2011年湖北省荆州市中考英语试卷

It’s reported that an(n) _________(飞机场) will be built in Shiyan soon.
If you try your best now, you are sure to have a chance of ____(实现) your dream.
He was glad to have an excuse _________(推迟) telling her the news.
It’s raining heavily and you should drive ______________(更加小心), or it may be dangerous.
In the past two years, the bad living environment they were used to _____(改善)a lot. They have bigger and brighter houses.

book, finish, be, one, great, will, live, from, dream, move
A little girl called Fan Yi has caught many people’s attention recently. The little writer’s ___________ (81) English story, Swordbird, was on the New York Times’ bestseller list for children’s fiction.
Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1997. She ___________ (82) her second grade of primary school in Beijing. She ___________ (83) to the US with her parents at the age of 7. She has shown ___________ (84) interests in birds since she was a little girl.
When Fan ___________(85) studying American history at school, she read many articles(文章) about the September 11 Attacks(9.11事件). She wanted all people to ___________ (86) in peace with each other. Around that time, she had a(n) ___________ (87) one night. In the dream, some birds fought with each other. Fan got an idea ___________ (88) the dream and turned it into a story. In it, she showed her idea of peace in the world.
In the future, Fan will write more ___________ (89) for the Swordbird series. Will she become another J.K Rowling? We ___________ (90) have to wait and see.

针对社会上人们对90后年轻人的某些评论，英语课上同学们与老师就此展开了讨论。作为一名90后的中学生，请参考下面的提示词写一篇英语发言稿，展示真实的你。
要求：1. 语句通顺，表达准确，内容连贯，可适当发挥。
2. 文中不能出现真实校名、姓名等相关信息；
3. 词数：不少于80词。发言稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：selfish(自私的) ; Internet; believe in oneself; high ideals(崇高理想); in style, creative
As we know, most of us are the only child in our families now. ____________________
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We are growing up. We are sure to do better.

There is    big supermarket in    center of our city.
A. a; the                  B. the; a              C. the; the

All the visitors live on    floor.
A. two                     B. second              C. the second

This is my twin sister, Lucy. Not only she but also I    good at drawing.
A. is                      B. am              C. are

Welcome to my new house, Ann and John! Help    to some fruit.
A. myself                  B. yourself            C. yourselves

Jack likes reading a newspaper    he is having breakfast.
A. while                   B. and             C. because

We have been in China    three years. We like it very much.
A. in                  B. since               C. for

Li Kai jumped    in the long jump. He won the game.
A. longest             B. farthest            C. highest

    exercising, and you’ll be healthier.
A. Keep                B. To keep         C. Keeping

Don’t make so much noise. The children    an English lesson.
A. have             B. are having           C. were having

    dangerous it is to play soccer on a busy road!
A. How            B. What            C. What a

—Do you know     the girl in white is?
—I’m not sure. Maybe she is a doctor.
A. how          B. where         C. what

There    a heavy rain in Jixi tomorrow.
A. is              B. will be             C. is going to have

Mr. Green speaks very loudly     all the people can hear him clearly.
A. so that          B. when              C. because

—Dad, I have got the first prize in the boys’ 100-meter race.
—     !
A. My pleasure      B. Good idea        C. Congratulations

I’m waiting for my friend.     , I’ll go shopping alone.
A. If she comes     B. If she doesn’t come C. If she won’t come

—What do you like?
—I run every morning, and often play tennis at weekends.

—What do you want most?
—A room of own.

—How long can I have your dictionary?
— it till next term.

—Whose T-shirt is this?
—It  be John's. It's much too small for him.

—I'm afraid a car is too expensive for me.
—But more and more Chinese can  to buy one.

—Is Lucy or Lily the of the twins?
—Lucy. She was born half an hour earlier.

—This dress looks beautiful on you. How much is it?
—It me more than a thousand yuan.

—Peter shut his mouth at the meeting all the time. How about Tom?
—.

—Is he still raising money for charity?
—Yes. He never  hope of helping poor children.

Which of the following is caused by the earth’s turning around the sun?

One day a wise man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got (31) he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?”
The young man (32), looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.” “Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”
“The sun is up and the (33) is going away. And if I don’t throw them in they’ll (34).”
“But, young man, don’t you (35) that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t (36) make a difference!”
The young man (37) politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that (38).”
There is something very (39) in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the (40) will be better.

A．better B．farther C．closer D．faster

A．continued B．stopped C．watched D．answered

A．water B．wind C．boat D．fish

A．leave B．die C．run D．lose

A．believe B．realize C．expect D．guess

A．possibly B．hardly C．especially D．fortunately

A．replied B．argued C．spoke D．listened

A．day B．time C．place D．one

A．special B．brave C．strange D．lucky

A．family B．village C．country D．world

Events
Long March exhibit
The Shanghai History Museum is putting on exhibition to remember the Long March(长征) which took place 75 years ago. More than 220 photos and 40 other things are on show. All the exhibition is explained in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Ticket: 8 yuan for Chinese / 15 yuan for foreigners
Thai elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are an attraction for visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, dancing and blowing a musical instrument. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and there is an extra show at 1:30 p.m. at weekends. The show will end on November 15.
Address: 189 Daduhe Road
Ticket: 30—40 yuan
Dancing dolphins
Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, dancing to music, kissing people and doing easy math problems, and seals and sea lions, also performing, have made a large part of the aquarium in Peace Park, which interests children greatly.
Hours: 10:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
Ticket: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children
Where can one see the Long March exhibition?

How many shows do the Thailand elephants give at weekends?

What may interest children very much in Peace Park?

How much should a child pay to go into Peace Park?

Which of the following is true? 

Kitesurfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn’t get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kiteboarding, and in some European countries as flysurfing. Kitesurfing works through wind power(动力) by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kitesurfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kitesurfing can be a very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with other water sports, kitesurfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5—10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get the equipment for kitesurfing, which costs $1,000 to $2,500. Training lessons range from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kitesurfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.
With the rising popularity of kitesurfing, most major seaside cities have kitesurfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kitesurfing club, which provides professional kitesurfing training and equipments.
Kitesurfing has a history of about      years.

     is mentioned in the passage as the power of kitesurfing.

The underlined word “range” in the third paragraph means “     ” in Chinese.

The most important reason for the popularity of kitesurfing is that .

The main idea of this passage is about .

It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Captain, a huge rock almost 1.2 kilometers high. Mark had long dreamed to climb El Captain when he was a child. At the age of twentyone, he had fallen while climbing mountain, losing his legs. But he never lost his love for life.
Mark knew he couldn’t finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter would be there to lend a helping hand. They thought it would take seven days to reach the top. Now Peter climbed about 30 meters up and hit a piton(岩钉) into the rock. Fastening(拴紧) one end of a 50meter rope(绳子) to the piton, he let the other end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-bar(丁字铁) to the rope. Mark took a deep breath, pushed the Tbar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first pullup. High above, Peter let out a cheer, “You’re on your way.”
For the first four days the two men progressed upward(向上) without accident. But on the fifth day, a very strong wind began to blow, making it hard for Mark to hold on to his rope. But Mark kept on pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up.
It took them one day more than they had expected. But as the two heads appeared the group of people waiting on the top went wild with joy.
Mark Wellman showed that if you set your heart and mind on something, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.
With the help of his friend, Mark could climb up El Captain about  meters in height each day.

While climbing, Mark .

Which is the correct order of the steps before Mark’s climbing?
a. push up the T-bar
b. tie the rope to his belt
c. hit the piton into the rock
d. fasten the T-bar to the rope
e. tie the rope to the piton

Which of the following is true of Mark Wellman? 

What can we learn from the passage?

I want (61) (参加) the singing competition. (take)
Doctors are confident that the child (62) (将会健康成长). (grow)
—This dress is so beautiful. Why don’t you buy it?
—I (63) (已用完) my money. (run)
—When shall we have the sports shows?
—Any day next week, (64) (因为它取决于) the weather. (depend)
—What should we do about the trash?
—It (65) (必须带走) when you leave. (take)

先阅读短文,然后根据要求答题。
The Dragon Boat Festival(端午节) is the day to remember a Chinese national hero, Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the river and died over 2,000 years ago. Old story has it that people, in order to save Qu Yuan, beat drums to drive fish away, and threw rice dumplings (zong zi) into the river to keep the fish from eating his body.
For thousands of years, people have spent the festival by eating zong zi and holding dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar(阴历的) month, especially in the /’sn/ provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.
The dragon boat races // that many people want to save Qus body. Those races are the most exciting part of the festival, with very large crowds of people watching them. The special boats, more than 10 meters long, have colorful “dragon” heads and tails(尾巴), and /it/ boat carries a team of 20 or 22 players. Every year dragon boat races take place in southeast Asian countries and some western countries, including America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
A) 根据短文内容完成下列语音题:
Write out the word /’sn/.
Write out the word //.
Write out the word /it/.
In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together(连读).
In the underlined sentence find a word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion(失去爆破).
B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词:
The Dragon Boat Festival is the day for people to keep Qu Yuan in their (71).
The Dragon Boat Festival has a history of more than two (72) years.
Since the Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, can we call it “The Double (73) Festival”?
Dragon boat races are mostly held in South China because there are more (74) areas there.
Dragon boat races are becoming more and more (75) in the world.

阅读下面的短文,并根据短文内容用完整的句子回答问题。
Gao Xiaosong, who is a famous musician, movie director and the writer of the famous song My Deskmate, has been sent to jail(监狱) and will stay there for six months for drunk driving.
“I’ve nothing to say for myself and I’m willing to be punished(惩罚),” he said when he was standing in the court. “What I want to say is that I feel sorry for what Ive done. I thought alcohol(酒精) could bring me freedom but never realized drunk driving could take away others freedom. And now I’ve lost my own freedom because of drinking. I’ll obey the new road safety rules and I want to be a lifelong volunteer in persuading(劝说) others not to drive after drinking.”
Anyone who drives after drinking doesnt think much of human life. If Gao had cared, he would have left his car parked outside the restaurant and took a taxi home, and he would have thought about a road killer he would become. It’s fair to say that his behavior can not be excused in modern society. Gao may not have killed anyone, but by choosing to drive a car while under the influence of alcohol, he and the large number of others who do the same have made the dangerous decision that may possibly hurt other people.
What was the reason for Gao Xiaosong’s being jailed for six months?
How did he feel for what he had done?
Did he think he was wrong?
If one drives after drinking, what may happen?
What’s your idea after reading this passage?

假设你校要举办一期英语墙报,交流学习英语的感受,请你按下面表格中的内容要点提示写一篇题为“Find your own way to learn English”,80个词左右的稿件向其投稿,介绍你学习英语的体会。
稿件开头已给出,不计入总词数。
最初的情况现在的情况学习体会
学习困难单词拼写 听力差 语法出错 阅读速度慢 学习方法 记单元词汇表(vocabulary list) 多听磁带 借书阅读 学好英语的关键专心致志自有方法