2018年湖北省荆门市中考英语试卷二、阅读理解（共5小题；满分40分）1. My holiday is coming． Yesterday I asked my friends about the best way to travel in the USA． They said the best way was to go by bus and told me the reasons．To fly, of course, is the fastest way, but you can't see anything during your stay in the air but the blue sky and white clouds． So it's not very interesting to you． And the cost is very high．To travel by train is relaxing, because you can walk and buy food and drinks on it． You can also see cities and the countryside through the windows． But sometimes it's crowded on the train． And it's hard to buy train tickets during holidays．To travel by bus is easy, cheap and convenient, though not so fast as travelling by plane or so comfortable as by train． You can find buses almost in every city, big or small． That makes travel easy．I took their advice． So I decided to take a bus to the south coast for an interesting trip．（1）How many ways to travel are mentioned in the passage？________A Two．B Three．C Four．D Five．（2）To travel by train is relaxing because________．A you can buy food and drinks on it．B you can walk everywhere on it．C You can buy tickets easily．D you can talk loudly on it．（3）At last the writer decided to travel to the USA________for the interesting trip．A by air．B by train．C by bus．D by ship．（4）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？________A You can't see anything during your stay in the air．B The fastest way to travel is by plane．C You can enjoy beautiful sights（风景）through the windows bytrain． D Travelling by bus is not so comfortable as by train．（1）If you want to make a Christmas plan together with your children， which book do you prefer？________A Star of Wonder．B The Little White House．C First Festival：Christmas．D My Very First Christmas Book．（2）Which number will you call if you want to order a book for your 2﹣year﹣old child？________A 07459 40560．B 07459 39323．C 07459 45783．D 07459 39074．（3）If your child wants to read fairy tales， whose book will you choose？________A Pat Alexander's．B Alec Ayliffe's．C Lois Rock's．D Elizabeth Goudge's．（4）From the information above we can learn that these four books are all for________．A adults．B children．C teens．D parents．3.A squirrel（松鼠）that was nearly killed nine years ago continues to visit the family that saved, raised and later sent her into the wild.In October 2009, a four-week-old squirrel was almost killed by an owl（猫头鹰）. Luckily, a wildlife rescue group saved her and left her in the care of Brantley Harrison and her family in South Carolina. The Harrisons often look after wild animals and later send them back into the wild.The Harrisons named her Bella. With three other squirrels, Bella stayed in Brantley's care until spring. During her stay Bella acted similarly to the other squirrels. In April 2010, the squirrels were sent back into the wild. Bella, however, wasn't ready to leave her human family. Within days of being released, she started visiting them, looking for treats. Brantley said that the other squirrels also came back over the first few days, but within a week they stopped coming by and began to avoid people."Bella usually sits at the front door, waiting for someone to notice her. She comes almost every day," said Brantley. Her husband John often brings Bella nuts as she is usually waiting by the door for him. Actually Bella has become a member of the family.For nine years, she continues to visit them. Brantley said, "If Bella can teach at least one person to care for all living things, no matter how big or how small, then we have done what we have set out to."（1）From the passage, we know that the Harrisons ______.A don't like wild animalsB saved an owl in 2009C are very kind toanimals D cannot help Bella out（2）The underlined part "being released" means "______".A getting hurtB dropping byC being savedD being sent into the wild（3）What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?A Bella wants to get more attention.B Bella becomes a member of the family.C Nuts are Bella's favorite food.D It's not easy for the Harrisons to find Bella.（4）What's the best title for the passage?A To Save SquirrelsB Ways of VolunteeringC The Harrisons and Their PetsD A Squirrel and Her Human Family4. How funny would it be to see memes（表情包） in textbooks? Some students from Chengdu No． 7 High School have made it come true．The students wrote a set of creative textbooks that includes five subjects﹣Chinese, English, maths, chemistry and physics． They share their notes to help students prepare for High School Entrance Exams in this way． Funny memes can be seen almost everywhere in their textbooks．Each textbook has its own style, too． The English textbook introduces films and TV series． The chemistry textbook has wuxia characters． There is a boy named Shangguan Huaxue in the book． He meets a girl and they learn chemistry together． It also has wuxia ﹣style notes．Yan Zuhuai, a top student at Chengdu No． 7 High School, is the textbooks' editor﹣in﹣chief（主编）． He got the idea to create the books in June, 2017． "Many students wanted me to share my notes with them． When I saw people sharing bikes, I thought I could share knowledge, too．" Yan said．But after putting all of his notes together, he found them boring． Realizing that his classmates enjoyed online novels and memes, he decided to add those things to his notes． He wrote guidelines for each textbook and invited 13 students to join him in creating them．The final versions（版本） of the textbooks came out at the end of December． Many publishing houses have shown an interest in them．（1）This set of textbooks includes the following subjects EXCEPT________．A chemistry．B geography．C physics．D maths．（2）What can we learn from the fourth and fifth paragraphs？________A Lots of students wanted Yan to share knowledge with them．B Yan is one of the worst students in his school．C Yan invited some students to writeguidelines． D The textbooks with online novels and memes are very boring．（3）What does this passage mainly tell us？________A Yan and his team are interested in memes．B It is difficult for students to create textbooks．C Yan's textbooks can help students study creatively．D Yan is a popular editor﹣in﹣chief in his school．5.How to build self﹣confidenceThese tips could help anyone who is trying to build self﹣confidence（自信）． Remember to always love yourself and love others as you love yourself． Try not to be so hard on yourself or others．Choose to deal with those who can lift you up． Talk to and hang out with friends and family． Make new friends with those who love you and really care about you．（1）_______Choose your friends carefully． Be careful of people who may make you feel bad or unhappy about yourself．Get to know yourself． What are your values， your beliefs， your morals（道德观）， your wants， your needs and your tastes？（2）_______（3）_______You can not be perfect， you can only be the best you can be． No one in this world is perfect， so don't blame（指责） yourself for making a mistake or not being perfect． Also， stop comparing yourself to others．（4）_______Be kind to others and do nice things for them． This will help to build your self﹣confidence．（5）_______You will realize that by making other people happy， you yourself will also become happy with your life and yourself．A． Tell others "I love you"．B． Stop trying to be perfect．C． The better you know yourself， the easier it will be to love yourself．D． You will never be them and they will never be you．E． This is what you can truly do to make people happy．F． They can accept you for who you are and only want the best for you．G． Accept yourself and love yourself for who you are．四、完形填空（共1小题；满分15分）6. Steven lost an arm after a traffic accident years ago． On that day, he was（1）_______down by a car badly． His left arm bone was smashed（撞碎）．"I can't feel my hand!" Steven kept shouting （2）_______he woke up in the hospital． It was the only way he could think of to stop the things from getting（3）_______, though it was no use at all． That was really the hardest time for him．Life still went on． Steven （4）_______the next two years in the hospital． At first, he couldn't even tie his shoes, open a bottle of water or cut his fingernails（指甲） by himself． Later he knew he had to face all the （5）_______． With the support of his wife, he began to （6）_______all kinds of activities．（7）_______, he began dreaming of a better life and decided to learn to play the violin． Steven knew （8）_______about playing the violin and there was no one to ask for help． Therefore（因此）, he made（9）_______progress． Then he met Lam, an amateur（业余的）（10）_______． Steven became Lam's first student． Then Steven kept practicing playing the violin（11）_______the help of Lam． Sometimes he also played（12）_______． When he played on the street, what people offered was not sympathy（同情心）（13）_______admiration．Steven says playing the violin does not make life（14）_______for him, and he has to face new challenges every day． However, he won't（15）_______． And he will never stop trying different new things in his life．（1）A beatenB knockedC cutD pulled（2）A whenB ifC whileD before（3）A worseB biggerC coolerD funnier（4）A finishedB tookC spentD enjoyed（5）A dangersB difficultiesC directionsD arguments（6）A joinB attendC competeD take part in（7）A NormallyB HardlyC CompletelyD Gradually（8）A anythingB somethingC nothingD everything（9）A rapidB slowC greatD real（10）A violinistB pianistC coachD singer（11）A underB forC withD without（12）A at homeB in publicC at schoolD in hospital（13）A andB orC norD but（14）A easierB harderC sadderD safer（15）A cheer upB keep upC give upD pick up五、综合填空（共1小题，满分10分）7. Reading is important in our daily life． But have you ever thought what we read（1）________，information or skills？ How do we feel when we read， excited or upset？ We read word by word aloud and think about them． Is that enough？ I think reading is more than （2）________（pronounce） or thinking about words．（3）________（recent） The Reader， a very popular TV program， is staged（上演） inthe form of reading． It's a （4）________（nation） reading program． Dong Qing works （5）________both a hostess and a producer． The Reader hopes to tell us（6）________the world is like and it takes us to see the beautiful world by reading． The show has invited some influential（有影响力的） guests who have rich experiences and touching stories，like Ni Ping， Wang Yuan from TFboys and Yao Chen．"Reading touches people's hearts" is the slogan（口号） of The Reader． What it wants（7）________（show） isn't reading skills but real feelings． They are what touches the audience （观众） most． "I have long thought about working on a program related to（与……有关）the human spirit． So far The Reader（8）________（become） a turning point in my careerin hosting and the program has brought me quite a huge challenge．" said Dong．The Reader is of great（9）________（important） to the audience and Chinese culture． It also tells us if we understand what we are reading， we will know what reading really is and we'll become bette（10）________．六、单词拼写（每小题1分，共10分）8. As we know， May is the f________ month of a year．9. The weather report says it will be________（sun） in the following two days．10. Many young people look up to space________（英雄） and want to become like them．11. As a mountain climber， Aron is used to________（take）risks．12. Careful________（准备） for the exam is necessary for us students．13. Under the leadership of Chairman Xi， China will become much stronger w________ doubt．14. Ms． Lee is always________（耐心的） with her class for she never gets angry．15. As a traditional festival， Mid﹣Autumn Day is c________in China every year．16. Every coin has two sides． My bad luck has________（unexpected） turned into a good thing．17. After three years' hard work， he finally________（赶上） up with his classmates．七、短文改错（共1小题；每小题5分，满分5分）18. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有5处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每次错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分．I will study in a high school soon． Everything is new to me． I hope your school is big and clean with a large dining hall． And the library is full different kinds of books． I can get along well with my teachers and classmates． I believe my high school life must be colorful． After the class， I can play chess and basketball． Sometimes I can listen to music． Hopefully， I will be allow to surf the Internet to get many useful knowledge and information． I'm expecting my high school life．（1）________（2）________（3）________（4）________（5）________八、书面表达（满分20分）19. 假如你是李平，报名参加了今年荆门市举办的迎新春长跑．请你根据以下提示及要求，向某英语报社的编辑写一封电子邮件，谈谈你的参加经历及感受．提示：1．活动于3月9日上午9点开始；2．大约1.2万人参加，沿着漳河大道跑完5公里；3．你提前到达，大约一个小时跑完全程；4．虽然很累，但收获很多，不仅锻炼了身体，而且增强了毅力．要求：1．文中不得出现真实的人名和校名；2．语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；3．要点齐全，内容可适当发挥；4．词数：80﹣100（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）．参考词汇： a Greeting New﹣Spring long﹣ distance race（迎新春长跑）； Zhanghe Avenue （漳河大道）； strengthen one's will（增强毅力）Dear editor，In order to build up our bodies， a Greeting New﹣Spring long﹣distance race was held in Jingmen．________________________Best wishes!Li Ping2018年湖北省荆门市中考英语试卷答案1. BACA2. CADB3. CDBD4. BAC5. F,C,B,D,E6. BAACBDDCBACBDAC7. for,pronouncing,Recently,national,as,what,to show,has become,importance,readers8. ifth9. sunny10. heroes11. taking12. preparation13. ithout14. patient15. elebrated16. unexpectedly17. caught18. 改单词，将your改成my,增单词，在full和different之间加of,删单词，删去After与class之间的the,改单词，将allow改为allowed,改单词，将many改成more或者much 19. I took part in it． Now I'd like to tell you something about it．,The race began at 9 a．m． on March 9th． About 12，000 people joined in it． I arrived there ahead of time． I ran along the Zhanghe Avenue with the other runners． It took me about an hour to finish running 5 kilometers． It was really a hard job， but I kept telling myself to stick tothe end．,Although I was tired， I achieved a lot． Not only did it make me healthier and stronger， but also it strengthened my will． I will never forget this meaningfui experience．。
