2012厦门中考英语试题及答案

2012年厦门市初中毕业及高中阶段各类学校招生考试英语一听力略

二选择填空：从A、B、C中，选出一个最佳答案完成句子。

17. ---You look worried. What's your______?

---I have trouble in learning math.

A. plan

B. idea

C. problem

18. ---I can't find my dictionary.

---Is the one on Jack's desk______?

---Yes, thank you.

A.his

B. yours

C. ours

19. ---What does your sister____?

---She is tall and thin.

A. look like

B. look for

C. look up

20. ---I really like your backpack, is it______?

---I don't know how much it is. It's my brother's.

A. expensive

B. heavy

C. useful

21. ---Jenny, will you still be here this afternoon?

---Yeah, I think I'll stay _____five. Then I'm leaving for dinner.

A. at

B. since

C. until

22. ---I saw David in the teacher's office this morning. Do you know____ he was there?

---He slept in geography class.

A.why

B. how

C. when

23. ---____ do you read English newspaper?

---I read China Daily every day.

How soon B. How often C. How long

24. Most of my classmates have had the expensive of taking a plane, but I ____.

1.wasn't B. haven't C. won't

25. ---Oh, where's my key?

---Is it possible that you ____it in the car?

A. caught

B. found

C. left

26. ---Does Aunt Tara enjoy____?

---Yes, She has three dogs, two rabbits, four birds and some fish in her house.

A. visiting the zoo

B. keeping pets

C. working on the farm

27. ---Excuse me, may I smoke here?

---I'm afraid you____. It's not allowed here.

A.can

B. can't

C. needn't

28. I heard that most of Jeff's best books____ when he was sick and poor.

A.had written

B. were writing

C. were written

29. ---What's the terrible noise upstairs? I can hardly stand that.

---Our neighbors ____a party.

A.are having

B. were having

C. will have

30.---I'm always feeling stressed out before a big exam.

---____.You can go out for a walk or listen to some light music.

A. Take it easy

B. Make a decision

C. Work it out

31. ---Would you like to go to the gym with me this Saturday afternoon?

---____, but I promised to go swimming with Eric.

A.Never mind

B. I don't think so

C. I'd love to

Ⅵ.完形填空：从A、B、C中，选择一个最佳答案，使短文意思完整。

A doctor said in his study that four "people" live in a person's mind(意识、内心).They are father, mother, adult, and child. The father is like a teacher __32__ asks himself and others a lot.

The mother is so ___33__that she always cares about other people. The adult is a smart worker but likes to correct others' mistakes. And the child is cute but may not ___34___others.

If the four "people" in a person's mind __35__, the person can become a happy and healthy man. He __36__ his life and people like to be with him. However, not everyone is like this, because people come from ___37___families. If a person's parents ask him __38__, he will not show his real feeling easily. He asks too much of himself, too. That is, among the four people in his mind, the "father" and the "adult" are stronger than the "mother" and the "child".__39__if a person's parents are too kind to ask him anything, he will care about himself only. In his mind, the "__40__"is stronger than the other three "people". How to __41__the four "people" in the mind is very important in having a happy life. So we need to learn to develop a happy and healthy mind.

32. A. who B. which C. what

33. A. serious B. kind C. wild

34. A. find out B. laugh at C. think of

35. A. get along well B. argue a lot C. fight hard

36. A. saves B. spares C. enjoys

37. A. different B. poor C. small

38. A. a little B. too much C. no more

39. A. And B. But C. So

40. A. mother B. adult C. child

41. A. balance B. discover C. describe

(三)阅读理解（每小题2分，共50分）

Ⅶ.阅读下面五篇短文，根据文章的内容选择最佳答案作答42-66小题。

A

“You'll have to take care of the baby today,”a woman told her husband. "I'm not feeling well."

"Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well? " her husband asked.

The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy"

She wrote out the list and gave it to him.

The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list.

At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry.

Then he started to scream.

And scream!

And SCREAM!

“Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited.Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”

A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him.

“I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so pati ent with your little George.”

“Madam,”the man said, “I’m George.He’s Edward.”

42. The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was .

A. ill

B. busy

C. angry

43. The baby cried so hard .