A. Harbin It s in the northeast of China. It has a long and snowy winter. Usually the winter here starts as early as October and lasts until April. B. Sydney Sydney is in the east of Australia. It's a lively city. The weather is warm. The temperature is about 12 degrees in winter and 35 degrees in summer. It is beautiful C. Vatican City It's the smallest city state in the world, with only about 800 people in 2016. It's in the middle of the Rome. It has many visitors from all over the world. And it gets a lot of money. D. Stockholm There are forests, lakes and a sea around it. So it has the feeling of a small town. To the east, many boats pass by every day. To the west, visitors can do many kinds of water sports like swimming and fishing. ________ Li Nan likes sports very much. Usually he goes boating arid fishing with his father on the weekend. ________
Wang Hua is an active girl. She plans to go to a warm place even in winter. ________
Zhang Mei loves snow because it looks so pure and beautiful. She has prepared many warm clothes and is ready to go somewhere full of snow. ________
Chen Yao is a Christian. She wants to find a place that is famous for churches, and better with a small population.
（2）Which city is the smallest?
A. Harbin. B. Sydney. C. Vatican City. D. Stockholm. 【答案】 （1）D；B；A；C （2）C
【解析】【分析】本文介绍四位同学打算在假期出门旅行，他们各自的喜好，选择合适的景点。
（1）根据Li Nan likes sports very much. Usually he goes boating arid fishing with his father on the weekend. 楠非常喜欢运动。通常他周末和父亲去划船和钓鱼 ， 可知应是斯德哥尔摩，因为visitors can do many kinds of water sports like swimming and fishing 游客可以做多种水上运动，如游泳和钓鱼 ， 故选D。
（2）根据Wang Hua is an active girl. She plans to go to a warm place even in winter. 华是一个活跃的女孩。即使在冬天，她也计划去一个温暖的地方 ， 可知应是悉尼，因为 It's a lively city. The weather is warm 这是一个充满活力的城市。天气暖和 ， 故选B。 （3）根据 and is ready to go somewhere full of snow 准备去一个满是雪的地方 ，可知应是去哈尔滨，因为 It has a long and snowy winter 冬天漫长而多雪 故选A。
（4）根据 She wants to find a place that is famous for churches, and better with a small population 她想找一个以教堂闻名的地方，更适合人口较少的地方 ，可知应去梵蒂冈城，因为It's the smallest city state in the world, with only about 800 people in 2016 它是世界上最小的城市州，2016年只有大约800人 ，故选C。
（5）根据It's the smallest city state in the world 可知梵蒂冈是世界上最小的城市州 ， 故选C。
【点评】考查任务型阅读，可以将整个文章首先浏览一遍，大概理解意思，找到可以匹配信息的选项。
二、中考英语完形填空汇编
11．先通读下面短文，读懂大意，然后从后面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Can you imagine that we could build a beautiful city with rubbish? Maybe you will think it is 1 . However, it can be true! Nothing is a waste if we have a creative mind. Let me show you something about 2 rubbish.
Sometimes we can see tons of rubbish in the streets, on the roads, near the buildings... here and there. Many large cities became so ugly 3 it. Nobody likes rubbish, but in fact, some rubbish can be used again. All of us want to solve the problem, we must do something to 4 rubbish. We should take action from now on. 5 , some good things will not be wasted. Do you often throw away things you don't need any more? Have you ever thought about how
these things can actually be put to good use? For Example, when a car gets too old, it may not run any more. But we can use the metal of the car to make something else. When a bottle is empty, it 6 as waste. You don't know bottle glass can be made into sand and used to build streets. Rubbish 7 food can be changed into fertilizer to make plants grow better. It is cheap and safe. And other rubbish can also be used to make building blocks. Now, 8 machines are designed for that.
9 , people will watch films in a beautiful cinema which is built out of rubbish. Besides buildings and roads, cities may be made from rubbish. But so far, building beautiful cities made from rubbish is only 10 . 1. A. important 2. A. returning 3. A. because 4. A. make a living as 5. A. On the way 7. A. from
8. A. fewer and fewer 9. A. Some day 10. A. a symbol A；（10）D；
【解析】【分析】短文大意：这篇文章主要介绍了用垃圾建造城市的梦想，垃圾让城市变得丑陋，但是有一些垃圾是可以被回收利用的，现在很多垃圾被用于制造别的东西，未来垃圾可能被用于建造美丽的城市。
（1）考查形容词。句意：或许你会觉得这是难以置信。important重要的， understanding善解人意的，unbelievable难以置信的，possible可能的，结合上文，Can you imagine that we could build a beautiful city with rubbish？ 你能想象我们可以用垃圾建一个美丽的城市吗？可知用垃圾建造城市你会觉得这难以置信。故选C。
（2）考查动名词。句意：让我告诉你们有关垃圾再利用的事。returning归还，reusing再利用， reflecting反映，repeating重复， 联系上文Nothing is a waste if we have a creative mind。如果我们有一个创造性的主意没什么是废弃物。可知此处是说垃圾再利用，故选B。
（3）考查连词。句意：很多大城市因为它变得如此丑陋。because因为，后跟一个表示原因的句子， because of因为，后跟名词、代词或动名词，instead of代替，as for作为，根据上文，Sometimes we can see tons of rubbish in the streets， on the roads， near the buildings…here and there。 有时我们在街道上、道路上、建筑附近——到处都能看到大量的垃圾。可知城市是因为垃圾变丑陋的，故选B。
（4）考查动词短语。句意：我们所有人都想解决这个问题，我们必须做些事情来利用垃圾。make a living as作为……谋生，make promises to承诺，make up our mind to 下决心，
B. understanding B. reusing B. because of B. By the way B. in B. less and less B. The other day B. a letter
C. unbelievable C. reflecting C. instead of C. In this way C. on
C. more and more C. Nowadays C. a lesson
D. possible D. repeating D. as for D. Out of the way D. was thrown away D. to
D. more and less D. In the day D. a dream
B. make promises to C. make up our mind to D. make use of
6. A. will be thrown away B. will throw away C. threw away
【答案】 （1）C；（2）B；（3）B；（4）D；（5）C；（6）A；（7）A；（8）C；（9）
make use of利用，根据上文but in fact， some rubbish can be used again。 但是事实上，一些垃圾可以再次使用，因此我们必须做一些事使用垃圾。故选D。
（5）考查介词短语。句意：从现在起，我们应该采取行动。以这种方式，一些好的东西将不会On the way在路上，By the way顺便说一下被浪费。，In this way用这种方法，Out of the way人迹罕至的，结合上文，All of us want to solve the problem， we must do something to make use of rubbish。我们想解决这个问题，我们必须做一些事使用垃圾。上文提到的是使用垃圾，可知用这种方法一些好的东西才不会被浪费。故选C。
（6）考查一般将来时的被动语态。句意：当一个瓶子空了，它将被当废物扔掉。when引导的时间状语从句，从句态为一般现在时，从句用一般将来时，主语it和谓语动词之间是被动关系，故此选用被动语态，故选A。
（7）考查介词。句意：来自食物的垃圾可以变为肥料使得植物更好地生长。from来自，in在……里面，on在……上面，to到，这篇短文将的是废物利用，可知此处指来自食物的垃圾，故选A。
（8）考查形容词比较级。句意：现在越来越多的机器被设计出来制造积木。比较级and 比较级表示越来越……的， fewer and fewer越来越少的，修饰可数名词复数， less and less越来越少的，修饰不可数名词，more and more越来越多的，more and less没有这种说法。结合上文，And other rubbish can also be used to make building blocks。其他的垃圾可以被用于制作积木。可知现在设计越来越多的技巧进行垃圾再利用，故选C。
（9）考查短语辨析。句意：有朝一日人们会在用垃圾建造的美丽的电影院看电影。Some day有朝一日，用于一般将来时，The other day几天前，Nowadays现在，In the day在白天，根据 people will watch films in a beautiful cinema which is built out of rubbish. 可知此处指将来某一天。故选A。
（10）考查名词。句意：但是迄今为止，用垃圾建造美丽城市还只是一个梦想。a symbol一个象征， a letter一封信，a lesson一个教训，a dream一个梦想，结合上文Besides buildings and roads， cities may be made from rubbish。除了建筑和道路之外，城市可能由垃圾制成，本句中but表示转折，可知此处表示现在来说这只是一个梦想，故选D。 【点评】此题考查完形填空。解题时先跳过空格，通读完形填空的短文，了解全篇的内容和要旨。把握短文大意后再认真复读短文，利用上下文的语境，结合所学过的知识，判断其在句中充当的成分，从而确定所填词的词性，再依据词语搭配和语法规则，判断所填的词的正确形式。然后将完成的短文再细读一遍，确定问题正确答案。
12．完形填空
Two men, Mr Smith and Mr Martin were both badly ill. They were in the same 1 room. Mr Smith was able to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was 2 the only window of the room.
Mr Martin had to spend all his time lying on his back. The men 3 for hours without stopping. They spoke of their families, their times, their jobs...
And every afternoon when Mr Smith could 4 in his bed, he would pass the time by talking to his 5 about all the things that he could see outside the 6 Mr Martin believed that his world was made \
Out of the window was a 8 with a lovely lake. Mr Smith told Mr Martin about the beautiful ducks swimming freely on the water, happy children playing around, colorful flowers and big old tress around the lake.
As Mr Smith told him all this, Mr Martin would close his eyes and tried to make the richest pictures for 9 in his mind...
Days and 10 passed, and finally, Mr Smith went back home. Then Mr Martin 11 the nurse if he could move to the other bed 12 for him, the nurse said he could. When everything was done, he tried hard to raise himself a bit to see what was outside. To his 13 as he looked out of the window, he saw nothing but a wall.'
Mr Martin asked the nurse what made Mr Smith able to see so many wonderful things outside. The 14 answered that the man was 15 and could not even see the wall. 1. A. training 2. A. out of 3. A. danced 4. A. sit up 6. A. box 7. A. foreign 8. A. library 9. A. itself 10. A. weeks 11. A. asked
B. meeting B. next to B. sang
C. hotel C. walked
D. hospital D. talked
C. away from D. well above
B. walk around C. stand up D. jump about B. door B. outside B. market B. yourself B. hours B. thanked
C. window D. bed C. lonely C. park C. herself C. told C. hope C. nurse C. poor
D. green D. church D. himself D. invited D. surprise D. friend D. ill
5. A. schoolmate B. desk-mate C. roommate D. workmate
C. minutes D. seconds C. Worriedly D. Seriously
12. A. Unluckily B. Happily 13. A. happiness B. joy 14. A. patient 15. A. blind
B. doctor B. old
【答案】 （1）D；（2）B；（3）D；（4）A；（5）C；（6）C；（7）C；（8）B；（9）C；（10）D；（11）A；（12）B；（13）D；（14）C；（15）A；
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