五选四专项练习历年中考真题（2016北京） 1Try it yourselfMy father died when I was 5. It was hard on us all. My brother, who is 8 years older than me, began to watch over my mother and me.My mother was forced to get a full-time job. 1.______He would get me up for school, and make me breakfast. While I was eating he would lay out my clothes, make my bed, and gather my school books up. As we waited for the school bus, he would play the games my father used to play with me. 2.______When we arrived home from school, he would help me with my homework and help Mom to cook.It was a Saturday in June a couple years later. My mother and I were at the store. They had the Father’s Day cards out. I stared at them. My mom said: “Honey, I know this is a hard time for you.” I said: “3.______ Why don’t they have ‘brother’s day’ cards as well?”She smiled and said: “You’re right. Your brother has certainly been a father to you. Go ahead and pick out a card.”So I did. On Father’s Day, my mother and I sat my brother down and gave him the card. 4.______I heard the cracking (哽咽) in Mom’s voice as she said: “Son, your father is proud of you. You do your best to fill his2The Greatest Player in the WorldEdson Arantes do Nascimento was born in Brazil in 1940. 1 He says he does not know why or even what the name means. But the name Pele soon became world famous. Many people believe that Pelewas the greatest footballer of all time.He started playing for the local club when he was 10 years old. 2 In 1957,still only 17, he was in the winning World Cup team(the youngest ever World Cup player).In 1970,he was in the team that won the World Cup for Brazil again. He finally stopped playing in 1977.In 1994,he was made Brazilian Minister for Sport.3 He had wonderful control(控制) over the ball. Brave, clever, and able to run very quickly, he could kick with the same amount of skill with either foot. Not only that, when you watched him play, you could always see how much he enjoyed playing.Pele became very rich by the time he was 22. 4 He was loved by both his teammates and the players in other teams. He worked hard to develop the game and to encourage young and poor boys to work hard and do well. There is no better example for sportsmen and sportswomen today to copy.3These are pictures of my family. We don’t live together. We live in different cities. But we often talk to each other on the phone.1 B. This is our family reunion.In our family, people come to the reunion from Massachusetts, New Mexico, British Columbia, and Louisiana. One of my cousins flies to the United States from Ireland! We usually meet in a small town in Pennsylvania. 2 .At the reunion, we have a picnic one day at a beautiful lake. We play baseball, swim, and eat a lot. We play volleyball too. The women and girls are on one team. 3 .One night we always have a big barbecue. We sit around a fire, tell stories, and eat a lot.On the last night, we have a dinner dance at a nice hotel.4 .Our family really likes to eat.We don’t only eat. We talk about problems. Sometimes we argue.It’s good to have a big family. But at the end of the week, I’m4I started my school life at the age of six. At first the school for me, a boy, meant play, play and more play instead of sitting in the classroom and learning something. _____1____.I tried my best to do well in my schoolwork and follow the rules._____2____. Every year we had different kinds of school trips. Not only could we learn many things from them, but also we were given many projects or tasks as homework. It helped us know more. At the same time, we made many good friends. _____3____. The next year, when I was in grade 9, I realized that I should give all my attention to my studies because I was going to take the exams to get into senior middle school.Whenever I think of my school life, I feel very happy and I think in everybody’s school life there are many ups and downs that influence his life. School is a place where all of us learn to care and share. “School” is not just a place, but a large building made up of the rules, knowledge and love. _____4_____. I can describe my school in “Three S”. They are: Small, Sweet and Simple. My school was the best, is the best and will5When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. Here are some good reading tips.1. __________ Read something that you can understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. 2. __________ Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.Try to read regularly（定期地）. 3. __________ Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime.Read what interests you.Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. 4. __________ You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. It is easy enough to understand and。