中考英语试题

— Linda, who did you go on vacation with?

— ________ was free, so I went alone.

A ． Everybody B ． Anybody C ． Nobody D ． Somebody

我进教室的时候学生们正在讨论物理竞赛。（ discuss ）

The students _________________ when I came into the classroom.

阅读下面短文 , 根据短文内容 , 在每小题句子空白处填入适当词语 , 使其意思与短文内容一致 ( 每空词数不限 ) 。

A king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in the country, “I’ll give each of you a seed( 种子 ). Plant it and show me your flower in one year, and I’ll choose a new king from you.”

A boy named Alex got a seed, too. He planted it carefully, but the seed didn’t grow at all. A year later, Alex had to take his empty box to the palace. Others all brought beautiful flowers there and Alex felt sad.

The king arrived at the palace and looked around. When he found there was nothing in Alex’s box, the king smiled and said to the others, “One year ago, I gave everyone a seed which couldn’t grow. But all of you, except Alex, have brought me flowers. Alex was the only one with courage to bring such a box. So he will be the new king!”

1 ． The king told all the young people to plant a seed to choose a _________.

2 ． Alex planted the seed carefully, but it _________ at all.

3 ． Other boys except Alex brought _________ to the palace.

4 ． The king _________ when he found there was nothing in Alex’s box.

5 ． From the passage we can infer ( 推断 ) that Alex was a(an) _________ child.

请根据微信朋友圈的评论留言，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使对话意思完整，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余项。

我们都收到过礼物，每个礼物的背后或多或少都有一些故事。那么，你最喜爱的礼物是什么呢？对你来说，它有什么特殊的意义？请以 “The Story behind My Favorite Gift” 为题写一篇英语短文。

写作要点：

1 ．介绍你最喜欢的礼物；

2 ．讲述该礼物背后的故事；

3 ．说明该礼物对你的特殊意义。

写作要求：

1 ．语言表达准确，语意通顺、连贯，书写工整、规范；

2 ．词数 70 左右；

3 ．文中不得出现真实姓名、校名和地名。

The Story behind My Favorite Gift

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

— Could you tell me the Science Museum?

—Next Sunday.

A ． when did you visit B ． when you visited

C ． when you will visit D ． when will you visit

【2019 • 浙江绍兴】

阅读材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 

    A British man has learned the skills needed to perform Beijing Opera, making the audience (观众) enjoy his lively performance of the Monkey King.

    Ghaffar Pourazar, born in Iran, said he has been a big fan of Bruce Lee since he was a child and is full of interest about China. In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera performed in London by professionals from Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing. Ghaffar said he fell in love with the beautiful voices, colorful costumes, excellent shows and so on. So after one year, he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school.

    At the age of 32, he had to learn with teenage students every day, starting from the most basic training of the legs and waist. At the time, he was mostly troubled by the dialogue in Beijing Opera. To him, it was the biggest obstacle. But he never gave up.

    Four years later, he began to learn to perform the Monkey King, a traditional character from the Chinese classic story Journey to the West. He said he arrived in the workroom an hour earlier than other performers and also bought books and CDs to better understand the character.

    Ghaffar today is not only good a speaking Beijing dialect (方言) but has also built a fame for Beijing Opera. He once got a top international prize for performing the Monkey King.

    To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the United States, Britain and other countries. When he found that the language was difficult to understand, he started to translate Beijing Opera song lyrics. Ghaffar led a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the United States. He also led a 48-member team to perform in Malaysia. In the past 10 years, he has performed in more than 400 shows.

4. In the year of 1994, Ghaffar began to ________.           

A. make friends with Bruce Lee

B. take an interest in China

C. learn Beijing Opera in Beijing

D. act the part of the Monkey King

5. The underlined word "obstacle" in Paragraph 3 probably means "________".           

A. chance     B. problem         C. topic     D. dream

6. It can be inferred from the passage that Ghaffar ________.           

A. is successful in performing Beijing Opera

B. has written some books about Beijing Opera

C. got a prize for translating Journey to the West

D. doesn't need any more members in his team

7. The passage is most probably from the part of ________ in a newspaper.           

A. sports     B. business    C. culture     D. education

________ the online shopping, my grandma bought a smart phone.

A ． Enjoyed B ． Enjoying C ． Enjoy D ． To enjoy

Ever wondered why your virtual （虚拟的） home helper doesn't understand your questions? Or why your navigation app took you on the side street instead of the highway? In a study published April 21st in the journal iScience, Italian researchers, Arianna Pipitone and Antonio Chella, designed a robot that “thinks out loud”.

To explore how inner speech might influence a robot’s actions, the researchers built a robot called Pepper that speaks to itself. It has the ability to reason and think. They then asked people to set the dinner table with Pepper according to etiquette （礼仪） rules. In one experiment, the user asked Pepper to lay the napkin at the wrong place, going against the rules. Pepper started asking itself a series of self-directed questions and concluded that the user might be mistaken. To be sure, Pepper confirmed the user’s order, which led to further inner speech.

“Ehm, this situation troubles me. I would never break the rules, but I can’t make the user unhappy, so I’m doing what he wants,” Pepper said to itself, laying the napkin where it was required to be. Through Pepper’s inner voice, the user can learn Pepper was facing a difficult situation and solved it by prioritizing the user’s order.

Comparing Pepper’s actions with and without inner speech, Pipitone and Chella discovered the robot had a higher task-completion rate when having self-dialogue.

However, some people find the robot spends more time completing tasks when it talks to itself. The robot’s inner speech is also limited to the knowledge that researchers gave it. Pepper’s designers still say their work provides a framework （构架） to further explore how self-dialogue can help robots focus, plan, and learn. “In some ways, we are creating a generational （世代的） robot that likes to chat. From navigation apps and the camera on your phone to medical robots in the operation rooms, machines and computers alike can take advantage of this chatty feature,” says Chella.

22 ． Why does the writer ask two questions at the very beginning of the passage?

A ． To draw the reader’s attention to the topic.

B ． To show the writer likes electronic products.

C ． To tell the reader about the history of robots.

D ． To prove the writer often faces trouble in life.

23 ． Why was Pepper asked to lay the napkin at the wrong place?

A ． To see how much time Pepper spent laying the napkin.

B ． To confirm how popular Pepper was among its users.

C ． To test how many etiquette rules Pepper remembered.

D ． To study how self-dialogue might influence Pepper’s actions.

24 ． What does the underlined word “prioritizing” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A ． repeating B ． dealing with… first C ． going against D ． complaining about

25 ． What can we infer from the passage?

A ． The designers are proud of their work about Pepper.

B ． Pepper has already been in use in the operation rooms.

C ． Pepper’s inner speech depends on its user’s communication skills.

D ． With or without inner speech, Pepper could complete a task equally well.

It’s _________ (report) that tea has helped the farmers in Yunnan find a way out of poverty ( 贫穷 ).

I ________ English for nearly 9 years and I can express myself in English now.

A ． study B ． studied C ． will study D ． have studied

 The sweater_______  Lily bought yesterday is very beautiful.

A．which            B．what             C．whose            D．whom

— Excuse me,     .is this T-shirt?

— It’s 88 yuan.

A．how much              B．how many              C．how long                D．how old

We find ________ more useful for students to do new eye exercises.

A ． it B ． this C ． one D ． that

—Lucy, you can’t use the phone             we are far from the gas(天然气) station.

—OK, I won’t do that again.

A. after           B. when                C. though              D. until

Becky was in the bathroom. She was brushing her 1 and the tap （水龙头） was on. “Turn that tap off,” a voice came out. Becky was scared. She looked around, but saw no one. “Turn off that tap. You are 2 water!”

“Who...who are you?” Becky’s voice was 3 .

“I’m a drop of water. Do you know 4 I’m from?”

“From the tap, I think,” said Becky.

“Yes. But a few days ago, I was in a cloud. Then I dropped into a river. The river 5 me to a lake. Then I travelled to your city and it was time to get cleaned up.”

“Get cleaned up?” Becky asked.

“Yes. I was 6 during my journey, so they must clean me up. Then I travelled 7 the pipes （水管） under the ground. I waited there 8 you called me, and here I am. After you’ve finished with me, I’ll go to a sewage plant （污水处理厂） . Then they’ll push me into the river and I’ll go 9 to the sea again.”

“Again?”

“Yes. So remember not 1 0 me or waste me!”

1 ． A ． teeth B ． tooth C ． feet D ． foot

2 ． A ． waste B ． wasting C ． wastes D ． wasted

3 ． A ． sweet B ． normal C ． tired D ． weak

4 ． A ． which B ． what C ． where D ． why

5 ． A ． carried B ． cheated C ． covered D ． copied

6 ． A ． dry B ． wet C ． dirty D ． clean

7 ． A ． in B ． on C ． under D ． near

8 ． A ． after B ． until C ． though D ． or

9 ． A ． through B ． over C ． across D ． back

1 0 ． A ． pollutes B ． polluting C ． to pollute D ． polluted

 As the lights in the room went out, it was very dark and ___________ could be seen clearly.

A. something       B. anything            C. everything          D. nothing

It’s 2050. The Earth is dying, and moving to Mars seems to be the only way out for humans. A team of American astronauts ( 宇航员 ) begin to search on Mars. This is what the movie Red Planet begins with. Known as the Red Planet, Mars is the favourite of writers and filmmakers.

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the next planet beyond the Earth. Mars is the only planet whose surface can be seen from the Earth. It is about half size of our planet.

The surface of Mars is more like the Earth than any other planet. But it is further from the Sun than the Earth, so temperatures on Mars are much lower. Plants and animals can not live now on Mars. But many scientists still believe that such life may have been on Mars long ago.

On 6th August, 1996, scientists discovered a piece of rock from Mars, which fell to the Earth 13, 000 years ago. 10 years later, some scientists still didn’t accept that there was life on Mars. People may not be sure about life on Mars until a sample ( 样本 ) of life is brought back. Some further researches are being done in many countries. If you want to know more, please click www.spaceexploration.com.

Choose the right answer according to the passage.

1 ． Why is the movie Red Planet mentioned?

A ． To introduce the topic. B ． To advise readers to go to Mars.

C ． To compare Mars with the Earth. D ． To tell stories about American astronauts.

2 ． What do we know about Mars?

A ． Mars is as big as the Earth in size.

B ． Mars is the fourth planet from the Earth.

C ． The surface of Mars is similar to that of the Earth.

D ． Mars is one of the planets whose surfaces can be seen from the Earth.

3 ． No life exists on Mars because ________ .

A ． it is too soft B ． it is too far C ． it is too small D ． it is loo cold

4 ． What did scientists find from Mars in 1996?

A ． Some plants B ． Some animals C ． A piece of rock D ． Some water

5 ． The passage is most probably taken from ________ .

A ． a notice B ． a website C ． a diary D ． a tour guide

—I’ve got a “C” in the English test. Can you give me some ________?

—Of course. I think reading can help.

A ． messages B ． information C ． suggestions D ． instructions

If you want to visit the History Museum, I ________ tickets for you tomorrow.

A ． booked B ． have booked C ． was booking D ． will book