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2008年河北省初中毕业生升学文化课考试
英语试卷
卷Ⅰ(选择题,共95分) 听力部分(第一节)
Ⅰ、听句子,选出句子中所包含的信息。(共5小题,每小题1分,计5分)
1. A. watching B. walking C. washing 2. A. $235 B. $212 C. $325
3. A. this September B. next September C. this December
4. A. a white shirt B. a black shirt C. a black skirt 5. A. I only like the last story.
B. I don’t like the last story at all. C. I like the last story better than any other one.
Ⅱ、听句子,选出该句的最佳答语。(共5小题,每小题1分,计5分)
6. A. She’s a nurse. B. She’s very busy. C. She’s at work. 7. A. Beijing is great! B. Thank you. I hope so. C. You too. Thank you.
8. A. I guess so. B. I don’t think so. C. I am happy for you.
9. A. Thanks, I’d love to. B. It doesn’t matter. C. You’d better not.
10.A. Don’t worry. B. You can’t miss it. C. Sorry, I’m new here.
Ⅲ、听对话和问题,选择正确的选项。(共5小题,每小题1分,计5分) 11. How’s the weather outside?
A. It’s rainy. B. It’s nice. C. It’s cloudy. 12. who is answering the phone?
A. Mary. B. John. C. Betty. 13. What time does Bill get up these days?
A. At 6:00. B. At 7:00. C. At 8:00. 14. What’s Alan’s favourite ball game?
15. What does the man want to have for his meal?
Ⅳ、听对话、短文和问题,选择正确答案。(共5小题,每小题2分,计10分) 16. What season do you think it is now? A. It’s summer. B. It’s winter. C. It’s spring.
17. Why do they go to the beach for their holiday? A. Because they can swim there.
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B. Because there are lots of hotels.
C. Because they can get relaxed there. 18. Where did Sky grow up?
A. In New York. B. In Chicago. C. In Washington.
19. What languages is Sky studying now?
A. Chinese and Russian. B. Chinese and Japanese. C. Russian and Japanese.
20. What does Sky enjoy doing in the free time? A. Riding, cooking and doing sports. B. Reading, cooking and doing sports.
C. Fishing, reading and doing sports.
笔试部分
Ⅴ、单项选择(共20小题,每小题1分,计20分)
选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
B 21. My father is ______ engineer. He works very hard.
A. a B. an C. the D. 不填
A 22. Look at the photo. The girl beside ______ is Nancy.
A. I B. my C. me D. mine
A 23. You must ride your bike ______ the right side of the road.
A. at B. on C. in D. for
B 24. Can you imagine what life will be like in ______ time?
A. 20 years’ B. 20 year’s C. 20-years’ D. 20-years
C 25. The air in the countryside is ______. So many people from the city go there on weekends.
A. soft B. pretty C. fresh D. delicious
A 26. There ______ a lot of rain in this area in August every year.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
B 27. The children ______ a P.E. class on the playground when it suddenly began to rain.
A. have B. are having C. had D. were having
C 28. I tried several jackets on, but ______ of them looked good.
A. both B. either C. none D. neither
A 29. ______ wonderful movie! We like it very much.
A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
C 30. Susan will not arrive at the airport on time ______ she hurries up.
A. once B. if C. when D. unless
C 31. David jumped ______ in the long jump. He won the game!
A. longest B. farthest C. fastest D. highest
C 32. Nick ______ a new camera. He has taken lots of pictures with it.
A. buys B. is buying C. bought
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D. will buy
B 33. – Please bring your homework to school tomorrow, Steven. -- OK. I ______.
A. will B. won’t C. do D. don’t
B 34. Thomas, please be quiet. The others ______ hear very well.
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
A 35. Last year, Li Hua, a college student, ______ to work for the Olympic Games.
A. is choosing B. is chosen C. was choosing D. was chosen
A 36. This is the dictionary ______ Mum gave me for my birthday.
A. which B. what C. whose D. whom
C 37. ______ those lights, please. Don’t use so much energy.
A. Take off B. Put on C. Turn off D. Turn on
D 38. How’s Annie? I ______ her for a long time.
A. don’t see B. won’t see C. didn’t see D. haven’t seen
B 39. We are going for a picnic tomorrow. I’ll call Wendy to make sure ______.
A. why to start B. when to start C. what to start D. which to start
D 40. You are growing so fast. Can you tell me ______ now?
A. how fast are you B. how fast you are C. how tall are you D. how tall you are
Ⅵ、完型填空(共10小题,每小题1分,计10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
These days, it is easier for us to travel to other countries than ever before. However, there is a big difficulty that most of us 41 when we meet people in other countries – we cannot communicate with them. There are 42 where English is still not spoken, though it is the most widely know language. So, wouldn’t it be 43 if there was one language that could be understood by anyone anywhere in the world?
Esperanto that was created in 1887 may be the world’s 44 truly international language. In fact, although 45 artificial (人造的) languages have been already created, only Esperanto has had much success. Its learners say that it is about four times 46 to learn than other languages. Spelling and pronunciation are both easy, too. For example, it does not have silent 47 like the “h” in “honest”. If you 48 a word, you can spell it without any difficulty. The grammar is also as simple as possible: only sixteen basic 49 , no irregular verbs (不规则动词), only six verb endings.
In short, Esperanto should be attractive (有吸引力的) as a language to learn, 50 there is a problem: how many people have met anyone who can really speak it? Anyway, we hope that some day one language can be mastered easily by anyone.
C 41. A. need B. miss C. face D. touch D 42. A. offices B. schools C. cities D. places B 43. A. safe B. nice C. funny D. difficult
A 44. A. first B. another C. last D. other D 45. A. little B. a little C. few D. a few B 46. A. better B. easier C. slower D. shorter
D 47. A. marks B. parts C. words D. letters A 48. A. hear B. see C. watch D. notice
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C 49. A. subjects B. sentences C. rules D. lessons
B 50. A. and B. but C. so D. because Ⅶ、阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,计40分)
阅读A、B、C三篇材料,然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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Jane Goodall first made friends with a chimp (黑猩猩) when she was one year old. On her first birthday her mother carried her to the zoo near her home and bought her a toy chimp. She loved her furry(毛绒)friend very much. At age 7, Jane Goodall read Dr. Doolittle, a book about a doctor who could talk to animals. She wanted to be able to talk to her favorite animals, too. She expected to go to Africa some day so that she could learn more about chimps. When Jane grew up, she still dreamed of going to Africa. She got her wish when she was 26 years old. She went to Gombe National Park where many chimps lived in the forests.? Jane watched the chimps closely day after day. She saw that they were a lot like people. They could think and make plans. They used tools. They showed their fear, pain, or pleasure. Sometimes, they fought. Often, they hugged(拥抱)and kissed. Scientists were surprised by what Jane saw. They knew that the relation between chimps and humans was the closest. However, they did not know they acted so much like us.
Jane still has the toy chimp she was given as a child. She has studied her furry friends for over 30 years. Now, she speaks for them to groups around the world. She hopes that what she has to say will make others do something to protect chimps from being hurt.
b 51. When Jane was 7, she wanted ______.
A. to read Dr. Doolittle again B. to talk to animals, too C. to buy another toy chimp D. to meet a doctor at once C 52. Jane went to Gombe National Park to ______. A. have a trip there B. train a baby chimp C. learn more about chimps D. protect the chimps there
A 53. The scientists were surprised when they heard that ______. A. the chimps could act so much like humans
B. Jane had been in Africa for such a long time? C. Jane watched the chimps closely day after day
D. Jane still had the toy chimp she was given as a child?c 54. Jane speaks for chimps to groups around the world to ______.
A. help the scientists learn more about chimps? B. study her furry friends in some other countries
C. make more people do something to protect chimps
D. let people know that chimps are lovely animals?a 55. From the passage, we can learn that ______.? A. Jane found more about chimps than the scientists did? B. Jane dreamed of going to Africa when she was 26? C. Jane could talk to chimps with the help of the scientists? D. Jane knew nothing about chimps before going to Africa
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C. can buy everything you need easily D. can’t go back to buy what you forget
B 57. If you don’t like to eat something spicy or drink something fizzy, you may try _____ to see how different it is.
A. Polyglot B. Gasgo C. Webshop D. CompuWiz
C 58. Try to ______ and you will learn any language in a very short time. A. click on the Webshop B. take the Gasgo C. follow Polyglot’s system D. call at 2819 0818
D 59. You can save 50% of your money if you ______ before July 1st .
A. do shopping with Webshop B. hold a chance to try Gasgo C. start early with Polyglot’s system D. learn surfing the Internet at CompuWiz
B 60. According to the passage, one can ______.
A. take a surfing course at Webshop in a class B. possibly learn to speak English in 24 hours
C. try taking Gasgo food or drinks when he is old D. do shopping online without paying for his things
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If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.
Every year it’s the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life.
Here’s a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it’s so hard for us to reach it,” said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change You Life. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it.”
“Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes (态度). During World War Ⅱ, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding (重建) Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.
Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could pos
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