广州市四中聚贤初中毕业班英语模拟试题一
二、语言知识及运用（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 单项选择（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
16. What kind of gifts and things do people buy during _________ major festivals like _________ Christmas and _________ Spring Festival?
A. the; /; the B. /; the; / C. the; the; the D. the; /; /
17. You _________ take more than two of these pills at once. Three _________ be fatal. A. will; must B. mustn?t; might C. need; will D. would; ought to
18. Faced with the _________ result, Chinese football fans took on _________ expression. A. disappointing; disappointing B. disappointed; disappointed C. disappointing; disappointed D. disappointed; disappointing
19. I prefer a street in a small town to _________ in a big city _________ Shanghai. A. that; so B. one; as C. it; like D. one; like
20. I mean _________ that missing this flight means _________ for another day. A. to say; to wait B. saying; waiting C. to say; waiting D. saying; to wait
21. It?s surprising that your brother _________ Russian so quickly—he hasn?t lived there very long.
A. picked up B. looked up C. put up D. made up
22. —Are you satisfied with the result of the discussion? —Not at all. I can?t have _________. A. a worse one B. a better one C. the worst one D. the best one
23. —Remember the first time we _________, Ed? —Of course, I do. You _________ a song on the stage.
A. have met; sang B. met; were singing C. met; sang D. have met; have sung
24. Many countries are now setting up national parks _________ animals and plants can be protected.
A. when B. which C. whose D. where 25. Lily, _________ get such a good dictionary?
A. where do you think can I B. do you think where I can C. do you think where can I D. where do you think I can
第二节 语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
The Chinese river pig needs help!
The Chinese river pig is actually a porpoise（江豚）. It ____26_____ a “river pig” because its flat and small nose remind people of a pig. River pigs live in the Yangtze River. Adults are usually about 1.55 metres long and ____27_____ about 3-45 kilograms, and they are dark grey in ____28_____. Though they can eat almost anything, they love to eat prawns and fish. River pigs are shy ____29_____ often swim away from boats and people. However, sometimes they like to show off by ____30_____ in the water on their tails. River pigs like to travel in groups of three or four, though groups of fifty have been seen.
The river pig used to be quite common. However, it is now a(an) ____31_____ animal. Recently, scientist could only find 380 river pigs in the Yangtze River and as ____32_____ as 1,000 river pigs are now living in the wild.
The river pig is in danger because of human activity. Pollution in the Yangtze River is killing prawns and fish, so the river pig does not have enough food ____33_____.
We need to cut down the pollution in the Yangtze River and create new nature reserves. ____34_____ the help of these nature reserves, the river pigs can be saved, but we need to act now ____35_____it is too late.
26. A. call B. calls C. called D. is called
27. A. weigh B. weighs C. are weighted D. are weighed 28. A. colourful B. coloured C. colour D. colours 29. A. or B. but C. and D. however 30. A. standing B. stand C. stood D. to stand
31. A. endanger B . endangered C. danger D. dangerous 32. A. little B. less C. fewer D. few 33. A. to eat B. to be eaten C. eating D. eaten 34. A. Under B. In C. At D. With
35. A. if B. after C. before D. when
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
The city that I live in is about to put cameras at all traffic light s to catch people who run red lights. It ____36____ me of how many people I?ve seen who take the yellow light as a signal to go faster. I also can?t understand why people don?t move when the traffic light has turned green. Above all, there are those ____37____ situations in which someone doesn?t even notice that the light turns red, and just keeps going. That is why so many ____38____ happen! All these situations make me ____39____ the purpose of traffic lights.
However, it?s even more frightening to imagine letting people make their own decisions at ____40____ crossroads. Do the biggest cars get to go first? Who decides who goes next? So I guess I do like the idea of a system to ____41____traffic. And I?ll do my best to obey the traffic rules: to go, to be cautious, and to stop when I?m ____42____ to.
It occurs to me that my parents have done much the same for me in terms of teaching me how to live. They have given me many green lights: to get along well with others, to listen and talk to them, to help others, and to ____43____ with joy and purpose. They have also given me some red lights before my life goes astray（误入歧途）: not to be greedy, to keep my temper, and to control my desires. And there ____44____ have been some yellow caution lights: to watch how much I drink, to keep control of my behavior, and to attend school regularly and work hard.
If I obey these rules, my life will be as good as it can be. Just as I?m wise to pay attention to the traffic lights when I?m walking across the street, I?m wise to pay attention to the “____45____ signals” given to me by my parents.
36. A. suggests B. informs C. reminds D. warns 37. A. instant B. exciting C. dangerous D. cautious 38. A. events B. problems C. situations D. accidents 39. A. think of B. wonder about C. care for D. worry about 40. A. noisy B. narrow C. crowded D. key 41. A. control B. direct C. improve D. serve 42. A. supposed B. used C. devoted D. delighted 43. A. live B. share C. work D. communicates 44. A. still B. even C. only D. also
45. A. traffic B. light C. life D. confidence 四、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）
(A)
The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I?m sorry, I can?t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”
“I can?t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”
I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”
“So when it goes down, you go down with it.” “That?s good, sir.”
“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.
“I have no idea. Sometimes it?s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There?s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it?s down it won?t answer us.”
After the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “Let?s forget the computer. What about your planes? They?re still flying, aren?t they?” “I couldn?t tell without asking the computer.”
“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he?s flying to Washington, ” I suggested. “I wouldn?t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn?t take you if you didn?t have a ticket.”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”
“I wouldn?t know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ?IT? knows. ?It? can?t tell me.” By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white; some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.
46. The best title for the article is _______.