2020年湖北省武汉市中考英语试卷

Sorry to interrupt you and Frank!

_________．We' re having a free talk．（　　）

A．Never mindB．Go ahead

C．I hope notD．That would be nice

I hear you've got an "A" in your English test． Congratulations!

____________．（　　）

A．It's a pleasureB．Take it easy

C．Many thanksD．You' re welcome

Do you think teenagers can't have a part﹣time job？

_____________．They may learn from working．（　　）

A．It's nothingB．Don't mention it

C．Hard to sayD．That's all right

Is Helen here？

Not yet， but she_________in half an hour．（　　）

A．arrivesB．will arrive

C．arrivedD．has arrived

In the past 70 years， China______historic changes and made great achievements．（　　）

A．experiencedB．has experienced

C．experiencesD．would experience

Sally_______where she had left the car and the police found it this morning．（　　）

A．forgotB．has forgotten

C．forgetsD．had forgotten

Which is your uncle？

The big man， smartly dressed________a suit and tie． （　　）

A．inB．onC．withD．for

You must be very hungry now．

Yes， I'm ready to do some________eating．（　　）

A．seriousB．healthyC．localD．extra

What makes you_______we're going to sell the house？

I hear that you've got a job abroad．（　　）

A．doubtB．wonderC．promiseD．suppose

I don't care what people think．

Well， you_______．Some opinions are worth weighing．（　　）

A．mightB．shouldC．couldD．would

Do you need any help？

No， thanks． We__________a lot of support since last year．（　　）

A．have offeredB．have been offered

C．were offeredD．were offering

How's Mr．Clark's small company？

Quite good． It has grown to become a_________in the international trade．（　　）

A．ruleB．dutyC．powerD．sign

Although these were good students， ________of them had a score above 60．

I can't believe it!（　　）

A．noneB．no oneC．someD．all

You have plenty of homework， don't you？

Yeah， it______the little time I have outside of school．（　　）

A．makes upB．takes up

C．turns downD．breaks down

I wondered_____________．（　　）

A．which way was the wind blowing

B．which one is the most convenient

C．which of the houses did you live in

D．which school it was you went to

Have you ever been near an animal you were afraid of？ How close have you been to a dangerous snake？ Well， Tony Kepler raises killer snakes for a living and he loves his（1）　　． He has been working with them since he was a little boy and he's not（2）　　 at all．

    Tony's father has been a snake handler （驯蛇师） for twenty years and he has taught his son a lot about them． Now Tony is（3）　　 to make money from snakes． In order to（4）　　 the venom（毒液），he has to find rattlesnakes in the western part of the United States． He sends the venom to a（5）　　 where they make it into something called "anti﹣venin．"Anti﹣venin is what they give people（6）　　 they have been bitten （咬） by a poisonous （有毒的） snake． This anti﹣venin is really helpful in （7）　　the person who has been bitten． He has been making his living this way for five years and feels（8）　　．

    Tony's dad has handled nearly 1，000 snakes in his lifetime．And hundreds of people go to him to（9）　　 how to deal with snakes． Tony's dad has been willing to （10）　　 everything about how to hold， how to feed and how to get venom from snakes． But not everyone（11）　　 get used to the idea of picking up a snake． Many people heard（12）　　 stories about snakes when they were children and have been afraid of them ever since． Tony has been trying to educate people about the positive things snakes do． For one thing， they help（13）　　 the rat and mouse population．Snakes are also very clean and （14）　　 and they seldom trouble humans．

    Tony' s job is very different from any other job I've heard of， but it is a really（15）　　 one．Without venom collectors， many people would be in real danger and some would die．

（1）The news "Students taught to love parents" was first reported in　　．

A． ABC English

B． Wuhan Post

C． Parent Daily

D． School News

（2）In which part of the newspaper can we read the news？　　

A． CULTURE．

B． FAMILY．

C． EDUCATION．

D． HISTORY．

（3）Who started the project？　　

A． The parents．

B． The newspapers．

C． The neighborhood．

D． The school．

（4）What can we know from the news？　　

A． The school aims at winning a good fame．

B． The students were not well﹣behaved at home．

C． The parents are happy to change their children．

D． The students are guided on how to love their parents．

（5）The news mainly tells us　　．

A． children from one﹣child families need strict rules

B． Mother's Day and parents' birthdays are important

C． a project of good manners education has been well carried out

D． the school means to turn the students into their parents' helpers

Hope Matters

    Reyes Guana， 42， grew up in a poor Mexican family． He has seven bothers and sisters．His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet．

    As a boy，Guana had a good relationship with the school cleaner．He called her "Nike" because she wore Nike shoes．The boy liked how Nike made everything clean．He told her he wanted to be a cleaner，too．"Well， it s good if you want to be a cleaner，"Nike told little Guana．"But make sure you go to college．"

    Guana also looked up to the principal （校长） of his school． The school leader told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers．"Wow， when I grow up， I want to do what you're doing，"Guana told him． "Well， if you stick to your dream， you will，"the principal replied．

    And Guana really got there． But it was quite a long journey for him． Twenty﹣three years ago， he followed in Nike' s footsteps and was cleaning schools． He worked at three schools to pay for his college education． He held that job for four years and then worked his way up to being a school safety monitor． After that， he worked as a teacher for a few years．

    Now， as a principal， Guana never forgets where he came from． He helps students from poor families and shows respect （尊重） for every school staff member．He always invites everyone to school parties，including those who clean the floors and those who drive the school buses．

（1）Guana hoped to be a cleaner because he　　．

A． was good at cleaning

B． admired the cleaner "Nike" a lot

C． needed to support his poor family

D． had to pay for his college education

（2）Guana became a school safety monitor　　．

A． when he was nineteen

B． after he worked as a teacher

C． as soon as he got enough money

D． before he was named principal

（3）The underlined phrase got there is closest in meaning to　　．

A． went back to "Nike"

B． entered a college

C． realized one's dream

D． became well﹣known

（4）According to the writer，　　．

A． Guana should have been named principal earlier

B． a boy from a poor family can have a bright future

C． a cleaner is more important than a college student

D． the cleaners and the drivers should get more respect

（5）What would be another title for this passage？　　

A． From Cleaner to Leader

B． Different Jobs

C． From Failure to Success

D． Relationship Works

When people discover that I work as a film and TV extra （临时演员），they always ask me the same questions： Emily， is it easy to get work？ Isn't it boring？ Do you get to meet famous actors？ Does it pay well？ My answers are pretty standard as well： Yes， sometimes， once in a while， and …kind of．The life of an extra is both more interesting and more boring than you might imagine．

    Extras， who play the people in crowds，on streets，or in the background of indoors scenes，can come from all walks of life． Unlike many extras，I'm a trained actor．I do get real speaking roles，but work can be hard to come by if you're not a popular star． I' m registered（注册） with an agency that deals only with extras，so I get calls all the time．The agency explains who I'll be﹣someone in a crowd，a member of a jury， a clerk ﹣ and tells me where to go． Call time is usually bright and early， so I try to get to bed at a reasonable hour．

    Sometimes being an extra is a "hurry up and wait" job． In my first extra role， I was one of a group office workers who come out of a building just as a car explodes（爆炸） in the street．We waited for hours for the scene to be shot， and then went in and out of the building about fifty times， trying to act terrified by an explosion which was not real． Then we had lunch， changed clothes， and spent the afternoons as customers in a department store．

    It may sound like I don't enjoy the work， but I do． Being part of the background in a convincing（令人信服的）way is challenging，and being on a film or TV set is always fascinating．A lot of famous actors don't even notice the extras，but the ones who do make the job a lot of fun for everyone．As for the money，it's nothing compared to what the big actors make，but it pretty much pays the bills．And，as a bonus，I've beaten my high scores on all my phone games，thanks to all the time I spend sitting around，waiting for something to happen．

（1）Emily gives standard answers because　　．

A． she is proud of her job

B． she wants to hide her feelings

C． she thinks it's unnecessary to explain

D． they are the exact answers to the questions

（2）What does Emily think of her job？　　

A． Busy．

B． Enjoyable．

C． Fashionable．

D． Easy．

（3）Another way to say as a bonus would be　　．

A． above expectation

B． as a result

C． in general

D． after all

（4）According to the passage，　　．

A． the famous actors look down upon the extras

B． being an extra is always a "hurry up and wait" job

C． Emily tells the truth about being a film and TV extra

D． those who want to be film or TV extras must be trained

（5）We can infer that Emily，　　．

A． often pays the bills for others

B． sometimes has to get up very early

C． has beaten all the phone game players

D． was in face of danger in her first extra role

（1）It's wrong and dangerous to　　 children under a certain age alone in the house．

（2）As you walk there， you can feel the energy from your feet　　 your body．

（3）Maybe you fear that you won't be able to find anything good to eat when you　　．

（4）The first resolution is about my own　　 improvement．

（5）This story reminds us that you can never know what's　　 unless you try to make it happen．

Boyan Slat has one huge goal． It's a goal that could be good for people and a（1）　　all over the world． Amazingly， it looks like he's going to m（2）　　 his goal．

    When he was 16， Dutch engineering student Slat was on vacation in Greece， and he started to think about all the rubbish that is p（3）　　 onto beaches by water． The oceans around the world are all of plastic ﹣millions of tons of plastic． Unfortunately， plastic doesn't just disappear． It takes c（4）　　 to break down （分解）．

    The p（5）　　 situation of the oceans is bad and worrying and Slat wanted to do something to change it． So he made it a personal goal to clean up the rubbish in the world's oceans．

    Slat started with an idea for an unusual m（6）　　 to "catch" the plastic floating（漂浮）in the water using the natural energy of the ocean． He left school in 2013 to begin work on his project The Ocean Cleanup． Soon， the project r（7）　　 a lot of attention．

    A year later，he was leading a team of 100 scientists and engineers working on the invention．Slat needed money for this，so he started asking people to d（8）　　to his project online and raised over ﹩ 2 million!

    Soon after，Slat was named a "Champion of the Earth" by the United Nations for his meaningful and v（9）　　work． It' s the most important title the UN gives to people helping the environment． The Ocean Cleanup also won several awards （奖项） for having one of the best inventions of 2015． But the d（10）　　 goes on for Slat． He hopes that the oceans will be free of plastic in about twenty or thirty years．

假如你是李明，打算向ABC English投稿，谈你的英语学习计划．请根据以下内容提示用英语完成稿件．

内容要点如下：

1．时常阅读，培养良好语感；

2．看英文影片，了解西方文化；

3．坚持写英文日记，提高写作技巧；

4．向他人学习，改进学习方法；

5．补充一两点个人想法．

注意：

1．文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

2．词数： 60﹣ 80；

3．内容连贯，不要逐条翻译；

4．标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数．

参考词汇：develop v． 培养   sense n． 感觉   Western adj． 西方的

My English Study Plan

    I will put more time and energy into English study．__________________．