1、湖北省荆州市中考英语试题及答案荆州市2008年初中升学考试英语试题第一卷 选择题（六大题，共75分）.听力图片判断（共5分，每小题1分）根据你听到的内容从每小题的三幅图片中选出正确选项，每小题听一遍。.听力对话理解（共5分，每小题1分）根据你听到的小对话从每小题的三个选项中选出正确答案。每小题听两遍。6. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a classroom. B. In an office C. In a hospital7. What are the man and woman doing ?A. Theyre
2、watching TV B. Theyre talking about a sports programC. Theyre talking about a movie.8. Where does the woman tell the man to get into the supermarket?A. From the entrance B. From the exit C. From the window9.What does the man want to do?A. He wants to mend his trousers B. He wants the woman to mend h
3、is trousersC. He wants the woman to mend his shirt10. Whos looking for Lily?A. The man B. Her boss C. One of her friends.听力篇章理解。（共10分，每小题1分）听下面A 、B篇的两段对话和C篇的一段独白，并从每小题的三个选项中选出一个正确答案。对话或独白听两遍。（A）11.What are the man and woman doing?A. They are talking on the phone.B. They are having their summer holid
4、ay.C. They are watching the weather report.12. Whats the weather like in Sanya now?A. Hot and dry. B. Hot and wet. C. Wet and cool.13. Where are Mikes family going to spend their holiday?A. In Guangdong B. In Guangxi C. In Hainan.(B)14.Where is the girl from?A. America. B. Canada. C. England15. Why
5、does the girl come to China?A. To see her parents. B. To go traveling C. To find a job16. What will the girl do next year?A. She will work in China. B. She will work in Japan C. She will stay in her own country.17. Why will they have to start early tomorrow?A. Its a long way to Cheater.B. Theres onl
6、y one bus to go to CheaterC. They will have an early breakfast18. When will the bus leave?A. Before 8:30 B. At 8:30 C. After 8:3019. Where is the first place they will visit?A. An old palace. B. A beautiful park C. An old market20. How much should one pay for the palace?A. 3.15 B. 3.50 C. 8.00.单项填空（
7、共10分，每小题1分）从每小题的四个选项中选出一个能填入题中相应空白处的最佳答案。21. Which of the underlined parts has a different pronunciation?A. cheap B. great C. easy D. least22. How was the evening party yesterday?We enjoyed _ very much. A. us B. ourselves C. its D. itself23. Which is _, an elephant or a tiger?A. strong B. stronger C
8、. strongest D. the strongest24. My mother _ when I got home.A. cook B. cooks C. cooked D. was cooking25. You see, a man is cutting a tree on the moon. It_ be true. The teacher says there is no air on the moon.A. cant B. may not C. shouldnt D. mustnt26.Im afraid the meeting has begun.Dont worry. It _
9、 until the bell _.A. doesnt begin/ rings B. wont begin/ will ringC. wont begin/ rings D. doesnt begin/ will ring27. If you are famous, people will watch you _ and follow you everywhere.A. all the time B. by the time C. on time D. at times28. How have you been recently?So far, so good. Ive _ my own c
10、ompany.A. put out B. put on C. put off D. put up29.Are you ready to order, sir?_A. Yeah, probably. B. No, thanks. C. Let me look at the menu first. D. I am afraid I have no time.30. When something is on fire. People throw sand (沙子) on it to put out the fire. The main use of the sand is to _.A. prote
11、ct the thing on fire.B. add weight to the thing on fire.C. keep the air away from the thing on fire.D. lower the temperature of the thing on fire.完形填空（共15分，每小题1分）先阅读短文，然后从文后每小的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。 Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago. That eve
12、ning, she went to a birthday party which 31 until two oclock in the morning. Agatha walked in the 32 street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 33 a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good 34 ,lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I dont think you wish to 35 here!” “Wh
13、at do you want ?” “ Your earrings. Take them off!” Agatha suddenly had a 36 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her overcoat while she used 37 hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 38 them on the ground. “Take them and let me go, ” she said. The robber thou
14、ght that the girl didnt like the earrings at all, only trying to 39 the necklace. It would cost 40 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”“Oh, sir. It doesnt 41 much. Please let me wear it.”“Im not that 42 , Quick!”With shaking 43 Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked u
15、p her earrings and ran as 44 as she could to one of her friends.The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost 45 six pounds.31. A. ended B. stayed C. stopped D. lasted32.A. busy B. quiet C. noisy D. wide33.A.part B. block C. building D. street34.A.moring B. afternoon C
16、. evening D. night35. A. die B. escape C. fight D. stay36. A. funny B. safe C. brave D. bright37. A. other B. others C. the other D. another38. A. handed B. threw C. passed D. put39. A. own B. keep C. have D. protect40. A. cheap B. expensive C. more D. less41. A. weigh B. take C. spend D. cost42. A.
17、 afraid B. angry C. silly D. bad43. A. hands B. feet C. head D. body44. A. much B. early C. carefully D. fast45. A. really B. already C. only D. hardly.阅读理解（共30分，每小题2分）先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容从文后每小题的四个选项中，选出一个能完成所给句子或回答所提问题的正确答案（A）WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL?TOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTELSFIRST HOTEL Address:222 E
18、dward Road Telephone:414-6433 The number of rooms:120 Single room: $25 Double room: $35 Special attractions: Air-conditioned rooms. French restaurant. Swimming pool. Shops. Coffee shop and bar. Telephone, radio and television in each room. Close to the city center. FAIRVIEW HOTEL Address: 129 North
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21、rden. Shops.46. If you want to eat Chinese food, you will go to the restaurant in _.A. Fairview Hotel B. First Hotel C. Orchard Hotel D. Osaka Hotel47. The cheapest price for a single room is _ in _ in Boswell.A. $ 12 / First Hotel B. $ 15 / Osaka Hotel C. $ 12/ Fairview Hotel D. $25 / Orchard Hotel
22、48. The total number of the room is the best hotels in Boswell is _A. 120 B.170 C.290 D.47049. If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, _ is the right place for him to go to.A. 233 Edward Road B. 1264 Venning RoadC.222 Edward Road D. 129 North Road50. Which hotel faces Orchard Hot
23、el?A. First Hotel B. Osaka Hotel C. Fariview Hotel D. No hotel(B)HAVE you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilomete
24、rs an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X-43A is only three to four meters long, but its very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilos.HOW old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the worlds oldest insect fossil(化石) in Britain. The fossil shows that the body of
25、 the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings(翅膀). In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.THERE will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite(卫星) into space be September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around t
26、he moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? Thats for sure 1.4 billion yuan!YUAN Longping, the father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the worlds first popular and widely grown hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than the ones
27、people grew before.51. If the X-43A goes round the Eath, it will take about _ hours to finish the trip.A.3 B.5 C.8 D.1252. The newly-found insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was _ years older than believed.A.10 million B.400 million C.20 million D.380 million53. Which of the following abo
28、ut the new star is NOT true?A. It will go into space by September 2008.B. It will stay in space for twelve months.C. It costs a lot.D. It will go around the moon.54.Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he _.A. is the father of his childrenB. likes to eat hybrid riceC. developed the worlds
29、first popular and widely grown hybrid riceD. grows more rice than others55. The above paragraphs are taken from _. A. a story B. an advertisement C. an explaining writing D. a newspaper(C)Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railwa
30、y owes me 12，” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship to Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me12. ”Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “Ill just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing o
