2015包头市高中招生考试 （英语卷）听力（略）单选题：1. Honey! Lets go out for supper! - _. I dont have to cook. A. Thats great! B. Why? C. Forget it! D. Never mind!2. Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _them too hard. A. draw B. cry C. pass D. push3. In order to find _better living environment, he decided to move to the west of the country. A. an B. a C. / D. the4. Im not finished with my dinner yet. - But our friends _for us. A. wait B. waited C. are waiting D. were waiting5. The large grassland, reaching out far away, looks extremely beautiful _the blue and clean sky. A. against B. above C. through D. past6. If you can speak English well, you will have a great _over others while looking for a job. A. activity B. article C. agreement D. advantage 7. To get more information about the topic today, use the internet or go to the library, or _.A. neither B. both C. some D. all8. I didnt do well in the last English exam. How about you?- _.A. Ill do better next time B. Me too C. Even worse D. I like English, though9. When you get home, please call me to let us know that you _safetly. A. would arrive B. have arrived C. had arrived D. will arrive10. Its very _to feel nervous when you go to a new school. A. natural B. dangerous C. soft D. cool11. You have to be fairly good speaker to _listeners interest for over an hour. A. hold B. make C. improve D. receive 12. We had to wait half an hour _we had already booked a table. A. or B. once C. although D. as 13. Is your homework done? - _. I need at least another two hours.A. Exactly B. Far from it C. Not a little D. No wonder14. Mike, can you go and _how many flights there are from our city to London every day?A. work out B. look out C. give out D. find out15. Its said that the new highway has been completed. - Yes, but we dont know _its to be opened to traffic soon. A. which B. when C. whether D. since 完形填空：Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing _1_ asking a great many questions about it. His _2_was very patient and kind. When it was _3_to answer his questions, she would do so. Sometimes she would say, “You are not _4_enough to understand that, my son. When you are ten years old, you many ask me about it, and I will tell you.”The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏),he was very much interested, but he did not know _5_it was. His mother said, An hourglass is made in the _6_of the figure 8. The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the _7_. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour. When Frank watched the little stream of sand, he was impatient, _8_it would not run faster. “Let me _9_it, mother,” said Frank:“it is lazy, and will never get through.”“Oh yes, it will,my son,”said his mother. “The sand moves down little by little, but it moves all the time. “When you look at the _10_of the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do; but they never _11_.”“While you are playing, the sand is running, grain(颗粒) by grain.The hands of the clock are moving, second by second. At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its face. This is because they keep working every _12_. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, or how long it will _13_them to do it. Now Franks mother wanted him to learn a little poem, but he said, “Mother, I can _14 _do it. His mother said, “Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon.”Frank _15_his mothers advice. He studied line after line, very busily; and in one hour and half he knew the poem perfectly. 1. A. without B. except C. for D. about2. A. father B. brother C. mother D. sister3. A. easy B. proper C. impossible D. useless4. A. popular B. wise C. friendly D. old5. A. what B. why C. how D. who6. A. for B. shape C. time D. number7. A. middle B. back C. front D. top8. A. so B. because C. before D. until9. A. kick B. touch C. drop D. shake10.A. faces B. time C. hands D. surface11.A. stop B. worry C. walk D. talk12.A. year B. minute C. day D. month13.A. bring B. leave C. take D. offer14.A. finally B. easily C. carefully D. hardly15.A. refused B. allowed C. followed D. forgot阅读理解AWould you like to hear me tell a story? I will tell you where I live, what I do, and what I see. My little house is up in a tree. It has no doors or windows. I do not go up any stairs(楼梯) to get to my house. I fly into it when I have been out. I always go home early, and never sit up late at night. That is not good for me any more than it is good for boys and girls. I go out very early in the morning to look for something to eat. That is the best time to find worms(虫子