2009年连云港英语中考试题

2009年连云港英语中考试题一、单项选择（（共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

1.Eric, what would you like to be when you grow up?- _______actor like Jackie chan. A:The B:A C:An D:/2.-Isn’t this Mp4 yours,Ben?---No,is’t Jim’s.________is left at home..A:Mine B:Yours C:Hers D:His3.---I hear your pen friend is visiting Lianyungang again.Is it the _______time for him? ----Yes, and he will come for a third time next spring.A:first B:second C:third D:fourth4.—Look,_____dirty the water is!----Yes, we should really take some actions to deal with it.A:what a B:what C:how D:how a5.Timmy tells me that you have read _____on the Internet.A:something amazing B:anything amazingC:amazed something D:amazed anything6.—Hi ,Tom,why so unhappy?---I missed the exciting match_________the bad traffic.A:in order to B:since then C:as a result D:because of7.On the 40th Earth Day, Dr Wang gave us a talk on the importance of ______the earth. A:practicing B:preventing C:polluting D:protecting8.—Will his new novel_______in September this year?----Yes,we are all looking forward to it.A:come over B: come back C:come out D:come from9.---How do western people celebrate______?---They usually make special pumpkin lanterns.A:Christmas B: Thannksgiving Day C:Halloween D: New Year’s Day10.---Is Linda’s home______away from school than Millie’s?---Yes, it is.Linda lives two miles away but Millie lives nearby.A:farther B:farthest C:further D:furthest11.—Is that your best friend Simon?---No, it ______be him.He flew to Hong Kong yesterday.A:mustn’t B:may not C:can’t D:needn’t12.—What’s the TV news______?---The Chinese Team won five gold medals at World Table Tennis Championshhips. A:at B:across C: above D: about13.—I’m afriad I’ll fail in this exam.---Come on,Philip. You must believe in ______. That’s the secret of success.A:yourself B:himself C:herself D:myself14.—We are going to visit Huaguo Mountain this weekend.---Really?______!A:Congratulations B: That’s all rightC:Have a good time D:Thanks a lot15.—Can you tell me _______for the 60th China National Day?--A wonderful parade.A:what is going to be held B: who is going to be invitedC:how much money will be raised D: how long will it last二．完型填空（共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station.He was playing his _16___.His music was so great that many people put money into his __17__.The next day ,the young artist came to the __18__place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before,he took out a piece of paper and put ___19__on the ground.The paper read ,“Last night ,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat__20___.Please come to get it soon..”__21____about half an hour,a(an)__22___man there in a hurry, “Oh ,it’s you . You did come here.”The young violinist asked____23___, “Are you Mr George Sang?” “Yes!Yes!”Then the violinist asked , “Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).It’s the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life,”said the man.The violinist____24___a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist_25___it to him.Later someone asked the violinist, “Since you __26__play the violin every day to make your tuition (学费)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?”The violinist said, “_27____I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”Through our lives , we can get a lot and lose so ___28___. But being __29___should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way,we may ___30___in a short period. However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.16.A:piano B:guitar C:violin D:sax（萨克斯）17.A:bowl B:hat C:pocket D:hands18.A:similar B:different C:strange D:same19.A:it B:its C:they D:them20.A:by then B:by mistake C:by the way D:by hand21.A:After B:Before C:From D: When22.A:young B:old C:small D:tall23.A:coldly B:angrily C:calmly D:sadly24.A:took out B:took off C:took back D:took away25.A:sold B:bought C:gave D:lent26.A:could B:had to C:should D:must27.A:Although B:Once C:If D:Unless28.A:many B:much C:little D:few29.A:kind B:rich C:honest D:poor30.A:fail B:relax C:suffer D:succeed三阅读理解（共15小题；每题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AThere are many idioms (习语)in English that are about animals . Today let’s chat a little about some of the idioms about dogs that make English language fun and colorful.We love dogs ; they are our best friends. When you first started to learn English , your teacher might teach you a number of phrases about dogs,such as : “you are a lucky dog,”“I’m dog tired,”“every dog has its day,” or “ our team was the underdog but won the first place at last.”When I first got into high school, my English teacher used the idiom “dog-ear”, whichinterested me very much. This word can be used a noun, a verb, and an adjective as well. As a noun, it means a turned-down（折叠的）coner of a page as a bookmark（书签）.As a verb,it means someone makes a bookmark by turning down the corner of a page in the book.And , as an adjective, the word describes an old book with many brpken pages.Examples: John made a dog-ear(noun) of the pagehe was reading before closing the book. Jane was reading a book;when the telephone rang, she dog-eared(verb) the page before answering the phone. In the old room, the children found some dog-eared(adjective)books left there formore than 30 years.The idiom “dog-ear”gives don’t have curled ears; rather ,they have pointed (竖起来的)ears.31.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A:Idioms about colors B:Idioms about historyC:Idioms about animals D:Idioms about dogs32.How many idioms about dogs are mentioned(提及) in this passage?A:3 B:4 C:5 D:633.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the meaning of the idiom “dog-ear”?A:It means a turned-down corner of a page as a bookmarkB:It means someone makes a bookmark by turning down the corner of a page in the book.C:It means an old book with many broken pages.D:It means something is short and small ike a dog’s ear.BA blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a bos by his feet. He held up a sign which read, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the box. The boy felt sad.A man walked by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box.Then he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some wordds. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.Soon the box was full.A lot more people were giving mpney to the blind boy.That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were.The boy recognized his footsteps（听出他的脚步声）and asked, “were you the one who changed my sign this morning?What did you write?”That man said , “I only wrote the truth . I said what you said but in a different way.”What he had written was, “today is a beautiful day and I can not see it.”Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.Great men say, “In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience（良心）.”It’s a beautiful thing to see a people smiling!And it’s even more beautiful to know that you are the reason of a person’s smiling!34.When did the man pass by and change the blind boy’s sign?A:In the morning B:At noon C:In the afternoon D:At night35.Why did the second sign have a better effect?A:It told the truth in a straight wayB:It told the passing people a lieC:It told people to buy some tickets for the boyD:It told people to feel lucky for not being blind36.What do the first three paragraphs tell us?A:No pains, no gains B:Different ways, different results.C:The early bird cathches the worm D:When the cat’s away, the mice will play 37.According to the last paragraph, the most beautiful thing is _____.A:to know the reason of a person’s smiling B:to see a person smilingC:to be the reason of a person’s smiling D:to be a person smilingA;in London B:in Beijing C:in New York D: in Paris39.Which of the following is NOT a news report?A:The Summit 2009 B:The Shanghai TowerC:The Grand Hotel Beijing D:Chinese delay US tour plans40.According to passage 2, the tallest completed building in the world is______. A:the Shanghai Tower B:the Taipei 101C:the Jin Mao Building D:the Shanghai World financial Center41.According to the passage, the last continent（洲）theH1N1 flu spread to was_____A: America B:Africa C:Europe D:AsiaDIn choosing Steven Chu as his energy secretary（能源部长）,Barack Obama has chosen one of the most prominent U.S. scientists of using science to deal with global warming（全球变暖）. Steven Chu was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1948. His father was a college teacher. At that time, they were only the third Chinese family to live there.In high school, Chu played tennis and was on the school club. He took his first physics class in his senior year at Garden City High school and became interested in it.Steven Chu got his first doctor’s degree in maths and physics in 1970 . Then he went to California for another doctor’s degree.In 1978, Chu worked in Bell Lab where he developed ways to cool and trap atoms using a laser（用激光冷却和俘获原子）.In 1997, he got the Nobel Prize for physics for this. He left Stanford in 2004,after he was made head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California. As the head of the national lab,Chu has tried to find scientific ways to climate c hange and soon become a member of the Climate Council working for a new global climate treaty（气候条约）for 2009.He also insists on the need to end the unnecessary waste of energy . “If I were King of the world, I would spend the next ten years on energy efficiency and conservation（节能和环保）.”he said last year.On December 11th, 2008, Barack Obama made him energy secretary. He would be the first Chinese-American to run the department of Energy and devote himself to sustainable（可持续发展的）energy.42.Who is Steven Chu?A:He is a Nobel Prize winner for energy B:He is a visiting scientist in AmaricaC:He is an American-Chinese D: He is a Chhinese-American43.The underlined word “prominent” in the first paragraph means____.A:参与竞选的B:遵守承诺的C:才能卓越的D:出身显赫的44.Which is the right order of the following events about Steven Chu?a:He was chosen by Barack Obama as US energy secretaryb:He got the Nobel Prize for his excellent research workc:He studied in California for his second doctor’s degreed:He became a member of the Climate Councile:He acted as the head of the national lab in CaliforniaA:bcdea B:cbeda C:dabce D:acbde45.In the next part of this passage, the writer would most probably tell us the following EXCEPT_______A:Obama’s reason of choosing Chu as the energy secretaryB:Chu’s plan and work on energy efficiency and conservationC:Obama’s new plan to Chinese—AmericansD:both Obama and Chu’s plans and ideas on sustainable energy第II卷（非选择题，共60分）四、词汇运用（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）A.根据句意和汉语提示，在空白处填入适当的单词46. ---Will you take the trainers? ---Of course. They are very_________（舒服的）.47. It often ________（下雨）in summer in our hometown48.With the help all over the world, the children in Sichuan are living________（幸福的）.49.Be careful with these _______（小刀）.They are very sharp.50.On April23rd, World Reading Day, Premier Wen Jiabao made a speech at the National Library in Beijing. He ______（鼓励）Chinese people to read more.B. 根据对话意思和所给首字母，写出完整正确的单词John:What are you talking about, Alan?Alan:We’re having a (51)d________about our new chairperson of the Students’ Union.John:Who do you think would be the (52)m________suitable one?Alan:Jill. He is hardworking. We all think he is a (53)h_______boy because he is always ready to help othersJohn:Who(54)e______do you think is suitable, Bobby?Bobby:I recommend Paul. He isclever, and he is easy to get (55)a _______ with. We all like making friends with him.John:I think either Jill or Paul would be suitable.五．选词填空（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）56.There’s something wrong with the robot. So everything is _____________.57. A new sports center is being __________in our city. It will be open to public next year.58.Thanks for your suggestions. They will be of great ___________to us.59.—Ben________playing football,isn’t he?----Yes,he is. He practicises it every Wednesday afternoon.60.Bob_________go to school on foot . But now he takes the school bus.61.Miss Li is always________enough to help us solve English problems.62.—How long has Maggic_______________in Beijing?---Almost 5years.63.School life Britain _________school life in China.64.—What were the twins doing when the telephone rang?--They _____________tomorrow’s picnic.65. It’s time for the game. Let’s ______________two groups.六、完成句子（共8小题；每题2分，满分16分）在横线上填入所缺部分，使句子完整。