2010年湖北省荆州市初中升学考试英语卷

假定你是赵方，今年暑假你将和父母一起去上海参观世博园，火车票已买好。请根据下表信息给你在上海的好友Jenny写一封信，告知她你们的行程安排，并与她约定一个见面的时间。字数：80词左右。信的首尾句已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇: 世博园 the pavilions of the World Expo
Dear Jenny,
I have got good news to tell you. ___________    _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  I am looking forward to seeing you.
Yours,
Zhao Fang

Mike is from America. He ________ English.

--When _______ you _______ to learn to skate?
--Five years ago.

–Where are you going for your holiday?
--Well, we _______ yet.

–Thanks for your help.
--_________.

–Would you mind my using your dictionary?
--__________.

–Look at that girl! Is it Susan?
--No, it _______ be her. She has gone back to her hometown.

–Are you scared of the flight?
--No, just a little ________.

–Why don’t you choose the red tie?
--For me, it doesn’t _________ my shirt very well.

You’ve given me so much help. I really _______ it.

–Why are you still waiting in line?
--I’ve missed my _______ .

–How many students are there in the classroom?
--__________. They are all in the lab.

–Waiter, $ 20 for dinner, right?
--I’m afraid $25, sir, for drinks are ________.

–Do you know the man under the tree?
--Sorry, I don’t know _______.

–How about the exhibition that day?
--It was very noisy, but that didn’t ________ me.

It was a difficult time, but we never ________ hope.

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is (41).”
And he told the (42). He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.
He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always (43).”I’ll travel for my work, not for (44),” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have (45) to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to (46), and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good (47) or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t (48). “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he (49) about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild (50) there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very (51), and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went to off to (52) some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her (53). He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and (54) it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “(55), woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

A．dangerous B．natural C．convenient D．impossible

A．lie B．reason C．news D．truth

A．allowed B．refused C．failed D．joked

A．wealth B．prize C．pleasure D．luck

A．money B．time C．interest D．ability

A．meet B．work C．shop D．stay

A．meal B．picnic C．room D．party

A．agree B．understand C．reply D．complain

A．worried B．forgot C．asked D．thought

A．land B．flowers C．animals D．people

A．confused B．excited C．surprised D．disappointed

A．find B．feed C．drive D．shoot

A．singing B．crying C．laughing D．cheering

A．threw B．fired C．showed D．pointed

A．Hurry up B．Look out C．Slow down D．Go ahead

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
  
The girl walked back because __________.

We learn from the reading that ___________.

To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

Which is the best title of the passage?

—Is the woman a teacher?
—Yes. She teaches ________ English.

—Do you think yesterday’s math problem was difficult?
—Yes. I could ________ work it out.

—Which province is the ________ one in winter?
—It should be Hainan Province, I think.

—Are you going to Tibet for vacation?
—Yes. I want you to ________ me with some information about it.

—Where’s her second son? I haven’t seen him for a long time.
—He _______ Maine looking for a place to work.

—Peter, what if your parents go out?
—They ask me to _______ myself.

—Meat isn’t really dangerous, is it?
—Oh! _________! It’s not at all good for our health.

—Can you come to my party on Saturday afternoon?
—___________. I’ll have to help my parents.

—Why didn’t Betty come to school yesterday?
—_________ she was ill.

—When will the 2010 World Expo(世博会) come to a close?
—It’ll close at the end of ________.

A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had   26   to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well   27   it, so he  told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation（毕业）,he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   28   he was to have such a fine son, and told him how   29   he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.  30  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣经）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his   31   to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then   32   out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very   33  in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family.  34   that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him   35   that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a   36   telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take   37   of the things that his father left him.
When he began to search through his father’s important
papers, he saw the still new Bible,   38      as he had left
it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to      39 
the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（标牌）
dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 
  40      of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN
FULL”. Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.
          

A．expected B．believed C．enjoyed D．felt

A．afford B．spend C．cost D．pay

A．excited B．proud C．angry D．anxious

A．far B．much C．long D．often

A．Interested B．Tired C．Surprised D．Relaxed

A．hand B．head C．voice D．sound

A．looked B．moved C．walked D．rushed

A．careful B．helpful C．wonderful D．successful

A．Wanting B．Suggesting C．Noticing D．Realizing

A．on B．since C．after D．from

A．bag B．ticket C．phone D．book

A．care B．part C．notes D．time

A．just B．only C．always D．already

A．use B．open C．turn D．close

A．place B．date C．test D．name

Birthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:

When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see ________ outside the window.

In _________  flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.

In _______, only birthday children wear colored clothes to school.

In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are ________.

The passage is mainly about __________.

The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty playing
basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may
be just the thing. But be careful what you are drinking.
Something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of "energy drinks" on the market. Most of
them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on
them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great!
  
But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine (咖啡因) in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited( 限制) its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.
Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that ________.

The main reason for people not to drink too much energy drinks is that they may cause _____.

The underlined word "discouraged" can be replaced(替换) with "________".

From the passage we can know that _________.

Which of the following can be the best title(标题) of the passage?

As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded
in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was
never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing
car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on
the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw
the curtains(窗帘) seem to move when there was no wind. A
very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times       
 
louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the "enemy(敌人) " would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes(过程) growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
The author had _________kind(s) of fears when she was a child.

_________ would scare the author at night.

When she went to some other places, she would _________.

Which of the following would be possibly true when she was a child?

The underlined word "overcome" means "_________" in Chinese.

完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）
根据括号内的汉语和句末括号内的英语单词提示完成句子。

The teacher says he _____________________(擅长)listening and speaking.(be)
Li Ming is a funny boy because he loves____________________(讲笑话).(tell)
The sports shows_______________________(将推迟)because of the rain.(put)
Now you _______________________(已长大),you should act like a man.(grow)
I didn’t know_______________________(你是否取得进步)last year.(make)

先阅读短文，然后根据要求答题。
President Obama has said that he gives each of his seven and ten-year-old daughters just a dollar a week for their chores, such as setting the table, washing dishes, and cleaning up their play /' ɛəriə / and bedrooms.
People have different opinions about paying little kids for doing
chores or just giving money to them. Some families think that everyone
in the family should do housework, and that kids shouldn’t be paid for
doing so. The supporters(支持者),however, believe that kids should get
paid, and that the money they get will help kids learn important skills of
how to use it.

But for those who /tʃu:z/ to give the money, it can be a headache   
deciding on how much they should give, especially in these difficult economic（经济的）times. A good idea is that you can keep /'rekɔ:dz/ of how much you spend on your child daily for two weeks and then decide how much you should give according to the average（平均的）daily amount. Kids can start receiving money around ages 4 or 5, when children start to understand how money works.
A)根据短文内容完成下列语音题：
Write out the word/' ɛəriə /：_________
Write out the word/tʃu:z/：_________
Write out the word/'rekɔ:dz/：_________
In the underlined sentence find one word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion（失去爆破）：______________
In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together（连续）：
_____________  _____________
B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词
President Obama’s two daughters _________ paid for doing chores.
In the passage there are ________ different opinions about paying to kids for doing chores.
Some people think that children should do housework _________ being paid.
Some people think that it’s important for children to ________ how to use money.
It’s __________ for parents to decide on how much money they should give to their children.

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容用完整的句子回答问题。
At a special ceremony（仪式）, a special award was offered
to a group of students from Changjian University on February 11,
2010. They were brave enough to help save two boys from
Changjiang Rive. All the students were there except three, who lost
their lives when they tried to save the boys.

On the afternoon of October 24, 2009, some students were     
taking a trip to Changjiang River. Suddenly two boys fell into the river. Some of them quickly jumped into the water and saved one boy. However, things didn’t go so well when they tried to save the other one. More students joined in, and, hand in hand, they formed a human wall. Finally the other boy was saved.
However, the human wall broke down and many students were swept away by the rushing water. At that moment several members of a winter swimming team nearby came to help and succeeded in saving many of the students. But the three of them, who were only 19, were nowhere to be found.
What did the students receive at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________
Were all the students who saved the boys at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________
What was described in the second paragraph?
___________________________________________________________________________
Why were many students rushed away by the water?
___________________________________________________________________________
What’s your idea after reading this story?
___________________________________________________________________________

郎郎是当今世界最杰出的（outstanding）钢琴家之一，被誉为（name as）“一位改变世界的青年”。请根据下表中的信息并以“Lang Lang—A Well-know Pianist”为题，写一篇80个词左右的简介。
注意：表格中的时间、年龄或地点应根据需要灵活处理。

 
Lang Lang —A Well-known Pianist
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