2024年广州市初中毕业生学业考试英语
本试卷共四大题,12页,满分110分。考试时间120分钟。 注意事项
1、答卷前,考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、
姓名、试室
号、座位号,再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。
2 .选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动
,
用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案不能答在试卷上。
3 .非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答
,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相
应位置上;如需要改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新的答案,改动的答案也不能超出指 定的区域;不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4 .考生必须保持答题卡的整洁 ,考试结束,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题:每小题1分,满分15分) 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求
D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The first astronauts
Since the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets. Today people use modern machines 1 at the sky. This is very different from the situation 2 years ago when people could only use their eyes. Perhaps they dreamed of 3 the universe.
When did humans first go into space? The story began not so very long ago, 4 the first astronauts were not people-they were animals.
Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as 5 as possible for humans. So they decided to experiment with animals and test 6 in spaceflights. Insects, mice, frogs, dogs and monkeys were some of the animals 7 first went into space. Many of them 8 , but they helped to make space travel safer for humans. For their great service, we 9 forget these animals.
Albert n was the first monkey to go into space in 1949. Sadly he died 10 his spaceship landed back on Earth.
11 the result was different for Hamthe Monkey. His story ended happily when he return to earth 12 very
good health.
Scientists wanted to know the answer to the important question: could 13 animal like Hamdo the same things in space as he could do on Earth? The answer came when Ham 14 into space in 1961. Yes, he did everything well and lived for 15 16 years 1. A look B. to look C.looking D. looked 2. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of
,从1~15各题所给的A、B C和
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3. A explore 4.A.as 5. A. safe 6. A. they 7. A whom 8. A. die 9. A shouldn 10.A.if 11. A. Luck 12. A. at 13. A. a 14. A. send
B to explore C explored D. exploring B. or B. safer B.them B. what B. died 't B B.because
B. Luck B. on B. an
B. sent
C. but C. safest C. their C. that C have died .may not C.don C. after C. Luck C. in C. the
C. is sent C. others
D. since D. Luckily D.for D./
D. was sent D. the others
D. so
D. the safest D. theirs D. whose D. will die
' t have to D.needn
15. A. another B.other
二、完形填空(共10小题;每小题15分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16~25各题所给的A、B C和D项中选出最佳选 项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down. He called out nervously, \\
John looked around the garden, behind the bushes, and under the picnic table. No dog! His mother heard 17 in his voice as he called her a second time. \
She came outside 18. \
Both son and mother were 19 now, but still no Charlie. Their calls were not completely wasted, though. Joe, the next-door neighbor, and his two daughters Tania and Julie, immediately agreed to help them 20 the lost dog.
But even with five people now searching the town's streets, they had no luck.
Charlie was still 21.
Tania suggested they make posters with Charlie ' s 22 She had done this when her own cat was lost a year earlier, she told John, and the cat was found the next day.
John agreed. Whenthey got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie,
Then
John heard a 23 and opened his bedroom door. It was Charlie. John was greeted with a big wet kiss Charlie had been_ 24 in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping. John
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had never been so 25 in his life!
16. Adecided B.forgotten C understood D. realized 17. A anger B.hope C. fear D. warning
18. A actively B.quickly C.carelessly D annoyingly 19. A shouting B. talking C fighting D. thinking 20. A give up B. look for C. run after D. take care of 21. A. missing B asleep C. take D quiet 22. A address B. character C name D. picture 23. A. mess B. noise C. voice D.song 24. A shut B. woke C. tied D.saved 25. A afraid B silly C happy D proud
三、阅读(共两节,满分45分) 第一节 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从26~45各题所给的A、B C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂 黑。
(A)
An elephant and a crocodile were once standing beside river. They were disputing which was the better animal 。
\all, with my trunk\
“Ah! But your skin is not nearly so thick as mine, \
through it.
Just as they were coming to blows, a lion happened to pass.
\disagreement 。\
“Will you kindly tell us which is the better animal? \
Certainly, \Yes! \
a
Well, then, \
”
between you.
Upon hearing this, off they started,, The crocodile, being used to the water, reached the opposite side of the river first, and was soon standing beside the wall.
Here he waited till the elephant came up. The elephant, seeing that the crocodile had no way of reaching their goal, raised his long trunk, and took down the hat quite easily.
They then made their way together back again across the river. The elephant was trying to keep up with the fast-moving crocodile in the water and became careless. When he was forced to turn sharply to avoid a floating tree branch, the elephant dropped the hat and it fell to the river bottom The crocodile noticed the accident, so down he dived, and brought it up in his huge mouth. They then returned, and the crocodile laid the metal hat at the lion's feet. The King took it up, and turning to the elephant, said:
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