中考英语语篇及作文专项强化训练（一）

湖南 姚小玲 供稿

一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Tina liked making up stories.She was so 1 that her classmates believed her from time to time.In fact,the whole class believed her!At first she supposed it was 2.Now,as she stood up to 3 before the class，She knew that make-believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad。

Tina’s parents were separated.Nine months out of the year,Tina lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street.But when summer 4 ,she went to her father’s farm in Arizona。

The farm was great!Tina 5 horses and help with some farm work.Her father,however,was so 6 that he couldn’t find time to go to other places with her.When she arrived each summer,her father would 7 her at the airport and take her out to eat.And the day she went back to the 8 ,he would always buy her a present。

When summer came to a close,Tina 9 to her mother.At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips.Tina 10 she had a family to talk about。

Not long after 11 began,Tina was looking through travel magazines in the school library.They talked about many exciting 12 ,like England and Germany.When Tina’s friends asked

13 she had done that summer,she made up something that was not true.Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at,she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to England.

When the class began 14 ,Mr.Thomas asked Tina to tell all the things she could 15 about her trip to England!

()1.A.afraid B.worried C.sure D.happy

()2.A.joke B.fun C.turn D.game

()3.A.talk B.teach C.show D.travel

()4.A.passed B.arrived C.lasted D.changed

()5.A.made B.bought C.rode D.got

()6.A.weak B.pleased C.busy D.lonely

()7.A.show B.visit C.meet D.send

( )8.A.farm B.city C.family D.school

( )9.A.wrote B.called C.moved D.returned

()10.A.wished B.dreamed C.wanted D.thought

()11.A.meeting B.school C.summer D.talk

( )12.A.people B.cities C.languages D.places

()13.A where B.what C.which D.why

( )14.A.studying B.studied C.studies D.study

()15.A.think B.see C.remember D.read

二、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A

What would you do if you found a snake in your house?Many people might be afraid or try to kill it.However,if you live in North Carolina in the USA,one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers.

The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes,even poisonous ones.Their newspaper advertisement says,“Snake Catchers:free snakeremoval(除去)—please do not kill them— call us.”

The Snake Catchers，who started their service in 1998,don’t charge anything for helping people.“We do this as a hobby,”explained Fred Johnson,one of the Snake Catchers．

Because of their love of snakes,the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive.“One man asked us to kill apython(蟒蛇）,so he could make a pair of boots from the skin.We refused,because we like snakes,and we don’t want to see them killed,”said Fred.

Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets；some are given to the North Carolina State University.Most,including the poisonous snakes,are set free in the wild,usually in a national park.

Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care.“Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures.They only attack if they are frightened.However,you have to know how to treat a snake properly!”

According to one happy family,the Snake Catchers are good.One day,the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen.They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard.They thought about what to do.Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers.He called them.

“The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too,”said Steve Greenwood.“One of them went into the kitchen,found the snake and took it out alive.The Snake Catchers did a very good job.”

Last year,the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina.

( )16.The Snake Catchers catch snakes because ______.

A.they want to kill the snakes B.they like trying to catch snakes

C.they don’t want people to hurt snakes D.they like eating snakes

( )17.When a man asked them to kill a python,the Snake Catchers ______.

A.made some boots from the skin B.were very happy

C.gave him some old boots D.did not agree

( )18.The Snake Catchers set most of the snakes free ______.

A.in a national park B.in a university

C.in a garden D.in their own houses

( )19.According to Fred, ______.

A.snakes are very dangerous

B.people should attack snakes

C.snakes are not usually dangerous

D.people should run away if they see a snake

( )20.What do people do with the snakes they catch?

A.Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets.

B.Some are given to the South Carolina State University.

C.Some are set free in the wild,usually in a national zoo.

D.Some are killed because they are very dangerous.

B

( )21.What does the underlined word“valid”mean?

A.有关的 B.有效的 C.稀少的 D.无效的

( )22.Lily is ______.

A.a bus driver B.a university student

C.a teacher in a college D.a middle school student

( )23.The card can’t be used in ______.

A.Stagecoach B.Season C.Goldrider D.Chichester

( )24.According to the reading material,if you find a lost card,you can ______.

A.sell it B.phone Lilian

C.use it for travelling D.give it back to any Stagecoach driver

( )25.______can not be found in the card.

A.Lily’s age B.the price C.the card number D.the time limit

C

Space travel is nothing new.The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961.

Since then,people not only have traveled to space,but many of them have also lived there in space stations for some time.

TheSoviet Union(前苏联)sent the first space station into space in 1971.This space station was called Salyut I.Salyut I was designed as a place where people could live while theyobservedspace and did experiments.The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days.The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations.At about the same time,the United States built its own space station,called Skylab.

Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a short time.However,it wasn’t until the late 1980s when the Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a longer time.Mir stayed in space from 1989 until 2001,when it was decided that the space station was too old and no longer safe to live in.

Living in space stations seems to be fun,but astronauts face many problems.One of them is food.All the meals on space stations are put together on Earth and sent there by space shuttle.Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months),a lot of it has to be stored in cans.The space station does not have a fridge,but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh.Astronauts also eat many other foods such as dried meat that do not need special care.

Without the help of gravity,sitting down to eat can be tough.Astronauts sometimes have to fix themselves to the wall while eating.They also have to be very careful to that food does not float away.

( )26.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word“observed”in Paragraph 2?

A.Discovered. B.Checked. C.Watched. D.Fixed.

( )27.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Astronauts can never have a chance to eat fresh food when they live in space stations.

B.The Soviet Union sent a total of 9 space stations into space in the 1970s and 1980s.

C.Astronauts could live in the Mir space station for no more than three weeks.

D.Space travel has quite a long history of more than 60 years.

( )28.What is the best title of this passage?

A.Exploring Space. B.Space Travel. C.Living in Space. D.Space Stations.

( )29.Which of the following is true?

A.The first space station into space was called Skylab I.

B.The first group of astronauts lived in the first space station for 23 days.

C.Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a long time.

D.Astronauts can sit down while they are eating food.

()30.What can we learn from the passage about the food astronauts eat?

A.Food can be stored in a fridge.

B.Food needs special care.

C.Astronauts have no fresh fruit and vegetables to eat.

D.A lot of food has to be stored in cans.

三、阅读理解填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

Ma Hua g 31 from Fudan University.He had a good careerin IT and a great life in Shanghai,but he felt there was something m 32 from his life.He wanted to help others to improve their l 33 ,so in March,2003,he gave up his job.Then he moved to south-west China to do voluntary work in a village primary school.

He soon became an important m 34 of the local people.In his class,he painted pictures on the walls to help students remember English words.He also spent his money b 35 a playground for the children.

Ma Hua q 36 got used to his new life.He got great satisfaction from his work and felt very happy,even though life there was hard— he had tomelt(融化)ice for water and grow vegetables for food.When he was free,he w 37 poems describing the peace and beauty around him.Sometimes he would go w 38 in the mountains and enjoy the beautiful view.

Sadly,Ma Hua was killed in a car accident in July 2004 at the age of 31.His d 39 was a great loss to all t 40 who knew him,but it is a comfort to know that he lived happily,doing what he loved and enriching the lives of others.

31.g_________32.m_________33.l_________34.m_________35.b_________

36.q_________37.w_________38.w_________39.d_________40.t_________

四、书面表达（满分15分）

假如上个周末你参加了一项课外活动，请你给校报写一篇英语报道。

要点如下：

1.参加活动的人有80多人；

2.早上去了敬老院，有的学生帮助老人洗衣，有的学生做饭，还有的打扫卫生；

3.之后，你们还为老人们表演了精彩的节目；

4.老人们很开心，你们虽然很累，但也感到很快乐。

注意：

1.词数 60—80；

2.文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。不要逐条翻译。

参考词汇：

outdoor activity户外活动；old people’s home敬老院；perform表演

【中考英语语篇及作文专项强化训练（一）参考答案】

1-5 CBABC 6-10 CCBDA 11-15 BDBAC

16-20 CDACA 21-25 BBDDA

26-30 CBDBD

31.graduated 32.missing 33.lives

34.member 35.building 36.quickly

37.wrote 38.walking 39.death

40.those

One possible version:

Last week I took part in an outdoor activity.About more than eighty students went there.We went to the old people’s home in the morning.Some students helped the old people wash clothes and some cooked dinner for them.We also cleaned the house for them.Some other students performed wonderful programmes for them,we sang songs and danced happily.The old people felt very happy.After that,each of us felttired butvery happy,because we did an interesting and meaningful thing.