2017年呼和浩特英语中考试题Ⅰ. 单项选择：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1. Last summer, my parents took me to the zoo. In the zoo we saw ______ elephant. _______ elephant was from Africa.A. a; TheB. the; AnC. an; TheD. the; AC【解析】考查冠词用法。
句意：去年夏天，我父母带我去了动物园。
在动物园里我看到了一头大象。
那头大象来自非洲。
elephant的第一个音素为元音，因此第一个空白处应用冠词an；再一次提到上文所说的事物时应用定冠词the来表示特指，故选C。
2. They boy didn’t find much _______ about the topic on that website.A. reportB. articleC. informationD. storyC【解析】考查名词辨析。
report报告；article文章；information 信息；story故事。
句意：那名男孩在网上没有找到很多有关那个话题的信息。
空白处意为“信息”，故选C。
3.—How old is your daughter?—_______. We had a special party for her ______ birthday yesterday.A. Nine; nineB. Nine; ninthC. Ninth; ninthD. Ninth; nineB【解析】考查数词用法。
由上文“你的女儿多大了？”，可知第一个空白处应用基数词nine 来回答；表示第几个生日应用序数词，因此第二空白处应用ninth，故选B。
4. The pizza looks ______. It is my favorite.A. lovelyB. sweetlyC. softlyD. healthilyA【解析】考查词义辨析。
lovely可爱的；sweetly甜美地；softly柔软地；healthily沉重地；猛烈地。
look 意为“看起来”为系动词，其后跟形容词作其表语，四个选项只有lovely为形容词，故选A。
5. There are fifty students in Class One. Twenty of them are boys; ______ are girls.A. the otherB. the othersC. othersD. anotherB【解析】考查不定代词。
句意：在一班有五十名学生，二十名是男生，______是女生。
空白处表示（两部分中的）另一部分，表示剩余的全部，因此应用代词the others，故选B。
6. —How are you today, Tom?—I’m even ______. I don’t think this medicine is good for me.A. worseB. badlyC. betterD. wellA【解析】考查形容词用法。
由答语中“我认为这种药对我没有益处”，可推测上文意为“我现在觉得更差了”，空白处意为“更差的”，结合关键词even，可知应用形容词的比较级形式，故选A。
7. ______ Lucy ______ you can’t go to the party. One of you has to stay at home to look after your grandma.A. Neither; norB. Either; orC. Not only; but alsoD. Both; andB【解析】考查连词辨析。
neither…nor 即不……也不；either…or 或者……或者；not only…but also不但……而且；both…and ……和……都。
由下文“你们两人中的一名必须待在家里照顾你的奶奶”，可知上文意为“或者你或者露西不能去参加聚合”，故选B。
8. —Do you know her well?—Sure. We _______ friends since ten years ago.A. wereB. becameC. has becomeD. have beenD【解析】考查动词时态。
由答语中时间状语since ten years ago (自十年以前)，可知本句应有现在完成时态，become（完成）为非延续性动词，不能和表示一段时间的时间状语连用，故选D。
9. —Oh, my God! I _____ you were in Beijing, too! When did you come?—I have lived in Beijing since 2015.A. don’t knowB. didn’t knowC. haven’t knownD. wasn’t knownB【解析】考查动词时态。
上文句意：哦，天啊！我也不知道你在北京！你什么时候来的？可知说话者过去并不知道此事，因此应用一般过去时态，故选B。
10. It doesn’t need to be true! You can ______ a story.A. set upB. stay upC. put upD. make upD【解析】考查短语辨析。
set up 建立；stay up停留；put up搭起；make up编造。
由上文句意“它不需要是真实的”，可知下文意为“你可以编造一个故事”，故选D。
11. —He doesn’t speak English or Japanese, _______?—_______. He speaks Chinese.A. does he; Yes, he doesn’tB. doesn’t he; No, he doesC. does he; No, he doesn’tD. does he; Yes, he doesC【解析】考查反意疑问句等及其答语。
问句为一反意疑问句，主句为否定句，因此简单问句应为肯定形式；再结合答语中“他说汉语”，可知其不说英语和日语，因此第二个空白处应作否定回答，故选C。
12. —Could you tell me _______?—By searching the Internet.A. how did Carl get the newsB. why Carl got the newsC. how Carl got the newsD. why did Carl get the newsC【解析】考查宾语从句。
由答语“通过上网搜索”可知宾语从句的引导词应用how来表达方式；宾语从句用陈述语序，故选C。
13. —Can Mr. King spare some time for the meeting?—If he ______, he will try his best to make it.A. will be invitedB. is invitedC. invitesD. invitedB【解析】考查被动语态。
句意：——金先生会挤出一些时间去聚会吗？——如果他被邀请，他将尽最大努力去。
由语境可知金先生应是“被邀请”，因此应用被动语态，主句为一般将来时态，因此if条件状语从句应用一般现时态，故选B。
14. Mary _________ is my friend, as well as her sisters, _______ Chinese in China.A. that; are studyingB. which; have studiedC. who; studyD. who; studiesD【解析】考查定语从句及主谓一致。
第一空先行词为Mary，定语从句关系词用who或that；而第二空为本题干的谓语部分，as well as her sisters“除……之外”为插入语，整个句子的主语实际是Mary，故谓语动词用单三形式。
故本题答案为D。
15. —Is it OK if I take this seat?—Sorry, _______.A. here you areB. take itC. it’s takenD. never mindC【解析】考查情景交际。
here you are“给你”；take it“自便”；it’s taken“有人占用”；never mind“没关系”。
题干提示“sorry”，可知不能坐这个位置，故选C符合题干意思。
Ⅱ. 完形填空：（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）AThe Readers is a popular TV show. It invites differentpeople to read aloud on the stage. The ___16___ also tells the moving stories behind those people. They can read everything ___17___ poems, books and letters. By reading aloud, the words on the paper come to ___18___.Many people are fans of the show. They begin to ___19___ reading aloud at home. Now, the show gives people a___20___ place to read across China. It is a reading pavilion (朗读亭). They are in many cities, including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi’an.The pavilion is very ___21___. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone in it and it___22___ people’s voices. Everyone can read for three minutes in the pavilion. They can read ___23___they like. The show will pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.People of all ___24___read in the pavilion. “Reading should be just like singing and talking,”said Dong Qing, the producer of the show. “We can express our true ___25___by reading aloud. ”16. A. show B. lesson C. research D. play17. A. in B. such as C. with D. at18. A. light B. reason C. life D. purpose19. A. mind B. keep C. finish D. enjoy20. A. special B. strange C. beautiful D. wonderful21. A. wide B. small C. tall D. big22. A. makes B. uses C. records D. improves23. A. nothing B. everything C. someone D. everyone24. A. comers B. others C. ages D. passers-by25. A. feelings B. points C. spirits D. aims题材：文化教育类【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。