外研版九年级中考英语模拟题.doc

初四英语模拟题

第一卷 （选择题 共49分）

一、单项选择(共15小题，计15分)
1 The boy was ______ years old and yesterday was his _____ birthday.
A. ninth; ninth    B. nineth; nine   C. nine; nineth     D. nine ; ninth
2 In the hospital I saw many people waiting ____ the doctor.
A. seeing     B. to see     C. for seeing     D. to seeing
3 I won’t watch the TV play if my father ____ me do my homework.
A. let        B. will let    C. won’t let    D. lets
4 .______ football fans are queuing to buy the tickets for the football match.
A. Two thousands    B. Thousand of   C. Thousands    D. Thousands of
5 —Have you seen ________ pen? I left it here this morning.
—Is it _________ black one? I think I saw it somewhere.
A. a, the B. the, the C. the, a D. a, a
6 The Chens had a ____ visit to Canada last month.
A. five-days      B. five day    C. five-day      D. five days
7 Because he hurt his foot, _____ he could not play with us.
A. so   B. but      C. however      D. /
8.He wondered _____ to do next.
 A. who     B. what     C. how       D. where
9. ______ good news you’ve told me!
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
10 ---Would you mind if I close the window?--- _________.
A. Of course not. Do please. B. Ok. Do as you like.
C. That’s all right. D. Yes, please.
11 The film _____________ for ten minutes when we got to the cinema.
A. has began B. have shown C. had been on D. had started
12 Her father will make ________ a kite ____________.
A. her, himself B. her, herself C. herself, herself D. herself, her
13 There are trees on ______ sides of the street and shops on ________ side of it as well.
A. both / both B. both / either C. either / both D. either / either
14 There is _____ “u” and ______ “s” in _____ word “use”.’
A. an , a , the B. a, a, a C. a, an, X D. a, an, the
15. The number of the students in our school _____visiting now and a number of them ___ harder than before.
A. are, studies B. is , study C. are , study D. is , studies
二、完形填空（共10小题，计10分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。

Look at the diagram. It 16 something of home puter used by a group of young people.
We asked thirty young people between fourteen and eighteen. We asked them how much 17 they usually spent on their puters in a week, but we were most interested in 18 they used their puters for.
The usual time spent on a puter in a week was about twelve hours, with 19 user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.
All the children said they usuallly used puters 20 . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理) 21 . Only two of them said puters helped with their lessons, and eight people told us they kept addresses and phone numbers on their puters or used 22 as diaries. Only three people said they were learning to make puter programmes and nobody looked up databases(数据库). None of them used puters for any 23 use.
The results show that puter use is quite high among 14～18 year old. They also show quite clearly that puters 24 by most young people as little more than game machines. The only other great uses are for word-processing and 25 address lists. Though puters are mon in the homes of young people, they have not yet bee useful in everyday life.
16. A. shows B. says C. writes D. gives
17. A. hours B. money C. time D. /
18. A. what B. why C. how D. whether
19. A. high B. higher C. the higher D. the highest
20. A. to read B. reading C. to play games D. playing games
21. A. at times B. as usual C. in the end D. all the time
22. A. theirs B. them C. its D. it
23. A. another B. other C. the other D. others
24. A. are seen B. have seen C. will be seen D. see
25. A. closing B. opening C. leaving D. keeping
三、阅读理解(共15小题，计24分)
(A)
Chen Weijun , 13, is a Junior 1 at Huaqiao Middle School in Haikou, Hainan. This week, he had the happiest time. On Tuesday, he went to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing . He and nine other kids became the Top 10 Young Pioneers. "Now I am not only my dad's good boy. I am China's good boy. I must work harder," he said.
At school, Chen is a good student leader. He does many activities. He was in short plays. He worked as a host (主持人) for his school ."
I am sure of myself. It's good to try different things," Chen said. "If you can dream it, you can do it."
Chen's teacher, Xie Wei, said Chen is nice and helpful. "He doesn't talk much but works very hard."
Young Chen always helps others. One student at his school, Wu Deyi, had leukaemia (白血病). Chen asked students and teachers to help. From February to May, Chen got more than 20,000 yuan for Wu.
Chen also thinks about how to make his city cleaner. There were plastic bags in the Meishe River. Chen was sad. He wanted the river to be clean. So he wrote a letter to the head of the city. He asked him to spend more money, tell people not to throw rubbish into the river and have a wall to keep children safe. The head of the city listened to him. Now the river is cleaner.
At home, Chen is a good boy. He washed his clothes. He also cooks meals for the family sometimes. Chen says his hero is Premier Wen Jiabao. "He is very brave. He is not afraid of difficulties and makes China stronger," Chen said. Will Chen bee a big leader of tomorrow?
26. Chen Weijun is ____.
A. a college student B. from Hainan Province
C. a patient D. not his dad's good boy
27. At school Chen is busy with ____.
A. his studying and many other activities
B. playing games and hosting his school TV
C. helping Wu Deyi D. collecting plastic bags
28. The underlined sentence "I am sure of myself ? means ____.
A. I'm open-minded B. I'm proud of myself
C. I'm confident D. I can do what I want to do
29. The head of the city has spent more money ____.
A. helping Wu Deyi with hospital expenses B. building Chen's school TV station
C. buying new clothes for Chen D. cleaning and protecting rivers
(B)
A little old couple walked slowly into McDonald’s on one cold winter evening. They took a table near the back wall, and then the little old man walked to the cash register(收银台) to order. After a short while he got the food back and they began to unwrap it. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little old man carefully cut the hamburger into halves and divided the French fries into two piles. Then he neatly placed the half of the food in front of his wife.
He took a sip (啜) of the drink and his wife took a sip. “What a poor old couple !”The crowd thought .
As the man began to eat his hamburger and his French fries, his wife sat there watching him and took turns to drink. A young man came over to the old couple. He offered to buy another meal for them. But they refused politely and said that they got used to sharing everything.
Then a young lady asked a question of the little old lady. “Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything. What is it that you are waiting for?
“The teeth,” she answered.
30. What did the little old couple order?
A. Two hamburgers and two orders of French fries.
B. One hamburger and one order of French fries and one drink.
C. Two hamburgers and one order of French fries and one drink.
D. One hamburger and two orders of French fries and one drink
31. The crowd thought that the old couple _______.
A. were cold and hungry didn’t have any children
A. couldn’t afford to buy two orders of food.
B. couldn’t stay at home this cold evening.
32. The young man came over to the couple to ______.
A. send them home. B. give them some money
C. order some food for them D. know why the old lady didn’t eat
33.What does the last sentence mean?
A. The old couple shared the false teeth.
B. The old lady’s teeth were bad, so she couldn’t eat.
C. The old lady was waiting for the toothpick.
D. The old lady just liked to watch her husband eating.
C
Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired , Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good,” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the photo. Yang said to a newspaper, “To our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”
China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special system to protect the spaceman, but neither Russia rockets nor American ones have.
Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m as usual and was woken up at 2a.m the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food--- dumplings we all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.
A stamp Success of China’s First Manned Space Flight was issued on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.
34.It took Yang ____ to travel around the earth every circle.
A. 6 hours B. 90 minutes C. 2 days D. 21 hours
35. Which of the following statement is right?
A. There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries’.
B. Yang knew he’d be China’s first spaceman long before.
C. At the news, Yang was too excited to fall asleep.
D. Yang was proud of the flight.
36. What does the underlined word “launch” mean ?
A. 发射 B. 出发 C. 制造 D. 设计
37.China issued the stamps to ____ .
A. leave them in space B. give them to Yang Liwei as a reward
C. celebrate the success D. give them to Russian and American spacemen
D
Two teenagers have died after being struck by lighting, police said. The other two were more frightened than injured during the storm in New Jersey, America on the afternoon of July 22. 2006. The teens were playing football outside school when they saw lightning strike nearby. And suddenly the heavy rain poured down.
Two of the teenagers ran for shelter(躲避处)while the other two started walking off the field. After a while one of the teens who were running behind heard thunder and turned to see lightning striking Lee Weisbrod and Steven Fagan to the ground. They two stopped. One of them called emergency services(紧急应变机构)on his mobile phone.
Police officers arrived immediately and tried to help the teens with first aid, using a defibrillator(去纤颤器)on the more seriously injured（受伤的）ones.
Lee and Steven, who suffered severe（严重的）burns and trauma, were taken to hospital, where they died about an hour later.
The other teens were also taken to the hospital. They were listed in a stable condition（稳定的状态）in hospital on Saturday night but details of their injuries were unknown.
38. How many teenagers were playing football outside school that anteroom?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
39. The underlined word “trauma” in the fourth paragraph probably means .
A. wound（伤）or injury B. great fear C. great pain D. sadness and illness
40. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
A. The students were playing football, suddenly the heavy rain poured down.
B. Lee and Steven both died in hospital.
C. Those who were in a stable condition were not frightened.
D. Police officers used a defibrillator on the more seriously injured ones.
41. What lesson can we learn from the text?
A. Before thundershower ing we should go home.
B. Don’t play outside school.
C. Don’t go out before it will rain.
D. We should run for shelter quickly when seeing the thundershower ing.

第二卷 （非选择题 共46分）
四 首字母填空(共5小题，计5分)
42. F________is the shortest month of the year.
43. If you have learned English ,you will find that it is a b_____to so much knowledge.
44. His handbag was stolen on his way back home. L , his keys were on him.
45. Macao was taken back by China at the end of the t__ __ century.
46. It’s spring now. The weather is getting w and the days are being longer.
五、短文填空(共10小题，计10分)
The panda’s face looks like a c 47 , but its fat body and short nails look like a bear’s. So people call this animal “bear-cat”. But scientists call it “cat-bear”. The panda is very l_48_____.
The panda is an unusual animal in China. The southwest of China’s Sichuan P__49___ and south of Gansu Province are its home. Pandas like most to climb trees. They live in the thick f___50_ of high mountains there, eating b___51___shoots and drinking spring water. In the past pandas were killed. Some people used panda’s fur to sleep on or to make fur coats. So they bee fewer and fewer.
Today our g___52____ made a law to p_53_ _ unusual animals. In the places w___54__ pandas live, hunting is not allowed. Experts are sent there to do panda protection work and now pandas are not a___55__ of seeing people. They often go to farmers’ houses to eat their food and then walk s__56____ to their mountains.
47_________48__________49__________50__________51__________52_________ 53__________54 55 56
六、阅读表达 (共5小题，计10分)
阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
59 If you lose 12 times in a row, will you just give up?
Dale Carnegie, a pioneer(创始人) in public speaking and self- development, kept trying. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.
Carnegie was born in 1888 into a poor farming family in the central United States. In his teens, he had to get up at 3 am every day to milk the family cows.
When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless because of his old clothes and ordinary looks. His mother encouraged him, 60 “ Why not try to be better in other things instead of just dresses and good looks?”
Carnegie tried to be more active in college. He joined the debate team（辩论队）. But one after another, he lost 12 times. The young man was very disappointed in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures(失败).
But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking by the river.
His hard work paid off at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became widely known.
The young man made his own words e true: “ Believe that you will make it, and you will.”
（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。
57. What made Carnegie successful?

58. What do you learn from the passage?

（二） 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语
59._______________________________________________________
60._______________________________________________________
（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。