A. the most popular writers B. the books that a lot of people have bought C. the most popular stories D. the most popular bookshops
62. From the exciting story, we can guess that Susan is most probably a __________. A. teacher B. writer C. driver D. nurse 63. Hospital or Cinema is written by _______________. A. Betty B. William Smith C. Elizabeth Beckman D. Emma Brown 64. From the exciting story, we can guess that Harry __________at last. A. becomes rich B. is still poor C. doesn’t making tables or chairs any more D. has to leave Philippines 65. Which of the following is True?
A. Susan taught English for two years.
B. Betty goes to the USA to study English and medicine. C. Emma Brown writes a lot of books. D. Harry may be a businessman.
C
In the United States today, books with suggestions on how to do things are very popular. There are all kinds of “How to” books. One book may tell you how to make more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away. Some “How to” books tell you how to choose a job and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can get a book named “How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire(a person with millions of money)”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book “How to Live on Nothing”.
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps people do with their personal problems. If you are unhappy with your life, you can read “How to Love Every Minute of Yourself”. There is even a book about how to kill oneself if one is sick of (厌倦) living on. Don't you think “How to” books are helpful?
66. The passage mainly tells us ______________________ in the United States. A. the most popular types of books B. kinds of “How to” books C. how to make more money D. how to succeed in our jobs 67. From the passage, we know _____________. A. it is hard to find a “How to” book B. it is easy to find a “How to” book
C. there are many good ways to make money D. many people want to kill themselves
68. The writer thinks the “How to” books are _______. A. boring B. interesting C. exciting D. useful 69. Which of the following in not true?
A. All the “How to” books tells us how to do things. B. Maybe the writer has read some “How to” books.
C. All the “How to” books tells us how to give people some advice. D. The writer likes the “ How to” books.
70. If you don’t love your life, you can read “___________________”. A. How to Turn Failure into Success B. How to Make a Millionaire
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C. How to Live on Nothing D. How to Love Every Minute of Yourself 总分 核分人
2009滦县初中毕业生升学第二次模拟考试
英 语 试 卷
卷II (非选择题，共35分)
注意事项：1. 答卷Ⅱ前，将密封线左侧的项目填写清除。
2. 答卷II时，将答案用蓝色、黑色钢笔或圆珠笔直接写在试卷上。
题 号 得 分 Ⅷ Ⅸ X Ⅺ A B 听力部分(第二节)
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Ⅷ．听短文，填空。(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)
Information Sheet 71. Li Ming has learned English for _________years.
72. At first, Li Ming was afraid to speak in class because he thought his classmates might ____________________________him. 73. In order to practice his writing, he keeps a __________________________. 74. Li Ming’s favourite way to learn new words is to read English _________________________. 75. Li Ming keeps on trying and never _______________________.
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得分 评卷人 Ⅸ. 任务型阅读 (共5小题，每小题2分，计10分)
What will our future be like? No one knows for certain, but most people think that robots will be part of our lives. Will they be friendly or unfriendly?.
So far, robots haven’t caused us any problems. They work for us like servants all the time. They help us do dangerous and difficult work.
People are surprised at the rapid development of robots. In a few years, perhaps robots will think and act for themselves. However, once robots can think for themselves, problems may appear(出现). One scientist warns that if robots start to think for themselves, they don’t want to be our servants any longer, but our masters. That scientist also warns that if we are lucky, they might treat us as we now treat our pets. If we are not lucky, who knows what will happen? Perhaps there will be a war between human beings and robots. 阅读短文，按要求完成下列试题。
76为判断题(T or F), 77为翻译, 78~79为回答问题,80为填空题 76. The writer thinks robots will work for people all the time. _______________ 77. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
_______________________________________________________________ 78. What do robots help us do?
______________________________________________________________ 79. In the scientist’s opinion(意见), will robots be able to be our masters in the future?
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_____________________________________________________________ 80. The passage mainly tells us something about the _______________________.
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Ⅹ．词语运用(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)
根据下列句子的意思及所给的汉语提示，写出空缺处单词、固定短语或固定搭配的正确形式。
81. He is the _______________(九) to get to school. 82. These _______________(孩子们) rooms are very clean. 83. Of all the boys, Tom has the _____________ (少) money.
84. The kind of cars is very popular. It can be ____________ (看) everywhere. 85. Would you mind not _________________ (玩) fire?
得分 评卷人 Ⅺ．基础写作。 (包括A、B两部分，A部分5分，B部分10分，共计15分)
A. 连词成句 (共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)
将所给单词连成完整、正确的句子。（单词不得重复使用，标点已给出） 86. easy, Japanese, learning, is
___________________________________________________________________? 87. we, when, meet, shall
__________________________________________________________________? 88. English, him, with, she, his, helps
__________________________________________________________________. 89. names, will, they, tell, their, us, not
__________________________________________________________________.
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90. off, when, the, asked, would, me, plane, Mary, take
_________________________________________________________________.
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B. 书面表达 (10分)
91. 假如升入初三以来，由于紧张的工作和学习，你的英语老师Miss Gao生病住院了，学生们也经常觉得头痛、困倦、没有食欲。请你根据以下提示，以Li Ping的名义给Miss Gao写一封信，谈谈你的意见。（信的开头和结尾已给出） 提示：(1) What will you say to Miss Gao when you hear she is ill in hospital？
(2) What makes your teacher fall ill? (3) How do the students feel now? Why? (4) What’s your advice and what’s your hope? 要求：(1) 文稿须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥。
(2) 文稿中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。 (3) 词数：60-80个（不包括已给出部分）。 Dear Miss Gao, I
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