衡阳市2006年初中毕业学业考试英语试题

II. 知识运用。（共二个部分，35小题，计35分）

A. 单项选择。从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案填空。（共15小题，计15分）

21. Maria is as _______as Kate.

   A. taller          B. tallest           C. tall

22. ---How many people will come to Beijing for the Olympic Games in 2008?

   ---It’s hard to say. ________ people, I think.

   A. Million of      B. Millions of       C. Two millions of

23. I like pop music, but ______my father ______ my mother likes it.

   A. both; and        B. either; or         C. neither; nor

24. The smile on his face shows that he is ______ his students’ work.

   A. worried about     B. pleased with       C. sorry for

25. ---______is it from our school to Jingzhu Mall?

   ---About half an hour’s walk. Shall we go there?

   A. How far       B. How often       C. How long

26. ---Why not swim in the river?

   ---Oh, no. Teachers told us _______ here, it’s dangerous.

   A. to swim       B. not to swim       C. to not swim

27. ---What a nice MP3 player! Is it yours?

   ---Of course. I _______300 yuan on it.

   A. cost          B. paid             C. spent

28. ---What does your English teacher look like?

   ---_________.

   A. She likes English.     B. She’s tall and thin.    C. She’s very good.

29. ---Do you think it will be cool tomorrow?

   ---________. It has been too hot for a week.

   A. I hope so           B. I’m afraid so         C. I hope not

30. ---I’m going to Nanyue for a holiday this weekend.

   ---_______ you are there, could you buy me some green tea?

   A. Because            B. While              C. Before

31. ---Mary often helps her classmates.

   ---_______the girl is!

   A. How lovely         B. What lovely         C. What a lovely

32. _______may be used for _______our eyes from the sunshine.

   A. Sunglasses; protecting    B. Sunglass; protecting     C. Sunglasses; protect

33. We are going to have the final exams tomorrow. All the books must _______out of the classroom.

   A. are moved          B. be moved          C. be move

34. ---Can I get into the cinema through the door, sir?

   ---Of course. Please look at the sign “________”.

   A. ENTRANCE       B. EXIT              C. PARKING

35. ---Could you please tell me ________?

   ---Sorry. You’d better ask our teacher.

   A. who speaks English best in your class   B. how old is Lily  C. Where does John live

B)完形填空。通读短文，掌握大意，然后从所给三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。（共20小题，

计20分）

A

Once Effendi (阿凡提) had a joke with the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister

would die the next day.  36   the next day, the Minister  37   off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got  38   and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.

When Effendi was  39   to him, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since you know when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own  40  . Say it out, __41   you will die today.” Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days  42   than you.” Because the king was afraid  43   he killed Effendi, he  44   would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi  45   as long as possible, so he let Effendi go.

36. A. Right        B. Really         C. Luckily

37. A. fell          B. fall           C. falling

38. A. angrily       B. angry         C. happy

39. A. bringing      B. bought        C. brought

40. A. die          B. death          C. dead

41. A. or           B. and           C. but

42. A. later         B. early          C. earlier

43. A. when        B. if             C. what

44. A. herself       B. myself         C. himself

45. A. alive        B. lively          C. live

B

The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It is also, perhaps, the gentlest, but not  46  .

Elephants  47   for a long time-fifty or sixty years. They never forget great sadness or great happiness. A female elephant dies, her daughters and her granddaughters are  48   for many months.

Elephants live in families-families of females (母系家族). There will be a few young males-“baby boy”. But they will soon  49   their families when they grow up. An elephant family  50   only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers.

The females stay together all their  51  . The older ones  52   the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example. And  53   happens to male elephants? A bull (雄) elephant doesn’t often have a friend. He lives  54  . Sometimes the females call a bull. He can  55   them then, but soon his “wives” and sisters send him away again.

46. A. never     B. always    C. at times

47. A. live    B. work   C. sleep

48. A. exciting    B. happiness    C. sad

49. A. leave    B. stay with   C. leave for

50. A. hopes   B. keeps    C. allows

51. A. times    B. life     C. lives

52. A. look at    B. carry out   C. look after

53. A. how    B. what   C. which

54. A. sadly    B. hard    C. alone

55. A. beat    B. visit    C. receive

III. 阅读理解。（共15小题，计30分）

A

阅读下面的文章，并根据短文内容判断文后句子的正误。正确的用(T)，错误的用(F)。

At Harton College, there are many rules. Fifteen-year-old boy Bob Sanders often break these rules.

The boys must return to school by six o’clock. One afternoon Bob walked to the town. He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema. After the film, it was 8 o’clock. He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible.

When he arrived, the main entrance was locked. He looked up at the window. It was on the third floor. He couldn’t climb up the wall very easily. Then he saw another open window on the ground floor. It was the window of the headmaster’s study, and no one was there. He quickly climbed and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a noise. Then someone turned on the light in the corridor (走廊). Bob had to hide under the sofa. One minute later, Mr Mason, the headmaster, came in. He turned on the light and then he sat down on the sofa and began to read a book.

Bob lay under the sofa as quickly as possible. He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and socks for nearly an hour.

Finally, the headmaster closed his book and walked towards the door.

“Thank heavens, he didn’t find me under the sofa!” thought Bob.

Then Mr Mason stopped and spoke to the sofa. “Would you turn off the light when you leave?” He said and left the study.

56. Bob is 16 years old.

57. The students must return to school by 6 o’clock.

58. The school gate was locked when he returned to school.

59. Bob hid himself under the sofa for over 1 hour.

60. Mr Mason didn’t find Bob under the sofa.

B

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?

You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the part of speech (词性), the Chinese meaning and also how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical (字母表的) order in a dictionary.

In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, B, C, D… That means, if there are two words “general” and “monitor”, “general” will be certainly before “monitor”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth…For example, “before” is before “begin”, “foreigner” is before “forest”, etc.

The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.

61. According to the passage, if we don’t know a word, we’d better _______.

   A. think hard    B. look it up in a dictionary   C. write it again and again

62. When you look up a word in the English-Chinese dictionary, you should not only its Chinese

   meaning, but also ________.

   A. its pronunciation       B. its part of speech        C. A and B   

63. In the English-Chinese dictionary, the English words are arranged ________.

   A. in the alphabetical order          B. if the word is long or not

   C. if the word is difficult or easy

64. Here are four words: hundred   hello   hero   head

   The right order in the English-Chinese dictionary is _________.

   A.        B.        C. 

65. The English-Chinese dictionary is _________.

   A. useful in our Chinese learning             B. our good friend in learning Chinese

   C. a good friend in our English learning

C

阅读海报内容，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

66. Lisa is 8 years old, and she likes Xiangjiang Supermarket very much. When might she go to

   Xiangjiang Supermarket?

   A. At 11:00 a.m.      B. At 2:00 p.m.       C. At 3:00 p.m.

67. Where can people play games to win the prize?

   A. In front of Xiangjiang Supermarket.    B. 4 F, Xiangjiang Supermarket

   C. 1 F, Xiangjiang Supermarket

68. What won’t Helen get if she takes part in the activity at 4:00 p.m?

   A. ￥300.       B. Little gifts.          C. A watch.

69. You are a junior student. If you happen to go to the supermarket on that day, you can _______.

   A. dance and sing there    B. get free coffee    C. get a TV set as a gift

70. Which of the following is true according to the poster?

   A. The second prize is ￥300.  

   B. The Xiangjiang Birthday Party will be held on June 28th.

   C. All the children can sing and dance there.

IV. 写作技能。（共三个部分，计25分）

A)句子翻译。阅读下面短文，把下面划线部分的句子翻译成中文。（共5小题，计5分）

Do you want to visit the beautiful island-Taiwan?

(71) Taiwan is in the southeast of China and to the east of Fujian Province. There are many islands in China, but Taiwan is the largest of all. (72) It has an area of about 36,000 square kilometers and it has a population of over 32,000,000. Taiwan is rich in natural resources (自然资源) and it also has abundant (丰富) tourism resources, such as the Ali Mountain. It is famous for its bananas, rice, tea and so on all over the world. (73) It’s so beautiful and the weather is so nice that it attracts a lot of travelers from the world. Most people of the island come from Fujian and Guangdong. (74) The people on both sides of the straits (海峡) have a strong wish to unite our motherland.

(75) We are sure that our dream will come true in the near future.

B)完成句子.根据所给汉语提示,填写一个合适的单词或词组来完成该句。(共10小题，计10分)

76. Li Ping’s mother is a good _________(厨师).

77. ________  ________ (多少) the population of Hengyang?

78. It was rainy yesterday. It’s ________(多云的) today.

79. Thursday is the ________(第五) day of the week.

80. More and more young people are working hard to develop the ________(西部) part of China.

81. His parents will ________  ________(动身) Changsha next Monday.

82. Tom can’t go to school today ________  _______ (因为) his grandpa’ illness.

83. I hope everything _______  _______(顺利).

84. Li Yuchun is one of the _______  _______(最受欢迎) singers these days.

85. Health _______  _______(取决于) good food, exercise and enough sleep.

C)书面表达。（共10分）

假如你是第五中学学生李明，昨天在网上结识了一位新网友Jack，他正在学习中文，想了解中国学生的业余爱好。结合你自己的实际情况，写一封e-mail回信。

要求：1．主要内容须包括：

喜欢的音乐、电视节目。 喜欢的体育运动。喜欢收集的物品。

2．要求语言流畅，卷面整洁。

3．词数70－80。

衡阳市2006年初中毕业学业考试英语试题答案

I. 略。

II. 21---25. CBCBA     26---30. BCBAB      31---35. AABAA

  36---40. BABCB     41---45. ACBCA      46---50. BACAB

  51---55. CCBCB

III. 56---60. FFFFF     61---65. BCABC       66---70. CACAA

IV.

71. 台湾位于中国东南部、福建省以东。

72. 它面积约有36平方公里，总人口超过3200万。

73. 它风景秀丽、气候宜人，所以吸引了来自世界各地的许多游客。

74. 海峡两岸的人们有统一祖国的强烈愿望。

75. 我们坚信在不远的将来，我们一定会梦想成真的。

76. cook    77. What is    78. cloudy   79. fifth   80. western    81. leave for

82. because of    83. goes well     84. most popular    85. depends on

书面表达：略。