2014年宁夏中考英语真题及答案

2014 年宁夏中考英语真题及答案 注意事项： 1.考试时间 120 分钟，全卷总分 120 分。 2.答题前将密封线内的项目写清楚。 3.使用答题卡的考试，将所有答案全部答在答题卡相应的位置上。 选择题（75 分） 二、单项填空（共 15 题，计分 15 分） 从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填空的最佳选项。 21. ( ) There are my CDs and those are__________. A.him and her B.his and hers C.his and her D.him and hers 22. ( ) –Have you ever been to Zhongwei? --Yes.I _________ there last month. A.have been B.went C.was going D.have gone 23. ( ) –Did he see you? --No. He _______ someting when I walked by him. A.wrote B.writes C.has written D.was writing 24. ( ) --Will you go to the market with us today? --I don’t think so.I’m ________ tired to go. A.enough B.too C.very D.so 25. ( ) –Does it ______ much? --Not much.It’s cheap. A.cost B.spend C.take D.pay 26. ( ) –How will you go there? --_______ foot. A.On B.By C.With D.In 27. ( ) –Don’t forget _________ the door when you leave. --No, I won’t. A.lock B.locking C.locked D.to lock 28. ( ) Work hard _________ you will succeed. A.and B.or C.while D.but 29. ( ) _________ clever the boy is! A.What a B.What C.How D.How a 30. ( ) –Is this your eraser? --No,It _______ be mine.Mine is in my hand. A.may not B.must not C.can not D.might not 31. ( ) Which do you think tastes ______ , the small one or the big one?. A.good B.better C.well D.best 32. ( ) –Why didn’t Helen come to the meeting this morning? --I don’t know why_______. A.didn’t she B.she didn’t C.did she D.she did 33. ( ) –What do you think of your brother? --He is brave,________ he is weak. A.unless B.if C.because D.though 34. ( ) The old ______ taken good care of in our country. A.is B.has C.are D.have 35. ( ) You can ________ the word in the dictionary if you don’t know its meaning. A.look at B.look after C.look out D.look up 三、完型填空（共 10 小题，计分 10 分） Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you always tell the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of 36 ! Once a man came to a prophet (先知) and said,”oh! I have 37 bad habits. Which one of them should I give up first?” The prophet said,” Give up telling lies first and 38 tell the truth .” The man promised to do so and went home. At night the man was about to go out to 39 . Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the 40 he made with the prophet. “If tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out stealing ? No, I can not say that . But I can not tell a lie, either. If I tell the truth , everyone will start 41 me and call me a thief (贼) I would be punished for stealing . ” So the man 42 not to steal that night, and gave up his bad habit . Next day, he felt like drinking 43 , when he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to prophet if he asks me what I did during the day? I can not tell a lie.” And so he gave up the idea of drinking wine. In this way, 44 the man thought of doing something 45 , he remembered his promise to tell the turth at all time. One by one, he gave up all his bad babits and bacame a very goog person. ( )36. A.thing B.money C.trouble D.problem ( )37. A.many B.few C.little D.much ( )38. A.never B.always C.sometimes D.usually ( )39. A.drink B.play C.eat D.steal ( )40. A.peomise B.food C.plan D.mistake ( )41. A.loving B.hating C.praising D.missing ( )42. A.hoped B.wished C.decided D.expected ( )43. A.water B.juice C.milk D.wine ( )44. A.whenever B.whoever C.however D.whatever ( )45. A.good B.interesting C.usefull D.bad 四、阅读理解（共 15 小题，计分 30 分） A It was Mary’s birthday. She received a letter from her uncle who was a farmer. “Dear Mary,” the letter said.”Happy Birthday. I am sending you some chickens as your birthday present. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you like them. Best wishes, Uncle Toby.” Mary was very pleased. She liked eating eggs and she liked eating chicken. “I can keep the chickens for thier eggs or eat them,” she thought. When the chickens arrived the next day, they were in a box. Mary was very excited. She took the box off the back of the truck and began to carry it into her garden. However, the box of chicken was very heavy and she dropped it. The box fell to the ground and broke. The chickens all ran out. They ran everywhere—into neighbors’ gardens, into the road, into shops, even into the next street. Mary spent hours trying to find them back to her garden. A few days later her uncle came to visit her. “Did the chickens arrive safely?” he asked Mary. “Yes, Uncle Toby,” Mary said. “But I had a lot of trouble with them. I dropped the box. It broke open and the chickens ran everywhere. I spent the whole morning looking for them, ” “Did you find them all?” her uncle asked. “I hope so,” Mary replied. “I caught eleven of them.” “That’s very interesting,” her uncle said with a smile, “because I only sent you six.” ( )46. Mary’s uncle sent her some chickens because_________ . A．Mary liked chicken B.her uncle had too many chickens C. Mary liked eating eggs D.It was her birthday ( )47. How did the chickens get out of the box? A. Mary dropped the box and they got out. B. The box fell off the back of the truck C. They flew away from the truck D. They broke the box and jumped out. ( )48 In order to find the chickens, Mary spent _________ . A.one hour B.a whole day C.several hours D.a few minutes ( )49. Her uncle sent her ________ chickens. A. a dozen B. six C.two boxes of D.eleven ( )50. Mary’s uncle smiled because_________ . A. she spent a whole morning catching the chickens B. she dropped the box onto the ground C. she made a funny mistake D. she had a lot of trouble with chickens B Lizards( 蜥 蜴 ) are unusual, but they can make good pets because most of them are small and easy to care for. They do not make loud noises, and they do not need to go for walks or take baths(洗澡). Of course, some lizards make better pets than others. One of the most popular lizards in pet stores is the bearded dragon. Bearded dragons are active during the day and do not mind people holding them. Geckos are anther popular pet lizard. They are a little more difficult to care for. Geckos are active at night and need a warm place to live. Like bearded dragons, they can be held by their owners. Both of these lizards can live ten years or more than when they are well cares for. Two lizards that are bad choices for pets are iguanas and chameleons. Iguanas can grow to be almost two meters (nearly six feet), so they need a big space to live in. They can also bite( 咬 ) or scratch （ 抓 伤 ） their owners. Chameleons do not hurt their owners, but they are quite difficult to care for. While iguanas can live up to twenty years, chameleons do not live very long. Most do not live more than five years. *bearded dragons, geckos, iguanas and chameleons are different kinds of lizards. ( )51. This reading is about _________. A ． wild animals B ． good and bad pets C ． the life of lizards D.the importance of lizards ( )52. Which is true according to (根据) the passage? A．It is not hard to care for most lizards. B．All lizards are dangerous to children. C．Lizards are better than dogs or cats. D . Pet lizards need walks and baths ( )53. Which lizard would be good for a child to watch and play during the day? A.A gecko B.A chameleon C .A bearded dragon D.An iguana ( )54. Of all the lizards, ________ lives the longest. A.a bearded dragon B.a gecko C.a chameleon D.an iguana ( )55. The writer of the passage probably thinks that _______. A．iguanas are not good pets for children B．all lizards are good pets C.most lizards are dangerous, so do not keep them as pets D．no matter which lizard you get, do not hold it C You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but they are important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” means fifteen pounds –the fifteen pounds added to