2009年苏州市中考考前练习卷英语

1、2009年苏州市中考考前练习卷英 语本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分共5大题满分100分考试用时100分钟第卷(2大题，共55分)一、选择填空(共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分)A)单项填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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1This is_useful program designed by_unusual programmer Aa；a Ban；an Can；a Da：an2There is_water in my glassWould you please give me_? Alittle；some Bfew；any Cf

2、ew；some Dlittle；any3The task is too toughAnd you will find_to finish within two days Athat possible Bit possible Cthat impossible Dit impossible4Is there any Coke in the cup? No，there is_CokeThere is_in itIts empty Ano；no Bno；nothing Cnone；nothing Dnone：none5Where is your uncle? He_Hong KongHell com

3、e hack_a week Ahas been to；in Bhas gone to：in Chas been to；after Dhas gone to：after6Nobody believed the robbery happening last night_the police appeared Auntil Bafter Csince Dwhile7The train is going_the tunnelThen it will go_the way to the city Athrough；along Bthrough；straight Cout；along Dpass；on8E

4、xcuse me，could you tell me_? Ahow to get to the nearest bank Bhow can I get to the nearest bank Chow get to the nearest bank Dhow could I get to the nearest bank 9_dangerous it is to ride fast on our way to school! AWhat a BHow CWhat DHow a10If someone_you，you should pay_attention to himher Alaugh a

5、t；no Blaughs to；no Claughs at；no Dlaughs at；not11This novel is worth_，and it is_ Ato read；valuable Bto read；of value Creading；valuable Dreading；value12Yesterday Kate left school than_student in her class Amuch late；any Bmuch late；any other Cmuch later；any Dmuch later；any other13Must we finish the wo

6、rk before Friday? No，you_finish it next week Amust Bneed Ccan Dshould14Oh，Dear! Did you walk so long a way on such a hot day? You_be tired! Amust Bcan Cmay Dwill15If you have some difficulties_the problem，go to Mr Wu_help，OK? Ato solve；to Bto solve；for Cin solving；to Din solving；forB)完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌

7、握其大意，然后在每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 Making friends is a skillLike most skillsit 16 with practiceIf you want to meetpeople and make friends，you must be willing to take some actionYou must first go wherethere are peopleYou wont make friends staying home 17 Many people are 18 when talking to new

8、 peopleAfter all，meeting strangers means 19 the unknownAnd its human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown Most of our fears about dealing with new people comes from doubts about ourselvesWe imagine other people are 20 us-finding us too tall or too short，too this or too thatBut dont f

9、orget that they must be feeling the same wayTry to accept yourself 21 you are，and try to put the other person at easeYoull both feel more comfortable Try to 22 self-confident even if you dont feel that way when you 23 a room full of strangers，such as a new classroom，walk tall and straight，look 24 at

10、 other people and smile If you see someone youd like to speak to，say somethingDont wait for 25 personto start a conversation Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on mutual 1iking and“give and take”They take time and effort todevelopAn

11、d there are things that keep a new friendship from growing16Aproduces Bimproves Cgrows Draises17Alonely Byourself Calone Dwith yourself18Anervous Bexited Cpressed Dworried19Atouching Bfacing Cmeeting Dseeing20Atalking Bwatching Clooking Dlaughing at21Alike Bas Cwhat Dthat22Amake Bact as Cact Dexpres

12、s23Acome Bgo Center Dstep24Aupwards Bdirectly Cshyly Dhappily25Aother Bthe other Canother Dothers二、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑A Nowadays more and more towns have public librariesThere are large collections of books in themAnyone living in the town may borro

13、w if he joins the librarySometimes you may have to pay a small sum of moneySometimes it is free Probably you have to sign a form promising to take care of the booksThen you are usually given two or three tickets with your name and address on themWhen you have chosen the books you wish to take home，y

14、ou take them to the clerk with the ticketsThe clerk keeps the tickets until you return the booksHe stamps the books with a dateThe books must be taken back to the library before this date How to find a book? Most libraries are divided into three sections(区)：reference，fiction and non-fictionIn the re

15、ference section are kept books which may not be taken away from the library，such as encyclopedias(百科全书)and dictionariesYou may take these books from the shelves and read them at one of the tables，but you cannot take them outside the library The fiction section contains novels and story booksThey are

16、 arranged(排列)in alphabetical(字母)order according to the authorssurnamesOliver Twist by Charles Dickens would be placed under D for Dickens The non-fiction section is not so simpleHere the books are found dealing with all kinds of subjectsThey are usually arranged in groups so that all the books on on

17、e subject are togetherThe books on this subject are then arranged in alphabetical order according to the authorsnames Each book has a card with the authors name，another with the title of the book and usually the subject of the bookThese cards are kept in drawers(抽屉)and are arranged in alphabetical o

18、rderIf we know either the title，or the author，or the subject，we can find the cardThis tells us the number of the book and we can find it easily26A library is a room or building for_ Aa collection of books kept for reading Ba collection of objects on display(展览) Ca collection of goods shown publiclyD

19、a collection of things displayed for competition 27The underlined word“clerk”in the second paragraph means_ Aoffice worker Bsecretary Creceptionist Dlibrarian28Which of the following is NOT true? AWe can find a book by the authors name BWe can find a book by the titleCWe can find a book by the subje

20、ct DWe can find a book by the publisherB Do you know that some insects are very much like people? They live together in crowded cities and work together for the good of allAnts are insects of this kindThey are social insects，living together in coloniesThey build their houses to suit the climate of t

21、he place where they live，and they live almost everywhere in the world Like people，ants distribute the work to be doneSome worker ants get food and feed it to young antsThey are like farmers gathering food for people to eatWhen the young ants eat the food，they give out a liquid that the grown-up ants

22、 can eatIn some colonies，the ants feed liquid food to a few special workersThese workers store it in their stomachs，which become very largeThey spend all their time in the nest giving out liquid to whoever needs it，just like the person who runs a store Ants arc ruled by a queen antShe spends all her

23、 time laying eggs，and the worker ants take care of her New queens come to rule a colony in many different waysOne kind of ant queen can go into another colony and kill the old queenAnother kind can take some workers with her from her mothers nest and start a new colony of her ownAnother kind of ant

24、queen takes her young with her and hides in some other colonyShe gets some of the workers to feed her young instead of the old queens youngIn this way she becomes strongest in the colony，and she rulesSome ants form armies and fight battles with other colonies，but not all ants are fierceSome live in

25、peace with their neighbours29What is the main idea of this passage? AThere are different kinds of ants BAnts live very much like human beings CAnts live alone DAnts live as long as human beings30The underlined word“distribute”means“_” Adivide and hand out Bhand in Cdesign and carry on Dtry out31The

26、RIGHT order in which they appear in the passage is_aSome ants fight battlesbDifferent groups of a11ts do different jobscAnts live in coloniesdNew queens come to rule a colony in many different wayseSome insects are very much like peopleAcedba Bcebda Cecbda Decdba32Which one of the following is a way

27、 people are just like ants?AThe young give off a liquid that the grown-ups eatBThey store liquid in their stomachs and give it to others CQueens spend all their time making new citizens DThey build their houses to suit the climateCAnswer the following questions by using the four job advertisements A

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32、ers? AOne BTwo CThree DFour34According to advertisement B，we can 1earn that_ Aonly German，Spanish and Eastern European speakers are needed Bthe job offers4501，200 Per month Cthe job is open to people of all ages Dyou may call to get more information about the job35In advertisement C，the baby sitter

33、should_ Ahave 9 monthsworking experience Bspeak German or FrenchCaccept flexible working hours Dcome from an artisticD Do animals have a culture? What do we mean by“culture”? Lately social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans，or if some animals have a culture tooWhen we sp

34、eak of culture，we mean a way of life a group of people have in commonCulture includes the beliefs and attitudes we learnIt is the patterns of behavior that help people to live togetherIt is also the patterns of behavior that make one group of people different from another group Our culture lets us m

35、ake up for having lost our strength，claws，long teeth，and other defensesInstead we use tools，cooperate with one another，and communicate with languageBut these aspects of human behavior，or“culture”，can also be found in the lives of certain animalsAnimals can make tools，for exampleWe used to think that

36、 the ability to use tools was the dividing line between human beings and other animalsLately，however，we have found that this is not the caseChimpanzees(非洲小猩猩)can not only use tools but actually make tools themselvesAnimals can also share knowledge with each other and use their own language to commun

37、icateSo it may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear as we used to think36Choose the statement that best expresses the main idea_ AA chimpanzee can learn to use sign language to make sentences BOther animals can invent tools CKnowledge and communication a

38、re no longer signs of only human behavior DThe line dividing human culture from animal culture is not as clear as we might think37“Culture”refers to_ Abook language of behavior we learn Bthe patterns of behavior we learn Ctraditional ideas Dpeoples good habits38A chimpanzees use of tools means_ Aani

39、mals are the same as human beings Banimal s can be as clever as human beings Cthe dividing line between culture and animal culture no longer exists Danimals may have a culture like our own39Which of the following statement is true? _ AThe ability to use language separates human beings BWe can be cer

40、tain that animals have a culture too CSocial scientists doubt if animals have a culture too DSome traditional ideas about the difference between human beings and animals may be wrong40The first sentence of the second paragraph“Our culture lets us make up for having lost our strength，claws，long teeth

41、，and other defenses”means_ Aas a result of our culture，we have lost our strength，claws，long teeth，and other defenses Bour culture has enabled us even better though we have lost our strength，claws，long teeth，and other defenses Cour culture has brought back to us strength，claws，long teeth，and other de

42、fenses that we have lost Dour culture asks that we lose our strength，claws，long teeth，and other defenses which animals still have第卷(3大题，共45分)三、单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式每个空格只写一词41Could you give me a piece of_(建议)? 41_42My friends bought me some_(纪念品)when they were in Japan 4

43、2_43The number of the teachers in our school is_(90) 43_44We all know smoking_(影响)our health 44_45Many birds live_(舒适地)in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round 45_46She danced so_(优美)that everyone screamed 46_47You should look after_(你们自己)，children 47_48The students have_(意识到)the importance of prote

44、cting the wildlife 48_49Its said that most of the blinders can be cured or_(预防) 49_50The old man is walking_(穿过)the street with care 50_四、句子翻译(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分) 将下列句子译成英语51美国的天气和英国的天气很不一样_52这个老妇人把她的许多时间奉献给了慈善事业_53下雨天，他宁愿待在家里也不愿出去_54他精力够充沛，可成为学生会主席_55苏州博物馆是由著名设计师贝聿铭(Bei Yuming)设计的_五、书面表达(共l小题；满分20分) 人们对于学生网上交友持不同意见请你用英语写一篇关于学生网上交友的短文，介绍人们的不同观点，并表达自己的看法赞成的理由反对的理由你的看法1广交朋友2可自由表达思想3利于外语学习1浪费时间2影响学习3可能上当受骗注意：1文章必须包括表中的全部内容2词数80左右参考词汇：网络朋友on-1ine friend(s)，上当受骗to be cheate