2012年广州市中考英语试题及答案

秘密★启用前

20l2 年广州市初中毕业生学业考试

英语

本试卷共五大题，12 页，满分135 分。考试时间120 分钟。

一、听力(共两节，满分35 分) 略

二、语言知识及运用(共两节，满分20 分) 第一节单项选择(共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分

10 分) 从16~25 各题所给的A、B、C 和D 项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

16．--Is this ____book you were talking about yesterday?

--Yes，thank you very much.

A．a B．all C. the D．不填

17. I asked her _____the bag because it was too expensive．

A. not to buy

B. to buy not C．not buying D．not buy

18．--It’s surprising that he got such a high mark!

--Yes. I wonder ________ it．

A．how did he do B．how he did C．why did he do D．that he did

1 9．Although you may meet some difficulties，you should never ______．

A．turn up B．get up C．give up D．grow up

20．You _______ be hungry after the long walk．Help yourself to some cakes．

A．can’t B．shouldn’t C．need D．must

21．--I’ve got the final Harry Potter book．

--You will love it. I ______ it twice already．

A．am reading B．have read C．was reading D．will read

22．--Do you like this movie?

一Yes，it's the _____ o ne I’ve ever seen．

A. better B．best C．good D．well

23．He has to earn lots of money ______he can buy his children nice food and clothes．

A．so that B．such that C．that D．in order

24．Ms Wang is an excellent teacher. ______ in our class loves her．

A．Someone B．No one C．Everyone D．Anyone

25．Whenever he was late，he could find plenty of excuses ____ sounded reasonable．

A．who B．where C．when D．which

第二节语法选择(共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从26~35 各题所给的A、B、C 和D 项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

People all over the world celebrate Valentine’s Day．However, the holiday 26 differently in different countries 27 each culture has its own Valentine’s Day customs．For example，people in the United States and Japan both celebrate Valentine’s Day 28February 14．But in Japan，only romantic partners come together, while in America，it can be shared by anyone 29 is close，friend or lover．Chocolate is the most preferred gift in the US 30 it is common in Japan，too．However, in the

US other kinds of gifts are 3 1 given，and many people exchange cards．The biggest 32 is that in Japan，only girls and women．33 chocolates to boys and men，but in the US boys and girls will give cards or small gifts to all of 34 friends．And while American men and women both receive gifts，women usually get 35 expensive gifts than men．That’s why I would like to be a man in Japan but a woman in the US! 26．A．celebrates B．is celebrating C．celebrated D．is celebrated 27．A．although B．where C．because D．if

28．A．on B．in C．at D．by

29．A．whom B．who C．whose D．which

30．A．so B．as C．and D．or

31．A．too B．either C．neither D．also

32．A．difference B．differences C．different D．differently

33．A．give B．to give C．giving D．given

34．A．theirs B．they C．them D．their

35．A．many B．more C．few D．fewer

三、完形填空(共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~45 各题所给的A、B、C 和D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Although it was only autumn，everything outside was covered in white．Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big 36 storm and no one was prepared．We have two apple trees in our backyard．Prana，our dog，loves 37．When she goes outside，she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on．Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house，I am not always 38，so she tries to hide it from me．It is our little game．On the day that it snowed too 39 in the season，Prana went outside and I 40 her from the window．I noticed that she was 41 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow．She seemed to be 42 to dig up as many apples as she could．But when she came back inside，she brought back only one．About five minutes later, I looked outside．The yard was completely 43 with birds．Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat．She knew that they hadn’t prepared 44 food for the early winter. This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an) 45 taught me what real kindness was．

36．A．sand B．snow C．thunder D．rain

37．A．apples B．winter C．games D．bones

38．A．clear B．correct C．happy D．surprised

39．A．1ate B．beautifully C．1ightly D．early

40．A．met B．watched C．called D．heard

41．A．hiding B．finding C．cutting D．digging

42．A．determined B．suitable C．nervous D．encouraged

43．A．hit B．marked C．covered D．taken

44．A．delicious B．enough C．1ess D．extra

45．A．teacher B．friend C．animal D．bird

四、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)

Paul and Jason were brothers who lived and worked on neighboring farms．For 35 years they farmed side by side，sharing machinery and goods as needed，without a single problem．However，one autumn，things changed．It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse，which grew into a major difference．The difference led to angry words，followed by weeks of silence between the two