2016年湖北省荆州市中考英语试卷

Mike，who helped      make the paper plane？

Nobody! I made it all by myself．（　　）

A．yourB．yoursC．youD．yourself

Can you tell me some      about the Brazil Olympic Games？

OK．Let me help you search the Internet．（　　）

A．serviceB．information

C．discussionD．success

I        eat vegetables．

But they are good for your health! We should eat them every day．（　　）

A．oftenB．usuallyC．alwaysD．seldom

I can hardly believe my eyes．Is that you，Joy？

Yes．It has been almost ten years        we were together．（　　）

A．sinceB．beforeC．untilD．after

My English is so weak．Can you help me，Gina？

Practice more and the most important is to        a good habit of reading．（　　）

A．makeB．completeC．developD．show

I'm sorry，Mrs．Green．I've made a lot of mistakes in the exam．

Never mind．     ，the exam is a little difficult．（　　）

A．Above allB．After allC．In allD．At last

How was your interview for the work？

Oh，I couldn't feel any        ．I hardly understood most of the questions they asked．（　　）

A．harderB．happierC．betterD．worse

Why are you feeling sleepy all the time？

Because I        late watching the film Kung Fu PandaⅢlast night．（　　）

A．stayed upB．cheered upC．gave upD．took up

Do you know         this afternoon？

I'm not sure，but I'll tell you as soon as she comes．（　　）

A．how will Betty arrive

B．what time Betty will arrive

C．where Betty will arrive

D．whether will Betty arrive

Bill，can I get you anything to drink？

Thanks．        （　　）

A．You are welcome．

B．It doesn't matter．

C．No problem．

D．I wouldn't mind a coffee．

Mr．Hamel now picked up a French grammar book and started to teach．It all seemed so （31）　　 during that last lesson．I understood all the participles（分词）which Mr．Hamel explained．

"（32）　　didn't French seem so interesting before？"I asked myself．

But I knew the answer．It was my last French lesson，and I regretted not studying hard before．I（33）　　to listen very carefully．Mr．Hamel was trying to teach us everything he knew．He had never taught a lesson so well before．

The grammar lesson finished，and then we started（34）　　．I had never seen so many hardworking students before．Everyone had their（35）　　down，and the sound of pens on paper was the only sound to be heard．

Students were usually distracted（分心） by even the smallest thing．However，when some beetles（甲壳虫）flew into the classroom，not one student looked at them today．It was very （36）　　．

I looked at Mr．Hamel．He was sitting still in his chair．The only things he（37）　　 were his eyes．He looked carefully at one thing in the classroom for a while （38）　　looking at the next thing．For forty years，the only classroom was like his （39）　　，and now it was being taken from him．

Mr．Hamel looked at all of the walls，windows，desks，and chairs （40）　　we were working hard．I was sure he wanted to remember everything like it was now．

How does a young dog or cat get to know a new home？The animal uses its nose．Right away it smells its new places．Then it makes wider and wider circles，smelling all the time．Before long it can find its way home very well，even in the dark．It simply follows something it knows well．

Stories happen about animals who found their way across land they had never smelled before．Take the case of Smoky，a small white cat．Smoky had some funny red hair around its right ear．One day Smoky and his owner began a long journey．They were moving from Oklahoma to Tennessee．When they were just eighteen miles from their Oklahoma home，Smoky jumped out of the car．Then he found his way back to the old house．There he wandered around outside for many days．Finally he disappeared．

A year later Smoky meowed at the door of a house in Tennessee．A man opened the door．"Is that you，Smoky？"he said in surprise．At first he couldn't believe it．Then he saw the red hair around its right ear．It was Smoky!

41．What is the first thing a pet does in a new place？　　

A．It travels a long way．

B．It smells the new place．

C．It finds its way in the dark

D．It follows something it knows．

42．Put these events in the right order that they happened．　　

①Smoky got to Tennessee．

②Smoky jumped out of the car．

③Smoky went to his old house．

A．③①②B．①③②

C．②③①D．③②①

43．What does the underlined word "wandered" mean in the passage？　　

A．游荡     B．思考    

C．搜寻     D．围绕

44．What is the best title of the passage？　　

A．A Kind Owner       

B．A Humorours Cat

C．A Surprising Journey  

D．An Excellent Memory．

Who is smarter，human being or artificial intelligence（AI，人工智能）？The question swept the world a few months ago．In March 2016，AlphaGo，an AI program developed by Google，had the Go（围棋） match with Lee Sedol，a South Korean Go player．He is the world top player of this old Chinese game．

In October 2015，AlphaGo became the first computer program to beat a professional（职业的） human Go player．And this time，it beat Lee Sedol 4﹣1．

In fact，before the match，most people believed that Lee would certainly be the winner，because they didn't think that AI was good enough to beat the human mind．However，the result was disappointing．As a machine，AlphaGo would never get tired，while Lee Sedol was only a human and humans must have some weaknesses．

AlphaGo's wins over a human champion（冠军） show that computers can do more difficult tasks．Some people may worry whether computers are now smart enough to beat us at everything．But scientists say that is not the case．Real life problems can be more difficult than the Go game．Thomas Johnson，a scientist of AI said，"It's not hard to get a computer program to remember and produce facts．What is hard is getting computers to use knowledge in everyday situation．"We believe we can use the technology of AI to improve the world．

45．The match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol is mentioned at the beginning of the article mainly to　　．

A．get the reader to think about AI

B．draw the reader's attention to AlphaGo

C．show how AI is usually tested

D．tell the reader AI has over the human brain

46．What was the result of the match？　　

A．Google program beat AlphaGo．

B．Lee Sedol won AlphaGo 4﹣1．

C．Lee Sedol was beaten．

D．Neither side won the match．

47．﹣Why did most people believe Lee would be the winner？

﹣Because　　．

A．computers had weaknesses and also got tired

B．AlphaGo only beat a human Go player once

C．the Go game was invented by Chinese people

D．computers were not so smart as a human

48．What does Thomas Johnson probably agree with？　　

A．AI does better than humans in every situation．

B．It's hard for AI to beat the human at everything．

C．The development of AI could be harmful one day．

D．AI should be used to help us make difficult decisions．

Joe was an old man．The 75﹣year﹣old lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family．Joe had four grandchildren，and they visited him during their holidays．

During one vacation，Joe was preparing his home for the kids：cleaning and buying their favorite foods．After he finished working，he realized he lost his favorite watch．The watch was a gift from his wife when their first child was born．Joe loved the watch very much，especially after his wife's death．He was very upset about losing it．

Once his grandchildren came，they promised him they would find the watch．

One granddaughter asked："Grandpa，do you remember when you saw the watch last before it went missing？"

"I guess when I was cleaning the barn（谷仓）！"Joe replied．

The children looked for more than two hours with Joe，but they could not find it．The kids were now also sad，but they tried to comfort（安慰） their grandfather．

One grandson went back to the barn to search again．Joe asked why he was going there a second time．But the little boy just asked the others not to follow him and to remain silent．

He was there for about fifteen minutes and then rushed to his grandfather．He found the watch and happily gave it to Joe．

Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it．The little boy replied："I sat there without making a noise，and the barn was so silent．After a few minutes，I heard the‘tick，tick' sound and found the watch．"

Joe hugged and thanked the little boy．

49．From Paragraph 2，we learn that Joe　　．

A．knew his grandchildren very well

B．liked doing housework very much

C．got tired of his grandchildren's visits

D．looked forward to his grandchildren's visits

50．Why did Joe feel upset when he found the watch was lost？　　

A．Because it was very expensive．

B．Because it was full of memories with his wife．

C．Because it was a gift from his first child．

D．Because it had been with him since he was born．

51．How did one of the grandchildren find the watch？　　

A．He cleaned the barn carefully again．

B．He searched the barn carefully for two hours．

C．He made no noise and followed the ticking sound．

D．He asked other children for help．

52．What does the story mainly tell us？　　

A．Helping those in need can make you feel good．

B．We must learn to be silent and wait in order to help others．

C．Believe in yourself and you can surely succeed in the end．

D．Silence sometimes is more powerful than using your voice．

Have you seen the cartoons of two penguins（企鹅） on the Internet？They sit on either side of a small boat．They are friends，but each does something selfish（自私的） which causes their friend "ship" to sink（沉没）．

（53）　　 It shows how much people value friendship and sometimes worry they may lose their friends．（54）　　 A friend is someone to talk to about your deepest feelings．And with a good friend you will never be alone．

（55）　　 The key to protecting your friend "ship" from sinking comes down to three simple things：sharing，caring and communicating．Good friends like to share everything with each other．They share their snacks，they share their knowledge about schoolwork，sometimes they even share their clothes!（56）　　 They do whatever they can to make their friends happy．But the most important part of friendship is communicating．

（57）　　 It also means that you keep in touch with your friends even though they may be in different schools or live far away．Without communication it is sure to send your friend "ship" to sink into the sea．

Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years，people now can read news on the Internet quickly．（58）　　 holding a newspaper to read，some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones，computers and so on．So，does it mean it is the （59）　　of information technology and newspapers will be replaced（取代）in the future？

On the one hand，many people believe that newspapers will be replaced．Online

news（60）　　in a minute but newspapers can't．So，by taking advantage of technology，people can connect（61）　　with the world in minutes．What's more，many people prefer to read electronic news（62）　　they think it is not only fast but also cost little．Besides，using paper means cutting trees．Reading online news can（63）　　protect trees and save paper．

On the other hand，some people byue'duelieve that newspapers will still exist（存在） in the future．Firstly，not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for （64）　　．Secondly，the development of high technology is not spread（65）　　 the world．The online services will only be（66）　　 in developed countries，but not in some other developing or poor countries．So，people there may still read newspapers．

In short，although it is （67）　　that electronic news has developed quickly in

the past years，newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life．

What smells terrible？

Sorry，I'll take away my　　[ʃu：z]and wash them at once．

Excuse me，where are the books that you bought yesterday？

Oh，they are not　　['auəz]．We bought them for the students as presents．

I think Tom has changed a lot these days．

Yes．He's not a boy．He　　[ˈselɪ ˌbreɪtɪd]his eighteenth birthday a week ago．

What did Martin do just now？

He took a piece of paper from an inside pocket and h　　 it to me．But I found nothing on the paper．

I have a headache and I can't move my neck．What should I do，doctor？

Oh，nothing s　　．I think you should lie down and rest for a few days．

In order to create social trust，the Chinese government recently gave people lots of a　　 on how to deal with an elderly person who has fallen down．

Harry　　 school yesterday．（be）

昨天哈利上学迟到了．

Mr．Wang is ill in hospital and now his daughter　　 him．（take）

王先生因病住院了，他的女儿正在照顾他．

Many waste things　　 a paper﹣like material．（turn）

很多废弃物能变成像纸一样的材料．

I have to tell you the truth，the writer　　 most of his money to charity already．（give）

我只好告诉你真相，那位作家已经把大部分钱捐给了慈善组织．

The scientist calls on the world　　 weather change as well as the protection of endangered animals．（pay）

科学家呼吁全球多关注气候变化和濒危动物的保护．

假设你是李雷，昨天你参与了学校值日．请写一封信向校长汇报你值日时的所见所闻，并提出改进建议．要点如下：

要求：1、可以适当发挥，信中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；

2、语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；

3、词数：80词左右．书信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数．

Dear Headmaster，

I was on duty yesterday．                  ．

Sincerely，

Li Lei．