2015宁夏回族自治区英语中考试题

宁夏回族自治区2015年英语中考试题一、听图画力I. 听对话选出正确II. 听句子选择恰当答语6. A. Once a day. B. For two days. C. A week ago.7. A. Oh, no! B. Thanks! C.Is it true?8. A. It’s Monday. B. It’s 7:30. C. It’s June 30th.9. A. You’re welcome. B. See you. C. Nice to meet you, too.10. A. Help yourself B. Good idea. C. Me, too.III. 听对话及对话后的问题，然后选择正确答案11. A. At 8:45. B. At 9:13. C. At 9:30.12. A. Go to work. B. Stay at home. C. Go to school.13. A. The man’s. B. The woman’s C. Jim’s14. A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A driver15. A. A song B. A conversation C. A reportIV. 听对话选择正确答案听下面一段对话，回答16，17两个小题16. Whose on the left?A. the boy’s motherB. the boy’s brother.C. the boy’s sister17. Where is the boy’s mother?A. on the left of her sister.B. Between his brothers.C. Behind his brothers.听下面一段对话，回答18至20三个小题18. How many stops does the woman walk to catch the bus?A. OneB. TwoC.Three19. How does the man go to school on Saturday?A. By busB. By bikeC. On foot20. What sports foes the woman do?A. She play tennisB. She walks to schoolC. She swims二、单项选择21. ---What happened?---I fell down and hurt ______A. myB. mineC. ID. myself22. --- who is older, you or your friend?---- Of course, my friend. He is ____ older than me.A. veryB. muchC. tooD. quiet23. When the girl heard the words, her face ______ red.A. gotB. changedC. turnedD. grew24. ---Whose T-shirt is this?---It _____ be Tony’s. I am not sureA. mayB. mustC. willD. can25. Do you think ______ a meeting tomorrow afternoon?A. is thereB. there isC. there wasD. there is going to be26. ---Your name again? I _____ catch it.---Henry smithA. don’tB. didn’tC. wouldn’tD. won’t27. ______ exciting news it is!A. WhatB. What anC. HowD. How an28. ---When will he come?---When _______, I’ll let you knowA. does he comeB. he comsC. will he comeD. he will come29. Phone me _____ you get to WuzhongA. sinceB. so thatC. as soon asD. while30. Suddenly the house begin to shake. He stopped ______ music and rushed outA. To listen toB. to listenC. listeningD. listening to31. ---Excuse me, could you tell me _____ buy some fruits?---Sure, there’s a super market down the streetA. where I canB. where can IC. what I canD. what can I32. I t’s warm outside. Why not ____ your coat?A. take awayB. take upC. take downD. take off33. ---Do you know the exact date of his death?---No, but I remember he died ______ a cold Friday nightA. inB. byC. onD. at34. The poor girl ____ by the unfriendly boys when she told her story.A. laughed atB. was laughed atC. laughs atD. is laughed35. ---Listen! Who is singing?---It’s Betty. She has a sweet ______A. soundB. voiceC. noiseD. speech三、完形填空One day a young painter went by a garden. He was attracted by the beauty of the garden. He imagined how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 36.____. Supervised, the painter asked that old man, “Why are you looking after these flowers when you can’t see them?” The gardener answered, “I can tell you 37.______ reason. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. second，38.______ I can’t see the flower, I can touch them . Third, I can 39._____ the sweetness of them. As for the last one, that’s 40._____.”“Me? But you don’t know me” said the painter.“Yeah, it’s 41._____ that I don’t know you. But I know flowers are beautiful angles. Many people will look at my garden and the beauty will make them feel 42.______. It also give me a chance to speak to you now. As the same time, we enjoy the happiness these flowers have 43.____ us” the old man’s words supervised the painter and give him much pleasure.The man grows flowers in order that everybody can 44._____ their beauty. The gardener in the garden is alone but not lonely. all passers-by（路人）are his friends; all flowers are his neighbors.I believe every flower has eyes. they can see the 45.____ of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul(灵魂)36. A. lazy B. stupid C. deaf D. blind37. A. two B. three C. four D. five38. A. however B. although C. unless D. until39. A. smoke B. hear C. look D. smell40. A. you B. me C. him D. her41. A. easy B. sure C. true D. honest42. A. unfair B. good C. bad D. strange43. A. brought B. fetched C. taken D. carried44. A. buy B. borrow C. enjoy D. lend45. A. kindness B. value C. truth D. secret四、阅读理解AThere are two computer companies. One of them has a special person who answers all questions that are sent to him. The person is a 63-year-old man. He is known for always finding the right answers. On the internet, more and more people are finding out about this clever man.He has silver hair and is very kind. He feels that his age helps him with his job. He remembers a lot of things people asked about. He says that every day is different, so he is never bored. He will try his best to answer all your questions. He tries to return the answers within 24 hours. The questions he gets are very different each day. He loves his job. And the company has a good reputations（名声）.However, the other company doesn’t have a special place for people to ask question. if a customer ask a questions, it takes a long time to get an answer. Sometimes people may never get an answer at all. It always makes customers unhappy.Companies should have a person who will answer people’s questions. It keeps customers happy. Happy costumers will keep doing business with the company.46. The 63-year-old man is never bored because ________A. he believes that he is cleverB. he thinks every day is differentC. he knows that he is kind C. he finds that his job is easy to do47. What do people think of the first the computer company?A. It bores its workersB. it has many old workersC. it keeps customers happyD. it sells cheap computers48. If you ask the second computer company a question, you may _______A. never get an answerB. get a prize instead of an answerC. get an answer very soonD. get an answer from a special place49. The writer thinks it is _____ for companies to have a person answering people’s questionsA. difficultB. interestingC. sillyD. important50. The person in the first computer company is famous for ______A. giving the wrong answersB. helping old peopleC. finding the right answersD. having silver hairBThis month in Travelers Corner there are three teenagers’ experiences in year-abroad programs: Mariko Okada – TokyoMy year abroad in the United States was a fantastic experience. I’m not a shy person, and I was v ery comfortable speaking to everyone. So I got lots of speaking practice. I also learned lots of interesti ng things about American culture. When I got home, my friends all said that I had improved so much!I hope to go back again in the future.Carla Fonseca – Rio de JaneiroI spent last year studying English in London. I’m from a small town, and London is a very big cit y. Sometimes I felt it was too big. There were so many people to talk to, but I always felt bad about m y English. I missed my family, and I really missed my two cats. My roommate was always using our t elephone, so I hardly had the chance for a nice long talk with my parents. I think it was a good experie nce for me, but I’m glad to be home!Alvin Chen – Hong KongStudying in New Zealand was a fun experience for me, but it was also lots of hard work! I had E nglish classes six hours a day, five days a weekwith lots of homework. I also kept a diary of my experi ence. I like to write, and I wrote two or three pages in my diary every day. On Saturdays, my homestay family took me to lots of interesting places and showed me so many wonderful things about the cult ure. I’m really glad I went!51. What is true about Mariko, Carla, and Alvin?A. They all hope to spend more time abroad in the future.B. They all studied in the same country.C. they all speak English very well.D. They all spent a year abroad.52. Who was very comfortable speaking English?A. CarlaB. MarikoC. AlvinD. Alvin and Carla53. Carla felt embarrassed because _______.A. she missed her catsB. London was too bigC. her roommate was using the telephoneD. she was too shy to speak54. Mariko thought that ________.A. she missed her friendsB. her roommate was hard-workingC. she learned about some cultural thingsD. she was too shy to speak55. When Alvin studied in New Zealand, he ________.A. had a hard time.B. had lots of homework.C. wrote letters to his parentsD. visited lots of interesting people.CAs a child, Alain Robert was afraid of heights. One day, when he was 12, he returned home from school. At the front door of his building, he looked for his keys. He didn’t have them. It was 3:30 and his parents worked until 6:00 pm. Alain looked at his apartment on the eighth floor. He saw an open window. He closed his eyes and imagined himself climbing the building. When he opened his eyes, he told himself, “I can do it.” fifteen minutes later, he was in his house and his fear of heights was gone.Today, Alvin still climbs building. In 2003, he climbs a building in Londondressed as Spiderman to advertise the movie. In 2004, he climbed a building Taipei 101 (one of the tallest buildings in the world). To reach the top of a building, Alvin uses only his hands and special shoes. He has no rope or other safety tools.Alvin climbs as a hobby. He also does it to make money for charity (for poor children and the homeless). When he climbs, he wants to send a message to people. If you have a dream-something you really want to do-it can become real. But you must be brave and keep trying. If something bad happens, don’t give up. Close your eyes and tell yourself, “I can do it.”56. The main idea of the passage is _______.A. climbing buildings is easyB. Alain RobertB. everyone can climb a tall building D. you can control your fears57. When Alain climbs a building, he uses ________.A. his hands and special shoesB. special toolsB. his hand only D. his special shoes only58. The underline word “charity” means “__________” in Chinese.A. 享受B. 休闲C. 慈善D. 消费59. Alain climbs for two reasons. They are _________.A. for fun and his healthB. for charity and for his jobC. for his health and for charityD. for charity and for fun60. If you feel afraid to do something, what is Alain’s advice?A. Practice climbing buildingsB. Tell yourself “I can do it.”C. If something bad happens, then stop.D. Try to do something else.非选择题五、听力61. Mike is talking about________.62. Mike often spends two hours in the evening, _______ his friends.63. Mike has Chinese lessons ________ a week at school.64. Mike wants to study the ________ of Ningxia.65. Mike thinks his life is _______.六、单词拼写66. There was a car a______ caused by ice on the road.67. Don’t walk a______the streetwhen the traffic lights are red.68. J_______ is the first month of the year.69. She ______ (邀请) many people to her party last Saturday.70. We have ______ (相似的) hobbies and interests.71. Try to write more_________ (细心地) next time.72. Lisa ________ (庆祝) her brother’s birthday every yearthe pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very 2. ______when he took his coat after his meal and found all the 3. _______ full of jewelry(珠宝)!There was a waiter near the door, so Mr. Jones said to him, “somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it, and 4. _______he comes back, give it to him.” the waiter took it and went 5._______. Suddenly, another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Jones’s. “I am sorry,” said this man. “I made a mistake. I 6._____ your coat and you have got mine. Please give me my coat and jewelry.” Mr. Jones answered, “I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you.”Mr. Jones called the manager of the restaurant; 7.______ the manager said, “We have no waiter here. We only have waitresses.” “You gave the jewelry to the thief!” shouted the other man. “I shall call the police!”Mr. Jones was frightened and paid the man a lot of money 8.______ the jewelry八、任务型阅读Facts about hot and cold places on the earth!The SaharaDesertThe SaharaDesert in North Africa is one of the largest and hottest deserts in the world. In the summer the temperature during the day often reaches 40︒Ｃ. The highest temperature ever was 58︒Ｃ! It seldom rains in the Sahara, but there are storms ---sand storms!The SaharaDesert is a very difficult place for humans to live. Only a few plants are able to grow in the dry climate. But there are many oases. An oasis is a place where plant and trees can grow because there is water. There are about 90 large oases in the Sahara, where people have built villages. Some animals are able to live in the desert, too. They can live for many days without water or food. Antarctica (非洲)Antarctica is a continent (州) which is under almost 2 kilometers of ice. The South Pole is in the Antarctica and is the most southern place on earth. It is always very cold. In the winter thetemperature falls to -80! People have never lived there for long because it is too cold. There are scientist, but they only stay a few months.In Antarctica animals and pl ants can’t live easily on the land, but the sea is full of creatures. Many different kinds of penguins (企鹅) and seals (海豹) live there all year. They spend most of their lives swimming in the freezing Antarctica water. The sea provides lots of food for them because it is full of。