大连08中考

2008 大连市初中毕业英语考试试题

Ⅰ单项选择

1 Liu Changchun is ____ first Chinese to join the Olympics.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. /

2 New Y ork and Washington D. C. are god places to visit ____ May or October.

A. from

B. at

C. in

D. on

3 My father is a teacher. ____ saved four students from a falling building in the earthquake (地震).

A. He

B. I

C. She

D. Y ou

4 As a ____, he tries to give the firsthand information to the public as soon as possible.

A. secretary

B. passenger

C. professor

D. reporter

5 By studying hard and not ___, you will succeed.

A. giving up

B. hurrying up

C. looking out

D. trying out

6 May I invite you to have dinner this Friday?

A. Y es, please.

B. Just have a look

C. Never mind

D. Y es, I’d love to

7 ____ lovely day! Let’s go for a walk.

A. What

B. What a

C. How

D. How a

8 Li Ming is the photographer ____ won the Photo Competition last month.

A. whose

B. which

C. who

D. whom

9 It is ____ that some young people in China are starting to show interest in Peking Opera.

A. crazy

B. sad

C. useful

D. nice

10 It’s still early. Y ou _____ worry about the time.

A. can’t

B. wouldn’t

C. needn’t

D. couldn’t

11--- Thank you for your help.

--- ____.

A. That’s great.

B. Y ou’re welcome.

C. I’m sure of that.

D. I’m

afraid not.

12 The operation on Sandy’s broken leg ___ three hours.

A. lasted

B. spent

C. included

D. cost

13 Having afternoon tea is an English ____.

A. ceremony

B. tradition

C. menu

D. food

14 T ony likes listening to music, ____ he hates practicing the violin.

A. but

B. so

C. and

D. or

15 Pirates of the Caribbean is one of ____ films that I have ever seen.

A. very exciting

B. more exciting C much more exciting D. the most exciting

16 --- Could you tell me___?

--- It’s just opposite the road.

A. how can I get to the bus station

B. where the bus station is

C. how I could get to the bus station

D. where was the bust station

17 Travelers ___ to use mobile phones while flying.

A. don’t allow

B. aren’t allowed

C. won’t allow D didn’t allow

18 Lucy uses her pocket money to buy books ____ she loves reading.

A. if

B. although

C. because

D. until

19 Mr. Zhang is a teacher of rich experience. He ____ English for 20 years.

A. has taught

B. will teach

C. teaches

D. taught

20 T o protect the environment, most supermarkets in China stopped ____ free plastic bags.

A. to send

B. sending

C. to provide

D. providing

Ⅱ完形填空㈠

One day Mark Twain was asked whether he could remember the first money he made.

He thought a while and then__21__, “Y es. It was at school. The pupils in those days never __22__ the things of the school. They often broke the windows and glasses. There was a __23__ that any boy who broke the glass would be __24__ in front of the whole school, or have to pay five dollars.”

“One afternoon I was playing football, when __25__ my ball hit the window.

I ran over and found __26__ glass broke into pieces. I could do __27__ but tell my father I had made the mistake, and that I should pay the money of be beaten before the whole school. He agreed to give me the money __28__ I could hand it over to the head teacher. But __29__ giving me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a good beating.”

“But having had on beating and got used to it, I decided I would accept another beating at school and __30__ the five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever made.”

21 A. promised B. answered C. explained D. agreed

22 A. took care of B. did harm to C. threw away D. picked up

23 A. test B. fact C. rule D. goal

24 A. praised B. welcomed C. bitten D. beaten

25 A. suddenly B. carelessly C. luckily D. carefully

26 A. it B. its C. which D. whose

27 A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

28 A. even though B. rather than C. ever since D. so that

29 A. instead of B. thanks to C. before D. without

30 A. accept B. refuse C. keep D. return

Ⅲ阅读理解

Passage 1

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign:“I am blind; please help.”There were only a few coins in that hat.

A man was walking by. He took the sign from the boy, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back, so everyone would see the new