秘密启用前2016年广州市初中毕业生学业考试英语本试卷共四大题，12页，满分110分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动。先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。一、 语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was _1_ in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season, _2_ potatoes were dug out of the ground, and readied for market. In each home, men and women would _3_ divide the potatoes into three groups: large, medium and small. One year, there was a young man _4_ received his share of the potatoes. As the other villagers _5_, he walked around the village laughing and talking. _6_ villagers though he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get _7_ potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers _8_ to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the mans potatoes _9_ perfectly into three groups. After _10_ the man how did it, they understood he was not lazy, _11_ very clever. He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the villages rough dirt road. As the cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved _12_. The smaller potatoes moved to the bottom, the large potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested _13_ the middle. Life _14_ like this too. The rough roads we travel along can also _15_ us.1. A. richB. richerC. richestD. more rich 2. A. thousand withB. thousands withC. thousand ofD. thousands of3. A. busilyB. busyC. more busilyD. busier4. A. whoB. whichC. whatD. whose5. A. workB. was workingC. were workingD. works6. A. AB. AnC. TheD. /7. A. heB. himC. himselfD. his8. A. goB. goingC. to goD. went9. A. are dividedB. were dividedC. are dividingD. divided10. A. askingB. askedC. askD. asks11. A. soB. andC. orD. but12. A. tooB. alsoC. eitherD. neither13. A. onB. inC. withD. by14. A. hasB. areC. wereD. is15. A. to helpB. helpC. helpsD. helped123456789101112131415二、完形填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1625各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 When Rebecca was a middle school student, she was often bullied(欺凌). At that time, she didnt want to tell others. However, she now thinks people who are bullied should talk about their _16_. Rebecca says that many people who are bullied _17_ in silence. She says that although she _18_ heard a lot about bullying when she was in primary school, she never thought it would happen to her. Rebecca told us that the bullying began when she went to middle school. People started making fun of her for being a _19_ student and knowing all the answers. She went on to say that every time she answered a question correctly in class, everyone would start shouting and saying that she was too _20_ for them. She told us that by the end of the year, she was very _21_ about the bullying and became ill. She began to hate school. But _22_ she had a friend who she could talk to, and they told their head teacher about her problem. She believes that talking to the teacher _23_ her a lot. They found ways to deal with the problem, and the bullying finally _24_. Her _25_ is, dons see yourself as the problem. Nobody should be bullied. But if you dont tell anyone what is going on, nobody will know that you need help.16171819202122232425三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）第一节 阅读理解(A) “Save the whales!” Thats what the picture on Jake Smiths bedroom wall said. Jake liked having a picture that said something important that showed he cared. He just never expected to get a chance to save a real whale, one right in his own neighbourbood. It was a Saturday morning when the newspaper first reported the whales coming. A group of the animals were swimming close to the beach in Jakes hometown. All the local people rushed out to the beach to see them. They were expecting a beautiful show, better than a movie, but nothing theyd have to do anything about. Then one whale swam in their direction, directly towards land. It came in with the waves, and when the waves receded, it stayed. Its huge body rested on the sand. Suddenly, Jake and his family and all the others were no longer sightseers. They had to become rescuers. A few people ran towards the animal. They pushed and tried to force the whale back into the water, but it was no use. An animal rescue service team soon arrived in a truck with heavy lifting machinery, to help move the animal. Jake and his f