【2015年安徽省初中毕业学业考试英语试题】完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life as a midwife（接生婆）, helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was . So she wants all the children in her village to .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with .” He also said, “She is doing well considering her . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school she came.”
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, girls in poor areas, that will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be --- a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on.”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed 1 I like, drinking tea and read those thick newspapers that are brought by the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the 2 I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I 3 the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is 4 of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to 5 and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of being troubled by the telephone.
6 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair 7 boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and 8 when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the evening ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema 19 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are 10 pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting near.
A．as long as B．as soon as C．as well as D．as much as
A．things B．books C．information D．knowledge
A．am reading B．have read C．had read D．read
A．the much pleasant B．the more pleasant C．the most pleasant D．the very pleasant
A．sit B．catch C．get in D．take
A．What to B．How to C．When to D．Where to
A．looking B．seeing C．looking at D．watching
A．fall asleep B．go to sleep C．go to bed D．get to sleep
A．when there’s B．if there will be C．when there has D．if there will have
A．so many B．such many C．a lot D．quite few
Trees are one of the oldest plants on the earth. Just like us, trees change a lot 1 they grow. At one to three years old, young trees learn to 2 themselves. For example, many tree grow thorns (刺)to tell animals 3 near. Most young trees have large and deep green leaves to 4 enough sunlight and turn it into their food and energy. When trees are four years old, they are strong enough to 5 the challenge(挑战)in life. At the age of fifteen, they become young adults and grow more 6 . They will have their own flowers and fruit. After the trees are twenty to twenty-five years old, they are called real adults because they reach their 7 . Adults trees give us oxygen and natural beauty. If we 8 them very well, they will live healthily for many years. As time goes on, trees begin older and older and even 9 . At this time, they still have their important places in nature and uses for people. 10 many ways, the life of trees is like our own life experience.
A．before B．when C．after D．since
A．protect B．provide C．prevent D．pollute
A．to go B．to leave C．not to go D．not to leave
A．enjoy B．keep C．stay D．catch
A．get B．receive C．face D．welcome
A．fast B．faster C．slow D．slowly
A．weights B．heights C．styles D．sizes
A．look for B．look after C．look out D．look at
A．die B．hurt C．waste D．throw
A．On B．In C．For D．At
This morning, I went to a charity show __(1)_____ in the town center. The charity show, called 'For Every Child', was to raise money for an orphanage(孤儿院). Many __(2)______ persons, including a few bosses, donated money at the show. What surprised us was that a little boy also donated 100 yuan. He had saved the money for more___(3) ____two years. He said that everyone should do something for others. Some famous pop singers gave wonderful__(4)____ on the stage. One of them even came ___(5)___ the stage and walked among the audience. She asked the audience to sing a song ___(6)____ her, and they did just __(7)___she wanted them to. The show lasted for about three hours. At the ___(8)___ of the show, some children from the orphanage __(9)___in front of the microphone. All of them were so thankful that they___(10)___ while they said thanks to those people who donated. Again, they felt the warmth of being helped by others.
A．have B．holding C．hold D．held
A．success B．successful C．succeed D．succeeded
A．then B．about C．than D．for
A．perform B．performer C．performance D．performance s
A．up B．down C．away D．behind
A．together B．follow C．with D．follows
A．how B．why C．which D．what
A．beginning B．ending C．end D．ends
A．stand B．stands C．standing D．stood
A．cries B．cried C．crying D．shouted
About 70，000，000 Americans are trying to lose weight．This is almost one out of every three people in the United States．Some people eat 1 food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations.2 you can see losing weight is 3 work，and it will also cost a lot of money．But 4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body．For many people，looking nice also means to be 5 ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6 overweight is not good．
Most people want to find a faster and 7 way to take off fat，and books of this kind are very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are 8 ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．
Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers，like La Costa in California．Men and women 9 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two，taking exercise，eating different foods．Meals there may be just a little．All this works for losing weight． 10 4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg)．At 400 dollars a day, she spent 320dollars to lose each pound．But she said she was still glad to do so．
Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all get a lot of money．So in the United States，losing Weight may mean losing money too。
A．1ess B．more C．nice D．fast
A．For B．So C．Or D．And
A．good B．useful C．hard D．easy
A．why B．what C．how D．when
A．high B．short C．thin D．fat
A．talk B．say C．speak D．tell
A．dearer B．harder C．shorter D．easier
A．taken B．given C．written D．copied
A．pay B．cost C．take D．have
A．Before B．Until C．After D．At
While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I 16 . Because I was in great need of 17 and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申请).
Three days later, a letter 18 . It asked me to see the 19 at Croydon. It proved to be a(n) 20 journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of 21 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal 22 opened the door. He was 23 and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the 24 except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 25 groups and teach them at three different 26 , and I was not 27 at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was 28 that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon 29 most of my friends would be 30 themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary(薪水), he got up to his feet. “Now,” he said. “you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.”
A．lived B．played C．studied D．worked
A．help B．money C．rest D．force
A．arrived B．received C．returned D．wrote
A．editor B．teacher C．principal D．student
A．comfortable B．easy C．short D．unpleasant
A．at least B．at first C．at last D．at most
A．herself B．themselves C．itself D．himself
A．bad B．glad C．short D．smiling
A．people B．subjects C．boys D．knowledge
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．subjects B．lessons C．levels D．schools
A．glad B．surprised C．angry D．sad
A．better B．more exciting C．worse D．nicer
A．until B．after C．if D．because
A．enjoying B．helping C．studying D．arguing
粤公网安备 44130202000953号