2015年静安区、青浦区初三英语二模-答案

75. A) miss B) save C) compare D) damage

76. A) health B) service C) medicine D) education

77. A) pleasant B) precious C) frightening D) hardworking

78. A) organized B) invented C) praised D) discovered

79. A) certainly B) hardly C) possibly D) mainly

80. A) in time B) in return C) first D) at present

C) Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）

Because deaf people cannot hear, they have special ways of communicating. One way is lip (嘴唇) reading. With training, people can learn to understand what someone is saying by looking at the m 81 of the speaker. Speaking is possible but difficult for the deaf. Because they cannot hear their own voices, it sounds, and not all deaf people can get this skill. The way of communicating is sign language, which is the most

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takes a lot of training to be able to make the c 82

useful in real life.

In many ways, sign language is s 83 to spoken languages though actually there is some difference. The \formed with movements of the hands, face and body. Each sign has a different meaning. Signs are mixed up to form sentences. The basic sign language is hand signs that take the place of letters. The signs, which are put together, can e 84 the same thoughts, feelings and so on as a spoken language. And just as different countries usually speak different languages, most countries have their own variation (变化) of sign language.

In addition to knowing sign language, it is also helpful to know s 85 about how deaf people communicate. Hand waving or hitting a table or the floor to get someone's attention is fine. Also, lots of eye c 86 is necessary. Information can be read from their eyes. Lastly, it is good to remember that most deaf people s 87 think of themselves different from other people, and you don't have to, either! D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）

Jimmy James became famous when he was only 16. His

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rock group Jumping James were playing in a small club in Liverpool when a famous singer heard them play. He told his record company about them and soon they were in a studio recording their first record, Sun on the Water. It was a big surprise and success as well and went to Number One in the charts (图表) all over the world. Jumping James appeared on Top of the Pops and on many other TV shows. Soon they were playing at the Albert Hall in London, at Carnegie Hall in New York and fit the Opera House in Sydney. Jimmy's face was on magazine covers all over the world.

By the time he was 20, Jimmy was extremely rich. He owned houses in London, Hollywood, Switzerland and Hawaii, he drove a Rolls Royce and a number of sports cars. He threw away his suits after wearing them only once. Jimmy left Jumping James and made records by himself. His life was rich and busy but soon he got bored. He started to drink a lot of whisky. He became lazy and often did not turn up for concerts. His records still made a lot of money but he was now spending almost everything he earned. He bought a yacht(游艇)and a big house in France, he bought cars and paid for Starting Guitar huge parties all over the world.

Then he began to make worse and worse records and

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to sing and play the guitar badly. Theatres cancelled his concerts, fans stopped buying his records, and his friends left him. Now he is back in Liverpool living in a very small house with his brother John. He has no money, no job, no friends and no future. He is not famous any more. But he has stopped drinking. He is happier now and soon he plans to try to play his guitar again. He will play for pleasure and make enough money to live quite well. But this time he will not play for fame (名声).

88. Who introduced the rock group Jumping James to a record company?

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89. What information can you get from \face … the world\

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90. Where were Jimmy's houses by the time he was at the age of 20?

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