1、 宁夏回族自治区 2008 年初中毕业暨高中阶段招生考试 英语 (满分 120 分,考试时间 120 分钟 ) 第 I 卷 (选择题,共 80 分 ) 一、听力(略) 二、单项填空 (共 20 小题。满分 20 分 ) 从 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21 Though my answer is different from _, I still think _ is right A their, my B their, mine C theirs, mine D theirs, my 22 _ of them is a teacher They are b
2、oth students A Neither B Either C All D Both 23 A person with good manners never laughs _ people when they are _ trouble A on, in B in, at C on, at D at, in 24 What do you think of Yao Ming? He is great No one does _ in playing basketball than him in China A good B well C better D best 25 Western pe
3、ople _ use Mr. or Mrs. before their given names A always B often C sometimes D never 26 Can you tell me _ lives on this floor? A whom B who C whose D which 27 These two boys _ twins They look the same A can be B may be C must be D would be 28 Aunt Wang is not here now She has _ to Shanghai and will
4、stay there for several months A got B come C been D gone 29 Mr Green with his wife _ sitting there when I came in A is B was C are D were 30 Can you tell me _ the machine without any help? A what did he repair B what he repaired C how did he repair D how he repaired 31 When _ you _ the new car? Well
5、, I _ it for a week A did, have; have had B did, buy; have had C did, buy; have bought D did, have; have bought 32 They told us _ any further, there was danger ahead A not go B cant go C not to go D didnt go 33 _ does this MP3 player cost? Its $230 A How often B How much C How many D How long 34 I _
6、 to you as soon as I get there A will write B wrote C write D have written 35 I really cannot agree _ you because I dont think your plan is good A for B with C to D on 36 Hurry up The bus is coming Oh, no We mustnt cross the street _ the traffic lights are green A after B while C since D until 37 Th
7、e book _ was written by Yu Dan sells well A who B which C how D what 38 The watch I lost yesterday _ in the desk A has found B found C has been found D is found 39 They have to _ the sports meeting till next Sunday because of the bad weather A put off B put on C put up D put out 40 I usually have mi
8、lk and bread for breakfast _. A So have I B So I have C So do I D So I do 三、完形填空 (共 10 小题。满分 10 分 ) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从 41 50 各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 She could have lived an easy, comfortable life But 41 she chose to work hard and care for the 42 Florence Nightingale was one of the 43 great nurses Every ye
9、ar oil her birthday, May 12, people celebrate International Nurses Day to remember the love and help that she gave to so many people Nightingale was born into a rich family in 1820 in Italy When she was 24, she told her parents she wanted to be fl nurse But they 44 that idea The family had a lot of
10、money, so they thought it would be better 45 she didnt work But Nightingale went on with her 46 She went to Germany to learn to be a nurse During the war in 1854, Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses from England went to 47 soldiers seal Turkey She made the hospital much cleaner there 48 , she would
11、look after the soldiers She carried a lamp with her, and the soldiers began to call her“ The Lady with the Lamp” In 1860, after the war, Nightingale 49 the first nursing school She also worked to make the hospitals better and make 50 for nurses She died in 1910 in London, at age of 90 Nightingales b
12、irthday became International Nurses Day in 1974 41 A finally B instead C in the end D immediately 42 A sick B poor C rich D children 43 A citys B hospitals C countrys D worlds 44 A 1iked B didnt like C had D didnt have 45 A if B why C when D where 46 A study B work C dream D trip 47 A look for B wai
13、t for C ask for D care for 48 A At night B At noon C In the day D In the afternoon 49 A went to B closed C opened D broke 50 A plans B suggestions C decisions D rules 四、阅读理解 (共 15 小题。满分 30 分 ) 阅读下列短文,并做每篇后面的题。从各题所给的四个选项中,选出能完成所给句子的最佳选项。 A Tom walked into a shop It had a sign outside: “ Second-hand(旧
14、的 ) clothes bought and sold ” He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, “ How much will you give me for these?” The man looked at them and then said: “ Two dollars ” “ What!” said Tom “ I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars ” “ No, ” said the man。 “ they
15、arent worth a cent more than two dollars ” “ Well, ” said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket“ Heres your money These trousers were hanging outside your shop The list price(标价 ) of them was six dollars and a half But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were
16、 really worth ” Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say 51 At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom _ A wanted to steal the trousers B wanted to sell the trousers C Wanted to fool him D wanted to buy the tro
17、users 52 The owner of the shop _ for the old trousers A would give Tom two dollars B would pay three dollars C would pay five dollars D would give Tom six dollars and a half 53 The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only two dollars because _. A he wanted to sell them cheaply B he want
18、ed to buy them cheaply C he didnt like the trousers D they were old and dirty 54 In fact, the trousers _ A were hanging inside the shop B were stolen by Tom from the shop C had been the shop owners D had been Toms 55 From the story we know that _ cheaper than the list price A the owner sold the trou
19、sers two dollars B Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half C the owner bought the trousers three dollars D Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half B The customs(风俗 ) in different countries are rather different If I have a dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate
20、 as soon as I have emptied it That often discomforts me greatly I have to eat the food even if I do not want to because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave ones food on the plate I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an Americans dinner party, he often refuses the offer of fo
21、od or drink though hes in fact still hungry or thirsty This might be good manners in China but is not in the West at all In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something Americans have a direct way of speaking If they want something, th
22、ey will ask for it If not, they will say,“ No, thanks ” When an American is served with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “ No, thanks Ill take some orange juice if you have it ” That is what an American will do So when you go to the United States, youd better remember the famous saying:
23、“ When in Rome,do as the Romans do ” 56 From this passage we can see that the writer is _ A Chinese B Roman C American D European 57 When a Chinese host kept putting more food onto the plate, the writer felt _. A happy B sad C angry D uncomfortable 58 In the West, people consider it bad manners _ A
24、to refuse an offer B to keep asking someone to accept something C to eat much at a dinner party D to ask for something directly 59 A guest at an Americans dinner party should show his politeness by _ A not eating up all the food offered B putting more food onto his plate as soon as he emptied it C r
25、efusing the offer of food or drink though he is still hungry or thirsty D asking for things directly if he wants them 60 “ When in Rome, do as Romans do” means _ A the Romans are people of good manners B Americans always do the same things as the Romans do C you should get used to the local(当地的 )cus
26、toms wherever you go D you should learn to do as Romans when in Rome C To protect the environment, most supermarkets in China will stop providing free plastic bags If you dont want to pay money to buy them, youll have to bring yore own shopping bag What kind of bags will be the best to bring? Studen
27、ts in Kunming Xinying Middle School have some good ideas Recently fifty-four students of the school held an activity in which they made their own environmentally-friendly shopping bags Most students used old clothes to make their bags They painted pictures like the Olympic rings on them But Wang Shu
28、ncheng, a Junior 2 boy, chose a different material(材料 ) He made his bag with old newspaper Is a newspaper bag strong enough to hold shopping? Wang says it is, “ No problem I put six bottles of water in the bag, ” he said “ Its strong enough!” Chen Lisi, a girl, had a more traditional way to make her
29、 bag she wove(编织 ) a bamboo bag It was not an easy job With her grandfathers help Chen spent a whole afternoon making it She also wove wool(毛线 )flowers on the bag Making bags was not all the students did They had another job: to persuade their parents and relatives to use environmentally-friendly sh
30、opping bags instead of plastic ones The school will show the bags so that shops and stores can get some ideas from the students work 61 From the passage we know that _ A plastic bags have not been used in supermarkets for some time B plastic bags cannot be bought from most supermarkets C most superm
31、arkets will stop providing free plastic bags D people must bring their own bags when they do shopping in supermarkets 62 Besides the plastic bags, _ other kinds of bags are mentioned in the passage A two B three C. four D five 63 The main purpose of the activity is _ A to teach the students how to m
32、ake more shopping bags B to get the students to learn to do things by themselves C to give the students an environmental protection lesson D to get their parents and relatives to use environmentally-friendly shopping bags 64 The underlined word“ persuade” in the last paragraph probably means _ A劝说 B
33、指导 C命令 D监督 65 The school will show the bags in order to _ A encourage the students B make some money C get some work for the students D give some ideas to shops and stores 第卷 (非选择题,共 40 分 ) 五、听力 (共 5 小题,满分 5 分 ) 请听一段独自,然后根据所听内容完成第 66 70 小题。在每小题句子空白处填写适当的词语,使句子意思 与所听内容一致。 66 Brighton has a population
34、 of about _ 67 The town of Brighton is not very far from _ 68 It isnt easy to _ in Brighton 69 There are a lot of hotels in Brighton because there are many _ 70 The speakers father wants to open a shop to _ 六、单词拼写 (共 5 小题,满分 5 分 ) 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释,在句子空缺处写出各单词的正确形式 (每空只写一词 )。 71 My favourite subject is
35、_ (科学 ) 72 Liu Xiang is well-known all over the world。 he is one of the most _ (成功的 ) players 73 The 29th Olympic Games will be held on _(八月 ) 8th 2008 in Beijing 74 Im _(担忧 ) about her health She looks pale 75 While I was _(发送 )an email, I heard a strange noise 七、综合填空 (共 5 小题,满分 5 分 ) 从下面方框中选择适当的词填
36、人短文中,使短文通顺正确 (注意有些词要用适当的形式 )。方框中有两个多余的词。 be hand go face well take sitBig Ben is not the name of a man It is the name of a huge clock in London London is the capital of England This clock has four (76)_ So, no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben Each face is the size
37、 of a double decker(层 ) bus The hands(77)_ about four metres long It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other If you go to London, you will find Big Ben(78)_ at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦 ) Maybe you will hear it as(79) _ as see it The huge clock
38、 makes such a loud noise “ Ding dong ding dong, ” it (80)_ every quarter of an hour The clock was named after a big man He was Sir Benjamin Hall This man did much building work in London many years ago 八、任务型阅读 (共 5 小题。满分 10 分 ) 阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,在短文后 81 85 小题句子空白处填人适当的词语或句子。 Many people keep small fish
39、as pets They keep them in a tank(容器 ) of water The tank is made of clear glass People can look through it They can see inside the tank and watch the fish The fish need room They must not be crowded Fish need oxygen(氧气 ) to breathe Fish get it from water in the tank There must be enough water for all
40、 fish So the size of the tank is important In the tank many people put small plants that are good for fish They give oxygen to the water Plants help in other ways, too Fish can nibble(一点点地吃 ) on the plants They hide among the plants and sleep, lay eggs there The plants need light Most fish need ligh
41、t too The tank may be put near a window It will get light there Another place might be better, though A window may let cold air in The water in the tank may get too cold The fish may die because cold water can kill them So can hot water The temperature must be just right The fish must be kept in wat
42、er all the time Some fish can jump high They may jump out of the tank The tank should be covered This keeps the fish from jumping out The fish need food and they should be fed every day Giving them too much food is bad The extra food will fall to the bottom and make the water dirty However, the fish
43、 should get just enough food They should finish the food in 10 minutes Nothing should be left when this happens, the amount(数量 ) of food is right 81 The size of the tank to keep fish is important because the fish need enough _ and enough _ 82 The water in the tank should be neither too _ nor too _ 8
44、3 The Chinese for“ extra” in the last paragraph is _ 84 The underlined word“ this” in the last paragraph refers to(指的是 ) giving pet fish _ 85 This passage mainly talks about _ 九、写作 (共 A、 B 两部分。必须都做答。满分 15 分 ) (A)(共 5 小题,满分 5 分 )根据所给的图和提示词语,各写一句意思完整、语法正确的句子。必须用上全部提示词语。 (B)(10 分 )请根据内容要点提示,用英文写一篇简要介绍四
45、川汶川大地震中舍己救人英雄谭千秋老师的短文。字数 80 词左右。起始段已给出,不计人总词数。 内容要点如下: 1谭老师个人简况: 1957 年生于湖南;大学毕业后,在四川德阳 一所中学教书;外表严肃,对学生要求严格,深爱学生。 2谭老师英雄事迹:汶川地震时,他在上课。教学楼坍塌时刻,用身体保护 4 名学生英勇献身, 4 名学生得救。 3你的感受及愿望。 参考词语: 1 graduate from a university 大学毕业; 2 be strict with. 对严格; 3 the Wenehuan earthquake 汶川地震; 4 collapse 坍塌; 5 deeds 事迹。 Tan Qianqiu was born in 1 957 in Hunan province After graduating from Huna