1、2008年江苏省扬州市中考英语试题试卷总分140分,考试时间l00分钟。第I卷(选择题72分)一、听力第一部分(计20分)A情景应答,根据听到的内容选择正确答语(听一遍)。(共5小题;每小题l分,计5分)1. A. Not at all. B. The same to you. C. Thats all right.2. A. Youre welcome. B. Sorry, sir. C. Good idea.3. A. Yes, Id love to. B. Quite well. C. No, I dont like.4. A. What about you? B. Whats wron
2、g? C. Lets do it.5. A. Sorry, Im not sure. B. I agree. C. Thank you very much.B听对话,选择正确的答语(听两遍)。(共10小题;每小题1分,计10分)听5段对话,每段对话后各有一个问题,根据对话内容及问题,选择正确的答语。6. A. On the 10th floor. B. On the 3rd floor. C. On the 7th floor.7. A. Lively. B. New. C. Very pretty.8. A. He has broken the tables.B. He has cleane
3、d the tables. C. He has moved the tables.9. A. The red jacket.B. The blue jacket.C. The expensive jacket.10. A. To raise much more money for the woman. B. To attract more people to come to the charity show. C. To make the charity show more interesting.听下面一段对话,回答第11至第l2小题。11. Why does Chen Dan look s
4、o happy today? A. Because she will get some presents. B. Because her friends will come. C. Because her favourite singers will come to Yangzhou.12. Where is Wu Dong going to watch the show? A. At home. B. In Yangzhou. C. At school.听下面一段对话,回答第12至第l5小题。13. Where is the man planning to spend the weekend
5、? A. By the sea. B. In Yangzhou. C. On the train.14. How many people will travel by train? A. Three. B. Only one. C. Two.15. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a police office. B. At a ticket office. C. At a library. C、听短文,根据短文内容选择正确答案(听两遍)。(共5小题;每小题l分,计5分)16. Where did Chen Wei work? A.
6、In Nanjing. B. In a small village. C. In a factory in a small town.17. Why did Chen Wei go to Nanjing? A. To look for another job. B. To see Mr. Yang. C. To buy something for his boss(老板).18. How did Chen Wei get to Nanjing? A. By bus. B. By train. C. By car.19. What did Chen Wei do when he couldnt
7、find the factory? A. He bought a map of Nanjing. B. He asked an old man for help. C. He came back and went to Nanjing again three days later.20. Why was the old man surprised to see Chen Wei again? A. Because he thought Chen Wei was still looking for that factory. B. Because he thought Chen Wei walk
8、ed too slowly. C. Because he met Chen Wei again.二、单项填空(共1 2小题;每小题l分,计1 2分) 在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。21. What _ your English teacher look like? She is quite slim. A. do B. is C. does D. was22. How often do you play a ball game at school?A. All day B. One hour C. Once a day D. Half an hour23
9、. _ is watching TV. Turn it off, will you?A. Nobody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Everybody24. Wang Lin has decided to _his bad habit of sleeping in class. Thats good news. I hope he can do it this time. A. wake up B. set up C. clear up D. give up25. Which of the following doesnt belong to the traffic s
10、igns?26. Lets go to the supermarket by taxi. We take a taxi. It is not far from here.A. cant B. neednt C. couldnt D. mustnt27.I will never forget that terrible accident _ it happened so long ago.A. only if B. even though C. only when D. ever since28. Susan enjoys a cup of tea at times, but _she drin
11、ks coffee.A. mostly B. almost C. nearly D. most29. _terrible weather it is! The radio says that itll get _ later in the day. A. What a; bad B. What; worseC. How;bad D. How a; worse30. Ill return the book to Helen, but I cant find her anywhere. She _ the teachers office. You can find her there. A. ha
12、s been to B. has gone to C. has left D. went to31. I dont know _ to do with this maths problem. Its too hard. You can ask your classmates or teachers for help. A. which B. how C. what D. when32. What do you think of the colour of my new dress? Sorry, but what did you say? I _ about something else. A
13、. think B. thought C. am thinking D. was thinking三、完形填空(共10小题;每小题l分,计10分)阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。Once there lived in our town a poor family. They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a pot under a _33 table. In it there was a little rice _34 from their neighbour for the c
14、oming New Year. On New Years Eve(除夕夜), the wife had already fallen asleep, but the husband was _35 in bed, worrying about their life. Suddenly he heard someone breaking into the room.It must be a thief, he thought, but it doesnt matter. The thief can _36 nothing. He didnt shout or move. But he kept
15、watching over the thief.The thief came into the house and was only interested in the rice under the table.But _37 can I take it away? the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He _38 his coat, put it on the ground between the bed and the table and turned around to take the pot.Now the husband kne
16、w what the thief would do. He picked up the coat quickly and _39_ himself with it _40 the thief turned back.The thief took the pot, and put the rice onto the coat. Then he began to feel it. But he was _41 to find that his coat had gone.Hey,” he shouted out. The voice woke up the wife. She asked her
17、husband, Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room. Shut up! ( 闭嘴) replied her husband, _42 to sleep. There is no thief in the room. Thats impossible, the thief shouted loudly, If there isnt a thief, then, where is my coat?33. A. good B. bad C. nice D. broken34. A. borrowed B. asked
18、 C. lent D. taken35. A. thinking B. lying C. talking D. looking36. A. lose B. bring C. carry D. steal37. A. what B. why C. how D. when38. A. took off B. put on C. brought D. used39. A. bung B. enjoyed C. covered D. provided40. A. before B. after C. until D. because41. A. afraid B. surprised C. pleas
19、ed D. excited42. A. Get out B. Get up C. Go down D. Go hack四、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,计30分)阅读下列内容,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。AWatching Movies for Your SummerCarfield: A Tale of Two Kitties加菲猫:双猫记Superman Returns超人归来Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Mans Chest加勒比海盗:聚魂棺Hello, Carfield will meet you again on the screen.
20、 This time, Americas favorite cat Carfield travels to London. Carfield gets lost on the way. However, he enjoys his new life in his new home. But danger is near him.How exciting to see Superman on the screen again. Like before, he is again saving the world. But his enemy (敌人) , Lex Luthor, is still
21、planning to kill him so that he can control the world.Captain Jack Sparrow again appears on the screen. This time, he finds himself in a heavy debt (负债)to Davey Jones. The only way to get out of it is to find the Dead Mans Chest He asks his old friends for help and they start out to the sea.43. The
22、story of Carfield in this movie happens in_.A. America B. London C. the sea D. the world44. Why does Lex Luthor plan to kill Superman?A. Because he tries to save the world.B. Because he never sees Superman on the screen.C. Because he finds it hard to like the story.D. Because he wants to control the
23、 world.45. What is the trouble for Captain Jack Sparrow this time?A. He again appears on the screen.B. He turns to his friends for help.C. He is in a heavy debt to Davey Jones.D. He finds the Dead Mans Chest.BIt was a dark and cold night. The taxi driver didnt have even one passenger ( 乘客) all day.
24、When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, Where do you want to go, sir?To the Star Hotel, the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard that, he didnt feel happy any more. The young man woul
25、d give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city. After a long time, the car arrived at the hotel at last. You should pay me fifteen dollars, the car driver said to the young
26、 man. What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think Im a fool(傻瓜)? Only last week, I took a taxi from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I wont pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other taxi driver last week. 4
27、6. The driver felt very _ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station. A. sad B. sorryC. happy D. worried47. The driver took the passenger through many streets to_.A. make the young man happyB. let the young man have a good look at the cityC. show the young man aroundD. get more mone
28、y from the young man48. From the article we know that the young man_.A. knew the way from the station to the hotel.B. had never been to the hotel beforeC. didnt want to stay in this cityD. didnt know the city very well49. What do you think of the taxi driver?A. He was not an honest person.B. He like
29、d to work very hard.C. He was good at driving.D. He was a kind and clever man.CAdvice on Doing Your HomeworkNever try to work when you are very hungry. If you want to do your homework right after school, you may want to eat something before getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too
30、 tired. Dont wait until late in the evening, or the assignment will seem much harder than it really is.Divide your time into a few parts if you have more than an hours work. Relax yourself after an hour. However, dont divide it up so much that you cant get anything done. You should be able to work a
31、t least half an hour at a time without stopping.Dont put off ( 推迟) until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind and you wont enjoy your free time. If you put off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much to do. A little
32、 bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it.Do your homework at the same time every day. This will help you make it a habitpart of your daily work. It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free tim
33、e more enjoyable as well.50. When someone is hungry, hed better A. not work at allB. work harderC. not work too hardD. work as usual51. The underlined word assignment in the article may mean .A. time B. test C. homework D. school52. If you put off doing your homework,_.A. it will be kept on your min
34、dB. it will be much easier to doC. it will make you happyD. it doesnt matter much53. To do your homework at the same time every day_.A. will make it more difficultB. will make your free time less pleasantC. will help you have a good habitD. will help you live longerDDear Reader,Think about an 11-yea
35、r-old child spending her days washing clothes, looking after a baby brother, and doing hard work on the farm.Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner, and has no water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father, brother and sister lose their liv
36、es as the family has no money to send for a doctor.Hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the facts of life.Maria would gladly walk to school, but her mother, now alone, really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.But for five dollars a week, you can help o
37、ut a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, someone will help her. Through Save the Children, you can help Marias mother get better crops (收成) from their farm, and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school.To help Maria most, your money is to put together with other helpers, so hardwor
38、king people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital, make their farm better, bring in clean water. This is what Save the Children has been about since 1932.For you there are many returns. You can write letters to each other, get photos, or study reports. Know you are helping and saving ano
39、ther person in the same world as you. Thats how Save the Children works. But without you, it cant work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.It can make such a difference. . . in her life and yours.Save the ChildrenDavid L. GuyerChairman54. Marias fath
40、er, brother and sister died because they_.A. were too poor to see a doctorB. didnt know where to find a doctorC. didnt have enough food to eatD. were too busy to see a doctor55. This letter mainly tells you to_.A. know about poor peopleB. earn some money for poor childrenC. show pity to poor peopleD
41、. donate money to help poor children56. If you try to help a child like Maria, which of the following cant you get from her?A. You can often get some pictures from her.B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.C. You can often get her letters.D. You can often be told how she is getting on
42、. 57. This letter most probably appears_.A. on TV B. in a magazine C. in a dictionary D. on the radio第卷(非选择题68分)五、听力第二部分(共5空;每空l分,计5分)听短文。在短文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整,每空一词(听两遍)。People usually think that all wild animals are _58 . In fact, very few of them will eat a man if they are left alone. I think you will
43、 run away when you meet a _59 . but it will try to keep away from a man unless it is very hungry. They only _60 their food such as sheep and other small animals. In fact, wild animals only eat a man when they are afraid that the man is trying to kill their _61 , or trying to hurt them and make them
44、_62 .六、词汇运用(计13分)A根据句子意思,用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)(共8小题;每小题l分,计8分)63. Whose are those pencil cases? Oh, they are _(我们的). .64. Tom draws pictures much _(好 ) than Helen does.65. Walk slowly along the river and you can enjoy the _(美丽) of our town.66. It was an _(令人惊奇) day but the best part was the song and dance parade.67. Look! Many fans are waiting for the (a