上海市徐汇区2014年中考英语试题（二模）
Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar
(第二部分 语音、词汇和语法)
II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)
26. Which of the following word matches the sound / r a0 s / ?
A) race B) rose C) raise
A) Tom’s dream is to work in a hospital. B) There must be a reason for his success. C) Go ahead! Take what you want. D) The sand on the beach is very hot.
28. Students in the football class usually play ________ football when school is over. A) the A) we A) for
B) /
C) a
D) an
29. The New Year concert provided ________ with a good platform to show our talent.
B) us B) as
C) our
D) ours
D) about
30. As we all know, Paris is famous ________ its fashionable products.
C) with
31. ________ is looking forward to studying with an I-pad in the math class.
A) Somebody A) advice
B) Anybody
C) Nobody
D) Everybody
D) suggestion
32. Professor Li gave us a very useful ________ on how to prepare for the exam.
B) information
C) experience
33. A: ________ photo would you like to hang on the wall, the one with John or the one on the beach?
B: I like the one on the beach better. A) What
B) Where B) to apply
C) Which D) Whose C) applying D) applied
34. It is not very easy for the Chinese ________ for a visa(签证) to the USA. A) apply
35. The waitress talked as ________ as she could to make the customers understand her. A) clearly
B) more clearly C) most clearly D) the most clearly
36. A: ________ I go to the airport to see Uncle David off tomorrow morning, mum? B: No, you needn’t. You may join us if you want to. A) Must
B) Need
C) Should D) May
37. The eggs will go bad soon in such hot weather ________ they are put in the fridge. A) although B) because C) unless D) until 38. Jimmy is ________ late for his grandma’s birthday, is he?
A) never
B) often
C) sometimes
D) always
39. When Jack rushed to the railway station yesterday, the train________. A) leaves
B) would leave B) replied B) have
C) had left D) is leaving C) will reply C) have had
D) had replied D) are having
40. Michael promised he ________ my e-mail as soon as he went back home. A) would reply A) had
41. Listen! The teachers ________ a discussion in the meeting room at the moment. 42. I’ll invite you to my new flat as soon as I finish ________ it.
D) rice
27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?
A) decorating B) decorate C) to decorate D) decorated
43. Many people are wondering ________.
A) whether is the meat from the lab bad for their health B) whether the meat from the lab is bad for their health C) whether is bad for their health the meat from the lab D) whether from the lab the meat is bad for their health 44. A: Would you like me to show you around the Bund?
B: ________ A) Yes, go ahead. C) Yes, I'd love to. B: _________
A) The tickets sell well.
B) I don’t think so. D) That’s all right.
C) It’s really worth watching.
B) Never mind.
D) It's very kind of you.
45. A: How do you like the Disney film Frozen?
III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每个单词或词组只能填一次）:（共8分）
A. open B. achieved Dear Ronny,
C. finally D. half E. surprises Years ago you came to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that you’ve 46 so much in your life? You’re still full of energy, and I’m already tired of trying hard. What should I do?” Here is what I believe.
I think a lot of it has to do with how a person looks at things. I call it ‘keeping your eyes wide 47 ’. First, realize that life is filled with 48 , but many are good ones. If you don’t keep watching for them, you’ll miss 49 of the excitement. Welcome challenges(挑战). They’ll make you wiser, stronger, and more powerful than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be thankful for the things they teach you.
A. so that B. best to receive it.
C. exactly D. as well as E. familiar It’s also important to decide 50 what you want. Then keep your mind focused on it, and be prepared But be ready to end up in some new places too. As you grow up, you’ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings 51 challenging beginnings. Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the 52 to the unfamiliar.
Remember that your decisions will create your successes and failures(失败). So consider all the roads ahead, and decide which ones to follow. Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.
Most important of all, never give up yourself. The person that ends up as a winner is the one who has the strong will to win. Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its 53 back to you. Love always, Grandpa
IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子): (共8分)
54. Jeff received quite a few ________ as presents on his birthday. (toy) 55. You won’t believe it’s the ________ job he has ever done. (six)
56. Jenny’s parents know that their daughter can solve the problem by________. (she) 57. The writer wrote this book according to his ________ experiences. (truth)
58. It’s ________ that the Malaysian airplane MH370 suddenly disappeared at midnight. (surprise) 59. It doesn’t sound like a wise________. You had better think it over. (choose) 60. Sally was so careful that she spelt all the words ________ in the test. (correct)
61. The broadcast of the Oscar Academy Award can always ________ many people. (attraction)
V. Complete the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，完成下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共
14分)
62. Fred flew to Tokyo on business last week. (改为否定句)
Fred ________ ________ to Tokyo on business last week.
63. We can open the door to the safe with the key Tim gave us. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ we open the door to the safe?
64. Terry doesn’t have supper at home. Simon doesn’t have supper at home, either. (保持句意基本不变)
________ Terry ________ Simon has supper at home.
65. Alice felt very confident to give a speech on the opening ceremony. （改成感叹句）
________ ________ Alice felt to give a speech on the opening ceremony! 66. They took some students to the new school building just now. (改成被动语态)
Some students________ ________ to the new school building just now.
67. In the end, the team succeeded in finding a good place to camp. (保持句意基本不变) In the end, the team ________ ________ find a good place to camp. 68. to, you, return, the library, could, the magazine (连词成句) ________________________________________________________?
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)
VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)
A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)
This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts（花生）, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide. I flipped(掷) a coin and Ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.
Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?
Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term. 69. The task I received was to find information about ________. A) uses for peanuts
B) American War of Independence
C) George Washington A) The Internet
D) my headmaster Miss Lancelot
C) My grandpa
D) A coin
70. ________ helped me decide what my report would be about.
B) My classmates
71. People in the class acted strangely because ________. A) I was too proud of my homework B) I mistook what the homework was about C) the whole world suddenly became quiet D) the teacher’s face turned to a stone 72. I ________ after I failed the subject. A) worked harder to prove my ability B) started to study from the 7th grade C) was so frightened at the awful result D) was given a second chance to redo the work 73. We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________. A) the headmaster didn’t like the writer at all B) the writer’s classmates felt sad at his mistake C) the writer knew little about American history D) the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man
74. Which of the following proverbs can best describe the main idea of this story? A) Seeing is believing.
B) Where there is a will, there is a way. C) One is never too old to learn. D) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（12分）
When I was sixteen, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand French. I believed that I wouldn’t have any 75 problems when I went to America. So I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday there. How 76 I was! The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to call my friend Danny who had been in America for two years and told her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking confused and asked if he could 77 me. “Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married ? But aren’t you a bit too 78 ?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me 79 the phone box is?”
“Oh! I see. ” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When Danny and I met up, she explained the misunderstanding to me.
“Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say 80 . Most of the time British and American people understand each other!
75. A) money 76. A) excited 77. A) know 78. A) strict B) time B) wrong B) help B) lucky C) sleep C) poor C) select C) young D) language D) successful D) teach D) ordinary
79. A) how much 80. A) at present B) whose B) at once C) where C) at the same time D) how heavy D) at last
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）
Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and to learn. For more than 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ e 81 . But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.
Benjamin Franklin famously founded America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its b 82 development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated(捐赠) millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.
Carnegie believed in the chances that libraries could o 83 Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have access（接触的机会） to books, lectures, news and more.
Chances are that there is a public library in or near your c 84 . You can easily find one close to your home. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven out of ten libraries have free Internet. This opens many doors for people who cannot go online at home, i 85 the opportunity to apply for jobs online.
Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images from the story h 86 . Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom are never s 87 .” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct! D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)
How much pocket money do you get? How do you spend it? The Blue Book of Chinese Teenager Financial(金融的) Study shows that social activities now take up more of teenagers’ spending. The book was about teenagers’ spending habits. It was based on studies in nine cities in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The results show that students are spending more and more on their relationships with friends and classmates, such as having meals together and buying birthday gifts. Only one-third of high school students think about the price when choosing gifts. Most say they only care about what their friends like.
Xiao Hao, 17, a student at Gaoyou Normal School in Jiangsu, spent more than 1,000 yuan on his birthday meal this February. “They had given me gifts. If I hadn’t done anything in return, I’d have lost face,” Xia said.
Xia’s experience is quite usual among the young students. A meal can cost a student’s pocket money for a month. Many just ask more from parents when they use up their money.
Zhang Wei, an expert on teenagers’ financial study, suggested that teenagers should learn to make a budget. A budget is a plan of how money will be spent. It helps make decisions about money. To make good use of your money, you can also set a limit. Learn to balance your wants and needs. When choosing gifts for friends, let them know that you care. Sometimes a handmade gift is much better than an expensive one.
there 3 cities in China taking part in the study?(1分)
____________，_______________________________________________________. 89. According to the results, how do students spend most their pocket money? （2分） _____________________________________________________________________.
90. Which do most students consider when choosing a gift, the price or the things their friends like?（2分） _____________________________________________________________________. 91. How much money can a meal usually cost? （2分）
_____________________________________________________________________.
上海市徐汇区初三英语二模考试试卷及答案
