广东省广州市越秀区2016年中考一模英语试题(原卷版)
越秀区2016年中考一模英语问卷本试卷共四大题，10页，满分110分。
考试时间120分钟。
一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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1～15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。
Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs(网) on the walls and mice running around. People ___1___coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and ___2___every day. He thought he was unhappy ___3___poverty(贫穷).One day, the poor man dropped in on ___4___wise old man and asked him for advice about ___5___his life. The old man gave him a vase and said, “This is a magic vase___6___will bring you ___7___.The poor man looked at the vase ___8___. He wondered ___9___a vase in his poor house. ___10___, he didn’t want to throw away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table. “ ___11___not right for something ___12___beautiful to be empty.” The poor old man looked at the vase and thought. Then some flowers ___13___into it. That made the vase even ___14___. “How can I have the vase next to a spider web?” he continued. At this, he started to clean the house and paint the walls. His house turned ___15___ a comfortable place immediately.The old man cheered up and he suddenly realized why he was unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.1. A. avoid B. avoids C. avoided D. have avoided2. A. sadly B. sad C. sadness D. sadder3. A. because B. as C. since D. because of4. A. a B. an C. the D. /5. A. to change B. changes C. changed D. changing6. A. / B. that C. what D. who7. A. happy B. happier C. happily D. happiness8. A. in surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprise9.A. why would he needB. why will he needC. why he would needD. why he needs10. A. But B. Or C. However D. So11. A. It’s B. Its C. It D. It was12. A. very B. such C. quite D. so13. A. were putting B. were put C. have put D. had put14. A. beautifully B. beautiful C. more beautiful D. more beautifully15. A. in B. into C. on D. around二、完形填空（共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～25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。
It was the first time that my wife and I had flown first class. As we boarded the plane, we felt as if (好像) we were part of a ___16___group. We were filled with a sense of pride at ___17___with those important people. We___18___that the stewardess (空姐) was working non-stop to make sure of the comfort of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat without being given ___19___. I thought she must love her job very much, since she gave each person such a big ___20___.As the stewardess ___21___our seats near the end of the flight, I looked up at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you have a great n ight.” She stopped with a look of disbelief on her face, and said: “Excuse me?” I ___22___my words and she smiled in a rather funny way. It seemed as if I had asked a question that she did not know how to answer. A little later, as we were getting off the plane, the stewardess said to me: “Thank you very much, sir.” Then she said ___23___: “You are the only passenger who has thanked me or said anything nice to me all night. I really appreciate your kindness.”The sense of belonging to an elite(精英) group in first class ___24___as soon as I heard those words. We were reminded that without ___25___there would be no first-class flying.16. A. poor B. wealthy C. healthy D. friendly17. A. sitting B. driving C. getting D. taking18. A. showed B. surveyed C. noticed D. looked19. A. a drink B. a gift C. a greeting D. an order20. A. look B. laugh C. smile D. kiss21. A. went B. walked C. crossed D. passed22. A. repeated B. spoke C. talked D. wrote23. A. happily B. suddenly C. loudly D. quietly24. A. remained B. disappeared C. appeared D. continued25. A. happiness B. courage C. kindness D. success三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）第一节：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)“What is success?” Mr. Black asked his 6th grade business class. It was his opening conversation for the first class of the term.“Success is riding in a sweet car, watching an 80-inch TV, and living in a place with at least twelve rooms.” One student answered, earning（博得）laughs from all the students.Mr. Black smiled, but shook his head. “Tom, that is excess(过量). That is not success.”“How about being able to provide for your family?” A blonde girl named Sandy in the front suggested as an answe r. “Now we’re getting closer,” Mr. Black smiled, “but try thinking about what you need and what you want.”“Getting everything you want.” Tom shouted out an answer again, trying for more laughs.Mr. Black sighed（叹气）. “I believe we’ve already talked about e xcess versus(与…比较) success.”“Getting everything you need, but some of what you want?” James, sitting in the back wondered aloud.“Quite right!” Mr. Black clapped. “Success is getting everything you need and some of what you want. The more you get that you want, the more successful you are. You do reach a point where you are living in excess, though.”“What does this have to do with business?” Tom asked. It seemed if it wasn’t funny, he wasn’t happy.“Well, Tom, think of it this way: the point of business i s to make a living to support your family. Once you have properly seen to (确保) their needs, you can then see to getting the extras that you want.”“What if I don’t have a family?” he continued to be difficult.“Then you have to provide for yourself, a family of one.”“He has goldfish to think about!” Peter, Tom’s friend, shouted out.“Then he needs to provide for a family of one with a fishbowl.” Mr. Black corrected himself.Tom nodded, satisfied with that answer.“So in the next nine weeks, we’re going to study basic business situations, like having a checking account andunderstanding credit cards（信用卡）.”Tom rubbed his hands together excitedly. “When do we get to start spending?”“You already are, Tom. You’re spending time with us!” Mr. Black laughed. “Now, let’s see what you guys know about credit cards…”26. What was Mr. Black?A. A headmaster.B. A businessman.C. A teacher.D. An official.27. Which student didn’t seem to be taking the class seriously?A. Tom.B. James.C. Peter.D. Sandy.28. How did Mr. Black make his class lively and interesting?A. He told some jokes.B. He played jokes with the students.C. He showed some examples to his students.D. He got his students to take part in a discussion.29. According to the passage, which word can best describe Mr. Black?A. Strange.B. Patient.C. Shy.D. Proud.30. What can be the best title of this passage?A. Get What You WantB. Needs and WantsC. Try to Get More MoneyD. How to Live Well(B)Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out.Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy, he was told he was hopeless at science and was at bottom of his class. Now, aged 79，the very same Gurdon shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Japanese stem cell (干细胞) researcher Shinya Yamanaka.Like so many scientists, Gurdon shows us where the power of curiosity and perseverance(坚持) can lead.When he was 15 in 1948，Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys at his high school in biology and every othersci ence subject. Gurdon’s high school science teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was “quite ridiculous”.In spite of his teacher’s criticisms(批评), Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the labearly and left later than anyone else. He experienced thousands of failures.“My own belief is that we will, in the end，understand everything about how cells actually work，”Gurdon said.In 1962, Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved its genetic (基因的) information into an egg cell. The egg cell then grew into a clone of the adult frog. This technique later helped to create the sheep Dolly in 1996，the first cloned mammal(哺乳动物) in the world.In 2006，Gurdon’s work was developed by Yamanaka to show that a sample(样本) of a person’s skin can be used to create stem cells. Using this technique, doctors can repair a patient’s heart after a heart attack.“Luck favors the prepared mind,” Gurdon told the Nobel Prize Organization. “Ninety percent of the time things don’t work, but when they do, you have to seize(抓住) the chance.”31. Who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine?A. Sir John GurdonB. Shinya YamanakaC. Sir John Gurdon and Shinya YamanakaD. Gurdon’s science teacher32. What does the underlined word “ridiculous” mean?A. 荒谬的B. 无畏的C. 荒废的D. 无知的33. In what order are the following events mentioned in the passage.a. create the sheep Dollyb. take a cell from an adult frogc. use a person’s skin to create stem cellsd. move a frog’s genetic information into an egg celle. grow into a clone of the adult frogA. b-a-c-d-eB. b-d-e-a-cC. b-d-a-e-cD. b-c-d-a-e34. According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?A. Sheep Dolly was the first cloned animal in the world.B. Gurdon ranked first at his high school in biology.C. It’s impossible for the doctors to repair a patient’s heart after a heart attack.D. According to the science teacher, Gurdon was not a gifted student.35. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Ninety percent of the time things don’t wo rk.B. Luck favors the prepared mind.C. Life is full of pleasure.D. How to know cells actually work.(C)We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jerry really feel good about as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it’s too late.Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don’t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You’re a lucky dog.” Is he really on your side? If he says, “You’re a lucky guy.” or“You’re a lucky gal.” That’s being friendly. But “lucky dog”? There’s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is he doesn’t think you deserve your luck.How can you tell the re al meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says square with the tone of voice? His posture(体态)? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. Spend some time thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you, and you may save another mistake.36. The questions in the first paragraph tell us that the speaker ___________________.A. feels happy because his friends were nice to himB. feels he may not have “read” his friends’ true feelings correctlyC. thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend HelenD. is sorry that his friends let him down37. From the example “You’re a lucky dog”, we can learn that ______________.A. the speaker of the sentence is friendlyB. it means the same as “You’re a lucky guy.” or “You’re a lucky gal.”C. sometimes the words used by the speaker give a tip to the feeling behind the wordsD. the word “dog” shouldn’t be used to describe a person38. The passage tries to tell you how to ___________.A. avoid mistakes about money and friendsB. bring the “dog” bit into our conversationC. be friendly to other peopleD. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you39. What is important in listening to a person?A. To notice his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes.B. To listen to how he pronounces his words.C. To check if his words go well with his manner, his tone of voice and his posture.D. Don’t believe what he says.40. If you follow the writer’s advice, you wo uld ____________.A. be able to get the real meaning of people’s wordsB. avoid any mistakes while talking with the people who envy youC. not lose real friends who say things that do not please youD. be able to observe people as they are talking to you(D).....................41. If you want to make a Christmas plan together with your children, which book do you prefer?A. First Festival: ChristmasB. The Not- So- Wise ManC. Star of WonderD. My Very First Christmas Book42. Which number would you dial if you want to order a book for your 2-year- old child?A. 020 -8874 3566B. 020- 8521 3745C. 020-3478 3366D. 020- 8571 200843. If your child wants to read stories of animals, whose book will be your choice?A. Beth WebbB. Pat AlexanderC. Elizabeth GoudgeD. Lois Rock44. The book about a fairy story may cost you _________.A. ￥18.99B. ￥15.99C. ￥12.99D. ￥10.9945. What’s the main purpose of the poster?A. To introduce Jesus Christ.B. To tell children how to celebrate Christmas.C. To advertise the books.D. To raise money for children aged 0—12.第二节：阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）根据短文内容，将下面A—E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。
广东省广州市2016年中考英语真题(含答案)
广东省广州市2016年英语中考真题姓名：__________ 班级：__________考号：__________1．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，从下列小题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项。
In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was （1）in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season, （2）potatoes were dug out of the ground, and readied for market. In each home, men and women would （3）divide the potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small.One year, there was a young man （4）received his share of the potatoes. As the other villagers （5）, he walked around the village laughing and talking. （6）villagers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get （7）potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers （8）to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the man's potatoes （9）perfectly into three groups.After （10）the man how he did it, they understood he was not lazy, （11）very clever. He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the village's rough dirt road. As the cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved （12）. The small potatoes moved to the bottom, the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested （13）the middle.Life （14）like this too. The rough roads we travel along can also （15）us.（1）A．rich B．richer C．richest D．more rich（2）A．thousand with B．thousands withC．thousand of D．thousands of（3）A．busily B．busy C．more busily D．busier（4）A．who B．which C．what D．whose（5）A．work B．was working C．were working D．works（6）A．A B．An C．The D．/（7）A．he B．him C．himself D．his（8）A．go B．going C．to go D．went（9）A．are divided B．were divided C．are dividing D．divided（10）A．asking B．asked C．ask D．asks（11）A．so B．and C．or D．but（12）A．too B．also C．either D．neither（13）A．on B．in C．with D．by（14）A．has B．are C．were D．is（15）A．to help B．help C．helps D．helped二、完形填空。
2016年越秀外国语初三英语一模试卷答案
2016年英语模拟考试题参考答案一、语法选择： 1 – 5 DABAC 6 – 10 CDCBB 11 – 15 BBCBD二、完形填空：16 – 20 CCBBC 21 – 25 BACAD三、阅读理解：26 – 30 ADCAB 31 – 35 CDADB 36 – 40 ABABC41 – 45 DCDAA四、阅读填空：46 – 50 BAEDC单词拼写：51. proud 52. yourselves 53. hold 54.quietly 55. blind 56. February完成句子：57. What terrible/horrible 58. how to point out 59. two years older than 60. is heard to sing 61. How long, hear from62. Remember to turn/switch off 63. such, kind/nice/good, that,helps书面表达：（学生范文）AThere are a lot of advantages in using iPad for study. For example, iPad can provide many photos, stories and so on. It is small enough for us to take and we can use it to study all the time.But there are also many bad thing (things) in it. With the iPad, some students may not listen carefully in class and they may use iPad to do something else. Using iPad for long time is bad for our eyes. We may depend on them to find some information and dislike to think about the study by ourselves.I think we should not use iPad for long time because it’s bad for our eyes. And we must use them in a correct way.BMr. Gao used iPad in class at (the)Maoping High School. This attracts people’s focus. And it makes people think whether using iPad for study is good.There are many advantages of using iPad for study. First, it can provide some background knowledge such as photos, stories and movies. Second, iPad is small enough to be easily carried. Third, students can use iPad to study everytime (anytime) just as they want.But there are also some disadvantages of it. As we all know, there’re many apps (Apps) in the iPad that are attractive to students. This may make students use iPad to do other things and pay no attention to the class. In addition, students’ eyes may get hurt if they use it for a long time. Last but not least, students may depend。
广东省广州市2016-2017学年第二学期越秀九年级英语综合测试一模英语试题及答案
2016-2017学年第二学期越秀区九年级英语科综合测试题（一模）一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连累的要求，从1~15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。
InChina, almost everyone knows Ma Yun. Ma Yun became one of (1)________ men in Chinawhen his company Alibaba went on the stock（股票)market last year with a value of around £140 billion-the largest public offering in history. (2)________ amazing thing it is! Here are some stories about him on the way to (3)________.Ma made his (4)________ trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet (5)________ the first time. After (6)________ for “beer”, he saw that no results (7)________ up about China. Then he searched for “China” and still saw no results. He decided to set up a Chinese website--the seed for Alibaba was sown(播种).Ma said he (8)________ many times in his life. He failed the College Entrance Examination in China three times and (9)________ companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And he was refused by the famous Harvard University 10 times.LearningEnglish was difficult when Ma was a teenager (10)________ limited resources. However, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides around (11)________ hometown Hangzhou. And he kept it for nine years. Ma said that tourists opened up a new world for him because everything they said and did was so different from (12)________ he had been taught at school and by his parents.Ma‟s hero is Forest Gump (13)________ never gives up. When he made a speech about hissuccess at Davos(达沃斯论坛)in 2015,Ma said, “Life (14)________ a box of chocolates because younever know what you are going to get.” (15)________ as Ma does, never give up and you will be successful one day.(1). A. rich B. the richest C. most rich D. most richest(2). A. How a B. How an C. What a D. What an(3). A. success B. succeed C. successful D. successfully(4). A. one B. first C. the first D. once(5). A. at B. in C. on D. for(6). A. search B. searched C. searching D. to search(7). A. come B. comes C. came D. coming(8). A. refuse B. refused C. was refused D. was refusing(9). A. a few B. few C. little D. a little(10). A. because B. because of C. as D. so(11). A. he B. him C. his D. himself(12). A. what B. that C. which D. when(13). A. what B. which C. / D. who(14). A. like B. likes C. is liked D. is like(15). A. Do B. Doing C. Does D. Did二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~25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。
广东省广州市2016年中考一模英语试题含答案
广东省广州市XX中学2016年中考一模英语试题含答案广州市2015学年下学期初三综合测试英语科测试试题一、语法选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）Humankind ___1___ to improve ___2___ standard of living since the very beginning of civilization. Back then, as well as today, providing food and security was the basic task for a per-son. However, nowadays the range of required goods has expanded significantly. People feel the need for not only some primary things, such as a piece of bread and a roof over their heads, but also for various facilities and luxuries. Providing humanity ___3___ these things is connected to the use of natural resources, which requires energy. In turn, the common sources of energy we use today cause pollution, so economic growth is almost unavoidably associated with environmental damage.Economic growth is the increase in numbers of goods and services produced over time by an economy, and it is calculated in terms of real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Before growth is calculated, inflation (通货膨胀)is adjusted in order to take into account its misleading effect on the price of goods and services. Economic growth can also be explained as the increase in expected output, which results from an increase in ___4___ output, or total demand.There are certain aspects of economic growth which affect the environment. The first of these is the fact that in order to produce more goods and products, at ___5___ faster rate, the construction of large industrial plants is required. These plants produce ___6___ waste, ___7___ to the pollution of water and the atmosphere, which may cause negative long term health effects to nearby ___8___ of animals, or people. They also lead to global warming.Industrial manufacturing leads to the constantly increasing energy consumption. The traditional energy sources, which ___9___ commonly used nowadays, are considered ___10___ the greatest polluters to the environment. There also exist so-called ecofriendly sources of energy. They are ___11___ preferred but replacing the traditional sources with them also requires time, ___12___ people have to make some sacrifices to support these undertakings.In order to produce economically practical energy, a sometimes significant transformation of the natural site is often inevitable. This is expensive and, has harmful effects on the environment. Application of wind energy would block airflows' natural speed which is the reason for their decrease in strength, after crossing the windmill. Consequently, the pres-sure balance that is brought about by this current ___13___ , and it is important to remember ___14___ the environment and weather conditions are ___15___ affected by atmospheric pressure.For these reasons, bringing about economic growth without any resulting environmental damage, whatsoever, is impossible.( )1．A. has tried B. had tried C. tried D. have tried ( )2．A. their B. its C. his D. our( )3．A. for B. with C. about D. to( )4．A. expected B. expecting C. expectment D. being expected ( )5．A. the B. an C. a D. /( )6．A. many B. a large number of C. a little D. plenty of ( )7．A. leading B. led C. leads D. is leading( )8．A. population B. populations C. a population D. an population ( )9．A. is B. are C. was D. were( )10．A. being B. be C. to be D. was( )11．A. some times B. some time C. sometime D. sometimes ( )12．A. where B. that C. which D. during which ( )13．A. will effect B. will be effected C. is affected D. affects ( )14．A. that B. which C. how D. when( )15．A. direct B. directly C. indirect D. indirectly第二节、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police.Most people generally ___16___ them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police ___17___ have the power that they do.What does a policeman actually do? It is not an easy job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in one. A policeman often has to control traffic, either on foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time ___18___ up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop speeding motorists and help when there is an accident.A policeman has to help keep the ___19___ , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we expect he police to come and restore order. And they often have to deal situation at great risk to their own ___20___ .We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, ___21___ he is not a detective, he will often have to help look for and arrest criminals.And who do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a ___22___ , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. So a policeman has to be ___23___ to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the modern world.The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it ___24___ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could ___25___ do the job of a policeman.( )16．A. dislike B. join C. appreciate D. admire( )17．A. should B. would C. could D. must( )18．A. walking B. driving C. wandering D. searching( )19．A.peace B. silence C.situation D. condition( )20．A. safety B. families C. future D. friends( )21．A. although B. as if C. however D. even if( )22．A.power failure B. fire C.thunder storm D. thief( )23．A.provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented( )24．A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D. particularly ( )25．A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never三、阅读理解（共两节，满分45分）第一节阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）( A )Living and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days, but living and dealing withparents can be even tougher.If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, both when you disagree and when you get along. With any relationship, you need to let other person know how you are feeling. If you are not able to communicate, you drift apart. When you are mad at your parents, or anyone else, not talking to them doesn't solve anything.Communication begins with the concerns (关心) of another. It means that you can't just come home from school, go up to your room and ignore (不理睬) everyone. Even if you just say"Hi", and see how their day was for five minutes, it is better than nothing.If you looked up the word "communication" in a dictionary, it would say"the exchange of ideas, the conveyance (表达) of information, correspondence (通信), means of communication: a letter or a message". To maintain (保持) a good relationship, you must keep communication strong. Let people know how you feel, even if it's just by writing a note.When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a parent. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you'll listen to what they have to say, but ask them politely to listen to you. Yelling or walking away only makes the situation worse.This is an example: one night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks, but she didn't feel she could just ask to go home. That would be rude. After all, they had been nice enough to take her along with them. Needless to say, she was late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, not when Sophie explained why she was late, they weren't as mad and let the incident go. Communication is the key factor here. If Sophie's parents had not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble. Communication isn't a one-way deal: it goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like Sophie's, telling the other person how you feel-listening is the key factor to communication. ( ) 26. In the writer's view, dealing with parents is _____ than with children.A. more difficultB. easierC. more uninterestingD. more interesting( ) 27. The main idea of the second paragraph is _____.A. the importance of friendshipB. to make your feeling known to othersC. the importance of communicationD. the disagreement between generations ( ) 28.When parents and children are in communication, the key to a happy relationship is that _____.A. children should always obey their parentsB. they should be equalC. parents play the leading partD. both make the opposite know their feelings( ) 29.The example in this passage proves that _____.A. Sophie's parents are willing to listen to herB. Sophie is very polite to her parentsC. Sophie did well in explaining her being lateD. communication is the solution (解决办法) to misunderstanding( ) 30. All the following statements are correct except "_____".A. If you don't agree with others, you'd better let them knowB. It is better to say "Hi" to others than say nothingC. If you are not able to communicate, walk awayD. Communication is a two-way deal( B )When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said"the phone". Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. "The mobile saved my life, "says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue. Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, "We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn't meet for the first two weeks!"Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously (同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn't know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they're space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(进入) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.( ) 31.How do you understand Point 1-The telephone creates the need to communicate,6…?A. People don't communicate without telephone.B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.C. People communicate more since telephone has been created.D. People communicate more because of more traffic.( ) 32.Which of the following best shows people's attitude towards mobile phones?A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.D. Mobile phones are part of people's life.( ) 33.Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people's life?a. Point 1.b. Point2.c. Point3.d. Point 4.e. Point 5.A. c, dB. a, eC. a, cD. b, e( ) 34.It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .A. the TV screenB. a fax machineC. the phone line hooked up to the computerD. a microphone( ) 35.The best heading for the passage is .A. The power of PhoneB. Kinds of PhoneC. How to Use PhonesD. Advantage of Phones( C )I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet, I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the car accident I had to see a doctor-and go to court (法庭).After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I'd have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had help me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.But every time I want to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines and it cost me $215.My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance (保险) company the date I was leaving American. Knowing that, they played for time and I left without getting a cent.( ) 36. The author's roommate offered to help him because _____.A. he felt sorry for the authorB. he thought it was a chance to make some moneyC. he knew the doctor was a very good oneD. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer( ) 37. A good doctor is essential for the author to _____.A. to be properly treatedB. talk with the person responsible for the accidentC. recover before he leave AmericaD. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury( ) 38. The word "charge"in this passage means ______.A. be responsibleB. accuseC. ask as a priceD. claim ( ) 39. Both the doctor and the lawyer in the passage are very _____.A. friendlyB. selfishC. professionalD. busy( ) 40. What conclusion can you draw from the story?A. Going to court is something very common in AmericaB. One must very careful while driving a carC. There are more bad sides in America than good sidesD. Money is more important than other things in America( D )When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it isshort-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term.They will also experience fear.Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understandingand use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation (积极性). Today's work place is all about relationships. Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they are recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker.Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence-knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.( )41.The underlined phrase "shooting oneself in the foot" means ______ in the passage.A. throw or walk in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.B. to injure or harm one's own interestsC. to move or pass suddenly or swiftlyD. to grow forth from the ground( )42. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when _____.A. he is forced to do thingsB. be cannot work at his bestC. he feels his brain shut downD. he thinks of his work as too heavy( )43. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. People tend to associate leadership with fearB. Working conditions affect people's physical healthC. Good relationship is the key to business successD. Smart people are more functional in the work place.( )44. To positively influence employees a leader should first of all ______.A. provide better suggestionsB. develop his own personalityC. five his employees a pay raiseD. hide his own emotion of fear( )45. Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader's ability to ______.A. provide a variety of project for employeesB. help raise employee's living standardsC. give employees specific instructionsD. deal wisely with employees' emotions第二节阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）阅读短文，从短文后的ABCDE五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
16年广州越秀一模
2016年广州市越秀区中考一模英语试卷九年级英语问卷一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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1～15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。
Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs(网) on the walls and mice running around. People 1 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and 2 every day. He thought he was unhappy 3 poverty(贫穷).One day, the poor man dropped in on 4 wise old man and asked him for advice about 5 his life. The old man gave him a vase and said, “This is a magic vase 6 will bring you 7 .The poor man looked at the vase 8 . He wondered 9 a vase in his poor house. 10 , he didn’t want to throw away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.“ 11 not right for something 12 beautiful to be empty.” The poor old man looked at the vase and thought. Then some flowers 13 into it. That made the vase even 14 . “How can I have the vase next to a spider web?” he continued. At this, he started to clean the house and paint the walls. His house turned 15 a comfortable place immediately.The old man cheered up and he suddenly realized why he was unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.1. A. avoid B. avoids C. avoided D. have avoided2. A. sadly B. sad C. sadness D. sadder3. A. because B. as C. since D. because of4. A. a B. an C. the D. /5. A. to change B. changes C. changed D. changing6. A. / B. that C. what D. who7. A. happy B. happier C. happily D. happiness8. A. in surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprise9. A. why would he need B. why will he needC. why he would needD. why he needs10. A. But B. Or C. However D. So11. A. It’s B. Its C. It D. It was12. A. very B. such C. quite D. so13. A. were putting B. were put C. have put D. had put14. A. beautifully B. beautiful C. more beautiful D. more beautifully15. A. in B. into C. on D. Around二、完形填空（共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～25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。
广东省广州市2016中考英语真题试题(解析+答案)
广东省广州市2016年中考英语试卷一、语法选择（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15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1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was___1___ in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season, ___2____potatoes were dug out of the ground, and readied for market. In each home, men and women would_____3_____divide the potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small.One year, there was a young man___4_____received his share of the potatoes. As the other villagers_____5_____, he walked around the village laughing and talking._____6____villagers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get______7_____potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers____8______to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the man’s potatoes____9____perfectly into three groups.After _____10____the man how he did it, they understood he was not lazy, ____11____very clever. He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the village’s rough dirt road. As the cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved_____12____. The small potatoes moved to the bottom, the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested___13___ the middle.Life___14____like this too. The rough roads we travel along can also___15____us.1. A. rich B. richer C. richestD. more rich2. A. thousand with B. thousands with C. thousand of D. thousands of3. A. busily B. busy C. more busilyD. busier4. A. who B. which C. whatD. whose5. A. work B. was working C. were working D. works6. A. A B. An C. TheD. /7. A. he B. him C. himselfD. his8. A. go B. going C. to goD. went9. A. are divided B. were divided C. are dividing D. divided10. A. asking B. asked C. askD. asks11. A. so B. and C. orD. but12. A. too B. also C. eitherD. neither13. A. on B. in C. withD. by14. A. has B. are C. wereD. is15. A. to help B. help C. helpsD. helped二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-25各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
广东省广州市越秀区中考英语一模试题
越秀区2016年中考一模英语问卷本试卷共四大题，10页，满分110分。
考试时间120分钟。
一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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1～15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。
Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs(网) on the walls and mice running around. People 1 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and2 every day. He thought he was unhappy3 poverty(贫穷).One day, the poor man dropped in on 4wise old man and asked him for advice about 5 his life. The old man gave him a vase and said, “This is a magic vase 6will bring you 7 .The poor man looked at the vase 8 . He wondered 9 a vase in his poor house. 10 , he didn’t want to throw away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.“11 not right for something 12 beautiful to be empty.” The poor old man looked at the vase and thought. Then some flowers 13 into it. That made the vase even 14 . “How can I have the vase next to a spider web?” he continued. At this, he started to clean the house and paint the walls. His house turned 15 a comfortable place immediately.The old man cheered up and he suddenly realized why he was unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.1. A. avoid B. avoids C. avoided D. have avoided2. A. sadly B. sad C. sadness D. sadder3. A. because B. as C. since D. because of4. A. a B. an C. the D. /5. A. to change B. changes C. changed D. changing6. A. / B. that C. what D. who7. A. happy B. happier C. happily D. happiness8. A. in surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprise9. A. why would he need B. why will he needC. why he would needD. why he needs10. A. But B. Or C. However D. So11. A. It’s B. Its C. It D. It was12. A. very B. such C. quite D. so13. A. were putting B. were put C. have put D. had put14. A. beautifully B. beautiful C. more beautiful D. more beautifully15. A. in B. into C. on D. around二、完形填空（共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～25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。
广东省广州市2016年中考英语真题试题(解析+答案)
广东省广州市2016年中考英语试卷一、语法选择(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15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1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a far—away place，there was a village。
The village was___1___ in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season，___2____potatoes were dug out of the ground，and readied for market。
In each home，men and women would_____3_____divide the potatoes into three groups, large，medium and small。
One year, there was a young man___4_____received his share of the potatoes. As the other villagers_____5_____, he walked around the village laughing and talking._____6____villagers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get______7_____potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers____8______to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the man’s potatoes____9____perfectly into three groups。
(完整word版)2016年广州一模英语试题 Word版含答案
2016年广州市第一次模拟考试英语2016．3 本试卷分第1卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。
考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第I卷注意事项：1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用铅笔在答题卡上的相应位置填涂考生号。
2．选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(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。
A1. Who is organizing the Festival of Books?A. Book TV.B. The Los Angeles Times.C. Natural History Museum.D. Los Angeles Public Library.2. How are the best book prizes chosen?A. By a group of experts.B. By a vote of the authors,C. By the reading public.D. By festival sponsors.3. What is true about tickets to the festival?A. They are only for published authors.B. They include transport to each event.C. They can only be applied for onlineD. They can be purchased at the event location.BIn 1800, only three percent of the world's population lived in cities. Only one city —Beijing —had a population of over a million. Most people lived in rural areas, and never saw a city in their lives. In 1900, just a hundred years later, roughly 150 million people lived in cities, and the world’s ten largest cities all had populations exceeding one million. By 2000, the number of city dwellers exceeded three billion; and in 2008, the world's population crossed a tipping point —more than half of the people on Earth lived in cities. By 2050, that could increase to over two-thirds. Clearly, humans have become an urban species.In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many people viewed cities negatively —crowded, dirty environments full of disease and crime. They feared that as cities got bigger, living conditions would worsen. In recent decades, however, attitudes have changed. Many experts now think urbanization (城市化) is good news, offeri ng solutions to the problems of Earth’s growing population.Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of The Victory of the Cir, is one such person. Glaeser argues that cities are very productive because “the absence of space between people”reduces the cost of transporting goods, people, and ideas. While the flow of goods has always been important to cities, what is most important today is the flow of ideas. Successful cities enable people to learn from each other easily, and attract and reward smart people with higher wages.Another urbanization supporter is environmentalist Stewart Brand. Brand believes cities help the environment because they allow haft of the world’s population to live on about four percent of the land. This leaves more space for open country, such as farmland. City dwellers also have less impact per person on the environment than people in the countryside. Their roads, sewers, and power lines need fewer resources to build and operate. City apartments require less energy to heat, cool, and light. Most importantly, people in cities drive less so they produce fewer greenhouse gases per person.So it’s a mistake to see urbanization as evil; it’s a natural part of development. The challenge is how to manage the growth.4. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?A. The history of modern cities.B. Changes taking place within cities.C. How cities have grown over time.D. Why modern cities are changing.5. How have experts’ attitudes towards cities changed in recent decades?A. They now view the weaknesses as strengths.B. They no longer see city-riving as attractive.C. They accept city life in spite of its problems.D. They think city-riving provides more benefits.6. Which of the following would Edward Glaeser agree with?A. Cities provide more economic opportunities.B. City people get along better with each other.C. Over-crowded cities result in problems.D. Cities limit the flow of ideas.7. According to Paragraph 4, what would be the result of moving people out of cities?A. Economic production would be reduced.B. There would be less farmland available.C. People would travel less frequently.D. House values would fall greatly.CIt was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started social ising with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front.German troops held up Christmas trees with signs, “Merry Christmas”. Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared food and even played football. Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides. They felt that their power was being challenged: soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot. By March 1915 the socialising movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation. Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce (休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “Christmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce, several times and was stunned by his listeners’ response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it described.You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas Truce story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It lets us see the world as it can be and says, “This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true: the world really can be different.8. The soldiers began socialising with the enemy because ________.A. they couldn't bear the meaningless killingB. it was the best way to avoid being killedC. they feared that they would be caughtD. their enemies were from similar backgrounds9. How did the generals finally put an end to the soldiers’ socialising?A. They sent the soldiers’ loved ones to prison.B. They moved the two groups of soldiers further apart.C. They increased the number of officers to control the soldiers.D. They warned the soldiers that they would face severe punishment.10. The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________.A. satisfiedB. shockedC. amusedD. confused11. The author uses the story of the soldiers to imply that human beings ________.A. are not trustworthy under stressB. are naturally aggressive and war-likeC. are basically caring and kindheartedD. will always do what is in their own self-interestDEarlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organisations —including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC—to place news stories directly int o users’ personal Facebook webpage. Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn—at least for now. The deal shows how important social, media has become to news organisations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing —and has been for a while.When Google News began in 2002, many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo!have been punishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports —areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn’t their primary function —so if it stops making them lots of money, they're likely to stop doing it.There’s also a co ncern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article —at least for daily news —I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.12. What is the main purpose of the article?A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook..B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.D. To describe the process of online news reporting.13. Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.A. these are the most popular topics for online readersB. there are fewer journalists specialising in these areasC. information on these topics is more easily availableD. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas14. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Journalism.B. Advertising.C. Facebook.D. Business.15. In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?A. The information presented is up-to-date.B. The author's opinion is clear.C. Different views on the topic are presented.D. The language used is vivid.第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分l0分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
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广东省广州市越秀外国语学校2016年中考模拟考试英语试题最大最全最精的教育资源网2016 广州市越秀外国语学校模拟考试一试题英语科问卷笔试部分（共 110 分）一、语法选择（共15 小题，每题 1 分，满分 15 分）阅读下边短文，依据句子构造的语法性和上下文连接的要求，从 1 –15 各题所给的 A 、 B、 C、 D 项中选出最正确选项。
The world is divided into two parts. One half of the world is rich and1is poor.2the poor part, people never get enough to eat. 3 they are ill, none of the hospitals can receive them because they4no money.In the rich part, 5 people eat too much. For example, a dog or cat in North America eats6than a child in poorer countries.Poor countries have some7problems.8 the land is too poor. People there have norich land9enough water. The people must be taught and water must be10 .But rich countries have some problems,11. There are not always good places to live12 . Sometimes the air is not clean and the rivers are too dirty. The roads and streets have13 people and buses. Cars and buses have to move slowly. Noise is heard everywhere. Some people don ’ t have houses. Something must14about these problems. The air and the riv ers must be cleaned. More houses have to be built. But these things15be done easily.1.A. others B. another C. the others D. the other2.A. In B. Onto C. Into D. By3.A. Why B. When C. Because D. Although4.A. have B. has C. had D. are having5.A. a lot B. lot of C. a lot of D. a lots of6.A. good B. best C. better D. the better7.A. difficulty B. difficulties C. difficultly D. difficult8.A. Some time B. Some times C. Sometimes D. Sometime9.A. and B. or C. but D. so10. A. find B. found C. founded D. finded11. A. either B. too C. as well as D. also12. A. at B. in C. on D. /13. A. too much B. much too C. too many D. too little14. A. do B. be done C. be doing D. is done15. A. mustn’ t B. needn ’ t C. shouldn’ t D. can ’t二、完形填空（共 10 小题，每题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下边短文，掌握其粗心，而后从各题所给的A 、 B、 C、和 D 项中，选出最正确选项。