中考英语二模预测卷一单项填空（共15分，每小题1分）从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. Fred is my friend. I often help ______ with his math.A. heB. hisC. himD. himself2. Maria went to Shanghai to visit the Expo with her parents ______ August 8th.A. onB. inC. atD. by3. There ______ a soap opera on BTV – 4 at eight last night.A. isB. wasC. areD. were4. - ______ do you study for an English test?- By working with friends.A. WhereB. WhenC. WhyD. How5. 2008 Beijing Olympics is one of ______ events in the sports history.A. successfulB. more successfulC. most successfulD. the most successful6. Mum and Dad are ______ movie fans. They often go to the cinema together.A. allB. bothC. eitherD. neither7. - Whose notebook is this?- It ______ be Jenny’s. It has her name on it.A. canB. mayC. mustD. need8. Some famous people today enjoy ______ on micro blog.A. to writeB. writingC. writesD. write9. - Where is Mr. Green?- Look! He ______ his car over there.A. cleansB. cleanedC. is cleaningD. has cleaned10. Sixteen-year-olds are ______ to understand what rules they should follow.A. old enoughB. enough oldC. young enoughD. enough young11. I can’t use the computer on school days, but I ______ to surf the Internet on weekends.A. allowB. allowedC. am allowedD. was allowed12. The teacher told the boys ______ in the hallways because it was dangerous.A. runB. to runC. not runD. not to run13. You ______ a good language learner if you keep practicing.A. will becomeB. have becomeC. becameD. become14. My cousin ______ as a volunteer in an old people’s home since she finished her college.A. worksB. workedC. is workingD. has worked15. - Do you know ______ every year, Jack?- Sorry, I don’t know.A. when the School Day isB. when is the School DayC. when the School Day wasD. when was the School Day二、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

One night, I wondered what it would be like if I onlyasked questions. I decided that no matter what anyonesaid to me the next day, I would reply only with 16 .I loved to read about scientists and theirdiscoveries, and I knew that scientists always startedtheir research with a question. I hoped that I couldbecome a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be 17 .I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to 18 on the bus.In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I 19 to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a 20 .I thought I had made it safely through the whole day, 21 what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.My parents looked at each other. My father 22 again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.“Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another 23and were becoming annoyed.“Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?”I asked.“It 24 the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for 25 information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”“I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my 26 .“I think it worked 27 !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”16. A. actions B. answers C. gestures D.questions17. A. deep B. free C. quick D. strong18. A. get B. sit C. come D. take19. A. fail B. have C. want D. manage20. A. habit B. step C. goal D. rule21. A. or B. so C. but D. and22. A. tried B. asked C. guessed D. ordered23. A. look B. word C. mind D. topic24. A. refers to B. belongs to C. puts on D. depends on25. A. sending B. finding C. sharing D. keeping26. A. test B. idea C. plan D. wonder27. A. slowly B. safely C. perfectly D. properly六、阅读理解（共26分，每小题2分）阅读下面的四篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

ALAKESIDE EXHIBITION CENTERTicket Information (Nov-Sept)Ticket Prices Grown-ups Children/ Students Seniors$6.00 $4.00 $5.50 Single ExhibitTicketRegular Ticket $10.95 $5.95 $8.95Children5 and under are freeWe accept all major credit cards and traveler’s checks in U.S. funds.No personal checks accepted. Discount(折扣) are offered for AAA, AARP andWGBH members. Students and Military personnel (军人) with IDs can alsoenjoy the discounts.Please note that prices vary in October during the Halloween Events.Photography is permitted in the Wax Museum. Film and cameras can bebought in our gift shop.Hours●January—March: 11am—4pm●April—June: 10am—6pm●July—August: 10am—9pm●September: 10am—6pm●October： 9am—9pm●November—December: 10am—5pm28. How much should a four-year-old child pay for a regular ticket?A. Free of charge.B. Four dollars.C. About six dollars.D. Eight dollars ninety-five cents.29. Who can buy tickets at lower prices?A. Credit card users.B. Military ID holders.C. Buyers from abroad.D. Visitors with traveller’s checks.30. What can you do in the Wax Museum?A. Get free gifts.B. Take pictures.C. Buy films and cameras.D. Watch the Halloween Events.BWe all know that the older we get, the more difficult it becomes to remember things. This is because the brain is a muscle(肌肉). The more you use it, the more it works. The more you ignore(忽略) it, the less likely it will be able to remember new information or recall(回想) old information. In order to keep your brain in tip-top shape, it is a good idea to continue to use it by playing memory activities. Thanks to the scientific age we’re in, there are many different types of memory activities that you can now play on a computer.There have always been computer games that can help you use your memory, but now they are more advanced than ever. Solitaire and other computer card games are a great way to keep your brain active and use your memory skills. Other Internet games, however, such as Bejewelled, can also help to keep your brain stay in shape and can be played by anyone, from children to grown-ups. You can also go online to join in a game of checkers against someone who lives far away from you. In this way, you can keep your mental activity strong while enjoying a game against someone else. Other computer games, known as role playing games(or RPGs)may seem childish but can, in fact, help you refresh your memory. Take the popular online RPG the World of Warcraft. This game is played online against thousands of other player. It will help you learn how to use social skills and deal with problems.31. The underlined word “tip-top”in Paragraph 1most probably means .A. bigB. excellentC. newD. basic32 In Paragraph 2 the author has suggested several games to help people .A. improve their thinking skillsB. become more independentC. keep their brain activeD. enjoy staying with other players33. This text mainly talks about .A. how to win a game on the InternetB. why memory is getting worse with ageC. designing computer games for childrenD. playing memory activities on a computerCThe ELK Grove High School had a problem. In that school district, too many students showed up for summer school classes. There wasn’t room for all of the students. It was a very busy first day of summer school. Many different subjects were taught during summer school. On the first morning, the school suddenly realized they had a problem. They didn’t have enough teachers for all of the classes. Students wanted to take many different subjects in summer school. These subjects included math, English, science and gym. The subjects that the school could offer depended on how many teachers they had.School officials did not expect so many students to show up for summer School. About three thousand children arrived on the first morning. Many more students were not enrolled(录取). They showed up anyway. The extra students surprised the schoolmaster.Many students spent four hours in the school gym. They were waiting to be placed in different classes. This made many of the students unhappy.A mother was angry that her son didn’t get the classes that he registered(注册) for. She said that he registered three months ago. Instead of history, her son was enrolled in gym. Her son was happy about it, however. He knew that he wouldn’t have any homework! His mother wanted a better system for summer school. She said that the school was new. They should have had a more effective plan.Students took summer school classes for many reasons. Some were trying to improve a grade. Some were preparing to take a special exam. Students must pass this exam to graduate from high school. Many of the students needed these summer school classes in order to graduate.Next year, the district wants to improve their summer school system. They will consider offering summer school classes at each school.34. What problem did the school have in summer?A. Too many subjects were offered at school.B. Too many students came for the classes.C. Teachers were too busy to teach.D. Rooms were too dirty to be used.34. Many students in the gym were unhappy because they had to.A. take a special examB. wait for a long timeC. go to a history classD. do a lot of homework36. In the text, one of the reasons for the students to go to summer school wasA. to go to high schoolB. to make more friendsC. to get higher gradesD. to prepare for a sports event37. According to the text, what will happen in the school district next year?A. More subjects will be changed in the school.B. More students will pass the graduation exam.C. A better plan for summer school will be made.D. Teachers in the school will become more patient.DThe rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government's health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor.Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and fruits, seems to be quite important.One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better or reduce stress.In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people's health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one's family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problems among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, which will work before it is too late.However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.38．What’s the best title of the passage?A．Prevention or Education?B．Prevention or Treatment?C．Health or Illness?D．Exercise or Illness?39．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “bankrupt’’? A．Unable to be curedB．Unable to pay one’s debtsC．Stronger than ever beforeD．More successful than ever before40．We learn from the passage that .A．dressing warmly can prevent diseasesB．a balanced diet is cheaper than regular exerciseC．the more health education, the betterD．the government’s health budget should be increased四、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。