2011年江苏省常州市实验中学中考英语模拟试题一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，填在题前括号内。

( )1. —Kate, it is raining, you’d better take ______ raincoat with you.—Well, but I can’t find ______raincoat I put yesterday.A. a ; the B the; a C. a ; a D. the; the( )2.______since he left his hometown.A. Ten years went byB. Ten years has passedC. It is ten years agoD. There are ten years( )3.She is the only one of the girls in our class______ been to the United States.A. who haveB. that hadC. whom hasD. that has( )4. He is too fat, and he is made ______ exercise by his parents every day.A. to be takenB. to takeC. takingD. take( )5 It’s a long time ago ______ I saw you last time.A. whenB. sinceC. forD. that( )6.—Do you speak English?—Yes, I speak ______ a little English ______ some French.A. neither, notB. both, orC. either, orD. not only, but also ( ) 7. —When are the Shuts leaving for New York?—Pardon?—I asked ___________.A. when are the Shuts leaving for New YorkB. when the Shuts are leaving for New YorkC. when were the Shuts leaving for New YorkD. when the Shuts were leaving for New York( ) 8. She ______ for ten hours at least. It was at nine that she fell asleep last night.A sleptB had sleptC has sleptD was sleeping( )9. He’s already ridden the horse before ,______?A .is he B. isn’t he C. has he D. hasn’t he ( )10. He asks me ______ to use the computer.A .why B. if C. whether D. what( )11.His father looks young, but in fact he is ______.A. in the fortiesB. in his fortiesC. in the fortyD. in hisforty( )12. English is ______ used than Chinese in the world.A. wideB. widelyC. widerD. more widely( )13. J K Rowling jumps farther than ______ in her class.A .any other boys B. the other boys C. any boy D. another boy( )14. —Must I finish the exercise this afternoon?—Yes, you ______, but you ______ finish it now.A. must, mustn’tB. must , don’t have toC. may, needn’tD. may , mustn’ｔ( )15. At the foot of the hill you could hear nothing but the ______ of therunning water.A. shoutB. voiceC. noiseD. sound二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的选项中，选出一个最佳选项，填在题前括号内。

1970 was the World Conservation(保护)Year. Everyone must know that the world is in danger. 16 is one example of the 17 .At one time there were 1,300 different kinds of trees and flowers in Holland(荷兰),but now o nly 866 remain(继续存在), 18 have been destroyed by modern man. We are changing the earth,the air and the water, and 19 that grows and lives. If we go on like this , we shall destroy ourselves.What will happen in the future? Perhaps 20 is more important to ask“What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world tomorroware 21 young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary.Many are helping to save 22 .Now fifteen million young people in many countries are studying 23 andthe country around him. In some countries they spend much time as “conservation volunteers.” They plant trees and help to 24 wild birds and animals.But everyone, 25 young people, must work to save our world.( )16.A. Here B. It C. He D. There( )17.A.trouble B. question C. problem D. difficult( )18.A.some B. others C. the other D. the others( )19.A.everything B. nothing C. something D. all things( )20.A.this B. that C. one D. it( )21.A.a B. an C. / D. the( )22.A.ourselves B. our world C. our lives D. living things( )23.A.man B. men C. a man D. the men( )24.A.find B. protect C. catch D. keep( )25.A.not only B. except C. also D. together with三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，填在题前括号内。

(A)Four men w ho would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”“What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins B aseball teams!”Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birthof his triplets (三胞胎).“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (晕). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hearhim speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken thatjob at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”( )26.Why were the fathers there?A. They were waiting for their wives.B. They were seeing doctors.C. They were waiting for their babies to be born.D. They were working at men nurses there.( )27.Which of the following is true about the third man?A. He thought the nurse made a mistake.B. He was very surprised at the nurse’s wordsC. He didn’t want to have these babies.D. He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.( )28.Why did the fourth man f aint when he heard what the nurse told the third man?A. Hew was afraid of having so many babies.B. He was seriously ill.C. He was too excited.D. He was very glad to have 7 babies.( )29.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?A. 9.B. 10.C. 11.D. 16.(B)In the summer of 1978 an English man named Steven was driving his tractorthrough a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some o f his wheat was lying on the ground. The flattened wheat formed(形成)a circle about six meters across . Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat.Three years later a farmer who l ived nearby discovered almost the same c irclesin one of his fields. These circles were larger—nearly 15 meters across . That same year , another English farmer discovered three circles of flattened wheat on his land—one large circle between two small circles. During the followingyears, farmers in England found circles in their fields more and more often.The circles are called “crop circles”　because they usually appear i n fields of wheat or corn. The wheat in the circles lies on the ground but is never broken; it keeps on growing, and the farmers can later harvest it. Farmers alwaysdiscover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September. What causes the cropcircles?At first, people thought that some kids were making them as a joke, or thatfarmers were making them to attract tourists.(In fact, in 1991, two men saidthey made the circles themselves, but many scientists don’t believe them.)People tried to copy them: They tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found. They couldn’t do it. They couldn’t enter a field of wheat without leaving tracks, and they couldn’t flatten the wheat without breakingit.Several times people reported seeing stranger objects near the fields where crop circles later appeared. Many people believe that these crop circles arethe messages sent by living things from outer space(外层空间)or the marks left by their spaceships.Scientists who have studied the crop circles try to find out what causes them. In the summer of 1990 some scientists spent three weeks in the part of Englandwhere many circles have appeared. They had all the latest high-tech equipment(最新高科技设备). The equipment—worth 1.8 million dollars—got nothing. But one night, as the scientists were watching a field, crop circles formed in the field behind them, which were quite different from the others. The scientists hadneither seen nor heard anything.When Steven discovered the crop circles on his land in 1978, he said, “It was just like something that had landed in the field from the air and gone back up again. I don’t know what to make of these things.”Crop circles have appeared in England, Japan, the United States and Russia. Experts from all over the world have studied them, and they say what Steven said: They don’t know what to make of these things.( )30. Which picture is probably the one formed in the field behind thescientists?( )31. “Flattened wheat” means ___________.A. broken wheatB. lying wheatC. harvested wheatD. growing wheat( )32. The passage is mainly about something ___________ .A. that is done by living things from outer spaceB. that cannot be solved but found all around the worldC. that cannot be made clear or understoodD. that is discovered and copied by the farmers(C)First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, “Look out,” I put my head out of a window and a basin (盆) of water fell on me. It seems that “Look out”may mean “don’t look out.”　Second Frenchman: Once I was on a ship and heard the captain (船长) shout, “All hands on deck,” I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.Third Frenchman: I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid who came to the door and said, “He’s not up yet. Come back in halfan hour,”When I went again for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.”　“If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?” I asked.She said, “He’s still in bed.When I say ‘He’s not up ’　I mean ‘he has not yet got up’．When I say‘He’s not down ’I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs.”( )33. “Look out”here means “ _______”.A. put your head out of the window and lookB. Take careC. I’m goin g to pour the waterD. Help me( )34.“All hands on deck”means “ _______ ”.A. All the sailors gather ( 集合 )on deckB. Give your hands to meC. Put your right hand and left hand on deckD. Shake your hands with me( )35. When the third Frenchman went back, the English friend _______ .A. was washing his faceB. was having his breakfastC. was still in an upstairs roomD. was reading a newspaper四、词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）A) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，每空填一词。