江苏省苏州市中考英语模拟试卷(一)

2015年苏州市中考英语模拟试卷（一）

（试卷满分100分考试时间100分钟）

一、单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中 , 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( ) 1. Throughout_______ history, English language has gone through many changes.

A. /; /

B. the; the

C. the; an

D. /; the

( ) 2. -What would you like to drink, tea or juice?

-_______ is OK. They are both my favourite.

A. Both

B. All

C. Either

D. None

( ) 3. -Did you hear that John lost his job?

-It_______ that he had made some serious mistakes in his work.

A. felt

B. smelt

C. seemed

D. looked

( ) 4. Thank you for the_______ that you gave me when I felt English too difficult to learn.

A. praise

B. encouragement

C. prize

D. award

( ) 5. The patient's progress was encouraging, as he could _______ get out of bed without help.

A. nearly

B. only

C. hardly

D. badly

( ) 6. -Look! Someone_______ the floor. It's clean.

-Well, it wasn't me. I went shopping just now.

A. is sweeping

B. was sweeping

C. had swept

D. has swept ( ) 7. After a short time, the bad news had_______ all over the city and everybody knew it.

A. showed

B. spread

C. covered

D. explored

( ) 8. -Mr White asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon. Don't forget it !

-OK, I_______.

A. won't

B. don't

C. will

D. do

( ) 9. Chairperson Xi calls on us to do what we can_______ as much as possible.

A. save

B. to save

C. saved

D. saving

( )10. -How can we help the children in the mountain village?

-We can_______ leaflets to ask people to donate money.

A. give in

B. give off

C. give up

D. give out

( )11. -Could you tell me_______?

-Until tomorrow afternoon.

A. how long you will stay there

B. how soon you will stay there

C. when will you stay there

D. how often will you stay there

( )12. -This kind of sports is exci ting.

-Yes, but it's dangerous. One can't do it_______ he or she has got some training.

A. if

B. after

C. when

D. unless

( )13, -How do you like this piece of music by Tan Dun?

-Well, of all the music that he has written, I think this is his_______ one.

A. better-known

B. well-known

C. best-known

D. most-known

( )14. Ladies or gentlemen, whether young or old, _______ some money of yours to the poor people in the mountain area who are suffering.

A to donate B. donating C. donate D. will donate

( )15. -The young man who entered our factory last month has made some mistakes this week.

-Well. _______.

A. He that climbs high falls heavily

B. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

C He who laughs last laughs best

D. He that will not work shall not eat

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Joe Azougar was walking his dog when a bear appeared suddenly.

‘‘When it came up, the first thing my dog did was to 16 me and attack the bear, " Azougar said from his bed in Lady Minto Hospital.

Then Azougar ran into his house and began to 17 his neighbours, warning them what was going on. "As I looked around, I saw the bear pull my dog into the 18 .And to my great sadness, the dog was killed, " he said.

Then suddenly, the bear came back and it broke through the house's back window. Azougar began throwing things at the bear and making loud noises. Then he stood on a chair to make himself look much 19 .

"It seemed as if the bear was very hungry, " said Azougar.“I thought my best chance was to run outside 20 someone could find me.”

Azougar began running, but the bear 21 him.

“It had four paws on top of me, " he said. "Then, it 22 my body and tried to bite my stomach. That gave me just a few 23 to turn into a ball and protect my head."

The bear began to pull Azougar's body, "By that time I could feel my body becoming lifeless, " Azougar said.

Luckily, two women, who were driving by, saved him. Their car was such a(n) 24 thing in the bear's eyes that it ran quickly into the woods.

"I am just thankful to those two angels that saved me in time, " he said.

"People, who have lived here for 20 or 30 years, said they had 25 seen anything like this," said Azougar. He is the first one, and he hopes that he will be also the last one. "Now I'm planning to move somewhere else once I come out of hospital." ( )16. A. protect B. f ollow C leave D. stop

( )17.A. calm B. visit C. save D. call

( )18.A. water B. fire C woods D. grass

( )19.A. larger B. kinder C. smaller D. cleverer

( )20. A. ever since B. so that C. even if D. as if

( )21.A. ate B. forgot C. caught D. changed