2010年无锡市中考英语试卷及答案

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第

I

卷

(

客观题共

55

分

)

一、单项填空

在

A,B,C,D

< br>四个选项中，选出可以坑人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(

本大题共

15

分，每小题

< br>1

分

)

1. Nearly _________ of the earth ________covered by sea.

A. three fourth; is

B. three fourths; is

C. three fourth; are

D. rhree fourths; are

2. If you go by train, you can have quite_________ comfortable. journey, but make sure you take _____ fast

one.

A. a; a

B. the; a

C. the; the

D.

不填

; a

3.----What did your parents think about your decision?

----They always let me do____ I think I should.

A. when

B. that

C. how

D. what

4. Maybe bamboo has more uses than______ in the world.

A. any plant

B. all the plants

C. other plant

D. any other plant

5.

一

Kate has won the first prize in the singing competition.

一

__________pleasant surprise this gave her classmates !

A. What

B. How

C. What a

D. How a

6. The girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous, for she_______ before.

A. didn't fly

B. hasn't flown

C. hadn't flown

D. wasn't flying

7. Another two months will be needed before the new bridge ________.

A. completes

B. is completed

C. has completed

D. will be completed

8

. ----Mr Smith must have been to your home this morning.

----No, he_____ , because he didn't know my address.

A. couldn't

B. can't C. mustn't D. may not

9. Though his grandmother lives_______ , she never feels _________.

A. alone; alone

B. lonely; lonely

C. alone; lonely

D. lonely; alone

10. Hurry if you want to be_______ for the beginning of the movie.

A. at times

B. in time

C. all the time

D. from time to time

11. I can't find my watch, but it must be__________ in this room.

A. everywhere

B. nowhere

C. anywhere

D. somewhere

12. Scientists say it may be a few years ______ it is possible to test the new medicine on patients.

A. because

B. after

C. before

D. since

13. Unlike Chinese, Americans__________ their meals with knives and forks

A. used to taking

B. are used to taking

C. used to take

D. are used to take

14. The boy spends at least as much time reading as he_________.

A. writes

B. is writing

C. does to write

D. does writing

15. ----Would you like me to take you to the new shopping centre?

----________. I've been there once.

A. No, thanks

B. No problem

C. Yes, I think so

D. That's very kind of you

二、完形填空

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意， 然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入

空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂 黑。

(

本大题共

10

< br>分，每小题

1

分

)

The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to

26

an umbrella

with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to rain. The rain had not stopped

17

the bus arrived at the market half an hour later. Mrs Grant stood up and absent- mindedly(

心不在焉地

)picked

up the umbrella that was

18

on the seat in front of her.

A cold voice said loudly,

“

That is mine, Madam!

”

Suddenly remembering that she. had come out without her umbrella, Mrs Grant felt

19 for what she

bad done, trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant

20

the owner of the umbrella was

giving her.

When she got

off the bus,

Mrs Grant

made straight

for a shop

where she could

buy

an umbrella. She

found a pretty one and bought it. Then she

21

to buy another as a present for her daughter. Afterwards

she did the rest of her

22

and had lunch in a restaurant.

In the -afternoon she got on the homeward(

回家的

)bus with the two umbrellas under her arm, and sat

down. Then she

23

that, by a curious coincidence(

巧合

)

she was sitting next to the woman who had made

her feel

24

that morning.

That woman now looked at her, and then at the umbrellas.

“

You've had quite a good

25

，

”

she said.

16. A. keep

B. bring

C. take

D. leave

17. A. before

B. until

C. though

D. when

18. A. hanging

B. appearing

C. dropping

D. losing

19. A. angry

B. sorry

C. lucky

D. glad

20. A. reply

B. call

C. suggestion

D. look

21. A. promised

B. decided

C. agreed

D. remembered

22. A. hiking

B. shopping

C. trying

D. searching

23. A. meant

B. explained

C. saw

D. forgot

24. A. jealous

B. bored

C. satisfied

D. uncomfortable

25. A. day

B. meal

C. journey

D. present

三、阅读理解

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阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并

在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(

本大题共

3

。分，每小题

2

分< /p>

)

A

In the

early

1990s,

the word

“

Internet

”

was strange to

most people. But

today,

Internet has

become

a

useful

tool

for

people

all

over

the

world.

Maybe

Internet

has

been

the

greatest

invention

in

the

field

of

communication in the history of mankind(

人类

).

Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in the

other part of the world. We can e-mail our friends and they can read the e-mails within a minute.

Giving

all

kinds

of

information

is

probably

the

biggest

advantage

of

the

Internet.

We

can

use

search

engines to find the information we need. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will give

us a list of suitable websites to look at.

We

can

enjoy

a

lot

on

the

Internet

by

downloading

games,

visiting

chat

rooms

or

surfing

(

浏

览

)we bsites. There are some games for free. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat room. We

can also listen to music and see films.

Now, there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking, job finding and ticket buying. We

can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds of goods. Sometimes we can find something that is quite good

but very cheap.

26. How many main advantages of the Internet are talked about in the passage?

A. Three.

B. Four.

C. Five.

D. Six.

27. What fact doesn't the passage provide?

A. We can find almost anything we want to know on the Internet

B. Some games on the Internet are free.

C. We can buy most things we need on the Internet.

D. Goods on the Internet are more expensive than those in real shops.

28. Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A. Online Shopping

B. Exchanging Information on the Internet

C. The Advantages of the Internet

D. Surfing the Websites on the Internet

B

My sister Electra was leaving a s mall shop. She was pushing a shopping cart(

手推车

) and trying to put

the change(

找零

)into her pocket at the same time. While she was doing this, she dropped a quarter (25

分硬

币

). Carefully she bent over to pick it up. To her surprise, an old man walked towards her. With a quarter in

his hand, he said,

“

Here's the q

uarter you dropped, young lady.”

My sister replied,

“

Oh, I've found mine. That must be yours.

“

“

No, I think it's yours. I found it on the ground back there,

”

he said.

“

It's not mine. Why don't you keep it?

I have plen

ty at home. I collect quarters.”

“

Really?

”

my sister asked.

“

What are you going to do with them?

”

“I have

over 9,000 quarters. I have always dreamed of driving across the country through the northern

states(

州

)and then down to California and back to New York, but now I'm too old to do that, so instead I think

I'll buy a TV

,”

he explained to her.

“

Oh,

”

my sister said.

“

Don't give up your dream of traveling. I know someone who took the train and had

a lovely trip. Why don't you try that?

”

“

Why did I never think of that?

”

the old man said, sounding hopeful of this new idea.

“

I'll think about

that and look into it. Thank you for telling me.

”

My sister told me the story and said,

“

I lust don't want to see him giving up his dream and buying a TV!

I'm glad I dropped that quarter. Perhaps what I said will change his life.

”

29. What information can we get from the text?

A. The old man has collected nearly 9,000 quarters.

B. Electra was knocked over by the old man's shopping cart.

C. This story happened in the city of New York.

D. The quarter that the old man picked up was Electra's.

30. Why did the old man decide to buy a TV?

A. He thought he was too old to drive around the country.

B. He thought a TV was much cheaper than a car.

C. He had been tired of traveling around the country by car.

D. He was so poor that he couldn't afford to travel by car.

31. Which word best describes Electra's personality?

A. Generous. B. Hard-working. C. Humorous. D. Helpful.

32. What fact does the text lead you to believe?

A. Shoppers often drop their change while shopping.

B. Staying at home is more suitable for old people.

C. The old man might consider traveling by train.

D. Dropping a quarter can bring good luck.

C

The crab is a living clock. It tells the time of the day by the colour of its skin, which is dark by day and

pale by night. The crab's changing skin colour is a regular twenty-four hour cycle(

周期

)that follows the daily

rhythm(

循环

)of the sun.

Does the crab really keep time, or is its skin simply affected by the sun's rays(

光线

)

，

< br>changing colour

with the amount of the sunlight? To find out the answer, scientists kept some crabs in a dark room for two

months. Even without daylight the crabs' skin colour continued to change.

The change probably had something with the rhythm of the sun, to help protect the crab from the sunlight

and enemies. After millions of years it has become completely regular inside the living body of the crab.

Scientists

noticed

that

once

each

day

the

colour

of

the

crab

is

especially

dark,

and

that

each

day

this

appears about fifty minutes later than the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not