上海版2020届中考一模英语试题A卷姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________一、完形填空 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

After Columbus discovered the New Continent(新大陆) and 1 back to his motherland, Spain, he was warmly 2. But not everyone felt 3 at Columbus' Success. Some people thought Columbus was only a 4 and what he had done could be done by any other seaman. One day, at a dinner, some self-important men did what they could to 5 Columbus unhappy, saying that he had only done the 6 thing in the world. Hearing this instead of jumping up angrily, Columbus took an 7 from a dish and asked,“Look, here, gentlemen, is there anyone here who can make this egg stand upright?” They tried one by one but none could. Then the egg 8 back to Columbus. He broke it a little, put the egg on the table and it stood upright. “What can be easier than this, gentlemen?” he said, “Now you will say it's so9 that everybody can do it. Of course, because I have shown you now.” They looked at each other and talked10.（1）A . tookB . gaveC . got（2）A . surprisedB . welcomedC . attracted（3）A . gladB . angryC . sad（4）A . firemanB . businessmanC . seaman（5）A . showB . helpC . make（6）A . worstB . hardestC . easiest（7）A . eggB . appleC . orange（8）A . calledB . lookedC . came（9）A . difficultB . easyC . happy（10）A . loudlyB . angrilyC . surprisingly二、阅读理解 (共3题；共22分)2. （8分）阅读下列短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项.DFor too many, the damage begins early in life. Four out of 10 babies born in the United States do not form a strong relationship with either parent, and they will pay for that the rest of their lives.New research from Princeton University confirms what other researchers have already found: The number of babies born into families that are too poorly equipped(装备、配备) to give them a fair chance of having a successful life is very big.That finding is supported by many other research Projects, including a study from the Universityof Rochester showing that nearly one-third of U.S. parents don't know what to expect from their new horns, or how to help them grow and learn and get along with others. Babies, as others have pointed out, don't come with an owner's manual.The basic problem, according to the Princeton study, is 40 percent of infants in the U.S. live in fear or distrust of their parents, and that will turn into aggressiveness（侵犯）, defiance（挑衅）and hyperactivity（多动） as they grow into adults.Of that number, 25 percent don't have a close relationship with their parents because the parents don't satisfy their needs. And 15 percent find their parents so troubling that they will avoid them whenever possible.That will not necessarily result in a lifetime of violence(暴力), but it will make living a successful life much more difficult."They can overcome(克服) it," sociologist (社会科学家) Sophie Moullin of Princeton, lead author(作者) of that study, said in a telephone interview. "It's not a make or break situation, but they might find it harder to control their behavior."Moullin, along with coauthors from Columbia University and the University of Bristol in England, analyzed(分析) more than 100 research projects, to reach their conclusions.There are many factors, including poverty(贫穷), ignorance（无知）, and stress among parents who are so busy with their own problems that a new child is sometimes more than they can deal with.Yet strong relationships, the researchers say, are amazingly simple to achieve.（1）According to the writing style of the passage, it may be a(n) _________.A . news reportB . book reportC . novelD . review（2）What is the meaning of the underlined word "manual" in Paragraph 3?A . An actor who tells you how to take care of a baby.B . A book that tells you how to do or operate something.C . A TV show that tells you how to make a relationship with your baby.D . A radio program explaining how to look after your baby.（3）What do you think is the best title of this passage?A . It's harder to control children's behavior.B . What a little love means to a little one.C . The problems of the parents in the United States.D . The problems of the children in the United Sates.（4）What may be discussed in the following paragraph?A . Findings of other similar project concerning this topic.B . Examples of the results of lacking string relationships.C . Simple ways of achieving strong relationships with a baby.D . Reasons for failing in building up string relationships with a child.3. （4分）Many people don’t think that the number 13 is a lucky number. Many hotels do not have a 13th floor. The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number13. Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them.No one really knows why people do not like the number 13. Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count, they used ten fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.Some Christians (基督徒) say that 13 is not lucky because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus (耶稣) was killed (被杀). In a story about the old Greek (希腊的) gods, 12 gods were asked to a meal but one more came. This made 13. It is why the god Balder, who was at the meal, was killed.（1）Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people, or _________________.A . they will never come for dinner togetherB . they will ask one of them to leaveC . all of them will leaveD . they will wait for two other people to come（2）The story is about _____________________.A . the death of JesusB . the person who killed BalderC . why 13 is not a lucky numberD . the way people count with their fingers4. （10分） A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)”or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family's native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When i t all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she's done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra's parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita familyis very different from what it was like a few years ago.Alexandra's father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house w ith a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”（1）Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______.A . 18monthsB . threeC . eightD . ten（2）Which country does Alexandra live?A . America.B . Britain.C . Romania.D . France.（3）Alexandra's painting _________.A . took her a lot of time at schoolB . made her drop out of schoolC . didn't influence her studies at schoolD . made her fall behind others in studies at school（4）When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.A . their life was very hardB . they lived by selling Alexandra's paintingsC . Alexandra began to draw her paintingD . her parents left their jobs and worked for her（5）From the passage, we can learn ________.A . Alexandra was not interested in travellingB . Alexandra's success changed her family’s lifeC . Alexandra's parents were good at EnglishD . Alexandra's stories appeared often on the radio and TV三、七选五 (共1题；共25分)5. （25分）Answer the questions according to the passage.Have you seen advertisements about hair care products? The models(模特) have shining hair like jewels(宝石). But now making hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US makes it possible.The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them into diamonds(钻石). Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology. The work will take about 7 months. In the end, Beethoven's long hair will become three shining diamonds.Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder where they got Beethoven's hair. A man called John Reznikoff gave the hair to the company. He holds the Guinness World Record for the latest and most valuable collection of celebrity(名人) hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total, the collection is worth over five million dollars.Though it sounds unbelievable, diamonds made with hair are for the families to remember the dead.（1）What does the company of LifeGem do?（2）How did the company get Beethoven's hair?（3）John Reznikoff doesn't collect Albert Einstein's hair, does he?（4）How long will the work take?（5）What are the diamonds made with hair for?四、单词拼写 (共1题；共1分)6. （1分）Please put the ________ (蜡烛) in the birthday cake.五、短文填空 (共2题；共15分)7. （5分）用方框内所给词的适当形式填空。