初中教育中考英语2008年湖北省荆州市中考英语试题

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• 31If the X-43A goes round the Eath, it will take about _______ hours to finish the trip.

  A.3

  B.5

  C.8

  D.12

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• 32The newly-found insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was _______ years older than believed.

  A.10 million

  B.400 million

  C.20 million

  D.380 million

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• 33Which of the following about the new star is NOT true、

  A.It will go into space by September 2008.

  B.It will stay in space for twelve months.

  C.It costs a lot.

  D.It will go around the moon.

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• 34Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he ______.

  A.is the father of his children

  B.likes to eat hybrid rice

  C.developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

  D.grows more rice than others

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• 35The above paragraphs are taken from _______.

  A.a story

  B.an advertisement

  C.an explaining writing

  D.a newspaper

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• 36Harry was worried because __________.

  A.the woman was angry with him

  B.he had not done his work right

  C.the Jersey timetable was wrong

  D.the little girl didn’t have a return ticket

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• 37Harry started talking to the little girl ________.

  A.because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

  B.because he had a little girl about the same age

  C.because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

  D.when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl.

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• 38When Harry said “The law is the law, but since it’s me who made the mistake…,”he meant that _________.

  A.they must follow the law without other choice, even though the mistake was his

  B.he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to

  C.the woman had to pay him￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

  D.she should pay￡1.50, but he had made a mistake, she should go without paying

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• 39The woman left the office without saying anything because_______.

  A.she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket

  B.she was so angry that she didn’t want to say anything more with the young man

  C.she was moved by Harry’s kindness

  D.she knew she would have to pay for her child’s ticket if she held on to her idea

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• 40What do you think the woman felt when she left the office、

  A.Angry

  B.Peaceful

  C.Embarrassed

  D.Nervous

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