| 英语中考综合能力专练 |
| （A）综合填空。 阅读短文，掌握大意，然后在空白处填入所缺的词，使短文意思完整、通顺。（首字母已给出）（11分） Mr．Turner was walking a ______（1）the street when he saw an old lady carrying a large box．It was half in and half out of her car． Mr．Turner was very h ______（2）．So he went up to the lady and said，“It seems that the box is quite h ______（3）．Let me give you a h ______（4）．” “That's very k ______（5）of you，”the lady said with a smile on her face．“I'm having a lot of t ______（6）with it．I think it was stuck（卡住）．” “Together we'll soon move it，”Mr．Turner said．“I'll get into the car and take the other end．”With these w ______（7），he got into the back seat of the car and held the other end of the box． “Right，”he said，“I'm ready，”and he began to p ______（8）with all his strength．For several minutes，Mr．Turner and the lady did with the box．Soon they were red on their faces and out of breath． “Let's have a r ______（9）”Mr．Turner said．“You're right．It's really stuck．” After they rested for a few minutes，Mr．Turner said，“Let's try again．”So they b ______（10）held the box again．“One，two，three！”Mr．Turner said，and again they went on moving the box． At last，they were too t ______（11）to move it any more．“I'm sorry，but it seems to be completely stuck．I don't think there's any way to get it out of your car．” “Get it out of the car！”the old lady cried．“I'm trying to get it in！You know？” B）阅读理解。 （1） Penguins（企鹅）live together，but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own．When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor's ground，it must ask permission（允许）．If it does not do that，it will have to fight．Most of the time，penguins live on the water．They eat shellfish and look after their children carefully． All penguins are good parents—the male penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world．They walk in from the sea in the middle of the dark Antarctic water．They choose their wives in the dark．They can only hear them—not see them．Then the female penguins lay their eggs and go away for about two months．The males take care of the eggs．If the eggs get cold，there will be no chicks．There is no food．The snow falls heavily and the wind blows strongly—sometimes at 150 kilometers an hour．The penguins do not move．When the females return from the sea，they will not remember their husbands．It does not matter．Only one thing matters—the eggs．Male penguins never fight—unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute．They then fight because they all want it．They are strange and wonderful birds． 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 1．“．．．the male penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world．”Here the word“male”means“______”in Chinese． A．雄性的 B．壮实的 C．成年的 D．大腹便便的 2．Male penguins fight when ______． A．it walks through its neighbors' ground B．it leaves a chick for a minute C．it wants to get something to eat D．it chooses its wives 3．From the passage we know that penguins live ______ life． A．an active B．a quiet C．a hard D．a simple 4．The penguins choose their wives in the dark．We can infer（推断）that ______． A．penguins like nights very much B．there is no daytime in that place at all C．the weather is cloudy and rainy all the year around D．the sun can't shine there for nearly half a year every year 5．Which of the following is not true？ A．Female penguins often have their new husbands． B．Male penguins don't move even though the wind often blows strongly． C．Female penguins take care of the eggs． D．Male penguins use their ears to choose wives． （2） Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones（时区），one hour apart（一个时区相差一个小时）．You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days． If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋），your ship enters a different time zone every day．As you enter each zone，the time changes one hour．Traveling west，you set your clock back，traveling east，you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours． If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean（太平洋），you cross the International Date Line（国际日期变更线）．By agreement，this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line，you change your calendar one full day，backward or forward．Traveling east today becomes yesterday．Traveling west，it is tomorrow． 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 1．Strange things happen to time when you travel because ______． A．no day really has twenty-four hours B．no one knows where time zones begin C．the earth is divided into time zones D．in some places one day always has twenty-five hours 2．The difference in time between zones is ______． A．one hour B．more than seven days C．seven days D．twenty-four hours 3．If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean，going east，you set your clock ______． A．one hour ahead in each time zone B．one hour ahead for the whole trip C．one full day back for each time zone D．one hour back in each time zone 4．From this passage，it seems true that the Atlantic ______． A．is in one time zones B．is divided into twenty-four zones C．is divided into five time zone D．is in four time zones 5．The International Date Line is the name for ______． A．the beginning of any new time zone B．any point where time changes by one hour C．the point where a new day begins D．the end of any new time zone |
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The United States is full of cars．There are still many families without cars，but some families have two or more．However，cars are used not only for pleasure．They are a necessary part of everyday life．
Cars are used for business．They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs．When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city，they have to drive in order to carry their products．Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies（供应品）．
Sometimes small children must be driven to school．In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school．When the children are too young to walk too far，their mothers take turns driving them to school．One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' children as well．Another mother drives on Tuesdays，another on Wednesdays，and so on．This is called forming a car pool．Men also form car pools，with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work．More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas．Too many cars are being driven．Something will have to be done about the use of cars．
根据短文内容回答下面的问题。
1．Are cars only used for pleasure？
_______________，_______________．
2．Why do some workers drive to offices or factories？
Because they _______________．
3．Does Jill need to take the school bus if she lives one kilometer from school？
_______________，_______________．
4．Do men form car pools to drive to the workplace or to drive their children to school？
They form car pools to _______________．
5．Why do people form car pools？
They want to _______________．
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English words don't stay the same．People need new words for new ideas and new inventions．Different words come into use，or older words are used in a new way．English can change by borrowing words from other languages．The word“tomato”was borrowed from Mexico，and“tea”came from China and so on．Now new words are formed by joining two words together．“Weekend”and“cookbook”are made up of two parts．Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words．The word“photo”was made from“photograph”by cutting off the end of the longer word．“Plane”and“phone”were made by cutting off the front part of“aeroplane”and“telephone”．The names of people and products can also become new words．Our“sandwich”was named after a man named Sandwich and“cello”was a name given by the company that first made the product．
In fact，every language can change by borrowing words from other languages．For example，the English words“mouse”，“cool”，“fast food”and so on are used in Chinese．They were borrowed from English．
根据短文内容完成下列句子。（5分）
1．New English words are needed because ________ and ________ appears constantly（不断地）．
2．The passage tells us ________ ways of developing English words．
3．We know the Chinese words“鼠标”and“快餐”are ________ the English language．
4．From the passage，we know that“pop”was made by ________ of“popular”．
5．The main idea of this passage is that the English language is always ________ ．