2015包头市高中招生考试（英语卷）单选题：1. – Honey! Let’s go out for supper!–________. I don’t have to cook.A. That’s great!B. Why?C. Forget it!D. Never mind!2.Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _____them too hard.A. drawB. cryC. passD. push3. In order to find ______better living environment, he decided to move to the west of the country.A. anB. aC. /D. the4.–I’m not finished with my dinner yet.- But our friends _____for us.A. waitB. waitedC. are waitingD. were waiting5. The large grassland, reaching out far away, looks extremely beautiful _____the blue and clean sky.A. againstB. aboveC. throughD. past6. If you can speak English well, you will have a great ______over others while looking for a job.A. activityB. articleC. agreementD. advantage7. To get more information about the topic today, use the internet or go to the library, or ______.A. neitherB. bothC. someD. all8. –I didn’t do well in the last English exam. How about you? - ______.A. I’ll do better next timeB. Me tooC. Even worseD. I like English, though9.When you get home, please call me to let us know that you ______safely.A. would arriveB. have arrivedC. had arrivedD. will arrive10.It's very _____to feel nervous when you go to a new school.A. naturalB. dangerousC. softD. cool11.You have to be fairly good speaker to ______listeners’ interest for over an hour.A. holdB. makeC. improveD. receive12.We had to wait half an hour ______we had already booked a table.A. orB. onceC. althoughD. as13.–Is your homework done? - ______. I need at least another two hours.A. ExactlyB. Far from itC. Not a littleD. No wonder14. Mike, can you go and _____how many flights there are from our city to London every day?A. work outB. look outC. give outD. find out15. –It’s said that the new highway has been completed.- Yes, but we don't know ______it’s to be opened to traffic soon.A. whichB. whenC. whetherD. since完形填空：Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing __1___ asking a great many questions about it.His ___2___was very patient and kind. When it was ___3___to answer his questions, she would do so. Sometimes she would say, “You are not ___4___enough to understand that, my son. When you are ten years old, you many ask me about it, and I will tell you.”The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏),he was very much interested, but he did not know ___5____it was. His mother said, ‘An hourglass is made in the ___6____of the figure 8. The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the ___7___. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour.When Frank watched the little stream of sand, he was impatient, ___8__it would not run faster.“Let me __9___it, mother,” said Frank:“it is lazy, and will never get through.” “Oh yes, it will,my son,”said his mother. “The sand moves down little by little, but it moves all the time. ““When you look at the ___10__of the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do; but they never ____11____.”“While you are playing, the sand is running, grain(颗粒) by grain.The hands of the clock are moving, second by second. At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its face. This is because they keep working every ___12____. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, or how long it will ___13___them to do it. Now Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem, but he said, “Mother, I can ___14 __do it. His mother said, “Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon.” Frank __15___his mother’s advice. He studied line after line, very busily; and in one hour and half he knew the poem perfectly.1. A. without B. except C. for D. about2. A. father B. brother C. mother D. sister3. A. easy B. proper C. Impossible D. useless4. A. popular B. wise C. friendly D. old5. A. what B. why C. how D. who6. A. for B. shape C. time D. number7. A. middle B. back C. front D. top8. A. so B. because C. before D. until9. A. kick B. touch C. drop D. shake10.A. faces B. time C. hands D. surface11.A. stop B. worry C. walk D. talk12.A. year B. minute C. day D. month13.A. bring B. leave C. take D. offer14.A. finally B. easily C. carefully D. hardly15.A. refused B. allowed C. followed D. forgot阅读理解AWould you like to hear me tell a story? I will tell you where I live, what I do, and what I see.My little house is up in a tree. It has no doors or windows. I do not go up any stairs(楼梯) to get to my house. I fly into it when I have been out.I always go home early, and never stay up late at night. That is not good for me any more than it is good for boys and girls.I go out very early in the morning to look for something to eat. That is the best time to find worms(虫子),which I like very much. Now and then I find some food which some kind little boy or girl has put out for me. As I fly about, I see all kinds of things and people. I see horses, cows, sheep and rabbits in the fields. I see people going to work, and children going to school. You like to go out for a walk,but I go out for a fly. How nice it would be if you could fly home from school! I would like to meet you up in the air. But I know I can’t, for you have no wings. I can fly over the houses, over the trees, and over the hills and far away. I can not stay to tell you anymore now, I must fly to my sweet home.1. Who is “I” in the passage?A. A birdB. A boyC. A girlD. A worm2. How do “I” go home after going out?A. Take a liftB. Walk upstairsC. Fly homeD. Swim home3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. HorsesB. RabbitsC. SheepD. Ducks4. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. Boys and girls should go out and look for something to eat.B. Boys and girls can fly home from school every day.C. Boys and girls should go home early and never stay up late.D. Boys and girls can build a house up in the tree too.B.One pleasant New-year morning, Edward got up and dressed himself in a hurry. He wanted to be the first to wish a happy New Year.He looked in every room, and shouted “Happy New Year” to every one of his family. Then he ran into the street, to repeat them to those he met. When he came back, his father gave him two bright, new silver dollars. His face lighted up as he took them. He had wished for a long time to buy some nice books.As he ran down the street with a light heart to the bookstore, he saw a poor German family, the father, mother and three children walking in the cold wind.“I wish you a happy New Year.”said Edward, as he was happily passing on. The man shook his head. “You do not belong to this country?”asked Edward. The man again shook his head, for he could not understand or speak English. But he pointed to his mouth, and to the children, as if to say, “These little ones have had nothing to eat for along time.”Edward quickly understood that these people were poor and in trouble. He took out his dollars and gave one to the man, and other to his wife. They said something in their language, which doubtlessly meant, “We thank you a thousand times, and will remember you forever.”When Edward came home, his father asked what book he had bought. He hung his head a moment, but quickly looked up. “I have bought no books,” said he, “I gave my money to some poor people, who seemed to be very hungry and tired. I think I can wait for my books until next New Year. Oh, if only you had seen how glad they were to receive the money!” “My dear boy,” said his father, “here are some books. I give them to you, more as a reward for your goodness of heart than as a New-year gift.” “Always be ready to help people around you and every year of your life will be a HAPPY NEW YEAR!”1. What words can we use to describe Edward?A. smart and hard-workingB. kind and warm-heartedC. honest and easy-goingD. rich and helpful2. We can infer from the passage that ___________.A. Edward’s father was in favor of what he had done.B. the German father was too ill to support his family.C. Edward often gave money to help others in trouble.D. giving money to others will make people become poor.3.After reading this passage, we know that __________A. knowledge can change people’s lifeB. all people are happy on New Year’s DayC. true happiness lies in helping othersD. only poor people move to foreign countries4.Which of the following is the best title for the story?A. A Poor FamilyB. Father and SonC. Some Nice BooksD. Two Silver DollarsCIn English, people use many expressions with the word dog. People in Britain and America love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog’s life, means living an unhappy life.Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same thing, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work very hard; to put it in another way, he has to work like a dog. Such work can make people dog tired. And the situation will be even worse if they become sick as a dog.Sometimes we would let a sleeping dog lie, which means we'd better not trouble a person who is likely to cause problems. And if someone says you are a lucky dog, he is just saying you're very lucky.Very often, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys asuccessful period during his or her life. To achieve one’s goal, people often have to learn new skills. Yet some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change they way they do things.Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. In other words, we do not want it to rain cats and dogs.1. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. How to live with dogsB. Expressions about dogs.C. People’s love for dogs.D. Ways to train dogs.2.According to what you have read above, working too hard can make people _______.A.let a sleeping dog lie.B. become a lucky dogC. live in a dog-eat-dog worldD. work like a dog3. What can we learn from the passage?A. It may be difficult for the young to learn new skills.B. Dogs play an important part in language and culture.C. We can be successful if we learn from our own mistakes.D. Dogs like the hottest days in summer very much.4.If we say a person lives a dog’s life, he might be _________A. a student who does quite well in English.B. a baby that is well taken care of by its motherC. a person who has endless work to do.D. an old person who refuses to accept new things.DIf you are sitting down reading this report, stand up, move your legs and touch your feet if you can. Do anything but sit. If you cut down on the time you spend sitting, you might live longer. New research shows that sitting less than three hours a day might make your life longer by two years.The human body is designed to move. But modern lifestyles and office jobs don’t give us the chance to move around very often.Peter Katzmarzyk, a scientist at the University of Louisiana in the southern United States, says that sitting is ubiquitous in our lives, meaning it is something we do all the time. We sit while we’re eating, we sit in the car, we sit while we watch TV. And many of us sit for long hours at work. On average, Americans report that they sit between four and a half to five hours a day.Mr. Katzmarzyk says you may exercise often. But, he says even that does not mean you can sit for the rest of your waking hours. “We can’t throw away physical activity. It’s extremely important, but moving is also important. Even if you exercise for 30 minutes a day, what goes on in the other 23.5 hours a day is also very important.” He found that cutting television time to less than two hours a day could add 1.4 years to life.Change is already coming to some offices, especially in the design of desks. A “standing desk” lets people stand while they work. Another new design is called the“treadmill desk.” A treadmill is an exercise machine that lets you walk in one place. Even some U.S schools are beginning to experiment with desks that are part bicycles to keep children moving.If you work in office job, Mr.Katzmarzyk and his team suggest a few simple changes:● get up from your desk as often as you can● take walks at lunch time● instead of emailing colleagues(同事), walk to their offices and talk directly. All these activities may help you live longer.1. Where is the passage above probably taken from?A. A menu in the restaurant.B. A magazine on healthC. A school textbookD. A story book2. The underlined word “ubiquitous” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.A. commonB. strangeC. painfulD. powerful3. We’d better do the following EXCEPT _______________.A. get up from our chairs and move from time to timeB. cut down on the time that we spend watching TV.C. try to walk to work or school if possibleD. take less exercise since it is a waste of time4. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Sit less, live longerB. Exercise more for a healthier lifeC. Watching TV is harmfulD. Never sit down.ETo do anything and get anywhere you’ve got to be a dreamer first. A long time ago I used to dream about being a real actor and now it’s come true.Several teachers at school in Liverpool had a special influence on me. I went to Hayworth Street School, where there was an English and art teacher called Mr. Jackson. He was quite strict, but if he went out of the room for a minute, he’d ask me to keep the class in good order. I was only 12 but he’d say, “Tommy, get up there and tell the class a story.”And I did. And it was like nothing, it was easy.Then , at Venice Street, he was an English teacher called Mr. Vurnette. He ran a theatre. He took us all down there once a year and I remembered looking at the stage and thinking, “Wow! That’s great! I love that.”So from an early age acting was calling me.I moved schools again and ended up going to Walton Technical College, and I stayed there until I was 16. Elwyn Jones was another English teacher who encouraged me to write.So I guess it was these teachers who encouraged me and stopped me going wrong. The biggest influence on my life, without any doubt, was my mother, Feggy. At the age of 86, she’s still a great driving force. She bought me my first banjo when I was 17. I started playing in the pubs and clubs and began to see myself as a performer,even though I got into the construction industry after graduation.So I learned a lot at school and at home, and I was able to take this on and use it positively.I’m probably learning more now at 62 than ever before. I would like to think there are still a few things I haven’t done and that I will do in the short time I have left. I’m still dreaming.1. What can we know about the author from the passage?A. He is working in the construction industry at present.B. He regarded Mr.Jackson as the greatest teacher in his life.C. He performed badly so he had to change schools frequently.D. He showed great interest in acting when he was young.2. The underlined word “banjo” in Paragraph 6 might be _______.A. a musical instrumentB. a toyC. a recorderD. a camera3. Who first gave the author an opportunity to perform for others?A. Elwyn JonesB. Mr. VurnetteC. Mr. JacksonD. His mother4.What does the author mainly tell us in the passage?A. Teachers help us more than anyone else.B. Being a dreamer is important for everyone.C. Mother is always standing with her child.D. The old usually learn more than the young.选词填空：Coffee, kill, silence, can’t, large, shopping, that, fail, family, sudden, go to sleep,take back,wrote,feed on_,openly1.On weekends, my mother often does some _______after finishing the housework.2.–Late again? - Sorry. When I got up, I ______find the key to my bike.3. What’s the first American film ______you have ever seen?4. –Why did you _________your driving test? - I went through a red light.5. Compared to Australia, China has a _________population.6. –Something to drink? – Yea, two _________.7. I _________remembered that I hadn’t locked the door.8. –Wow, playing cards again? - Just to _______time.9. As the famous saying goes, _________is gold.10.Both tigers and lions belong to the cat __________.11.As students of Grade Nine, most of us don’t __________________(上床睡觉) until midnight.12.The other day, I _______________(写下) his number on a piece of paper, which I can’t find now.13.In time when there wasn’t enough food, some people _______________(以…为食) leaves.14.Some private matters should not be talked about _____________(公开地)15.I’m sorry for being rude to you yesterday. I __________(收回) everything I said.作文：假设你的名字是Li Ping, 请用英文给加拿大学生David发一封电子邮件，主要内容包括：进行简要自我介绍性别与年龄（或出生年份）业余爱好（比如音乐和足球等）5年前开始学习英语将于今年9月进入高中希望今后你们能经常交流，互相有更多的了解，盼望他的回复。
