2011年中考英语模拟试题

2011年中考英语模拟试题

The Test of Unit 5---6

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

Section A

Directions:There are 15 incomplete statements here .You are

required to

complete each statement by choosing the appropriate

answer from

the 4 choices marked A, Became D .You should mark the

corresponding letter .

1.The speaker ________for a moment, and then began to

answer the question.

A. shook B .paused C. pressed D tripped . . 2. She

is so strange. She always tries to ______ talking to me.

A. prefer

B. protect C .avoid D. assure

3 .We often ______ the happy time we spent at your home last

summer.

A. recall

B. remind

C. present

D. provide

4. I’m ______of his purpose in saying those words, but I

don’t want to argue

with him. .

.A. careless B. conscious C. content D. confident

5. It is unnecessary for those who study hard to consider

the______ of falling

the exam.. A. giving

B. paying

C. charging D .possibility

6. Fifty percent disapproved ______ the way she’d handled

the situation,

while 40 percent approved..

A. with

B. to

C. of

D. on

7. Loss of health is too high a price to _______for success in

your work.

A. offer

B. give

C. pay D .provide

8. She is due to_______ a lecture on the topic of English

learning.

A. deliver B obtain C. advise D. perform

9. I bought a new umbrella but lost it ______afterwards.

A. nearly B rarely C shortly D. hardly

10. What’s the most ______way of building a bridge?

A. economic

B. economical C .economy D. economically.

11. While I was walking alone down the street, three men

came up to me and

asked me for_____ to the beach.

A. contacts

B. contents

C. materials D directions

12. Jack is among the brightest of his ______he can speak several foreign

languages and has won three national prizes.

A .honor

B .ability

C .generation D. edge

13. From the top of the tower, I had a wonderful______ of the

city

A. view B sight C. look D. seeing

14. We fall in love with the house at first_____.

A. view B sight C. look D. seeing

15. The ______in her eyes told me something was wrong.

A. response

B. possibility.

C. expression

D. feeling

Section B

Directions:There are 10 incomplete statements here. You

should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given

in the brackets.

16. The proposed plan will not (satisfaction )

___________________everyone

.

17. Most of the students are making good progress, but

Micheal is a

(hope)_________________case.

18.I’m (disappoint )_________________in you –I really thought

I could trust

you! .

19. There’s major construction in the

(surround)__________________area that will probably be completed in 2 to 3 years.

20.By and by, she was getting (impatience )_______________ at

having to

wait so long.

21. (Short) _________________after you left, a man came into

the office looking for you.

22.We had a very (product )__________________meeting---we

solved a lot of problems.

23. It’s (practical)________________impossible for me to get

home in less

than an hour .

24. It was impossible for him to keep a secret when he

was(drink)

________________ .

25 .The speech was so (humor) _____________________that the

audience

keep laughing all through it.

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability .There are

5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the materials carefully

and do the tasks as

you are instructed.

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find

5 unfinished statements, For each one there are 4 choices marked

A), B), C)and

D). You should make the correct choice and mark the

corresponding letter.

In adulthood, the things that bring great joy---birth, love,

and marriage---also bring responsibility and the risk o f loss. Love may not last, loved ones die. For adults, happiness is complicated

My dictionary defines happy as “lucky” or “fortunate”.

But I think a better definition of happiness is ‘‘the capability of

enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier

we are. It’s easy to neglect the pleasure we get from loving and

being loved, the company(伴随 ) of friends, the freedom to live

where we please, even good health

I added up my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First,

there was great bliss when I had the house to myself. I spent a

whole morning writing, which I love. When the kids came home,

I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.

You never know where happiness will appear next. When I

asked friends what makes them happy, some mentioned

seemingly tiny things. One of my friends loves the telephone.

‘‘Every time it rings, I know someone is thinking about me.”

We all experience moments like these. But few of us regard