53. The English are well known for _____.

　　A. forming an orderly queue B. being rude and loud

　　C. traveling on subways D. spending more time waiting in a queue

　　54. When the girl jumped the queue, how did the writer feel?

　　A. annoyed → calm B. calm → angry

　　C. surprised → interested D. shocked → angry

　　55. The purpose of the article is to _____.

　　A. call on people in China to queue more

　　B. compare queuing in two different countries

　　C. praise the English for following good manners

　　D. explain why people rush in some situations

　　56. In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this article?

　　A. Sports. B. News. C. Culture. D. Business.

　　D

　　Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to cheat? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out (略去) important information that should be inside, he can give you a false picture.

　　For example, someone might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery(彩票). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”

　　This guy is a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $ 200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser!

　　He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.

　　Some politicians (政客) often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and got three million jobs. Then she tries to get another term. One of her opponents (競爭對手) says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. However, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had increased two million jobs.’’

　　Advertisers will sometimes use half–truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to say that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.

　　This kind of cheating happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.

　　57. We may infer that the author believes people should ________.

　　A. buy lottery tickets if possible B. make use of half–truths

　　C. be careful about what they are told D. not trust the Yucky Company

　　58. How many examples does the writer give to show how the truth is used to cheat?

　　A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

　　59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Using half truths is against the law.

　　B. Technically, half truths are in fact lies.

　　C. Yucky Pills is a very good medicine for toothache.

　　D. Governor Smith did a good job during her last term.

　　60. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

　　A. He’s really a big loser!

　　B. Sometimes the truth can lie as well.

　　C. Advertisers will sometimes use half truths.

　　D. It’s against the law to make false statements.

　　卷Ⅱ

　　五、詞匯運(yùn)用(共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分)

　　A.用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，每詞限用一次。

　　61. –When is Tree Planting Day? –It’s on the of March.

　　62. LinTao’s father cooks meals very well, he’s really a good .

　　63. Their basketball team is stronger than .

　　64. She sent an email to the company last week, but they haven’t ______ to it.

　　65. Children should speak to old people .

　　B. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給漢語提示，寫出短文空白處各單詞的正確形式。每空限填一詞。

　　When many people from 66 (另外) countries come to America for the first time, they meet many 67 (困難). They can't speak much English, and they don't know 68 (多)about America. Sometimes, they make mistakes.

　　Sally came to America from Korea 69 (年) ago. Because her English 70 (不)good, she was afraid to ask the 71 (路). So she usually couldn’t find the places in America. Then she hoped she could see something that she knew, but she couldn' t. Then she began to cry and miss her 72 (自己) country because she never had this kind of problems in Korea. She could find the places 73 (輕松) in Korea.

　　Little Henry came to America from Thailand with many people , 74 (包括)her parents.He didn' t know how to put the money into an American bank at first. When he grew older and knew more English, he finally 75 (成功)in putting the money into an American bank .

　　六、任務(wù)型閱讀(共5小題，每小題1分，滿分5分)

　　閱讀76-80題的任務(wù)信息，然后從A、B、C、D和E中，選出符合他們要求的最佳選項，并將答案寫在對應(yīng)題號的橫線上。

　　______76. Jeff likes sports and travel. He would like something that help him spend boring time on his journey.

　　______77. Mrs Scott doesn’t like to exercise, but she likes cooking and reading books about foreign places.

　　______78. Mr Dean wants to improve his garden during summer, so he would like something that could help him to do that.

　　______79. Lisa, a 22-year-old girl, worries about her weight. She is wondering how to lose weight.

　　______80. Sophin likes to look smart. When she is free, she enjoys listening to music. Now she plans to learn something about music.

　　A. Learn how to play the guitar. This popular video helps the beginner to become a guitar player in just 200 hours.

　　B. Road trips, a program loved by young people, especially those fat girls, join in it and make yourself become thin.

　　C. The new pocket MP4. The kind of MP4 fits right into your pocket. It lets you listen to your favorite artist, even when you’re on a journey.

　　D. Singapore. The story of a city. This book is about the history, the culture, and the favorite dishes of the small country.

　　E. Special scissors (剪刀). This kind of tool will make it easy to deal with flowers about tress. Anyone can learn to use it quickly.

　　七、書面表達(dá)(共2小題，第81題5分，第82題15分，滿分20分)

　　81. Time is for businessmen;

　　Time is for doctors;

　　Time is so to everyone, it will never .

　　As for me, .

　　82.一首 “ Where is the time?” 又一次引發(fā)了人們對時間的感慨，作為即將參加中考的你，將怎樣充分利用時間，為初中三年畫上一個圓滿的句號。請從以下幾個方面，以“ Treasure every minute”為題，寫一篇不少于100詞的短文。(文章里不能出現(xiàn)真實校名和人名)

　　(1)時間的重要性 (2) 你身邊浪費時間的現(xiàn)象

　　(3)你的時間去哪兒了 (4)你將怎樣充分利用余下的時間?

　　Treasure every minute

　　英語聽力材料及參考答案

　　第一節(jié)：聽小對話，從A、B、 C三個選項中選出正確的選項，回答問題(共5小題，每小題1分，共5分)

　　1.M: Hello, Jane. Why are you in a hurry?

　　W: The plane will take off in fifteen minutes. I’m going to Beijing.

　　2.W: What time will the concert start?

　　M: It will start 10 minutes later, at about 8:40..

　　3.M: What did you want to be when you were a child?

　　W: I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. But now I’m a policewoman

　　4.M: Lucy, we are so happy that you can come to my hometown for Spring Festival.

　　W: Me, too. I’ve never been to country for a holiday before. Look, there are so many sheep over there.

　　5.W: Sir, here’s your bill, please. Thirteen pounds all together.

　　M: Ok, here are fifteen pounds. Keep the change.

　　第二節(jié)：聽長對話，回答問題(共5小題，每小題1分，共5分)

　　聽下面一段較長對話，回答6 、7 兩個小題。

　　M: Mum, can I play the computer games?

　　W: Of course, you can. But you have to finish your homework. Work must come first, do you know?

　　M: OK. I will do it at once, and how long can I play?

　　W: What about half an hour?

　　M: Mm, maybe it’s too short. An hour, OK?

　　W: OK

　　聽下面一段較長對話，回答8、9、10 三個小題。

　　W: Hi, Wang Lin.

　　M: Hi, Lucy. Are you free this afternoon?

　　W: I am afraid not.

　　M: Why?

　　W: Because I am going to buy some presents for Miss Zhao, our English teacher.

　　M: Oh, I see. The day after tomorrow will be Teachers’ Day. What will you buy?

　　W: I am going to buy a postcard or a pen for her.

　　M: But I know she likes flowers very much. Why not buy her some flowers?

　　W: That’s a good idea.

　　第三節(jié)：聽讀白，填表格。聽下面一段獨白，然后從A、B、C三個選項中選擇正確的選項，完成下面信息記錄表。獨白讀兩遍(10分)

　　W: My name is Barbara and I’m eleven years old. I live in Alaska. Do you know where it is? It’s in the northwest of the US near Canada. We live in a small house near the sea because of my father’s job. He is a scientist. He studies whales and there are lots of whales in Alaska. My mother is a teacher in a school. I’ve got two sisters and no brothers.

　　My name is strange. I’m named after my great grandfather, my father’s grandfather. He was Indian and my mother’s great grandparents came from Russia. In Alaska it gets very cold in winter and it snows a lot, so I ski and skate. I am good at skating! In summer, it’s nice and not too hot. I often go boating with my father.

　　參考答案

　　聽力：1—5 A B C C A 6--10 A C B C B 11--15 BCBCA

　　單選：16--20 D C D A D 21--25 B D A B B 26--30 D A C A C

　　完型：31-35 D C A D A 36-40 C B A D A 41-45 C A B D C

　　閱讀：49---52 ADCA 53---56 ACBC 57---60 C C D B

　　詞匯：61. twelfth 62. cook 63. ours 64. replied 65. politely

　　66. other 67. difficulties 68. much 69. years 70. wasn’t

　　71. ways 72. own 73. easily 74. including 75. succeeded

　　任務(wù)型閱讀

　　76—80 C D E B A

　　書面表達(dá)

　　81. 言之有理即可。

　　82. 略