湖北省黄冈中学2019年中考英语理科实验班提前招生全真模拟卷(一)
I.单项填空
从每小题中所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( ) 1. The paper is due next month, and I am working seven days ______ week, often long into ______ night.
A. a, the B. the, / C. a, a D. /, the
( ) 2. —The film is, I have to say, not a bit interesting.
—Why? It’s ______ than the films I have ever seen.
A. no more interesting B. much less interesting
C. far more interesting D. any less interesting
( ) 3. She’s jogging around the park every morning in a(n) ______ to have a good shape.
A. contribution B. effort C. honor D. purpose
( ) 4. Facing up to your problem ______ running away from them is the best approach to working things out.
A. more than B. or rather C. along with D. rather than
( ) 5. It ______ be the vocabulary that caused you the problem in the exercise because you know a lot of words.
A. may B. couldn’t C. should D. needn’t
( ) 6. —Don't you believe me? — ______, I'll believe ______ you say.
A. No; whatever B. Yes; no matter what
C. No; no matter what D. Yes; whatever
( ) 7. The reason why life in the movie appears so much more satisfactory is that we look at it in an admiring way, only _______its pleasantness.
A. to see B. seeing C. see D. seen
( ) 8. It is helpful for older adults to exercise. Not only ______ them keep their bodies healthy, but it can also help their brains.
A. it helps B. helps it C. can it help D. it can help
( ) 9. Tom, please ______ your cell phone when Grandma is talking to you.
A. look up from B. look into
C. look back on D. look through
( ) 10. —Look! Somebody ______ the sofa.
—Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.
A. is cleaning B. was cleaning C. has cleaned D. had cleaned
( ) 11. ______ in the poorest area of Glasgow, he had a long, hard road to becoming a football star.
A. Being raised B. Raising C. Raised D. To raise
( ) 12. Shakespeare's writing is still popular today. It has really the test of time.
A. failed B. stood C. taken D. conducted
( ) 13. Was it in the library ______ he often went to do some reading ______ he met the famous writer?
A. that, that B. where, where C. where, that D. that, where
( ) 14. The basketball coach, as well as his team, ______ interviewed shortly after the match for their outstanding performance.
A. were B. was C. is D. are
( ) 15. —I’d like a wake-up call at 7:00 a.m., please!
—OK, ______.
A. help yourself B. You will certainly make it
C. just do what you like D. I’ll make sure you get one
II.完形填空
阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并将答案填在题前括号里。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town saying that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered, and they all __16__ his heart for it was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, "Why, your heart is not __17__ as beautiful as mine!" The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was full of __18__. It had places where pieces had been __19__ and other pieces put in, but they didn't __20__ quite right. In fact, in some places whole pieces were __21__.
