中考英语试题 (554)

一、选择题
（2010?四川省巴中市，32，1）My cousin gave up the chance of working abroad and returned to his hometown.
A.opportunity B.challenge C.experience
【答案】A
（2010?四川省巴中市，37，1）What a pity! Liu Xiang didn’t win the_____hurdles（跨栏）.
A.110-meter B.110-meters C.110 meter
【答案】A
（2010?四川省卷，22，1） ( )22. When I was a student, I liked to sit in the front of the classroom so that I could see the words more clearly on the _______.
A. blackboard B. desk C. dictionary D. postcard
【答案】A
（2010?浙江省东阳市，17，1） ( ) 17. I saw many ____________ eating grass on the hill.
A. horse B. cow C. rabbit D. sheep
【答案】D

（2010?山东省滨州市，34，1）34. Beijing, the capital of China, is one of __________ cities in the world.
A. the biggest B. bigger C. much bigger D. big
【答案】A
（2010?四川省巴中市，33，1）He finds watching English movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly.
A.boring B.difficult C.disappointing
【答案】C
（2010?江苏省苏州市，15，1）Julia is very clever．In fact，I doubt whether anyone in the class has_______ IQ．
A．a high B．a higher C．the higher D．the highest
【答案】B

（2010?吉林省通化市，39，1）Mr Black is strongly _______keeping animals in the zoo,because he thinks amimals should also have the right to enjoy freedom.
A.up B.for C.against D.down
【答案】C
（2010?山西省，19，1）My uncle has gone to Singapore. He will be______in a week. A. out B. off c. back
【答案】C
（2010?山西省，21，1）This kind of dress is______this year, and I reaiiy want to get one
A. in danger B. in trouble C. in style
【答案】C

二、词汇题

(2010.浙江省衢州市 五、词汇运用A．根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处填入单词，每空限填一词，计10分）全品中考网
EuroDisney was opened in 1992 in Paris . It is one fifth the size of the 56 (城市),It is the world’s 57 (最好的) theme park . About 50 million visitors come 58 (来自) abroad to see Mickey and Donald catch 59 （年）. So it makes a lot of money and many friends !
But EuroDisney had a 60 (艰难的) time at its beginning . Some people in Paris 61 (相信) that the park would influence their culture in a bad way . And a bout 3.000 French 62 (工人) stopped their jobs at the park bccause they felt it 63 (错的) to speak English while working .
Later people began to 64 (喜欢) it . Many people who have been to the park 65 (返回) with their friends . Now it is even more popular than the Eiffel Tower .
【答案】56 city 57 best 58 from 59 year 60 hard
61believed 62 workers

63 wrong 64 like 65 return

三、完型填空
（2010?陕西省，二，10）阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
One day before my final exam,my dad gave me a gift.It completely changed my life.
On that day I had a _31_with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies.I was unhappy .Then I noticed the gift.I _32_it and saw a DVD inside.Its name was “THE SECRET”.However ,I was in no mood （心情）to watch it.I sat down to study ,but the _33_in my life-the fight,the sleepless nights and my poor health…Everything came to my mind.I wanted an answer but I wondered _34_there was any.Just then,I saw the DVD again.May be it would be helpful.I _35_my DVD player.I had no words to describe the feelings I experienced while watching it.The moving（动人的）stories of human beings made me so moved that I wouldn’t _36_any of them.
Thanks to my father’s gift “THE SECRET”,I discovered _37_.Everyboday has difficulties in their lives .The important thing is that you should be _38_enough to face them.Now I have started _39_my studies and my friends.And I’m in good health,too.I often hear people say, “Wow!_40_perfect life you have!’
31.A.trip B.party C.talk D.fight
32.A.opened B.kept C.moved D.broke
33.A.chances B.problems C.suggestions D.mistakes
34.A.why B.that C.if D.how
35.A.turned on B.looked for C.put away D.paid for
36.A.report B.forget C.think D.remember
37.A.yourself B.itself C.himself D.myself
38.A.mad B.brave C.sad D.weak
39.A.being busy with B.worrying about
C.getting on well with D.being afraid of
40.A.What a B.What C.How a D.How
【答案】DABCA BBBCB

四、阅读理解
(1) The Weather （选自广州）
In winter the weather in England is often very cold. In spring and autumn there are sometimes cold days, but there are also days when the weather is warm. The weather is usually warm in summer. It is sometimes hot in summer, but it is not often very hot. There are often cool days in summer.
When the temperature is over 27℃, English people say it is hot. When the temperature is about 21℃, they say it is warm.
In the north of Europe it is very cold in winter. In the south of Europe the summer is often very hot. In the south of Spain（1） and in North Africa（2） the summer is always hot.
Water freezes（3） at 0℃. When water freezes, it changes from a liquid（4） into ice. Water boils（5） at 100℃. When water boils, it changes from a liquid into steam（6）.

Notes: （1）Spain/speIn/n. 西班牙 （2）Africa/`frIk/n.非洲 （3）freeze/fri：z/v.结冰 （4）liquid/`lIkwId/n.液体 （5）boil/bIl/v.沸腾；（水）开 （6）steam/sti：m/ n.蒸汽

1.What is the weather like in summer in England?
A.Very hot. B.Warm. C.Cool. D.Both A and C.
2.What do you think

“the north of Europe" means?
A.A part of a country. B.The capital of Europe.
C.A country in the north of Europe.
D.A part of Europe.
3.When water freezes, it changes from into .
A.water, ice B.water, steam
C.steam, ice D.ice, water
4.The writer wants to tell us something about .
A.the weather in Europe B.the weather in England
C.some knowledge of the temperature
D. three states of water

答案：1—4 DDAC

(2) The Artist and the Beggar（1） (选自成都)
An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn’t much money but was very kind. He gave his last few coins（2） to a beggar, but he saw another one, and forgot that he didn’t have any money in his pockets. He asked the man if he liked to have lunch with him, and the beggar, of course, agreed. So they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.
In the end, the artist could not pay the bill（3）, and the beggar had to do so. The artist felt very sorry for it, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi, my friend. And I’ll give you the money for our lunch."
“Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for your taxi home!"
Notes: （1）beggar/`beg/ n.乞丐 （2）coin/kIn/n. 硬币 （3）bill /bIl/n.帐单
1.What kind of man was the artist?
2.What did he do to the first beggar?
3.What did the artist forget when he invited another beggar to have lunch with him?
4.Who paid for the meal?
5.What did the artist want to do at last?
6.Why didn’t the beggar go home with the artist?

答案：
1.The artist is a kind man.
2.He gave his last few coins to the first beggar.
3.He forgot that he had no money then.
4.The beggar paid for the bill.
5.He wanted to return the beggar the money when he got home.
6.Because he wouldn’t pay for the taxi.

(3) A Common Language （选自陇南）
There is a common（1） language popular in every country in the world. All the people, old and young, men and women, must use it.
It’s everybody’s second language. It’s easy to learn, though（2） you don’t hear it. It’s sign language（3）.
When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be friendly. When you put up your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me. I know the correct answer." When you put your finger in front of your mouth, you mean “Be quiet." The deaf use sign language to talk to each other. There is even a university for the deaf in the United States. There are also TV programmes for the deaf people. They use sign language to tell everybody.

Notes: （1）common/`kmn/adj. 共同的 （2）though/u/ conj. 尽管 （3）sign language 手势语 （4）wave/weIv/ v. 挥手
1.E uses sign language.
2.Sign language is not

d , so we can learn it.
3.Most people who can s use sign language, too.
4.If someone smiles at you, it means he/she is friendly t you.
5.If you can a a question, you should put up your hand first.
6.You put your finger in front of your mouth if you want someone not to s anything.
7.The deaf can talk to each other w sign language.
8.Some A deaf people can learn sign language in the university.

答案：1.Everyone 2.difficult 3.speak 4.to 5.answer 6.say 7.with 8.American

五、阅读填空

（2010?吉林省通化市，XI，10）选词填空
从下面方框中选择适当的选项填入短文中，使短文通顺、完整。选项中有两个选项是多余选项。




Everybody loves oranges.They are sweet and juicy.They’re in sections（分瓣）,so it is 61_________to eat them.Some oranges do not have any seeds .Some have a 62________skin（果皮）,and some have a thin skin.
The orange tree is beautiful .It has a lot of shiny green 63________.The small white flowers smell very sweet.An orange tree has 64______and fruit at the same time.
There were orange trees twenty millions years ago.The oranges were very small,not like the 65_______today.The orange trees probably came from China.Many different kinds of wild oranges 66_________in China today.The Chinese started to raise orange trees about 4,400 years ago.
Farmers in other parts of Asia and the Middle East 67 ________to raise oranges from the Chinese 68_________they taught Europeans .The Spanish planted orange trees in the New World(North and South America).They 69__________them to Florida first .Oranges are a very important crop to Florida today.
In English ,orange 70._________both a fruit and a color.We use the name of the fruit for the color.
【答案】KGAHE FDBJI
（2010?陕西省，五，10）
任务型阅读
David is in his school curling（冰壶运动）team in Scotland. He also plays for two clubs.Let’s listen to his story and learn more about curling.
“I first started playing four years ago when I was 10 years old .My father,my brother and sister all curl and I would go and watch them play. I enjoy curling because I like the feeling of playing on real ice.I also like it because it is mentally challengint（智力挑战）.In the play,you have to think about how to achieve your goal and how to beat the other team.”
“Sweeping（清扫冰道）is probably the most difficult part of the game.It is vey important because this decides the speed of the stone and keeps it straight.”
“Games can go on for three or four hours and I play about three times a week.Some of my friends thought it was funny when I started curling.Then they tried it and now they play it,too.’
“Curling has been a Winter Olympic game since 1998.I would like to play at the Winter Olympics in the future.I would surely recommend（推荐） curling to

everyone,because it’s different from other sports.”
1. David plays for __________and ____________in Scotland.
2. He enjoys curling because he likes ________________on real ice and it’s also _____________.
3. The most difficult part of the game must be______________.
4. A curling game can go on for __________________.
5. The reason for recommending curling to others is that it’s ________________.
【答案】1.school team and two clubs 2.the feeling of playing 3.sweeping 4.three or four hours 5.different from other sports.

六、书面表达

(2010福建三明. VII书面表达.,15分）
为参与我市当前开展的“与祖国共成长，争当四好少年”活动，你校英语报 “School Times ”举办 “How to be a good student?”英语征文比赛，请你用英语写一篇小短文。
要求：1、根据以下提示，适当发挥
2、文中不得出现真实的地名、校名、人名。
3、词数80左右（开关部分已给出，不计入总词数）
How to be a good student?
Everyone wants to be a good student,but how to be a good student ?_________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案：略