2015年上海市中考英语模拟试题1

英语质量检测试卷2014.2.9.
B. （选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文）：（14分）
One hot night, when our new baby wouldn’t sleep, I tried 75 I could think of : a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would settle(解决) him. Guessing that I had a long night 76 me, I brought a portable (手提的) TV into his room, thinking that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to 77 the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused(聚焦) 78 on the screen. Not to waste a chance for sleep, I then tiptoed(蹑手蹑脚) out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday.
My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him 79 watching TV himself.
I found in my baby’s behavior(行为) a metaphor(暗喻) for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he only spit(吐) upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is 80 . We find that our students don’t read and they look down upon reading and scold(责怪) those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watching TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a 81 : “Let them watc h it! If television is much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch all they want!”
75. A) something B) anything C) nothing D) everything
76. A) in favour of B) out of C) ahead of D) at the end of
77. A) spend B) afford C) increase D) pass
78. A) brightly B) clearly C) seriously D) softly
79. A) already B) still C) hardly D) nearly
80. A) in the schools B) in the families
C)in the future D) in the past
81. A) character B) conclusion C) response D) display
C. （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：（14分）
Like fine food, good writing is something we enjoy. And good writers, like good cooks, have to have a s 81 training to have the skills of writing, so the writer must sit at his desk and take long h 82 to achieve a style(样式) in his writing, for schoolwork, business, or social communication. You may be sure that the more effort(努力) we make, the more effective the writing is.
There are s 83 some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe(抄写员) to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky e 84 to have the service of that kind of secretary who can take care of all kinds of letters writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it o 85 .
We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. And it would be difficult to c 86 the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports. What is more, everyone who writes hopes w 87 he writes will be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into letter-to-be-read files or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.
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