【内蒙古呼和浩特市2015年中考英语试题】完型填空:(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” a note that read, “See me after class.”
The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an ‘F’?”
The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic (不现实的) dream for a young boy like you. Your family is not rich. Having a horse ranch needs a lot of . You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “ you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I’ll reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. But I think it is a very important for you.”
Finally, after thinking about it for several days, the boy handed in the same paper, making changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the ‘F’ and I’ll keep my dream.”
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People can’t be perfect in every way. What we can do is to change ourselves to become a better person.
My mother always _________ to me, “To make progress is important”.
Recently I felt very unhappy and worried because I didn’t do well in my _______ exam. I prepared for it _________ for a long time. I spent a lot of time reviewing books and test papers in order to get good grades. But my careful preparation didn’t ___________ any rewards. My good friend found out that I was terribly sad. I told her all my feelings. I thought I was _________ and helpless. When I looked at the wide sky, I couldn’t help __________. She sat next to me, __________ my hands, but said nothing until I stopped crying. She cheered me up and encouraged me, “ Trust me, you’re great.”
The sentence encouraged me and brought sunshine into my life. I never felt so happy as I did that day. I learned that life isn’t always__________, but the changes make us wiser. Records do not mean _______.
What we have done is more important than the result. One thing I’d like to change is that I don’t want to ________ by weak points. I want to be an optimistic(乐观的) girl.
A.says B.tells C.speaks D.talks
A.month B.month’s C.monthly D.months’
A.careful B.carelessly C.careless D.carefully
A.bring B.take C.carry D.catch
A.hope B.hopeful C.hopeless D.hopes
A.cry B.to cry C.cried D.crying
A.holding B.to hold C.hold D.held
A.safe B.ugly C.beautiful D.dangerous
A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
A.control B.be controlled C.controlled D.controlling
Do you have to be very smart to live a happy life? The character of Mc Dull(麦兜)tells you that this is not true. He is for having a birthmark on his right eye. He is not very clever, _ he has a heart of gold. He is also happy, lots of dreams. Mc Dull wanted to the Maldives(马尔代夫). But his mother didn't have enough money for a there. So she lied to him and him to a lace called Hong Kong. The place has a sign that , "Go to the Maldives." It made Mc Dull very . He thought he was really in the Maldives!
Mc Dull is just a common pig. He has many ,but they never come true. That doesn't stop him trying. Mc Dull lives his life in a simple and happy . His idea towards life is give up".
The cartoon pig character was in Hong Kong by Alice Mark and Brian Tse. Mc Dull first up as a character in the Mc Mug comics. Mc Mug is another cartoon . But Mc Dull is
A.confident B.famous C.modem D.silly
A.since B.because C.but D.unless
A.between B.under C.without D.with
A.visit B.avoid C.from D.protect
A.school B.camera C.trip D.object
A.returned B.took C.realized D.provided
A.tells B.speaks C.talks D.says
A.excited B.sad C.serious D.typical
A.storms B.pressures C.dreams D.snacks
A.road B.way C.street D.skill .
A.Always B.Usually C.seldom D.Never
A.created B.depended C.Suddenly D.compared
A.ended B.argued C.showed D.fixed
A.person B.pig C.pet D.kindness
A.nowhere B.somewhere C.anywhere D.Everywhere
We all know that some things are obviously right. For example, it is right to be kind to other people. It is also right to look after the environment. Some things are wrong, too. For instance, we should not hurt or bully others, nor should we litter. Rules often tell us what is right or wrong.
Rules can help the public make the right , and remain safe. Car drivers have to obey traffic regulations that tell them the right things to do on the road to avoid crashes. Cyclists who give signals before turning or stopping help prevent .
If people follow rules without taking other matters into consideration, it will be for them to form what is sometimes called a “black and white” view. For example, they may believe that people should always tell the truth, and that lying is acceptable. Such people always stick to their views, even if it means that they may get into trouble.
Sometimes it may not be so easy to know what is right or wrong. Some people choose not to eat meat because they believe that it is cruel to eat animals, but others argue that they can eat meat and be kind to animals; some insist that stealing is always wrong, but others think that one does not need to feel when stealing some food to eat, if lives in a really poor area and he is starving. Rules help us live together in harmony, because they show us the right way to _ others. However, some people argue that rules may be confusing, having observed that rules change all the time, and that some schools have some regulations and other have different ones --- so who is to __ what is right?
A.equally B.slightly C.clearly D.increasingly
A.suggestion B.conclusions C.turns D.choices
A.accidents B.mistakes C.falls D.deaths
A.interesting B.vital C.easy D.valuable
A.seldom B.rarely C.merely D.never
A.roughly B.exactly C.deliberately D.eventually
A.still B.even C.later D.somehow
A.nervous B.anxious C.afraid D.guilty
A.follow B.instruct C.treat D.protect
A.predict B.decide C.discover D.consider
For foreigners in China, food isn’t simply a meal. It’s sometimes a . I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks correctly when I sit down in a restaurant.
Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, food becomes a guessing game. My father and I often what kind of vegetables or meat we’re eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, it took three waiters 15 minutes to take our order for . I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu. There were two , however. There were neither pictures nor English on the menu. Finally, he just ordered a Coca Cola.
One of our most embarrassing(令人尴尬的) experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always , so we thought it might be a good restaurant to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many choices. Luckily, the waiter was very and successfully understood us. During the dinner, noodles slipped(滑落) through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. Once, I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I it on his shorts. We both looked at it as it fell to the floor. I looked behind me and people were about my chopsticks skills.
No matter how difficult it is for us to understand the menu, the waiters are always very understanding of our . They always give us good service, even when they realize they have to clean up the noodles that have slipped through my chopsticks.
A.surprise B.challenge C.prize D.mistake
A.cooking B.selling C.sending D.ordering
A.fear B.report C.explain D.guess
A.dessert B.fruit C.drinks D.vegetables
A.problems B.inventions C.chances D.directions
A.noisy B.peaceful C.crowded D.empty
A.honest B.patient C.proud D.brave
A.ate B.dropped C.prepared D.got
A.laughing B.thinking C.arguing D.learning
A.culture B.habit C.conversation D.Situation
“I love you” might be one of the most important combinations of three words in the English language. It’s the that a romantic relationship is serious. Besides, it also shows the closeness for parents, children or the ones who you love.
In Putonghua, “I love you” as “Wo ai ni”, but the way it’s used in China might be a little different, and most Chinese people are wondering .
The Global Times reports that some online videos showing children telling their parents “I love you” have become in China. One of them, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. “Are you drunk?” asked a parent. In another video, shot by a Shanxi TV station, the parents’ responses (反应) are still mixed. For example, a father responded bluntly (率直地) — “I am going to a meeting, so much for that.”
Why don’t Chinese families use those words? “The parents’ responses show that many Chinese are not good at their feelings like that,” Xia Xueluan, a sociologist from Peking University, told the Global Times, “They are used to educating children with negative (否定的) language.”
Still, that doesn’t that love can’t be shown. In another article, Zhao Mengmeng, a 31-year-old woman, said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face she found it a bit strange. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. However, Zhao gave her father a photo album recording photographs of them together on every one of her birthdays. The pictures were on the Internet later, being forwarded (转发) hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo.
A.value B.symbol C.clue D.reason
A.includes B.practises C.translates D.recommends
A.why B.what C.how D.when
A.humorous B.dangerous C.boring D.popular
A.different B.nervous C.similar D.fixed
A.more B.much C.little D.many
A.explaining B.creating C.expressing D.discovering
A.mean B.doubt C.allow D.know
A.if B.until C.but D.because
A.cost B.put C.solved D.dropped