2008年湖南省常德市初中毕业学业考试

英语试卷

考生注意：1、请在试题卷首填写好准考证号及姓名。

          2、请将答案填写在答题卡上，填写在试题卷上的无效。

          3、本学科试题卷共8页，4大题，满分120分，考试时量90分钟。

          4、试题卷中听力材料以中速朗读两遍。

I. 听力技能 (共20小题，满分25分)

A）理解 （共10小题，满分10分）

根据你听到的对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选择一个正确的选项回答问题。

听第一至第三三段材料，做第1至第3三个小题。

1. What is the weather like today?

         A                    B                     C

2. How did they go there?

        A                     B                     C

3. Which pen will the boy buy?

       A                     B                     C

听第四段材料，做第4至第6三个小题。

4. Does the girl know when Mother’s Day is?

       A. Yes, she does.                   B. No, she doesn’t.       C. She is not sure.

5. What will the boy buy for his father?

       A. A shirt.                          B. A watch.                    C. A coat.

6. How does the girl feel like the boy’s idea?

       A. It’s good.                B. It’s boring.              C. It’s bad.

听第五段材料，做第7至第10四个小题。

7. Where is Mike at the moment?

       A. At home.              B. In his office.                 C. In a shop.

8. What does Lily invite Mike to do?

       A. To have a party together.

       B. To have dinner together.

       C. To watch TV together.

9. Why won’t Mike be able to have dinner with Lily on Friday?

       A. Because he will work late.     

       B. Because he will go to a party.

       C. Because he will go to London.

10. When will they decide to have dinner together at last?

       A. This Friday.         B. Next Tuesday.                    C. Next Wednesday.

B) 反应 (共5小题，满分10分)

根据你听到的内容和实际情况，写出尽可能简要的答语。

11. _______________________________________________

12. _______________________________________________

13. _______________________________________________

14. _______________________________________________

15. _______________________________________________

C) 笔录要点 （共5小题，满分5分）

根据你听到的内容，填写下面的空格。

Personal Information

Name  Henry Lee           Time of studying English    19     

From    16                Hobbies    20     

Phone number    17         Address  152 Center Street

Club    18                 E-mail address  henrylee 7@ yahoo.com

II．知识运用 (共20小题，满分25分)

A) 单项填空  （共10小题，满分10分）

从A、B、C三个选项中选择一个最佳答案填空。

21. ―What are you going to be when you grow up?

       ―I hope to be ______ astronaut.

       A. a                             B. the                           C. an

22. ―Can you understand me?

   ―Sorry, I can ­­_______ understand what you have said.

   A. easily                     B. hardly                  C. nearly

23. ―Is the woman who walked past just now your teacher?

       ―Yes. She teaches ______ Chinese.

       A. us                            B. our                          C. ours

24. ―Let’s go fishing if it ______ this weekend.

       ―But nobody knows if it will rain.

       A. was fine                   B. is fine                     C. will be fine

25. ―What ______ when the earthquake (地震) happened on May 12^th ?

       ―Er, I was having a geography class in the classroom.

       A. are you doing           B. did you do                C. were you doing

26. ―My spoken English is poor. What shall I do?

       ―That’s easy. Practise ______ it as much as possible.

       A. speak                       B. spoke                       C. speaking

27. Now we are glad to say that the air in Changde is much ______ than it was before.

       A. better                       B. worse                       C. colder

28. ―What time do you usually have your first class?

       ―______ eight o’clock ______ the morning.

       A. At, on                      B. At, in                       C. On, in

29. －Do you know Winter Oympic Games?

       －Sure. Once Winter Olympics ______ the White Olympics.

       A. call               B. called                      C. was called

30. ―Listen! Is that Kangkang playing the guitar?

   ―No. It ______ be Kangkang. He has gone to Changsha.

   A. can’t                         B. needn’t                    C. mustn’t

B) 完形填空 (共10小题，满分15分)

通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

       Tina Lin was not like many of her classmates. She didn’t listen to popular music. She didn’t watch many movies, and she wasn’t interested in nice clothes.

       When she got   31   with her friends at a party, Tina found her friends preferred rock and pop music. When Tina   32   if they would like to try classical music, they all looked at her strangely.

       “  33   music is for old people,” one of her friends said.

       Tina was   34   that something was wrong with her. She decided to   35   her father. As she entered his study, he could feel something was wrong.

       “Dad, am I strange?” she asked her   36  .

       “Of course not,” he answered, “Why do you ask that?”

       “Because I don’t   37   the same things as my classmates. They want to listen to pop music. I like classical music.”

       “I think I understand. Never mind, Tina.   38   all right to be your own person. You don’t have to copy what other people do. Everybody   39   different tastes (品味). Some of them are popular,   40   others aren’t.”

       After Tina spoke with her father, she felt better about herself. She realized that being different made her special. It was an important lesson for her to learn.

31. A. up                             B. angry                            C. together

32. A. asked                         B. found                              C. noticed

33. A. Pop                           B. Rock                               C. Classical

34. A. proud                        B. worried                           C. glad

35. A. talk to                       B. look for                          C. write to

36. A. friend                        B. father                              C. classmate

37. A. have                          B. know                              C. like

38. A. It’s                                   B. That’s                             C. You’re

39. A. have                          B. has                                 C. had

40. A. but                           B. so                                   C. for

III．阅读技能  (共25小题，满分45分)

A) 选择 (共15小题，满分30分)

阅读短文或图表，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

（A）

    South Korean singer and actress Jang Nara has a third album (专辑). It is called Dream of Asia.

       The album has 26 songs. They are in five languages－Mandarin (普通话), Cantonese (广东话), Korean, Japanese and English.

       Jang Nara says the Cantonese songs are the hardest to sing. On the album, she sings a well-known Chinese love song－The Moon Represents My Heart both in Mandarin and in Cantonese.

       She also sings Our Dream. The song is to show her best wishes for the Beijing Olympic Games.

41. Jang Nara comes from ______.

       A. China                             B. South Korea             C. Japan

42. Jang Nara uses ______ languages to sing the songs on her new album.

       A. 3                                    B. 26                           C. 5

43. Which song can show her best wishes for the Beijing Olympic Games?

       A. Our Dream.                            B. Dream of Asia.         C. The Moon Represents My Heart

44. The writer mainly tells us something about ______.

       A. Jang Nara                       B. Jang Nara’s third album    C. Jang Nara’s dream

( B )

       Through some efforts, rescuers (救援人员) cleaned up the ruins carefully which covered the mum. Under her body lay her baby. The baby was in a small red quilt (被子) with yellow flowers. He was about 3 or 4 months’ old. Since the baby was well protected by his mother's body, he was totally safe. He was sleeping well when the rescuer carried him out, and his lovely and peaceful face warmed everyone around him. The rescuer found there was a mobile phone in the quilt. When he looked at the screen, a message was already there. “My dear baby, if you could live, don’t forget how much I love you. ” Everyone who saw this message burst into tears.

45. In this passage, the underlined word “ruins” most probably means ______.

       A. 废墟                              B. 遗迹                       C. 雨水

46. The mum’s death and her great ______ for her baby made everyone burst into tears.

       A. hope                               B. care                         C. love

47. From the passage, we know the mum saved her baby ______.

       A. with her body                  B. in a small quilt         C. by a mobile phone

(C)

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Do you like babies?

Can you look after one baby for two days?

If you are sure to take good care of it, call us at 8766588.

$80 or more.

Today! Hurry!

JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM

Boys and girls wanted to play in local football team.

Aged 9-13.

Meet in Green Park at 3 p.m. on Friday

CLEANER WANTED

Can you make a large house clean and tidy?

If you hope to get the job paid at $20 once, call us

this evening 18∶00～20∶00.

Tel: 8633800

48. If Hellen calls at 8766588, maybe she wants to _______.

       A. play in local football team      

       B. take good care of the baby

       C. clean and tidy the large house

49. When you are 12 years old, you ______ join our football team.

       A. can                          B. can’t                        C. must

50. Do you want to join our football team? Please come to Green Park ______.

       A. today                       B. this evening              C. at 3 p.m.on Friday

51. If Jane makes the large house clean and tidy three times, she’ll get ______ .

       A. $20                         B. $60                         C. $80

(D)

Dear Changde Teacher Friends,

       In my last email I forgot to mention one of the most important days of the year. National Teacher Appreciation (感恩) Day!  It is May 6 and kids all over America will bring a gift to their teachers on that day. Traditionally, the little kids would bring a red apple for the teacher.  Now, however, they bring all kinds of gifts－flowers, fruit, candy, gift cards, and general appreciation cards.  I’d like to say a BIG “Thank you!” for all you do for your students. You have one of the most important jobs－influencing the minds of young people. I am sure that all of you have done much to your students!  Keep up your good work!

       Here I give you a gift(Look at the picture). I wish I could give you a real one.

       Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!

Sincerely,

David Karber

52. National Teacher Appreciation Day is ______.

       A. September 10                  B. June 1                      C. May 6

53. Kids will take ______ to teachers on National Teacher Appreciation Day.

       A. gifts                               B. apples                      C. flowers

54. What did David mainly talk about in this email?

       A. Some gifts for the teachers.

       B. One of the most important jobs.      

       C. National Teacher Appreciation Day.

55. From this email, we know ______.

       A. the job as a teacher in America is not important

       B. David Karber has some teacher friends in Changde

       C. Changde teacher friends received some real gifts from David Karber

B) 摘录要点  (共5小题，满分5分)

阅读短文，然后在文后表格内完成内容摘要。

Taohuayuan

    It lies in Taoyuan County and is 23 km away from Changde. The temples here were built in the 10^th century. During the reign (统治) of Guangxu (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty, a scenic spot (景点) appeared according to the article“On the Land of Peach（桃）Flowers”written by Tao Yuanming, a famous writer of the Jin Dynasty. The tour area today is made up of four parts－the Taohua Mountain, the Taohualing Hill, the Taoyuan Mountain and the Qinren Village.

Changde Poem Wall

       Changde Poem Wall is a 3-kilometer-long riverbank alongside the Yuanjiang River, which is engraved (雕刻) with poems, handwriting and painting and it is listed as the longest wall with engraved arts in Guinness Record.

Tittle（标题）: 56. ______________ in Changde

Name

Location (位置)

For visiting

Taohuayuan

in Taoyuan County

the Taohua Mountain

59. __________

58. ______ away from Changde

the Taoyuan Mountain

the Qinren Village

57. __________

alongside the Yuanjiang River

poems

handwriting

60. __________

C) 回答问题  （共5小题，满分10分）

阅读短文, 然后根据短文内容简要回答下列问题。

       I had a wish to go abroad for a very long time. Finally a good chance came. Now I’m studying in the USA. My wish comes true but I am not happy here. I want to go back to China because I hate the food in the USA. People in the USA eat a lot of bread. They also like fast food and fried chicken very much. But I don’t like such food. I like Chinese food. There are many different kinds of food in China. They are all very delicious. So, I often go to the Chinese restaurants in America. The food there is nice but it is very expensive. The American people also like Chinese food very much.

61. Is the writer studying in the USA?                                               

62. How does the writer feel in the USA?                                             

63. Why does the writer want to go back to China?                                       

64. Do Americans like American food or Chinese food?                                  

65. There are many different kinds of food in China, aren’t there?                           

IV. 写作技能 (满分25分)

A)  翻译（共5小题，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，将文中划线部分译成汉语或英语。

       Food is very important. Everyone needs to eat well if he or she wants to have a strong body. 66. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is knowledge. We begin to get knowledge even we are very young. 67. 孩子们对周围的一切都感兴趣。They learn something when they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to read storybooks, science books and anything they like. 68. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and try to find out the answers.

       69. 获取知识的最佳方法是什么呢？ If we learn by ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are always getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. 70. If we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.

B) 情景作文 (满分15分)

    常德晚报举行英语征文比赛，请根据图画和所给提示词, 以“Sally smiled again” 为题写一篇80个单词以上的英文短文参赛。要求语法正确、意思连贯，所提供的图示和英文提示词必须涉及并可适当发挥。短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词： in hospital, look after, miss lessons, fail, help, encourage, join, game

Sally smiled again

Last month, one of my classmates, Sally was sad.