[湖北]2013届湖北省襄阳市谷城县九年级中考适应性考试英语卷

---I’m going to the supermarket, let me get you some fruit.
---OK. Thanks for your _____________.

---Do you know ____ boy who can play ______ violin?
---Yeah! He is ___ artist.  He also plays ___ football very well.  

---____ skirt is blue.____ is red. Which of them do you prefer?
---______ is OK. I like their styles.

---The number of the students in our school is about nine _____.   ---I see. ______of them are boys.

---I don’t think Lily can sing _______ Lucy.
---I disagree. I think Lily can sing ______ Lucy.

---Would you mind ______ next to you?     --- ____________.

---Could you please give the dictionary to Wang Feng?
---Yes, of course! I’ll give it to him ________ he comes back.

---Can you tell me _____it is from home to school?
---Sure. It’s about ten minutes’ ride.

---Must we leave the classroom now?
---No, you _____. You _____ leave after the bell rings.

---_____ you ______ the Beatles’ story?.
---Yes. And their songs are popular.

---________ lovely dress!          ---It ________ by my sister.

---Let’s go fishing if it ______ this weekend.
---But nobody knows if it _______.

--- The woman ______ is reading the book over there is a volunteer?
---Yes. She is very kind. She’d like to ______sick kids in hospital.

---I often chat with my friends on the Internet.
---You are so smart! Will you please tell me ________?

---What did Jack ask you just now?
--He wanted to know how long ________ when I reached the cinema.

I have only seen my father cry once. It was at the Alton Train Station, back when the trains will ran. I was on my way to Philadelphia to 1    the train that would take me to Boston and the college. I was eager(热切的) to go. College, with its 2   and the promise of the better future had become more interesting. It 3   me to see tears in my father’s eyes as he shook my hand and said goodbye.
For eighteen years, we had never had a(n) 4   to say goodbye like this. He was taller than me, 5   I was not short. I was going somewhere, and he was seeing me off. He 6    me, but he had not needed to say before, and now his tears were 7    it.
The tears in my father’s eyes told me that we would have less and less to do with each other. I had taken my 8    from his, and now I was learning it. The train 9     and I boarded(登上) it. My father looked smaller from the train. We 10     goodbye to each other through the window. I was wearing the heavy winter coat that my father had bought for me to keep me from catching a cold in New England.

A．return B．catch C．design D．watch

A．habits B．license C．courses D．advertisements

A．shocked B．supposed C．helped D．encouraged

A．time B．luck C．chance D．interest

A．because B．though C．so D．and

A．taught B．beat C．forgot D．loved

A．saying B．knowing C．creating D．describing

A．money B．time C．present D．life

A．continued B．broke C．arrived D．left

A．reached B．waved C．talked D．cheered

Martin had just finished high school. He would go to college at the far end of the city. He didn’t want to live there, and he didn’t want to take the bus either. So his father agreed to buy him a car.
His father spent all his summer teaching him how to drive, from the ABC to the XYZ. Thinking of the great feeling of driving a new car, Martin learned very quickly, and received his driver’s license just before his eighteenth birthday.
The second day, all the family, and their dog, went to a car shop. Martin spent almost all the morning going from one car to another. Finally he saw a red Blue Bird. He had a test drive on the open ground, and called out, “This is what I want, Dad!” When everything was done, they were ready to leave.
Martin climbed into the front seat. He said excitedly, “It’s my first day driving alone. Dad, Mom, and Poo! Enjoy it!”
His dad immediately took the back seat, right behind the new driver. Martin wondered why his father chose that seat, for his father always enjoyed looking in front.
So he said, smiling, “I’m sure you’re back there to have a change after all those weeks of sitting in the front seat teaching me how to drive.”
“No,” Dad replied, “Do you remember what you did to me all those years when I took you to and from school? I am sitting here to hit and kick the back of your seat all the way!”
Which of the following is NOT the reason why Martin’s father agreed to buy him a car?.

In which order did Martin do the following things?
a. He finished his high school.               b. He test-drove driving the new car.
c. He got his driver’s license.                d. He decided to buy the Blue Bird.
e. He kicked the front seat while his father was driving.

How would the whole family probably feel on their way back home?

Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only traveled to space, but also many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union(前苏联) sent the first space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Salyut 1. Salyut 1 was designed as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments. The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations. At about the same time, the United States built its own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a short time. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s when The Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a longer time. Mir stayed in space from 1989 until 2001, when it was decided that the space station was too old and no longer safe to live in.
Living in space stations seems to be fun, but astronauts face many problems. One of them is food. All the meals on space station are put together on Earth and sent there by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be stored in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh. Astronauts also eat many other foods such as dried meat that do not need special care.
Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tough. Astronauts sometimes have to fix themselves to the wall while eating. They also have to be very careful to that food does not float away.
Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 2?

What can we infer(推断)from the passage?

What is the best title of this passage?

Childhood is a time of fun and games. Many people still remember when they were young, they often played games like hide-and-seek and chess. Playing teaches children how to get along with others, and it also helps to exercise the mind and body. However, children today spent most of their playing time in front of the computer, playing video games.
A recent survey found that in the US children between 8 and 12 spent at least 13 hours a week playing video games or “gaming”. Boys of this age spend even more time, almost 16 hours a week. Although some people will say that gaming is helpful, it brings many problems as well.
One big problem is that kids who spend most of their time on games might have difficulty communicating with real people. They might have trouble sharing and resolving problems because they do not practice these shills when sitting alone at a computer.
Another problem is about health. Game players usually sit for hours without doing any exercise. And they might not eat healthily. As a result, they might be out of shape.
Next, game players might have trouble with their lessons. Many of them spend more time playing games than working on their homework. In the end, _______________.
Finally, it is always possible that the gamers become addicted(成瘾). Some people play four or five hours a day or even all day. This happened to a 28-year-old Korean man. He spent about 50 hours playing an online game without sleeping or eating well. He died while gaming!
This is one example of the dangers of video gaming. It tells us that video gaming, like everything else, should not be done too much. A few hours a week should not hurt, but several hours a day just might be dangerous to your health.
Children of 8 to 12 in the US spent at least _____ hours a week playing video games.

How many problems about playing video games are mentioned in the passage?

Which of the following is the right sentence for the blank(空白处) in Paragraph 5?

What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage?

补全对话 (本大题满分10分，每空2分)
A: Hey, Stephen.
B: Hi! How is it going recently?
A: Terrible! I always feel upset.
B:          
A: My parents always ask me to study hard and encourage me before exams. But actually it makes me stressed out.               .
B: Don’t worry. Why don’t you log on to the micro blog(登录微博) to share your feelings with others?
A: Really?              
B: Yes, I think so. It’s very popular among us young people. You can get many replies from friends in the same situation, which may make you feel better.
A:                  .
B: Let me see. Well, you’d better have a try first. If you have a chance, you should suggest your parents read your micro blog, they’ll know you better.
A:     Thank you very much
B: Not at all.     

完成句子 (本大题满分14分，每小题2分)
---How about climbing the mountains?
---It’s too hot outside. I _________________________(宁愿呆在家里也不愿出去) （rather）
---Where’s Bob now?
--- I ______________________a car accident (有人告诉我他因为车祸可能送到医院了）   (may)
---What do you think of Li Ping?
--- He is ____________________(这么不友好,我们不想和他交朋友) (that, friend)
---How is your English study?
---Very good. I __________________ go to school. (在我没上学之前我就对学英语感兴趣). (before)
---Do you exercise every day?
---Yes. It ____________________ (我花半小时的时间练习骑车) every morning.  (take)
---Earthquakes make many people homeless in Lushan.
---The government ___________________ (正千方百计为他们提供住房).     (provide)
---Could you tell me _______________ (她盼望见到的人是否很容易相处)？ （look, get）
---Of course, he is.

“Sorry” is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.
One day while I was w      on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing(轻擦) against my handbag. He continued his way, but turned b       and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t f     to say “sorry”. One day, after I bought some bananas, the shopkeeper was passing me the change, but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. “Sorry, Madam,” he said w      bending to pick it up. I was s     why he said “sorry” to me. Another time, I stepped on a man’s f      at the entrance to a cinema. At the same time, we b     said “sorry”.
Slowly, I got to k   that when something unpleasant happens in daily life, the British don’t c    much about who is wrong. If someone is in trouble, a “sorry” is always n      . Perhaps that is w     I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Britain.

在即将告别母校的时刻，你想表达你对母校、老师和同学的感恩之情。请根据下面表格所列要点，以The last moment held on to(难舍时刻)为题，用英语写一篇短文，放在你的QQ空间，供大家访读。
1. 写作要点提示：

2. 写作要求：
短文的内容应包含所提示要点，语言要流畅，意思连贯，适当增加情节写出你所要感谢的具体事例；短文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名及地名；短文词数在90词左右，短文的开头和结尾已写好（不计入总词数）。参考词汇：知识knowledge, 永远forever
The last moment held on to
How time flies! We’re just leaving you—our lovely junior high school. I have so many words from my heart to say.
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                             
Thanks, all my loved ones. All the best to you! Goodbye!