南通市 2021 年中考英语模拟试卷 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共 60 分） 第Ⅰ卷共 45 小题，请将答案按要求填涂在答题卡上。 一、单项选择（本题共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。 1. —Wow, useful and fashionable i phone X you have bought! —Yes, it is a great help to me. I must say it also cost me a lot. A. What an; And B What a; But C. What a; And D. How; But 2. He makes a living teaching and succeeded hard work. A. on; through B. by; by C. through; by D. by; through 3. I’m afraid that this type of energy will ______ if we continue to waste it. A. run out B. break out C. come down D. fall down 4. —It's a long time since I my sister. — her this weekend? A. saw; Why don't visit B. saw; Why not to visit C. have seen; Why not visiting D. saw; Why not visit 5. —What about yesterday’s dragon dance? —Oh, it’s ______ one I’ve ever seen. A. a most wonderful B. more wonderful C. the most wonderful D. a more wonderful 6. —We can see some wild tigers in the forest, right? —It’s hard to say. There ______ be only a few left. A. may B. must C. need D. should 7. zhong Nanshan is still working to high standards ______ he has made great achievements. A. until B. if C. though D. because 8. —Shall we get together this Saturday or Sunday evening? —______ is OK. I’m free this weekend. A. Both B. Either C. Neither D. None 9. The Chinese government says nothing will be difficult if more attention ______ to the spread of the virus . A. pays B. is paid C. has paid D. will be paid 10.— Della, what do you think makes a good doctor? —As doctors, they can’t be ________ careful. They must have perfect medical skills. A. so B. very C. quite D. too 11. —What do you think of our hotel? —Good! I’m especially satisfied with the high ______ of your service. A. level B. speed C. praise D. price 12. The couple will be away for a while and they need someone ______ the baby. A. look after B. looking after C. looked after D. to look after 13. —Sandy, the glass is broken. How did that happen? —Sorry, Mum. I don’t know. I ______ outside. A. play B. was playing C. have played D. am playing 14. —Richard is studying in Germany. I wonder______. —On the phone. A. how his parents keep in touch with him B. why his parents keep in touch with him C. how do his parents keep in touch with him D. why do his parents keep in touch with him 15. —I hope I can make a great deal of money and become a wealthy boss in one night. —__________ Be more realistic, remember: no pains, no gains. A. That’s right B. In your dreams. C. Why not dream? D. You’re welcome. 二、完形填空（本题共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选 项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 My daughter and I were swimming in our pool one summer day. This day was like any of the other days, so I had no way of knowing that this one would go down in our family history as a 16 we cherish（珍惜）and still talk about from time to time. The sun was setting and the night was quickly approaching. My daughter 17 it first — a spider was spinning her web at the bottom of the freshly painted blue fence that 18 our pool. It surprised me that she saw this, and it surprised me even more that she wasn’t 19 of the spider. Instead, she 20 watched as the spider busied herself in the cycle of life. As we both watched this wonder of nature, a very simple thought 21 me. I had lost the track of time. I honestly didn’t know how long we had been just staying there and 22 that spider making her web. But, regardless of （不管）whatever amount of time had passed, the truth was that we were 23 having fun. We were having fun without doing anything really 24 or special, I thought. We hadn’t saved the world or 25 the newest most expensive toy. However, I believe that by 26 this experience of the spider building her web, we were both just quite happy. What we had done was to spend time together and 27 the simple things in life. We laughed and talked about the 28 of life, and what it means to die and what it means to really live. We talked about how precious our limited (有限的）amount of time is on this planet and how we should 29 to enjoy the simple things in life like the flight of a bird. The simple things are the 30 things in life, even when they include spiders and webs. 16. A. memory 17. A. remembered 18. A. built 19. A. tired 20. A. secretly 21. A. knocked 22. A. pointing at 23. A. normally 24. A. new 25. A. made 26. A. sharing 27. A. do 28. A. story 29. A. forget 30. A. unusual B. freedom C. composition D. purpose B. imagined C. watched D. noticed B. decorated C. surrounded D. reached B. afrai