书城教材教辅江苏省13大市中考试题精编·英语
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第20章 扬州市2011年初中毕业、升学统一考试(2)

32.The 21st Century English Training Center is different from the other three.It.

A.has a language lab and computers

B.has more experienced teachers

C.offers morning or afternoon classes

D.requires an entrance exam

33.If you want to attend the course at the International House of English,you'll pay about.

A.1 200 yuan

B.1 600 yuan

C.1 500 yuan

D.1 800 yuan

B

I love it at night.It's peaceful.And when it cools down I sometimesdo some ironing.I don't really care for it.I work fulltime and I am toobusy for most housework.I remember the old woman who taught me toiron.I was about 15 and I had to get a job taking care of a woman tomake a living.She had been an ablebodied,healthy woman until theaccident that caused her to be paralyzed.

The woman sat in an electric wheelchair all day.She could onlymove her head and arms.She would tell me how to do things.She wouldteach me in great detail on the correct ways to do things. Her home was perfect andbeautiful.She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I dideverything exactly right.I'm sure she had been a perfect homemaker.She would have mefold(折叠) everything,including socks.I would complain silently and wish terrible things onher.She taught me the right way to make the bed.I know sometimes she'd get frustrated(沮丧) and impatient with me.I knew she wanted to do it herself.But she never shouted orscolded.She only insisted I do it right.I didn't like it much,but I did it.

Today I can iron pretty well.I know where to start on a shirt and the right way to dothe trousers.Now when I think about it,I don't think she is an old lady.I think she mighthave been about my age now.Anyway,when I iron,I think of her and silently thank her forall the things I learned.

34.The writer used to take care of the lady because.

A.she wanted to learn to do housework

B.she was a friend of the lady's

C.she had to earn some money

D.she couldn't find a room to live in

35.The underlined word“paralyzed”in the first paragraph may mean“”.

A.destroyed

B.deaf

C.seriously ill

D.unable to walk

36.The little girl waswhen the lady taught her how to do housework.

A.encouraged to learn

B.unwilling to learn

C.delighted to learn

D.recommended to learn

37.Now the writer.

A.is still afraid of the lady

B.hates the strict lady

C.admires the disabled lady

D.is very grateful to the lady

C

The high school years are a key period.The things we learn during this time reallyshape our lives.Liu Changming,principal of Beijing No.4 High School made 18 suggestionsfor students just starting high school on how to get the best out of high school.Here are tenof them.

1)Read 50 books.But choose them from ten different fields.

2)Help a person.Look for a classmate,an elderly person,in fact anyone who couldbenefit(获益) from your help.You'll find you benefit too!

3)Research.Research a particular area,such as science,history or art.

4)Make a foreign friend.Try to befriend someone from a foreign country.It's an idealway to learn about a foreign country.

5)Publish(出版) an article.Whether it appears in a newspaper,your school magazineor in your own blog,an article will be something to look back on in pride in later years.

6)Take up a new sport.Choose one you've never played before.If you find you like it,you'll have a hobby for life.

7)Join a club.Working hard in a club or other activities will give you a life outside ofyour studies.

8)Find a parttime job.Try and do the job for at least a month.

9)Find a person to learn from.Choose someone with unusual experience or specialtalent.Try to learn all you can from him or her.

10)Learn to cook four Chinese dishes.Learning how to cook is not only a practical skillbut a way of building a bridge to other people.

38.According to the passage,by making a foreign friend you can.

A.learn about another culture

B.practice spoken English

C.discuss the international situation

D.share your happiness and sadness

39.Besides learning a practical skill,another purpose of learning to cook is.

A.to help your parents with housework

B.to kill time

C.to have communication with others

D.to make friends

40.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.You should read fifty books of the same field.

B.Do a parttime job for less than a month.

C.Try to publish an article to make you famous.

D.You can benefit a lot by helping others.

41.The principal made the suggestions in order for the students to.

A.make contributions to society

B.achieve great progress in high school

C.love high school life

D.finish high school

D

After spending years searching for a planet with life,scientistsmay have found one.In September 2010,a team of US scientistsdiscovered an Earthsized planet called Gliese 581g.It has asurface temperature neither too hot nor too cold for liquid(液态)water.Scientists think there is a chance that the planet could havelife.

The planet Gliese 581g goes around a star called Gliese 581,which is about 20 lightyears from Earth.That is about 194 trillion(万亿) kilometres-500 million times fartheraway from us than the moon.

A spacecraft travelling at a onetenth of the speed of light would reach Gliese 581gwithin about 220 years.A human can't live that long,but robotic explorers could make thejob easier.However,our fastest spacecraft don't come anywhere near that onetenth lightspeed mark.