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2009年北京市高级中等学校招生考试

My father died when I was a few months old. After his death, my mother moved back to Louisville, Kentucky, where __35__ had grown up. We lived in a small house with her older sister, Marion, and their mother. This was a time when being a single __36___ was still considered unusual.

When I was small, there was a children’s book called The Happy Family, and it was a real piece of work. Dad worked all day long at the office, Mom cooked in the kitchen, and brother and sister always had friends sleeping over. The image of the family in this book was typical (典型的) of the time. It looked __37___ like my family, but luckily that wasn’t the way I heard it. The way my Aunt Marion read it to me made the story really __38__.

Kind-hearted and open-minded, my aunt was the one who played baseball with me, who took me horseback riding, who took me to the father-son dinners and who gave me lessons on how to drive. Believing that anything __39__ was probably good for me, she __40__ to get a loan (贷款) so that I could go to Africa to work as a volunteer, which was my most important experience.

As a young girl, Aunt Marion always planned to have a large number of children of her own, but she never got married. This __41__ that she was free to spend all her time taking care of me. Many people say we have a lot in common. She always __42__ me to do my best. She never __43__ to make me believe that I could do anything with my life that I wanted, if I only tried hard enough.

For more than sixty years, Aunt Marion didn’t and still don’t think of herself. __44__ she is forced to come up to the front, my aunt will stand in the back in family photos, and she doesn’t think that her efforts have made much __45___. I honor my aunt, who taught me the things my __46___ couldn’t. s o every June for the past 40 years, in growing thankfulness to my Aunt Marion, I’ve sent her a Father’s Day card.

35. A. I B. she C. he D. we

36. A. man B. family C. parent D. child

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

38. A. surprising B. boring C. sad D. funny

39. A. interesting B. pleasant C. impossible D. unusual

40. A. decided B. afforded C. offered D. prepared

41. A. said B. meant C. proved D. showed

42. A. allowed B. expected C. invited D. forced

43. A. hoped B. agreed C. stopped D. failed

44. A. Unless B. Although C. Since D. Before

45. A. difference B. progress C. trouble D. sense

2008北京中考统一卷

Gilbert joined the Science Club last summer. One day he was handed a piece of paper, a block of wood and four wheels; he was told to go home and 1 them all to “dad”. However, Gilbert’s mom knew that his dad wasn’t good at making things and decided that s he would read the 2 and let Gilbert do the work. A few days later the block of wood was turning into a car that Gilbert 3 named “Blue Lightning”. Then he and his mother went to a car race together. But when they 4 there, Gilbert found that his car was the only one that had not been made by a “father-son” partnership (合作).

The race began. One by one the cars were knocked out until it 5 to the final between Gilbert and Jimmy. Just before the race, Gilbert asked 6 they could stop for a minute so that he could make a wish. After a long minute, Gilbert said that he was 7 .

People cheered as the race began. Jimmy stood with his father and watched their car racing down the road while Gilbert was surprised at the great 8 of his car as it rushed over the finishing line less than a second 9 Jimmy’s. Gilbert jumped up and down with 10 .

Soon the club manager came over and asked him, “So, Gilbert, your wish was to 11 , right?” “Oh no, sir,” he replied. “I just wished that I wouldn’t cry if I lost.”

Children sometimes 12 adults with unexpected ideas. When Gilbert first saw the other cars, he didn’t cry out, “Not fair! Other children had their fathers’ help!” Gilbert didn’t wish for victory in the race; instead he wished for courage.

1. A. send B. return C. lend D. give

2. A. instructions B. passage C. message D. explanations

3. A. easily B. carefully C. proudly D. kindly

4. A. lived B. got C. met D. passed

5. A. ran B. moved C. came D. rushed

6. A. whether B. why C. when D. where

7. A. sure B. ready C. tired D. sorry

8. A. effort B. energy C. speed D. value

9. A. past B. over C. after D. before

10. A. excitement B. enjoyment C. agreement D. achievement

11. A. change B. break C. leave D. win