[江苏]2012届江苏省通州市中考网阅适应性测试英语试卷

An terrible earthquake happened          the Indian ocean          a spring afternoon.

What          good news! We will have          long holiday after the exam.

Hurry up, dear. We have to get to the station before 11:45          we can catch the 12:00 train.

— Why are you standing outside the gate?
— My father          me wait for my aunt from the country here.

I have two hobbies. One is swimming, and          is playing soccer.

— Steve is good at writing short stories.
— Yes, he is. But he writes          than us, so he doesn’t get good marks in writing.

— Zhang, what’s wrong with your eyes? You have dark eyes.
— Oh, I          too late last night. I slept for only two hours.

— Must I finish the exercise at school?
— No, you don’t have to. You          do it at home.

They say this kind of fruit          good and          well.

—Tom, your father went to Hong Kong last week. Do you know         ?
　 — Next month.

—The land in the southwest of China is in great need of         .
—Yes, it hasn’t rained for a long time there.

—We can use QQ to communicate with each other online.
—Good. Will you please show me         ?

The news that our school will move to a better place sounds         .

After we pass the exam, we          by having a party next week.

—John has hurt his leg.
—Really?       ?

Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw a boy in front of him. He had dropped all of the books he was   16  , along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听).
Mark stopped and helped the boy pick the things up.   17   they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark   18   that the boy’s name was Bill. He loved computer games, basketball, music and history,   19   he was having trouble with some of his   20  in school.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was   21  in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed   22   with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home.
They continued to   23   each other at school, had lunch together once or twice a week, and then they   24   finished middle school. Three weeks before they left school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded Mark of the day years ago when they had first   25  . “Did you ever wonder   26   I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill.
“You see, I cleaned out my locker (锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave   27   for anyone else. I was going home to kill myself. But after we   28   some time together talking and laughing, I   29   that if I killed myself, I would have missed many good times. So you see, Mark, when you   30   those books that day, you actually saved my life.”

A．reading B．buying C．carrying D．writing

A．Since B．When C．While D．Before

A．asked B．learned C．believed D．answered

A．and B．or C．so D．but

A．books B．teachers C．subjects D．games

A．introduced B．invited C．noticed D．pushed

A．happily B．slowly C．quietly D．easily

A．help B．accept C．see D．change

A．all B．each C．either D．both

A．met B．worked C．appeared D．arrived

A．what B．when C．why D．how

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

A．took B．wasted C．spent D．found

A．remembered B．wondered C．checked D．realized

A．threw away B．picked up C．gave out D．looked for

Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?
On April 5, the State Council (国务院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.
Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding (寄宿的) schools to reduce traffic risks. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.
From now on, school buses have a speed limit of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.
The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded (超载的). They have a speed limit of 80 km per hour on highways and 60 km per hour on normal roads.
There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (灭火器), a first aid kit (急救箱) and a GPS.
Last year, a series of school bus accidents happened in China. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen the rules for school buses.
The most serious accident happened in November in Gansu, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside, and 21 of them died.
Under the new rules, which of the following is NOT true?

The phrase “keep an eye on” in Paragraph 6 has a similar meaning to “__________”.

According to the new rule, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT __________.

The government made new rules for school buses because __________.

Dates: 30th July —8th August Mon. —Fri. 10.00 am, 7.00 pm. Sat. —Sun. 10.00 am, 2.00 pm, 7.00 pm. Place: Esplanade Theatre Time period:  90 minutes Ticket prices:  $25 per child or adult (day shows) $35 per child or adult (evening shows) Family packages: $60 for 3 tickets (10.00 am, 2.00 pm shows) $84 for 3 tickets (7.00 pm shows) Attentions: Please arrive early. People who are late for the show will not be allowed to enter until a proper break in the shows. Children below 3 will not be allowed in. $   Tickets Information

How many days will the show be on?

Lucy is 7 years old and she wants to see the show with her parents in the evening. They should pay __________ dollars for the tickets.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades, and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members (职员)”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old. ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day, they will lose all taste for learning.”
At Sudbury Valley School, you will allow children to talk, read, paint, cook, work on computers, study French, play the piano, climb trees, or just run around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote each — even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget（预算）, and even which staff they want and do not want any more.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.
What does the school believe?

What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds?

What happens to the children after they leave this school?

What is the main topic of the article?

Hu Yaohui, a schoolgirl in Zhejiang province, didn’t want to speak or eat for a week. She kept worrying about her scores on the exam. “I can’t stop thinking about my place in the class,” she said. “I feel stressed out.”
Hu is not the only one who faces stress. According to a recent survey conducted by Wuhan University of Hubei province, 70 percent of the 2,000 students who are going to take the college and high school entrance exams feel under pressure (压力).
Stress is a normal physical response (反应) to things that make people feel worried or break their balance of life in some way.
Stress isn’t always bad. Sometimes, people’s stress is important during emergency situations, such as when a driver has to stop his car to avoid an accident. Sometimes, stress can help people do their best — like while getting ready before a big competition or exam.
However, too much or long-term stress gives people a stress overload (负荷过多). People with stress overloads may have problems remembering or concentrating on things. They are quick to get angry or lose patience. They may even have other problems, such as sleeping problems, headaches and often getting colds.
The most helpful way to deal with stress overloads is to learn how to manage the stress. For example, you might manage it by getting a good night’s sleep, or by exercising every day.
Another good way to deal with stress is to ask parents or friends for help. Everyone has stress. For many people, stress is so common that it has become a way of life. Don’t be too shy to tell others that you are having a hard time. They may comfort you or give you some useful advice. Sometimes just sharing your problems with someone else can make you feel better.
Hu Yaohui felt stressed out about __________.

According to the survey in Paragraph 2, __________ of the 2,000 students who will take entrance exams feel stressed.

Which of the following is TRUE?

The best title of this passage is “__________”.

请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
She loves taking photos and always takes her    ▲   (照相机) wherever she goes.
Now that they have a baby, they    ▲   (很少，不常) get the chance to go to the cinema together.
It will be Mike’s twelfth    ▲   (the day of one’s birth) next Saturday.
With the help of the police, Tim was    ▲   (having good luck) enough to get back his lost bike.
Tom did very badly in the maths test. Poor him! He    ▲   the test again.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

This shop sells all kinds of    ▲   from different countries.
I hear that her uncle has bought a new flat in the city centre    ▲   .
Jack won the    ▲   prize in the school reading contest and he felt very excited.
He had to make a    ▲   between staying with his parents and going abroad. 
You know Mike’s hobby is playing football, but    ▲   is collecting stamps.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。
 
Williams    ▲   his students a wonderful speech on Manners last Wednesday.
The Greens and the Browns    ▲   next door to each other for many years.
Lucy    ▲    for London on business in three days.
—Were you at school when he came to see you?
—Yes, I    ▲   a math class.
Betty will ring me up when she    ▲   in Beijing.

请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。
Susan has a good time on her birthday every year. (改为否定句)
Susan    ▲       ▲   a good time on her birthday every year.
Xiao Li paid more than 4,000 yuan for his new iPhone 4? (对划线部分提问)
   ▲       ▲   did Xiao Li pay for his new iPhone4?
The manager told them to be more creative in their work. (改为被动语态)
They    ▲       ▲   to be more creative in their work.
Some children are so young that they can’t tell the bad from the good. (保持句意基本不变)
Some children aren’t     ▲       ▲   to tell the bad from the good.
Rose went to the car exhibition yesterday. Danny went there, too. (保持句意基本不变)
  ▲   Rose    ▲   Danny went to the car exhibition yesterday.

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy trying to make m  ▲   in order to pay the high tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They hardly say “I love you” or send flowers to each other. Besides, my father has a bad temper (脾气). It is e  ▲   for him to lose his temper w  ▲   he’s very tired from the hard work. I didn’t know whether there was love between them until one spring. At that time, my father s  ▲   got badly sick. My mother had to stay with him in theh  ▲   for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very weak as if both of them had a serious illness.
After they were back, my mother helped my fatherw  ▲   slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk. H  ▲   , after two months my father still couldn’t walk by h  ▲   . All of us were worried about him.
　　”Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’tw  ▲   about me.” he said in a low voice. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother very much.
Once I thought love meantf  ▲   , presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm.

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
On December 23, 2008, Niu Niu held a piano concert at the national Grand Theater (国家大剧院). As an eleven-year-old boy, he became the youngest pianist ever to perform a concert at the theater.
Never too young to learn
Niu Niu was born into a musical family in Xiamen. His father Zhang was a piano teacher. Niu Niu grew up listening to his father’s students playing the piano. At just three years old, Niu Niu asked his father to teach him to play, too.
“I gave Niu Niu some sheet music and helped him find the eight notes when he first played the piano. To my surprise, he played nearly 80 percent correct,” said the father. He used to think that three years old is too young an age to learn piano, but Niu Niu changed his mind. He continued to allow Niu Niu to watch his teaching of other students and gave him more sheet music to play.
Playing for fun
Zhang started teaching Niu Niu standard piano lessons when he was four. Unlike many other piano teachers, Zhang didn’t insist that Niu Niu play strictly with the correct finger positioning (位置). He said that the strict finger positioning would rob some kids of fun of playing. So Niu Niu could play in his own way. He could play the tone successfully. But Niu Niu was required to play the music without looking at the sheet music. Now he can remember about 80 pages.
Rising to fame
In 2003, at the age of 6, Niu Niu successfully held a sole concert in his hometown Xiamen. At the age of 8, he gave a performance at the International Piano Festival in France. At the age of 10, Niu Niu played in London and his performance was praised by Prince Charles. Last year, this young pianist published his first album “Niu Niu Plays Mozart” and over 10,000 copies have been sold in the world.
We are very glad to see a young Chinese pianist rising in the music world.
How old was Niu Niu when he performed a concert at the National Grand Theater?
What was Niu Niu’s father?
What did Niu Niu’s father feel when Niu Niu played nearly 80 percent of the sheet music correct?
What did Niu Niu’s father say about the strict finger positioning?
What do you think of Zhang’s way of teaching his son Niu Niu? （请自拟一句话作答）

下面四幅图画描述了你某天放学后发生的一件事。请你根据这些图画提示，展开合理想象，用英语写一篇日记，时间是2012年5月11日，星期五，天气预报：有雨。
注意：
1．词数90左右。日记的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
2．要点完整、层次清晰、语法正确、上下文连贯。
3．文中不得使用真实的人名、校名。
　　　　　　
　　　　　　
May 11, 2012    Friday                                             rainy
This afternoon, when I walked out of school, the weather changed. ___________________
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