中考英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷（选择题共60分）
第Ⅰ卷共45小题，答案请按要求填涂在答题纸上。
一、单项选择（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选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
1. The boy asked his mother whether France is ______ European country.
A. an
B. /
C. a
D. the
2. ―Why are you taking a basket with you for shopping?
―The stores don’t _______ free plastic bags for shoppers to protect the environment.
A. sell
B. support
C. collect
D. provide
3. Facebook is one of the most popular websites in Britain ______ over twenty-five million users.
A. of
B. for
C. with
D. by
4. ―When will Peter telephone us?
―As soon a s he ______ home this afternoon.
A. gets
B. got
C. will get
D. has got
5. You’d better take the GPS with you ______ you won’t get lost.
A. as soon as
B. so that
C. because
D. until
6. Steven looked out of the window and found the snow was even ______.
A. heavy
B. heavier
C. heaviest
D. the heaviest
7. —Andy, could you tell me ______ the school sports meet?
—Next week.
A. why we will have
B. why will we have
C. when we will have
D. when will we have
8. Sorry, sir. I ______ follow you. Would you please speak slower?
A. can’t
B. mustn’t
C. shouldn’t
D. needn’t
9. — What is Mom cooking in the kitchen?
— Fish, I guess. How nice it _________!
A. looks
B. sounds
C. tastes
D. smells
10. Now we are in Junior Three. Every weekend we have ______ homework to do.
A. a great many
B. quite a few
C. a great deal of
D. a large number of
11. Li Na trained very hard, ______ she became a great tennis player later.
A. or
B. so
C. for
D. but
12. —Tony is still in bed. He may miss the school bus.
—Last night he ______ late to write the report of his survey.
A. stayed up
B. cheered up
C. got up
D. dressed up
13. Loud music and red chairs in the restaurant make people ______ fast.
A. to eat
B. eating
C. eat
D. ate
14. Our class teacher was pleased to know that ______ students in his class ate junk food.
A. much
B. many
C. little
D. few
15. ―Jill, you look bus y. ______
―Thank you, Peter, but I can manage it myself.
A. What’s the matter?
B. Anything I can do to help?
C. Is everything OK?
D. How could you do that?
二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
“Mommy, I got something for you!” Cody ran through the door after school. His face wore the biggest smile ever. He waved something above his head. “It’s a pen. But not just any pen. It’s a lucky pen!” He handed me the pen16 , waiting for my reaction (反应).
I looked at the pen in my hand. There was nothing 17 about it. It looked just like any other ballpoint pen. I had a drawer full of them. At that moment, I didn’t realize how special it was or how much I would come to treasure (珍爱) it.
I had made the decision to be a(n) 18 . I had dreamed about it for a long time but I was afraid of being refused by the publishing houses. The night before, I told my husband my 19
