2008年常州市武进区前黄实验学校中考第一次阶段考试英语试题

2008年常州市武进区前黄实验学校中考第一次阶段考试英语试题第一卷（共64分）一、听力（共24小题；每小题1分，满分24分）A) 根据你所听到的句子选出相应的答语。

每句读一遍。

1. A. It’s 50 yuan. B. It’s small. C. It’s blue.2. A. I’m sorry. B. I’m fine. C. I’d love to.3. A. I play it after class. B. I like singing. C. I like it very much.4. A. Good idea. B. Thank you. C. Sure.B) 听下面10段对话。

每段对话后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话读一遍。

5. How many people may you see in the photo?A. Four.B. Three.C. Two.6. What will the girl keep?A. Goldfish.B. A parrot.C. A tortoise.7. What is Emily’s problem?A. Spelling.B. Pronunciation.C. Emily doesn’t have any problems.8. What’s the man going to do?A. He’s going to Changzhou.B. He’s going to Changzhou railway station.C. He’s going to meet someone.9. Where are the two speakers?A. At a shop.B. At a library.C. At a restaurant.10. When does Amy go to school every day?A. At six.B. At seven.C. At five.11. Why did Mr. Smith go to Nanjing?A. To visit a factory.B. To give a talk.C. To have a holiday.12. Which book is the most interesting to the man?A. The storybook.B. The picture book.C. The detective book.13. What can we learn from the dialogue?A. The man comes from Suzhou.B. The woman likes the weather in Suzhou.C. The man doesn’t like the summer in Suzhou.14. What does the man order?A. A hamburger, chips and coke.B. French fries, a hamburger and coffee.C. French fries, a hamburger and coke.C) 听下面3段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的答题时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第1段材料，回答第15－17题。

15. What holiday is coming ?A. Thanksgiving Day .B. Christmas Day.C. April Fool’s Day.16. How far is the home of the man’s parents?A. Two hours’ walk.B. Two hours’ drive.C. Two hours’ flight .17. When will the man pick the woman up?A. On Wednesday evening.B. On Wednesday morning.C. On Thursday morning.听第2段材料，回答第18－20题。

18. Why is the man calling Mr. Smith?A. He has something important to tell Mr. Smith.B. He wants Mr. Smith to call Mr. Sharp at once.C. He’d like to meet Mr. Smith in the office.19. When will Mr. Sharp be back?A. Next month.B. Two hours later.C. Next Monday.20. What did the woman speaker ask Mr. Johnson to do at first?A. She asked him to leave a message.B. She asked him to meet Mr. Sharp instead.C. She asked him not to leave his office.听第3段材料，回答第21－24题。

21. When is their birthday?A. March 5th.B. March 15th.C. May 5th.22. What is the difference between the twins’ looks?A. The nose.B. The eyes.C. The hair.23. How were they dressed when young?A. They were dressed beautifully.B. The speaker was in blue and his sister was in yellow.C. The speaker was in yellow and his sister was in blue24. How is the speaker different from his sister?A. He likes different activities.B. He is shorter.C. He is better at study.二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）25．Is _______ book on the desk ______ useful one? No, it isn’t.A. the ,anB. the , aC. a , theD. the , /26 .Hurry up, John. We have to get to school before 8:00 ________ we can catch theschool bus.A. as soon asB. afterC. so thatD. as a result27. This pair of trousers is _____. Can I _____?A. enough cheap; try on themB. cheap enough; try them onC. enough cheap; try on itD. cheap enough; try it on28. I couldn’t listen carefully in our English class this morning , as I ___ of the comicbook that I read before class.A. have thoughtB. thoughtC. was thinkingD. had thought29. —Is Li Ming in the classroom? —No, he ________there. I saw him in the reading room just now.A. can’t beB. mustn’t beC. needn’t beD. is30. The teacher asked the students .A. when was Albert Einstein bornB. what they will do with the computersC. if they were interested in dinosaursD. how many trees they have planted31. He used ______ on the right in China, but he soon got used ______ on the left in England.A. to drive; to driveB. to drive; drivingC. to driving; to driveD. to drive; to driving32．He has few friends, ________? ______. So he feels lonely from time to time．A．hasn’t he; Yes, he does. B．does he; No, he doesn’t.C．doesn’t he; No，he doesn’t. D．has he; Yes，he does.33. —have you stayed in this city? —Not long, just ________ this Monday.A．How long; from B．How many days; forC．How long; since D．How long; on34. ---- Which do the young people prefer, music or sports?---- Both. Music is _________ sports among them.A. as popular asB. not as popular asC. more popular thanD. less popular than三、完型填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Who designed the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who 35 one of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most 36 ? There is an answer to all these questions: Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才)people have 37 known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions__38 modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t39 a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have 40 .But Leonardo wasn’t just an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was 41 a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became even more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten42 ways before he was ready to paint.Many of Leonardo’s wonderful 43 are still with us today. You may know one of his most famous works the __44__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.35. A. made B. took C. painted D. invented36. A. artists B. doctors C. painters D. people37. A. ever B. easily C. then D. even38. A. look B. turn C. grow D. seem39. A. draw B. build C. paint D. work40. A. worked B. come C. happened D. done41. A. seen B. called C. asked D. told42. A. same B. hard C. different D. useful43. A. jobs B. ideas C. notebooks D. paintings44. A. interesting B. crying C. smiling D. surprising 四．A. 阅读短文并选择最佳答案（共10小题，每小题1分，满分20 分）AMany American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden houses. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shopkeeper and post officer in his early years.A large number of U.S. presidents had experiences in the army(军队). The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general(将军) in the American Civil War(国内战争) and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated (毕业) from the same school —West Point Military Academy(西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined(罚款) because he broke the rules of the school.The jobs of U.S. presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do, and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him,“When you grow up, you should not be a president. It is a tiring job.”45. In the nineteenth century, many U.S presidents__________.A. did not have much knowledge in their work.B. had been workers, shopkeepers and post officers in their early years.C. couldn’t receive education before they grow up.D. didn’t want to go to school during their childhood.46. In this passage, “keep an eye on” means__________.A. to pay close attention toB. not to pay attention to.C. to look at something with one eye.D. never to keep in mind.47. Which of the following do you think is right according to the last paragraph?A. In the U.S. no one wanted to be a president because it was tiring.B. None of the presidents except Taft could do the tiring job.C. It is an important and tiring job to be the president in the U.S.D. President Taft didn’t want Roosevelt to be a president because he was too young.BBody language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It is said that our body movements communicate（表达）about 50％while words themselves only do 7％. So while your mouth is closed, it is just your body that is saying…Arms How you hold your arms shows how open and receptive(接受的) you are to people you meet. If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back, this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way. Outgoing people usually use their arms with big movements, while quieter people keep them close to their bodies. If someone makes you angry, just cross your arms to show you’re unhappy.Head When you want to show your confidence, keep your head level(直线). If you are the monitor in class, you can also take on this position(姿势) when you want your words to be taken seriously. However, to be friendly in listening or speaking, you must move your head a little to one side.Legs Your legs will move around a lot more than normal when you arenervous or telling lies. If you are at interviews, try to keep them still.Mouth When you are thinking, you often purse your lips( 抿着嘴巴). You might also use this position to hold back angry words you don’t wish to say. However, it will probably still be noticed, and people will know you’re not pleased.48. We usually use our __________ to show whether we like a person or not.A. armsB. mouthsC. legsD. heads49. When a nervous person speak in public, __________.A. his legs always keep stillB. he moves his head a little to one sideC. he keeps his arms close to his bodyD. his legs are easy to move around much50. Usually crossing your arms shows the same feeling as __________.A. keeping your head levelB. keeping your arms behind your backC. pursing your mouthD. moving your legs around a lotCMr. Whiston taught sixth grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture（讲座）about a creature “Cattywampus”, an animal that disappeared during the Ice Age. He showed us a skull(头盖骨) as he talked. We all took notes and later a quiz(测验).When I got my paper back, I was greatly surprised and my mind went empty —there was a big red cross at each of my answers. I had failed! I wanted to check my notebook. There had to be something wrong. But I had written down exactly what Mr. Whiston said. I realized everyone in the class had failed. What had happened?“Very simple,” Mr.Whiston explained. “I made up all the things about the animal. There had never been such an animal. The information in your notebook was not correct.” His words made us freeze(冰冻).He went on, “Teachers and textbooks are not always correct. In fact, when Iwas showing the skull (in fact, a cat’s), I had been telling you that no track(踪迹) of the animal remained(存在).” He then told us to play an active part in learning and to speak out(speak loudly, freely, boldly ) if we think the teacher and the books are wrong. But we didn’t. We brought the puzzle into next class.This lesson taught us the importance of using our minds and gave us the courage to look people in the eye and tell them if they are wrong.51. None of the students passed the quiz because_______.A. they didn’t take an active part in learning.B. they gave correct answers.C. their answers didn’t agree with the notes.D. the teache r was poor at teaching.52. In the last sentence, “look people in the eye” means___________.A. to face people without fear.B. to look at people.C. to treat people well.D. to be strict with people.53.From the article we learn__________.A. we shouldn’t believe teachers or books.B. Cattywampus was a member of the cat family.C. learning without thinking or questing is no use.D. no pains, no gains.(没有播种，便没有收获)54.What may “boldly” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. without feelings.B. with pride(自豪).C. without difficulty.D. with difficulty.第二卷（共46分）六、单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）A ) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空格一词。