2017九年级下学期人教版初中英语中考模拟

单项选择；从下列每小题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

I bought a new dictionary, which doesn’t          me too much.

    A. take     B. cost         C. spend        D. pay

—Will you got there by          bus?  

—No, I’ll take          taxi.

    A. /; /     B. a; the       C. /; a         D. the; a

Two-thirds of the earth          by water.

    A. are covered  B. is covered   C. is covering  D. are covering

Our headteacher told us not to quarrel          each other. Instead, we should get on well          each other.

    A. at; at   B. with; with   C. at; with     D. with;at

 We all felt very          at the          news.

A. exciting; excited    B. excited; exciting

C. exciting; exciting   D. excited; excited

 Lucy listens to the teacher as          as Lily in class.

A. careful              B. more carefully

C. carefully            D. more careful

If your trousers are too small, buy a large          .

    A. one          B. ones         C. pair         D. pairs

The old teacher is a friend of          .

A. my eldest brother’s         B. my eldest brother

C. my eldest brothers’         D. my eldest brothers

—Who taught          English?   —Nobody, he learned all by          .

    A. him; him B. his; himself C. him; himself D. his; him

Mary was so careful that she made          mistakes in the exam.

    A. a few    B. few          C. a little     D. little

Your camera is quite nice. Where did you buy          ? I want to buy          , too.

    A. it; one      B. it; it   C. one; one     D. one; it

He is looking forward          his father.

A. of receiving     B. of hearing from 

C. to hearing from  D. to hear from

 Please send an e-mail to me as soon as you          Seattle.

    A. arrive       B. reach        C. got to       D. come

This key          be Peter’s. Look! His is still in his lock.

    A. may not      B. can’t       C. mustn’t     D. not be

These days they          busy going over their lessons because they          an English test soon.

A. have been; will have B. were; had C. were; have D. are; have

The boy          streets without pay in the old days.

A. was made to clean    B. made clean

C. was made clean       D. made to clean

They stopped working and          out to play when they          the bell rang for rest.

    A. went; heard  B. going; heard C. went; hear D. going; hear

 Would you please tell me          ?

A. where the East Airport is

B. how far the East Airport was

C. how can we get to the East Airport

D. when was the East Airport built

I didn’t get up on time this morning because my alarm clock didn’t          .

    A. go off   B. go out       C. take off     D. take out

 Be careful to keep your mouth         , for there is no need for you to speak.

A. closed   B. close        C. be closed    D. to close

阅读理解； 阅读下面的短文，从ABCD四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

One day when the famous American scientist Edison was on his way home, a young man stopped him and required to have a word with him. Edison accepted his request.

The young man asked, “How, Mr. Edison, can you invent so many things and achieve your fame?”

The scientist said, “It seems that you have been thinking of becoming famous every day.”

The young man nodded, “Yes, I have been dreaming of being a person as famous as you. Every minute I am thinking of you how to become reputable. I don’t know when I can achieve my fame.”

Edison told him, “Don’t worry, young man. If you want to be a famous man this way, you will have to wait until you die!”

“Why should I?” the young man was puzzled.

Edison said, “What you dreamed is actually a high building. You never think of how to build it with bricks. Thus the building will never come into reality. However, your story can serve as a mirror. People will remember you because of your idleness and laziness. They will often speak of your name while they give warnings to their children. Aren’t you a notorious person by then?”

The young man felt very shameful.

1. What happened to Edison when he was on his way home?

A. A beggar stopped him.        B. A robber stopped him.

C. A man wanted to speak to him.D. A man wanted to have words with him.

2. The man asked Addison to tell him         .

A. how to invent new things     B. how to become famous

C. how he became a nobleman     D. how to become a scientist

3. After hearing his talk, the young man was puzzled because Edison told him         .

A. he would die after he was famous

B. he would be famous before he died

C. he would die before he was famous

D. he would never be famous

4. The man didn’t achieve his fame because         .

A. his wish was to high         B. he was short of hardworking spirit

C. he didn’t learn from others D. he was too stupid

5. The story mainly tells us         .

A. a person needs high spirit

B. one shouldn’t dream of becoming famous

C. only by hard work, can one’s wish come into reality

D. one person shouldn’t be in idleness and laziness

Football is the most popular game in England. One of the most interesting things about football there to a stranger is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has photos of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he expects will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three times his age.

Most schools in England take football seriously-much more seriously than other European schools, where lessons are most important, and games are unimportant. In England, it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in the classroom; education also means character training; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games, where the boy learns to work with others for his team instead of working selfishly for himself alone.

1. From the passage we know that football         .

A. is the main subject in English schoolsB. was invented in England

C. is a favourite game in England       D. is played everywhere in Europe

2. In English schools         is filled into the education of the boys.

A. team work                        B. character training

C. nothing but football             D. selfishness

3. The underlined part of character training should mean         .

A. to build one’s mind and spirit  B. to train yourself in every way

C. to train a person’s body only   D. to train a person in all ways

4. It is because of         that even a small boy has a good knowledge of football in mind.

A. the special education            B. the football stars

C. his cleverness                   D. his young age

5. Which of the following is true to the passage?

A. In England a man knows three times more about football than a boy.

B. It is clear that an English girl knows little about football.

C. Every English boy has a photo of football players in his pocket.

D. Compared with Englishman, other Europeans are less interested in football.

Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided（划分为）into twenty-four zones（时区）, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.

If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you put your watch back, travelling east you put it forward. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean, you cross the international date line（国际日期变更线）.By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar（日历）one full day, backward or forward. Travelling east, it is tomorrow.

 1. Strange things happen to time when you travel because         .

A. no day really has twenty-four hours

B. no one knows where time zones begin

C. the earth is divided into time zones

D. time flies

 2. The difference in time between zones is         .

    A. one hour B. one than seven days  C. seven days   D. one day

3. If you travel east across the Atlantic Ocean, you put your watch         .

A. one hour forward in each time zone

B. one hour forward for the whole trip

C. back one full day for each time zone

D. neither back nor forward

4. From this passage, it appears that the Atlantic Ocean         .

A. has only one time zone

B. is divided into five twenty-four time zones

C. is divided into five time zones

D. is divided into seven time zones

5. The international date line is the name for         .

A. the beginning of any new time zone

B. any point where time changes by on hour

C. the point where a new day begins

D. the point between two different zones

补全对话

根据对话内容，在每小题的空白处写出一个完整的句子，使对话意思完整正确。

Woman: Hello! May I help you?

Susan: I’d like some casual clothes.

Woman:                       （1）Jeans, T-shirts and jackets are over there.

（Later）

Susan: Let me have a look at the white T-shirt.

Woman: I think it may be too small for you .

Susan:                                    （2）

Woman: Yes, we have, but they are yellow and light blue.

Susan:                                  （3）

Woman: They are made of pure cotton.

Susan: Could you give me a discount if I buy two of them?

Woman:                              （4）Our prices are set.

Susan: Oh, that’s too bad. Sorry for the trouble.

Woman:                                 （5）

    Li Bin:                                （1）

Alex: From the UK.

    Li Bin: Really? I thought                             （2）

Alex: That’s not surprising. Many people can’t tell the difference between American and British English.

    Li Bin:                               （3）

Alex: No. The difference between American and British English is not great. Written English is more or less the same though there are some spelling differences. For example, centre, colour and travelled are spelt center, color and traveled in American English. The most important differences are in spoken English.

    Li Bin:                                 （4）

Alex: Yes. For example, Americans pronounce tomato as [t ə   ’meit ə   u], and hot as [hΛ  t].

    Li Bin:                            （5）

Alex: Yes. They can understand each other easily.

    Li Bin: Thank you for telling so many differences. I’ve learnt a lot.

Alex: It’s my pleasure.

 综合填空

阅读下面的短文，根据每个空格中所给的词首字母填入适当的词，使短文意思完整。

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you u        （1）today wasn’t made until the Qing Dynasty. Three men did most of the early work on dictionaries. They s        （2）nearly all their lives trying to collect words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a w        （3）journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The i        （4）for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.

Murray had never been to school. At the age of fourteen, he left his village in Scotland and taught h        （5）while working in a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house b        （6）in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and worked in the small house s        （7）hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray h        （8）to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was s        （9）adding words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary u        （10）he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

书面表达

    仔细观察，根据所给图画内容和提示词，写一篇40—60词的短文，短文必须包括图画中所表现的主要内容，可适当增减细节，使其连贯完整。