广东省广州市2018年中考一模英语试卷(含答案)

广州市2018年中考一模英语试卷

一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面两篇短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Alan was a skinny old man who lived all alone. One day he got 1 bad cold and he called for a doctor.

While the doctor 2 Alan, he asked, "Don't you have a friend 3 could come and take care of you?”

“No, I've never had 4 friends,” the old man said.

“You've lived here all your life and never had a friend?” the doctor said 5 surprise.

“I'm 64 years old, but I've never met anyone 6 call a friend,” Alan said. “If it isn’t one thing wrong with them, it’s another.”

“Our village head, Robin, will surely help you if he 7 you are sick,” the doctor said.

“It’s so8 to listen to Robin,” Alan added. “You'd imagine there was noth ing in this world 9 his crops and his wonderful, healthy pigs.”

“Then what about Max, who lives down the road?”

“A selfish man, 10 he’s smart and interesting to talk to,” Alan continued. “He visited me a lot before. But he'd come only when he felt like 11 so. I don't call that neighborly.”

“You can't bring up anything against Toby. Everyone loves him,” the doctor laughed.

“Right, agreed Alan.”If I let Toby 12 on my doorstep, he would do so. But he’s13 noisy for me to stand him for mor e than five minutes”

“I'm afraid you see too much of your neighbors’14 and you’re blind to what good people they actually are,” the doctor said. “You're a hard nut to crack, old man! Anyway, please call me if you need me.” The doctor left and not a word of “thank you”15 .

1. A. a B. an C. the D. /

2. A. has examined B. was examining C. examines D. examine

3. A. which B. whose C. who D. where

4. A. any B. some C. few D. little

5. A. on B. for C. of D. in

6. A. have to B. need C. can D. must

7. A. knows B. know C. knew D. knowing

8. A. bored B. boring C. bore D. boringly

9. A. and B. so C. or D. but

10. A. though B. so C. and D. if

11. A. to do B. doing C. does D. do

12. A. live B. to live C. living D. lives

13. A. so B. very C. quite D. too

14. A. weak B. weakly C. weakness D. weaken

15. A. heard B. was hearing C. is heard D. was heard

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-25各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Joe was a farmer. His farmland was so poor that he hadn’t good harvest for years. “If God let me control the 16 , then everything will get better,” he complained, “I know better than God does because I am a clever farmer.”

God heard his words. “Well, I will give you one year,” God replied. “You will be in charge of the weather. Let’s see what your crops grow like.”

On hearing this, Joe was so 17 that he couldn’t believe what he heard. But he still wanted to have a try. He shouted, “Sunny!” Suddenl y the clouds went away.

“Unbelievable!” He thought to himself and tried again, “rain!” The sky became cloudy right away and heavy rain poured down.

In the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and 18 . Watching his crops growing bigger and bigger, he felt satisfied.

When the harvest season came, he went to the field, looking forward to a big harvest. But his heart sank to the bottom when he found his strong crops had not grown any grain（谷粒）at all. Puzzled and 19 , he started crying. Once again, God 20 him.

“Don’t you have your wish to control the weather?” God asked again. “Yes, but I just can’t understand it. I have given them what they 21 . How could it be?” Joe 22 . “That’s because you 23 asked for wind, rainstorm, snow or anything that could make the roots stronger. Without strong roots, of course they won’t grow any fruit.” After he realized this, Joe asked God to 24 the power.

It turned out that only through life’s challenges, we would succeed in harvest the 25 of life. It takes both ups and downs to get satisfactory results.

16. A. time B. world C. weather D. way

17. A. surprised B. sorry C. angry D. worried

18. A. windy B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy

19. A. excited B. embarrassed C. nervous D. disappointed

20. A. refused B. heard C. thanked D. punished

21. A. know B. have C. offer D. need

22. A. mentioned B. noted C. suggested D. wondered

23. A. almost B. never C. always D. just

24. A. take back B. take off C. give up D. put out

25. A. taste B. money C. fruit D. discovery

三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）

第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A)

Those accustomed to browsing through thousands of books in large bookstores may find Japan’s Morioka Shoten a little strange. That’s because this tiny bookstore that is located in Ginza, Tokyo sells only a single book at a time.

Opened in May 2015, Morioka Shoten is the brainchild of Yoshiyuki Morioka. He began his career as a bookstore clerk in Tokyo’s Kanda district before branching out to op en his own store. It was here while organizing book reading and signing that he realized that customers usually came into