2014年长沙市中考英语试题+答案

2014年长沙市中考英语试题

II. 知识运用（两部分，共25 小题，计25 分）

第一节语法填空从A、B、C 三个选项中选择最佳答案填空。（共15 小题，计15 分）

21. My sister is old enough to dress______now.

A. himself

B. herself

C. myself

22. Mother’s Day is_____the second Sunday in May in the United States.

A. on

B. in

C.at

23. _______of us wants to go to the park today, because we have to finish so much homework.

A. Either

B. Both

C. Neither

24.—Is the schoolbag under the desk yours?

—No, it’s my______. He left it there just now. A. brother B. brother’s C. brothers’

25. ______nervous the girl was! She could not fall asleep all night.

A. What

B. What a

C. How

26. —Oh, it was fantastic! Lily danced so well.

—Well, I think Kate danced ______than lily. A. well B. better C. best

27. The shop_____sells flowers is at the end of the street.

A. who

B. where

C. which

28. It’s going to rain. You’d better take an umbrella_____you may get wet.

A. or

B. and

C. but

29. Little Tom computer games when his mother got home.

A. is playing

B. plays

C. was playing

30. —Who’s singing in the garden?

—It be Mr. Brown. He always practices singing at this time.

A. must

B. can’t

C. need

31. —It is getting cold. Would you mind the window?

—Of course not.

A. closing

B. to close

C. closed

32. I won’t go to tomorrow’s party I am invited.

A. if

B. unless

C. When

33. —I am afraid that I can’t finish the task successfully.

—Don’t worry. You plenty of time to do it.

A. will be given

B. give

C. will give

34. —Your brother is an excellent basketball player.

—So he is. He to play basketball three years ago. A. has started B. starts C. Started 35. —Excuse me, could you please tell me ?

—Sure. It’s about ten minutes’ walk.

A. how long it takes to go to the zoo

B. how far it is from here to the zoo

C. how far is it from here to the zoo

第二节词语填空通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳答案。（共10 小题，计10 分）

This morning I got an e-mail from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University. The 36 made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.

Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes, 37 , his little hand knocked over（打翻）a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess（一团糟）. “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with 38 .

I 39 and held his hand, “Take it easy, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look40 .” I took out a

41 . “You see, Dad is a magician（魔术师）, I can change it into a big tree.”

His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.

We spent the whole afternoon 42 and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew something 43 happened.

The night before Roy left for Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over the paint. “Since then I’ve44 worried about making mistakes,” he continued, “I believe I can always45 ways to solve the problems.”

36. A. call B. e-mail C. card

37. A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Gladly

38. A. happiness B. hope C. fear

39. A. cried B. smiled C. shouted

40. A. nice B. bad C. wrong

41. A. drum B. brush C. clock

42. A. washing B. cooking C. painting

43. A. dangerous B. boring C. special

44. A. never B. always C. sometimes

45. A.put out B. hand out C. find out

III. 阅读技能（三部分，共20 小题，计40 分）

第一节阅读选择（共10 小题，计20 分）

A

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

(共5 小题，计10 分)

When Jason’s parents saw him for the first time, they were shocked（震惊）.This lovely little baby with shining blue eyes and curly hair was born disabled（残疾的）. But soon the young couple accepted this fact. Jason’s arms are just half without hands and his legs aren’t fully grown either. They even forgot to think of him as disabled.

At the age of six, he told his mother he wanted to get down from the prosthetics（假肢）and play with other