2023
年江西省赣州市中考英语一模试卷
一、单选题：本大题共
8
小题，共
8
分。
1
.
My sister
，
Lucy likes the
_______
of the candy because it looks like a star.
（ ）
A.
taste
B.
shape
C.
size
D.
color
2
.
The government has taken actions to care for and
_______
left- behind children
，
such as sending social workers to the countryside.
（ ）
A.
praise
B.
invite
C.
receive
D.
support
3
.
—
I usually spend about half an hour in nature every week.
—
I think it's not enough.Actually you should have made
_______
time outdoors.
（ ）
A.
some
B.
more
C.
less
D.
the most
4
.
We have
________
some charity organizations to help the people in need.
（ ）
A.
taken up
B.
put up
C.
picked up
D.
set up
5
.
Don't hurry him.You will just have to be
_______
and wait until he finishes the work.
（ ）
A.
active
B.
careful
C.
patient
D.
excited
6
.
—
Shall we go to the concert tonight
？
—
Sorry
，
I'm so tired now.I
_______
too many places for the rest of the day.
（ ）
A.
visit
B.
will visit
C.
have visited
D.
was visiting
7
.
Peter failed the soccer game and
_______
to learn from his mistakes so that he could do better next time.
（ ）
A.
educates
B.
educated
C.
is educated
D.
was educated
8
.
—
How should we talk to those kids with hearing problems
？
—
We'd better speak to them
_______
so that they can understand us more easily.
（ ）
A.
bravely
B.
slowly
C.
truly
D.
seriously
二、完形填空：本大题共
15
小题，共
15
分。
A Short History of Transportation
We usually don't think much about the cars
，
buses
，
and trains that take us from our homes to the places where we work
，
study
，
and enjoy ourselves.And yet
，
without these forms of transportation
，
our lives would be very
（
1
）
______
.Transportation technology is developing all the time
，
bringing changes to the cities we live in and the way we move around
（
2
）
______
.
The first humans walked and
（
3
）
______
everywhere
，
often over great distances
（距离）
.A few traditional peoples
，
such as the San in South Africa
，
（
4
）
______
live this way today.
The first vehicles
（车辆）
were probably small rafts that carried people along rivers and across
（
5
）
______
.Some scientists believe rafts were used to sail from Asia to Australia as early as 70
，
000 years ago.
Scientists think that people began to raise horses 4
，
000 to 6
，
000 years ago.People in Kazakhstan
（
6
）
______
groups of wild horses.They wanted them for meat and milk
，
but they
（
7
）
______
used them for riding and carrying things.Life became more convenient than before.
（
8
）
______
animals
，
such as the North African camel
（骆驼），
were raised about 3
，
500 years ago.Animals such as these allowed people to move
（
9
）
______
and carry more.This helped in the development of
（
10
）
______
between societies and spread different kinds of products to more places.
And then came the wheel.
（
11
）
______
the wheel is quite a recent invention
，
we don't know
（
12
）
______
where or when people first used it.Some scientists think it happened in Mesopotamia about 3500 BC
，
some think wheels may be much older.But we know that the
（
13
）
______
stone blocks that were used to make Stonehenge in England as early as 3100 BC needed something like wheels to
（
14
）
______
them.Maybe they used wooden rollers made from logs
（
15
）
______
a type of wheel.By 1000 BC the wheel was common across Europe and the Middle East.
9
.
A.
common
B.
unhealthy
C.
different
D.
dangerous
10
.
A.
it
B.
them
C.
you
D.
ourselves
11
.
A.
rode
B.
ran
C.
drove
D.
flew
12
.
A.
then
B.
just
C.
never
D.
still
13
.
A.
streets
B.
grasslands
C.
seas
D.
deserts
14
.
A.
kept
B.
killed
C.
saved
D.
lost
15
.
A.
hardly
B.
also
C.
once
D.
almost
16
.
A.
All
B.
Most
C.
Many
D.
Other
17
.
A.
farther
B.
earlier
C.
less
D.
harder
18
.
A.
cu
