[湖北]2012年初中毕业升学考试（湖北荆州卷）英语

— Shall we take a taxi?
— No, we         . It’s not far from here.

— How often do you exercise?
—            ever. Because I am very busy with my work.

— What did the teacher say just now?
— Sorry, I didn’t hear it. I           out of the window.

— I’ve shown you all the interesting and important places of our school.
— Thank you for           so much time.

— Is your father or mother a teachers?
—            . My father is a doctor and my mother is an office worker.

— I like the program Man and Nature.
— But I          Sports News.

— How          will the boss be back?
— In these days.

— I don’t think we can find a new day to work out the problem.
— But we’d better not         .

— When shall we leave for China?
— We won’t          we have visited all the places of interest here.

— Do you know sound travels very fast?
— Yes. But light travels         sound.

先阅读短文，然后从文中每小题的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re never going to be    (1)   but a failure(失败者).
After five years of poor jobs, I fell    (2)   with a very nice girl. But her mother said to me, “You’ve    (3)   in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later. I decided to do something    (4)   about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was    (5)  .
So I tried hard with my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I    (6)   during the day in high schools and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part-time job as a    (7)      at Leeds University. I began to feel    (8)   of myself –here was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯)   (9)   when I discovered my own style.
Now I’m rich and    (10)   , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

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

A．work B．love C．help D．study

A．failed B．won C．beaten D．succeeded

A．difficult B．easy C．negative D．positive

A．terrible B．excellent C．wrong D．right

A．stayed B．laught C．lived D．studied

A．boss B．scientist C．teacher D．student

A．proud B．sad C．tired D．happy

A．set off B．went off C．broke off D．took off

A．cool B．famous C．clever D．helpful

If you want to have a cup of coffee, you should go to the          floor.

If you want to buy some apples and beef, you should go to the          floor.

If Mr. Green wants to buy a shirt, he should go to the         floor.

If Mrs. Green’s children want to play, they should go to the         floor.

If you want to do some shopping in Central Mall in the evening, you may go there on        .

The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.
Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he set out to tour India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.
After he returned from India, he begin to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(车库). He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once on an orchard(果园) in Oregon.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous. But unluckily, he died of illness in 2011.
Steve Jobs            when he was in school.

The underlined word “value” means         .

Steve Jobs          .

Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because         .

Steve Job’s          would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.

On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder(肩膀). “Hi, girl! My name is Rose, I’m 87 years old.”
“Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked jokingly.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”she replied. Rose became a college symbol(象征) this year and she easily on her from the other students.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football party. I’ll never forget what she taught us.
“We do not stop playing because we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor(幽默) every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose you dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do anything, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added.
She ended her speech by singing The Song of Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live then out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college education she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose did peacefully in her sleep.
Rose went to college because she         .

From the story we can see that Rose was    during her stay in college.

Which of the following is included in Rose’s speech?

At the end of her speech, Rose asked each of her classmates          .

Which of the following can best describe the story?

根据括号内的汉语和句末括号内的英语单词提示完成句子。
Even if you are busy, you should        （尽力）to do everything well.(try)
My parents always say that I        （已经长大了）. (grow)
After that, her teacher         (更多地关注) her. (pay)
Too much noise made it difficult for me          (入睡). (fall)
When we are away, our baby          (照顾) by my mother. (take)

阅读短文并选择方框内的适当形式填空，每空仅填一个词，每个词仅用一次。

CCTV New Year’s Gala(春晚) is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Central Television. The program begins at 8:00 PM and      until about 1:00 AM on the first day of the New Year.
The program has received extremely      audiences(观众), which have grown greatly      the years. As the Chinese New Year’s Eve is a time when the     members get together, the Gala adds a pleasant mood to the house      people sis in front of their TV set laughing, discussing and enjoying the     . It has become a      in China to watch the New Year’s Gala. Around 1:00 in the early morning, the program      with the song Can’t Forget Tonight.
To bring audiences even     to the yearly show, the Gala organizers have tired many ways to make the program more attractive. It is     that there will be no advertisements this year so that audiences can be satisfied with a natural and smooth Gala.

阅读短文并按每小题的要求答题。
Wu Juping is just and ordinary saleswoman. However, on July 2, 2011, she bravely caught a falling child and has been praised as ①/ðə məʊst ‘bju:təfʊl ‘mʌðə / in China. The child fell from the 10^th floor of a building into Wu’s arms.
The child is two years old, who named Niu Niu. ②Niu Niu climed up to the window looking for her grandma. When a neighbor living one floor below saw the little girl falling, he held out a ladder(梯子) to catch her. ③The ladder, however, was too short to reach the girl. At this dangerous moment, Wu, who was just walking near the building, rushed to the spot and caught her successfully before she hit the ground.
The girl fell into coma(昏迷), and Wu was also injured seriously in her left arm. On July 8, Niu Niu, who was able to move her fingers, feet and eyes, ④was out of dangerous condition and Wu’s arm is recovering well now.
根据①处的注音写出英语单词。
1)在②处的划线句子中找出两个可以连读的词。
　        2)在②处的划线句子中哪个词的最后一个音可以失去爆破?
根据③处的划线句子在下面句子中的每个空白处填入一个适当的词(首字母已给出):
The ladder, however, was s         short that it is c           reach the girl.
将④处的划线部分译成汉语.
用完整的句子回答问题: What do you think of Wu Juping?

假如你是Li Ping，请根据下面的表格中提供的信息，给你的新朋友Jack写一封电子邮件，介绍你的业余爱好（flying and collecting kites）。
注意：表达必须体现所提供的全部细节信息，并可在此基础上适当发挥：字数为80个词左右。

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