【福建省厦门市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面五篇文章，根据文章的内容选择最佳答案作答37-61小题。
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Visiting London? Start planning your trip right here. This guide tells you the must-see events that take place in London throughout the year.
| 1. Change the Guard at Buckingham Palace |
2. British Summer Time Music Festival |
| Changing the Guard or Guard Mounting includes an exchange of guard duties(换岗) at Buckingham Palace. Watch the ceremony as each set of guards dressed in traditional coats and hats takes over from their brothers-in-arms. Address: Buckingham Palace, London SWIA1AA Public Transport: Green Park Tube Station Opening Hours: 11.30 am daily at Buckingham Palace, 11.00 am(10.00 am on Sundays) daily at Horse Guards Parade. Tickets: Free to enter Internet:www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event-8725947-changing-the guard |
The Barclaycard British Summer Time Music Festival take place every year in Central London’s Hyde Park. The week-long event covers many musical tastes, from pop to rock to dance. The acts so far confirmed(确认) for 2015 include Taylor Swift, The Who, Paul Weller, Ellie Goulding, Kaiser Chiefs and John Newman. Address: Hyde Park, London, W2 2UH Public Transport: Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, or Green Park Opening Hours: 26-27 June 2015 Internet:www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/whats-on/music/music-festival |
| 3. Totally Thames Festival |
4. NFL American Football |
| In September, London’s Totally Thames Festival celebrates the city’s famous river over 30 days, spreading 42 miles, and more than 100 separate arts and cultural events. In 2014 the festival was filled with walks, tours, rowing-boat races, theatre, cinema, the many other exciting ways to enjoy London, all taking place on or next to the River Thames. Address: Different locations along the river Opening Hours: Throughout September Internet: totallythames.org |
London’s Wembley Stadium, seating 90,000, will host three games in the NFL International Series. In 2015 the teams that will be visiting London from the USA include the Buffalo Bills, the Jacksoville Jaguars, the Detroit Lions, the Kansas City Chiefs, the New Yorks Jets an the Miami Dolphins. Address: Wembley Stadium, Empire Way, Wembley, London, HA9 OWS Public Transport: Wembley Park Opening Hours: 4 Oct, 25 Oct and 1 Nov 2015 Internet:www.visitlondon.com/tag/nfl-london |
You can enjoy the ceremony of Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace at ____.
A. 11.30 am every day
B. 11.00 am every day
C. 10.00 am on Sundays
In the late June, a music fan would probably go to London to watch ____.
A. British Summer Time Music Festival
B. London’s Totally Thames Festival
C. NFL American Football
The opening hours for Totally Thames Festival is ____ NFL American Football.
A. as long as
B. longer than
C. shorter than
The 2015 NFL American Football will be held in ____.
A. Hyde B. Wembley Park C. Wembley Stadium
The passage is probably taken from a ____.
A. diary B. geography book C. guidebook
 Adults:$5.00 Students:$4.00 Children(under12):$3.00 Family:$13. 00(2 adults &2 Children) |
How Brave Are you? Join us for an evening for humor, history and horror in the streets of Old Glasgow. Daily, April-October Walking Tours of Glasgow Historic Glasgow 2:00PM Gruesome Glasgow 7:00 PM Ghosts and Ghouls 9:00 PM All tours from George Square. Each tour lasts 90 minutes. *E-mail:info@mercat-tours.co.uk *Web: http://www.mercat-tours.co.uk |
If Jimmy wants to visit Old Glasgow, he should start from________.
A. Historic Glasgow
B. George Square
C. Gruesome Glasgow How long does the tour of Gruesome Glasgow last?
A. Half an hour.
B. Only one hour.
C. One hour and a half. Mr. Smith with his wife and two children, one 11 and the other 9, will have a tour of Historic Glasgow. How much will he pay at least?
A. $13. B. $16. C. $17 From the ad, visitor can NOT find the ________of Old Glasgow.
A. website address
B. email address
C. phone numberIf a student wants to have a tour of Ghosts and Ghouls, he________.
A.will have to pay $5
B. can have the tour in May
C. had better go there at 10:00 AM
读下面的短文，根据短文判断句子的正误。正确的涂A，错误的涂B。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
It is interesting to see how different countries celebrate Christmas.
In Brazil, Father Christmas is called Papai Noel. Many Christmas celebrations are similar to those in the USA or the UK. For those who have enough money, a special Christmas meal will include chicken, turkey, ham, rice, salad, often with beer. Poorer people will just have chicken and rice.
Germans love to make their houses beautiful at Christmas. In the windows many houses will have colored pictures of paper or plastic which look beautiful from the outside at night. Father Christmas brings presents in the late afternoon of Christmas Eve, after people have been to a church meeting. The presents are then found under the Christmas tree.On Christmas Day, fish or goose will be cooked.
In Sweden, the most important day is Christmas Eve. A special Christmas meal is eaten on Christmas Eve.People often eat ham,and brown beans.This is the time when families give presents to each other.Many people go to a church meeting early on Christmas Day.In Brazil, people call Father Christmas Papai Noel.
Poorer people eat ham with wine on Christmas Day in Brazil.
Germans often put the presents under the bed after people go to a church meeting.
In Sweden, people usually have something special on Christmas Eve.
The most important day isn’t Christmas Eve but Christmas Day for people in Sweden.
阅读短文，选择最佳答案。（共10分，每题2分）
Hello! My name is Dale Smith. I am a good boy. Look! My jacket is good. It’s black and white. What’s this in English? It’s a ruler. What color is it? It’s red. And what’s this in English? It’s a quilt. It’s a purple quilt. What’s that? It’s an orange. What color is it? Oh, it’s not orange. It’s green. This is a map of China. I like(喜欢) it very much.The jacket is __________.
A. white and blue
B. red and green
C. black and whiteWhat color is the ruler?
A. It’s yellow.
B. It’s black.
C. It’s red.The _______ is purple.
A. jacket B. quilt C. penThe orange is __________.
A. yellow B. orange C. green.Dale likes __________ very much.
A. the jacket B. the map C. the CD
We each have a memory（记忆）. That's why we can remember things after a long time. Some people have a very good memory and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again.
A good memory helps one learn a language well. Everybody learns his own language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages easily because they hear, remember and speak the two languages every day. In school it is not easy to learn a foreign language because the students have little time for it and they have to learn other subjects, too.
Our memory can get better and better if we do more and more exercises. Do you want to learn a foreign language well? If so, you must do a lot of listening and speaking.Why can we remember things after a long time?
Why can some people easily learn many things by heart?
Which conditions（条件） can make a child learn two languages easily?
Is it easy for the students to learn a foreign language well? Why?
What must you do if you want to learn a foreign language well?
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers .Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’ m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted (污染), the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!
When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”Some young people from England _______ after they finish school.
| A．go to university abroad |
| B．spend one year abroad as volunteers |
| C．go to work for money |
| D．start work in schools or hospitals |
Pauline Jones, an eighteen-year-old girl, is living in _______ now.
| A．England | B．China | C．Belize | D．Cardiff |
Pauline Jones is _______ with other people.
| A．studying Chinese in a university |
| B．working to save the coral reefs |
| C．helping do some housework |
| D．doing some research in Wales |
From the passage, we know that the coral reefs ______.
| A．will die because of the pollution |
| B．are not as beautiful as before |
| C．cannot live without fish in the sea |
| D．will probably be sold for money |
Pauline Jones wants to after she finishes her work as a volunteer.
| A．stay there for another year |
| B．go back home to start work |
| C．learn about the people home |
| D．travel around Central America |