东营市2006年中等学校招生考试英语

第I卷 （选择题  共75分）

二、语言知识运用（共两节，计30分）

第一节 单项选择（共15小题，计15分）

从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。

21. ---Is that a          ?

   ---Yes. There are kinds of beautiful shoes in it. Let’s go and have a look.

   A. fruit shop B. clothes store   C. shoe store D. book shop

22. The cake           good. I can’t wait to eat it.

   A. feels B. sounds C. becomes D. smells

23. ---Mum, Mary bought a parrot yesterday. Could you please buy           for me?

   ---Sure. But you must look after it yourself.

   A. one    B. this C. it D. that

24.The boy was to attracted by the computer games that he forgot          else.

   A. anything  B. nothing C. something D. everything

25. It is quite hot these days. And today is         day.

   A. hot B. hotter  C. as hot as D. the hottest

26. Before 2003, there was no direct airline          Taiwan and the mainland.

   A. along  B. in C. between D. at

27. It was the second time for China to send a manned (载人的) spaceship into the sky, but it was

 the           time for Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng to go to the space.

   A. first   B. second C. third D. last

28. Though the famous dancer, Tai Lihua, is deaf, she dances             most of the people.

   A. as good as    B. as well as C. best among D. better than

29. Qingdao will spend about 80,000,000,000 yuan in building a bridge          the sea.

   A. over   B. on C. in D. above

30. ---Do you _______hold such parties?

   ---Yes. Every Saturday evening.

   A. always     B. usually C. often D. hardly

31. ---You borrowed some money from me last year, Mr. Green …

   ---Did I? _______did you lend me?

   A. How many     B. How long      C. How much      D. How soon

32. Miss Smith, a man named John phoned you _______. He asked you to call him back.

   A. now and then     B. just now     C. right now     D. from now on

33. ---The number of the people that were killed during the earliest earthquake in Pakistan (巴基

斯坦) ________ increased to 79,000.

   ---I’m sorry to hear that.

   A. has      B. have       C. is       D. are

34. ______ girls took part in the Super Girl competition but only few of them succeeded.

   A. One million of   B. Thousands and millions   C. Millions of   D. Two millions

35. ---I’m going to Japan next month.

   ---_______you are there, can you buy me a Japanese digital camera?

   A. Because      B. Before       C. Whenever      D. While

36. We all felt excited when _______the top of the mountain because we can see the whole city

 clearly.

 A. reached      B. arrived       C. climbed        D. got

37. There is a lot of ______ in the street. Be careful when you cross the street.

   A. police      B. people       C. thieves       D. traffic

38. ---How long have you           China?

   ---For three years.

   A. come back B. returned C. left D. been away from

39. Do you want to know         in the future? A special mirror (镜子) invented by the French

   scientists can help you.

   A. what you will look like B. what will you look like

   C. how do you look like D. how you look like

40. ---          ?

   ---The more, the better.

   A. How often shall I feed the animals B. How much is your car worth

   C. How many friends do you want to make here D. What’s the population in China

第二节 完形填空（共10空，计15分）

    阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。

“What’s the matter, mum?”

As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is unhappy. It’s unusual –she usually  41_      the door and welcomes me with a smile!

“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I  42  what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s  39_,   is dying.

A month ago, we moved  43   our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. __44  she was free, she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour  45   inviting smell.

She treated it like a baby and looked after it  46  . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to  47   to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she  __48   every morning was to water the tulip. Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.

She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and  49  . But the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.

It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love  50   be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.

41. A. closes        B. opens         C. keeps           D. takes

42. A. know        B. love           C. think           D. find

43. A. into         B. around         C. across          D. with

44. A. Though  B. Because   C. After D. Wherever

45. A. but  B. and   C. for D. or

46. A. happily  B. brightly   C. carefully     D. usually

47. A. other  B. place   C. two places D. another

48. A. got up  B. made the bed  C. played the piano D. washed her face

49. A. dry  B. strong  C. wet D. old

50. A. must  B. should  C. can D. need

三、阅读理解（共20小题，计30分）

阅读下列短文，并做每篇短文后面的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

A

A new school term begins. Is anything new at your school? Sichuan students are getting an extra (额外的) hour to sleep in the morning.

This year, Sichuan schools decided that students should start classes later. This should help them feel less tired, For Junior high schools, the first classes will begin no earlier than 8:30 am.

The changes have made students happy.

Liu Xian, 15, said his class was excited by the news on the first day of school. “It’s so good that we can get up later! ” said Liu.

Liu studies in Chengdu No.4 Middle School. He used to get up at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn’t start until 8:40 am.

Wu Hongli, 15, said the new timetable is good for her health. “I used to drink coffee every night or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework, ”said Wu. “Now I can finish it without coffee.” She used to get up at 6:30 am. Now she can get up at 7:30 am.

Wu Hongli’s mother was happy, too. She thought more sleep would help her daughter grow taller.

But some parents worried that more sleep would mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.

Many teachers, though, say the changes will help students learn better.

“Students used to doze (瞌睡) for the first two classes in the morning,” said Wu Zongping, an English teacher at Chengdu No.12 Middle School. “But now they look fine and they learn much better than before.”

51.What made the Sichuan middle school students happy?

 A. The new school term began. B. Their schools took on a new look.

 C. They felt a little bit tired. D. They could get up later.

52. In the new term, the first class in the morning in middle schools started at about         .

   A.7:00 B.7:30  C.8:00  D.8:30

53. Why was Liu Xian excited at the news on the first day of school?

   A. There were many changes in his school.

   B. He could sleep one more hour in the morning.

   C. He could study in Chengdu No.4 Middle School.

   D. He would have enough time to finish his homework.

54. Why did some of the students’ parents worry about the changes of the school timetable?

   A. They thought their children would lose an hour for learning.

   B. They didn’t like the changes for the sleeping time.

   C. They were afraid that their children would grow taller.

   D. They would have only five classes in the morning.

55. What did the teachers think of the changes of the school timetable?

   A. They didn’t like the changes.      B. They could use the timetable more easily.

 C. They spoke highly of the changes.  D. They looked fine when they taught.

B

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.

Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick loot at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.

Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

56. People read newspapers in order to            .

   A. learn the latest news B. meet their own different needs

   C. read the short stories D. find the morning news

57. From the passage we can see that            when people get newspapers.

   A. they read them very carefully B. they just read the headlines

   C. not everyone reads all the pages     D. they have no time to read them

58. Newspapers have so many pages because           .

   A. more and more people like to read them   B. people enjoy reading something different

   C. newspapers become cheaper            D. more pages mean more money

59. Newspapers              are the most popular in the world.

   A. in English  B. in Chinese     C. in other language D. with many pages

60. According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from           .

   A. magazines   B. advertisements  C. e-mails   D. Internet

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