63. The central government spent 10 000 000 000 yuan building more than 7 600 in the western areas.
A. cities B. poor counties C. boarding schools D. colleges
64. __ spent 11 000 000 000 yuan building the distance teaching network in countries. A. The central government B. The local governments C. The college D. A and B
65. There have been about college graduates to teach in the poor western areas in the past two years.
A. 953 B. 33 000 C. 4 000 000 D. 100 000 000 六、单词拼写(共5个小题，每小题1分，共5分)
根据所给句子和汉语提示，在空格处写出相应单词的适当形式。 66. Don't (穿过) the street when traffic lights are red. 67. This room is too (潮湿) for them to live in. 68. You'd better have the (I?) before meals, Jim. 69. Mao Jia enjoys (骑) a bicycle to school every day. 70. My grandparents live on the (七) floor near here. 七、口语应用(共8个小题，每小题1分，共8分)
在下列长对话的空白处填入适当的单词，使对话的意思完整、通顺，每空限填一词(含缩写词)。
A: So what's your pen friend's (71) , Hongmei? B: Katy Brown, and she's from Garden School in London. A: Has she (72) China before?
B: No, she hasn't. But I sent her a DVD about China and she's watched it. She enjoyed my message (73) my life here in Beijing. So I think she'll like it here.
A: (74) about you. Hongmei? Have you ever wanted to travel around the world?
B: Yes, I have. I've always wanted to go to the USA and Europe. And Katy has invited (75)_ to stay with her in England one day. The problem is the price of the ticket.
A: Well, guess what! Have you (76) today's newspaper? There is a competition. \off from Beijing Capital Airport (77) and in London. Write about a wonderful experience. The first prize is the holiday of your dreams in England. \Don't you want to have a try?
B: Yeah. It sounds (78) !
八、词语填空(共1 0小题，每小题l分，共10分)
根据短文内容和首字母的提示，把所缺单词填写在短文后面的横线上。
The room goes dark. The audience (观众) becomes q 79 . The music begins. The movie starts. In the US, it is common to see parents watching cartoons w 80 their children, or a group of friends watching an action movie t 81
Now we need snacks. People often eat popcorn. They drink soda. But theaters also s 82 candy and chocolate. Some people bring their own snacks in to save m 83 .
But how do you know w 84 movies you can watch? The US has a rating system (分级系统). If a movie is rated G, it stands for (表示) General Audience, and a 85 can see it. PG means Parental Guidance (父母指导). That means maybe your p 86 should watch it with you, if you're really young. A PG-13 movie means you have to watch it with your parents if you're y 87 than 13 years old. And
an R rated movie means u 88 you're older than 17, you need your parents to be with you. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 九、书面表达(共1题，共l2分)
某英语报社面向全国初中学生开展一次征文活动，主题为学校的学习生活。请根据以下要求写一篇征文。
内容要求：1．在校生活感受。
2．最喜欢的……(如科目、老师……)及原因。 3．课外爱好。
4．今后的学习或生活计划。
写作要求：1。征文应包含以上内容，可适当拓展。 2．征文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 3．词数6 0～80。
2008年四川省宜宾市中考英语试题参考答案
l. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. C '18. A 19. B 20. C 21. D 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. D 32. B , 33. D 34. R 35. C 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. D 41. A 42. C 43. D 44. B 45. A 46. T 47. F 48. T 49. F 50. T 51. B 52. D 53. C 54. C 55. A 56. C 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. B 61. B 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. B 66. cross 67. wet/humid 68. medicine/pills 69. riding 70. seventh/7th
71. name 72. visited 73. about 74. How/What 75. me 76. read 77. and 78. great/good
79. quiet 80, with 81. together 82. sell 83. money 84. which 85. anyone/anybody 86. parents 87. younger 88. unless
One possible version
My school life is very interesting and happy. I like English best of all the subjects in the school, because it can make me know something new about the world and make friends with a lot of foreigners. I often play basketball with my classmates at school and surf the Internet at home. I will study harder at other subjects from now on in order that I can enter a better high school.