2012年上海长宁区英语中考二模试卷

2012长宁二模

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法) V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)

31. There is __________ international school near the new housing estate. A. an B. a C. the D. /

32. Don't add too much salt __________ the soup, or it will be too salty. A. in B. on C. to D. at

33. There is __________ snow in Shenzhen in winter, is there? A. few B. a few C. little D. a little

34. My deskmate Flora's handwriting is much better than __________. A. me B. mine C. I D. my

35. At the foot of the hill, you can hear nothing but the __________ of the running water.

A. speech B. talk C. voice D. sound

36. Don’t worry, Wendy can look after your bird __________ when you're out. A. care B. careful C. careless D. carefully

37. Tourists enjoy __________ in the sea at the beautiful beaches in Bangkok. A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. to swimming

38. The iPad is one of __________ among the young people all over the world. A. the most popular tablet computers B. the most popular tablet computer

C. the more popular tablet computers D. the more popular tablet computer

39. —__________ has the foreign teacher been in Shanghai?

—For one year.

A. How often B. How soon C. How long D. How far

40. When I arrived home yesterday, Grandpa __________ a phone call. A. makes B. is making C. was making D. made 41. The cheese cake smelt so __________ that the kid asked for more. A. well B. sweet C. awful D. badly

42. Plants and flowers __________ water and sun when they start growing. A. need to B. don't need C. needn't D. need

43. My parents __________ about 30,000 yuan for my college education in UK each year.

A. spend B. take C. pay D. cost

44. She must be __________ forty, but she likes dressing up as a young girl. A. at first B. at last C. at least D. at most

45. It's not a good idea to make the boy __________ the new words again and again. A. copies B. copy C. to copy D. copying

46. Young Jimmy __________ painting two weeks ago, but soon he lost interest in it. A. took up B. took off C. took out D. took away

47. Shu-How Lin __________ by two NBA teams years ago, but now he has become a

bright star in the Knicks.

A. is refused B. was refused C. has been refused D. will be refused 48. I like summer best among the four seasons, __________ I can enjoy the long

summer vacation.

A. but B. because C. so D. though 49. Excuse me, could you please tell us __________?

A. how can we get to the airport B. how we can get to the airport

C. how could we get to the airport D. how we could get to the airport 50. —Would you like me to help you with the housework? —__________.

A. That's very kind of you. B. That's a good idea. C. You're welcome. D. Not at all.

VI. Complete the following passage with the words or expressions in the box（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个词语只能填一次）：（共8分） A. help B. are kind to C. cold D. died E. instead F. in their bed G. picture H. hole I. find Two travelling angels (天使) were tired and hungry. They wanted to stay in a rich family for the night. The family were unfriendly and let them stay in a very

_____51_____ room. When they were making the bed on the hard floor, the elder angel saw a _____52_____ in the wall. And then

she repaired it. The younger angel asked, \elder angel said,

\

The next night the two angels came to a poor family. The family were very nice and friendly. They let the angels sleep _____54_____. The next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife were very sad. Their only cow _____55_____ that night. \the younger angel asked.

\the cold

room in the rich family, I saw there was gold in that hole in the wall. I didn't want the rich man to _____57_____ it.\

\恶魔) of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow _____58_____.\ \

VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子)：（共8分）

59. The golden fish said to the fisherman, \(wish)

60. Although Peter is five years old, he is learning to make the bed by __________. (he)

61. Lucy and Linda are twins. They were born on the __________ of November. (four) 62. Helen's teacher was so __________ with the great progress she made this term. (please)

63. The Magic Hotel is amazing because it's __________ underwater. (complete)

64. Sandy likes drawing very much and she believes it can __________ her whole life. (rich)

65. Because of the warm and __________ weather, oranges grow very well here. (sun) 66. The students are doing experiments in the lab with some new __________. (chemistry)

VIII. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子，每空格限填一词）：（共14分）

67. He usually reads books in the library in his spare time. (改为否定句)

He __________ often __________ books in the library in his spare time. 68. David's father has never been to Australia before. (改为反义疑问句)

David's father has never been to Australia before, __________ __________?

69. Grandma opened the window in order to breathe the fresh air. (保持句意基本不

变)

Grandma opened the window __________ __________ she could breathe the fresh air.

70. Little Tommy is playing happily with his cousin in the garden. (改为感叹句)

__________ __________ little Tommy is playing with his cousin in the garden! 71. London will hold the 30th Olympic Games in July, 2012. (改成被动语态)

The 30th Olympic Games will __________ __________ in London in July, 2012. 72. Jim goes to the dentist to wash his teeth every six months. (对划线部分提问)

__________ __________ does Jim go to the dentist to wash his teeth?

73. The traffic in the city is more convenient than that in the countryside. (保持句意基本不变)

The traffic in the countryside is not __________ convenient __________ that in the city.

Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)

IX. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）：（共50分）

A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）：（12分）

It's a lovely day. Sarah is going to have a picnic in the park with her friends. She has prepared much food, some meat and some vegetables. All are the daily food in our life. But do you know where some of them came from? Chicken

Chickens were once wild birds in the forest of Asia. Around 3,400 years ago. men began to use chickens. But the birds were small and their meat was hard to eat. So people only kept chickens to fight for sport. Chocolate

The seed of the cocoa tree can be made into chocolate. But 2,000 years ago, people in Central America only drank chocolate. In Europe, chocolate drinks were

not popular until the 1500s when sugar was added. Tomatoes

At first, people were afraid of eating tomatoes because they belong to a family of poisonous plants. One day, a brave man ate the first tomato. People were surprised that he didn't die. They tried the tomatoes and found that they tasted good. Soon tomatoes became very popular. The French even gave them a special name, Love Apples.

Ice cream

Long before ice cream, water ices were popular all over Asia. During the Tang Dynasty, some people created ice cream from milk. Later, travelers took this idea back to Europe. Soon, many people wanted to try it and the dessert became popular everywhere.

74. Sarah has prepared much food to __________. A. have a picnic with her friends in the park B. know something about animals and plants C. find out where some of the food came from D. tell stories about daily food in our life 75. Around 3,400 years ago, people __________.

A. kept chickens as wild birds in the forest of Asia B. kept some small birds to eat their hard meat C. began to keep chickens as a kind of food D. began to keep chickens to fight for sport

76. Chocolate drinks became popular in Europe __________. A. 2,000 years ago B. in the 1500s

C. before sugar was added D. after American people ate chocolate 77. From the story about tomatoes, we know that if someone eats something

poisonous, he may __________

A. become brave B. feel surprised C. lose his life D. become popular 78. __________ created ice cream.

A. Some people in Asia B. A king of the Tang Dynasty C. Some people in Europe D. A traveler to Asia 79. The best title for the passage is “__________”.

A. Sarah's picnic B. Daily food in our life

C. We eat these food every day! D. Where did some food come from? B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或

词语完成短文）：（12分） Tony woke up in the middle of the night. He smelled smoke. He saw something bright _____80_____ his window. There was a fire in the house next door! He quickly woke up his parents.His mother called the Fire Department. Tony and his father went to wake up the neighbours in the burning house. They _____81_____ and

knocked on the door. The neighbours woke up and got out of the house. Then, they wanted to go back inside the house and get some things, but it was too