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你，准备好了吗？下面的测试既能检验你的英语功底又能帮助你提前适应中考的题型,加油吧，少年！二、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building was only a few feet away from1 ._______. There was a woman living there, and I had 2. _______ met her, yet I could see she satby her window each afternoon, sewing and reading.After several 3________ had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. 4. _______ was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I 5. _______ why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks 6. _______”One bright morning I decided to 7. _______ my flat, including washing the window on the inside. Late in the afternoon 8. _______ I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a(an) 9. _______ !Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was 10. _______ visible(看得见的). Her window was clean!Then it dawned(明白）on me. I had been criticizing(批评）her dirty window,11. _______ all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.That was quite an important lesson for me. How12. _______ had I looked at and criticized 13. _______ through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?Since then, whenever I wanted to 14. _______ someone, I asked myself firs t, “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 the 15. _______ about me more clearly.1.A. his B. mine C.hers D.ours2.A. never B.always C. often D.sometimes3.A. hours B. minutes C.months D.seconds4.A. Everyone B.Nothing C. Everything D. Something5. A. know B. wonder C. notice D. imagine6. A. terrible B.nice C. lively D.dark7. A. describe B. destroy C.build D.clean8. A. before B. while C.unless D. when9. A. fun B. shame C. excitement D. surprise10. A. clearly B. unclearly C. hardly D. clear11. A. and B. but C. so D. then10. A. long B. much C. often D. many13.A. myself B. others C. himself D. another14.A. judge B. tell C. realize D. enjoy15. A. action B. ability C.world D. truth三、阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分）AHave you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.Greg's story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days ,he stumbled(踉跄）into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured(受伤）and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn't have a roof(屋顶）and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help them. “I'll build you a school,” he told the villagers.“I promise.”Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg's organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too.Greg hasn't finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it's the smiles of the children he has helped that make him happy!Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It's an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary(普通的）people can do with courage and determination(决16.What was wrong with Greg when he got to the village for the first time?A. He fell ill.B. He was injured and hungry.C. He lost his way,D. He failed in his business.17. How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?A. He raised and saved money.B. He did business to make money.C. He wrote a book to sell for money.D. He borrowed money from his friends.48. What's the main idea of this passage?A. Building schools can help people to have a better life.B. We have to do something in return to those who help us.C. Ordinary people can make a difference to other people's lives.D. Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people.BDavid was born in a poor family. His parents died and left a small piece of land to him and asked their brother to look after the boy. Several years passed, David became a strong young man. He worked hard in his field, but he was still poor. One day the young man was very tired when he came back from his field. After a quick supper he hurried to bed and soon fell asleep. Suddenly he was awakened(惊醒）and heard his uncle shouting to him outside, “Your house is on fire! Put it out quickly!” “Please wait a minute, Uncle,” said David.A few minutes later the young man didn't come out. “What are you doing now?” the old man called out. “I'm putting on my socks. ” “Why? Don't put on your socks! Be quick!”“Well,” David answered. But he was still in his room. His uncle became angry and shouted, “Why haven't you come out yet?” “I put on only one sock just now,” David answered inside. “I'm taking it off now!”19. David's father was aA.workerB. farmerC.driverD. policeman20. David lived _________ after his parents died.A. with his uncleB. with his brotherC. in the cityD. happily21.As________,David was still poor.A. he was born in a poor familyB. he didn't work hard in his fieldC. his uncle didn't look after himD. he was too foolish22. David went to sleep soon that evening because___________.A. he was very tiredB. he was busy all the timeC. he had nothing to doD. he wanted to have a good restCEveryone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope to our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it's very difficult. Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get on with others.If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents(才能）that others will like.Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile at others.Respect(尊敬）others, Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to other's ideas without trying to make them accept yours.Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show your kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and So on.Don't complain. Learn to accept what you can't change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaints all the time.Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.23. Why do we need friends according to the passage?A. Friends can do everything for us.B. Friends can bring us happiness.C. Friends accept our ideas all the time.D. Without friends, we could not love.24. What's the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?A. To help others.B. To smile at others.C. To get on with others.D. To listen to others all the time.25. Which of the following shows a sense of humor?A. Opening the door for someone.B. Complaining to others all the time.C. Laughing at ourselves and our weakness.D. Finding someone who will understand us.2. How many pieces of advice does the writer provide when we have trouble in making friends?A. Five.B. Seven.C. Nine.D. Eleven.DOn a rainy day, about 150 volunteers worked for eight hours to clean up Carson Creek that is near a river. About nine tons of trash were taken out from there.“We did a good job," said Alan Specter, the organizer of the event. “We're planning to come back here one more time, three years from now. Of course, we hope that there won't be so much trash next time.”The trash came in all shapes, sizes and colors: cans, bottles, bicycles, batteries, furniture, clothing, plastic bags, dolls, and even a golf bag with a full set of golf clubs(高尔夫球杆）.The dirty and tiring work was done by two volunteering groups-Save the Bay and Watch the Whales. Most of the volunteers came from a local police station and a fire station. And someof them were old people who had already retired(退休）.That day, it rained a little. All of them wore boots, gloves and raincoats. They did the work along a two-mile river with over 500 big yellow trash bags everywhere.No one found anything that cost much. A five-year-old boy found an earring which he thought might be worth a million dollars. He said he'd sell it. Then he'd donate half of the money to Watch the Whales, and use the other half to buy his favorite ice cream every day.Many people laughed at the boy's story. However, it was easily found that the environment there did become better.27. What do you know about the volunteers?A. They were old and poor.B. They liked collecting old things.C. They hated to live near the river.D. They were interested in volunteering.28. What does the underlined word" donate" mean in Chinese?A.寻找B.遗留C.偿还D.捐赠29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. There was more trash when the volunteers left that day.B. The volunteers planned to come back again after three years.C. In fact, the earring which the small boy found cost little.D. A lot of trash was thrown around along the two-mile river.30. Which may be the best title for the passage?A. Rainy DaysB. A Boy's DreamC. Picking Up So Much TrashD. Doing Something Funny四、任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）下面是针对五个人的问题给出的建议，请从所给的A~E五个选项中选择相应的问题，并填入31-45小题相应的空格处。
