1 2011 牛津中考英语模拟试卷9 一、选择填空： （共 24 小题；每小题 1 分，满分24 分） （）1. My father feels _ because he heard from _ today. A. happy; an old friend of him B. happy; an old friend of his C. happily; one of his old friends D. happily; an old friend of him （）2. There a wonderful English film next week. A. is going to have B. will have C. is going to D. is going to be （）3. Let s encourage the boy. He to sing on the stage. A. dares not B. doesn t dare C. dare not D. don t dare （）4. Is Li Ming in the classroom? No, he there. I saw him in the reading room just now. A. can t beB. mustn t beC. needn t beD. is （）5. It s great to have robots_ housework for us. A. do B. to do C. doing D. done （）6. More than 3010 people in the traffic accident yesterday. A. killed B. are killed C. were killed D. have been killed （）7. Look, the room is so dirty. It needs . A. clean B. cleans C. to clean D. cleaning （）8. Its easy to make football fans when they are watching an game. A. excited; excited B. excited; exciting C. exciting; excited D. exciting; exciting （）9. I feel worried when I can t think of anyone _. A. to talk B. to talk to C. talk to D. to talk to about （）10. It is you that _ wrong. A. is B. was C. are D. has been （）11. of the students of our school girls. A. Two-third, are B. Two-thirds, is C. Two-thirds, are D. second-three, are （）12. My aunt often talks _her friends _the phone _ weekend. A. to; with; on B. with; on; at C. about; on; through; D. of; by; at （）13. He used on the right in China, but he soon got used on the left in England. A. to drive; to drive B. to drive; driving C. to driving; to drive D. to drive; to driving （）14. No one can be sure in a million years. A. what man will look like B. what will man look like C. man will look like what D. what look will man like 2 B）完形填空（共 10 小题； 每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意， 然后在每小题的A B C D 四个选项选出最佳选项。 When I was a boy. Each of my holidays seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 1 . All day I played on the sands with strange excited children. We made houses and gardens, and 2 the tide（潮水） destroy them. When the tide went out, we 3 over the rocks and looked down at the 4 in the rock pools. In those days, the sun seemed to shine always brightly 5 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 6 destroyed houses and dark woods. There were sweets in one s pockets or good places one could buy ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime. Though I am thirty-five years old, my 7 of good holiday is much the same as it was. I still like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I never wish to build any sand house or sand garden. 8 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers. Sometimes I wonder what my ideal 9 will be like when I am old. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about children who make houses and gardens with sand, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 10 because of too many ice creams. ( )1. A. sea B. lake C. mountain D. river ( )2. A. made B. watched C. heard D. brought ( )3. A. flew B. jumped C. turned D. climbed ( )4. A. dolphins B. penguins C. sharks D. fishes ( )5. A. but B. and C. yet D. or ( )6. A. exploring B. examing C. repairing D. painting ( )7. A. book B. idea C. picture D. spirit ( )8. A. However B. But C. So D. Whenever ( )9. A. house B. garden C. tide D. holiday ( )10. A. angry B. tired C. sad D. sick 二、阅读理解： （共 10 小题；每小题2 分，满分20 分） ( A ) Our village carpenter（木匠）, John Bill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill（账单） for the job. My wife said to me, quietly, That s his ninth cup of tea today. But she said, in a loud voice, It s a beautiful table, dear, isn t it? I ll decide on that when I see the bill. I said. One dining table 10 November 1989 Cost（成本） of wood $ 17.00 3 Paint S 1.50 Work, 8 hours （$ 1 an hour）$ 8.00 Total（合计）$ 36.50 When I was looking at the bill, John said, It s been a fine day, hasn t it? Quite sunny. Yes, I said, I m glad it s only the 10 th of November. Me, too, said John. You wait- it ll be a lot colder by the end of the month. Yes. Colder and more expensive! Dining tables will be $ 20 more expensive on November 30 th, won t they, John? John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him. If it isn t too much trouble, John, I said, Please add it up again. You can forget the date I paid him $ 26.50 and he was happy to get it. 1. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill? A.Because he didn t want the writer to go through the bill carefully. B.Because it was really a fine day. C.Becau