英语中考真题演练（二）
回答问题
John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited（继承）$1, 000,000 when he was 23. He didn't feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn't have to. John decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn't tell any of his friends and gave $100, 000 of his money to a charity（慈善团体）that helped, poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36, he still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier.
Up now John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $ 200 a month for each. The child does not receive the money in cash（现金）. The money pays for the child's school expenses, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When John first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. "It was not anything special," he said. "Until I had the chance to go to these countries and meet the children I was helping, I did not know anything about the type of life they had."
Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. "When I met her, I felt very, very happy," he said. "I saw that the money was used for a very good play. It brought me closer to the child in a way that giving money alone cannot." "I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in need," he added.
Questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题，不超过五个单词）：
(1) What kind of life is John living?
He is living a________.
(2) Did John want to look for a job or stay at home after he got the money?
___________________________________________________________________
(3) Does John only help the poor children in Africa?
____________________________________________________________________
(4) The child receives the money in cash, doesn't he?
_____________________________________________________________________
(5) Why did John say that the meeting with little girl was very exciting?
Because he saw his money was well used and this made him_________.
(6) How do you like John Brown7
He is________.
2.（贵阳市2002）阅读短文，根据短文内容完成句子。
Bill Gates grew up in Seattle, Washington. When he was very young, he was good at science and maths, and he said he wanted to be a scientist.
Bill started to play with computer at the age of 13. At that time, computers were very large machines. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent a lot of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program（软件程序） with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4, 200 dollars in 1972 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. He developed the BASIC language for the first microcomputer. In the third year, he left the university and worked for a company called Microsoft. He began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and every home, so they began developing software for personal（个人）computers. They developed the. software to make it easier for people to use computers.
In 1999, Bill wrote a book. In the book, he told people how computer technology（技术）could solve（解新局面）business problems in new ways. It was one of the best-sellers of the New York Bill has many hobbies. He enjoys reading very much. He also enjoys playing golf and bridge
(1) Bill is very clever. When he was a child he wanted to
(2) With the old computer Bill Gates ...
(3) In 1975, Bill left Harvard University and began ...
(4) Bill Gates wrote a book. In the book, he told people ...
(5) From the story we know Bill Gates has done ...
3.（新疆乌鲁木齐2002）
It was on a warm day last summer. I was walking by the sea. The waves came and went. But I didn't see them. I was lost in my thoughts.
A row of small holes soon caught my eyes. They lay in the sandy earth by the side of a road. In a minute I would have stepped on（踩上）them.
What are these holes? I wanted to know. I had an answer soon. A fat, hairy insect（昆虫）climbed up from the earth. It had a wide tail. It was using the tail to dig in the ground.
The insect moved round and round in one spot（地点）. Soon it had made another hole. When it By now my thoughts of the early morning had gone. This new hole and the insect were all my world. So I sat there by the side of the road. And I waited.
As I watched, a small ant（蚂蚁）crossed the road. It passed my foot, and then it crossed the sandy earth. In a little while it reached the edge（边缘）of the hole. I saw it start to fall in. The ant tried to turn back. but it couldn't.
And then I knew. I knew why the holes were there. For just then the fat insect came up out of the hole. It ate the ant who was trapped（陷入圈套）there.
Later I learned the insect's name. It's called ant lion. It digs holes to catch ants.
I'll never forget that day. The holes looked so small to me. But to the ant and the ant lion, they were the whole world.
I took my walks by the sea that summer. But I never again learned as much as I did on that one.
(1) The ant lion dug holes with________.
(2) The girl didn't see the waves because she________.
(3) The ant lion dug the holes to_________.
(4) The ant lion hid in the holes so that the ant_______.
(5) If the ant fell in the hole, it couldn't_________.
答案:
1．（1）simple life (2) To look for a job (3) No, he doesn't/No (4) No,he doesn't/No (5) happy/closer to the child (6)kind,…/a good man,….
2.(1) become/be a scientist.
(2) worked ort a software program.
For a company called Microsoft
(3)to work in Microsoft
in a company
that computer could help the people (to)solve business problems.
(4)
how computer technology could solve business problem in new ways.
a lot
software
program.
（5）（has done） a lot of work/thing in developing computer.
much work computer technology.
many things
3.(1) its/the tail (2) was lost in her thoughts (3)catch the ant (s)/catch (get) the food
(4) couldn't/wouldn't see it (5) turn back