1、 2012年苏州市初中毕业暨升学考试试卷 英 语 注意事项： 1. 本试卷共六大題，满分 100分（不含听力口语 30分），考试用时 100分钟； 2. 答題前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用 0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写 在答題卡相对应的位置上，并认真核对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合； 3. 答选择题必须用 2B铅笔把答題卡上对应題目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净 后，再选涂其他答案；答非选择題必须用 0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答題卡指定的位置 上，不在答題区域内的答案一律无效， 不得用其他笔答題； 4. 考生答題必须答在答題卡上，答在试卷和草稿纸上一
2、律无效。 一、单项填空（共 15小题；每小题 1分，满分 15分） 从 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中 ,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项 ,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 1. She has gone abroad， _? No. She is still teaching us English at our school now. A. is she B. isnt she C. has she D. hasnt she 2. Congratulations! Your speech is excellent. _. A. Oh, no B. It doesnt matter C. Thats a
3、 good idea D. Many thanks 3. In order to find _ better job, she planned to learn _ second foreign language. A. the； a B. a； a C. the； the D. a； the 4. Could we see each other at 9 oclock tomorrow morning? Sorry, lets make it _ time. A. others B. the other C. another D. other 5. Yesterday I downloade
4、d a new program _ the Internet. Now I can watch TV and movies _ my computer. A. from； on B. with； in C, in； with D. on； from 6. It was _ lovely weather _ we decided to spend the day on the beach. A. such a； that B. such； that C. such； as D. so； that 7. I hear youve got a new iPhone 4S. _ I have a lo
5、ok? Yes, certainly. A. May B. Do C. Shall D. Should 8. The chairperson received about three _ applications to join the Bird watching Club. A. hundred B. hundreds of C. hundred of D. hundreds 9. You dont know _ I want to see you again. Its a year since I last saw you. A. how soon B. how long C. how o
6、ften D. how much 10. 一 What would you do if it _ tomorrow? 一 We have to carry it on, since weve got everything ready. A. is raining B. rains C. will rain D, rain 11. I had to call a taxi because the box was _ than Id expected. A. heavy B. heavier C. the heavier D. the heaviest 12. Some of my friends
7、 eat with their eyes. They prefer to order what _ nice. A.feels B. smells C. looks D. tastes 13. We havent discussed _ yet . A. where we are going to put our new table B. where are we going to put our new table C. what we are going to put our new table D. what are we going to put our new table来源 :Zx
8、xk.Com 14. Maggie wanted an evening job that would allow her to _ her son during the day. A. look at B. look around C. look after D. look out 15. The film made by _ Walt Disney all over the world. A. is used to show B. is used to showing C. used to show D. used to be shown 二、完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1分，满分 1
9、0分） 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选出可 以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife 16 two teenage children did something we havent 17 for ages. It didnt require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries or anything else for that matter. But we all 18 it so
10、much were thinking of doing it again sometime. We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was 19 when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the 20 of communicating face-to-face. We all
11、 know 21 young people are out on a date(约会） these days, they spend most of that time 22 their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to 23 communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 24 to them. If we carry on like this， in the future, well lose the use of our
12、25 . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it! 16. A. and B. or C. but D. after 17. A. made B. known C. done D. seen 18. A. acted B. blamed C. decided D. enjoyed 19.A.common B. careful C. extra D. enough 20.A.name B. art C. attention D.来源 :Zx
13、xk.Com aim来源 :学科网 21. A. because B. how C. when D. unless 22. A. buying B. collccting C. repairing来源 :学 ,科 ,网 Z,X,X,K D. answering 23.A.dislike B. prefer C. admire D. believe 24.A.writing B. introducing C. speaking D. hurrying 25. A. eyes B. voiccs C. mouths D. hands 三、阅读理解（共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30分 阅读下列
14、短文 ,从每题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。 A You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but they are very important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” refers to fifteen poundsthe fifteen pounds added to a students w
15、eight in his or her first year. The re are a number of reasons why first-year university students gain (增力 n) weight; but its encouraging to know that freshmen dont have to add these harmful fifteen pounds. Mistakes choosing food University kitchens serve(供应） many kinds of food. Some students choose
16、 unhealthy food，because now their parents are not nearby to help them choose. Some s tudents visit the kitchen many times while studying. Late at night, some students get harmful fast food such as fish and chips with Coke to drink. Students also have less time for walking, running, and doing sports
17、because of their schoolwork. Eating right If you， re careful, you don， t have to add fifteen pounds. Here are some ideas： Th ink more about what you eat. Eat plenty of vegetables and healthy meats. Dont eat desserts full of sugar； have fruit after dinner. Try not to eat so much unhealthy food while
18、you study. It， s all right to have a little fast food sometimesbut not often. Write down the foods you eat. Walk, run, do sportsmove and you will feel better! Remember that the “freshman fifteen” can happen to anyone. Talk to your friends about it. Together, try to eat healthy food and not to eat un
19、healthy food. Walking, running, and playing sports is always more fun with friends. Help each other and you can have a healthy and happy freshman year. 26. The “freshman fifteen” is _. A. weight that high school students gain B. weight that first-year university students can gain C. fift een pounds
20、of food that first-year students eat D. fifteen students who eat unhealthy food 27. The main idea of this reading is to _. A. get students ready to gain fifteen pounds B. sell healthy food to new students C. help new university students not to gain fifteen pounds D. show the mistakes students make i
21、n studying 28. Which of these mistakes students make choosing food is not mentioned in the reading? A. Choosing unhealthy food. B. Visiting the kitchen while studying.来源 :Zxxk.Com C. Getting fast food at night. D. Eating too much chocolate. 29. Which of these ideas would the writer of the reading pr
22、obably agree with? A. Youd better not eat unhealthy food. B. Not eating unhealthy foods is easier with friends help. C. Gaining fifteen pounds can help you study better. D. Some students can eat anything they want. B What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid o
23、r try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers. The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, “Snake Catchers： free snake removal(除去）一 Please do not kill them Call us.
24、 ” The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, dont charge anything for helping people. “We do this as a hobby,” explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers. Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. “One man asked us to kill a python(蟒蛇 ), so he co
25、uld make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we dont want to see them killed, ” said Fred. Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, incl uding the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, u
26、sually in a national park. Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. “Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!” According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One d
27、ay, the Greenwood fa mily found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them. “The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and
28、they finished the job quickly too,” said Steve Greenwood. “One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job.” Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina. 30. The Snake Catchers catch sna
29、kes because _. A. they want to kill the snakes B. they like trying to catch snakes C. they dont want people to hurt snakes D. they like eating snakes 31. When a man asked them to kill a python, the Snake Catchers _. A.made some boots from the skin B. were very happy C. gave him some old boots D. did
30、 not agree 32. The Snake Catchers set most of the snakes free _. A. in a national park B. in a university C. in a garden D. in their own houses 33. According to Fred, _. A. s nakes are very dangerous B. people should attack snakes C. snakes are not usually dangerous D. people should run away if they
31、 see a snake C In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住） them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”， and was kept in the Colorado College Library. One hundred years later, on the appoin
32、ted (约定） day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代） of people who had placed things inside the box. When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name c
33、ards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelts friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time. Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the p
34、eople of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there. Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of p
35、ostcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源） . We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ” 34. According to the passage, “time capsule” means _. A. a collecti
36、on of clocks and wat ches B. a machine for travelling through time C. a collection of items for people to look at in the future D. a collection of unwanted items 35. Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about . A. the history of the town B. the people who lived in the town C. the politics
37、of the USA D. peoples hopes for the future 36. Cecil Muller says that the time capsule _. A.helps him to get to know his grandfather B. is worth a lot of money C. brings back his memories of his grandfather D. helps him to remember his younger day来源 :Zxxk.ComD TOKYO, JAPAN-What do you do when you se
38、e a cockroach (蟑螂 ）？ Do you hit it w ith a newspaper? Do you step on it? When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots. Each cockroach
39、has a very small pack that has in it a microprocessor(微处理器） .Then researchers can send signals from the remote control to the pack. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches. Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people cant,” says Isao Shimoyama, h
40、ead of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble(瓦砾 ） to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone. This may seem strange, but the Ja panese governmen
41、t thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research. First, the researchers breed (培育 )hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroac
42、hes and remove their wings and antennae(触须） . They put small packs where the antennae were. The packs weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 tim
43、es their own weight. ” With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packs. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don71 always move in the right direction.来源 :Z xxk.Com 37. The scientists are changing the cockroaches i nto robots because _. A. th
44、ey want cockroaches to do things people cant in the future B. they want to control the movements of the cockroaches C. they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes来源 :Z。 xx。 k.Com D. they want to send signals to the packs on the cockroaches 38. What can cockroaches do to help people? A. T
45、hey can lift 20 times their own weight. B. They can help people to carry very small cameras. C. They can breed hundreds of cockroaches. D. They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake. 39. Scientists control cockroaches movements _. A.by removing the ir wings B. by sending signals
46、from the remote control C. by using very small cameras D. by removing their antennae 40. What problem do the rcscarchcrs meet with? A. The cockroachcs sometimes clon;t move. B. The cockroachcs sometimes move in ihc wrong direction. C. The cockroachcs arc too big to move through earthquake rubble. D. The cockroachcs can only lift 20 times their own weight. 四、词汇检测（共 10 小题；每小题 1分，满分 10分） 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空 缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。 41. Is this wood _ (干燥的） enough to burn? 42. Im so tired that I can (几乎不 )stay awake. 43. The cat was _(卧） fast asleep by the fire. 44. Have you gi
