【北京市2015年中考英语试题】阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。（共10分，每小题2分）
A Special Delivery
Ben and Sally lived in California with their two daughters. Ben liked travelling. __________ , but sally stayed home with the girls. Ben and his friends owned a company. People at the company liked to play jokes on each other. One day, Ben’s friends wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally.
_____The letter said,
Dear Sally.
I’m having a great time here in Africa. I’m sending a special gift to you. I hope you like it. Please take good care of it until I get home.
Love to you and the kids,
Ben
On the same day, Sally also got a phone call. The caller told her that a delivery was coming. At one o’clock, a truck stopped in front of Sally’s house. The truck driver gave Sally a rope. An animal was tied to the rope. It was a baby elephant! __________ , and it began eating grass.
Then the driver drove away. Sally stood there and held the rope to the elephant. She asked herself, “What can I feed an elephant with? Bananas?”
____________ . He said, “It’s illegal (非法的)to have wild animal here.” Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.
Ben’s friends were hiding in the backyard and laughing. They had planned everything perfectly. They had rented (租借)the elephant from a zoo and asked the policeman to write the ticket! Ben’s friends also made a film of everything. _____________ .
When Sally learned about the truth, she couldn’t help laughing.
| A. So they sent a letter to Sally B. After a while, a policeman came C. The elephant ran into Sally’s yard D. They wanted Ben to watch the video E. One summer, he went to Africa on a trip |
What is the sky(天空)? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above it? These questions are hard to answer, aren’t they?
Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings(翼) . Planes cannot fly very high because when they go high, the air gets thinner. If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find there is no air.
Perhaps(也许) we can answer some of our questions now. The sky is space(空间). In this space there is only the sun, the moon and all the stars.What is the sky?
| A．It’s the clouds | B．It’s space. |
| C．It’s air | D．It’s nothing |
The sky _____
| A．is blue | B．is white |
| C．is black | D．has no color |
Planes cannot fly very high because _________.
| A．the air becomes thinner |
| B．the flying machine is not good |
| C．people will be afraid if the planes fly too high |
| D．it is not necessary for planes to fly so high |
If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find ___________.
| A．there is more air | B．there is less air |
| C．there is nothing but air | D．there is no air |
In space there is _________.
| A．nothing | B．air everywhere |
| C．everything | D．only the sun ,the moon and all the stars |
Hello, everyone! Today I want to introduce my best friend to you. Her name is Rose. Rose is an outgoing (外向型) girl. She is not tall. She is very thin. She has a round face and two big eyes.
Her hair is short. She often wears a pink dress, because pink is her favourite colour. She always has a smiling face. Everyone likes her very much. So she has many friends.
Rose is a clever girl. She's our monitor. She works hard at school every day. She is good at English and Maths. She always does her best to help others with their study. She likes asking teachers questions. Her homework is always clean and tidy. Her handwriting is very beautiful. She is a top student in our class.
Rose is a versatile (多才多艺的) girl. She can play the piano. She can draw pictures well. She can play table tennis. She can swim. She can do many things very well.
Rose has a pet. It is a small dog. Its name is Xiao Xiong. They are good friends. I like it, too.
Do you like my best friend, Rose? Can you tell me about your best friend?What colour does Rose like best?
| A．Yellow. | B．Pink. | C．Black. | D．Red. |
What subject is Rose good at?
| A．Chinese. | B．Maths. | C．History. | D．Science. |
What is Rose like?
| A．She is tall. | B．She is strong. |
| C．She is thin. | D．She is fat. |
What animal does Rose keep as a pet?
| A．A dog. | B．A cat. | C．A duck. | D．A pig. |
Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
| A．Rose's hair is long. |
| B．Rose's homework is always clean and tidy. |
| C．Rose works hard at school. |
| D．Rose is an outgoing girl. |
Once Mr King had a cat, and he loved it very much. He called it “Sky”, because he thought “Sky” wa s the strongest name in the world.
One day he had a meal at a restaurant with his cat. He met his old friend. He told him about his lovely cat and its name. His friend said, “How foolish you are! Sky is not the strongest thing in the world. My cat is called ‘Cloud’ because cloud is stronger than sky.” After hearing this, Mr King called his cat “Wind” because he thought wind wa s stronger than cloud.
Aft er a few days he suddenly（突然）thought that “Wall” was stronger than wind. And “Mouse（老鼠）” was stronger than wall. So he went to his friend to ask for an idea. His friend said, “Don’t you think ‘Cat’ is stronger than mouse？” “Yes, but...”
The man thought and thought and then decided his cat’s name had better be “Cat” because a mouse was always afraid of a cat. Don’t you think Mr King is very silly（傻的）or funny？Mr King ________ his cat very much.
| A．didn’t like | B．loved | C．hated | D．hit |
His cat’s first name was ________ .
| A．Sky | B．Cat | C．Wind | D．Cloud |
He decided his cat’s last name was ________ .
| A．Mouse | B．Wall | C．Cloud | D．Cat |
Mr King called his cat “Cat” because he thought ________ .
| A．a cat was always afraid of a mouse |
| B．he liked this beautiful name |
| C．the name had more meanings |
| D．a mouse was always afraid of a cat |
Mr King gave his cat ________ names in all（总共）and at last he called it “Cat”.
| A．six | B．five | C．four | D．two |
What problems do the teenagers have? Here is a survey showing their main problems.
| problems |
Causes（原因） |
Advice |
| Feeling stressed |
Much homework. Don’t have enough time for their hobbies. |
Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax as possible as you can. |
| Getting short-sighted （近视） |
Too much homework. Bad reading and writing habits. |
Do homework or read in a correct way. |
| Fighting with each other |
Don’t know how to get on well with classmates. |
Make more friends and understand each other. Share your problems with them. |
| Feeling tired of study |
Computer games, bad influence. |
Don’t be crazy about computer games. Play them just for a short time when you’re tired. |
| Getting fat |
Have more pocket money( 零花钱 ) to buy snakes（零食）. Dislike doing exercise. |
Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day. |
What problem can reading and writing habits cause?
A. Getting short-sighted
B. Fighting with each other
C. Feeling tired of studyIf Bob is feeling stressed, he should___________.
A. do much homework
B. make a plan for study and hobbies
C. donate（捐献）his pocket money to Project HopeMichael is tired of study, maybe because he ______.
A. has no close friends
B. plays too many computer games
C. has no pocket money______is a good way for the teenagers to stop fights.
A. Doing less homework
B. Playing basketball
C. Learning to make friendsIf Betty often has snakes and dislikes doing exercise, she will ______
A. get fat B. feel stressed C. feel tired
When a 13-year-old girl was riding home, a man suddenly jumped out and pulled her off her bike and rode away. The girl didn't run after the man. She found a telephone and called the police at 110.“Safety is the most important thing in such a situation,” The girl said her teacher had told her in her first aid (急救) class. “It is not safe to run after an adult who is much stronger than you.” The girl is a junior student at a school in Guangdong. Her school is one of the first in China to have compulsory (必修的) first aid education. Junior 1 students at the school must take the class once a week.
Safety is important. Some students die every day from drowning (溺水), food poisoning and traffic accidents. The girl said she learned a lot from the first aid education. The teachers in the school teach students skills so that they can protect and save themselves in emergencies (紧急情况). The teacher told the students that they should try not to go out alone, especially at night. If someone tries to do bad things to them, they may hit their eyes or noses. Then they should try their best to quickly run into a crowded place. Students at the school also have learned skills for surviving (幸存) in earthquakes.When the man pulled the girl off her bike and rode away, the girl ____________________.
A. ran after the man
B. called the police
C. just cried loudlyThe girl thinks, in such a situation, __________is the most important.
A. the bike B. safety C. moneyThe girl learned_________________ from the first aid education.
A. nothing B. muchC. little How often do Junior 1 students at the girl’s school must take the first aid education?
A. Once two weeks B. Every day C. Every week. According to the passage, in order to protect and save yourselves, you ______________.
A. needn’t learn skills for surviving in earthquakes.
B. can do nothing if someone wants to do bad things to you
C. had better try not to go out alone at night