2013年福建省厦门市中考英语试题 （试卷满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟）第一部分 （选择题）（二）基础知识与运用（每小题1.5分，共30分）.选择填空：从A、B、C中，选出一个最佳答案完成句子。 17. Nowadays people care more about the safety of . Everyone wants to eat healthily.A. foods B. clothes C. houses 18. Emma, can you introduce _ to Alice? I want to make friends with her. A. him B. her C. me 19. Nothing in the world is _ if you put your heart into it. I agree. Youll succeed if you work hard.A. important B. impossible C. necessary 20. Can I help you, sir? A cup of coffee milk, please.A. with B. of C. on 21. Would you like to come to my party on Saturday, Sam? Id love to, I cant. I have to take a piano lesson. A. and B. but C. or 22. is it from our school to the beach? About 7 kilometers.A. How far B. How long C. How often23. Look, my father bought me a new iPad. I dont think we need too many expensive things even though our parents can them. A. allow B. expect C. afford 24. How was your holiday last weekend? Good. I _ to the mountains with my brother.A. go B. wentC. will go 25. I missed the early bus and I had to _ the next one on such a cold morning. Back luck!A. give up B. put offC. wait for 26. Today, smart phones are really helpful. They _ everywhere.A. use B. are usingC. are used 27. Im trying to sleep. Would you mind _ the music, please? Sorry, Ill listen to it outside. A. turning down B. turning on C. turning up 28. Excuse me. Could you tell me how I can get to the Olympic Park? _. Im new here, too. A. Thats all rightB. Sorry, I dont knowC. Go ahead, please VI.完形填空：从A、B、C中，选择一个最佳答案,使短文意思完整。D.I.Y means: “Do It Yourself. ”More and more people are doing things themselves. There are many 29 for this, and here are some of them. First, D.I.Y is a(an) 30 way to do things. It helps you save money. Second, people enjoy knowing 31 to do something new. They feel better when they learn a new job. Third, some people work better by themselves. They can 32 something that they have, made or done and say 33 , “I did this all by myself.”One of my friends bought a(an) 34 house a few months ago. Now his house looks as beautiful as a new one after he and his wife 35 all the walls in every room. Another example is my neighbor, John, who owns two cars. He went to a night school to learn how to 36 cars. Now he has learned to do most of the repair work. He enjoys the work very much.29. A. reasons B. habits C. problems30. A. easier B. stranger C. cheaper31. A. why B. how C. who32. A. look at B. look for C. look up33. A. carefully B. nervously C. proudly34. A. wet B. old C. far35. A. painted B. broke C. covered36. A. drive B. fix C. sell（三）阅读理解 （每小题2分，共50分）VII. 阅读下面五篇短文，根据文章的内容选择最佳答案作答37-61小题。AI was going to bed the other night when my wife told me that I had left the light on in the shed（储藏室）. She could see it from the bedroom window. As I looked for myself, I saw that there were thieves in the shed taking things. I phoned the police, but they told me that no one was in this area to help at this time, but they would send someone over as soon as they were free.I said OK, hung up, and waited one minute, then phoned the police back, “Hello, I just called you a minute ago because there were thieves in my shed. Well, you dont have to worry about them now because Ive killed them all.”Within five minutes there were six police cars in the area. Of course, they caught the thieves very quickly. One of the officers said: “I thought you said that youd killed them!” I replied with “I thought you said there was nobody free!”37. There were thieves in the .A. shedB. bedroomC. kitchen38. The man when he found the thieves.A. caught them by himselfB. called the police at onceC. did nothing but wait39. The police said that so they couldnt come and help at first.A. it was too farB. the car was broken C. they were all busy40. The police when the man called them again.A. found it boringB. took it seriousC. let it go41. The thieves were at the end of the story.A. lost B. killed C. caughtBGood evening and welcome to World Views. Earlier in the day, we spoke to four different people about family traditions. Heres what they said. Christmas presents One of our traditions is to do with Christmas presents. Most people open their presents in the morning, but we open ours in the late afternoon after Christmas lunch. Its really nice to do so because opening the presents in the morning makes the rest of the day, you know, its boring. Well, thats what we think. Easter (复活节)eggs When we were kids, my parents used to by little chocolate eggs and hide (藏) them around the house. Then when theyd finished w