江苏省江阴市初级中学2012年中考英语模拟考试试卷 牛津版

江阴市初级中学2012年中考模拟考试英语试卷

考试时间：100分钟卷面满分：90分

第I卷（客观题，共50分）

一、单项填空在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项

涂黑。（本大题共15分，每小题1分）

1. If you grow up in ______large family, you’re more likely to develop _______ ability

to get on well with ______others.

A. /; an; the

B. a; the; /

C. the; an; the

D. a; the; the

2. When Daniel is in a bad mood he likes wearing orange to _______.

A. wake himself up

B. pick himself up

C. give himself up

D. cheer himself up

3. —I’m sorry I went out for a smoke. I was very tired.

—There’s no ______ for this while you are at work.

A. excuse

B. cause

C. matter

D. choice

4. That little boy preferred ______ out to play rather than_______ TV at home.

A. going; to watch

B. to go; watch

C. going; watching

D. to go; watching

5. Many new houses have been provided ______ people in Sichuan _______.

A. to; to live in

B. for; to live

C. with; to live

D. for; to live in

6. — That black T-shirt with Yao Ming’s picture on it ___belong to David. He seems to admire Yao a lot.

— No, it _____ be his. He hates black colour.

A. must; can

B. may; can’t

C. can; mustn’t

D. must; mustn’t

7. The global financial crisis(金融危机) has made many people______ their money.

A. to care for

B. took care of

C. be careful with

D. to be cared about

8. This task is ______difficult for us. We need ______people to help us with it.

A. much too; three more

B. too much; other three

C. much too; more three

D. too much; another three

9. —I’m afraid that I can’t do it.

—Oh, you should believe in yourself. You won’t know what you can do ______ you try it.

A. if

B. because

C. until

D. while

10. It’s good advice that of the twins wants to take it.

A. so; either

B. such a; either

C. such a; both

D. such ; either

11. There are only _________ new words in the passage, but I know _________ of them.

A. a little; none

B. a few; none

C. little; all

D. few; all

12. Did your father tell you ________?

A. when he travelled to Hong Kong

B. how he goes to Shanghai

C. where he has spent his holidays

D. why did he visit Hangzhou

13. Things are ________ on Mars ________ on Earth because of the different gravity.

A. much lighter; than that

B. much lighter; than those

C. not so light; as that

D. not so light; as those

14. —Would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs?

— __________.

A. My pleasure

B. Of course I do

C. With pleasure

D. Yes. Go ahead.

二、完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中，选出可以填入空白处的最

佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(本大题共10分，每小题1分）

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. The boy dropped all of the books he was carrying. Mark helped the boy pick them up. 15 they were going the same way, he carried them for the boy. Then Mark knew the boy’s name was Bill. Mark also discovered that he loved computer games, baseball and history and that he was having a lot

of 16 with his other subjects.

They arrived at Bill’s home fi rst. Mark was invited in for Coke. The afternoon passed 17 with a few laughs and some shared small talks. They 18 to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice and then 19 ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before they finished school, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk.

Bill 20 him of the day years ago when they had first met. ‘Do you ever wonder why

I was carrying so many things home that day?’ asked Bill. ‘You see, I 21 things out of my locke r because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had planned to

22 from home and I was going home to pack my things. But after we spent some time together

23 and laughing, I realized that 24 I had done that, I would have lost a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.’

15. A. After B. Since C. Although D. Until

16. A. questions B. ideas C. trouble D. doubt

17. A. quickly B. proudly C. freely D. pleasantly

18. A. continued B. hoped C. preferred D. offered

19. A. all B. both C. every D. none

20. A. removed B. reminded C. asked D. described

21. A. checked B. took C. cleaned D. put

22. A. run away B. take away C. put away D. pass away

23. A. reading B. playing C. talking D. watching

24. A. before B. as C. while D. if

三、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（本大题共26分，每小题2分）

A

History, as we know, is filled with facts, with places, names, dates, and events. History is also filled with feelings, with pain, joy, excitement, and fear.

Facts are set down in books, but what happens to feelings? How can you take the pain, for example, and write it into a history book? You can’t. But you can put it to music. Take the blues, for example.

The blues started when black musicians in the South began to sing about their hard times, those times which made them feel blue. The early blues was the beginning of other musical