中考英语九选八专练

. AA.common B .harmful C.door D.plans E.encouraged F.quietly G. all H.not only I. aboutSammy Liu, a six-year-old boy from Kowloon, has become a hero recently. One day he used the familys computer to stop a robbery. While the thief was very busy searching the flat, Sammy went into his bedroom 1 and used his computer to call the police, who arrived five minutes and caught the thief.These days, it is 2 for children as young as Sammy to be so good at computers. Many children use computers at home or at school and some schools even have their own websites. Such websites _3_ offer students the opportunity to learn new skills but also mean that people all over the world can find out more about their school.Some parents think that spending too much time using a computer can be 4 , but there is the opposite of it. “Kids should be 5 to use computers as early as possible,” said Tony Robertson, a software developer. “Children learn really fast. Many children know much more _6_technology than their parents.”In Hong Kong, the “IT 2011” project 7 to provide every student with a computer by the year 2011. Schools, hospitals, shops and homes will all be connected by an island-wide network. Whether at home or school, the digital age (数码时代) has certainly opened the 8 to a whole new world of learning. BA. to B.means C. formed D.life E.further F.out of G.know H.suggested I. givenDo you know insurance(保险)？Buying insurance is _1_by which people can protect themselves from large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay small sum of money _2_ an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only a few will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes _3_ the sums of money it has collected. The first modern fire insurance company was _4_ in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just destroyed most of the city, and people wanted to protect against _5_ losses. The fire company grew rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas. Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also _6_ a new kind of insurance for farmers. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops by storm. In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start another new insurance company in America. This company, which offered _7_ insurance, collected some money regularly from different men. Although a man died, his family was _8_ a large sum of money. Today, this company is still in business. Over the years, people have benefited from(从受益) many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from such accidents as car and plane crashes. Tomorrow, almost everyone has some kind of insurance. CA.miss B.Nobody C. get D.patient E. late F.believe G.busy H.differences I.for Before meeting with my friend Leticia from Honduras, Central America, I would ask her if she was arriving according to North American time or Latin American time. Smiling, she would answer, “Latin American time, of course.” This meant that she would be 1 . The concept (概念) of time is very different for Latin Americans and North Americans. Life in the United States is fast-paced. Americans 2 “The early bird gets the worm” and “First come, first served”. North Americans even have their meals in an efficient (有效率的) way. Microwaves help heat up their early breakfasts, noon lunches, and five oclock dinners.Time is money _3_ big businesses. Everyone follows schedules (时刻表). Minutes are taken at meetings that are planned. North Americans are proud of carrying out 4 work and still finding time to spend with family and friends.Latin Americans enjoy a slow life. In the cafes, the service is slow. Outside on the street, people walk by, not to lose weight, but to get somewhere. Buses arrive and leave on their own schedule, sometimes sooner or later than the scheduled time. And if you 5 the bus, just wait. One will come along finally. Mid-morning breakfasts are homemade. Lunch is around three in the afternoon and dinner could be anytime. 6 really follows a schedule. You seldom hear the question, “What time is it?”If you dont know the cultural 7 , you may feel angry sometimes. In my opinion, people in the United States need to live less by the clock and enjoy more of their days. Although Latin Americans can sometimes be very frustrating (令人沮丧的), they tell us its good to be 8 and one should slow down enough to enjoy simple pleasure in life. DA.at least B.slowly C.enable D.provide E.cost F.gained G.important H.distance I.withoutAlthough people can do different sports with the help of equipment, running is still the simplest way to exercise. The following introductions may help you make your running more pleasant and safe. Buy a pair of good running shoes. You dont have to buy the top shoes, which could 1 you much money. However, its important to buy the actual running shoes which will 2 _sufficient cushioning (缓冲) to protect your back ,your feet and your legs from injury. Walk before you run! For the first four weeks, you should have a 5-15 minute warm-up walk before breaking into a trot(小跑). Make sure you run and walk 3 three times a week. It wont really do you a favor if you do less than this. Please dont run if youre unwell, as this might increase the time youll take to recover. Run for time, not for _4_. Your running program should be planned to 5 increase the time you spend on your feet, rather than the kilometers. If you ran a total of thirty minutes last week, dont increase this by more than ten minutes the following week. Never copy the top athletes! Those top runners were born with superior genes(基因) that 6 their bodies to deal with stress loads, therefore ordinary runners should not follow their example. Be patient! Dont be in a hurry to take part in road races, etc., no matter how much your friends expect you. Wait until you can run 30 minutes _7_ resting before lining up for that first 5 km fun run. Find a friend who has the same interest to run with. Some of the greatest friendships might have been 8 during training runs. Enjoy yourself running. Its nice to be competitive, but not if the pressures are going to affect your health and general lifestyle. Dont go in for a race every week because this is the surest way of becoming hurt. Are you ready to run now ? EA.although B.successful C.everything D.what E.give up F.noticed G. active H.suddenly I.withHave you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not 1 ? Well, friends cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, youll find that the whole world smile to you. When you are in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever 2 the happy smile on your teachers face when you did a good job? One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it 3 starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why dont you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And 4 the rain in time, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest. _5_ everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure (失败) cant be avoided. I think failure is not terrible and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and 6 hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish 7 we have decided to do. As a famous saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.” Attitude(态度) decides 8 . With an active attitude, life is easy and pleasant. Lets smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us. FA.also B.common C.such as D.especially E.grown F.world G.full of H.Asia I.beatingFor most of the people, the Olympic Games are exciting and unforgettable. You might have known quite a lot about the modern Olympic Games, 1 the Summer Games, which began in Greece in 1896. But how much do you know about Special Olympic Games for the disabled(残疾人)？ The first Special Olympic Games were held in Rome in 1960. Now soon after every Summer Games, the host City holds a Special Olympic Games, 2 the Games in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996. Over the years, it has 3 into one of the largest sporting events for the disabled in the world. Many people who watched the Games said that they were greatly impressed by the effort(努力) and courage(勇气)shown through the Games. All the sportsmen and sportswomen who took part in the Games had a(n) 4 goal: They wanted to prove to themselves and to the world that they were 5 life and hope, and that they were willing to try and eager to learn.The Games 6 offer the rest of the world a chance to learn more about the disabled by watching them competing against each other. Their beliefs, their dreams and their efforts are all on show for the world to see. “The World Games are much, much more than a just sports competition.”Said Special Olympics Chairman, Tim Shriver. Shanghai hosted the 12th Special Olympics, _7_ over 13 other applicants(申办方)，marking the first time the games held in 8 at the beginning of October last year. GA.troubles B.arrives C.out of control D.happily E.angry F.As G.happened H.have I. carryingWe have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get 1 . It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this means your 2 are beginning. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, destroying your half prepared meal. You hang up quickly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband 3 , unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars 4 to be a learner. She suddenly went into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her stop suddenly. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. 5 she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden. The truck was _6_ empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck onto the road. This led to yet another 7 argument. Meanwhile, It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident, for they were 8 having what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days! H A.share B.following C.but D.everything E.happy F.without G.sister H.story I.above allI know my brother better than anyone else in the world. Since the moment of his birth, Ive been part of his life. I had spent seven 1 years in the world with the attention of those around me. But when Rohan was born, life changed. Suddenly I had to 2 my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food.Finally, I felt my anger at my brother. The poor baby had no idea what had made me so unhappy. Maybe he found me strange, the only person in this house who did not like him. Whatever the reason was, he loved 3 me around. However, I seldom talked to him and always asked him to leave me alone.Then all that changed. I hardly remember everything of that day six years ago, 4 I do remember that I was feeling very angry. Somehow my feet led me to my brothers bed. My hand, completely free from my mind, reached through the bars (护栏). At once, he reached his small hand and softly touched mine. And that was all I needed. Through all the unhappiness of the day, that moment changed 5 . How could I hate someone who made me feel so important? For the first time, I saw my brother, not through the eyes of a child who was no longer favored (宠爱), but through the eyes of a 6 .To this day, I cant imagine life 7 my brother. It is unbelievable how much I have learned about life from a seven-year-old boy. _8_, Rohan has taught me that one should not care only for himself. I A.words B.instead of C.difficult D.feeling E.chosen F.created G.included H.Why I.every Is there life on other planets? We do not know for sure. In 1977, the American spaceship Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were sent into space. The spaceship carried messages of greeting for any intelligent(智能的) life forms. There was a 1 question to answer before the messages were sent. How could you talk to an alien on another planet? How could aliens understand human life on Earth?In other 2 , how should the messages be presented(呈现)? Many people were surprised when scientists decided to send music 3 words or pictures.The scientists decided it was easiest to communicate through music. As a result, a message disc with nearly 88 minutes of music was sent. 4 was music chosen? Music is an easily understood art form. All people, young or old, can enjoy it. When people hear a piece of music, they usually link it with a 5 _. A piece of music can make you feel sad, angry, calm or joyful. Every culture, from the past to the present, has 6 its own music to express its sadness, pain and happiness. Different pieces of music were _7_ for variety. Traditional songs and music from many countries were selected for the disc. Modern rock n roll and Western classical music were also 8 . Perhaps one day we will receive a similar disc from another planet! JA.for B.first C.nothing D.still E.without F.different G.sad H.forgotten I.instead of I didnt think I had a passion(强烈的情感). I would sit in front of the TV all day, thinking about _1_ but the next show.It was not long ago that I _2_ learned how important having a passion is to life.That day I went with my mum to drop my sister off at the gym. I was bored. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed in rags (破旧衣服). He was homeless. That didnt interest me, _3_ I had seen many like him before. But in some way he was _4_. This man was not sitting down with a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing he had.Mum, why does that man have a radio even though hes homeless? I asked.He bought it, she replied. I was _5_ puzzled.But if hes homeless, why doesnt he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesnt need.Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes arent the most important things. We need happiness, too. That man must care enough about music to buy a radio _6_ food or clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it, theres nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.Since then Ive never gone a day_7_ thinking of whats truly important. A home, a meal, clothes - these things are only part of the picture. Whats often _8_ is that we all need a joy, a light in a dark day. We all need a passion. KA.brought B.disappear C.success D.real E.stars F. serious G.for H. teach I.once moreIt was New Years night. An old man was standing by a window. He raised his sad eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the 1 were bright like white flowers in a lake. Then he looked at the earth, where few more hopeless people now moved towards their tombs(坟墓). He had already passed sixty years, and he had 2 from his journey nothing but mistakes and sadness. Now his health was poor and his mind was not strong any more. The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him. And he remembered the 3 moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roadsone led to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers and sweet songs; the other led to a deep, dark cave, which was endless and full of devils(恶魔)and terrible snakes. He looked towards the sky and cried. “O youth, return! O my father, place me 4 at the entrance to life, and Ill choose the better way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away. He saw the lights getting away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life. He saw a star fall from the sky and 5 , and this was just like his life. His regret(懊悔), which was like a sharp knife, cut deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood. They had done their best for 6 and were now happy on this New Years night.He remembered his parents early love for him. They had taught him. But he chose the wrong way. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and he cried out. “Come back, my early days! Come back!” His youth did return, _7_ all