2015年初中毕业升学考试（山东东营卷）英语

Good news!  We'll have           one-day holiday in order to celebrate the 70^thanniversary（纪念日）of the victory in World War II.

When is the World Book and Copyright Day（世界读书日）?
It's____23 April.

We can't make a sandwich without             ?

Taxi Apps（打车软件）can help us travel around more easily. ___more and more people like using them.

On snowy days, a driver must drive as ____as possible.

-Whose iPhone 6+is it?
          . I'm looking for it here and there.

I love the air             it rains because it smells fresh.

              interesting TV program 6/Running Man" is !  I watch it every week.

-Which way do you prefer, reading online or reading on paper?
    . Sometimes I read online, sometimes I read on paper.

It is a world of flowers in spring in Dongying.  You can see flowers           .

Police: What's in your wallet?
Owner: There         some money and two tickets for today's e-sports competition.

Drinking alcohol ( 白酒) can be           your brains.  So people in China aren't allowed to drink it if they are younger than 18.

-            is it from your new neighborhood to Dongying Lotus (雪莲) Theatre?
-About twenty minutes' ride.

It is reported that nearly               foreign kids joined a British boarding school last year, and a third of them came from China.

-This apple watch is expensive.  Do you have any             ones7.
-Yes, Madam.  Look, this one is￥4188, and that one costs only￥2588.

-Could you please teach me           to give out "Red envelope"(红包) on WeChat? 
-Sure. Let me show you.

Everyone should have dreams.    With dreams and hard work,  anything amazing can be            

Girl: I'm____    the trip which we can go whenever we want to go.
Boy: You'll take me, and I'll take the money.

The actions and words of celebrities（名人）can have a great         because many people may follow them. So they should pay more attention to their behavior and speech.

Chris wants to know____ "truth. or dare（真心话大冒险游戏）”at your birthday party.
Yes. But if he doesn't like it, we'll play guessing games instead.

One day Frank was walking with his mother when they came to a pretty garden.
Frank looked in, and saw that it had clean gravel（碎石）walks and beautiful flowers.
He called to his mother and said, Mum, come and look at this pretty garden.1 wish I might open the gate, and walk in.”
The gardener（园丁）heard what Frank said, and kindly invited him and his mother to come into the garden.
Frank's mother thanked the man. Then she said to her son, “Frank, if I take you to walk in this garden, you must take care not to meddle(乱动)with anything in it．”
Frank walked along the tidy gravel walks, and looked at everything, but touched nothing that he saw.
He did not step on any of the borders（草坪边的狭长花坛），and was careful that his clothes should not brush the tops of the flowers so that he might not break them.
The gardener was much pleased（满意的）with Frank, because he was so careful to behave well. He showed him the seeds, and told him the name of many of the flowers and plants.
While Frank was admiring the beauty of a flower, a little boy came to the gate, and finding it locked, he shook it hard. But it would not open. Then he said, “Let me in. Let me in. Will you not let me in this garden?"
“No," said the gardener,“1 will not let you in, Tom. When I let you in yesterday, you meddled with my flowers, and pulled some of my fruit.  I do not choose to let a boy into my garden who meddles with the plants."
Tom looked ashamed, and when he found that the gardener would not let him in, he went slowly away.
Frank saw and felt how much happier a boy may be by not meddling with what does not belong to him.
He and his mother then continued their walk in the garden, and enjoyed the day very much. Before they left, the gardener gave each of them some pretty flowers.
Frank couldn't see         in the garden.

Tom did everything except          .

Which is NOT true about Frank?         .

The gardener didn't         .

We can learn from the story that         .

Here is a dog with a lantern (捉灯)in his mouth, he is looking for his master(主人).
Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights.
So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily(稳固地) as any boy could have done.
Carlo never trotted(小跑) too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps.
When he came to a deep rut(车辙)or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say, /Take care, there is a hole here. "
The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take.
But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark(吠叫);  as much as to say,  6/Here am I,
Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? "
Someone would perhaps come to the door and sa 6/Your master is not here. " Carlo
would growl(嘟哝), seemed to say, "Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. "
He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together.
The roads in the place where Carlo's master lived were           .

The master taught Carlo           .

When Carlo came to the bad part of the road, he           .

The meaning of the underlined word “scratch ,' is           .

The best title for the story is         .

I am 22. I used to work in a hotel. It was boring.
One day a guest and I had a conversation. She asked me, 6/Do you like your job?" I was sad because I knew the answer. “No".
She was 74 and gave me the most beautiful advice that I remember in all my life:
You are too young to hate your job, young man. Go to get your passport and start your adventure(冒险 ). "
So I did.
Since I was a little kid I was dreaming to know Europe. So next day I had my passport. And one week later, my plane tickets.
It was impossible to have a long holiday.  So I resigned(辞职).  My boss said I was crazy. My friends said that I was not responsible. I just paid no attention to those voices.
It was Europe in winter. Not the best time to travel there. But Europe in winter is really cheap.
I packed some books, a camera, 4 shirts, 2 pants, a coat, gloves, 2 pairs of walking shoes, candies and music to give away.
I had little money.  I just walked and walked.  I went to high mountains and big cities.
saw some beautiful sunsets(日落). I heard some of the best musicians (for free). I discovered that there was still love in the world. I realized that sunrises are not always blue or yellow. Sometimes they mix.
I spent 22 days and $1,500 (including the plane tickets). What I did to save money:
1. Used Couch, Surfing'(沙发客 ).
2. Ate 20-cents bread.
3. Went to Burger King to get free potato chips and water.
4. Learned to cook.
5. Talked with local(当地的) people.  They always know where to do cool and cheap
6. Only went to free museums (only in England).
Until this point in my life, I never had a clear idea of how to deal with my life. Now I do. I want to be a photographer so that I can inspire(激励) people with my pictures.
Thanks to this travel. Thanks to that lady.
Why did the old lady advise the man to have an adventure? Because         .

After the man resigned, what possibly did his friend say to him?

What didn't the man take with him?         .

In order to save money, he         .

Why did he say 6/Thanks to this travel.  Thanks to that lady. "? Because the travel and the lady         .

There are many colors in nature. But do you think that a color has weight? I think you'll say 6/no". But I'm afraid you are wrong. If you don't believe it, you may do a small experiment(实验).
First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the boxes.
Third, wrap(包裹) one box with a red piece of paper, the other one with a white piece of paper. OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.
Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weights in man's mind. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind.
The scientist told us that colors also have smell. Can you smell the color? Of course not. Then why did the scientist say S07 That is because every color stands for (代表) a kind of light with a certain wavelength,(波长). It reaches our brain through sense organs According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or you'll be nervous or even get ill.  For example (例如) ,  you like blue and hate red.  If you stay in a room with red windows, wallpaper and furniture（家具) for two hours, you'll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue, you'll feel you have been there for only an hour.  And, if a person walks out of a blue room and into a red room, his temperature will rise.
That means our body temperature will change with different colors.
From the experiment, we know that         .

From the fourth paragraph, we can infer(推断)____.

Which of the following is true?____.

We can infer from the last paragraph that____.

The passage is probably____.

I'm sitting outside grandpa's pigeon loft（鸽子房）and waiting for Goldie to come home. I'm really nervous about it because I____(ask) to do an important job.
Goldie is grandpa's champion（冠军）racing pigeon. She's famous because she ____(win)lots of cups. This morning she had a race-flew two hundred miles away with lots of other pigeons. And now she ___(race) back home.
¨Come on, Goldie. Come on. Goldie!" That's me, calling Goldie back home. But l can't see her yet.
I really want Goldie to win this race.1 want to give grandpa the good news when I ___(see) him tonight in hospital. My eyes search the blue sky. Still no sign of Goldie.
“Calm（镇静）down,  Danny!” I tell myself.
But it's hard to be calm. This job is very important. I'll tell you why.
Before the race, they ____(put)a ring on every pigeon's leg. When Goldie comes back, I've got to catch her___(take)her ring off, as fast as I can, and put it in a little metal tube(管子）,then put that tube in grandpa's special clock. That records the time that Goldie finished the race. It should be grandpa's job. But while he    (prepare) for the race, he fell ill suddenly and was sent to the hospital.  So that's why I'm nervous, waiting for Goldie. I'm getting more nervous every minute, because Goldie ___    (be)here by now. But the sky is blue and empty.
“____(not worry)”I tell myself. “Goldie always comes back. ”But where is she? What I____(tell)grandpa?
1 wait until it's nearly dark.1 give up！ Then l lock the other pigeons in the loft.  I've got to see grandpa tonight at the hospital.

Children don't go to school on Saturdays and Sundays, but they usually have homework to do over the weekend. Some do their homework on Friday afternoon.
T____ they can enjoy the whole weekend. Others decide tor___ first and do their homework on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday morning is a popular time for sports and other activities. A lot of schools have sports matches against other schools. Sports centres are usually veryb_   too. They usually have classes for different things like tennis, basketball, swimming and so on.
Saturday afternoon is normally the time for professional sports matches. There's always lots of sport on TV. Most rugby and football matches s          at three o'clock.
In the evening, most people want some kind of entertainment(娱乐). Older teenagers go to the cinema or they go dancing at a club. At home, the television has many p          for family entertainment, such as The X Factor Merlin or Doctor Who.
On Sunday mornings, people often have alie-in (懒觉).  That means that they get up1        than they do during the week. Some people go to church on Sunday mornings. Families often have a big Sunday lunch together. The meal is usually roast meat (beef, chicken, etc. ) withv          . And there's usually a big pudding, too.
After that, a lot of adults spend the afternoon having a nap ( ="sleeping)" in front of the TV!
Shopping centers are popular p -          to go on Sunday afternoons. All the big shops are open usually 11 a. m.  t0 5 p. m. , b             most smaller shops are closed all day.
Then it's Sunday evening, and your parents say: Come on, it's schooa _   tomorrow. So it's time to do your homework if you haven't done it yet, then pack your school bag and have an early night.

There was a time when New York City buildings were almost all the same height.
Today you can see buildings of different heights that seem to touch the sky. They are called skyscrapers(摩天大楼). They shape the famous New York City skyline.
It started about 90 years ago. It began like a race. This wasn't a race down the street or around a track(跑道). It was a race for the sky. Who was racing? Buildings were.
Their builders were actually racing to build the world's tallest skyscraper.
The race started slowly.
First came the Woolworth Building, in 1913. It rose 792 feet(英尺) on the southern side of the city. Then the race heated up.In1930, two skyscrapers were nearing completion. The Bank of Manhattan Building was finished first. It rose up to 927 feet into the sky. Builders were then putting a round roof（屋顶）on the top of the Chrysler Building. It rose up t0 925 feet. The Bank of Manhattan, two feet taller, seemed to be the winner.
A few weeks later, New Yorkers saw a strange sight（景象）.  The day that the Chrysler Building was to be completed, workers raised a shiny metal, spire（尖顶） through the top of the building, adding 121 feet to the building's height! At l,048 feet, the Chrysler Building was now the world's tallest.
But the race was not over.  A year later, in 1931, the Empire State Building became the new winner.At l,250 feet, it was the world's tallest building.
In 1973, even that record was broken. Builders finished the World Trade Center. At 1,368 feet high, it rose above all other buildings in New York City.
Time goes on. As technology improves, taller buildings are being built. The race is still on.
A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。
Which skyscrapers had been the world's tallest buildings? Please list them.
During which period of the time did the race heat up?
B．将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。


C．请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

书面表达（共1题，计20分）
Suppose your class is having a discussion about what kind of friends you would like to have.  Please write about your opinion(s)and give reasons.（假设你们班级正在进行一场讨论，主题是关于希望拥有什么样的朋友，请谈谈你的想法和理由。）
要求：
1．文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
2. 80-100词。