2015年初中毕业升学考试（广东佛山卷）英语

In my opinion, who you are is more important than ________ way you look.
A. a       B. /        C. the

Meals are very boring. He ________ has the same thing to eat every day.
A. never      B. usually       C. sometimes

Do you think driverless technology will make many workers lose ________ jobs?
A. them      B. their        C. theirs

________ I live in a safe community, I still feel a little worried when I go out at night.
A. Although     B. Since       C. Until]

Jenny finally got the job because she ________ speak English well.
A. might      B. must       C. could

Last night, thousands of people ________ to see the stars arrive at the ceremony.
A. wait       B. were waiting      C. have waited

Times magazine says that smart Lego has become one of ________ favorite toys.
A. child      B. children       C. children’s

I don’t understand why more girls ________ to do housework than boys in today’s society.
A. asked      B. were asked     C. are asked

It wasn’t ________ match, but at least we won!
A. the most interesting
B. more interesting
C. interesting

Most students don’t know ________ when their phones are taken away.
A. what can they do
B. how they could communicate
C. who they can play with

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Bert Manson, 82, slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt ____. The time was nothing to him. He had nothing to do all day. He lay on the bed, ________ to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.
After a while, Bert ______ got out of bed and asked himself the same questions as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he _______? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would ______?”he spoke quietly.
After Bert’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit once a week. But the last time was months ago. On the phone, they always had a(n) ________: too busy at work; the children are _______; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have any time…except for Bert. He ________ his granddaughters. He loved it when Mandy and Ruth came to visit. They brought him candy and _______.
He walked to a chair near the bedroom door ________. He rested for a moment before continuing in small steps to the bathroom.
A. pleased       B. sad            C. surprised
A. listening     B. pointing       C. shouting
A. happily       B. quickly        C. carefully
A. hide          B. wait           C. follow
A. care          B. decide         C. forget
A. chance        B. accident       C. reason
A. excited       B. perfect        C. sick
A. introduced    B. missed         C. refused
A. hope          B. trouble        C. fear
A. in time      B. in pain        C. in person

A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read.
The blind can read by using Braille – a system of small bumps (隆起物) that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerjee, made a new Braille writer from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo – a combination (组合) of the words Braille and Lego. It costs just $ 350. It works by changing electronic text into Braille and then printing it using a computer or mobile machine.
Banerjee designed (设计) his Braigo last year for a school science exhibition. Since then, he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the USA. The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjee’s machine last November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $35, 000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer (工程师) at Intel. He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying:”We as parents started to be interested more, thinking that he’s on to something and this invention has to continue.” Banerjee told the AP News: “My dream would probably be having most of the blind people…using my Braigo.”
What is Braile in Line 2?

How much will one save if he buys a Braigo instead of a usual Braille writer?

What does the Braigo change into Braille?

Why did Banerjee design his invention?

Banerjee’s parents wanted him to continue to _______.

Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can’t remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn’t with their memory. The problem is with how they study.
To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it’s organized (有条理的). When you put away a book – or memory – you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.
How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is height, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.
In the writer’s opinion, students can’t remember words because _______.

Which is TRUE about memory according to the passage?

The underlined (划线的) part in Paragraph 2 means long-term memory _______.

Which is one example of “thinking about the word in new ways” in Paragraph 3?

This passage mainly tells us about _______.

主题匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面5组语言材料，从A到F选项中找出与它们项对应的标题，在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

E. Where to keep bees
F. Special clothes to wear

选词填空（共7小题；每小题1分，满分7分）
阅读下面短文，用所给单词的恰当形式填空，使短文通顺、合理。每词限用一次，有一个多余的选项，答案请填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

 
Are you interested in your family history? Do you want to discover who your ancestors (祖先) were? Would you like _____ an old school friend from your past? Then come to Friends and Family Finder! It’s completely free. Simply put your personal _____ on our site. Share your photos and videos, Use our very ____ search machine to find members of your family and friends. We have over 20 _____ members.
Don’t worry _____ you don’t have enough time to do the research. _____ our “Finder for a Fee” and we will do all the work for you. You can pay online or send a check for $100. We are much better than other sites which offer the same _____, and quicker too.
So don’t wait. Become a member today!

短文填空（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和首字母提示，在短文空白处填入适当的单词，使短文内容通顺、合理。并将完整的单词填写在答题卡的相应位置上。
Electricity is a type of energy that was discovered over 100 years ago. One of the most common w____ to make electricity is by changing other energy sources (来源), such as coal, and oil or solar, wind and falling water. You may not even realize that electricity is a huge part of your e_____ life. Basically, it keeps your home and school w_____ in winter and cool in summer. W______ it, you would never be able to watch your favourite TV show or listen to your MP3 player. Have you ever i___ a world in which you can’t turn on a light, a computer, or even use the phone? So electricity is important to us and we n_____ electricity. That’s why it’s time to rethink our relationship with this v____ resource (资源) and think about h____ we can do our part to use it wisely.

完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据下面各题的汉语意思用英语完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡的相应位置，词数不限。
至今，145个国家参加了2015意大利米兰世博会。
So far, 145 countries __________________________ the 2015 World Expo in Milan, Italy.
为了帮助中国游客养成绿色旅游的习惯，政府制定了新规则。
The government has made new rules to help Chinese tourists to ____________________ of traveling in a green way.
从五月起，北京允许盲人乘客与导盲犬一起乘坐地铁。
Starting from May, Beijing allows blind passangers ______________________ with their guide dogs.
只要你提前三个月预订，飞往悉尼的票价就会减半。
The air ticket to Sydney will be half price _______________________ it three months earlier.
多么恶劣的天气！在长江发生了严重的意外事故。
_____________________ it was! A serious accident happened on the Changjiang River.

回答问题（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下面这篇文章，根据文章内容用完整句子回答下列问题，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。
Welcome to my blog
Stephen Williams   Friday, June 21
Today I went to the beach. It was my first day at the ocean for many years. The sound and smell of the ocean brought back memories of the great family vacations when I was a child. We always went to the beach for a week in the summer. I remembered playing for hours in the sand with my sister and crying when I couldn’t have any ice cream. Oh, and I remembered finding a huge jellyfish on the beach, and running away because I was scared! Amazing, really, the things you remember from your childhood…
Comments
Yeah, I remember going for long walks in the countryside. I guess I was only eight or nine. In the winter, my mom made soup, and I can still remember the wonderful smell! When we got home, I always went straight to sleep…
Carla, Mexico
What a great story! I remember going to the beach, too – on Christmas Day! My family lived in Australia when I was young. I remember waking up early. After we opened our presents, we always went to the beach and had a barbecue.
Leung, Hong Kong
The best memory I have is playing my first video game, Super Mario. I remember thinking that it was amazing, It was my tenth birthday and I still remember opening the box.
Daisuke, Japan

Was it the first time for Stephen to go to the beach on June 21？
Why did Stephen cry during his family vacations?
What wonderful smell can Carla still remember?
Where did Leung live when she was young?
When did Daisuke play his first video game?

书面表达（满分15分）
请根据写作要点和要求完成作文，并将答案写在答题卡的相应位置上。
假设你是Li Shan, 读了Stephen Williams的博客（blog）后，想在他的评论栏（Comments）分享自己的童年趣事。请根据以下写作要点，用英文写一篇短文。
【写作要点】

【写作要求】
1.词数90左右；
2.短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.文中需包括所有写作要点，但不要逐字翻译，可适当加入过渡语句，使短文通顺、连贯；
4.不能照抄原文，文中不能出现考生真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
语言规范，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
I still remember my experience of Start of Summer, one of the 24 Chinese solar terms.
……
I wish you all will come and experience the Chinese solar terms!
Li Shan, China