中考英语试题

You’d better avoid ________ (make) such a mistake again in our daily life.

In many places the weather changes during the year. These changes are called seasons. In the north and south there are four seasons in a year. At the North and South Pole, there are only two seasons. In tropical（热带） places near the Earths equator（ 赤道）, there are two seasons a wet season and a dry season. Each season brings changes. They are important for plants and animals that live in different parts of the world.

Spring starts when the day and night are the same length. The weather gets warmer and sunnier. Trees and plants start to grow. Many animals have their babies in spring.

Summer begins on the longest day of the year.  In the north this is on June 21 or 22. Summer is usually the warmest and sunniest time of the year.  Fruit grows faster on trees and plants. Young animals grow bigger and stronger.

Autumn starts when the day and night are the same length again. During autumn, the leaves change color and fall down from the trees. Some animals collect food before winter comes.

Winter begins on the shortest day of the year. In the north this is on December 21 or 22.The weather is colder and in some places there is lots of snow. Plants and trees stop growing. Some animals, like bats and bears, find places to hide and sleep. This is called hibernation.

31. There are　   　seasons on Greenland（格陵兰岛） at the North pole.

A. four                B. three                    C. two                  D. one

32. Many animals　   　in spring.

A. have babies     B. change color             C. collect food         D. stop growing

33. Fruit grows faster on trees and plants in　   　.

A. spring          B. summer               C. autumn           D. winter

34. The meaning of the underlined word "hibernation" is　   　in Chinese.

A. 迁徒                 B. 寒冷                 C. 储藏             D. 冬眠

35. 　   　start when the day and night are the same length.

A. Spring and summer                            B. Summer and autumn

C. Autumn and winter                            D. Spring and autumn

负责任的老师总是对学生要求严格。

Responsible teachers are always ________ ________ their students.

A： Hi， Gian （1）　   　

B： Yes． I have， but a long time ago． I remember it was really interesting． There were so many exciting things to do there．

A： Do you want to go again next week？

B： （2）　   　

A： Do you think we can ride our bikes there？

B： Of course!（3）　   　 It's just on Center Street， behind the post office．

A． Sure． I think that would be a great idea．

B． Have you ever been to the water park？

C． It's not very far away．

June lst is ___________ Day. My sister is happy on that day every year.

A. Women’ s        B. Fathers’           C. Teachers’          D. Children’ s

【2019 • 湖北省孝感市】At a dark night, a man came to a lonely village. When he walked slowly, a yellow light suddenly    11    at the end of the road. It came from a    12    which was carried by a man. A villager near him said, "Here Blind Sun comes."

"Blind?" the man said, "That’s too    13   . A blind man has no idea of day and night, can’t    14    the beauty of nature, or even doesn’t know what the light is. Wasn’t he funny to carry a lantern?"

As the lantern was coming near, the yellow light moved gradually to the man. The man asked, "    15   , may I ask you whether you’re really blind?"

The blind man answered, "Yes, the moment I stepped into the world, I can’t see    16   ".

The man asked, "In that case,    17    do you carry a lantern?" The blind man smiled, "At night all the people without light are just as blind    18    me, so I light a lantern."

The man said, "I see, you light for others."

But the man said, "No, I do it for    19   ."

"For yourself? But there is no    20    to do that," the man felt surprised again.

The blind man explained, "Were you ever knocked by others    21    the dark?"

The man nodded, "yes, sometimes."

The man said proudly, "Believe it or not. I    22    knocked anyone. Although I’m blind, I carry the lantern, not only light for others, but let others see me,    23    they won’t knock me."

After hearing that, the man was lost in thought…

In fact, everyone has a lamp in himself, light it actively not only for others, but also for yourself! – Never put yourself in a dark    24    when you feel left out and find it hard to    25    well with others, are you ready to light your lamp?

11. A. appeared        B. fell                C. went                D. closed

12. A. basket          B. toy                 C. lantern             D. bag

13. A. easy            B. clear               C. useful              D. strange

14. A. hear            B. enjoy               C. touch               D. play

15. A. Excuse me       B. Come on             C. I’m sorry          D. Never mind

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

17. A. how             B. why                 C. where               D. which

18. A. as              B. like                C. to                  D. of

19. A. yourself        B. himself             C. myself              D. ourselves

20. A. time            B. need                C. way                 D. problem

21. A. such as         B. instead of          C. because of          D. as for

22. A. always          B. never               C. often               D. usually

23. A. after           B. so                  C. if                  D. because

24. A. situation       B. village             C. dream               D. country

25. A. turn on         B. hold on             C. put on              D. get on

How Much Can We Afford to Forget?

In 2018, Science magazine asked some young scientists what schools should teach students. Most said students should spend less time memorizing facts and have more space for creative activities. As the Internet grows more powerful, students can access (获得) knowledge easily. Why should they be required to carry so much of it around in their heads?

Civilizations（文明）develop through forgetting life skills that were once necessary. In the Agricultural（农业的）Age, a farmer could afford to forget hunting skills. When societies industrialized, the knowledge of farming could be safe to forget. Nowadays, smart machines give us access to most human knowledge. It seems that we no longer need to remember most things. Does it matter?

Researchers have recognized several problems that may happen. For one, human beings have biases（偏见），and smart machines are likely to increase our biases. Many people believe smart machines are necessarily correct and objective, but machines are trained through a repeated testing and scoring process. In the process, human beings still decide on the correct answers.

Another problem relates to the ease of accessing information. When there were no computers, efforts were required to get knowledge from other people, or go to the library. We know what knowledge lies in other brains or books, and what lies in our heads. But today, the Internet gives us the information we need quickly. This can lead to the mistaken belief-the knowledge we found was part of what we knew all along.

In a new civilization rich in machine intelligence, we have easy access to smart memory networks where information is stored. But dependency on a network suggests possibilities of being harmed easily. The collapse of any of the networks of relations our well-being（健康）depends upon, such as food and energy, would produce terrible results. Without food we get hungry; without energy we feel cold.And it is through widespread loss of memory that civilizations are at risk of falling into a dark age.

We forget old ways to free up time and space for new skills. As long as the older forms of knowledge are stored somewhere in our networks, and can be found when we need them, perhaps they’re not really forgotten. Still, as time goes on, we gradually but unquestionably become strangers to future people.

30．·Why are smart machines likely to increase our biases?

A．Because they go off course in testing and scoring.

B．Because we control the training process on them.

C．Because we offer them too much information.

D．Because they overuse the provided answers.

31．The ease of accessing information from the Internet    ·

A．frees us from making efforts to learn new skills

B．. prevents civilizations from being lost at a high speed

C．misleads us into thinking we already knew the knowledge

D．separates the facts we have from those in the smart machines

32．The word "collapse" in Paragraph 5 probably means‘‘—，，·

A．a sudden failure                                         B．the basic rule

C．a disappointing start                                   D．the gradual development

33．What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

A．To question about the standards of information storage.

B．To discuss our problems of communication with machines.

C．To stress the importance of improving our memorizing ability.

D．To remind us of the risk of depending on machines to remember.

More and more children are interested in blind boxes ________ they wonder what is inside.

A ． so B ． because C ． unless D ． though

After watching a news report about the first panda-themed tourist train from Chengdu to Zunyi, I am t_________ for an exciting trip on it.

—Do you think I could borrow your pen?  

—___________.

A. Yes, you may borrow                B. Yes, you could

C. Yes, go on                         D. Yes, help yourself

— Mom, which sweater looks better on me?  — Sweetheart? I think you look nicer________ red.

A ． on B ． for C ． at D ． in

Zak's grandfather，Stan， was very famous．Why？ Because he had a very，very，very long white beard．

    One day Zak asked his grandfather，"When you sleep，do you put your beard over or under the quilt（被子）？""I'm not sure． I never care about that． "said his grandfatherr，"I'll look tonight．

    Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt． Then he remembered his grandson's question．Aha! His beard was under the quilt． But wait． Did that feel right？

    He lifted his beard from under the quilt and put it above it． This also didn't feel right． So he put  the beard under the quilt again． But he soon felt it would be better if it were out． The beard went in

and out﹣first under the quilt ，then over it，under ， over ， all night long．

    Stan spent a sleepless night． In the morning ，he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!

    Stan's wife was so happy． She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times，but he never did it． Now a simple question made him do that．

（1）Why was Stan very famous？　 　

A． Because he had a big family．

B． Because he was very old．

C． Because his grandson was very clever．

D． Because he had a very ， very， very long white beard．

（2）Did Stan have a good slecp that night？　 　

A． Yes．

B． No．

C． Maybe．

D． Sure．

（3）What did Stan do with his beard at last？　 　

A． He put his beard over the quilt．

B． He put his beard under the quilt．

C． He cut his beard off．

D． He cared about his beard after that．

（4）How did Stan's wife feel when she noticed her husband's short beard？　 　

A． She was very happy．

B． She was worried．

C． She was angry with him．

D． She didn't care about it．

（5）From the passage ， which of the following sentences is true？　 　

A． Stan's wife asked him a question one day．

B． Stan never cared about Zak ， his grandson．

C． Stan was sleepless that night because of his beard．

D． Stan listened to his wife's words to cut his beard off．

—Mike! Our country is building the third aircraft carrier（航空母舰）.  Xinhua News Agency reported last month

—What _______ unusual thing! I’m proud _______ it.

A. a; of           B. an; of           C. the; in         D. /; in

有几个人在门口等你．

　   　 waiting for you at the door．

“I’m still working because I’m still capable and hope to guide more young people,” said Wu Mengchao when he _______.

A ． is interviewed B ． is interviewing C ． was interviewed D ． was interviewing

Do you think you can have only one job in your lifetime? This is not true, but lots of people think so. For example, when people decide what to learn in college, they think the decisions they make now will decide their jobs for the rest of their lives. However, here are many examples in which people achieved their dreams after changing their jobs later in life.

Former President of the US, Ronald Reagan, began as an actor when he was a young man. Later, he decided to do political ( 政治的 ) work. The love for it finally led him to become President of the United States.

The famous artist in the 19th century, Vincent Van Gogh, was not a painter at the beginning. He once worked as an art salesman and later he became a preacher ( 牧师 ). It was only 10 years before he died that he decided to become an artist.

J. K. Rowling, the writer of the famous novel Harry Potter , was a school teacher before she began writing books. In fact, she was out of work before the first book Harry Potter came out.

Now we know jobs can be changeable. The important thing is to find what you are really good at or what you really want to do. Once you find what you love, it’s all a matter of how hard you try.

根据文章内容，判断句子正（ T ）、误（ F ）。

1 ． Ronald Reagan’s love for political work led him to become President of the United States.

2 ． Vincent Van Gogh was a painter at the beginning, and later he became a preacher.

3 ． J. K. Rowling used to be a teacher before she began writing books.

4 ． Before the first book Harry Potter came out, the writer of it was out of work.

5 ． The examples in the passage tell us jobs can’t be changeable.

—After Start of Spring, everything turns green in China.

—Yes. People clearly see that the daytime is becoming ________ and the weather is becoming ________.

A ． shorter; warmer B ． longer; cooler C ． longer; warmer

Zheng Xin is a firefighter. One day he was trying his best to control the fire of a burning house. Outside, he heard the cats crying. He couldn’t stop his work at the moment, but he decided to look for the cats after the fire was put (A) ________.

(B) took, a, control, long. it, time, to, the, fire . Luckily, no one inside was hurt. Then he began to find out where the cat noises were from. There was still a lot of smoke and heat coming from the building. He followed the cat noises to the sidewalk in front of the house. There were five scared baby cats crying together. They must have been inside the building, as their fur was badly hurt. Zheng Xin wanted to find the mother cat. Clearly, she had gone into the burning house and carried out all her babies, one by one-unbelievable.

He finally found her. Her paws and face were blackened, and her fur was burned all over. He could even see her reddened skin ( 皮肤 ) under the burned fur. She could hardly move. Zheng Xin picked her up and let her relax in his arms. He decided to save this brave mother cat and her (C) family .

The animal doctors told him they would watch the baby cats and their mother carefully, but they weren’t confident about the mother’s chances. They provided her with the best medical care. About a week later, Zheng Xin was excited that the mother cat would be alive. They named her Scarlet because of the color of her skin.

Zheng Xin was happy that Scarlet got together with the baby cats again. She touched each (D) ________ them, nose to nose. She risked her life and all of her babies were saved. As a firefighter, Zheng Xin sees heroic acts every day. But that day, what Scarlet showed him was (E) ________.

阅读短文，根据题目要求完成下列任务。

1 ．在文中（ A ）处和（ D ）处各填上一个恰当的词： ________  ________

2 ．将文中（ B ）处单词连词成句 __________________________________

3 ．用英文写出文中（ C ）处 family 所指的内容： ________________

4 ．在文中找出一个与所给英语释义相匹配的单词 ________: very difficult to believe

5 ．为（ E ）处选择一个适合的选项： ________

A ． a firefighter’s Move B ． doctors’ love C ． a mother’s love

【2019 •湖北省咸宁市】—The 55—kilometer HZMB（港珠澳大桥）opened to the public on Oct. 24th. 2018.

  —It is ____ cross-sea bridge in the world, linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao.

  A. long              B. longer              C. longest             D. the longest

— Listen! Is Sarah singing in the neighbor room?

  — No. It ___________ be Sarah. She has gone to Italy.

  A. needn’t          B. may not             C. can’t              D. won’t