2015年初中毕业升学考试（辽宁大连卷）英语

The giraffe is a tall animal         a long neck.

In China, many people often take ______ own bags when shopping.

—Mm…Your pizza______ so nice.
--Thanks! Would you like to try some?

My cousin likes reading. I often buy _______ for his birthday.

Our coach is pleased _____ we are playing better as a team now.

Too much fast food is bad for us. We should only have it _____.

In America, you can open your presents immediately. You don’t have to ______!

The Science Museum is popular because people _____ do experiments there.

Thanks to better health care, more people are living _____ lives today than before.

--_______ are you going back to London, Tony?
---At the end of July.

There is lots of interesting work to do here, so I _____ feel bored.

–Mike, shall we watch a cartoon after school?
--________Let’s watch Superman.

This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady.       her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.
This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home（养老院）. The nursing home was very         .
After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready.       the way to her room. I told her what the room was like.
Suddenly she said, “I love      !”
“     Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.
She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is      . It depends on how I decide to           the room. I have already decided to love the room before I      see it .”
Then she continued, “I have a      . I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can       enjoy a new day. Each day is a      , I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account(帐户) before.”
Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of       in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.
Attitude（态度）is everything.

A．When B．Since C．Although D．If

A．busy B．beautiful C．old D．small

A．On B．In C．By D．Through

A．them B．her C．you D．it

A．So B．But C．And D．Or

A．repaired B．made C．bought D．placed

A．take up B．think about C．tidy up D．ask for

A．clearly B．carefully C．actually D．nearly

A．habit B．dream C．choice D．suggestion

A．also B．still C．ever D．only

A．gift B．mess C．lesson D．journey

A．love B．courage C．kindness D．happiness

Stay Fitness Club—the Club with a Difference Get off the sofa! It’s summer! Let’s spring into action! We want to help you get fit and stay fit. Join our fitness club and become a member. Then, you can enjoy our classes for free. You can enroll（注册） for as many classes manage. We offer classes in: Yoga Indoor cycling Dancing Taekwondo Chinese kong fu We also have fantastic facilities（设施）： Machines—They use the very latest technology. Changing room—There are excellent showers and lockers to keep your things safe. Lounge area—You can relax and enjoy a cooling drink and a healthy snack. The membership fee（会费）is very low. You can pay weekly or monthly. It is up to you. When you have paid the fee, you can come as often as you want. Our friendly staff（工作人员）will be glad to answer your questions. Come to Stay Fitness Club. You are never too old or too young to start a fitness programme. Look after you body and it will look after you!

There are ______ kinds of classes in Stay Fitness Club.

Members can ______ in the lounge area.

What can we know about the club?

The passage is ________.
A, a diary             B. a poster
C. a menu             D. a letter.

Just as I came back home. I heard a sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was from my favourite violin.
“Thief （小偷）!”
I rushed upstairs and saw a boy in dirty clothes pulling my violin down. At first sight, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed he was surely a thief.
However, when I saw his eyes full of fear, my anger disappeared. I smiled and asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s student Rubens? I’m his butler（男管家）. I’ve heard Mr. Ram say his student will come. It must be you.”
“Has my teacher gone out ?” the boy said, “I think I’d better visit him again in a while/”
I nodded and asked him, “Do you like playing the violin?”
“Yes, but I’m too poor to afford one.” the boy replied.
“Then, I’ll give you this violin.” The boy looked at me surprisingly, but he picked up the violin. While going out of the room, he suddenly saw a huge photo of me playing the violin at the Grand Theatre of Sydney on the wall. His face turned pale. He stood there for a moment and ran out. He must have understood what had happened because no master（主人）would put up the butler’s photo on the wall of his living room.
A few years later, at a music competition in Melbourne, I was invited to be the judge （评委）. Finally, a violin player called Merritt won the first prize.
After the prize-giving, Merritt ran to me holding a violin box, his face red, and asked, “Mr. Brian, do you still know me? You gave me the violin, which I have treasured ever since! Today, I want to say sorry and give back this violin to you without regret…”
He was just the “Mr. Ram’s student”!

The writer felt ______ when he saw the boy pulling his violin down.

In fact, the boy was ________.

The boy’s face turned pale probably because he realized______.

The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

If you need to call your parents but your phone is not with you, can you remember their numbers?
To remember 11 numbers is not difficult. However, because of the smartphone, many of us are losing this ability. What’s more, smartphones weaken（削弱）our skills at giving directions, as well as killing face-to-face communications. Even when friends are having a meal together, it’s common for most to check their phones.
According to a report by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, an American company, Chinese people spend about 170 minutes on their smartphones daily.
Many students are addicted to using smartphones. It does no good to their study. Research by Japan’s Education Ministry showed children who spend more than four hours a day on their phones perform much worse in school test than those who play with their phones for 30 minutes.
It’s true that the smartphone has made our lives easier. But many also think they spend too much time on it, and this is bad for their study or work. People are trying to change that.
A new app（应用软件）called Forest was introduced this month. It lets users plant a seed that grows into a tree over the next 30 minutes. During the half hour, users cannot use their phones, or the tree will die.
A restaurant in Los Angeles, US, gives people a 5% discount (折扣) if they don’t check their phones during a meal. Owner Mark Gold said he hopes it gives people a way to enjoy their meal and actually talk with friends and family in person.
Many people can’t remember their parents’s phone numbers because _______.

What does the word “addicted” probably mean in Chinese?

The app “Forest” is used to _________.

By giving people a 5% discount, Owner Mark Gold wants his customers to ___________.

What’s the best title of the passage?

Car pool（拼车）
“Beep, Beep,” goes the car horn（喇叭）. You’ve got dressed, but you’ve not had time to eat breakfast. You run out of the front door with your schoolbag, and jump into the waiting car. Inside, your friends say “hey” as one of their parents drives you to school.     
Car pools are a common way of transport for many students in the US. You, along with many of your friends, can sit in one car.    And your parents many take turns to drive you all to school.
  If you’re late, you can eat that breakfast you don’t have time for at home. If you’re behind on your homework, this is your last chance to finish it before class. Some simply add to their sleep time before classes begin.
Besides walking or cycling to class, car pools are green if you can’t take the school bus. Instead of four cars taking four students to school each day, they can all squeeze into one.   
More importantly, car pooling teaches students valuable life lessons not taught in class. It can teach students about being on time. It can also teach them the bad influence of being late. If you’re late, then all of your friends will be late too.

根据对话内容，从所给的七个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使对话内容完整。（有两项为多余选项）
Shop worker: What can I do for you?
Betty:   
Shop worker: What colour do you like?
Betty: Purple.
Shop worker: All right.    
Betty: Small.
Shop worker: What about this one?
Betty:    
Shop worker: Certainly.
Betty: Oh, I like it.     
Shop worker: It’s 198 yuan.
Betty:     
Shop worker: But wait a minute! There is a sale on today. Everything is half price.
Betty: OK! I’ll take it.

用方框内所级词的适当形式完成下列句子。（每词限用一次）

–Excuse me, where’s the nearest bookshop?
--Go along the road and it’s just on the _______ street.
Lingling, if you don’t warm up before taking exercise, you may hurt ________.
In winter there’s a lot of ______ in New York.
We’re going to collect litter in the park next to my _______ house this afternoon.
Earthquakes always happen suddenly, so it’s difficult _____ people about them.

用方框内所给词的适当形式完成下面短文。（每词限用一次）

The sun was going down when we arrived at the ground floor of the building. I was afraid of going to the top of tall buildings, so I was a little       when I walked into a lift. The lift climbed faster and faster      we reached the 88th floor. It       high up there, but I was not afraid when I stood at the top.
The Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai is 420.5    high. It is one of the tallest buildings in the world. It     in 1999, and it has a fantastic view of Pudong District and the centre of Shanghai. I really like t he tower and I am sure I will visit it again.

阅读下面短文，在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。（每空格限填一词）
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “    “. If someone wants to visit India, he should know this or it will give him some      .
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired （雇用）a car and an Indian driver. When he told his driver to take him to his office, the driver shook his head at once. The officer       his order and the driver shook his head again. At last, the officer, of course, got     。
“How dare（敢）you refuse my order?” he    , “Drive me to the office at once!”
The driver answered in a very loud voice too. “Yes, sir.” But to the officer’s surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started and the officer was now so surprised that he       say a word. He thought about it for a while and nodded with a smile, “ ‘No’ means ‘Yes’ here!”

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
①Getting recognition（认可）from National Geographic, a famous US magazine, is the dream for many  photographers. A Chinese teenage photographer has made this dream come true.
②With his work Weed（野草）on the Wall, Gong Zijie, a 14-year-old boy from Changsha, Hunan, won the 2014 International Photography Competition for Kids in China. It was hosted by National Geographic Kids. Gong got the first place for the subject Wild Vacation. His photo shows the shadow of a weed on the Forbidden City’s red walls. In photographer Li Shaobai’s words, “The picture is silent but powerful.”
③Gong learned photography from his father, a professional photographer working for Hunan TV. Since the age of 4, he has been following his father to take pictures of nature and society.
④Gong is a patient photographer. When he finds something amazing, he can spend hours waiting for the perfect time to catch the moment. In his first work, Gong took the beautiful view of the sunset near his hometown. It looked simple, but Gong worked for four days to take the best photo.
⑤Now, the young photographer cares more about social （社会的）problems. In Gong’s pictures of Liuyang River, hundreds of dead fish show us the deadly results of pollution. He has made up his mind to document polluted rivers at least once every year to make people pay more attention to environmental protection.
⑥ “Now photography is not only a hobby, but also a duty（责任）for me.” said Gong.

What’s the name of the photo that helped Gong Zijie get the first place?
What does photographer Li Shaobai think of Gong’s work?
Did Gong learn photography by himself?
What does the writer want to tell us about Gong in Paragraph 4?
What can you learn from Gong?

句子翻译。将下列句子补充完整。（本题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
邮件已经发给你了，收到了吗？
I have sent the email to you. ____________________________________
汤姆不能和我们打篮球了，他正带着外教参观学校。
Tom can’t play basketball with us. ______________________________________
课堂上要尽可能多说英语，这样你的口语就会提高。
_____________________________，and then your spoken English will improve.
夏令营马上就要到了，我希望你早点把东西准备好。
The summer camp is coming. ________________________________
上车前请排队，不要拥挤。
___________________________________. Don’t push your way onto the bus.

书面表达（共20分）
朋友情深，友谊无价。在与朋友交往的过程中，你认为什么是最重要的？是以诚相待、彼此信任，还是……?目前，你校校刊正在就此话题开展征文活动，请你结合自己的经历，写一篇英语短文，谈谈看法。
内容提示：（1）What is the most important about friendship?
（2）Share your experience.
要求：（1）中心突出，语义连贯，层次清晰，书写规范；
（2）文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
（3）词数80左右。