台湾省台中市2025年小升初模拟（一）英语试卷（原卷+答案）

1、He is commonly regarded as a funny man rather than as a reformer   , at bottom, he is.

A. when   B. where

C. that   D. which

2、I _______ days ________ and writing my first English paper yesterday.

A．spend; prepared

B．spent; prepared

C．spend; preparing

D．spent; preparing

3、The old woman carefully sorted out the eggs, _____ them in the basket and headed for the market.

A. put     B. to put

C. putting D. having put

4、________ ecosystems, we must take urgent measures to protect the diversity of species.

A．Rescuing

B．To rescue

C．Rescued

D．Having rescued

5、People all think it strange that the boy should tell what’s written on the paper in another room without looking at it. It really ________ explanation.

A. prevents   B. challenges   C. interrupts     D. confuses

6、—Are you ________ me of lying to the headmaster?

—I’m sure you did.

A．accusing

B．scolding

C．reminding

D．telling

7、I have no idea of what is in fashion nowadays, so my choice might be quite   ____  .

A.abundant B.arbitrary

C.considerate D.aggressive

8、—________ is it from the train station to your home?  — About twenty minutes’ drive.

A.How many B.How much C.How far D.How long

9、Be careful! Don’t take the vase________ it were made of steel.

A．as long as

B．as soon as

C．as if

D．once

10、   speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”，the film has never been，in the full sense of the word，silent.

A. So accustomed are we to   B. As we are so accustomed to

C. Accustomed as we are to   D. Accustomed as are we to

11、My brother said, “I’m watching TV now.”

My brother said ________ ________ watching TV ________.

A．he; was; /

B．I; was; then

C．I; am; that day

D．he; was; then

12、The work he devoted his time to ________ worth praising.

A．be

B．was

C．being

D．been

13、The boys followed the marks that they ______, until finally they found their way back to the campsite.

A. left B. have left

C. had left   D. have been left

14、– I’m still repairing my car.

- Oh, you’ll be late for the meeting. Time is   .

A. running out   B. going out

C. giving out    D. losing out

15、Most parents are not ________ the danger of their babies’ eating jelly, which causes most unfortunate incidents to happen.

A．aware to

B．aware in

C．aware that

D．aware of

16、Mobile phone is an effective _______ of communication.

A．meaning

B．means

C．mean

D．meant

17、—Tom, will you please take our naughty boys out for a while. They almost _____.

—Out of question. You can take a nap while we are away.

A. lift me up   B. drive me mad   C. behave themselves   D. keep cool

18、_______ that he would make greater progress in his study of French.

A.He was hoped B.It was hoped

C.He is hoped D.It is hoping

19、Although New Zealand has a huge variety of scenery, some of the best can only be ______ on foot, as it ranges from glaciers to subtropical forests.

A．accelerated B．progressed

C．accessed D．Processed

20、________ really worried Mary ________ her hair was turning grey so quickly.

A．It,that

B．What,that

C．It,whether

D．What, whether

21、A girls’ soccer team has gone from losing 20-0 each week to winning promotion to the top division—after a dad started coaching.

Golden Hill got routinely thrashed every time they competed in a game. The team now win regularly and secured promotion for next year. That is thanks to Stuart Henley. The 41-year-old car valeter (代客泊车的人), whose 14-year-old daughter plays for the team, took the job two years ago when the previous manager quit because no one else would.

Stuart renamed the team Leek Town Devils and started training hard in February 2020. Many players had never kicked a soccer before joining the team, so training them took hours of hard work and patience. Stuart’s first season was disturbed by the pandemic (疫情), which forced him to get creative with training. He organized team-building activities with the girls to help them bond on and off the field. Stuart then spent the sessions they could hold focusing on the basics of soccer like passing, shooting and movement. Each week the girls were asked to work on the bits that went wrong the previous Saturday and learn from them, which really helped the team improve.

Stuart recalled,“In our first game together, when we scored a goal it was like winning the World Cup. Although we lost the game, we didn’t care because the goal was a sign of progress.”

Stuart watched the girls develop over the course of last year, and in September they played their another match. They won the game, and since then went on an unbeaten run of eight games. Their newfound form led them to a top-of-the-table battle this February, where they were sadly beaten. However, the team still have gone beyond expectation by winning promotion to the county's top division.

Stuart added,“We are about giving girls the chance to play soccer. We’re going into next season full of confidence and ready to compete against tougher competitors, but for now we’re really enjoying our victory.”

【1】What does the underlined word “thrashed” in paragraph 2 probably mean？

A．Defeated.

B．Challenged.

C．Trained.

D．Praised.

【2】What did Stuart Henley ask the team to do for the training？

A．Learn from the wrong.

B．Avoid team-building activities.

C．Abandon previous kicking skills.

D．Focus on high-level techniques.

【3】What did Stuart Henley think of the team’s performance for their first game？

A．It meant nothing to him.

B．It was a complete failure.

C．It hardly lived up to his expectation.

D．It deserved recognition and cheers.

【4】What does the author intend to stress about the team in paragraph 5？

A．Its future expectations.

B．Its amazing achievements.

C．Its disappointing failures.

D．Its true competing goals.

22、For the Travel section, writers and editors selected special items to profile from a dozen cities.

Brussels: Chocolate.

Nearly half the chocolate consumed in the world is eaten in Europe, and Belgium—with average consumption of 14.99 pounds per person a year—certainly covers its fair share. While Brussels, the country’s capital, is home to hundreds of chocolate makers, what makes a visit necessary is the rich heritage of traditional chocolate makers.

Budapest: Paprika(红辣椒)

The job of preparing Hungarian paprika was once considered too dangerous for mothers to do. A woman who touched her children upon returning from work risked burning them, so only the elderly and unmarried were allowed the delicate task of separating the skin from the flesh. But by the early 20th century, sweeter varieties and a machine turned paprika into a common feature of all Hungarian cuisine.

Lisbon: Tiles(瓷砖)

Is there a bluer country than Portugal? The blue sky and Atlantic Ocean embrace the land. The blue moods of Fado, the dark folk music, form the national soundtrack. And all across Portugal, the typically—blue designs of azulejos—ceramic tiles—are spread across churches, castles, palaces, university halls, parks. The result is a beautiful land of Christian saints, Portuguese kings, historical glories, aristocrats(贵族) at leisure, seascapes and so on.

Madrid: Guitars

Walking into one the Madrid’s storied guitar makers’ workshops can feel like stepping into the past. Curly wood shavings, from the palest pine to ebony, fall onto the floor as artisans(工匠) turn some humble wood into works of art. It’s painstaking work—all done by hand—with classical guitar models and the methods of making them changing little over the last century.

【1】What does the job of preparing Hungarian paprika suggest?

A. The popularity of Hungarian peppers.

B. The difficult of processing peppers.

C. The unique tradition in Budapest.

D. The hot level of Hungarian peppers.

【2】Which city can be a splendid setting for a film?

A. Brussels.   B. Budapest.   C. Lisbon.     D. Madrid.

【3】What’s the similarity of the four items?

A. They’re all treasures of a city.

B. They all date back several centuries.

C. Their production processes are all painstaking.

D. They all win popularity in most European countries.

23、Picture an iceberg(冰山).You'll probably imagine something white as snow rising up out of a blue sea. But icebergs can be all sorts of shades. They can be from a frosty blue to an attractive green.

Researchers and sailors have observed emerald(翠绿色)icebergs for years. A large piece of ice "mast-high" and "green as emerald" even appears in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1834 poem. But they haven't found out exactly why these icebergs look the way they do.

A new paper led by Stephen Warren was published. It all has to do with what icebergs are made out of. Icebergs break off glaciers(冰川)or ice shelves, which happens mainly around Antarctica and Greenland. They begin their lives as snowfall that accumulates over time. So. icebergs contain air pockets with the form of bubbles that spread light. With some exceptions and rare lines, glacier ice tends to look bluish white.

At first，Warren guessed that the green was a product of melt carbon. And it came from rotting plants or sea animals. But samples(样本)didn't prove it. Another idea started to take shape after they had found a high concentration of iron in a sample of sea ice from the Amery Ice Shelf.

When glaciers rub across land, they produce what's known as glacier flour. It is a product of bedrock being ground clown by the moving mass. As glaciers move away, these remains are usually washed out into water. in particles sometimes too small to be noticeable to your eyes. But on land. soil and rocks contain iron oxides that often have rosy colors. like reds, yellows, and browns-and since the sea ice contained 500 times more iron than the glacier ice, Warren wondered whether the remains were responsible for icebergs taking on a green appearance.

He doesn't know for sure. He's hoping to secure money so that he can return to the area and study the icebergs themselves.

【1】Why is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem mentioned in the text?

A．It tells why icebergs look the way they do.

B．It describes vividly what icebergs are like.

C．It says causes of the appearance of icebergs.

D．It proves the existence of colorful icebergs.

【2】What can we know about Stephen Warren's paper?

A．It draws on researchers' and sailors' views.

B．It is the record of the movement of icebergs.

C．It talks about how icebergs come into being.

D．It is a collection of various social phenomena.

【3】What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．A sample of sea ice.

B．Warren's first guess.

C．Warren's idea on iron.

D．A product of melt carbon.

【4】What is paragraph 5 mainly about?

A．The possible reason why icebergs look green.

B．Where most of icebergs eventually disappear.

C．How icebergs take in the colors from glaciers.

D．The way in which icebergs breaks off glaciers.

24、   A team of scientists have studied thousands of species of birds to understand why there is so much diversity in the length of time they take to grow from a fertilized (受精的) egg into an independent adult. The study, published in Nature Communications, is the first one to consider the importance of lifestyle and environmental factors alongside evolutionary history and body size to explain the variation.

All organisms face a trade-off (交换) between reproducing and surviving and they solve this problem in different ways. The team found that migratory birds develop much quicker, which may ensure they are ready to return to their winter habitats at the end of each summer. Findings showed that birds that breed and live in safer environments with fewer predators typically took longer to develop, possibly because they can afford to spend longer since there is no danger or need to leave. They also found that bird species with a “live fast die young” strategy develop quicker, allowing them to maximize the number of offspring (后代) they can produce in the short time available. As expected, the research showed that bigger birds took longer to develop — but even among birds of a similar size there was variation in development times.

Dr. Chris Cooney, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences and lead author of the research, said, “The amount of time it takes for a fertilized egg to develop into a fully grown adult varies hugely across the animal kingdom. For instance, it takes an elephant almost 10 years to reach independence, whereas a fruit fly is fully grown after only a matter of days. This extraordinary diversity is also prevalent within birds, where albatrosses (信天翁) can take almost a year to develop from an embryo (胚胎) to an independent adult, but a typical UK garden songbird (鸣禽) takes little more than a month. We found that certain aspects of a species’ lifestyle and environment are important in explaining how long they take to develop.”

The study on birds gives scientists some clues about the type of factors that may be important in other species. However, it may be that different factors are important for determining development length in other animal groups. Therefore, the next step is to address these questions using data that covers the whole scale of the animal kingdom — from fish to mammals to insects — to gain an even broader insight into the factors shaping these fundamental differences across species.

【1】What does the study mainly focus on?

A.The number of bird species. B.The changes of bird habitats.

C.The development length of birds. D.The life span of birds.

【2】What does the underlined word “prevalent” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.Rare. B.Common. C.Special. D.Strange.

【3】What can we know from Dr. Chris Cooney’s words?

A.The development times vary with the species.

B.Size determines the speed of birds’ development.

C.Animals living in the same place develop at the same rate.

D.Bigger animals always grow more slowly than smaller ones.

【4】Why will scientists use data covering the whole scale of the animal kingdom?

A.To study the cause of the species diversity.

B.To show the basic differences among species.

C.To explore the evolutionary history of animals.

D.To figure out other factors in development length.

25、When I was in the seventh and eighth grade, I had to face one of my greatest fears—rejection (拒绝) by friends. It was a time when three of the most important _______ that my parents had taught me throughout my life came into use. My classmates put my sense of loyalty, friendship, and _______to the test.

Our class consisted of 31 students who had _______each other since the first grade. In junior high, most of us had chosen groups of friends that we _______ to hang out with during our free time. I soon found that the majority of our _______began to make fun of my best friend and spread what weren't true around the rest of the school. I didn't want to have the same people _______ me, but I knew that I couldn't just sit back and let my best friend deal with this_______ .

Every day I would think about my_______ , knowing that he was getting more and more_______   as time went by. I soon decided to talk to my mother about it, since she is ________ a second mother to my friend. Her advice was to be ________and remain loyal(忠诚) to him. She told me that ________is one of the most important things in life that helps a person ________. My mother told me to have courage and ________ for my friend, even if it meant risking my own ________.

I took her advice and ________it for all that it was worth. ________I did receive rejection from my classmates, I don’t________my decision. I told my friend that I would always be there for him, through “thick and thin”. Using the values (价值观) my parents________me, I not only stood up for what I believed in, but I became even ________with my best friend because of it.

【1】

A．values

B．rules

C．lessons

D．methods

【2】

A．knowledge

B．courage

C．wisdom

D．duty

【3】

A．missed

B．married

C．known

D．forgotten

【4】

A．preferred

B．invited

C．protected

D．recommended

【5】

A．family

B．class

C．school

D．team

【6】

A．defeating

B．following

C．cheating

D．joking

【7】

A．hurriedly

B．secretly

C．selfishly

D．alone

【8】

A．father

B．searcher

C．friend

D．neighbor

【9】

A．nervous

B．careless

C．unhappy

D．unfriendly

【10】

A．like

B．with

C．against

D．after

【11】

A．hardworking

B．brave

C．silent

D．optimistic

【12】

A．friendship

B．determination

C．cleverness

D．health

【13】

A．study

B．survive

C．think

D．grow

【14】

A．come back

B．watch out

C．get away

D．stand up

【15】

A．money

B．reputation

C．business

D．life

【16】

A．used

B．trained

C．defended

D．enjoyed

【17】

A．Now that

B．Even though

C．Unless

D．So long as

【18】

A．question

B．ignore

C．regret

D．hate

【19】

A．taught

B．saved

C．presented

D．gave

【20】

A．more patient

B．more popular

C．stricter

D．closer

26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.

It’s definitely nature

Two and a half thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks believed that your personality was the result of different fluids, or ‘humors’, in your body, like blood, phlegm and bile. According to Hippocrates, the ‘father or modem medicine’, black bile caused depression and irritability, while blood made you brave and hopeful. These ideas spread all over the world, and in the 18th century, people with mental illnesses were sometimes treated with leeches （蚂蟥） in order to restore the balance of their humors. It was only in the 19th century that scientists began to doubt the theory of humors, although patients may have noticed much earlier that they weren’t getting any better!

By the late 19th century, personality had been correctly linked to the brain. This was a big advance, but some people took it too far and phrenology （颅相学） emerged as a new ‘science’.

Phrenologists believed that the brain affected the shape of the head, and so by feeling someone’s head, they could discover the shape of their brain and therefore their personality—including, for example, how likely someone was to commit murder. At the height of its popularity, phrenologists were consulted about possible marriage partners or to give a background check on job applicants. Job interviews must have been interesting in those days!

More recently, scientists have looked to our genes as the source of personality. While there is certainly a link, it is far from simple. For a start, a single gene might be involved in many different aspects of our personality-and we have around 25,000 genes in our body. And when even a simple thing like the colour of your skin is the result of more than l00 different genes, imagine how many are involved in a character trait like being open, agreeable or conscientious.