2004年江西省南昌市中考英语试题VIP

2004 年江西省南昌市中考英语试题 一 . 听力测试（略） 二 . 单项填空（ 15 分） 从 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。（每小题 1 分） 26. This is _ song I”ve told you about. Isn”t it _ beautiful one? A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the 27. I haven”t seen Jack for three days. Is he ill? _. His mother told me that he was in hospital. A. I am afraid so B. I hope not C. I don”t expect D. I am afraid not 28. A latest English newspaper, please! Only one copy left. Would you like to have _, sir? A. it B. one C. this D. that 29. I called you yesterday evening, but there was no answer. Oh, I am sorry I _ dinner at my friend”s home. A. have B. had C. was having D. have had 30. I was told to be here before eight. Oh, you _. I”m sorry for not telling you that we have ch anged the plan. A. must B. can”t C. may D. needn”t 31. Jimmy is leaving for a holiday. Really? Where _ he _? A. has/gone B. will/go C. did/go D. does/go 32. Shall we go on working? Yes, _ I prefer to have a rest. A. when B. if C. because D. though 33. What delicious cakes! They would taste _ with butter. A. good B. better C. bad D. worse 34. You look so happy! Jack says I am pretty. _ has ever told me that before. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Nobody 35. Shopping with me? Sorry. I have a lot of clothes _. A. to wash B. washed C. wash D. to be washed 36. Mm, the tea smells nice. Where is it _? A. built B. tried C. done D. produced 37. I like this silk dress, and it _ so soft and comfortable. A. is feeling B. feels C. has felt D. is felt 38. Would you please drive faster? My flight is _. A. taking off B. getting off C. turning off D. putting off 39. Are you sure you have to? It”s been very late. I don”t know _ I c an do it if not now. A. where B. why C. when D. how 40. It”s a long story, but you can hardly find new words in it. Good! _ it will be too hard for children. A. So B. And C. But D. Or 三 . 完形填空（ 15 分） 先阅读短文，掌握其大意。然后从各小题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答 案。（每小题 1 分） I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag. I coughed uneasily. Finally 41 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile. “ I”m 42 tomorrow, ” he said. “ I know. ” My 43 was almost a whisper （低声） . I was 44 at myself for being so weak, but I wasn”t about to cry. “ My 45 is early, so there is still 46 time to come to the airport, ”he said. Seeing the 47 look on my face, he quickly added, “ I promise（答应） I won”t leave without saying goodbye. ” I tried to say 48 , but didn”t. It”s always 49 to keep quiet if you”re about to cry. “ You promised you wouldn”t cry, ” he said to me, thinking that I was close to 50 . I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 51 I thought he was always right behind me, holding the seat to keep me from 52 . I was happy with this, but he knew he couldn”t hold me up all my life. He told me that one day he would have to let go. His coughing stopped my thinking. What was left to say? How could I say 53 to the person who taught me everything? The next morning I 54 , looked at my alarm clock, and realized he had left 55 ago. We never even said goodbye. Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an answer in his heart. 41. A. forgetting B. realizing C. watching D. learning 42. A. arriving B. living C. coming D. leaving 43. A. voice B. sound C. noise D. word 44. A. glad B. moved C. angry D. pleased 45. A. ship B. flight C. train D. bus 46. A. enough B. little C. no D. busy 47. A. surprised B. excited C. sad D. happy 48. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing 49. A. stranger B. better C. worse D. sadness 50. A. tears B. smiles C. words D. easier 51. A. At last B. From now on C. At first D. So far 52. A. riding B. running C. walking D. falling 53. A. goodbye B. hello C. yes D. sorry 54. A. gave up B. stood up C. looked up D. woke up 55. A. minutes B. hours C. days D. weeks 四 . 阅读理解（ 40 分） A）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容从每题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。（每小题 2 分） A Killer bees started in Brazil in 1957. A scientist in Sao Paulo wanted bees to make more honey （蜂蜜） . So he put forty-six African bees with some Brazilian bees. The bees bred （繁殖） and made a new kind of bees. But the new bees were a mistake. They didn”t want to make more honey. They wanted to attack. Then, by accident, twenty-six African bees escaped and bred with the Brazilian bees outside. Scientists could not control （控制） the problem. The bees increased fast. They went from Brazil to Venezuela. Then they went to Central America. Now they are in North America. They travel about 390 miles a year. Each group of bees grows four times a year. This means one million new groups every five years. Why are people afraid of killer bees? People are afraid for two reasons. First, the bees sting （叮） many more times than usual bees. Killer bees can sting sixty times a minute non-stop for two hours. Second, killer bees attack in groups. Four hundred bee sting can kill a person. Already several hundred people are dead. Now killer bees are in Texas. In a few years they will reach all over the United States. People can do nothing but wait. 56. After the African bees lived together with the Brazilian bees, they _. A. made more honey B. made a new kind of bees C. made a mistake D. wanted to attack 57. Why are people afraid of killer bees? A. They increase fast. B. Several hundred people are dead. C. They sting more and attack in groups. D. They”re big and strong. 58. Where have killer bees reached now? A. North America. B. Brazil. C. Venezuela. D. All over the US. 59. The best title of the passage is _. A. How to make more honey B. Killer bees C. A foolish scientist D. How to feed killer bees B Some people say, “ Extreme（极限的） sports are so dangerous. Why would anyone want to do them? ” But the danger is what makes them so exciting. Keep reading to find out about the most popular ones. Bungee jumping: People on some South Pacific islands have been bungee jumping for hundreds of years. In 1979, some people bungee jumped off a bridge in England and made the sport popular around the world. Bungee jumping came to China in 1996. Skateboarding: At first, this sport was called “ sidewalk surfing” . Skateboarders often jump high into the air, go down steps or slide （滑行） down rails on their boards. They wear baggy trousers so they can move more freely. Skydiving: This is probably the scariest（最惊险的） extreme sport. Skydivers jump out of airplanes about four kilometers up in the sky. They usually free-fall for a while and then open a parachute to slow down for a safe landing. Snowboarding: This became a winter Olympic sport in 1998. People tied their feet to the board with special shoes. They don”t use any skisticks. Then, they ride down hills, jump high and do tricks. 60. What made bungee jumping popular all over the world? A. A history of hundreds of years. B. Jumping over a river in England. C. Coming to China in 1996. D. Jumping off a bridge in Britain 61. In which sports do people jump from a plane or from a high place? A. Bungee jumping and skydiving B. Skydiving and skateboarding. C. Bungee jumping and skateboarding. D. Snowboarding and skateboarding. 62. Why do some people like to do the extreme sports? A. It”s exciting and safe. B. It”s dangerous but e xciting. C. It”s scary but safe. D. It”s easy to learn. C Most children with healthy appetites （食欲） are ready to eat almost anything that is offered to them. A child often likes food unless it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an attractively served meal will often improve a child”s appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never discuss likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so. If the father says that he hates fat meat or the mother refuses some vegetables in the child”s hearing, he may copy this action. Paren ts should agree to the fact that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthy should be go out of from the meal because of a supposed dislike. At meal times it is a good idea to give a child a small part and let him come back for a second helping rather than give him as much as he may eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child during meal times, but let him get on with his food； and do not allow him to leave the table at once after a meal, or he will soon learn to eat his food hurriedly so he can hurry back to the toys in his room. On no condition （任何情况下都不） must a child be coaxed（哄骗） or made to eat. 63. A child with a healthy appetite will eat _ if it is not badly cooked. A. only a little of the food B. all the food C. some of the food D. almost all the food 64. _ can make a child like eating more. A. Offering as much as possible B. Playing with toys C. The way a meal is well cooked and served D. The way parents eat 65. Which of the following is a good action before a child during meal times? A. To discuss the food a parent dislikes. B. To ask a child what food he likes or dislikes. C. Never to discuss likes or dislikes of food. D. To talk a lot to the child. 66. If a child is allowed to leave the table at once after a meal, he will _. A. eat more B. stop eating C. dislike the meal D. learn to eat hurriedly D A Japanese toy maker says that they”ve developed a gadget （小器具） that translates dog barks（吠） into human languages and plan to begin selling the gadgets-under the name of Bowlingual-in the US pet stores and present shops this summer. People laughed when the Japanese toy maker Takara company made the world”s first dog -human translation machine last year. But about 300,000 of them have been sold since it was on sale in Japan last year. Far bigger sales will be expected once an English language translation machine for dogs comes to America in August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan. “ We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don”t think they”l l mind spending $ 120 on this gadget” , the Takara marketing manager said before the journalists at a meeting in Atlanta. Bowlingual, one of US Time magazine”s coolest inventions of 2002, has two parts. A microphone is tied to the dog”s collar （项圈） and sends out sound information to the gadget held by the owner. Then the translation is done in the gadget by a database（数据库） with every kind of barks. Those barks show six feelings happiness, sadness, disappointment, anger, declaration and desire. Each of the feelings is then translated into words like “ Let”s play. ”“ Look at me! ” or “ Spend more time with me. ” Takara says it has spent millions of dollars developing the gadget. One thing that seems certain is that the markets for animal translation machine will probably be a dog”s world since Takara has no plans to develop such a gadget for cats. “ They are too unpredictable（反复无常） , ”the marketing manager said. 67. The first three paragraphs of the passage mainly tell us that Bowlingual _. A. was invented in Japan B. has developed quickly C. will be sold in America D. sells well for its price 68. The underlined word “ they” in the last sentence refers to _. A. markets B. dogs C. plans D. cats 69. When was this passage most probably written? A. In the winter of 2002. B. In the spring of 2003. C. In the summer of 2002. D. In the autumn of 2003. 70. From the passage, we can see that Takara is _ the sale of its new gadget in the US. A. proud of B. pleased with C. confident of D. worried about B）阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。（每小题 2 分） Jan Mela isn”t like most kids. Two years ago, he lost an arm and a leg. But that didn”t stop him. On Saturday, the 15-year-old boy from Poland （波兰） walked to the North Pole（北极） without any help. “ If I can do it, other people can do great things, too. ” Mela said before he went. Polish newspapers said Mela is the youngest person and the first handicapped（残疾的） person to walk to the North Pole. How did Mela lose an arm and a leg? He had an electrical （电的）accident. Now, he walks with the help of a 62,000 yuan man made leg. After the accident, Mela felt sad for himself. But he didn”t lose hope. One day, he met Marek Kaminski, a Polish explorer. Eight years ago, Kaminski went to the North Pole and the South Pole in the same year. Mela wanted to see the North Pole, too. So Mela asked Kaminski if they could go together next time. Kaminski said yes! It took Mela 21 days to get to the North Pole. The last three or four days were really hard because of bad weather. But Mela kept going. “ I didn”t think we would make it, ” he said, “ Then, things got better. ” 71. What happened to Mela two years ago? 72. Why did Polish newspapers report the travel to the North Pole? 73. How does Mela walk after the accident? 74. Where did Kaminski go eight years ago? 75. Why did Mela make the travel? 五 . 补全对话（ 10 分） 阅读下面的对话，根据对话内容补上所缺的句子，使对话意思完整。（每空一句，每句 2 分） A: Hi, Bill! You”re reading the novel again. B: Yes, Tom, I”ll never be tired of it. A: 76. _? B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new. A: Really? 77. _? B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer. What about you? A: 78. _. He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it. B: OK, here you are! What do you think of this novel? A: 79. _. I haven”t seen such a novel for long. Where did you buy it? B: In the Rose Bookshop. A: I don”t know where it is. 80. _? B: No. Only 10 minutes” walk from here, next to the People”s Cinema. A: Oh, I see. I”m goi ng there to get one, too. Thank you! B: You”re welcome! 六 . 书面表达（ 15 分） 今天你到广州的一家超市购物，遇见一群英国游客，在交谈中他们谈到明天想去广州动物园参观，向你打听该园的门票价格和开放时间。请你根据下面表格中的内容向他们作个介绍，并顺便提醒他们一些你认为参观时应注意的事项。（词数：不少于 80 个。给出的首句不计入总词数） 票价 开放时间 成人 80 元 /人 星期一星期五 1.20 米以上儿童 40 元 /人 上午 9： 0