宁夏2008年中考英语试卷

宁夏回族自治区2008年初中毕业暨高中阶段招生考试

英语

(满分120分，考试时间120分钟)

第I卷(选择题，共80分)

一、听力（略）

二、单项填空(共20小题。满分20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．Though my answer is different from ________，I still think ________ is right．A．their，my B．their，mine C．theirs，mine D．theirs，my

22．________ of them is a teacher．They are both students．

A．Neither B．Either C．All D．Both

23．A person with good manners never laughs ________ people when they are ________ trouble．A．on，in B．in，at C．on，at D．at，in

24．—What do you think of Y ao Ming?

—He is great．No one does ________ in playing basketball than him in China．

A．good B．well C．better D．best

25．Western people ________ use Mr. or Mrs. before their given names．

A．always B．often C．sometimes D．never

26．Can you tell me ________ lives on this floor?

A．whom B．who C．whose D．which

27．These two boys ________ twins．They look the same．

A．can be B．may be C．must be D．would be

28．Aunt Wang is not here now．She has ________ to Shanghai and will stay there for several months．A．got B．come C．been D．gone

29．Mr Green with his wife ________ sitting there when I came in．

A．is B．was C．are D．were

30．Can you tell me ________ the machine without any help?

A．what did he repair B．what he repaired

C．how did he repair D．how he repaired

31．—When ________ you ________ the new car?

—Well，I ________ it for a week．

A．did，have；have had B．did，buy；have had

C．did，buy；have bought D．did，have；have bought

32．They told us ________ any further，there was danger ahead．

A．not go B．can’t go C．not to go D．didn’t go

33．—________ does this MP3 player cost?

—It’s $230．

A．How often B．How much C．How many D．How long

34．I ________ to you as soon as I get there．

A．will write B．wrote C．write D．have written

35．I really cannot agree ________ you because I don’t think your plan is good．

A．for B．with C．to D．on

36．—Hurry up．The bus is coming．

—Oh，no．We mustn’t cross the street ________ the traffic lights are green．

A．after B．while C．since D．until

37．The book ________ was written by Y u Dan sells well．

A．who B．which C．how D．what

38．The watch I lost yesterday ________ in the desk．

A．has found B．found C．has been found D．is found

39．They have to ________ the sports meeting till next Sunday because of the bad weather．

A．put off B．put on C．put up D．put out

40．—I usually have milk and bread for breakfast．

—________________.

A．So have I B．So I have C．So do I D．So I do

三、完形填空(共10小题。满分10分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41～50各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

She could have lived an easy，comfortable life．But 41 she chose to work hard and care for the 42 ．

Florence Nightingale was one of the 43 great nurses．Every year oil her birthday，May 12，people celebrate International Nurses Day to remember the love and help that she gave to so many people．

Nightingale was born into a rich family in 1820 in Italy．When she was 24，she told her parents she wanted to be fl nurse．But they 44 that idea．The family had a lot of money，so they thought it would be better 45 she didn’t work．But Nightingale went on with her 46 ．She went to Germany to learn to be a nurse．

During the war in 1854，Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses from England went to 47 soldiers seal Turkey．She made the hospital much cleaner there．

48 ，she would look after the soldiers．She carried a lamp with her，and the soldiers began to call her“The Lady with the Lamp”．

In 1860，after the war，Nightingale 49 the first nursing school．She also worked to make the hospitals better and make 50 for nurses．She died in 1910 in London，at age of 90．

Nightingale’s birthday became International Nurses Day in 1974．

41．A．finally B．instead C．in the end D．immediately

42．A．sick B．poor C．rich D．children

43．A．city’s B．hospital’s C．country’s D．world’s

44．A．1iked B．didn’t like C．had D．didn’t have

45．A．if B．why C．when D．where

46．A．study B．work C．dream D．trip

47．A．look for B．wait for C．ask for D．care for

48．A．At night B．At noon C．In the day D．In the afternoon

49．A．went to B．closed C．opened D．broke

50．A．plans B．suggestions C．decisions D．rules

四、阅读理解(共15小题。满分30分)

阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题。从各题所给的四个选项中，选出能完成所给句子的最佳选项。

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Tom walked into a shop．It had a sign outside：“Second-hand(旧的) clothes bought and sold．”He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop，“How much will you give me for these?”The man looked at them and then said：“Two dollars．”

“What!”said Tom．“I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars．”