2011年浙江省温州市中考英语试卷

Scott was not happy. He had no money left to buy the new toy train he wanted. Suddenly,he had an idea! "I’ll ask my brother Alan if I can borrow some money. He always has money to lend people. "
Scott found Alan in his room. "Alan,may I borrow $20 from you to buy myself a new train?"
Alan replied,"I just spent all of my money on Mom’s birthday present. I have no money left. You are barking up the wrong tree. "
Scott was very disappointed. He decided to get a job. He went to many stores, but no one had a job for him. He walked and walked from store to store.
Finally,he got a job selling ice cream and he was very happy. "My feet are tired for walking all day,but I can get enough money for a toy train. "
Why did Scott need to borrow money?
A. Because he needed to get a job.
B. Because he wanted to buy a new toy train.
C. Because he wanted to buy a present for his mother.
The underlined( 划线) phrase "barking up the wrong tree" means______.
A. acting like a dog        B. asking the wrong person      
C. asking the right person
According to the story, Scott might work in_______.
A. a dessert house  B. a book store   C. a clothing store
What do you think of Alan?
A. He was unfriendly.    B. He was clever.   C. He was kind.
What can we know from the story?
A. Scott could get a new train.
B. Scott didn't like his brother.
C. Scott's family was very poor.

An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very cute, and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish. But the child shook her head. The old man was surprised and asked, "Why don't you want the fish? '
The child replied," I want the fishing rod(竿)in your hands. "
The old man asked," Why do you want the rod?"
"It doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat.
I think you will certainly say that the child is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn't know how to fish, she cannot have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It's useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.
Too many people think that if they have a "fishing rod" in their life, they will no longer fear the wind and rain. They are just like the child, who thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat.
The old man was fishing on the bank of________.
A. a river    B. a lake     C. a pool
Why did the child refuse the fish the old man gave her?
A. Because she didn't like fish.
B. Because she wanted his fishing rod.
C. Because the old man had few fish.
The writer thought the child was_____ after she explained why she didn't want the fish.
A. smart        B. hardworking        C. silly
The article mainly tells us______.
A. if you have a "fishing rod" in your life, you won't be afraid of anything
B. if you have a fishing rod, you'll have a lot of fish to eat
C. "fishing skills" are more important than "the fishing rod" in life
What is the best tide(标题)for the article?
A. The Fishing Rod  B. The Fishing Man  C. The Fishing Girl

从对话后的七个选项中选择五项适当的选项补全对话，将其字母代号填入下面相应的横线上。
W:Hello,this is Sally speaking.
M_:Hello,this is Bob.
W: 61
M: Reading a book.
W:62   we can watch a video.
M: OK. 63
W_:Go along Peace Street. When you get to the second traffic lights, turn left. At the end of thestreet, you’ll see a new hotel.
M_:Oh,OK. I know where that is. 64
W_: Yes. My house is across from the supermarket.
M_:OK. 65 _

___________ ___________ ___________ ______________________

66. light__________ (音乐) makes people relaxed.              ___________
67. Most children like___________ (甜的)food.                ___________
68. He spends more than an hour___________(锻炼) every day.    ___________
69. You can ask me for help________ (无论何时) are in trouble. ___________
70. After the accident,she could_________ (几乎不)speak.    ___________

根据短文内容和首字母的提示，把文中所缺词语补充出来，使短文完整、正确、通顺。（每空限填一词，将其填写在文后相应便会2的横线上）
Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident?Although tea wasn’t brought to the Western world u 1610, this beverage was discovered over three thousand y before that. According to an ancient Chinese legend,the emperor Shen Nong discovered tea when he was b  drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush fell into the water and remained there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a pleasant smell. L he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite d   And in this way,one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

假设你是Dale，你的网友Cindy发来邮件，希望你知道你最感谢的人是谁，现在请你给她回邮件，邮件内容包括：
1.他/她的外表、兴趣、爱好和职业等；
2.感谢的理由。
要求：1.短文应包括所有要点，可适当发挥；
2.语句通顺、意思连贯；
3.字数80词左右，邮件开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数内；
Dear Cindy,
Thank you for sending me your photos. You wonder who the person I thank most is. Now let me tell you.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes
Dale

I’m not sure about the meaning of the word.You’d better look it up in a (n) ______.
A. letter   B. dictionary     C. article    

—I ______ something wrong just now. May 1 use your eraser?
—Of course. Here you are.
A. write    B. wrote    C. am writing

—My old friend White is going to visit me.
—We haven't seen each other_____ five years.
A. since    B after     C. for

Please follow _____ I say.
A. what   B. that     C. which

Dear students, please read every sentence carefully. The more _____ you are, the______ mistakes you'll make.
A. carefully; fewer   B. careful; less    C. careful; fewer

—Could I borrow your computer. Bob?
—Sorry, I am______ it.
A. taking out    B. turning on       C. working on

We didn't go home ______ the old man was sent to the hospital.
A. until          B. when        C. while

I spent a lot of time ______ English last weekend.
A. to practice speaking B. practicing to speak   C. practicing speaking

______ trees were cut down. And many birds lost their home.
A. Two thousands   B. Thousands of   D. Thousand of

—My grandfather was ill in hospital last week.
—_______.
A. I don't think so. B. I'm sorry to hear that.     C. That’s a good idea

Are only clever and good-looking students happy in the school? Best-selling ___31___ Xiao Nizi (Nini) doesn’t think so.
“___32___ has his own place in the sky." she said.  "We're all special in our ownways.”
Nini, from Hunan, writes stories about young people in the school. Her books,___33___ Devils Kiss and Un-e on Midsummer’s Night, are very ___34___ with students.
In her stories, the main characters arc usually common girls who are neither pretty ___35___ smart. But they always win the love of a Prince Charming(白马王子)，or___36___ successful stars.
"It’s not because of luck."' said Nini. ""They are ___37___ honest and they don't lie. They know what they arc good___38___ and work hard to realize their dreams. "
Nini herself is like one of the characters in her stories. She was a shy girl at school. But she thought a lot and liked languages, and that made her ___39___ to be a writer. She hopes her stories ___40__ make more kids happy.
A. writer        B. reader         C. speaker
A. Nobody     B. Everyone      C. Someone
A. as           B. for example    C. such as
A. successful    B. popular        C. funny
A. nor          B. or            C. but
A. become      B. make         C. take
A. still          B.only         C. ever
A. at           B. for           C. with
A. deciding      B. to decide      C. decide
A. can          B. must        C. need

阅读短文，根据短文内容判断所给句子正(T)误(F)。(共5小题，每小题2分)
David got a job in a police station after he left school. He worked there for 42 years and he’ll retire this year. He worked hard in the past 42 years. But he was not a lucky man. Hefailed to catch a thief. He was often sorry for it.
Last weekend, while David's wife was cooking she found there was no salt at home. Soshe asked her husband to buy some. In the shop, David saw a young man taking away awallet from a woman's bag. He walked to him quietly, but the young man noticed David andran away at once. David ran after him. At last the thief ran into a blind alley(死胡同) andDavid caught him.
“Please give me a chance, sir.” said the thief
“Who can give one to me?”said David, “I’ll soon retire and I catch athief for the first time!”
David worked hard in the past 42 years.
David was a lucky man, and he often caught thieves.
Last weekend his wife asked him to buy some sugar.
A young man was stealing a woman's wallet in a shop
The young man was the first thief that David caught.

When the traffic lights turn red, we will stop driving a car or crossing a street. Why is red used for traffic lights instead of other colors?
As we know, scattering(散射) happens when light goes through the air. For the same media(媒质), if the wavelength islong, the scattering will be short. If the wavelength is short, then the scattering will be long.
Of all lights we can see red has the longest wavelength, so the scattering is the weakest. That means the red light travels far. In fact, it travels farther on rainy days.
Using the red light can help drivers in farther areas sec the lights. It helps drivers stow down or stop in lime. If drivers don't see the red light until they are close, they may not be able to stop the car in time. An accident may happen Red can also excite people. We can act more quickly when we see the color red. In a word, red lights help drivers stop in time and help prevent accidents.
When the traffic lights turn ______, we will stop driving a car.
A. red    B green     C. yellow
According to the passage, the scattering of the red light is the _______.
A. longest    b. weakest       C. farthest
The underlined word "wavelength" means________ in Chinese.
A.波浪        B.光波      C.波长
What can the red light help drivers do?
A. It can help drivers in farther areas see the lights.
b. It can help drivers slow down or stop in time.
C.A and b
Which of the following is the best title?
A. Why do accidents happen
b. How does the red light travel
C. Why do we use red traffic lights

Lucy is ____ good girl. She often helps others.

-_______ do you go to the English club?
Once a week.

After practiicng for sevral months, I can swim much ________ now.

--Where is Grace?--She _____ in the yard.

I am tired after the long wall. I want to have a _______.

--What do you think of the NBA basketball match last night?
--It was _. I really enjoyed it.
A. boring Ｂ. wonderful   C. strange   D. terrible

--Dad, can I go to the movies tonight?
--Sure, but you ____ come back home before 9 o’clock.

We have to ____ ourselves when we are away from home.

--Jack, could you tell me ____?
--Sure. In the post office on Green Road.

--I’m going to Hainan on vacation next week.--    _.

It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb, “There is no Father Christmas.”
I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the truth. Grandma was at home. I told __11___ everything. “No Father Christmas?” she was a little ___12____. “Don’t believe it. Put on your coat, and let’s go.”
“Go? Where, Grandma?” I asked.
“Kerby’s Store.”
As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars and said, “Take the __13___ and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.
For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering ___14___ to buy, and who to buy it for.
I thought of ___15___ I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors … I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decker, a __16___ with bad and messy hair. He sat right behind me ___17____ Mrs. Pollack’s class.
Bobbie ___18___ went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, ___19____ we all knew that he didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat ___20____ he would like.
That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and ___21___ “To Bobbie, From Father Christmas” on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he ___22___ them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s house, telling that I was helping Father Christmas ____23___ the presents.
Grandma parked the car along the street, and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s house. Then Grandma said to me, “All right, Father Christmas, get going.”
I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down. ____24___ the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the ____25_____ and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.
That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.

A．him B．her C．them D．you

A．angry B．happy C．tired D．afraid

A．book B．coat C．present D．money

A．what B．when C．where D．how

A．everybody B．nobody C．somebody D．anybody

A．girl B．boy C．man D．woman

A．for B．on C．in D．with

A．so B．if C．but D．and

A．where B．that C．who D．why

A．read B．say C．write D．spell

A．helped B．believe C．taught D．made

A．give up B．give away C．put up D．put off

A．on B．behind C．outside D．over

A．shop B．cars C．door D．trees

Canberra is the capital of Austrlia. It is a modern and lively city with a pupulation of over 345,000.

How far is Canberra from Sydneyt?

Tboword “Canbena  means ______.

  Canberra Flower Festival is a festival to        .

There are about 80,000,000 mines*  under the ground in more . than 60 countries. It is difficult and dangerous to clear these rnines, About 50  people including many children were’ killed ‘or htirt each iay.  In 2003,  APOPO,  a Dutch research com pan y that uains the an imals, came up with the-idea of s\ng rats to search for the mines.
The animal trainers ‘found that a kind of rats from Africa were clever and had.a sharp*  sense of smell.  The rats were about 75 cm long and.weighed about l.35 kg, light enough to run across a minefield without setting off the mines.
In January 2004, the APOPO started this project. First, the trainers let the 4-week-old baby rats get familiar with humans. A few weeks later, the rats were no Ionger afraid of people and ‘the things around them. Then they were trained to connect a click* sound with food. After the rats had leamed that, the trainers then taught them to tell the difference between the smell of mines and other smells. When the rats could do it, the click was sounded and they were given a bit of banana.  The method was called clicker training. “The training isn’t easy, said trainer Abdullah Mchomvu.  “You have to be patient. Sometimes I get angry, but then again, I tell myself these are animals.”
After nine months’training, the rats were taken to a minefield. They’ran across the minefield, stopped, sat and scratched the ground to tell the deminers*  that they smelt out’a mine.  Then the mine was cleared. It had  taken two ‘deminers  a day to clear a 200㎡ . minefield, but with the help of two rats ‘they could finish it in two hours.
The rats and the deminers saved thousands of lives, “The rats did this job much better than we expected. So far they have helped to make almost 2,000,000㎡ of land safe. They are heroes,” said Bart Weeqens, the head of the APOPO.
The APOPO trained the rats to search for     .

While training the rats, the trainers have to be

How long did the training last?

Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

Jack Johnson is one of the most popular singer-song writers in the world.
Jack was born on May 18, 1975 in Hawaii. Being the son of a famous surfer, Jack naturally has an interest in surfing. Most of his life lesson were learned in the water. At the age of 17, Jack entered the finals of the Pineline Masters – the world’s most famous surfing competition. Everyone thought Jack would become a professional surfing like his father. Unluckily, one month later, he had a deadly accident while surfing and was seriously hurt.
Life is like a revolving door. When it closes, it also opens. Jack started to practice playing the guitar and write songs when he was staying in hospital. At first, his father thought Jack only did it for fun, but soon he was surprised at the great progress his son had made.
When studying in the university, Jack didn’t stop practicing his guitar skills. He played the guitar for school parties. He wrote songs and sang for his teachers and friends. They liked his songs. His first music album Brushfire Fairytales came out in 2001. It was a great success. His second album, On and On, was much like his first. They were filled with sweet, easy-going songs that everybody liked listening to. Later Jack had lots of concerts in and out of America. He became popular all over the world.
Jack had five albums by 2010 and more than 15 million copies of them were sold. His music doesn’t fall into any of the popular music styles like pop, R&B or hip-hop. It is more like folk music, played with a guitar and beautiful voice. When listening to his songs, you feel like lying on the beach enjoying the warm sunshine.
Jack is a talent, though he himself says he is only a surfer who loves music. In his songs we can find his secret of success: Whatever happen in our lives, we have to accept it and do the best we can.
At the age of 17, Jack __________.

Jack started to write songs ___________.

What is the secret of Jack’s success?
He was born in Hawaii.
His father was very famous
He wrote many songs for his teachers and friends.
He always faced difficulties bravely and tried his best.
What’s the best title for the passage?

DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV proprammes show people how to DIY.
English people like DIY. There is a saying in UK –“An Englishman’s home is his castle”. Huge numbers of people spend their holidays making their homes beautiful “castles”. If there is anything that needs fixing around their houses, such as painting the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY experiences with their friends. More and more people have discovered the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. With the economic downturn at present, many people can not afford to buy a bigger house. They are looking at how they can make their house better without spending a lot of money. It is not surprising that DIY is so popular.
DIY can be difficult. There is a huge market for DIY furniture which people need to put together themselves with a few basic tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions. Sometimes the instructions are simple and clear, but the furniture itself is difficult to build. One thing is for sure, though most DIY projects are started with the best intentions, many of them may not get finished. DIY can also be dangerous. For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional worker. Unluckily, many people don’t care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that in just one year over 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in UK, including 41,000 who fell off ladders.
Therefore, DIY can bring us fun and help us save money, but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we bite off more than we can chew. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and safer for us to DIY.
How do many English people spend their holidays according to the passage?

Why do English people like DIY?

What can we learn from the passage?

In the passage, “we bite off more than we can chew” probably means ___________.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

My parents are very _______ every day except weekends.
If you don’t sleep well, you can drink some ________ before you go to bed.
She often ________ a white dress. White is her favorite.
Susan cooked dinner for ________ when she studied in Canada.
I have learned English for ________ 10 years and I’m very good at it.

根据短文内容和所给中享提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式。每空跟填一词。
Mr. Hall takes his students to the _________(动物园) every year. Last week, on _______(七月) 2^nd, they went there by ______(公共汽车). It was very _______(热的), but they all had a pleasant day out. May students fell into love with the _______(六) baby pandas when they saw them. Some students loved the monkeys. The monkeys ______(跳) up and down the trees. How funny they were! Some boys liked the lions. The lions were very _______(强壮的) and smart. The trip was also for study. It was one of the ______(美术) lessons. “It’s good for the students to get out of the ________(教室) to learn drawing,” Mr Hall said, “They feel _______(兴奋的) to see all kinds of animals. Many of them do their best work on the trip.”

五位中国学生要去英国留学，他们想要找住家。请仔细阅读第56-60题中的学生个人情况说明，并A至F六个选项中，帮助他们选择最合适的住家（其中一项为多余选项）。
______ Zhang Chao likes Chinese food. He hopes his host family speak a little Chinese.
______ Li Wei likes doing sports. He wants to live near a park.
______ Liu Yong hopes to live near his school –Reading School. He prefers a bedroom with a bathroom.
______ Chen Yao wants to live in a big bedroom cheaper than ￡350 a month. She can’t stand pets.
______ Hu Mei loves pets. She would like a bedroom cheaper than ￡220 a month.

假如你是刘宏，你学校每年都在世界水日（World Water Day）开展丰富多彩的活动，宣传节约用水。你美国笔友Jim所在的学校也要开展类似活动，请你写信向他介绍你们的活动情况（活动内容见下表）。

要求：短文应包括表中所有要点，可适当发挥；
文中不得出现真实的人名，校名等相关信息；
文章长度：约100 词（不包括已给的词数）
参考词汇：take part in, put on short plays, speech competition, make posters, helpful, save, waste.
Dear Jim,
Nice hearing from you. Let me tell you what we often do in World Water Day in our school.
                                                                           
                                                                          
Yours,
Liu Hong