江苏师范大学重点中学2019年中考英语模拟试题（6）含答案Last Monday, a school bus driver from Cleveland made a quick stop to use the bathroom at a gas station (加油站) on his way to school, but the bus didn’t stop with him. Just after the driver left, the bus began to roll (滚动) down the hill with 27 young students still on it. It rolled straight towards the coming cars.Luckily, an 11-year-old passenger, David Murphy, ran to the driver’s seat. He caught the steering wheel and drove the bus to safety. He couldn’t stop the bus from going down the hill, but, instead of driving the bus towards the coming cars, he drove it towards a small bridge. The bus stopped as soon as it hit the bridge.When David’s mother knew what her son had done, she said, ‘It was amazing.I was surprised. When I saw the bus, it looked as if it was parked (停放). I couldn’t believe that he had that strength to drive the bus.’David kept pretty quiet about it, but he was the only one among the students. ‘David is the most modest hero I’ve ever met, but if it weren’t for what he had done, that bus would have go ne right down into the river,’ said Brian Seltz, the family’s close friend. ‘He saved all those children’s lives.’( )36. Why did the driver stop the bus?A. The bus had used up the gas.B. He wanted to use the bathroom.C. He wanted to buy some gas for the bus.D. There was something wrong with the bus.( )37. The underlined phrase ‘steering wheel’ means ‘______’ in Chinese.A. 刹车B. 保险杠C. 油门 D. 方向盘( )38. The second paragraph mainly tells us .A. how the accident happenedB. how the school bus hit the bridgeC. how David drove the bus to safetyD. how David ran to the driver’s seat( )39. David’s mother felt ______ when she knew what her son had done.A. surprisedB. worriedC.upset D. angry( )40. From the passage, we know David is .A. brave and seriousB. brave and modestC. clever and outgoingD. quiet and proudCBenWhen I left sc hool five years ago, I said to myself, ‘That’s that! No more learning for me. Now I can enjoy myself in the evening.’ But about a year ago the boss said, ‘We’re going to get a computer in the near future.’ What does he mean?I simply don’t know. Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes. I’m an expert (专家) on computer now and you know, I actually enjoy studying.Eve I haven’t much interest in studying. To be honest, I don’t like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of thing. Just reading, that is, to kill the time. But I do enjoy watching TV. Not that I watch everything. In fact, I choose my programmes very carefully. I’m particularly interested in current affairs (时事). In some ways I think I learn more in this way than I did at school.TedI ’m a very different sort of person—I simply love doing things. That’s why I enjoy sports so much. I mean, actually playing. I hardly ever watch it on TV, but I do read quite a bit about it. I’m even interested in the history of sports. Idon’t have muc h time for anything else, except that I quite like dancing. Some people say I’m not very good at it, though.JoanI should say I have great interest in studying. I’d rather do this than anything else. Since I left school, I’ve taken courses in all sorts o f things. I go to the city library once a week, but I much prefer evening classes because it’s more fun that way. My latest ‘craze (狂热)’ —if you can call it that —is foreign languages. I’m learning two, not one!( )41. These four people are talking about what they do .A. in their free timeB. at schoolC. to be proud of themselvesD. to get some extra pay( )42. According to what they say, which of the following is NOT true?A. Ben was pleased to leave school.B. Eve does not spend much time in reading.C. Ted spends a lot of time watching his favourite sport on TV.D. Joan is learning languages in the night school.( )43. Among the four people, ______are considered to have made good use of time to study.A. Ben and EveB. Eve and TedC. Ted and JoanD. Ben and Joan( )44. We can infer (推断) that in the future .A. Joan may speak foreign languages wellB. Eve will study computerC. Ben is interested in current affairsD. Joan prefers going to the city library( )45. The sentence ‘That’s that!’ means ‘’.A. Ben thinks he will never need to learnB. Ben wants to learn thatC. Ben would like to go on studyingD. Ben will learn from others四. 填空A. 根据句意和汉语提示，用正确的单词填空。

46. The young man has waited outside for a long time and he is getting ______ (不耐烦的).47. Pay attention to your ______(拼写) mistakes.48. We should help Nick if he has difficulty making a ______(决定).49. Did your father ______(答应) to take you to Beijing for the summer holidays?50. Today some food in this restaurant is ______(免费的).B. 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。