2012年无锡市初中毕业升学模拟考试 英语试卷 本试题分两卷。第卷（客观题）在第1至第5页，第卷（主观题）在第6至第7页。 考试时间为100分钟。试卷满分为90分。注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡的相应位置上，并认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证是否与本人相符合。2. 答客观题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的正确选项涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3. 答主观题必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上。如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案。不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷（客观题 共50分）1、 单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。（本大题共14分，每小题1分）( )1. The second Sunday of May is _ Mothers Day. Its _special day for children to show their love for their mothers. A. a；the B. the；a C. 不填；a D. 不填；the( )2. Here are three books on history. Which one would you like to borrow?_. You see, Im interested in geography these days. A. All B. None C. Both D. Each( )3. Mandeep can go to school now. UNICEF has paid for her _ A. education B.vacation C.competition D. invention( )4. Lucy liked all the dresses there, but she took the _one to save as much money as possible for Project Hope. A. cheaper B. more expensive C. cheapest D. most expensive( )5. Look! That teacher is explaining something to her students again and again! _teacher she is! A. How patient B. What patient C. How a patient D. What a patient( )6. David didnt give up _ he had failed in the experiment four times A. if B. while C. though D.since( )7. Wearing white can help people _when they feel stressed. A. fall down B. calm down C. look down D. come down( )8. Everyone, including her parents, _ the Wolf Hill, and they will be back this afternoon. A. has gone to B. have gone to C. has been to D. have been to( )9. For everyones safety, we _ a1ways remember the law against driving after drinking. A. could B. should C. might D. would( )10. The factory _ its waste into the river, but now it deals with the waste in a new way. A. used to dump B. is used to dumpC. used to dumping D. is used to dumping( )11. The food in the fridge _ bad. Throw it away, please. A. is smelt terrible B. smells terrible C. smells terriblyD. is smelt terribly( )12. Young people usually_ city life to country life while old people _ enjoy country life.A. would rather; prefer B. prefer; would rather C. would rather; would rather D. prefer; prefer( )13. Simon, I wonder _. Last Saturday. A. when the foreign visitors arrived B. when did the foreign visitors arriveC. when the foreign visitors will arrive D. when will the foreign visitors arrive( )14. Im sorry. That wasnt of much help. _. In fact, it was most helpful.A. Thanks anyway B. It doesnt matter C. Of course not D. Sure it was2、 完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可 以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10分，每 小题1分）On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain. 15 as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韵律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldnt 16 listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood in my hometown. When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and 17 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I 18 to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the 19 raindrops. When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row, they 20 a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops 21 the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（溅出）and then disappear slowly. I have been 22 interested in watching such a scene.Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the 23 of the earth, and one day we will embrace（拥抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the 24 of life.( )15. A. Surprised B. Sad C. ExcitedD. Angry( )16. A. standB. stopC. like D. think( )17. A. leaves B. animals C. children D. trees( )18. A. happened B. wanted C. wished D. used( )19. A. falling B. singing C. fallen D. broken( )20. A. make B. form C. cause D. rise( )21. A. see B. get C. reachD. cover( )22. A. always B. never C. sometimes D. seldom( )23.