[北京]2012届北京市石景山区中考一模英语试卷

— Welcome to ______ school.
— Thanks. Your school is very nice.

Mother’s Day is coming ______ May 11^th this year.

— ______  is it from your house to the bus stop?
— About five minutes’ walk.

When you’re learning English, just use it, ______ you’ll lose it.

You ______ do it if you really don’t want to.

— What’s the news in today’s newspaper?
— ______ special. Let’s go out for a walk.

The students asked Mr. Wang ______ them some advice on reading.

The air in Beijing is getting much ______ now than a few years ago.

  — Listen! What’s the noise?
— My brother ______ the program of the World Cup in the sitting room.

I can’t believe these photos ______ by such a little girl.

— Where’s Tom? He is wanted on the phone.
— Sorry, he ______ to the library.

  I ______ the film if I’m free next Sunday.

— Could you tell me ______ the Science Museum?
— Next Saturday.

I was now five, and still I showed no much interest in things except with my toes（脚趾）. I could not look after myself,   35   my father took care of me. I used to lie on my back all the time in the kitchen. I was   36  , imprisoned（监禁） in a world of my own, unable to communicate with others.
Then, suddenly, it happened on the afternoon of a cold December day. All the family were gathered round the big kitchen fire. Mona and Paddy were drawing funny animals, using a bright piece of yellow chalk. It was the chalk that   37   me so much. I had never seen anything like it before.
Suddenly, I wanted to do what my sister was doing. Then without thinking or knowing exactly what I was doing, I   38   out and took the chalk out of my sister’s hand, with my left foot. It is a puzzle（迷惑）to many people as well as to   39  . I held the chalk tightly between my toes and made a wild scribble（乱涂）with it on the board. Next moment I stopped, not knowing what to do with the chalk next, hardly knowing how it   40   there. Then I looked up and realized that everyone was looking at me   41  . My mother came in. Her eyes looked from my face down to my   42  , then she took another piece of chalk from Mona, and drew the single letter “A” on the floor in front of me. “Copy that, Christy.” She said. I tried to do the same action, but I   43  . “Try again, Chris.” she whispered in my ear. I tried another two more times. I drew one side of the letter, then the other. It looked ugly, but I   44   to make it finally. I had done it! True! I couldn’t speak with my mouth, but now I would speak through something more   45   than spoken words. That one letter was my   46   to a new world, my key to mental freedom.

A．and B．for C．so D．though

A．lost B．lonely C．tired D．weak

A．troubled B．worried C．reminded D．interested

A．dropped B．set C．checked D．reached

A．you B．me C．it D．them

A．got B．stuck C．worked D．arrived

A．angrily B．sadly C．silently D．carefully

A．hand B．neck C．foot D．leg

A．froze B．forgot C．fell D．failed

A．tried B．managed C．offered D．decided

A．lasting B．interesting C．moving D．surprising

A．dream B．tool C．gift D．road

Who will have a birthday party with friends next week?

What would Emma like to be in the future?

What’s Ken’s dream?

What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 2l years. Harrison’s job has been responsible for approving（批准）large numbers of the sweet ice cream – as well as for developing over 15 flavors（味道）.
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No – there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a job in this “cool field”.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and grades 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12^oF. Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy – working at one cool job.
What is John Harrison’s job?

According to John Harrison, what is useful to get a job in “cool field”?

What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?

Even though global warming may have made the weather more mild, many animals are still hibernating（冬眠）. It’s too bad that humans can’t hibernate. In fact we almost did.
Apparently, at times in the past, farmers in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French farmers. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months.
In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed since the invention of lighting.
When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’ continuous sleep is a modern invention.
In the past, without the artificial light, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves up around midnight. The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors.
According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia（失眠）at midnight is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness（清醒状态）around their sleeping, which happens in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be a creative time for some people.
Playing with your sleep rhythms（节奏）can be dangerous, as worry may set in. Medical science doesn’t help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.
The late night was called “The Watch” because it was a time for people ______.

We can infer from the last paragraph that people should ______.

What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime “business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant. A half century ago in the United states, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time. Today the dividing lines are still there, but they seem not clear.
The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer, in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal（法律的）limits, or whether it should become more changeable, is often debated（争论）. How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the dividing lines of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?
These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we seldom recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to go to  school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years – but unless we meet the truant officer（学监）, we may well think that we should go to school because of social custom and parents’ requirement rather than to the law. As adults we know “extra pay for overtime working” very well, but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes（构成）“overtime” is a matter of legal thing. When we turn the clock forward to start daylight – saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: “Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight-saving law – as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work, time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.
What does the underlined word “irrelevant” probably mean?

The writer raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people _____.

We can learn from the passage that most children go to school because they_____.

What is the main idea of the passage?

Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. __________? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.
__________. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them.
Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. __________.
In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married. But today, many women are keeping their own family names and not using their husbands’. Sometimes, women use their own names in some situations and their husbands’ in other situations. __________.

There are nearly 400 different types of sharks, but only about 30 types have even been reported as attacking human beings.
The chances of being attacked by a shark are very small compared to other dangers. Many more people drown（溺死）in the ocean every year than are bitten by sharks. The low number of attacks that happen every year proves that sharks do not feed on humans if they have the choice. There are three types of shark attacks. The main one is known as a ‘hit and run’. The shark attacks because it thinks you are a fish, but when it tastes a human it decides not to eat you. The second type is called a ‘bump and bite’. The shark bumps you to find out if you are fit to be eaten and then bites you if it thinks you are. The third type is called a ‘sneak’. When attacking in this way, the shark waits for you to swim by and attacks you suddenly. The latter（后者的）two types of attack are more likely to be deadly for humans.
However, your chances of being attacked by a shark can be reduced if you follow the advice below.
Do not swim in the dark. Sharks can still see you but you cannot see them.
Do not swim if you are cut or if you have a fresh wound. Sharks can smell blood over a long distance.
Do not wear bright clothing or jewellery because sharks are attracted to colours and shiny objects.
Try and stay in groups, as sharks usually avoid large numbers of people.
Don’t be frightened（受惊吓）by sharks as there is 30 times greater chance of being hit by lightning than being attacked by a shark.
Are there only 30 types of sharks in the world?
Are the chances of being attacked by a shark small or big compared to other dangers?
What are the two deadly shark attacks called?
Why should you try and stay in groups to avoid the shark attack?
What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?

根据中文意思完成句子。
该给花浇水了。
     ______ water the flowers.
你最好先打电话确认是否有多余的票。
______ call ahead to make sure whether there are some extra tickets.
咖啡太烫，没法喝。
My coffee is ______ drink.
对学生而言，多做一些课外阅读是很重要的。
    ______ more after-class reading.
为什么不告诉他，只要尽力，他迟早会赶上其他人？
______ he tries his best?

某英文杂志正在举办以“How do you get on well with your classmates?”为主题的征文比赛，假设你是李明，请你写一篇短文参赛，文中请先简单介绍自己，然后说说你平时是怎样与同学相处的，并谈谈你对同学之间友谊的认识或看法。
提示词语：name, together, help, fun, friendship
How I get on well with my classmates