2015中考英語語篇及作文專項訓練（二）

一、完形填空（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案。Do you have the ability to live cheaply?Now here’s a true story of an American girl,Sarah. 1Sarah left university,she began to live in New York City on her own.She found a job in a publishing house,but the salary was2$30,000 a year.Her parents thought her life would be hard,but Sarah could live on her salary and still saved$5,000 in a year.How was that 3in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small.For most people,that4 housing.So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends.Her next biggest cost was5. When she ate out,she went to cheap restaurant.6she bought a$9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant.She then took the chicken bones home and made soup out of them.Nowadays young people often7a lot of money on entertainment.But Sarah said,“I enjoy walking8 in New York City.I love going to museums and parks.”Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living?Not really.She even managed to take two trips,one to the Netherlands,9to Portland.

“Don’t think of saving money as something10.It’s a kind of game,”said Sarah.

二、閱讀理解（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分)

閱讀下列材料，從各小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案。

A

()11.Alice will________at 5:00.

()12.Peter should tell Stephen________.

()13.Jane hopes to________.

A.come to Natasha’s house to do her homework with her

B.come to Natasha’s house to study history with her

C.borrow the history homework from Natasha

D.borrow the notes about the history homework from Natasha

()14.If you were Anna,what would you write back to Monica?

A.Thanks for reminding me of the trip!I would like to take part in it!

B.Why not meet me the day after tomorrow?Let’s talk about it then.

C.Sure!Come and get them in the afternoon.

D.Sorry,my grandpa is coming.So I can’t go dancing with you.

()15.Who received the message in the morning?

B

When I was about twelve,I had an enemy,a girl who liked to point out my shortcoming. Sometimes she said I was thin.Sometimes she said I was lazy.Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student.Sometimes she said I talked too much,and so on.I tried toput up withher as long as I could.At last,I became very angry.I ran to my father with tears in eyes.

He listened to me quietly,and then he asked,“Are the things she said true or not?Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like?Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true.Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

I did as he told me and to my surprise,I discovered that about half the things were true.I brought the list back to my dad.He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,”he said.“You know better anyone else the truth about yourself.When something said about you is true,you’ll find it helpful to you.Don’t shut your ears.Listen to them all,but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”

Many years have passed.The situation often appears in my mind.In our life we often meetwith some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice.For some advice you will treasure all your life!

()16.What did the writer’s father do after he heard her complaints?

A.He agreed with her“enemy”.

B.He let her continue to put up with her“enemy”.

C.He told her to write down all her“enemy”had said about her.

D.He told her not to pay attention to what her“enemy”had said.

()17.The writer felt________when she did the things as her father had told her.

()18.The underlined phrase“put up with”means________in Chinese.

()19.Which of the following can we know from the passage?

A.The“enemy”thought the writer was pretty.

B.The“enemy”thought the writer studied hard.

C.The writer and her“enemy”became best friends at last.

D.The writer is grateful to her father.

()20.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.My Parents.

B.A Serious Criticism.

C.What People Say about You Is Always Right.

D.The Best Advice I Ever Had.

C

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems.Some of his most famous plays are

, ,and so on.He wrote thirty-seven plays in all.They are still popular today.

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England.He liked watching plays at school when he was a boy.He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen.

In 1582,he got married with a farmer’s daughter who was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter and later they had twins.In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown,Stratford-upon-Avon.His wife and children stayed behind.No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.He became an actor,and he also wrote plays.He usually acted in his own plays.He earned almost no money from his writing.But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

At the age of forty-nine,William Shakespeare retired and went to live in his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon.He died at the age of fifty-two.He left his money to his family.He left his genius to the world.Today you still see his plays in English and in many other languages.He isone of the most famous writers in the world!

()21.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays EXCEPT________.

()22.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in________.

()23.In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown________.

()24.He got much money from________.

()25.According to the passage,which of the following is true?

A.Shakespeare had two children.

B.Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C.Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D.Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.

三、書面表達（滿分15分)

假如你叫李雷，你的筆友John從英國給你發(fā)了一封e-mail，介紹了英國四季的天氣情況和適合的戶外活動。請你給John回一封郵件，介紹一下中國的四季及適合的戶外活動。

要求：

1.條理清楚，語句通順，書寫規(guī)范；

2.文中不得出現(xiàn)真實校名及姓名；

3.郵件的開頭已經給出，不計入總詞數(shù)；

4.郵件不少于80詞，可適當發(fā)揮。

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