中学自主招生考试英语试题

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从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。

1. Tasting the local food is________ better way of knowing _______ culture behind it.

A. the; a B.a; the C. /; the D. a; a

2. Mom makes me eat an apple every day ________ the doctor away.

A. keeps B. is kept C. to keep D. kept

3. A friend is __________ lost than found.

A. easy B. easily C.easier D. more easily

4. ---My classmates and I will go to the cinema to watch Rio II tomorrow.

---_______. Shall we go together?

A. So I do B. So do I C. So will I D. So I will.

5. She was supposed ________ in hospital, but people found her in the classroom.

A. to stay B. staying C. stay D. stays

6. No one can achieve anything without ________.

A. effort B. energy C. force D. strength

7. ---Have you finished your homework?

---_______. Just half of it. How about you?

A. Not at all B. Not likely C. Not a bit D. Not yet

8. --- Have you read the play called The Twelfth Night?

---Who ______it?

A. writes B. write C. has written D. wrote

9. ---It’ssaid that Hefei Subway Line One will go into service at the end of 2022 .

--- Wow! _________ ! Will it pass our school?

A. What an exciting news B. What exciting news

C. How exciting news D. How excited the news is

10. --- I will be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat?

--- Not at all._____

A . I have no time. B ．I’d rather not. C ．I’d like it . D．I’d be happy to.

11. David used to be crazy ________ computer games, but now he is fond _____ pop music.

A. about , in B. on, of C. over , of D. over, with

12. You can only be sure of you have at present; you cannot be sure of something

you might get in the future.

A. that; what B. what; / C. which; that D. /; that

13. Turn the computer off, Peter! You ______ play games so late any more.

A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. have to D. might

14. ---Please don’t make a noise.

--- _____ . I’ll be as quiet as mouse.

A. Yes, I do B. No, I don’t C. Yes, I will D. No, I won’t

15. They had to stop working, for they were not_________ tired.

A. a little B. a few C. a bit D. a bit of

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。

I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door

and lay down in front of it—his way of asking to be petted. I ignored his begging for affection (喜

爱), and ran for the waiting bus.

16 , that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me 17 , “Honey, I have some

18 news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a

car and got 19 . I’m so sorry.”

“No! It’s not true!” I was in shock(震惊的) . I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come

on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t come. Feeling upset , I wandered into the

living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was 20 .

When I got off the bus the next day, there was dead silence at home for a long time. Finally ,

my sobs (哭泣) erupted (喷发) like lava ( 熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn ’t stop 21 . I hadn ’t

even petted him when I left. 22 could I have known that was my last chance? I cried 23

I felt empty inside.

As time passed, I started to 24 some things. We want to do everything right, but bad

things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s 25 . The best way to 26

the hard times is to figure out what you need to do to get through them when they come, and to remember that hard times always 27 .

I now deeply understand the “circle of life ”. Everyone is born, everyone 28 , and that ’s

the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no 29 for others like Belle—my new dog.

Best of all, I realized that Tippy 30 all of my old memories of him. And they come to