武汉市2008年中考英语试题及答案.doc

第I卷（选择题，共95分）
　　一、听力测试部分（共三节，满分25分。）
　　第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分。）
　　听下面5个问题，每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每个问题后，你都有5秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题，每个问题仅读一遍。
　　1.A. It's James.                B. It's Billy's.                C. It's on the desk.
　　2.A. She is sleeping.          B. She is a teacher.       C. She is well.
　　3.A. On the third floor.      B. It's very big.            C. He is working in it.
　　4. A. Never mind.             B. Not a bit.                 C. Of course.
　　5. A. At three in the afternoon.
　　   B. About tomorrow's class.
　　   C. In Class One.
　　第二节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分。）
　　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
　　6. What will the weather be like on Friday?
　　A. It'll be sunny.       B. It'll be rainy.       C. It'll be windy.
　　7. What time does the girl go to bed on Saturday evening?
　　A. At 9:30.　　B At 11:00.　　C. At 12:00.
　　8. What's the present for Anna?
　　A. A bike.　　B. A dictionary.　　C. A dress.
　　9. What does Annie mean?
　　A. She knows the man's name.
　　B. She has seen the man before.
　　C. She doesn't know the man at all.
　　10. What did the man and his father think of the game?
　　A. They liked the game very much.
　　B. The game wasn't very exciting.
　　C. It was bad to leave at the half time.
第三节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分。）
　　听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
　　听第11段材料，回答第11至第13题。
　　11. How far is Green Street?
　　A. Half an hour's walk.    B. Four hours' walk.      C. Half an hour's bus ride.
　　12. When will the next bus come?
　　A. At about 7:30.    B. At about 1:30.       C. At about 4:00.
　　13. How will the man probably go to Green Street?
　　A. By bus.        B. On foot.           C. By taxi.
　　听第12段材料，回答第14至第16题。
　　14. What does the man want to know about the trip?
       A. Where to go.       B. When to leave.       C. How much to pay.
　　15. Which is the man interested in?
　　A. Cafes.         B. America.              C. Museums.
　　16. What will the man probably do?
　　A. He will visit countryside.
　　B. He will go to France.
　　C. He will stay here for 3 weeks.
　　听第13段材料，回答第17至第20题。
　　17. What are they taking about?
　　A. A football match.      B. Around the World.          C. TV programs.
　　18. When will the program Around the World begin?
　　A. At nine o'clock.        B. At one o'clock.            C. Tomorrow morning.
　　19. What do you think Sally will do?
　　A. She will turn off the TV and go to sleep.
　　B. She will read a newspaper instead.
　　C. She will watch the football match.
　　20. What do we know from the dialogue?
　　A. They are both going to watch the football match.
　　B. They watch TV every night.
　　C. Both of them like watching football matches.
　　听第14段材料，回答第21至第25题。
　　21.What did the old man think was important to kids?
　　A. Playing modern games.     B. Keeping small animals.    C. Telling right from wrong. 
　　22. Where were the boys?
　　A. In the park.         B. On the street.          C. At home.
　　23. What were the boys doing?
　　A. Telling a story.
　　B. Waiting for the old gentleman.
　　C. Discussing who could take the cat.
　　24. Why did the boys agree to give the cat to the old man?
　　A. Because the old man was their teacher.
　　B. Because they thought the old man told the biggest lie.
　　C. Because they wanted the old man to tell a lie.
　　25. What can we learn from the passage?
　　A. The old man didn't want the cat at all.
　　B. The boys didn't think they should tell lies.
　　C. The boys thought the old man had never told a lie.
笔试部分

　　二、选择填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分。）
　　从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
　　26. — When ______ your mother _______ you that blue dress, Mary?
　    　 — Sorry, I really can't remember.
　　A. does; buy                B. has; bought
　　C. had; bought              D. did; buy
　　27. — Can your father drive?
　    　 — Yes, and he usually _____ to school.
　　A. drove     B. is driving        C. drives        D. has driven
　　28. — Hasn't Betty come yet?
　    　 — No, and I ____ for her for nearly 2 hours.
　　A. wait        B. waited       C. have waited       D. had waited
　　29. — May I use your ruler?
　    　— ______.
　　A. Yes, please                  B. You are nice
　　C. It doesn't matter           D. It was a pleasure
　　30. — Do you know ____?
　    　— Sorry, I don't know.
　　A. where does Jimmy work              B. where Jimmy works
　　C. how does Jimmy go to work        D. what does Jimmy do

　　31. — Have you seen my glasses? I ____ find them.
　　— Sorry, I haven't seen them.
　　A. can't       B. shouldn't          C. won't       D. mustn't
　　32. — Nancy, it's too hot. Put the fish in the fridge, or it will _____ bad.
　     　— Ok, Mom!
　　A. go        B. change        C. feel           D. keep
　　33. — May I have another cake?
　    　 — You'd better not. You shouldn't go swimming on a _______ stomach.
　　A. hot          B. hungry           C. fat            D. full
　　34. — Hey, Turn it off! We don't ______ music in the reading-room.
　　     — Oh, I'm sorry, madam.
　　A. like        B. hear          C. play          D. allow
　　35. — Are you ___ from America?
　    　 — No, none of us.
　　A. both          B. all          C. any         D. either
　　36. — Peter, I think we need to buy a new car.
　    　 — Oh, no! We are ____ out of money, you know?
　　A. trying         B. going       C. getting           D. running
　　37. — Bill is ill. Do you know what's wrong with him?
　　— Poor boy. His illness is the ___ of eating unhealthy food.
　　A. result         B. cause           C. reason           D. end
　　38. — Why did you come back so early?
　    　 — The English party has been ___ till next Friday.
　　A. put on       B. put off      C. put away         D. put out
　　39. — Hurry up, Jack!
　    　 — Just give me five minutes to put my desk in ___ .
　　A. time       B. line         C. order         D. shape
　　40. — You mean I have to go there by myself, for you are not free.
　    　 — Yeah, ___ .
　　A. you mean it              B. you think it
　　C. you got it                D. you did it
　　三、完形填空（本题共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）
　　阅读下面两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从41～65各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A
　　Dear grandma,
　　How is it going? I hope that grandpa is （41） now. I was sorry to hear that he had a （42） last week. I hope you are in good health.
　　Things are fine now. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my （43） card today. I always get （44） when I see the envelope from school in the mail, but （45） I did OK this time. I had a really hard （46） with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn't （47）. It's just that I find science really difficult. （48） disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good （49） is that my math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.
Well, that's about all the news I have for now. Dad and Mom （50） their love.
                                                                                                                                                     Love 　                                                                        Alan 
41. A. well              B. rich             C. busy            D. kind
　　42. A. rest              B. dream          C. game           D. cold
　　43. A. report           B. ID              C. phone           D. library
　　44. A. excited          B. sad             C. nervous        D. tired
　　45. A. carefully        B. luckily        C. suddenly       D. quickly
　　46. A. business        B. question      C. problem        D. time
　　47. A. important      B. true             C. boring           D. enough
　　48. A. Each             B. Some          C. Another         D. Other
　　49. A. meaning        B. notice         C. news             D. letter
　　50. A. have             B. send           C. provide           D. show
B
　　This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake （地震）. Nothing was destroyed and （51） was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.
　　When the earthquake （52）, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock （53） the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to （54） it with ropes but nothing worked.
　　"Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the （55）."At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."
　　"You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all （56） at the boy.
　　The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is （57）!"More people ran out to see. It was true. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't （58） near the road.
　　"This is （59）," they said, "Where did it go?"
　　The boy stood in the street, （60）, "I told you I could move it last night."
　　The boy walked over to where the （61） had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.
　　The people looked （62）. "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline （斜坡） up to the rock and the rock （63） down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."
　　The crowds shouted, "What a （64） boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good （65）?"
　　51. A. somebody         B. nobody        C. anybody           D. everybody
　　52. A. stopped           B. started           C. happened          D. appeared
　　53. A. over                B. into              C. off                    D. onto
　　54. A. push               B. lift                C. change              D. pull
　　55. A. road               B. stone             C. rope                 D. village
　　56. A. looked             B. laughed         C. called               D. pointed
　　57. A. gone               B. missed           C. broken            D. stolen
　　58. A. very                B. quite              C. even               D. still
　　59. A. heavy              B. dangerous      C. special             D. impossible
　　60. A. crying              B. smiling          C. thinking          D. lying
　　61. A. street                B. town            C. rock               D. mountain
　　62. A. surprised           B. sad              C. happy             D. relaxed
　　63. A. lay                    B. dropped       C. walked            D. ran
　　64. A. clever               B. strong          C. brave              D. poor
　　65. A. boy                  B. hole              C. story              D. way
　　四、阅读理解（本题共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分。）
　　阅读下面三篇材料，从每题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A
　　One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman, who lived a few miles away, sitting on a bench with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.
　　Jack walked up to the woman and said, "Hello, Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?" "Of course, please sit down," Sue said. Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed.
　　"That's a nice dog, isn't he?" Jack said, pointing at the animal.
　　"Yes, he is. He's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture, but that's not a bad thing. He's strong and healthy."
　　"And hungry, "Jack said." He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him."
　　"That's true, "Sue said." But I haven't."
　　They both laughed and then Jack said, "Does your dog bite?"
　　"No, "Sue said, "He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and friendly."
　　Hearing this, Jack decided to hold out his hand and touched the animal's head. Suddenly it jumped up and bit him.
　　"Hey!" Jack shouted." You said your dog didn't bite."
Sue replied in surprise, "Yeah, I did. But this is not my dog. My dog's at home."
　　66.The dog looked at the woman because ___.
　　A. the woman wanted to feed him        B. the woman was friendly
　　C. he was strong and healthy               D. he was hungry
　　67.Jack and Sue were ___.
　　A. friends                     B. next-door neighbors
　　C. strangers                  D. in the same family
　　68. Jack touched the dog because he believed ___.
　　A. the dog was handsome           B. Sue's dog was unfriendly
　　C. the dog belonged to Sue          D. Sue's dog was at home
　　69.We can infer form the passage that ___.
　　A. Sue gave a wrong answer             B. Jack made a mistake
　　C. the dog wasn't dangerous             D. both Jack and Sue liked the dog
　　70. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
　　A. A Wrong Question                 B. Sue's Dog
C. A pleasant Meeting                D. Sue's Friend

B
71. The above is

　　A. a poster from a club

　　B. an advertisement for films

　　C. a note to parents

　　D. an introduction of a cinema

　　72.A mother will sure meet her kid at 12:30 after the film in the club. It must be

　　A.21 June B.28 June

　　C.19 July D.26 July

　　73. Which of the following is allowed to the cinema alone in the club?

　　A.A 2-year-old baby.

　　B. A 19-year-old student

　　C.A30-year-old parent.

　　D. A 10-year-old pupil.

　　74. on the first Saturday of July.

　　A. Kids' Club will start at 10:30.

　　B. The kids will see TWO BROTHERS.

　　C. There will be no Kids' Club.

　　D. The kids will have creative activities.

　　75. The longest film of the four is

　　A. MEET THE ROBINSONS

　　B. TWO BROTHERS

　　C. TREASURE PLANET

　　D. MR BEAN'S HOLIDAY

C
　　Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
　　After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."
　　One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.
　　Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!
　　Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
　　That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?
　　Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?"
　　Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see t