[湖北]2011年湖北省咸宁市中考英语试卷

—Shall we go on            visit to Shanghai after the exam?
—No. I have to practice playing            piano.

July 1,2011 is our Party’s            birthday. It was founded on July 1, 1921.

— I can’t find my new dictionary.      
— Is the one on Gary’s desk           ?

—Were you at school when it began to rain?
—Yes. I            with my teacher at that time.

There’s too much noise here. I think we need a            place to study.

Which one of the following has a different stress from the others?  

— Why didn’t you leave school? It’s already eight o’clock.
— Because I            my homework yet.

— Recently I have read many           about the droughts in the south of China.
— Oh, the farmers will have a bad harvest this year.

— What a nice model car!
— Thanks a lot. It            me the whole day to make it.

— How was your school trip on the farm?
—It couldn’t be worse! I don’t            want to talk about it.

— Do you know about the Japanese nuclear crisis(核危机)?
— Yes. I know           .

— Enough sleep is good for teenagers.
— Quite right. If you            for your favorite TV programs, you will feel sleepy.

The light rail from Wuhan to Wenquan            in six months.  

Check again,           you’ll make fewer mistakes.

— Did you have a good weekend?
—          . I was busy studying for the test.

As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36   in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37  .
Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38  plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39   he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.
Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40   a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41   jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.
The boy seems to take no interest   42   learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43  , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44   as he is.
In the evening, when his parents   45   him to speak with me in English, he gets   46  . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47  , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48  . He speaks in his own language.
He   49   not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50   can speak in gibberish(胡言乱语) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

A．both B．all C．either D．none

A．drawing B．Chinese C．English D．playing

A．a hundred of B．hundreds of C．hundred of D．hundreds

A．when B．what C．where D．that

A．hardly B．never C．usually D．almost

A．more B．fewer C．better D．worse

A．with B．in C．for D．on

A．after all B．at all C．first of all D．all the time

A．busily B．busiest C．busier D．busy

A．make B．push C．have D．let

A．frustrated B．relaxed C．pleased D．injured

A．move B．to move C．moving D．moved

A．too B．also C．as well D．either

A．can B．may C．must D．need

A．who B．whom C．whose D．which

One afternoon, my son came home from school and asked me, “Are all people the same even if their skin color is different?” I thought for a moment, then I said, “I’ll explain. Let’s go to a fruit store first. I have something interesting to show you.”
At the store, I told him that we needed to buy apples. And we bought some red apples, green apples and yellow apples.
After we got home, I told Adam, “It’s time to answer your question.” I put one of each type of apple on the table: first a red apple, followed by a green apple and then a yellow apple. Then I looked at Adam, who was sitting on the other side of the table.
“Adam, people are just like apples. They come in different colors, shapes and sizes. See, some may not even look as delicious as others.” As I was talking, Adam was examining each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled them, placing them back on the table, but in a different place.
“OK, Adam, tell me which one is the red apple, the green apple and the yellow apple.”
He said, “I can’t tell. They all look the same now.”
“Take a bite(一口) of each one. See if that helps you tell which one is which.”
He took big bites, and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are just like apples! They are all different, but if you take off the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”
“Right,” I agreed. “Just like everyone has their own features but they are nearly the same.”
He completely got it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
Now, when I eat an apple, it tastes a little sweeter than before. What perfect fruit it is!
I took Adam to buy apples for         .  

As soon as we got home, I put          on the table.

After Adam took big bites, he found they         .

In the end, Adam understood that         .

I feel that apples taste a little sweeter than before because         .

Guo Liqin, 24, works as a primary school teacher in a distant area in Yunnan Province. The Internet offers him the latest news and entertainment from the outside world. And many people like him also depends on the online libraries for the free literature(文学) reading.
A survey in China last year found the online literature is the biggest growth area of Internet entertainment.
Reading for free is also popular in other countries. See what solutions other countries are taking.
Public Libraries
In countries such as Germany, Canada, and the UK, governments pay the authors to have their books in public libraries.
The pay is different from country to country. Some pay according to how many times a book has been borrowed; others pay according to whether the library has bought the book or not.
Google Books
Google Books allow users to see some free parts before buying them.
The author can choose to make from 20% to 100% of the book’s content(内容) for free reading . But you can see a full view of books that are out of copyright(版权).
E-magazines
E-magazines are usually about pop culture, and make money through advertisements. The writers are usually paid by the numbers of words they write.
Digital Library
There are many free online libraries of books which are no longer in copyright.
American and European websites offer classic(古典的) literature and non-fiction texts like dictionaries for download in different languages.
Guo Liqin depends on          for free reading.

From the passage we know other countries are taking           solutions for reading for free.

In some countries, the authors are paid by            to have their books in public libraries.

Google Books and Digital Library allow users to read the full books           .

The best title of the passage is          .

My version(视力) is getting worse. I can’t even see what is five feet away from me without glasses. ①我拒绝戴眼镜，though I know I need to. I’m afraid they will make me look ugly. Besides, I can do well without them. These were my thoughts two years ago, when I was in the sixth grade. An embarrassing experience taught me that what I was thinking was wrong.
②School has been out for two months. I was going to junior high school soon, where I was sure that looks are everything. So the question still remained there. Should I, Or should I not, wear glasses? The question was still in my mind when my family and I attended a wedding(婚礼) late in the summer.
During the wedding, I drank too much juice. Soon after it ended, I walked quickly to the bathroom. Since it was an emergency(紧急) and I couldn’t clearly see which door was ③marked boys. I just opened the nearest door and entered the restroom.
Unluckily, I had entered the wrong restroom. But I didn’t know this until I heard a scream(尖叫声) coming from the entrance when I was washing my hands .
After that, I decided to wear the ugly-looking glasses. I didn’t really ④care about what people thought of me any more, because I never wanted to enter the wrong bathroom again.
On the first day of seventh grade, ⑤my friends didn’t make fun of me. Instead they gave me compliments. They thought the glasses made me look more cute and more natural.
So if you know something is right, just do it. ⑥It doesn’t matter what others think of you. All that matters is what you think of yourself—and that you can see where you are going!
(A) 试写出文中③处划线部分mark的汉语意思：              .
(B)用一个适当的英语单词替代文中④处划线部分care about：              .
根据文中①处的汉语提示，用英语将句子补充完整：                        .
写出文中②处划线部分的同义句：School _____  _____ two months ago.
将文中⑤处划线部分合并成一句：
My friends gave me compliments _____  _____  _____ fun of me.
将文中⑥处的划线部分翻译成汉语：                                    .

短文填空 阅读下则短文，然后在空白处写出适当的单词，单词首字母已给出。[有的词请注意词形的变化！] （共12个空，做对一个得1分，共10分）
How times flies! Junior 3 students will take the senior high school student entrance exam. They are studying hard for this big challenge, and they are also w     about it. Do they have time to do something to celebrate their middle school years? Many do.
Liu Jia, 14, from Beijing said that in her class students are w     goodbye messages or letters for each other. They are also giving photos to each other.
“Even the head teacher has a project,” said Liu. “She p     to put all our class photos onto a CD and give each student one.”
Li Wei, 14, in Xianning, Hubei said that their English teacher Ms Deng asks them to write what they want to be when theyg     up on the paper. She likes her students to come back after they graduate, and share their teen-time dreams together. Doing that e     her students to work harder for their future.
Chen Ze, 15, in Guangzhou said his classmates are making “lucky stars” as graduation g     . The cheerful stars are m     of colored paper.
“B     you make a lucky star, you write some words for the person on the paper,” said Chen. “He or she can read the words after they open the star.”
In Xiao Xing’s school, each Junior 3 student will get a yearbook, in which the graduation classes will put their photos and self-introductions(自我介绍).
Xiao said, “ We have written a p     in the ancient style as the self-introduction!”
“Our class may be not the one with the best school grade but it must be the m    creative one,” said Xiao. “ I feel p     of studying in such a class!”
What good ideas! I think all those will r     them of their good days.

补全对话 阅读下面一则对话，在空白处填入适当的句子，使补全后的对话意思完整，结构合理，上下连贯。每个空白处只能填写一个句子。[有的小题可能有多个答案，请写出你最满意的那一句。]（每小题2分，共8分）
A: Can you tell me ______________________________?
B: Of course. There is a good place to have different delicious food. It’s just on the Central Road.
A: That’s good. I would like to eat vegetarian. ______________________________?
B: Burnt barbecued meat.
A: Oh. It’s not good for us. I suggest eating something healthy.
B: Um…in your opinion, ______________________________?
A: There’re many. Like fruit and vegetables, something without additives(添加剂), yogurt and so on.
B: I agree. The Green Land has very nice salads. It’s not far from here.
A: ______________________________?
B: Great. Walking is also good for our health.

假如你是温泉中学的陈林，曾在你班任教过的美国老师Mr. Brown 离开你校一年了。他想了解学校、班级及你目前的情况。请你根据所给信息给他写一封电子邮件，并希望他有时间再来你校参观访问。（以上背景内容无需表述）
内容要点：

要求：
1. 电子邮件中应该包括所提供的信息，但可以适当发挥；
2. 不少于80词，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Brown,
I haven’t seen you for a year. I miss you very much. Here I’d like to tell you something about us.
                                                                           
How are you getting on with your work? I hope you can visit our school if you have time.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yours,
Chen Lin