【2015年安徽省初中毕业学业考试英语试题】完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life as a midwife(接生婆), helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was . So she wants all the children in her village to .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with .” He also said, “She is doing well considering her . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school she came.”
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, girls in poor areas, that will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be --- a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on.”
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One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat ___26____a big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whistle from the bushes behind the tree. They turned around but could not see anything unusual. They were ____27______.
“Is 28 there?” Millie asked. Nobody answered. They 29 very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their way, they met Andy.
“What happened?” Andy asked. “There’s a ghost in the 30 . Please help us.” Millie said. “Really? Tell me more.” Andy said. Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park, 31 beside the tree and listened carefully. Then he heard 32 noise! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was now sure the sound33 from the bushes. He searched carefully.
“Oh! Here it is.” Andy said to himself. He 34a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it miaowed, 35 made a sound like a whisper.
A.under B.on C.behind D.in
A.excited B.frightened C.frightening D.exciting
A.saw B.looked C.heard D.listened
A.church B.school C.garden D.park
A.a B.the C.an D.other
A.came B.learned C.heard D.fell
A.smelled B.looked C.searched D.found
A.he B.she C.it D.that
"Where is the university(大学)?"This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥)ask. But no one can give them a 36 answer, for there is no wall to be found 37 the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, 38 , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and 39 of the thirty-one colleges (学院). .
Cambridge was already a 40 town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once 41 the Cam. A 42 was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name "Cambridge".
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much 43 in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a 44 in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100, 000. Many young students in other countries 45 to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.
A.true B.clear C.right D.real
A.around B.in C.near D.by
A.cinemas B.parks C.zoos D.libraries
A.parents B.farmers C.workers D.teachers
A.interesting B.usual C.developing D.common
A.said B.called C.spoken D.talked
A.bridge B.building C.station D.house
A.smaller B.slower C.faster D.cleaner
A.city B.college C.university D.country
A.stop B.hate C.hope D.need
Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb 31 highest peak (山峰) in the Alps. 32 mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop 33 and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not 34 his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber 35 was planning to climb the highest peak.
Franz was very angry when he found out 36 Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top 37 him.
Rudi turned out to be a very good climber, 38 as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz 39 behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the 40 to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to 41 him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was 42 and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.
He thought Saxo’s life was more 43 than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally 44 reached the top. Later, the villagers 45 knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.
A.the B.a C.an D./
A.Rudi B.The Rudi’s C.Rudis’ D.Rudi’s
A.climbing B.climb C.to climb D.climbed
A.try out B.give up C.go over D.work out
A.what B.which C.whom D.who
A.which B.what C.that D.where
A.after B.behind C.before D.over
A.but B.so D.for
A.walked B.rested C.stayed D.watched
A.first B.second C.third D.last
A.take B.beat C.push D.help
A.helpful B.helping C.helps D.helpless
A.popular B.successful C.important D.interesting
A.he B.they C.them D.him
A.both B.none C.either D.all
How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 36__________---he goes by horse (马).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 37 __________the beginning of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am.” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 38__________ at this time of morning. It’s a nice way to start the day.”
The idea was his 39__________. His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 40__________ ride your horse to school every day.’” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even 41__________ Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 42__________cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 43__________ to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 44__________ now, “it’s what I do best.” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than 45 __________ else.” He says, “It’s really a guy thing.”
A.normally B.casually C.differently D.actually
A.for B.since C.before D.after
A.empty B.crowded C.busy D.awful
A.sister’s B.brother’s C.mom’s D.dad’s
A.will B.won’t C.should D.shouldn’t
A.invited B.allowed C.taught D.urged
A.fewer B.few C.more D.many
A.begins B.stops C.continues D.refuses
A.so B.or C.and D.but
A.anything B.nothing C.everybody D.somebody
One day, two friends were walking through the desert.__36__ the journey they had a quarrel, and one friend hit __37__ one in the face.
The one who was hit was hurt,__38__ he didn’t say anything. Instead, he wrote in the sand,“Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They kept on __39__ until they found an oasis(绿洲).They decided to get some water. The one who had been hit fell into the mire(泥潭) and was in danger, but the friend __40__ him.
When he felt all right, he wrote on __41__.“Today my best friend saved my life.”
The one who had hit and saved his best friend asked him,“After I __42__ you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone.__43__”
The other friend replied,“When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness(宽恕) can blow __44__ away. Bt when someone does something __45__ for us, we must write it in stone where no wind can ever blow it away.”
A.After B.During C.For D.Before
A.some B.each C.another D.the other
A.and B.so C.but D.or
A.walking B.jumping C.singing D.running
A.hurt B.left C.hit D.saved
A.the desert B.a stone C.a tree D.the sand
A.killed B.helped C.hurt D.quarreled with
A.When B.What C.How D.Why
A.it B.these C.them D.this
A.interesting B.good C.dangerous D.harmful