广州市中考英语试题.doc

广州市2004年中考英语试题（笔试部分）
二.语言知识与运用(共20小题，20分；每小题1分)
在下列各题的四个答案中选择一个最佳答案。
21. Mike is taller than any ____ boy student in his class.
A. each B. other C another D. one
22. We have two bedrooms, but ____ of them is big enough for six people to live in.
A. none B. both C. any D. neither
23. When Miss Green began to ____ something, the two boys stopped______ and became quiet.
A. speak; telling B. talk; speaking C. say; talking D. tell; saying
24. —Do you know Betty very well?
. —Yes, she and I _____ friends since we met in Guangzhou last summer.
A. have made B. have become C. have been D. have turned
25. —Thanks for giving me _______ I wanted.
. —You are welcome.
A. the information B. an information C. the informations D. information
26. Mr Green always tells his daughter a story before she _____ to sleep.
A. will go B. went C. is going D. goes
27. — _____ has this food store been in business?
. —Since 2001.
A. How long B. How often C. How old D. How soon
28. Harry Potter is an _____ book for children, but my cousin doesn't seem at all______ in it.
A. interesting; interesting B. interested; interested
C. interesting; interested D. interested; interesting
29. —Well, I found this. I think it must be yours.
. — My watch! Thank you. Where _____ it?
A. do you find B. have you found C. were you finding D. did you find
30. —Who is the man ____ was talking to our English teacher?
. — Oh! He’s Mr. Baker, our new maths teacher.
A. he B. that C. whom D. which
31. I don't believe the young man could run___ fast ___20 kilometres an hour.
A. as; as B. as; like C. much; as D. so; like
32. At the end of the meeting Miss Green ____ two minutes to decide whether she should join the project or not.
A. gave B. had given C. was given D. was giving
33. Boys, you ____ be sitting in this room. It is for your teachers only.
A. shouldn't B. don't have to C. won't D. needn't
34. — Why did ____ take Aunt Alice almost an hour to get home?
. — I don't know. Maybe there was something wrong with her car.
A. that B. it C. she D. this
35. — Rick! Your jacket is wet through. Didn't you listen to the weather report this morning?
. — No, I didn't. I was in a hurry. Besides, it ____ when I left.
A. hadn't rained B. would rain C. rained D. wasn't raining
36. There is not much difference between the two. I really don't know ________ .
A. what should I choose B. which I should choose
C. which should I choose D. what I should choose
37. It's 7:30. I can't believe you _____ cooking dinner yet, Sally.
A. haven't started B. didn't start C. don't start D. hadn't started
38. —Good morning, sir. What would you like?
. — Two pieces of cake _____ a coffee, please.
A. in B. with C. to D. for
39. — Now I must go ____ I shall be late for the train.
— Have a good trip. Goodbye.
A. or B. so C. and D. but
40. Martin looks so well. We've never seen him ____ so well before.
A. is looked B. is looking C. to look D. look

三.完形填空(共lO个空格，lO分；每个空格1分)
先通读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
It happened at about 6 yesterday evening, when I was coming home from work. Whenever I can, I walk to work except when it's (41) because I like the exercise. I was coming down Station Road, and just as I was walking past No. 38, I heard a noise. It was such a loud noise that I (42) . I knew that a lot of old people lived alone on this street, so I was a bit worried. At first, I didn't know what to do. I went up to the front door and listened to see if I could hear something. (43) the front door was open, so I (44) the door and went in. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything, although my (45) soon got used to it.
I went into the kitchen, and there on the (46) lay an old woman. (47) she had been badly beaten up, she was still alive luckily. I (48) her phone and dialed 999. I stayed with her until the ambulance ( 救护车) arrived. And later when the (49) came, she had woken up and told them about what had happened. Actually, she had been working in her (50) when a man jumped on her. She didn't see him, and she didn't hear him, either.
The old woman is now in hospital, and I hope she will be well soon.
41. A. cloudy B. rainy C. sunny D. windy
42. A. stopped B. ran away C. thought D. shouted out
43. A. In time B. At once C. In fact D. At first
44. A. locked B. broke C. knocked D. pushed
45. A. eyes B. head C. ears D. hands
46. A. bed B. floor C. table D. wall
47. A. Since B. As C. Although D. After
48. A. rang B. called C. received D. found
49. A. doctors B. strangers C. police D. soldiers
50. A. garden B. bedroom C. living – room D. kitchen

四.阅读理解(共1 6小题，40分；每小题2．5分)
阅读下面4篇短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
(A)
Take a Look at Our Library!
OUR SERVICES

VIDEO
* all kinds of video films
* TV plays
* music videos
* special interests

You can enjoy yourself and take time to watch your favourite videos at home. You can borrow a video for a week for £ 1.
BOOKS
* picture books for children
* information about the world
* novels
* books in 36 languages
* stories of all kinds

You can enjoy newspapers and magazines in the reading - room.

AUDIO
* music for everyone: classical; rock; pop; jazz; blues; folk
* language cassettes; 42 main languages in the world

Special rooms for you to enjoy listening. CDs and cassettes can be borrowed— FREE!

YOUR QUESTIONS
* How many books can I borrow at one time? And videos? CDs and cassettes?
Usually up to five books, one CD or one cassette. As many videos as you want.

* How long can I keep them?
Three weeks for books, one week for CDs / cassettes.

* Can I renew them?
Yes, you can keep them longer. You can renew them by
phone, by post, or in person at the library.

Our library is open to everyone and the library card is free!

51. At the library we can ________ .
A. borrow the newest magazines
B. watch our favourite video films
C. listen to CDs of pop music
D. find books in 42 main languages in the world
52. You should pay ______ if you borrow three CDs for two weeks.
A. £ 2 B. £ 3 C. £ 6 D. nothing
53. You should _______ if you want to borrow books.
A. make a phone call first to the library
B. go to the library yourself with a library card
C. ask the library to post you the books
D. pay to get a library card first
54. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. You can borrow four books at one time and keep them for two weeks.
B. The library can help you learn foreign languages.
C. You can borrow more than five video films at one time.
D. There are rooms for you to enjoy TV plays in the library.

(B)
Mr Harris taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a talk about an animal called 'birdcat' , which died out during the Ice Age. He passed around a skull (头骨) as he talked. We all took notes carefully and later we had a test.
When he returned my paper the next day, there was a big red 'X' through each of my answers. I had failed! There had to be some mistake! I had written down exactly (确切地) what Mr Harris said. Then I learned that everyone hi the class had failed. What had happened?
Very simple, Mr Harris said. He had made up all that 'birdcat'. There had never been any such animal.
The information in our notes was, therefore, incorrect. Did you think you would get good marks for incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we felt that was unfair (不公平的). What kind of a test was this? And what kind of a teacher?
We should have figured it out, Mr Harris said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the 'birdcat' skull, in truth a cat's, hadn't he been telling us no other findings about this animal except the skull? He had told us many unbelievable things about the animal, such as the size, the colour, the strength. . . , but none of us had questioned.
Mr Harris said he hoped we would learn something from this lesson. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct. In fact no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep, and to speak up if we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.
Up to now I haven't made any great scientific discoveries, but Mr Harris's class gave me and my classmates something just as important; To look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong.
55. Which would be the best title for this passage?
A. An Unforgettable Test
B. A Strange Animal Called 'Birdcat'
C. An Unfair Test
D. Incorrect Information
56. 'Figure it out' should mean '______ '.
A. think and find it out
B. answer it
C. draw it out
D. learn and turn it out
57. I failed in the science test because ________.
A. I didn't answer all the questions
B. I didn't answer the paper according to what Mr Harris said
C. the information in my answers was wrong
D. Mr Harris made some mistake
58. We can learn from this passage that _________.
A. Mr Harris was the only person who found the animal 'birdcat'
B. Mr Harris used a cat's skull instead of a birdcat*s because they were the same
C. we should be brave to speak out against what we don't believe
D. teachers and textbooks are usually incorrect

(C)
How much do you know about A. I. (Artificial Intelligence) ? Artificial means 'man - made', and intelligence means * the ability to learn, understand and think a-bout things*. A. I. is about making machines think, talk, do and see. A. I. is used in many fields from playing games to helping doctors. Many machines around us work very well because they work with the help of A. I.
Man has always dreamed of building 'thinking machines'. In 1770, Wolfgand Kempelen ( 1734 -1804) built a wooden robot called Turk that was able to play chess (SUR). It played very well and even beat some of the top chess players of the time! Later it was found that Turk was not real. Inside the box machine was a chess player.
John McCarthy (1927— ) is thought as the ‘Father' of A. I. He invented the word ‘A.I.’ and the LISP computer programming language that many A. I. developers use today.
How does A. I. work? A. I. uses ideas from many fields:
How computers work out number problems.
How computers work.
How computers think like man.
How computers act like living things.
How computers decide things.
How computers learn.
A.I.

59. What is true about A. I. ?
A. A. I. is a machine.
B. A. I. can think and do some other things.
C. A. I. can play games.
D. A. I. is something that makes machines work like man.
60. Turk _______ .
A. was able to play chess very well
B. was only a dream of Wolfgand Kempelen
C. was made of wood
D. was really Wolfgund Kempelen himself
61. People think John McCarthy _______ .
A. is the earliest and greatest inventor of A. I.
B. is the most important person in the field of computers
C. has made A. I. better and better
D. uses the LISP computer programming language better than any other person
62. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. we still do not know how A. I. works
B. computers are the most important part of A. I.
C. Wolfgand Kempelen was the first builder of robot
D. John McCarthy is good at playing chess
(D)
People like reading newspapers every day. Newspapers tell us about all kinds of news in our home town, in our country, and in other parts of the world. Today we can read about important things that took place in foreign countries on the same day they happened, even in countries far, far away.

But hundreds of years ago, news of such things took months or even years to travel from one country to another. In those times, news was often passed from one person to another and was never completely true.

Newspapers today bring us with much more than just what happened at home and in foreign countries. If we want to know what the weather will be like, we can read the weather reports. If we want to find out what films are being shown, or what plays or concerts we can go to, we can look in the newspapers.

In many countries notices (告示) or ads (广告) are put in newspapers. People who want to get jobs, to buy houses or cars. . . , or even to look for a missing person, would look in the newspapers. And what's more, some people read newspapers only to kill time!

63. The first paragraph mainly (主要地) tells us that _______.
A. why people read newspapers
B. newspapers bring us news that took place everywhere
C. we can learn news outside our country
D. we can learn news that happened on the same day
64. We know that hundreds of years ago ________ according to this passage.
A. newspapers were carefully passed from one person to another
B. newspapers travelled slowly from one place to another
C. news that people learned was not true
D. news would often changed as it went around
65. The main idea of the last two paragraphs is that _________.
A. people often put some information in newspapers
B. newspapers have some other important uses besides bringing news
C. newspapers can help people get new jobs or buy houses
D. we can read the weather report in newspapers
66. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?
A. In the early years news often went around without written words.
B. If someone wants to find a missing child he can put a notice in newspapers.
C. Some people read newspapers to get information; some to kill their interests.
D. We learn the events soon after they happened.

第Ⅱ卷 非选择题(共35分)
五.句型变换(共6小题，20格，10分；每格0.5分)
1. Mr Brown said, "Don't make such a mistake again, Margaret. " (改为间接引语)
Mr Brown told Margaret _____ _____ _____ such a mistake again.
2. Miss King hardly spoke a word the whole time,
Miss King hardly spoke a word the whole time, _____ _____ ? (改为反意疑问句)
3. All the pupils have read this storybook. Their English teacher has read this storybook, too. (改为同义句)
_____ _____ all the pupils ______ _____ their English teacher has read this storybook.
4. My grandfather is too old to travel around. (改为同义句)
My grandfather is_____ old _____ he ____ travel around any _____.
5. Mike's car is much more expensive than Susan's. (改为同义句)
Susan's car is _____ _____ than ______ .
6. You must hand in your history homework by the weekend. (改为被动语态)
Your history homework ______ _____ ______ _______ by the weekend.

六.综合填空(共10格，10分；每格1分)
根据短文内容填入适当的单词，使短文的意思完整，每格限填写一个英语单词，要求开头第一个字母与所给的字母相同。在填写答题卡时，单词开头的第一个字母要写出来。
It is well known that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the cleverest a (7) the animals? Some scientists t (8) it should be Alex, an Afri