虹口区2013年英语学科中考练习题

Part 1   Listening (第一部分 听力)　　　　　2013.4

I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解)  (共30分)

A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片)  (6分)

1._________  2. _________  3. __________  4. _________  5. _________ 6._________

B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)  (10分)

(   ) 7.   A) At home.              B) In a flower shop.   C) In a school.           D) In a hospital.

(   ) 8. A) Have dinner.         B) Clean the table.     C) Read the notebook.   D) Take notes.

(   ) 9.   A) Her father.           B) Her mother.          C) Her teacher.          D) Her sister.

(   ) 10.A) One.                    B) Two.                    C) Three.                  D) Four.

(   ) 11. A) At 3:00 p.m..       B) At 6:00 p.m..        C) At 6:30 p.m..        D) At 7:00 p.m..

(   ) 12.A) By bus.                B) By underground.   C) By car.                 D) By taxi.

(   ) 13.A) They are talking on the phone.               B) They are arguing in the room. 

              C) They are waiting at the bus stop.             D) They are having an English lesson.

(   ) 14.A) It’s just so-so.                                      B) It’s awful.           

              C) It’s not so good.                                   D) It’s delicious.       

(   ) 15.A) Terrible.               B) Rude.                   C) Fair.                    D) Patient.

(   ) 16.A) The man hesitated to lend the woman his bike.

              B) The man didn’t know how to get there.

              C)The woman can’t go there on foot.                                        

              D) The woman has broken her leg.

 

 

C. Listen to the dialogue and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)  (7分)

(   )17. The boy is complaining about his sight.

(   )18. The boy can’t see the clock tower clearly today.

(   )19. There is some kind of fog in the air when it is windy.

(   )20. There is a sandstorm and it stops people from seeing things clearly.

(   )21. People in Beijing are warned not to go out.

(   )22. Only two reasons lead to sandstorms in Beijing.

(   )23. We can prevent the bad weather by protecting the forests.

 

D.Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词): (共7分)

24. People turned to their ________ for some advice when they had problems in the past.

25. Today advice from ________ shows, TV programs and telephone hot lines is available to us.

26. A telephone hot line is the _________ way of getting advice.

27. Advisers at some hot lines are ________ and people usually pay nothing for calls and advice.

28. Some advisers take a ________ class before working on the hot line.

29. About ________ percent of the advisers are professionals(专业人士) with years of education and experience.

30. All the advisers listen to people and help them __________their problems.

Part  2  Vocabulary and Grammar

（第二部分 词汇和语法）

Ⅱ. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)  (共20分)

(   )31  Your manager is absent. Who will take _______ place of him?

              A) a                         B) an                        C) the                       D) /

(   )32. Mr. Wang met an old schoolmate of _______ on his way to the airport.

        A) he                        B) his                       C) him                     D) himself

(   )33.                                 The magic show lasted for three hours, but ______ people left early.

              A) few                      B) a few                   C) little                     D) a little

(   )34. After reading the story, we came to know nobody can be successful ______ any efforts.

              A) for                       B) in                        C) on                        D) without

(   )35. When we face(面对) any danger, we should keep __________.

              A) calm                    B) careful                 C) quiet                    D) frightened

(   )36. The place is too expensive to hold our party.  We should find a __________ one.

              A) cheap                   B) cheaper                C) cheapest               D) the cheapest

(   )37. We can’t do listening exercise, _______  the teacher’s recorder doesn’t work.

              A) for                       B) but                       C) or                        D) and

(   )38. Teenagers will learn more knowledge from real life ______ they have more chances to experience it.

              A) although               B) if                         C) before                  D) unless

(   )39. _______ you wait a few more minutes?  The doctor’s coming soon.

              A) Should                 B) Must                    C) Need                    D) Could

(   )40. The company decided to spend about five ________ yuan building a school for the children in western China.   

              A) millions               B) millions of            C) million of            D) million

(   )41. Jane plays the piano best in our class, so I never forget _____ the music she played for the first time.

              A) to hear                 B) heard                   C) hearing                D) hear

(   )42. The young ought to be allowed __________ their dream by themselves.

              A) achieve                B) to achieve             C) achieving             D) achieved

(   )43. —Could you tell me ________ you did it so well?

       —With my parents’ help.

              A) who                     B) how                     C) when                    D) what

(   )44. The Bund as well as Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower __________ thousands of foreign tourists every month

              A) attracts                 B) attract                  C) will attract            D) are attracting

(   )45. —I phoned you this morning, but you weren’t in.  Where were you at that time?

       — I ___________ my foreign friends around Yu Garden.

              A) showed                B) am showing          C) was showing         D) would show

(   )46. I felt very nervous on the plane because I ________ before.

        A) hadn’t flown         B) haven’t flown       C) didn’t fly             D) wouldn’t fly

(   )47. Eric’s mother has never seen a 3D film at the cinema, _________?

              A) hasn’t she             B) has she                 C) isn’t she               D) is she

 

(   )48. To his parents’ joy, Jack ________ a job as a manger in a bank yesterday.

        A) is offered             B) was offered           C) offered                 D) would offer

(   )49. －I will have a writing contest this weekend. I hope I will win.

        －______

              A) All right.                                             B) I’m glad to hear that.

              C) Good luck.                             D) What a shame!

(   )50.                                 －Would you please help me with my singing skills?

              －______.  You can come to my home on weekends.

              A) I hope so.             B) Good idea.            C) I’m afraid I can’t.  D) No problem.

 

Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon ___51____complaints about stress(压力) in work and life. Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ____52____with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—____53___, glass, china, some plain-looking, some expensive—telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “Now you have ___54___ that all the nice-looking expensive cups was taken up, leaving behind the plain and ___55___ ones. It is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves. That is also the cause of your problems and stress.”

“It is certain that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most ___56___ it is just more expensive and sometimes even hides what we drink.”

“What all of you really want was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each other's cups.”

“Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in ___57___are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Don't let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee ___58___."

 

Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词)  (共8分)

59. China raised fuel _______ for the second time after Chinese New Year.(price)

60. Computer technology has developed very quickly since mid-________ century. (twenty)

61. The football game between French team and ________ team was a close game.(Italy)

62. Many traffic accidents happen because of _________ driving.(careful)

63. The machine doesn’t work. Who can _________ it well? (operation)

64. Our government is trying to make sure the students go to school by school bus _______.(safe)

65. It took us nearly two hours to ___________ this project last night.（completely）

66. The TV play is based on Chinese ____________ in the 1940s. (historical)

 

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词)  (共14分)

67.   Liu Qian’s magic tricks on CCTV spring festival gala left me a good impression.(改为一般疑问句)

    ________ Liu Qian’s magic tricks on CCTV spring festival gala ________ you a good impression?

68. The students are asked to write a diary in Englishevery day.(对划线部分提问)

________ ________ are the students asked to write a diary in English?

69. We held several charity shows to raise money for the blind children last year.(改为被动语态）

Several charity shows ________ ________ to raise money for the blind children last year.

70. The speaker gave us a lecture on how we could improve our writing ability.(保持句意基本不变)

The speaker gave us a lecture on ________ __________ improve our writing ability.

71. Jerry’s wonderful performance was a big success. (改为感叹句)

   ________ ________ big success Jerry’s wonderful performance was!

72. You should put your heart into the exam and shouldn’t consider anything else.(保持句意基本不变)

   You should put your heart into the exam and shouldn’t_________  ________anything else.

73. Kitty asked me, “When will you go cycling in the countryside with me?”(改为宾语从句)

   Kitty asked me  ______ I _______ go cycling in the countryside with her.

 

Part 3   Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)

IX. Reading comprehension （阅读理解）(共50分)

A. Choose the best answer.（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）: (共12分)

I recently spent two years in the Arctic(北极) filming the series(连续剧) Blue Planet. I love being in an environment that hasn’t changed for 20,000 years. Of course it’s freezing, but it must be a healthy place because you never catch a cold.

When I am filming, I like to really feel how lonely the environment is. Filming underwater involves cutting through thick ice. When diving in, you should tie to a line. The person at the other end of the line has to pull you out fast if necessary.

At first I was a research diver for the British Antarctic Survey Project, but for me, science isn’t exciting enough. I’d always enjoy photography, and whenever camera teams passed through, they encouraged me to watch and learn. I was then able to move into filming in 1985 and have concentrated on Arctic and Antarctic wildlife ever since.

I prefer to be face to face with the animals I’m filming. I haven’t been in the water with killer whales yet, but I plan to . Of course, it’s dangerous if you choose the wrong moment. They’re big animals and can move fast, so I’d be stupid to film them when they are searching for food!

I have never had problems with polar bears, although once I was frightened when one tried to get into my tent. Polar bears are bold, clever and dangerous. But I made the bear understand I wouldn’t hurt it.

Now I come back home, I work in the mornings and spend the afternoons swimming to keep fit. Now I’m fifty, and filming is harder. The challenge（挑战）for me is to go on with the high-quality work.

(   )74. The writer loved the Arctic because ______________.

       A) it’s freezing                                         B) it’s changeable

C) it’s a healthy place                                D) it’s an exciting place

(   )75. From the third paragraph we know that at first the writer was a______________.

       A) research diver           B) scientist            C) a photographer         D) film-maker

(   )76. The underlined phrase “the wrong moment” refers to the time when the whales are _____________.

A) hungry                                                B) meeting strangers

C) having a rest                                        D) moving fast

(   )77. Talking about his experience with a polar bear, the writer said_____________.

       A) the animal was much more afraid than he was

       B) he felt excited, having no idea that the bear might attack him

     C) the bear seemed to know that he wasn’t dangerous

       D) he realized he was wrong to trust polar bears

(   )78. What does the writer think of his job as a cameraman now?

     A) It’s dangerous.                                     B) It’s boring.       

C) It’s for young people.                                   D) It’s difficult.

(   )79. The passage is mainly about __________.

       A) the good chances in TV camera work

       B) the challenges of the environment the writer works in

       C) the difficulties of having to work alone

       D) the beautiful scenery of the Arctic

 

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文): (共12分)

I was cute, active, happy…until that day when I was 15 months old. I had a bad fall. I landed on a glass rabbit and it cut my eye badly enough to blind it. The doctor said if the eye was taken out, my face would become out of ___80__, so my scarred（有疤痕的），blind and grey eye lived on with me.

People often asked uncomfortable questions about my eye or ___81___ played jokes on me. When the kids played games, I was always the “bad guy”. I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me.

Yet every time Mom noticed I was unhappy, she would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world.” It helped me move on in life.

As a child, I told myself, “Be careful or I will fall down or knock into something because I am not looking.” As a teenager, I always looked down to hide my shame, but I found that people liked me when sometimes I held my head up high.

In high school I was even made monitor, but outside I still felt like a freak（怪物）. All I really wanted was to look like ___82___. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the love that is inside.” That is ___83___ Mom taught me pride.

Mom’s love and encouragement gave me the confidence to remove my own doubt. ___84___ I was able to look people in the eye. I learned not only to appreciate(欣赏) myself but to have love for others.

“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its ___85___. The gift she gave me lives on in my children.

(   ) 80. A) fashion           B) order              C) shape                     D) date

(   ) 81. A) still                B) even               C) almost                          D) hardly

(   ) 82. A) something special                         B) something new      

C) someone strange                                 D) everyone else

(   ) 83. A) when                      B) why                C) how                       D) where

(   ) 84. A) Especially               B) Immediately      C) Finally                     D) Suddenly

(   ) 85. A) power              B) promise            C) energy                    D) secret

 

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，首字母已给，每格限填一词): (共14分)

When I came out of my office, it was dark. In order to get home as soon as possible, I took a taxi. The car was flying along the road, but later it was in a traffic jam in darkness. I b___86___ the silence for fear that the driver might be too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evenings?”

“Nine o’clock. I’ll go home after this t___87_____.”

“Then when do you come out in the mornings?”I threw out another question.

“Nine o’clock, too. And I go home for lunch and dinner, just as if I worked at an office.”His words s____88____ me, because every time I ride in a taxi, what I hear from the driver is only complaints. They complain that they have to work from morning till night, that it is hard to earn money, that they are bullied(欺负)by the police, or that the leaders enjoy the fruits of their work. It s___89__ they are not satisfied with everything. But this driver told me, “I find it tiring to be a section chief as I was before. I don’t like management work. I like driving, just out of pleasure. It’s lucky that I s___90____ drive without a passenger. So I can earn three or four thousand yuan a month easily. Any trick?  Yes, I never follow an e___91____taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward. If it goes along the highway, I turn into a narrow street. In this way I always get customers.”

His words showed his satisfaction with his life and the pride he took in his job. Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays just as oxygen in high mountains. How many people nowadays can show high ideals(理想；完美) by s____92____ living and go with a calm mind?  I couldn’t help feeling moved when I found such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold winter night.

 

D. Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题): (共12分)

A clever pigeon（鸽子）just wants a chance to drive a bus or eat a hot dog. Will he succeed? A young girl loses her favourite toy in the park. What will she do? These are just a few of the questions raised in the books of award-winning author Mo Willems.

His picture bookDon’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! has been named a Caldecott Honor book. Willems has also written The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! and many other books.

Before writing books, Willems spent many years writing for television. He is now the head writer for Cartoon Network’s program: Kids Next Door. The reporter asked Willems about his writing.

Reporter: What makes the great picture book attract readers of all ages?

Willems: The difference between adults and kids is that kids are shorter. They are exactly the same. They don’t like being talked down to. And they like funny stories. I’m not writing things that I think kids will like. I’m writing things just I like and I believe that’s good enough for kids and for everyone else to enjoy.

Reporter: What a strong character! How confident you are! What five words would you use to describe yourself?

Willems: I can do it in three: I like fun.

Reporter: Do you have any words of wisdom for kids?

Willems: People who say that you can do anything you want are not honest. Other people tell you that you can do something, and that’s true. You can’t do everything. You can’t fly. You don’t have super powers but you can do some things. If you work hard enough, and figure out what those things are, you can do them.

Reporter: Actually, you share a common journey through life with readers in your books. Your humor can be a good way of developing better relationships among various people. Thank you very much for taking the time for the interview.

93. Are adults more powerful than kids?  

________, __________________________________.

94. Kids Next Door isn’t a famous picture book, is it?

   ______, ____________________________________.

95. What makes his books attract readers of all ages?

   He writes __________________________________.

96. How does Mo Willems describe himself?

  ____________________________________________.

97. What does Mo Willems want to tell children?

   Without magic power, __________________ but ____________________.

98. The reporter thinks Mo Willems is very confident. How does he know that?

   __________________________________________. 

 

 

Ⅶ.Writing (作文)  (共20分)

99. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “I want to recommend a good book to …”. ( 以“我想要给……推荐一本好书”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。)

（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。）

Some words for reference （仅供参考）

l      Who…?

l      What…?

l      Why…?

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