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1、英语中考压轴题B.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）:（7 分）The baby elephant,Sheila,was moved out of Belfast Zoo because of fears shemight be hit by bombers(轰炸机)during the Belfast Blitz(闪电战)of 1941.She was one of the lucky ones.A lot of the animals were killed because offears they might escape during the
2、 bombing and attack people.They included atiger,a black bear,a wolf,a penguin,and two polar bears.But Sheila was walked down the road by zoo-keepers to a nearby house wherea woman took her in and kept her in her backyard for several months until thebombing was over.The woman has never been identifie
3、d(确认)and the zoo knows her only as“the elephantangel(天 使)As the zoo celebrates its 75th birthday,people have decided to try to find theelephants saver.Mark Challis is the manager of Belfast Zoo.He explained a bit more aboutSheilas story.“Well,we know that Sheila,the elephant that was in the zoo at t
4、hat time spent some timeliving with a lady relatively near to the zoo and we have one sweet photo,you can see it on ourzoo website.“In the photo you can see the elephant with the lady in her back garden and thats almost allwe know.So were just trying to find a little bit more information and we are
5、not even sure if thelady is alive today,but maybe her relatives or somebody will recognize(认出)the back of thathouse and we can fill in some detail on this story.”Once the bombing was over,Sheila went back to the zoo and lived for another quarter of acentury.She died of a skin disease in 1966.78.What
6、 was the name of the elephant?A)Belfast.B)Angel.C)Mark Challis.D)Shelia.79.How many years has the zoo been open?A)25 years.B)75 years.C)Half a century.D)Several months.80.How did the elephant get from the zoo to the ladys garden?A)The zoo-keepers walked her there.B)The zoo-keepers used a big truck t
7、o get her there.C)The elephant escaped and ran to the garden herself.D)The zoo-keepers used bombers to frighten her away from the zoo.81.What happened to the unlucky animals in the zoo before the bombing?A)They were taken to a safe place.B)They started to attack people.C)They were killed.D)They all
8、escaped from the zoo.82.What information do people have about the elephant angel”？A)She owned a zoo website.B)She used to live close to the zoo.C)She is still alive.D)Her relatives live in her old house.83.What was the cause of the elephants death?A)Illness.B)Accident.C)Bombing.D)Old age.84.Why was
9、the photo posted on the website?A)To attract more visitors to the zoo.B)To celebrate the zoos birthday.C)To find the elephant angel.D)To explain the war to the public.C.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):(14分)If you get pocket money by babysitting or doing yard
10、 work for aneighbor,then you probably know a thing or two about managing money.85,when youve worked that hard,you dont want to spend it all on candy.Using your money in the right way or 86 some for the future isimportant.Once you grow up,your success might 87 how well youmanage your money.Its easier
11、 to start these good 88 when youre young.Meghan Coyle is a 12-year-oldbusiness girl.She has made more than$320 in two years by walking dogs after school.Tve been a dog-walker for two years and its been a lot of 89 I really enjoyed it.Mymom never gave me pocket money,so I had to make money in some ot
12、her way.Lots of kids dontrealize how hard it can be to have a job.It can be hard to keep customers happy.There are somedays when its raining and I would rather be somewhere else,but I still go out with a dog,“Coylesaid.Start a business that interests you.First,you have to advertise.The 90 and safest
13、 wayis to talk with neighbors and family friends.After you have the customers,keep your customershappy!Send cards that you make by yourself to them on holidays.That always surprises them.Always be willing to do more than they ask.On holidays,give your customers coupons91_ they will keep coming back
14、to you for your service or productsIs it a good idea to do some work to make pocket money?Now think about it and start yourown business!85.A)After allB)For exampleC)In returnD)At most86.A)wastingB)savingC)borrowingD)spending87.A)take upB)depend onC)turn intoD)lead to88.A)activitiesB)hobbiesC)exercis
15、esD)habits89.A)painB)funC)surpriseD)trouble90.A)luckiestB)loudestC)easiestD)latest91.A)as soon asB)so thatC)now thatD)unlessD.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)I was in New York and rode with a friend in a taxi.When we got out,my frien
16、d said to thedriver,Thank you.You did a good job of driving.The driver was surprised for a second.“I admire the way you keep cool in h 92 traffic,“my friend said.Thank you,“the driversaid and drove off.“What was that all about?”I asked.“I am trying to bring 1 93 back to New York,he said.I believe it
17、 can save the city.”“How can one man save New York?“Its not one man.S 94 the driver has 20 passengers.Hes going to be nice to those 20people because someone was nice to him.Those people in turn will be kinder to their employees(雇员)，or shopkeepers,or waiters,or their own families.At last the goodwill
18、 could s 95 to atleast 1,000 people.If I can make three people happy,then finally I can change the attitudes(态度)of 3,000 people.”“It sounds good,I said,but Im not sure whether it would work in practice?Nothing is lost if it doesnt.It didnt take a 96 of my time or money to tell that man hewas doing a
19、 good job.I have made a study of this.The thing that seems to be lacking(缺乏)forthe postal employees is that no one tells the people who work fbr the post office what a good jobtheyre doing,“he said.“B 97 theyre not doing a good job,“I said.，夕区 区命 x 圄 _From:anne 1 freemai!To:tss_liam Sent:Tues.,Nov.1
20、2Subject:Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico!Theyre not doing a good job because they fieel nobody cares whether they do a good job ornot.Why not say a kind word to them?When those people hear my words,they will feel better.The city will benefit from their h 98.If more people join me,the city will becom
21、e a betterplace,he said.Hello again,Were on holiday!My family won a prize-tickets for around-world-trip on the Freedom of the Seas Can y(This is one of the biggest cruise ships in the world-as long as 37 buses and can carry more than 4,000 passengers.Thats a lot of people!You know that I like to be
22、very active,so at first I thought thiscruise was going to be a little boring.I was so wrong!The shiphas an ice-skating rink,an outdoor climbing wall(more than 13metres high),two swimming pools,a water park and even a boxingring.But best of all.the Flowrider!Its a surfing attraction at thetop of the
23、ship.I tried it yesterday but I kept falling!I must tryagain this afternoon.Mom and Dad were also pretty impressed by the shopping mallon the ship.Youve really got to see this fantastic ship-its trulyspectacular.Til write again when I get home(Sunday)and tellyou more about the cruise.Anne78.The main
24、 idea of the e-mail is.A.Anne likes cruises B.Anne is a very active girlC.the ship has a surfing attraction D.the ship is big and has many things to do79.You can guess the meaning of 4spectacular(in paragraph 3)from the wor d.A.fantastic B.reallyC.pretty D.truly80.The Freedom of the Seas is.A.a ship
25、 with 40,000 passengers B.as long as 37 busesC.a water park D.a shopping mall81.The climbing wall is.A.the biggest in the world B.boringC.outdoors D.indoors82.The name of the surfing attraction is.A.the Freedom of the Seas B.the FlowriderC.boxing ring D.the Gulf of Mexico83.The surfing attraction is
26、.A.at the top of the ship B.inside the shipC.as long as 37 buses D.next to the ice-skating rink84.Anne will go on surfing on afternoon.A.Monday B.TuesdayC.Saturday D.SundayC.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）：（14分）oh t t n:r et n e w s o Mi n e.c o m/9 7 8 2 3
27、3 4 3 Pets online!Pet Police to Protect PetsA special report by Toni PetersI think it is good that many families keep animals(85)pets.Unfortunately,some people do not take good care of theirpets.Some do not feed their pets enough so they becomehungry.Others do not give their pets a proper place to s
28、leep inand the animals can get too hot or too cold.There are alsopeople who actually(86)their pets.I feel this iswrong.People should not treat their pets badly.The government of the United Kingdom is thinking of(87)tohelp protect pets-its about time!It wants a set of instructions on howto take care
29、of different kinds of animals.The instructions would(88)explain how to keep animals happy!That is good newsfor pets,dont you think so?The UK government also wants to create(89)4pet policeThey can go to peoples homes to check whether they are taking careof their pets(90).If they find someone treating
30、 an animalbadly,they can take the animal(91).People who hurt theirpets can even go to jail.I hope more people will now try to take bettercare of their pets.86.A.hurtB.damageC.destroyD.feed87.A.thingsB.waysC.rulesD.kinds88.A.reallyB.stillC.quiteD.even89.A.goodB.carefulC.specialD.clever90.A.quietlyB.i
31、mportantlyC.hardlyD.properly91.A.outB.awayC.offD.downD.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）Education in ancient GreeceThe ancient Greeks were great builders and thinkers.Theirideas still influence(影响)us today,(92)e in thearts,science,lit
32、erature and philosophy.But school for boysand girls in ancient Greece was very different from today.School for girlsBoys in ancient Greece stayed at home when they were young.They helped their parents work and had(93)h like fishing and sailing.At the age of six orseven,most of them started to go to
33、school.They studiedphilosophy and(94)h to play the lyre(a kind ofmusical instrument).They also studied other subjects,but they didnot use many books.Most of what they(95)1 wassaid out loud and memorized.In most places in ancient Greece,girls did not go to school.Theystayed at home and learned(96)f t
34、heir mothers.Girlswere not allowed to go outside the house much.(97)H,things were different for girls in a part of Greece called Sparta.Girlsthere went to 疝/?(军事的)school where they learned how towrestle and fight!This was to prepare them for joining the(98)a.Girls in Sparta were allowed to go outsid
35、e the house alot more.D.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)Small moments sometimes last a very long time.And a few words though they meanlittle at the time to the people who say them can have great power.I recently heard a s 92 from Mal
36、colm Davis,who has been a professional writer fbrthe last twenty-four years,mostly in advertising.As a boy,Davis was t 93 shy and helpless.He had f 94 friends and noself-confidence.Then one day,his high-school English teacher,Ruth White,asked the class towrite their own chapter that would f 95 the l
37、ast chapter of the novel since they had beenreading To Kill a Mockingbird.Davis wrote his chapter and turned it in.Today he cannot recall a96_ special about the chapter he wrote,or what grade Mrs.White gave him.However,what hedoes remember is the four words in the paper:This is good writing.Four wor
38、ds.They c 97his life.“Until I read those words,I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going tobe J he said,“After reading her note,I went home and wrote a short story,something I had alwaysdreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”Over the r 98 of that year in school,he wrote m
39、any short stories and always broughtthem to Mrs.White for instruction.4tShe was encouraging,helping and honest.She was just what Ineeded,“Davis said.E.Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）：（14分）Among the four skills in learning English,which one of these seems to be different from theothers?The answer
40、is speaking.The other three you can do alone on your own.But you cantreally speak alone!Where can you find people to speak English?And how can you practice speaking when youare alone?At school If you pay to go to a language school,you should use the opportunity to speak.Ifyour teacher asks you to sp
41、eak in pairs or groups with other students,try to say as much aspossible.Dont worry about your mistakes.Just speak!Conversation Clubs Many cities around the world have conversation clubs where peoplecan exchange one language for another.Look in your local newspaper to find a conversation clubnear yo
42、u.They are usually free although some may charge a small entrance fee.Shopping Even if you dont want to buy anything,you can ask questions about productsthat interest you in a shop.How much does this cost?”“How can I use it properly?,Often youcan start a real conversation and it costs you nothing!Ca
43、fe and Bars There are often American,Britain,Irish and Australian bars in many largecities.If you can find one,youll probably meet many people speaking English as a first or secondlanguage.Songs and Video Repeat the words of an English-language song singing with the musicuntil it becomes automatic.I
44、t good practice for your memory and for the mouth muscles that youneed for English.Signs Language is all around you.Wherever you go,you find language.Shop names,streetnames,advertisements,notices,and car numbers.When you walk down the street,you canpractice reading the words and numbers you see.Say
45、them to yourself.Its not exactly aconversation,but it will help you to“think”in English.But dont speak too loud!Above all,speak as much as possible!Make as many mistakes as possible!When you knowthat you have made a mistake,you know that you have made progress!99.Why is Make rules for the Internet u
46、se with your parents.For example,whenand how long you can go online,and what activities you can do online.Dont give your password to anyone else,and never give out the following i 93:yourreal name,home address,age,school,phone number,etc.A Check with your parents before giving out a credit（信用）card n
47、umber.Never send a photo of yourself to anyone in an e-mail u 94 your parents say its OK.Check with your parents before going into a chat room.Different chat rooms have different rulesand attract different kinds of people.You and your parents must make sure its a r 95place for chatting.Never agree t
48、o meet someone you meet on the Internet w 96 your parents5permission（允许）.Never meet anyone you meet online a 97.Always remember that people online may not be the people they say they are.Treat（视为）everyone online as if they were strangers.If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable,1
49、98 the site.Tell yourparents or your teachers at once.Treat other people as youd like to be treated.Never use bad language.Remember-not everything you read on the Internet is true.（D）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper w o rd s.（本篇每题 2 分）（本篇答案必须用黑墨水钢笔或黑色水笔填写，用圆珠笔或铅笔填写不给分。）One day las
50、t June I was walking along the beach of a small seaside town where I live.I waslooking at the ships in the harbour.Though the weather was sunny,it was a very cold day,and Icould h_ 92 feel the sunshine on the beach.I planned to have a swim when I left home,butnow I changed my mind.Just when I was he