2015年初中毕业升学考试（广东广州卷）英语

Hurry up, kids! The school bus is coming. We have ______ time left.

Sarah, you’d better drink more water after ______ for such a long time.

Emma looked after her pet dog ______ of all her friends.

The weather forecast says that ______ another storm tomorrow.

The stories ______ were written by Mark Twain are often humorous.

Miss Brown, we ______ cleaning our classroom. Can we go home now?

The boy looked ______ because he didn’t pass his maths exam.

Many houses ______ by the earthquake and thousands of people were left homeless.

--- ______will the invitations be sent to our guests? --- In three days.

Could you tell me ______ a moment ago?

语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once, a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument. One day, a magic man   the king a harp(竖琴).
The king took it to the palace, but        he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many       people tried it. They agreed that the harp was       and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.
A poor little girl      found the harp, and even though she didn’t know how      it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect,       each time it sounded a little better.
Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact        magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.
The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing his old harp, he was filled        joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private         , giving her and her family many riches.

A．offer B．offers C．offered D．has offered

A．when B．before C．if D．because

A．another B．other C．others D．the other

A．used B．using C．useless D．uselessness

A．late B．lately C．latest D．later

A．played B．to play C．playing D．to playing

A．so B．and C．or D．but

A．a B．an C．the D．/

A．in B．of C．by D．with

A．music B．musical C．musician D．musically

完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~45各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions.
In 1987, Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to       the huge amount of rubbish in the world’s oceans. When he returned to Australia, he           to do something about it.
He organized a community        called “Clean Up Sydney Harbour.” On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out to         away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean-up a national event. It was a huge      . Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local         .
Since then, “Clean Up Australia” has got           every year. In 2002, for example,800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches, parks and streets.
Kierman was         with the success of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the         of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced “Clean Up the World”, an international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown         and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

A．save B．collect C．notice D．produce

A．refused B．decided C．pretended D．stopped

A．law B．party C．company D．event

A．clear B．send C．turn D．give

A．problem B．success C．surprise D．failure

A．culture B．project C．government D．environment

A．older B．smaller C．bigger D．faster

A．happy B．angry C．disappointed D．concerned

A．need B．help C．hope D．action

A．loudly B．gently C．rapidly D．busily

This is a tale of two friends --- one is blind, the other has no arms. On their own, the two are “disabled”. But together, they are a powerful team that has changed part of their village in North China’s Hebei Province into a rich, green forest. Meet 53-year-old Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi!
Their story began in 2000, when Haixia, who was already blind in his right eye, lost his left one after an illness. Wenqi lost his arms in an accident when he was just three. Neither
could find a job, so the two decided to team up. They rented some poor land and began to plant trees. In return, the local officials paid them a small fee. Haixia and Wenqi never imagined that they would end up creating an environmental paradise. Their forest now has over 10,000 trees, hundreds of birds and many other wild animals. In addition, it saves the village from river flooding during the rainy season. When the friends work together, they focus on their strengths not their disabilities. Their day begins at 7 a.m. when the sightless Haixia carries Wenqi across the river to get to their worksite. Since they cannot afford to buy young trees to plant, the two use branches from existing trees. Haixia climbs to the tree-top and with Wenqi’s direction, selects the perfect branch. He then digs a hole and carefully plants it. Finally Wenqi waters the area.
Though hard-working, the men don’t make much money. But as Wenqi puts it, “We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter.”
Neither Haixia nor Wenqi cares about money. Together, they already have everything they need --- a perfect pair of eyes, two strong hands, and the best friendship in the world!
Why did Haixia and Wenqi start working together?

Haixia and Wenqi’s forest has helped the village by______ .

Why do Haixia and Wenqi plant tree branches?

In paragraph 5, when Wenqi says “We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter”, he means that “______”.

What can we learn from this story?

Most of us probably live without vegetables, but a world without chocolate? Now that would be hard! According to chocolate makers it could happen if we don’t act soon.
There are two main causes of the chocolate shortage --- chocolate’s growing popularity and less production of cocoa, the plant from which chocolate is made. With more and more people in India and China loving chocolate, not much can be done about the first cause.
Therefore, the only thing we can do is to increase cocoa production. However, new plant diseases and little rain in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s largest producers, have reduced cocoa production by 40 percent in the past 10 years. What’s worse, many cocoa farmers in Africa and other cocoa-producing countries like Indonesia and Venezuela are changing to easier-to-grow crops such as corn or rubber. This way, the farmers can make more money.
To prevent more farmers from changing, researchers at the newly opened International Cocoa Control Centre, in the UK, are trying to create new cocoa plants that are stronger and faster growing. But first they must make sure the new plants are safe to grow. This takes a long time.
First, each new plant is stored at the Control Centre for six months to make sure it is healthy. It is then planted in the Centre’s fields, studied and tested for another two years. Only after scientists are certain that they’re disease-free, will the plants be sent to farmers in West Africa or wherever else they are needed.
To create new stronger types of cocoa, scientists at the Centre are combining the best parts from different cocoa plants. Though the world is facing a serious chocolate shortage, there is now hope!
The first paragraph tells us that______.

In which countries has chocolate become more popular in recent years?

Cocoa farmers are choosing to grow rubber and corn because these crops______.

How long does it take scientists at the Centre to make sure a cocoa plant is safe to grow?

What is one of the purposes of the Cocoa Control Centre?

On March 3, 1887, the lives of two amazing women were changed forever when Anne Sullivan, a poor university graduate, arrived at the home of the wealthy Keller family to teach their six-year-old daughter Helen. It was a difficult job as Helen was unable to see, hear or speak because of illness.
Anne had been suggested to the Kellers by her university professor, a close friend of Mr. Keller. Before she arrived, Anne expected her new pupil to be a quiet, weak child. But Helen was nothing like that. When Anne first walked through the Kellers’ door, the energetic Helen nearly knocked her over in her hurry to feel Anne’s face, clothing and bag.
Helen was used to visitors bringing her sweets, and angrily tried to force open Anne’s case to take her candy. But Anne calmed her down by allowing Helen to play with her watch. So began one of the most successful student-teacher relationships in history.
Anne Sullivan was only twenty years old when she began teaching Helen. She had to not only teach the child all the usual school subjects, but also control Helen’s sometimes wild behaviour. Her well-meaning parents allowed Helen to do as she liked at home. Realizing that such an environment was unsuitable for learning, Anne requested that she and Helen live in a small house nearby.
As soon as Helen began learning, it became clear that she was especially intelligent. She quickly learned to read and write, and by the age of ten she could also speak.
In 1900, Helen started studying at Radcliffe University, and graduated first in her class in 1904. She was the very first blind and deaf person to get a university degree. How did she do it? Anne Sullivan read all of Helen’s books and then signed the information into her hand. Anne remained at Helen’s side until her death in 1936. Helen became a world-famous writer, and fought for disabled people’s rights until her death on Jun 1, 1968.
How did Anne come to work at the Kellers’ home?

What surprised Anne most about Helen when they first met?

According to the passage, Helen’s parents______.

Which of the following is NOT true about Helen’s university studies?

According to the passage, both Anne and Helen_____.

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What is true about New York according to the website?

A person going to the page “The Magic of Night Markets” would expect to find______.

From which page can a reader get some useful advice on photography?

What has been the most popular story on the website this week?

单词拼写（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答卷时，要求写出完整单词（每空限填一词）
It is a p______ that the weather is so bad today. We can’t go to a picnic.
You should always knock at the door before you e______ a room.
Close the window or the wind will b______ everything off my desk.
The young woman is very b______. She is not afraid of anything.
It’s very p______ to say “Thank you” when someone helps you.

完成句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词）
现在越来越多的外国人对中国文化感兴趣了。
Now more and more foreigners______ ______ ______ Chinese culture.
根据奶奶的建议，这汤应该煮上两个小时以上。
The soup______ ______ ______ for more than two hours according to Grandma.
我桌子上的钥匙不见了，不知谁拿走了。
The key on my desk is gone. I wonder______ ______ it away.
这部电影真乏味啊！我都快睡着了。
______ ______ ______ movie it was! I almost fell asleep.
如果你现在不出发，你就会错过末班车。
______ you don’t leave now, you______ ______ the final bus.

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