英语_2014年上海市静安区中考英语二模试卷(含答案)
2014年上海市静安区中考英语二模试卷
一、单选题
1. It's warm inside．You'd better take off your coat．Which of the following is correct in pro nunciation for the underlined word in the sentence？（）
A /k?t/
B /kα：t/
C /kait/
D /k?ut/
2. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others？
（）
A I play table tennis with her every afternoon
B After she graduation from university，Kate was sent to Japan at once
C We're going to listen to a lecture given by a famous prof essor
D He had a high fever because of the changeable weather
3. Shirley is glad she'll take_________ eight-day trip to Italy．（）
A an
B a
C /
D the
4. Edward doesn't like his car．He thinks ________ is more modern than his．（）
A I
B me
C mine
D my
5. ---Oh，it tastes quite good．May I have _________ cup of coffee？
---OK．Here you are．（）
A other
B another
C the other
D others
6. To make her son enter a key high school，the mother is very strict ______ him．（）
A for
B to
C of
D with
7. ________ came to my house just now because there was a box of fruit in the doorway（门口）．（）
A Somebody
B Anybody
C Nobody
D Everybody
8. We're heard much _______ about the missing plane，
but we still don't know where it is．（）
A reports
B ideas
C news
D stories
9. Five-
star hotels provide better services than some small hotels．You _______ even use free WIFI th ere．（）
A must
B can
C ought to
D used to
10. __________ surprised he was to see his stolen bicycle again at the gate of the park．（）
A How
B What
C What a
D What an
11. ________ Jeremy was hurt in the match，
he didn't give up and finished in ninth place．（）
A When
B Although
C Because
D If
12. In my opinion，Li Jianrou is one of ___________ skaters this year．（）
A luckiest
B lucky
C the luckiest
D luckier
13. Tommy's parents looked _______ when they saw his excellent exam results．（）
A happy
B happier
C happiness
D unhappy
14. The students were excited when they knew they ______ out for a spring out the next mont h．（）
A went
B had gone
C will go
D would go
15. Listen！Who _____ the piano in the next room？（）
A plays
B played
C is playing
D has played
16. Mr．Zhang ________ as an engineer since he came to the computer company in 2008．（）
A works
B worked
C has worked
D had worked
17. Run for more than half an hour every day，
________ you can lose your weight easily．（）
A or
B and
C but
D unless
18. His pronunciation is better，
for he kept ______ a short passage after the tape every morning．（）
A to read
B reading
C read
D reads
19. ---Zhou Yang won the 1500-
meter Olympic title at the Sochi Winter Games on February 15．
---_______________________（）
A I like swimming best
B That's all right
C Good luck
D That's great
20. ---What about taking a walk after dinner？
---______________．（）
A Good idea
B Never mind
C What a shame
D You're welcome
二、阅读理解
21.
He was just an ordinary postman．Day after day, he shuttled（穿
梭） back and forth across the village．For him, life was without waves．
One day, he was delivering mail as usual．When he looked up in the sky, he suddenly lost h is balance．It was a little stone that tripped him up（绊
倒）．He observed the stone that had embarrassed（难
堪） him, finding it strange but beautiful．In his eyes, this stone was like a lost jewel（宝石） covered with dust．The postman then placed the stone in his bag carefully．Because of this stone's arrival, his day was lightened．He suddenly had a bold thought-
I can build a castle with such beautiful stones．How magnificent it will be!
His ordinary life started to be different since then．He still delivered mail, but he collected every stone he could find along the way．All those dusty stones, in his eyes, glittered like dia monds．
Gradually, his small bag couldn't hold his stones anymore and he needed to use a wheelbar row to carry them．People didn't understand what happened when they saw the postman d elivering letters with a wheelbarrow full of stones．
After collecting enough stones, he started to build his castle．During the daytime, he passe d along the dreams of others; and during the nighttime, he built his own dream．No one was willing to join in．But the postman was unmoved, still happily building his castle．Because
he knew, the dream and the castle only belonged to him．
After 20years of working day and night, the postman's dream castle was finally completed ．It was a magnificent castle just as he had imagined．It was a miracle arising from the ordi nary．
This is a real story．The postman's name is Xue Waller．The stone castle has become a fa mous tourist attraction in France, which is called"ideal palace of Ferdinand Cheval．"At the e ntrance of the stone castle, there is a sentence-
"I want to know how far a dream stone can go．"
（1）The postman felt embarrassed because he________．
A lost his balance．
B lost his bag．
C delivered mail．
D found a stone．
（2）The postman's own dream was to________
A collect stones．
B deliver mail．
C find diamonds．
D build his castle．
（3）The underlined word"glittered"in the third paragraph may mean________．
A shone．
B cleaned ．
C posted．
D hid．
（4）Which of the following is not true？
A．A little stone tripped the postman up while he was delivering mail as usual．B．The pos tman collected every stone he would find along the way．C．The postman built his castle wi th the help of his family and friends．D．The postman spent twenty years building his stone castle．25．The postman named Xue Waller was________．
A German．
B French．
C British．
D American．
（5）From the passage we can learn that________．
A The postman had a colourful life before the accident in which he lost his balance．
B T he postman gave up his job in order to built his stone castle．
C The stone that tripped t he postman up was a real jewel．
D Though people didn't understand him，
the postman continued his dream---building a castle．
22. What is it like being a film star？What is it like n front of the camera？
Students from Steamboat Spring Middle School in the US could tell you exactly what it's like ．They recently got a taste of the life of a star．
A local movie company wanted to produce a film．All the actors in this film were to be stude nts．Fourteen students were chosen from the school．The film，called Ruby vs Wolfgang，was based on the story of little Red Riding Hood（小红帽）．It came with a twist（改变），however---the story was told from the perspective（看法） of the wolf．
Zoe Walsh，a seventh-grader，signed up to do behind-the-
scenes work．But she soon found herself in front of the camera instead．She played a stran ge middle school student in the film．
"It is just for fun，
"she told the Steamboat Today．"Just pretending that you're someone else．"
But there were also difficulties．It was very cold during shooting．Students had to put up w
ith snow and icy wind．
Lack（缺
乏） of experience was another problem．The director Michael Staley said he tried to"help e ach student bring out the wolf---or Whatever animal they representing---in themselves" Erus Harrington，an eighth---grader，said he played a"nice，
silly British guy"．He learned the British accent（口音） all at home．
"I just a kind of taught myself how to do it by watching videos，
"he said"It makes me feel good after I do it because I'm proud of myself．"
The students will watch themselves on the big screen for the first time during the film festiva l at a local high school in May．
"I'm probably going to laugh at myself，"said Zach，the brother of Zoe．
27．Fourteen students were chosen as actors in this film，weren't they？________ 28．Who did Walsh play in the film？________
29．What were the two main problems for the actors？________
30．How did Harrington learn the British accent？________
31．Where will the students see the film acted by themselves on the big screen for the first ti me？________
32．What do the students think of being a film star after they got a taste of the life of a star a ccording to the passage？（At least two different opinions）________．
三、完形填空
23. Meng Meihui, 14, from Dongying, Shandong, loved reading certain pieces of work．But she paid particular attention to her classmate's every composition, just to find her faults． "Everyone said she was better at writing than me．I didn't believe it．I wanted to beat her, "Meng said．Meng was caught by the green-eyed monster-jealousy（嫉妒）
Jealousy is
（1）
________among students．Most people may feel a little bit unhappy when others are better th an them．It's natural．However，if students don't change theirs mindset（思维方式）and deal with it well，jealousy can bring out many problems．
（2）________easily．"Few people like those who always try to find faults in others，
"Su said．"A popular student should be open-minded．"
（3）________to improve herself．"It was tiring and useless，"she said．
（4）
________ realized the problem．She stopped her silly behavior and focused on her own progre ss．
（5）________those who are better than you and focus on yourself，
"Wang said．"It's more important to improve yourself than to be better than others．"
（6）________your disadvantages with others'advantages，"he said．
A talkB． C helpD．
四、阅读填空
24. In a famous story，
a young boy called Ali Baba says"Open Sesame"and a door to treasures is opened before him ．Ma Yun drew inspiration from this and founded Alibaba．com．
Over 14years，Alibaba．com has become China's largest e-commerce （电子商
务） website．E-commerce is the （39）
a________ of buying and selling goods and services and doing other business activities using a computer and the Internet．However，
the founder chose to leave and to discover new areas of business．On May 28，
Ma became chairman of Cainiao Network Technology Co．，
Ltd．The company will set up China Smart Logistics （物
流） Network．Its goal is to deliver packages （运送包
裹） to people anywhere in the country （40）w________ 24hours．
The 48-year-old businessman，who is short and thin and often wears oversized suits，always had he courage to dream big and try new things．
Ma got the idea or starting a business career in 1995．He was then working for a US trading company as a translator，when he was introduced to the Internet．He （41）
s________ the word"beer"and saw that no data came up about Chinese products（产品）．Ma had an idea：why not build a large Internet market to connect（连接）
consumers and companies from all over the world and do business （42）o________？
That is how Alibaba began．His company grew quickly．But that doesn't mean （43）
e________ went well．Alibaba had a difficult time in 2000，
when many Internet companies failed．Ma was successful because he （44）
m________ to attract investment（投资）in his company．
But there is a deeper （45）r________ for Ma's success：his attitude．"You deserve （值
得） to live your dream，
"said．"Everyone thought I was daydreaming when I started．But the most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one，
to today and tomorrow Of course we made many mistakes，but we never gave up hope．"
五、完成句子
25. Middle school students have to get up early on weekdays．（改为一般疑问句）
________middle school students________to get up early on weekdays？
26. The old woman hardly stands up because of the stomachache．（改为反意疑问句）The old woman hardly stands up because of the stomachache，________？
27. Mr．Wang's son will be back from Australia in a few weeks．（对划线部分提问）
________ will Mr．Wang's son be back from Australia？
28. Eddie speaks English best in his school．（保持句意不变）
Nobody else in his school________ English as________ as Eddie．
29. High levels of PM2.5mainly causes the air pollution in China．（改为被动语态）
The air pollution in China________mainly________by high levels of PM2.5．
30. Is there enough food left in the box？George asked his mum．（合并成一句）
George asked his mum________ there________ enough food left in the box．
31. Something，Jack，trip，his，to，interesting，know，friend's，about，wants （合并成一句）
________．
32. During the six________，
they listened to opinions from tourists and business owners．（month）
33. The couple went past their baby's room________ in order not to wake her up．（soft）
34. The________ grade students visited the History Museum last Monday afternoon．（nine）
35. You needn't be________at the news on their coming to visit you，it's true．（surprise）
36. Bill's courage is sure to________ himself to make greater progress in the future．（able）
37. Last week Henry made a________ to have a trip to Tibet（西
藏） with his friends．（decide）
38. Wendy，a________ woman，is said to have the longest hair in the world．（Canada）．
39. He was so________ that he took the wrong bus to work this morning．（ care ）
六、选词填空
40. A．abilities B．before C．awards D．serious E．came from
South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun's popularity has soared（上升） across Asia．His fame （名声）（61）
________ the role he played in the popular TV drama My love from the Star （《来自星星的你》）．In the drama，Kim plays a 400-year-old alien（外星
人） and ends up falling in love with a modern-day actress．
This is not the first success for the young star．Since he became a professional actor seven y ears ago，Kim has won more than 20 （62）________ for acting．
Kim's success is due to his （63）
________ attitude towards acting．A director once mentioned that the dramas with Kim were all popular．It is because"he always analyzes the script very carefully （64）
________ he acts out the character．"
As you can see，attitude is everything．Your attitude determines your success！
41. A．skills B．get along with C．rely on D．rarely E．development
The show provides an interesting view on modern family life．In the show，
we cans see how young dads are struggling to find the best way to （1）
________ their children．
A father is very important for a family．Psychologists（心理学家）
say that a strong fatherly influence is important in a child's （2）
________．Fathers teach their children （3）
________ and give them confidence to try new things．A child learns that if something goes wr
ong，he or she can （4）
________ dad to help fix it．The psychologists also say that without a dad，
a child runs a greater risk of dropping out of school and getting into trouble．
七、书面表达
42. Write a passage of at least 60words on the topic"A difficult choice I had to make．"（以"一个艰难的选择"为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格．）
（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分．）
Using the following points as a reference．（以下问题供参考）
1．Have you ever had a difficult choice to make？
2．What made it so difficult for you？
3．What was your final decision？
4．Do you think it is a right decision？
________．
2014年上海市静安区中考英语二模试卷答案
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. B
19. D
20. A
21. A
D
A
B
D
22. Yes，
they were．,Sheplayedastrangemiddleschoolstudentinthefilm．,Weather and lack of experie nce．,By watching videos．,At a local high school．,It is fun but difficult．
23. C
A
B
A
C
D
24. ctivity,ithin,earched,nline,verything,anaged,eason
25. Do,have
26. does she
27. How soon
28. speaks,well
29. is,caused
30. if,was
31. Jack wants to know something interesting about his friend's trip．
32. months
33. softly
34. ninth
35. surprised
36. enable
37. decision
38. Canadian
39. careless
40. E,C,D,A
41. B,E,A,C
42. Our lives are the sum of all ourchoices．The decisions wemake today，
may very wellplay a critical role in our future tomorrow．When I wasthirteen，
my mother alwayswanted me a girl who was good at school work．However，
I was keen onplaying the drum a lot and didn't like study at all，
which was notallowed by her．As a result，
we quarreledwith each other a lot．As time passed by，
I graduallyfound that one should be knowledgeable，
no matter what he would bein the future．I decided towork hard and regarded playing the d rum as my hobby．Knowledge ispower，and I think thechoice I've made must be wise one．