2019年上海市中考英语试卷
副标题
一、单选题（本大题共20小题，共20.0分）
1.Which of the following words is pronounced /priˈvent/
A. present
B. pretend
C. prevent
D. pleased
2.Emma，an actress，has become a superstar because of _____ hard work and talent．
A. she
B. her
C. hers
D. herself
3.We communicate ____ each other in many ways, such as by e-mail or by phone.
A. on
B. through
C. in
D. with
4.I couldnˈt get much______ of the exhibition of clean﹣energy products from the website．
A. news
B. photos
C. posters
D. advertisements
5.________ beautifully little Simon dances in front of the camera!
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
6.Davidˈs responses were______ than anyone elseˈs and he won the competition．
A. quick
B. quicker
C. quickest
D. the quickest
7.Look! They ________ about the solution to the network problems again.
A. argue
B. are arguing
C. argued
D. were arguing
8.The host told a joke at the party and made the guests______ a lot．
A. laugh
B. laughing
C. to laugh
D. laughed
9.Would you mind ________ care of my pet fish while I'm away on holiday?
A. take
B. taken
C. to take
D. taking
10.By the end of last month, Jane ________ enough money for the poor sick boy.
A. raised
B. would raise
C. had raised
D. has raised
11.Frank held his breath______ the water to search for his ring in the swimming pool．
A. at
B. by
C. over
D. under
12.Worries in life _____ if you speak out to your close friend．
A. will reduce
B. were reducing
C. will be reduced
D. were reduced
13.According to the rule，used batteries _______ be dropped in the red bin for harmful wastes．
A. must
B. need
C. can
D. may
14.Benjamin has learned that it is not polite to make _____ fun of others．
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
15.The New Year Concert was so amazing that_____ left in the middle of it．
A. everybody
B. anybody
C. nobody
D. somebody
16.There was something wrong with my car，_____ I went to work by underground．
A. for
B. so
C. or
D. but
17.______ the journey was tiring，Jeff thought it was worth both the time and the money．
A. As
B. Since
C. Unless
D. Although
18.The climbers made a fire during the night in order to be in the mountain.
A. safe
B. safely
C. save
D. safety
