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 _______ abilityto get on well with ______others.A. /; an; theB. a; the; /C. the; an; theD. a; the; the2. When Daniel is in a bad mood he likes wearing orange to _______.A. wake himself upB. pick himself upC. give himself upD. cheer himself up3. —I’m sorry I went out for a smoke. I was very tired.—There’s no ______ for this while you are at work.A. excuseB. causeC. matterD. choice4. That little boy preferred ______ out to play rather than_______ TV at home.A. going; to watchB. to go; watchC. going; watchingD. to go; watching5. Many new houses have been provided ______ people in Sichuan _______.A. to; to live inB. for; to liveC. with; to liveD. for; to live in6. — 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; canB. may; can’tC. can; mustn’tD. must; mustn’t7. The global financial crisis(金融危机) has made many people______ their money.A. to care forB. took care ofC. be careful withD. to be cared about8. This task is ______difficult for us. We need ______people to help us with it.A. much too; three moreB. too much; other threeC. much too; more threeD. too much; another three9. —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. ifB. becauseC. untilD. while10. It’s good advice that of the twins wants to take it.A. so; eitherB. such a; eitherC. such a; bothD. such ; either11. There are only _________ new words in the passage, but I know _________ of them.A. a little; noneB. a few; noneC. little; allD. few; all12. Did your father tell you ________?A. when he travelled to Hong KongB. how he goes to ShanghaiC. where he has spent his holidaysD. why did he visit Hangzhou13. Things are ________ on Mars ________ on Earth because of the different gravity.A. much lighter; than thatB. much lighter; than thoseC. not so light; as thatD. not so light; as those14. —Would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs?— __________.A. My pleasureB. Of course I doC. With pleasureD. 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 lotof 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 whyI 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 to22 from home and I was going home to pack my things. But after we spent some time together23 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. Until16. A. questions B. ideas C. trouble D. doubt17. A. quickly B. proudly C. freely D. pleasantly18. A. continued B. hoped C. preferred D. offered19. A. all B. both C. every D. none20. A. removed B. reminded C. asked D. described21. A. checked B. took C. cleaned D. put22. A. run away B. take away C. put away D. pass away23. A. reading B. playing C. talking D. watching24. 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）AHistory, 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 musicalstyles, from jazz to rock and roll.Music, you might say, is a record of feelings.Of course, facts are important: the civil rights movement, the race for space, the Vietnam War. But the feelings behind these events – the pride of being black, the excitement ofa rocket blast (点火起飞), the pain of a war – are also an important part of history.25. In the passage, the word “blue” and the word “blues” are related to ____________.A. a feeling and a kind of musicB. a colourC. a kind of music and a personD. people and their feelings26. According to the writer’s idea, what can make people feel blue?.A. A history bookB. Music.C. History.D. Hard times.27. Besides the above, the writer also explains ____________.A. what caused the Vietnam WarB. the feelings behind some important eventsC. the relation between history and musicD. why he wrote the articleBWhen people become good at doing things they like to do, they have found themselves. Many young people are doing things they do not like; many other young people are doing something that they are not good at. Also many do not think they are good at anything and do not know what they would like to do. None of them are happy.It is impossible to decide whether one likes something until he has tried it. Trying something new is important.Give each idea a fair chance. If you have decided to try out something new and also have decided how long you will stick to it, you can make a fair decision.The most important thing is not the final goal but the work which makes you reach the goal. Almost everybody would like to be highly skilled at something but it calls for a great deal of time and work.Finding oneself means not only discovering what one is good at and what one likes; it also means discovering what one is not good at and what one does not like.So trying something but failing also has its good side. It tells you that you are not fit for that particular aim and should not regard it as your goal.27. According to the passage, many young people are unhappy because ______.A. they are doing things they don’t likeB. they are doing something they are not good atC. they think they’re good at nothing and do not know what they would like to doD. of all the above28. It takes ______ to become good at something.A. time and moneyB. a lot of work and restC. a lot of time and workD. men and time29.To find himself one has to know ______.A. both his strong points and weak pointsB. his strong pointsC. his weak pointsD. what he likes and what he is good atCAmerica is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending （延伸）deeply into both families.There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes ,the welcome will be full, warm and real.For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!30.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.A. keep outB. give upC. pay no attention toD. continue31.Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?A. Treating friends at home.B. Taking days off to be with friends.C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.D. Sharing everything they have.32.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage?A. Americans are always generous with their time.B. Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.33.This passage is most probably written for .A. American studentsB. Chinese studentsC. Chinese visitors to AmericaD. American visitors to ChinaDIt was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike fourkilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品杂货), saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.34. Why was the bike so important to the couple? Because .A. They used it for work and daily lifeB. It was their only possessionC. It was a nice Kona 18 speedD. The man's job was bike racing35. We can infer from the text that .A. the couple worked 60 hours a weekB. people were busy before ChristmasC. the stranger brought over the bikeD. life was hard for the young family36. The couple learn from their experience.A. Strangers are usually of little helpB. One should take care of their bikeC. An act of kindness can mean a lotD. News reports make people famous第II卷（主观题，共40分）四、词汇运用（本大题共8分，每小题1分）(A) 根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。