2009年宁夏中考英语模拟试题（一）

people don’t know what to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more are simply thrown out with the rubbish.

Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products. Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers.

In some countries, laws are being passed, too. Computer companies will have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay the cost. That will encourage them to make computers that are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade（升级）.

Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford them at all. Hundreds of organizations are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers.

The computers then go to schools, charities and people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish into someone else’s useful things—and cut down on waste, too. 56. What do many people do with old computers?

A. They repair them. B. They sell them. C. They send them to others. D. They stop using them.

57. How many computer companies are mentioned in the second paragraph（段）？ A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 58. According to the laws in some countries, computer companies must ______ . A. recycle most of their products B. collect all their used products C. repair and upgrade old computers D. make more cheaper computers

59. What do the organizations do to solve the problem of old computers? A. Help the computer companies to collect them. B. Repair and send them to those who need them. C. Help people to learn to use them.

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D. Turn rubbish into useful things. 60. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Repairing old computers.

B. Encouraging to make cheap computers C. Recycling old computers. D. Helping those who need computers.

C

Venice is the “ Queen” of Adriatic Sea(亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?

Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren’t any roads and streets in the city, so there aren’t cars and buses. There are many canals （运河）in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.

But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice will be under water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice from the sea. They do not want to leave. How can they save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will be closed to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink.

61. From this short article we know Venice is _________. A. a very beautiful woman of the Adriatic Sea B. the most important city woman in Italy

C. a very important and beautiful place of the Adriatic D. the most important city in Italy

62. People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because _______. A. there are 177 canals in the city B. it is sinking into the Adriatic Sea

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C. there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals

. D. it is not only beautiful but also quite different from other cities 63. The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends _________. A. by bus B. by bike C. in cars D. in boats 64. Year by year the Adriatic Sea _______ and Venice _______.

A. is rising; is sinking B. is going down; is going up C. has risen; has sunk D. will go up; will go down 65. Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it, the Venetians _________. A. have to leave Venice in 2040

B. will try to do something to save their city C. want to stay there until the water covers the city D. do not love the city any longer

非选择题（共40分）

六、单词拼写（共５小题，计分５分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子空缺处写出各单词的正确形式.

71．My father has been working for a whole day. I think he must be _________(累的). 72. I got this toy car on my ______________ birthday.( 在我五岁生日时) 73. The police caught two ______________( 小偷) in the mall. 74. Lin Lin practices _________(说) English every day. 75. Look out! You should drive more __________( 小心). 七、综合填空 （共５小题，计分５分）

从下面方框中选择适当的词填入短文中，使短文通顺正确（注意有些词要用适当的形式），方框中有两个多余的词。

afford, get, lend, borrow, disappoint, eight, except, 76. Steve is very upset because everyone in his class was invited to Tom’s birthday

party _____________ him.

77. They lost the game. The news made me very ________________. 78. That car is so expensive that I can’t ______________ it.

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79. Women’s Day is on March ____________.

80. Thank you for _____________ me your dictionary. 八、任务型阅读 (10分)

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列各题。(每空1词)

We each have a memory. That's why we can remember things after a long time. Some people have a very good memory and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again.

A good memory helps one learn a language well. Everybody learns his own language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages easily because they hear, remember and speak the two languages every day. In school it is not easy to learn a foreign language because the students have little time for it and they have to learn other subjects, too.

Our memory can get better and better if we do more and more exercises. Do you want to learn a foreign language well? If so, you must do a lot of listening and speaking.

81. We can remember things after a _________ time because we each have a

__________.

82. A man with a ________memory can learn many________ by heart.

83. If a child often hears, remembers and________ two languages every day, he or

she can ________these languages easily.

84. At school, it is not easy for the ________to learn a foreign language well because

they have________ time for it and they have to learn other subjects, too. 85. If we want to learn a foreign language well, we must ________ a lot of

________and speaking. 九、写作 （计分15分）

假定下星期是教师节，学校开展英语征文活动，请你以 “My favourite teacher” 为题，写一篇80-100字的短文，描述你最敬佩的一位老师。短文必须

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包括对人物年龄、性别、相貌、性格、教龄、教学方法、对待学生及工作的态度的描写。

In my school life, I have a lot of teachers. But

___________________________________________________________________

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