2016年广东省广州市培正中学中考英语一模试卷

2016年广东省广州市培正中学中考英语一模试卷

一、语法选择（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读短文，按照句子的语法结构和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项．1．（15分）Spending two or three hours （1）outdoors each day can reduce a child's chance of （2）short﹣sighted（近视），a research shows．It challenges the belief that short﹣sightedness （3）by computer use，watching TV or reading in weak light．

The Australian government researchers believe （4）sunlight is good for people's eyes．They compared the vision and habits of 100 （5）children in Singapore and Australia．In all，30% of the Singaporean children were short﹣sighted﹣this rate was ten times （6）than Australian children．

（7）groups spent a similar amount of time reading，watching television and playing computer games．（8），the Australian children spent an average of two hours a day outdoors﹣90minutes more than the Singaporean children．Professor Ian Morgan，（9）is from the Australian Research Council's Vision Centre，said，"Humans are （10）long﹣sighted，but when people begin to go to school and spend （11）or no time outdoors，the number of short ﹣sighted people（12）larger．We're also seeing more and more short ﹣sighted children in cities all around the world﹣and the main reason （13）that city children spend less time outdoors．"

Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light．But why does （14）outside prevent us （15）becoming short﹣sighted？Scientists believe that natural light has something helpful for people's eyes．

1．A．on playing B．play C．to play D．playing

2A．become B．became C．becoming D．becomed

3．A．caused B．is caused C．causes D．causing

4．A．how B．why C．whether D．/

5．A.7years old B.7﹣year old C.7year﹣old D.7﹣year﹣old

6．A．high B．higher C．highly D．more highly

7．A．Both B．Neither C．Either D．All

8．A．So B．However C．Though D．Thus

9．A．whom B．which C．who D．that

10．A．naturally B．nature C．natural D．naturing

11．A．more B．less C．much D．little

12．A．gets B．getting C．got D．get

13．A．maybe B．may be C．may D．are

14．A．play B．played C．playing D．to play

15．A．off B．out of C．from D．with

二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项．

16．（15分）A woman in her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door．She took care of the tree very （16）．But the children nearby drove her crazy by making fun of her．They would climb her tree and then run away with pears，（17）"Aunty Misery"at her．

One evening，a passer﹣by asked to stay for the night．Seeing that he had a（an）（18）face，she let him in and gave him a nice （19）．The next morning the stranger，actually a sorcerer（巫师），thanked her by making her wish come true．That is﹣Anyone who climbed up her tree should not be able to come back down unless she （20）it．

When the children came back to steal her fruit，she had them（21）on the tree．They had to beg her long before she gave the tree permission to let them go．Aunty Misery was free from the （22）at last．

One day another man stopped at her door．This one didn't look like a trusted man，so she asked who he was，"I am Death．I've come to take you with me．"said he．Thinking fast Aunty Misery said，"Fine，but I'd like to（23）some pears from my dear tree to remember the pleasure it brought to me in this life．But I am too