2015年初中毕业升学考试（江苏扬州卷）英语

---Oh, The Old Man And The Sea! Whose book is it?
---It is

---David, when do you get up every day?
---I usually get up _______half past six. I’m never late for school.

--_______ pocket money do you usually get every month?
-- Fifty yuan. What about you?

--This is between you and me.
--- I promise. I won’t tell others ______you say I can.

--Finding information is not a big deal today..
--- Well, the ______is how we can tell whether the information is useful or not.

--Where is your father, Helen?
--- He is trying to ______a new shower in the bathroom.

--You look worried. What’s wrong?
--- I went for a job interview yesterday and I ______the result.

When you _____ yourself with others, you miss the wonder of who you are.

--What age did you leave home?
--- I left home at 18,Neil.  I _____your city for five years.

--Did you and your sister go to Miss Brown’s party yesterday?.
---No. Neither of us  ______.

--You look pretty in green, Kate.
---Thank you. I like green. Green ______give me energy.

一How do you like the piece of music Water by Tan Dun?
一Wonderful! It’s the ____one I’ve ever listened to.

一It is said that people born in the Year of Sheep are gentle.
一 Maybe,but for my mother,_______.In fact,she gets angry easily.

一What should we take when going birdwatching?
一 We should take a pair of binoculars ____________the birds clearly.

一I can’t believe you have finished the work.
一 My friends helped me out. Just as the saying goes,”__________.”

完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a town of Italy.
As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat beside us. He called the waiter over, saying, ”Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the _______”
We heard his order with _____  and noticed that he was served one cup of coffee _    _he paid for two.
When he left, the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall saying "A Cup of Coffee".
While we were still there, two other men entered and      three cups of coffee , two on the table and one on the wall. They had two but paid for      .  This time also, the waiter did the same thing.  It was       unusual for us.
After a few days, we had a chance to enter this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man       appeared homeless entered. He looked at the wall and said, "One cup of coffee from the wall."
The waiter served a cup of coffee to this man with      . The man had his coffee and left without        . We were amazed to watch all of this as the waiter         a piece of paper off the wall and threw it into the bin.
Now it was no surprise for us---the matter was very       . The people of this town showed great respect for those people who needed help.
Just think about        this man wanted. He didn’t have to lose his face to ask for a(n)      cup of coffee.        asking or knowing who was giving him this cup of coffee, he only looked at the wall, placed an order,      his coffee and left.
It’s a truly beautiful thing---probably the most beautiful wall anywhere in the world.

A．table B．wall C．paper D．bin

A．interest B．pride C．pain D．worry

A．until B．so C．but D．if

A．offered B．ordered C．drank D．left

A．none B．one C．two D．three

A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．something

A．who B．whom C．which D．what

A．respect B．satisfaction C．regret D．pity

A．asking B．booking C．replying D．paying

A．brought B．carried C．took D．laid

A．important B．clear C．direct D．correct

A．how B．when C．what D．that

A．free B．expensive C．low D．cheap

A．With B．Without C．Before D．After

A．shared B．bought C．preferred D．enjoyed

Northland Adventure Quest
August 4-17,2015
Northwoods  Experience
A Natural & Cultural Voyage
25 American Students & 25 Chinese Students
Learning Together
American & Chinese Students ages 10-14 can have the chance to enjoy this cultural experience. Classes will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Trees For Tomorrow in Eagle River, Monday through Friday. Trees For Tomorrow, a natural resource specialty school, is located in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Teachers for the Northland Adventure Quest are Kate Neville and Don Anderson.
◆ Travel back in time to learn about the Voyager way of life.
◆ Take part in exciting day trips while making new friends.
◆ Enjoy yourself in the beautiful surroundings and wildlife of the Northwoods.
◆ Experience the culture and arts of the local people of Northern Wisconsin, USA.
The cost to attend the northland Adventure Quest is $175 per student.
To register(注册),visit www.npsd.k12.wi.us and click on “Northland Adventure Quest”or email at northlandquest@npsd.k12.wi.us.  For Questions, contact School Advisor, Mike Richie, at 715-479-6487,option 1 ext.1.or Kate Neville at kneville@npsd.k12.wi.us.

What’s the purpose of the passage?

According to the passage, which of the following sentences is True?

What can the students learn from Northland Adventure Quest?

Jane Austen(1775-1817),an English novelist, started writing young and completed six novels in her life. Today Austen’s books are more popular than ever. In the last 10 years, five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be best-sellers.
Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University, says that her novels are about marriage, friendships and the family, which are still with us today. “The stories are timeless,”Jenkyns said.
Pride and Prejudice(偏见)(1813) is Austen’s most famous work. It is a love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. At first, these two dislike each other. Elizabeth is pretty ,smart and lively. She is proud because Darcy doesn’t know about her family.  Mr. Darcy is handsome, rich and has a better family background. So, he is proud as well. At the same time, Darcy holds a prejudice against the Bennet family. He has no understanding of why the family, especially its mother and daughters should try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands. He thinks they are vulgar. Anyway, Elizabeth and Darcy finally fall in love and become a romantic couple but their families don’t want them to.
In Pride and Prejudice, some of the main things that Jane Austen wants to teach people are as follows.  Opposites can attract each other. Lovers should not ony make each other feel relaxed or comfortable, but also educate and improve each other.
Austen is often called the greatest romanti writer, so it is surprising she remained unmarried. ‘Maybe she was too romantic, waiting for the perfect man,” Jenkyns says.
From Paragraph 1and Paragraph 2,we can know          .

Which of the following sentences is True?

What does the underlined word”vulgar” in Paragraph 3 mean?

From what Jenkyns says,we can learn __________.

I will never forget the tenth summer of childhood with my grandfather in western Norway at the mountain farm where my mother was born. As a boy ,I always thought people simply bought whatever they need. Whether Grandfather knew this, I don’t know. One day he said, ”Come, I have something for you.”
I followed him to a workroom. “You should have a toy boat. You can sail it at Storvassdal.” He said. Great, I thought,looking around for the boat. But there was none.
Grandfather pointed to a block of wood. “The boat is in there,” he said. Then he handed me some tools and showed me how to use them properly. “It’ll be a fine boat,and you’ll make it with your own hands,” he said,”No one can give you what you do for yourself.” The words rang in my head as I worked. Finished the boat. It wasn’t much to look at ,but I was poud. Then I sailed it at Storvassdal.
We had to return to America. “You cannot bring that boat home with you,” my mother said. We already had too much baggage. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal.
I said good-bye to Grandfather, not knowing I would never see him again.
In 1964, I went to Storvassdal with my parents and my wife and children. To my surprise,for 34 years my treasure stayed here,waiting for my return. I felt we three were togethet again although my grandfather had died 22 years before.
I carved”1930”and”1964” on its side and put it back.
I returned to the lake in 1968,1971,1977 and 1988. Each time I had the boat and carved the year,my grandfather seemed near.
My last trip to Storvassdal was in 1991. I brought my granddaughters: Catherine,13; Claire,12. I hoped they would understand the importance of the little boat and its simple message. At Storvassdal, Claire said softly, ‘Grandpa,someday I’ll come back.’ She added,”And I’ll bring my children.”
What lesson did the writer’s grandfather probably teach him?

The underline words”we three” in Paragraph 6 refer to__________

According to the passage,we can infer（推断） that _____________

What’s the best titile of the passage?

Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair,or your fridge? Probably they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, thanks to the so-called “Internet of things”.
The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. Earlier this year, A Samsung CEO spent a lot of time talking about the Internet things. He said that five years from now,every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things,no matter whether it’s a remote control or a washing machine.
So, how do household(家用的) objects that are part of the Internet of things work? Well,think of a common chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.
An Internet-connected camera could help people feel safer in their homes. It can know people’s faces and has an infrared sensor(红外传感器),so even if it’s dark it can see when someone passes by and send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who’s there. If the person is someone you don’t know,it can tell you that ,too.
But according to MIT Technology Roview, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security systems to the Internet, there may be some problems. For example, many early connected-home objects don’t have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked(被黑客攻击). Morever, it could be difficult to get these new machines to work together especially when they are made by different companies. To fight this ,many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 menbers by late 2014.
So, picture this: you enter your home.The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable. Your favorite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? I t may happen sooner than you think.
What does the article mainly talk about?

Which of the following can support the idea “how will household objects connected to the Internet work?”

Paragraph 5 is mainly about _________

Which of the following words best describes the writer’s tone(语气) in the article?

词汇运用（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
根据句子的意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
I t’s the______ time that I have visited the city of Yangzhou.  (four)
A friend of my _____bought my son this model plane.（father）
Reaching the top of the moutain,we were all breathing ________. (heavy)
I didn’t hear the bell because it was too ______ in the classroom.(noise)
They have just had a _____about where to spend their holidays(discuss)
Sandy had no difficulty _____up the Great Wall last Sunday. (爬)
In 1969, Armstrong _____ the spacecraft Apollo 11 on the moon.(着陆)
The ____ is taking action to prevent the spread of the disease MERS.(政府)
April showers bring ______flowers; bees and butterflies play among flowers.(五月)
Ice fishing, a popular winter sport,is _____in many ways to regular fishing.(相似的)

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式（每空一词）
For me, living in Canda for 25 years, China is a new world that I have longed to explore. This spring, I chose Yangzhou to be my first stop on a 16-month trip around China. It was like love at first sight. At 15, I bought a book of collection of poems about Tang Dynasty. Through it, I heard of Yangzhou for the first time. I was deeply attracted by a poem written by Li Bai-“Sailing to Yangzhou in March”.
Yangzhou,sitting 2,500 years at the crossing of the Yangtze River and the 2,400-year-old Grand Canal(大运河),is one of the first 24 historic and cultural cities in China. In the old town,there are many streets and houses. It’s best to visit the city in spring. Spring oaints the city in brigth colors.
Yangzhou has always been famous for its gardens. Among them ,the Slender West Lake, one of the biggest attractions in the city,was my first stop. The park with its fantastic landscape and lots of history has enough to keep a tourist busy for the whole day. What a shame I simply could afford half a day!
My next stop was He Garden,one of the best prottected gardens in Yangzhou. It was once owned by the family of He Zhidao in Qing Dynasty. He Zhidao successfully brought Chinese and Western architectural(建筑的) features together.
Yangzhou is also the starting point of the Grand Canal tour. Taking a boat along the part of the canal in Yangzhou, I was amazed at the liveliness of this ancient waterway and the city’s history and culture.
Luckily, my two-day trip to Yangzhou was filled with pleasure and wonder. It made me hungry for more China.

Exploring    in Yangzhou
for choosing Yangzhou	What attracted me to this city was a famous poem by Li Bai.
Brief    to Yangzhou	● It is a historic and cultural city with a long history and many   streets and houses. ● Spring is the     time to visit Yangzhou.
Experiences in Yangzhou	Slender West Lake	●I first visited the Slender West Lake ●  may spend a day in the park because of its fantastic landscape and history.
He Garden	●I visited He Garden next. ●He Zhidao  to mix Chinese and Western architectural styles together.
Grand Canal	● I took a boat trip along the canal in Yangzhou  and  at the lively ancient waterway. ●The Grand Canal enjoys a history for over two   years.
Feelings	After the trip to Yangzhou I want to    more about China

Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wondered what it was.
His mother said,”An hourglass is made in the s      of 8. The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the m . It takes the sand exactly an hour to run through.”
Frank w the little stream of sand. He was i   ,because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”
“It will,Son,” said his mother, “The sand moves little by little,but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very s    , but they never stop. While you are at play,the sand is   r    , grain by grain. The hands of the clock are moving,second by second. At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved a its great face. That is because they keep working every minute. They do not stop to t   how much they have to do and how long it will take them to do it.”
Now, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said,‘Mother,I can never learn i    ,” His mother said,”Study all the time.N    stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.”
Frank followed his mother’s advice. He studied line after line,very busily; and in one and a half hours he knew the poem perfectly.

句子翻译（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。
那个女孩高兴时，不是唱歌就是跳舞。­­
 
他发现自己的房间乱七八糟。
 
快下雨了，你最好关上窗户。
今天下午历史考试一结束，我们就去看电影。
你曾经梦想过八小时环游世界吗？
 

写作（计20分）
人生如旅，在你的成长过程中，许多人感动着你，影响着你，如：父母.老师.朋友.故事人物…….最佳你市正举行以“The person who has influenced me most”为题的中学生英语征文活动，Spud Webb 深深地影响着你，请根据表中的内容要点完成征文。

	基本情况	1. 个头矮小，梦想进入 NBA 2. 一直为梦想而奋斗 3. 1985年成为NBA球员
成功原因	1……. 2…….
对我的影响	……

要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2）必须包括表格中所有的相关信息，并适当发挥；
3）词数：100词左右（征文的开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
4）不得使用真实姓名.校名和地名等。
The person who has influenced me most
The person who has influenced me most is Spud Webb.
Spud Webb was born in the USA, in 1963.