2020年湖北省恩施州中考英语试卷

I got a nice gift from my aunt and             gift was a souvenir （纪念品） from her study tour in England．

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A．不填B．aC．the

Wuhan， one of the most important           in China， is famous for the Yellow Crane Tower．（　　）

A．citiesB．citysC．city

Among all these books，           of them are for children to read．（　　）

A．three fifthB．three fifths

C．threes fifth

Sally， I have       exciting to tell you．We will go back to school soon．

Great!（　　）

A．anythingB．somethingC．everything

Mary is my English teacher       not only teaches me knowledge but also how to be a good person．（　　）

A．sheB．whichC．who

I hear that it often          in Sichuan and there are usually floods， especially in summer．（　　）

A．rainsB．rainedC．will rain

My sister has gone to work in Beijing， not for money， but        herself．（　　）

A．improveB．improvedC．to improve

We were not good friends           we saw each other，but gradually，we got along better and better．（　　）

A．untilB．whenC．if

What do you think of the basketball match between Liaoning and Guangdong？

              （　　）

A．Wonderful!B．I think so．

C．No problem．

He looks worried．I wonder        he has already known about the result．（　　）

A．whereB．whetherC．why

I like novels written by J．K．Rowling．So far I         all her works about Harry Potter．（　　）

A．have readB．readC．am reading

Can you imagine all these are made by an 8﹣year﹣old girl？

        clever girl．（　　）

A．HowB．How aC．What a

There        only a few things in the room， like a bed， some chairs and an old desk．（　　）

A．wasB．wereC．is

Labor can create wealth and at the same time beauty            by labor， too．（　　）

A．makingB．madeC．is made

My family and I will travel to Qingdao next week．

             （　　）

A．Wish you a happy journey!

B．Good idea．

C．See you then．

A long time ago， there was a huge apple tree．A little boy loved to come（1）　　play   around it everyday．He climbed to the tree top．（2）　　the apples or played under the tree．He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him．

    Time went by．The little boy had（3）　　and he no longer played around the tree．

    One day， the boy came back to the tree and（4）　　sad．"Come and play with me，"the tree asked the boy．

    "I am no longer a kid．I do not play around trees any more．"the boy（5）　　， "I want toys．I need（6）　　to buy them．""Sorry， but I don't have money，But you can pick all my apples and（7）　　them．So， you will have money．"The boy was back so（8）　　．He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily．The boy didn't come back（9）　　 he picked the apples．The tree was（10）　　．

    One day， the boy（11）　　 and the tree was so excited， "Come and play with me， "the tree said．"I don't have time to play．I have to work for my family．We need a（12）　　．Can you help me？""Sorry， but I don't have a house．But you can（13）　　my branches to build your house．"So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left（14）　　．

    The tree was glad to see him full of joy but the boy didn't appear．Since then the tree felt again（15）　　and sad．

China's highly﹣respected translator and writer YangJiang passed away on May 25 in Beijing， aged 105．

    Yang graduated from Dong wu University in Suzhou， Jiangsu， in 1932．She went to the UK and France to study in 1935 and returned to China in 1938．

    Yang wrote lots of works and most of them are still popular now．

    What's more， Yang finished a translation of Don Quixote， This made her the first Chinese to translate a whole book from Spanish．Her translation has been given as national gifts to visiting leaders of other countries．

    In 2001， Yang gave away royalties（版税） from books written by her husband QianZhong shu and herself worth 10 million yuan， to set up a scholarship fund（奖学金） to help poor students．

    Bill Gates is the former chairman of Microsoft Corporation， a worldwide leader in software and Internet technologies， With his friend Paul Allen， he founded Microsoft in the 1970s．With the development of Microsoft．he becomes one of the richest men in the world．

    In 1999 Gates wrote a book named Business@theSpeedofThought．The book shows how computer can solve business problems in new ways．The book was published in 25 languages and is welcome in more than 60 countries．

    Bill Gates has made great contributions to education and health all over the word．He has given away about 21 billion dollars for education and health．When China was struck by COVID﹣19（新冠肺炎）．he also offered millions of dollars．

（1）Where did YangJiang pass away？　　

A．In Shanghai．

B．In Jiangsu．

C．In Beijing．

D．German．

（2）In which language is Don Quixote written？　　

A．English．

B．Spanish．

C．French．

D．In Zhejiang．

（3）When was Microsoft Corporation set up？　　

A．In1969．

B．In1965．

C．In1985．

D．In1975．

（4）What was the book Business@the Speed of Thought about？　　

A．Howto solve business problems with computers differently．

B． How to earn money．

C．How to increase the speed of thought．

D．Howto be a successful person．

（5）What do Yang and Gates have in common（共同点） ？　　

A．They are both successful in business．

B．They both care about education．

C．They are both very rich in the world．

D．They both have translated lots of books．

A number of years ago， a man went to visit a circus（马戏团） in New York．He was able to walk around looking at the lions， monkeys， bears and other circus animals．As he was passing the elephants， he suddenly stopped．He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg．No chains， no cages．It was clear that the elephants could，at anytime，break away from their ropes but for some reason， they did not．

    He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn't try to get away．"Well，"the trainer said，"when they are very young and much smaller，we use the same size rope to tie them and，at that age，its enough to hold them．As they grow up．they still believe they can not breakaway．They believe the rope can hold them， so they never try to break free．"

    "How could it be？"said the man．These animals could at anytime break free from ropes．But because they were always stuck right where they were， they believed they couldn't．

    Just like the poor elephants， how many of us go through life believing that we can not do something， just because we failed at it once before？

    Failing is part of learning．

（1）Where were the animals kept？　　

A．In the circus．

B．In the zoo

C．In the fore

D．In the park．

（2）What does the underlined phrase"break away"mean？　　

A．击败

B．打破

C．挣脱

D．折断

（3）How were the elephants held？　　

A．By a strong rope

B．In cages

C．With chains．

D．By a small rope．

（4）Which of the following is NOT true？　　

A．The elephants were held in this way when they were young．

B．There were many kinds of animals in the circus．

C．The animals were trained to perform．

D．The elephants often escaped．

（5）What can we learn from the passage？　　

A．Well begun is half done．

B．The early bird catches the worm．

C．We should never give up．

D．One tree can't make a forest．

There are two kinds of opinions on"the life in the past and the life today"．

     A：The life today is quite different from it in the past．On the one hand， the important technological developments do help humans solve a lot of problems．But on the other hand， the life in the past brought more happiness to people than it does today．

①____However， as the population of the world is getting larger， competition is getting fiercer（更激烈的）．If you are not able to do your job well， someone will replace you soon．

    B：The life today is much better than it was in the past．②______The rice cookers，gas stoves and microwave ovens are of great help to many housewives．The rice cooker is a realtime﹣saver．It is so simple to use that even a child can cook rice with it．There are some other gadgets（小机械） which save the long hours of doing housework for the housewives．

    There are may other inventions which can make our life better．For example， the phones help people get in touch with each other more conveniently and the Internet makes people's life more colorful．

（1）从A、B、C中为①②处选出恰当的选项，使文章通顺连贯、合理．

A．There are many new inventions that make our life easy and interesting．

B．The life was simple in the past．

C．The life is becoming richer and richer．

①　　；②　　．

（2）What will happen if you can't do your job well!？　　

A．You can change your jobs．

B．You will have no pay．

C．Someone will take the place of you．

D．The boss will be angry with you．

（3）请用一个英文短语替换下列句中划线词．

    On the one hand， the important technological developments do help humans solve a lot of problems．　　

（4）The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refers to　　．

（5）请找出能反映文章主旨的主题句并写在答题卷的相应位置．　　

（1）The bright sunshine is　　another fine day．

（2）We can　　get together often nor go to the crowded places during the special period．

（3）We should be always　　about our motherland．

（4）I have to walk　　a river when I go to school．

（5）In some way， smart phones prevent us from　　our families．

A new bridge was just opened on Oct.24， 2018．It is the HongKong Zhuhai﹣Macao Bridge（HZMB）．Its construction （1）b　　in December， 2009 and it was opened to traffic on Oct.24， 2018．It costs over 120 billion yuan．Now it′s the longest cross﹣sea bridge in the world．The bridge looks（2）1　　the the letter "Y"．It's also regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world．

   The HZMB is unique in many ways．It has a service life of 120 years，20 years longer （3）t　　most bridges．It's not only a bridge but includes a tunnel and two islands，In one part， the bridge turns into a 6.7km﹣long undersea tunnel that passes through two man﹣made islands．

       The HZMB will make it much （4）f　　to travel among the three areas it connects．The Y﹣shapes bridge will cut travel （5）t　　between HongKong and Zhuhai from three hours to just 30 minutes．

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1．恩施的地理位置（湖北西南）；

2．主要特色（如：文化、土特产、风景名胜等），至少包含两个方面；

3．欢迎到恩施来．

写作要求：

1．文中必须包含所有提示要点，可适当发挥使行文连贯：

2．条理清晰，字迹工整，词数不少于80；

3．文章开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

4．文中不得出现真实人名和校名等相关信息．

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Ladies and gentlemen，

    I′m honored to have been elected as one of the spokespersons for Enshi．

______________．

    Thanks for listening．