２００５年英語中考總復習專項訓練題

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David McConnell was a door-to-doorbook salesman. Most of the housewiveswere not interested in his books. Usuallybefore he had enough time to say anythingabout his books， the women closed' theirdoors. But he didn't give up. McConnelldecided to bring each of them a present， asmall bottle of perfume(香水) he had madehimself. He soon found that the womenliked the perfume better than the books. Hestopped selling books to sell perfume in-stead and started his own company \"Avon:\".This company became a huge success.

When you do nothing， you learn nothing，but when you try， even though you may notbe successful， you will learn what doesn'twork. This brings you closer to what willwork. It doesn't matter how many timesyou are unsuccessful. What matters is thatone day you will be successful.

1. McConnell was a successful booksalesman.

2. McConnell hoped the women wouldbuy his books if he brought them each apresent.

3. If you do nothing at all， you willnever be successful.

4. The women disliked the perfume evenmore than the books.

5. The writer encourages us to keep ontrying even if we are at first unsuccessful.

(B)

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I’ll tell you a story about a Chinesestudent. The incident(事件) happened whenhe went to study in England. His familyname was Sun. It is spelt S-U-N， just thesame as the English word \"sun\"， the sun inthe sky.

England is a country with mixed weather.Sometimes it is cloudy or misty. Often itwill rain. Many people think England doesn'tget enough sunshine.

When the Chinese student arrived atLondon Airport， a customs(海關) officerchecked his passport(護照). The customsofficer was interested to find the Chinesename \"Sun\" in his passport. He thought itwas pronounced just like the English word\"sun\"， so he said to the Chinese student， \"1 see your name-is Sun. You are wantedhere.\" What a surprise it was to Mr. Sunto hear that! Everybody knows that if youare wanted by the police， you must havebroken the law(法律). Mr. Sun asked thecustoms officer， \"Is there something wrongwith my passport? Do I have to go back toChina?\"\"Go back?\" said the customs officer.\"Now that(既然) you are here， we'll neverlet you leave.\"

\"Why? What have I done?\" asked theChinese student in surprise. He thought hewas going to be arrested(被捕).

It was only then that the customs of-ficer began to smile.

He said， \"You don't know what youhave done， Mr. Sun? You've brought sun-shine to England. That's why we don'twant you to leave.\"

1. This story took place______

A. at London Airport B. at a university

C. in the street

D. at a station

2. Why people in England want to seemore of the sun? Because________

A. England is a country with mixedweather

B. England doesn't get enough sunshine

C. it doesn't rain in England

D.both A and B

3. Mr. Sun was very_______when he heardthat he was wanted.

A. angry B. happy

C. surprised D. moved

4. Why did the customs officer tell Mr.Sun he couldn't leave? Because________

A. Mr. Sun had broken the law

B. The customs officer and Mr. Sunwere friends

C. Englishmen are never named \"Sun\"

D. The customs officer liked Mr. Sun’sfamily name and thought Mr. Sun wouldbring sunshine to England

5. Which of the following statements iscorrect?

A. The customs officer arrested Mr.Sun.

B.Mr. Sun stayed in England and studiedthere.

C. Mr. Sun knew he had broken thelaw.

D. Mr. Sun left England.

(C)

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Yao Ming， the centre for the ChineseNational Men's Basketball Team， went to01ay for the Houston Rockets in 2002. The2.26m， 120kg centre becomes the first playerto come from a foreign team.

Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in Sep-tember 1980. His mother was a centre andcaptain of the Chinese National Women'sTeam. His father played basketball， too.

Yao Ming is widely known in China. Hecame to be a very important basketballplayer in the China Basketball Association(聯賽)(CBA) During the 2000-2001 season，he averaged 27.1 scores for the ShanghaiOriental(東方) Sharks in every match.

Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets inNovember 2002. He said this was a newphase(階段) of his basketball life. He woulddo his best to learn from the NBA andimprove his game.

Sports analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said，\"Yao Ming has the potential(潛力) and thecapability(能力) of changing the future ofbasketball.\"

1. The Houston Rockets is the dame ofa_______ team.

A. table tennis B. volleyball

C. basketball O. golf

2. Both Yao Ming's father and motherwere_____.

A. football players B. basketball play-ers

C. centres of the Chinese National Team

D. captains of the Chinese National Team

3. Yao Ming______during the 2000-2001season.

A. does well B. is bad

C. was poor D. did very well

4， Yao Ming______the Houston Rocketsin November 2002.

A. did his best to join

B. was well-known in

C. became a member of

D. took part in

5. Sports analyst Bill Walton thoughtYao Ming had the potential to______.

A. learn from the NBA

B. change the future of basketball

C. improve his game

D. become the captain of the HoustonRockets

(D)

There was a schoolboy， named Dennis.One day his mother told him to post aletter.

Dennis put the letter in his pocket andwalked down the street in a hurry. He didnot see a letter-box on the street. Insteadhe saw a bin with the words. \"PUT YOURLITTER IN THE BIN \"on it. Dennis took alook at the words， thought them over andsaid， \"I can read， but they can't write.This spelling is poor. They can't spell theword 'letter' correctly.\"

Dennis put the letter in the bin. Then heran home and told his mother about it.

\"Oh， no， child!\" said， his mother. \"Youput the letter in a litter bin. A litter bin isfor waste paper and other waste things.\"

\"Oh，\" said Dennis in surprise. \"Doesthe word on the bin mean something?\"

\"Yes， it does，\" said his mother. \"Theword on the bin is 'litter'， not 'letter'.Now go and get the letter back and post it.

Dennis ran all the way to the litter bin.He got there just as a truck pulled up(停下)at the bin. A man was putting the wastepaper into the truck.

\"Stop!\" Dennis called out， Then he toldthe man what he had done.

\"All right， I′ll help you look for theletter，\" said the man.

They looked for the letter， but theycould not find it. Just then some paperblew out of the truck. Dennis chased afterit at once.

'Aha， I've got it at last!\" Dennis cried.\"Thank you for your help.\"

\"Glad to help，\" said the man. \"Be surenot to put your letter into a litter bin again.\"

\"No， I won't.\"

Then Dennis walked down the streetand put the letter into a etter-box. \"Whydon't the teachers teach us all the wordsat school?\" he said to himself. \"Then I wouldn't put a letter into a litter bin.\"

1. There was a_______

_____Dennis.

2. One day his mother_____him______aletter.

3. A litter bin is______________wastepaper and other waste things in.

4. \"Does the word on the basket meansomething?\" Dennis_________his mother in

5. In the_________， he__________a letter-box andthe letter.

(E)

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What is the \"cleverest\" machine inhistory? If you're anything like nine out often people in the world， you 'll say it's acomputer， a machine with mathematical logic(數學邏輯) that can reason(推理)in the sameway as humans.

Alan Mathison Turing never expected tobe the father of a machine with such atitle.

He was born in London in 1912， thesecond of his parents' two sons. His par-ents worked in India while Turing and hisbrother spent their childhoods in Britain.

Turing's loneliness during this time.mayhave led to his lifelong interest in how thehuman mind works. He believed that themind creates its own world when the realworld is not acceptable to it. At 13， healready showed a talent for(顯示……方面的才能)mathematics. He wasn't perfect though.His teachers said his work was hard toread.

After graduating from CambridgeUniversity， he remained there as a teacher.At that time， his interest in the human mindled him to draw a machine.

In 1937， Turing wrote a report about hismachine. However， few people understoodwhat he was talking about. But the reportchanged Turing's whole life. After the startof World War ll， the British Governmentordered him to serve in a special department.The task(任務) of all those working therewas to break codes used by the Nazis(納粹).

Turing's talent shone in this top-secretwork. He played a major role in designing anearly computer-like machine that could de-cipher(破譯) Nazi codes at high speed. Af-ter the war， he returned to Cambridge， andbuilt a machine based on his ideas from1937.

1. Where does Alan Mathison Turingcome from?

_________________________________

2. What did Turing do，in 19377

_________________________________

3. What does the sentence \"If you'reanything like nine out of ten people in theworld\" mean? (in Chinese)

____________________________________

4. What was Turin8 interested in afterhe graduated from university?

______________________________________

5. What could the machine Turing helpedto design do during World War I17

_______________________________________

(F)

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One day Tony was crossing the roadwhen he was hit by a car. He fell and brokehis arm.

An ambulance(救護車) soon arrived andtook Tony to a hospital. There a doctoroperated on his arm. Then he put the armin a cast(石膏). Tony could not move it atall.

\"You must keep your arm in a cast forsix weeks，\" the doctor said. \"That will givethe broken bone a chance to heal(復原).\"

At the end of six weeks Tony wentback to the hospital. The doctor used alarge saw(鋸) to cut the cast. Then he tookTony's arm out of the cast.

\"Can you move your arm， Tony?\" heasked.

Tony tried. At first it was difficult， butsoon he could move it easily.

\"Yes， it's fine，\" he said. \"Thank youvery much.\"

\"in a few days it will be as good asbefore，\" the doctor said. \"Just exercise ita little.\"

\"Will I be able to play the guitar?\"Tonyasked.

The doctor smiled， \"Of course you will，\"he said. \"You'll have no problems.\"

\"That is good news，\" Tony said. \"be-cause I couldn't play it at all before.\"

Tony's arm was(l)____in an accident.He had to keep it in a(2)_____for(3)

_________weeks. When the doctor told him ithad mended， he asked(4)______he would beable to play(5)______guitar. The doctor said\"yes\" but he didn't know that Tony couldnot play that before.

(G)

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On the first day of school， Roni's for-eign students fill out forms and give infor-mation about themselves.

Name= Claude Ansari Country， FranceNative Language: Arabic/French Time in U.S.:10 months Please tell me a little aboutyourself. Family: I live with my wife and 2year-old daughter. Work: I was an artschool student in France. Now， I'm workingas a cook. Interests: I love to cook (andeat). l also like to go mountain climbing.

Name: Su Chenwang Country: Taiwan(China) Native Language: Chinese Time inU.S.: 4 years Please tell. me a little aboutyourself. Family: I have 3 sons and 2daughters. They're all attending school(上學) here. My husband is a businessmanlives in Taiwan. Work: I was a maths teacherbut now l'm a housewife. Interests: I likeindoor activities: reading， listening to music，drawing.

Name: Norma Ruiz Country， GuatemalaNative Language， Spanish Time in U.S.: 2years Please tell me a little about yourself.Family: My family-my mother and 4 broth-ers live in Guatemala. I'm here by myself.Work: I worked as a nurse in my country.Here I'm a tailor. Interests: I like to go tothe movies and buy videos. I love to study.

1. Su Chenwang has______children.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

2. Who has lived in America for theshortest time?

A. Claude Ansari. B. Norma's mother.

C. Su Chenwang. D. Norma Ruiz.

3.______worked in a hospital a fewyears ago.

A. Claude Ansari B. Su Chenwang

C. Norma Ruiz D. Su Chenwang's hus-band

4. Su Chenwang's children are attend-ing school in________.

A. France B. the U. S

C. Taiwan D. Guatemala

5. These three people may_______together.

A. go mountain climbing

B. listen to music

C. go to movies

D. study in the same class

(H)

Mr. White worked in London. He was afamous scientist. He was interested innothing except his work. He forgot every-thing else when he was working.

One afternoon he received a telephonecall: his only son had been knocked downby a car in Paris. The young man's legwas seriously hurt and he had to be takento hospital. Mrs. White was worried andasked her husband to go there with her tosee him at once. The scientist was busywith his work， so he made quite a fewexcuses， but it only made her angry. Fi-nally he agreed to leave for Paris with her.Their flight number was BA 347.

They arrived at the hospital in theevening. A friend of their son's asked，\"When did you start your journey， Mr.White?\"

\"At half past five，\" answered Mr. White.

\"Today or yesterday?\"

\"What's the date today?\"

\"July 3.\"

\"Oh， I remember，\" said Mr. White，\"Westarted out this afternoon.\"

\"How did you come here， by air or bysea?\"\"l don't know，\" answered Mr. White.\"You'd better ask my wife. She alwaysarranges(安排) these things.\"

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1. A famous scientist called Mr. White___.

2. Mr. White received a telephone call_____.

3. Mrs. White was worried about herson and____.

4. Mr .White was busy with his work_____.

5. Finally Mr. White agreed to leaveLondon and________.

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A. and made quite a few excuses ofwhy he could not go

B. asked her husband to go to Pariswith her

C. go to Paris with his wife

D. telling him his son had been knockeddown by a car

E. was only interested in his work

(I)

Scientists are trying to turn desertsinto land that can be used again. Theywant to bring water to the deserts， sothat people can live and grow food. Theyare learning a lot about deserts.___1__.Scientists may not be able to change thedeserts in time.

Why is more and more land becomingdesert? Scientists think that people makedeserts.___2

Some places on the earth don't getvery much rain. But they still don't becomedeserts. __3___Small green plants and grassare very important to dry places.____4___.Plants stop the wind blowing the soil away.When a little bit of rain falls， the plantsretain(保留;保持) the water.____5____.

A. They don't take care of the envi-ronment properly.

B. Plants prevent the hot sun frommaking the earth even drier.

C. This is because plants growthere.

D. Without plants， a desert is formedmuch more easily.

E. But more and more of the land isbecoming desert.

6. Deserts______.

A. get very little rain

B. contain no life

C. can easily be turned into land thatcan be used by people

D. both A and C

7. Small green plants are very impor-tant to dry places because_______.

A. they don't prevent the sun frommaking the earth even drier

B. they stop the wind blowing the earthaway

C. they retain water

D. all of the above

8. Land is becoming desert little by littlebecause_________.

A. plants can't grow there

B. there is not enough rain

C. people don't look after the environ-ment

D. scientist know little about the deserts

9. Which is the main idea of the firstparagraph?

A. Scientists know deserts very well，they can change deserts into good landeasily.

B. Land is becoming desert faster thanscientists can change it back into goodland.

C. People can live and grow food in thedeserts.

D. Scientists are changing deserts intogood land more and more quickly.

10. From reading this passage， we learnthat________.

A. plants can help prevent dry landfrom becoming desert

B. it is good to get rid of the grass ina desert

C. all places without much rain willbecome deserts

D. it's better to grow crops on dryland than to grow grass

(J)

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Mark Twain， the famous Americanwriter， was travelling in France. One dayhe was going to Dijon by train. That after-noon he was very tired and wanted tosleep. He asked the conductor to wake himup when they arrived in Dijon. He explainedthat he was a very heavy sleeper， \"I\"llprobably protest(抗議)loudly when you tryto wake me up，\" he said to the conductor.\"But do not take any notice， just keeppushing me.\"

Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later，when he woke up， it was nighttime and thetrain was already in Paris. He realized atonce that the conductor had forgotten towake him up at Dijon. He was very angry.He ran up to the conductor and began toshout at him. \"1 haven't been so angry in allmy life，\" Mark Twain said.

The conductor looked at him calmly(平靜地). \"You are not half as angry as theAmerican whom I put off the train at Dijon，\"he said.

1. Mark Twain is a famous_______.

A. singer B. conductor C. writer D.Frenchman

2. Mark Twain was very_______when hegot on the train.

A. happy 13. tired C. sleep D. heavy

3. He wanted the conductor to_______.

A. wake him up at Paris

B. carry him off the train

C. wake him up at Dijon

D. wake him and another American upat Diion

4. -Did the conductor forget his promise?

－________.

A. No， he didn't B. Yes， he did

C. No， but he woke up the wrong Ameri-can

D. I think so

5. Which of the following statements isright?

A. There was only one American on thetrain.

B. Mark Twain and his friend， anotherAmerican， wanted to go to Dijon.

C. Mark Twain woke his friend up.

His friend was very angry.

D. When Mark Twain found he was inParis， he became very angry.

Mark Twain is a f______(6)Americanwriter. One day， he wanted to go to Dijonby train. He was very tired， so when hewas on the train， he asked the conductorto w______(7) him up when they arrived inDijon. He told him that he was a very____(8)h sleeper， and if he couldn't wake him up，just to keep on trying. Then Mark Twainwent to sleep. When Mark Twain woke up，he was a_______(9)in Paris. He was veryangry. The conductor had made a mistakeand put another American i____(10) ofMark Twain off the train in Dijon.

(K)

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A man called Mr. Smith walked into adoctor's examining room.

\"Stick out(伸出) your tongue，\" the doc-tor said.

The man stuck out his tongue and thedoctor looked at it q_______ (1).

\"OK. You can put your tongue b_____(2)in now，\" the doctor said. \"It's clear what'swrong with you. You need more exercise.\"

\"But， doctor，\" the man said. \"I don'tthink...\"

\"Don't tell me what you think，\" thedoctor said. \"I'm the doctor， not you. Iknow what you need. I see hundreds ofpeople like you. N______(3)of them get anyexercise. They sit in offices all day and infront of the TV in the evening. What youneed is to walk quickly for at I______(4) 20minutes a day.\"

\"Doctor， you don't understand，\" thepatient said. \"I...\"

\"I don't want to hear any e______(5)，\"the doctor said. \"You must find time forexercise. If you don't， you will get fat andhave health problems when you are o_____(6)\"

\"But I walk every day，\" the patientsaid.

\"Oh， yes. And I know what kind ofwalking that is. You walk a few feet to thetrain station from your house， a few morefeet from your o_____(7)to a restaurantfor lunch and back. That's not real walking.I'm t_______(8)about a walk in the park fortwenty minutes every day.\"

\"Will you listen to.me， doctor?\" thepatient s______(9)， getting angry with thedoctor who thought he knew everything.

\"I'm a postman，\" thepatient went on，\"a_______.(10)1 walk for seven hours everyday !\"

For a moment the doctor said nothing，then he said quietly， \"Stick your tongue

out again， will you?\"

11. Where does Mr. Smith work?

_______________________________

12. What does the doctor tell Mr. Smithhe should do after looking at .his tongue?

__________________________________

13. What do you think of the doctor?

___________________________________

(L)

The world is not hungry， but it is thirsty.It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of theearth is covered with water while we saywe are short of water. Why? Because about97% of water on the earth is sea waterwhich we can't drink or use for wateringplants directly. Man can only drink and usethe 3%-the water that comes from riversand lakes. And we can't even use all ofthat， because some of it has been polluted.

Now more water is needed. The prob-lem is: can we avoid(避免) a serious watershortage later on? First， we should all learnhow to save water. Secondly， we shouldfind out ways to reuse it. Today， in mostlarge cities water is used only once andthen runs to the sea or rivers. But it canbe used again. However， even if everylarge city reused its water， there still wouldnot be enough. What could people turn tonext?

The sea seems to have the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea. All thatneeds to be done is to remove the saltfrom the sea water. This is expensive， butit's already happening in many parts of theworld. Scientists are trying to find a cheaperway of removing it. So you see， if we canfind a way out， we'll be in no danger ofdrying up.

1. The world is thirsty because______.

A. 3/4 of the earth is covered withwater

B. we have enough sea water to usedirectly

C. we haven't used all the water inrivers and lakes

D. about 97% of water on the earthcan't be drunk or used for watering plantsdirectly

2. From the passage we learn________.

A. if every city reuses its water， we'llbe in no danger of drying up

B. man can only drink and use about25% of the world's water

C. water in most large cities is usedonly once

D. water can be used only once

3. According to the passage what isthe best anwer to solving the water short-age problem?

A. Saving water and trying to makebetter usa of the water in rivers and lakes.

B. Keeping rivers and lakes clean.

C. Cleaning and reusing dirty water.

D. Removing the salt from sea waterand then using this water.

(M)

You are travelling in Inner Mongolia. Youwant to book a room in a hotel， but youdon't know any hotels. Look at the follow-ing two pages from a brochure(小冊子).Then answer the questions.

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Happy Holiday Hotel 150 rooms Two res-taurants (24 hr.). Swimming pool Near thedowntown 189 Shanghai Road Double room:￥30/day (without bathroom) Single room:￥60 / day Tel: 0778-7404475 Fax. 0778-8808865 Whether you are a large or smallgroup ， we are happy to help you!

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Grassland Hotel Beautiful scenery in allseasons Great for large groups of familiesA restaurant with delicious food Outdoorsports available Double room.￥40 / day(with bathroom) Single room:￥50 / dayTel: 0858-3893493 Fax: 0858-3883593 You canenjoy yourselves by riding horses and eat-ing delicious food!

1. Where is the Happy Holiday Hotel?

2. How much will you pay if you want adouble room for two days at the GrasslandHotel?

3. How long are the restaurants atHappy Holiday Hotel open for?

4. Where should you stay if you wantto ride a horse?

5. Why are the double rooms more ex-pensive at the Grassland Hotel?

A)1-5 FTTFT B)1-5 ABCDB C)1-5CBDCB

D)I. schoolboy called(named) 2. told，to post 3. used to put 4. asked， surprise5. end， found， posted

E)I. He comes from Britain， 2. He wrotea report about his machine. 3.如果你同大多數人一樣。4. The human mind. 5. It coulddecipher Nazi codes at high speed.

F)1. broken 2. cast 3. six 4. whether/if 5. the

G)1-5 DACBD

H) 1-5 EDBAC

I) 1-5 EACBD 6-10 ADCBA

J)1-5 CBCCD 6. famous 7. wake 8.heavy 9. already 10. instead

K) 1. quickly 2. back 3. None 4. least5. excuse 6. older 7. office 8. talking 9.shouted/said 10. and 11. Mr. Smith workedat a post office. 12. The doctor told Mr.Smith to do more exercise. 13.I don't thinkthe doctor is a very good doctor.(可以有不同的答案)

L)1-3 DCD

M)I. On Shanghai Road./Near thedowtown. 2. 80 yuan. 3. 24 hours a day.4. Grassland Hotel. 5. They are more ex-pensive because they have a bathroom.