()9. [2025 南通市通州区模拟]Please look at the picture. What does the gesture(手势) mean?
A.It means making a promise.
B.It means sharing a wonderful idea.
C.It means being happy to see each other.
D.It means having strength and confidence.
A.It means making a promise.
B.It means sharing a wonderful idea.
C.It means being happy to see each other.
D.It means having strength and confidence.
答案：A
解析：
【分析】
这道题考查英语中常见手势的文化含义，解题思路是先观察图片中的手势动作，再回忆该手势对应的文化内涵，最后对比选项选出正确答案。图中是两人勾小拇指的手势，在英语文化里该手势对应特定含义，据此分析选项即可。
【解析】
观察图片可知，图中的手势为两人勾小拇指的动作，在英语文化中，这个手势的含义是“许下承诺”。逐一分析选项：A选项意为“做出承诺”，与手势含义相符；B选项意为“分享好主意”，不符合该手势的含义；C选项意为“见到彼此很高兴”，与手势无关；D选项意为“拥有力量和自信”，也不符合该手势的含义。因此正确答案是A。
【答案】
A
【知识点】
英语文化常识、手势含义
【点评】
本题结合图片考查常见手势的文化含义，属于基础文化常识题，需要学生了解英语国家的日常文化细节，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.2
这道题考查英语中常见手势的文化含义，解题思路是先观察图片中的手势动作，再回忆该手势对应的文化内涵，最后对比选项选出正确答案。图中是两人勾小拇指的手势，在英语文化里该手势对应特定含义，据此分析选项即可。
【解析】
观察图片可知，图中的手势为两人勾小拇指的动作，在英语文化中，这个手势的含义是“许下承诺”。逐一分析选项：A选项意为“做出承诺”，与手势含义相符；B选项意为“分享好主意”，不符合该手势的含义；C选项意为“见到彼此很高兴”，与手势无关；D选项意为“拥有力量和自信”，也不符合该手势的含义。因此正确答案是A。
【答案】
A
【知识点】
英语文化常识、手势含义
【点评】
本题结合图片考查常见手势的文化含义，属于基础文化常识题，需要学生了解英语国家的日常文化细节，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.2
()10. — I finally got into my dream high school after years of hard work.
— .
A.Take it easy
B.Your hard work paid off
C.That's too bad
D.Sounds boring
— .
A.Take it easy
B.Your hard work paid off
C.That's too bad
D.Sounds boring
答案：B
解析：
【分析】
本题考查情景交际，需结合上文语境选择合适的答语。上文表述“经过多年努力终于进入梦想高中”，下文应是对努力后成功的肯定回应，需分析各选项含义选出匹配语境的答案。
【解析】
逐一分析选项：A选项“Take it easy”意为“别紧张；放松”，与语境不符；B选项“Your hard work paid off”意为“你的努力得到了回报”，契合上文努力后成功的积极语境；C选项“That's too bad”意为“太糟糕了”，不符合积极语境；D选项“Sounds boring”意为“听起来无聊”，与语境无关。因此正确答案为B。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
情景交际
【点评】
本题为基础情景对话题，考查日常交际用语的运用，需结合语境判断答语，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.9
本题考查情景交际，需结合上文语境选择合适的答语。上文表述“经过多年努力终于进入梦想高中”，下文应是对努力后成功的肯定回应，需分析各选项含义选出匹配语境的答案。
【解析】
逐一分析选项：A选项“Take it easy”意为“别紧张；放松”，与语境不符；B选项“Your hard work paid off”意为“你的努力得到了回报”，契合上文努力后成功的积极语境；C选项“That's too bad”意为“太糟糕了”，不符合积极语境；D选项“Sounds boring”意为“听起来无聊”，与语境无关。因此正确答案为B。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
情景交际
【点评】
本题为基础情景对话题，考查日常交际用语的运用，需结合语境判断答语，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.9
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。
Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the kitchen table. She would new tests, showing me examples from stories of amazing children she had read in newspapers and magazines.
The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who the capitals of all the states in our country and even the European countries. A teacher also said the little boy pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.
“What’s the capital of Finland?” my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story. All I knew was the capital of California. “Nairobi!” I guessed, saying the most word I could think of. She checked to figure out how to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer.
The tests got . One night I had to look at a page from a geography book for three minutes and then everything I could remember. I tried my best. Then I saw my mother’s face once again, and my heart felt really hurt. I hated the tests, the raised and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror in the bathroom and saw my ordinary but face.
I pressed my face near the mirror and stared at myself, so I could see myself more . And then I saw what seemed to be the clever side of me because I had never seen that face before. I had new : I wouldn’t let my mother change me. I wouldn’t be what I’m not.
So the following nights when my mother gave me her tests, I lazily, my head on one arm. I pretended to be bored. I secretly started to about other things. Soon, she I was absent-minded. We had a talk and I showed my opinions about the tests. She seemed to be thinking about it.
The next day, she presented me some tests. Slowly, my joy and confidence returned. We enjoyed this special family time together. Being “clever” doesn’t mean becoming someone else. It’s all about discovering my own way of learning.
()11. A. present B. write C. think D. send
()12. A. realized B. knew C. visited D. saw
()13. A. must B. might C. should D. could
()14. A. shocking B. foreign C. beautiful D. boring
()15. A. longer B. newer C. better D. harder
()16. A. look up B. write down C. listen to D. hand in
()17. A. smiling B. confused C. disappointed D. cheerful
()18. A. plans B. hobbies C. hopes D. regrets
()19. A. strange B. special C. happy D. common
()20. A. silently B. slowly C. clearly D. sadly
()21. A. books B. thoughts C. games D. stories
()22. A. stood B. performed C. slept D. talked
()23. A. ask B. worry C. hear D. think
()24. A. forgot B. noticed C. praised D. imagined
()25. A. easier B. stranger C. deeper D. longer
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。
Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the kitchen table. She would new tests, showing me examples from stories of amazing children she had read in newspapers and magazines.
The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who the capitals of all the states in our country and even the European countries. A teacher also said the little boy pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.
“What’s the capital of Finland?” my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story. All I knew was the capital of California. “Nairobi!” I guessed, saying the most word I could think of. She checked to figure out how to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer.
The tests got . One night I had to look at a page from a geography book for three minutes and then everything I could remember. I tried my best. Then I saw my mother’s face once again, and my heart felt really hurt. I hated the tests, the raised and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror in the bathroom and saw my ordinary but face.
I pressed my face near the mirror and stared at myself, so I could see myself more . And then I saw what seemed to be the clever side of me because I had never seen that face before. I had new : I wouldn’t let my mother change me. I wouldn’t be what I’m not.
So the following nights when my mother gave me her tests, I lazily, my head on one arm. I pretended to be bored. I secretly started to about other things. Soon, she I was absent-minded. We had a talk and I showed my opinions about the tests. She seemed to be thinking about it.
The next day, she presented me some tests. Slowly, my joy and confidence returned. We enjoyed this special family time together. Being “clever” doesn’t mean becoming someone else. It’s all about discovering my own way of learning.
()11. A. present B. write C. think D. send
()12. A. realized B. knew C. visited D. saw
()13. A. must B. might C. should D. could
()14. A. shocking B. foreign C. beautiful D. boring
()15. A. longer B. newer C. better D. harder
()16. A. look up B. write down C. listen to D. hand in
()17. A. smiling B. confused C. disappointed D. cheerful
()18. A. plans B. hobbies C. hopes D. regrets
()19. A. strange B. special C. happy D. common
()20. A. silently B. slowly C. clearly D. sadly
()21. A. books B. thoughts C. games D. stories
()22. A. stood B. performed C. slept D. talked
()23. A. ask B. worry C. hear D. think
()24. A. forgot B. noticed C. praised D. imagined
()25. A. easier B. stranger C. deeper D. longer
答案：11.A 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.C 19.B 20.C 21.B 22.B 23.D 24.B 25.A
解析：
【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“通读全文→理解主旨→逐空分析→验证答案”的思路：首先快速浏览短文，把握文章围绕“作者与母亲的测试互动，最终明白要做自己”的主旨；接着针对每个空，结合上下文语境、词汇含义、固定搭配及逻辑关系，逐一分析选项，排除不符合语境的错误选项，选出最佳答案；最后代入答案通读全文，检查逻辑是否通顺。
【解析】
11. 考查动词辨析。根据语境“她会______新测试，给我看故事里的例子”，present意为“呈现”，符合语境，故选A。
12. 考查动词辨析。此处指男孩“知道”所有州的首都，knew意为“知道”，符合语境，故选B。
13. 考查情态动词。此处表示男孩具备“能正确读外国城市名”的能力，could表能力，故选D。
14. 考查形容词辨析。根据前文母亲问芬兰首都，作者猜的是陌生的外国词，foreign意为“外国的”，符合语境，故选B。
15. 考查形容词比较级。后文提到“要从地理书看三分钟再写”，说明测试变难了，harder意为“更难的”，故选D。
16. 考查动词短语。看地理书后“写下”记得的内容，write down意为“写下”，故选B。
17. 考查形容词辨析。作者没答好，看到母亲“失望的”脸，disappointed意为“失望的”，故选C。
18. 考查名词辨析。对应前文“failed expectations（落空的期望）”，hopes意为“期望”，故选C。
19. 考查形容词辨析。作者看到自己“普通但特别的”脸，special意为“特别的”，符合语境，故选B。
20. 考查副词辨析。凑近镜子是为了“更清楚地”看自己，clearly意为“清楚地”，故选C。
21. 考查名词辨析。作者产生新的“想法”：不让母亲改变自己，thoughts意为“想法”，故选B。
22. 考查动词辨析。作者面对测试“懒洋洋地表现”，performed意为“表现”，故选B。
23. 考查动词短语。偷偷“想”别的事，think about意为“思考，想”，故选D。
24. 考查动词辨析。母亲“注意到”作者心不在焉，noticed意为“注意到”，故选B。
25. 考查形容词比较级。母亲理解后给了“更简单的”测试，easier意为“更简单的”，故选A。
【答案】
11.A 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.C 19.B 20.C 21.B 22.B 23.D 24.B 25.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文围绕亲子互动与自我认知展开，通过作者与母亲的测试故事传递核心道理，解题需结合语境分析词汇，注重逻辑连贯，是典型的初中英语完形填空题型，能帮助学生提升语境理解与词汇运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6
做完形填空需遵循“通读全文→理解主旨→逐空分析→验证答案”的思路：首先快速浏览短文，把握文章围绕“作者与母亲的测试互动，最终明白要做自己”的主旨；接着针对每个空，结合上下文语境、词汇含义、固定搭配及逻辑关系，逐一分析选项，排除不符合语境的错误选项，选出最佳答案；最后代入答案通读全文，检查逻辑是否通顺。
【解析】
11. 考查动词辨析。根据语境“她会______新测试，给我看故事里的例子”，present意为“呈现”，符合语境，故选A。
12. 考查动词辨析。此处指男孩“知道”所有州的首都，knew意为“知道”，符合语境，故选B。
13. 考查情态动词。此处表示男孩具备“能正确读外国城市名”的能力，could表能力，故选D。
14. 考查形容词辨析。根据前文母亲问芬兰首都，作者猜的是陌生的外国词，foreign意为“外国的”，符合语境，故选B。
15. 考查形容词比较级。后文提到“要从地理书看三分钟再写”，说明测试变难了，harder意为“更难的”，故选D。
16. 考查动词短语。看地理书后“写下”记得的内容，write down意为“写下”，故选B。
17. 考查形容词辨析。作者没答好，看到母亲“失望的”脸，disappointed意为“失望的”，故选C。
18. 考查名词辨析。对应前文“failed expectations（落空的期望）”，hopes意为“期望”，故选C。
19. 考查形容词辨析。作者看到自己“普通但特别的”脸，special意为“特别的”，符合语境，故选B。
20. 考查副词辨析。凑近镜子是为了“更清楚地”看自己，clearly意为“清楚地”，故选C。
21. 考查名词辨析。作者产生新的“想法”：不让母亲改变自己，thoughts意为“想法”，故选B。
22. 考查动词辨析。作者面对测试“懒洋洋地表现”，performed意为“表现”，故选B。
23. 考查动词短语。偷偷“想”别的事，think about意为“思考，想”，故选D。
24. 考查动词辨析。母亲“注意到”作者心不在焉，noticed意为“注意到”，故选B。
25. 考查形容词比较级。母亲理解后给了“更简单的”测试，easier意为“更简单的”，故选A。
【答案】
11.A 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.C 19.B 20.C 21.B 22.B 23.D 24.B 25.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文围绕亲子互动与自我认知展开，通过作者与母亲的测试故事传递核心道理，解题需结合语境分析词汇，注重逻辑连贯，是典型的初中英语完形填空题型，能帮助学生提升语境理解与词汇运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6