2017宁夏中考英语真题卷

二、单项填空(共10小题，计分10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。

21. — Hello! Is that Rick speaking?

— Yes. ________ Rick speaking.

A. I’m

B. That’s

C. He’s

D. This is

22. — Can I write the letter in pencil?

— No, you must write it ________ a pen.

A. with

B. in

C. by

D. at

23. I think this is the ________ poem that I have ever read.

A. bad

B. badly

C. worse

D. worst

24. — Must we finish our work today?

— No, you ________. You may leave some till tomorrow.

A. can’t

B. needn’t

C. shouldn’t

D. mustn’t

25. She ________her parents since last year.

A. doesn’t see

B. didn’t see

C. hasn’t see

D. won’t see

26. We will have a picnic in the countryside ________ it doesn’t rain.

A. unless

B. although

C. until

D. if

27. — Mom, can I watch TV?

— When your clothes ________, you can.

A. wash

B. was washed

C.are washed

D. were washed

28. Robinson Crusoe made a fire ________ the meat.

A. to cook

B. cook

C. cooking

D. cooked

29. Alice, ________ your photo here this afternoon.

A. brings

B. bring

C. brought

D. bringing

30. — What did the bear tell you in your ear?

— He told me ________.

A. who was my true friend

B. who my true friend was

C. who is my true friend

D. who my true friend is

三、完形填空(共10小题，计分10分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

I bought a jasmine(茉莉)plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom(开花) and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked it, but there weren’t any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not 31 , so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to 32 the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’t help smelling them. Surrounding(包围) by the sweet 33 of only a handful of these flowers. I 34 understood something.

Mary bought her plant the same time as I did. It 35 a year for her jasmine to bloom.

I was so impatient for 36 to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.

In a way my 37 is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.

Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she 37 the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want 39 in our life, we have to be 40 . I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.

31. A. angry B. afraid C. happy D. tired

32. A. touch B. send C. grow D. buy

33. A. voice B. smell C. taste D. sound

34. A. hardly B. seldom C. never D. suddenly

35. A. spent B. took C. paid D. wasted

36. A. me B. her C. mine D. hers

37. A. friend B. experience C. trouble D. life

38. A. returned B. lent C. borrowed D. kept

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

40. A. careful B. worried C. patient D. serious

四、阅读理解(共16小题，计分32分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

EBay is a popular shopping website where people can sell their things to others around the world. Most people sell new and used books, music, or clothes. But there are some strange items(物品) for sale on eBay, too. For example, one man sole some dirt from the streets of New York City. Another person is selling her teeth. A man from England is also trying to sell something unusual: his mother-in-law(岳母).

Steve Owen is married. His mother-in-law, Caroline, lived in the United States for 27 years. Six months ago, she moved to England. Now his mother-in-law lives on the same street as Steve and his wife.

“My mother-in-law comes to m y house every day,” says Owen. “And she always complains(抱怨)! She says my house is dirty and that I don’t make enough money.” So now Owen is trying to sell Caroline on eBa y. He put her photo under “Weird Stuff(稀奇东西)” on the site and he wants only ￡1 for her.

Everyone thinks Owen is kidding. “Oh, I’m not joking,” Owen says. “I want my mother-in-law to leave.” In fact, Owen will only sell Caroline to someone from the US. “I want her out of England,” he says.