
）
______
we've all got enough food to live
？
Many people eat too much meat
—
steaks
，
beef burgers
，
sausages
，
etc.That's not good for us and we need big farms to produce all that meat.The farms already use 30
%
of all the world's land
：
they create greenhouse gases and use a lot of water and energy.However
，
we can do something to
（
2
）
______
.We can eat meat only one or two days a week
，
for example
，
and eat more vegetables
—
that's healthy.We can eat some different types of meat
—
creepy-crawlies
（
3
）
______
!That's right
，
grasshoppers
，
worms
，
flies and lots of other insects.They're the superfood of the future.They've got a lot of protein.Protein is very important for our health
，
and it's good for our hair and our skin.
Protein keeps our muscles and bones in good condition as well.
There are two more reasons why insects are good food
（
4
）
______
insect farms don't need so much water and energy.Also
，
they don't use so much space.
For some people in countries in Asia and Latin America
，
eating insects is not
（
5
）
______
.But for people in Europe and many other countries
，
it seems very strange.
What about you
？
Do you eat any healthy food
？
How much meat do you eat in a week
？
Perhaps you think you don't eat insects
？
But maybe you're
（
6
）
______
.Why's that
？
Because the red food colouring that is in many things that we eat comes from...an insect called the' cochineal beetle.
16
.
A.
deal with
B.
make sure
C.
find out
D.
point out
17
.
A.
help
B.
worry
C.
warn
D.
survive
18
.
A.
never
B.
still
C.
yet
D.
too
19
.
A.
