(A)

　　　阅读短文，根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。

　　David McConnell was a door-to-door book salesman. Most of the housewives were not interested in his books. Usually before he had enough time to say anything about his books, the women closed their doors. But he didn't give up. McConnell decided to bring each of them a present, a small bottle of perfume(香水) he had made himself. He soon found that the women liked the perfume better than the books. He stopped selling books to sell perfume instead and started his own company "Avon".This company became a huge success.

　　When you do nothing, you learn nothing, but when you try, even though you may not be successful, you will learn what doesn't work. This brings you closer to what will work. It doesn't matter how many times you are unsuccessful. What matters is that one day you will be successful.

　　1. McConnell was a successful book salesman.

　　2. McConnell hoped the women would buy his books if he brought them each a present.

　　3. If you do nothing at all, you will never be successful.

　　4. The women disliked the perfume even more than the books.

　　5. The writer encourages us to keep on trying even if we are at first unsuccessful.

　　(B)

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。

　　I'll tell you a story about a Chinese student. The incident(事件) happened when he went to study in England. His family name was Sun. It is spelt S-U-N, just the same as the English word "sun", the sun in the sky.

　　England is a country with mixed weather. Sometimes it is cloudy or misty. Often it will rain. Many people think England doesn't get enough sunshine.

　　When the Chinese student arrived at London Airport, a customs(海关) officer checked his passport(护照). The customs officer was interested to find the Chinese name "Sun" in his passport. He thought it was pronounced just like the English word "sun", so he said to the Chinese student, "I see your name is Sun. You are wanted here." What a surprise it was to Mr. Sun to hear that! Everybody knows that if you are wanted by the police, you must have broken the law(法律). Mr. Sun asked the customs officer,"Is there something wrong with my passport? Do I have to go back to China?""Go back?" said the customs officer. "Now that(既然) you are here, we'll never let you leave."

　　"Why? What have I done?" asked the Chinese student in surprise. He thought he was going to be arrested(被捕).

　　It was only then that the customs officer began to smile.

　　He said, "You don't know what you have done, Mr. Sun? You've brought sunshine to England. That's why we don't want you to leave."

　　1. This story took place______.

　　A. at London Airport B. at a university

　　C. in the street　　D. at a station

　　2. Why people in England want to see more of the sun? Because______.

　　A. England is a country with mixed weather

　　B. England doesn't get enough sunshine

　　C. it doesn't rain in England　　　D. both A and B

　　3. Mr. Sun was very______when he heard that he was wanted.

　　A. angry B. happy

　　C. surprised D. moved

　　4. Why did the customs officer tell Mr. Sun he couldn't leave? Because______.

　　A. Mr. Sun had broken the law

　　B. The customs officer and Mr. Sun were friends

　　C. Englishmen are never named "Sun"

　　D. The customs officer liked Mr. Sun's family name and thought Mr. Sun would bring sunshine to England

　　5. Which of the following statements is correct?

　　A. The customs officer arrested Mr. Sun.

　　B. Mr. Sun stayed in England and studied there.

　　C. Mr. Sun knew he had broken the law.

　　D. Mr. Sun left England.

　　(C)

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。

　　Yao Ming, the centre for the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, went to play for the Houston Rockets in 2002. The 2.26m, 120kg centre becomes the first player to come from a foreign team.

　　Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September 1980. His mother was a centre and captain of the Chinese National Women's Team. His father played basketball, too.

　　Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in the China Basketball Association(联赛)(CBA) . During the 2000-2001 season, he averaged 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match.

　　Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November 2002. He said this was a new phase(阶段) of his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve his game.

　　Sports analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said, "Yao Ming has the potential(潜力) and the capability(能力) of changing the future of basketball."

　　1. The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______team.

　　A. table tennis B. volleyball

　　C. basketball D. golf

　　2. Both Yao Ming's father and mother were ______.

　　A. football players B. basketball players

　　C. centres of the Chinese National Team

　　D. captains of the Chinese National Team

　　3. Yao Ming______during the 2000-2001 season.

　　A. does well B. is bad

　　C. was poor D. did very well

　　4. Yao Ming______the Houston Rockets in November 2002.

　　A. did his best to join

　　B. was well-known in

　　C. became a member of

　　D. took part in

　　5. Sports analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming had the potential to______.

　　A. learn from the NBA

　　B. change the future of basketball

　　C. improve his game

　　D. become the captain of the Houston Rockets

　　(D)

　　阅读短文，完成句子。

　　There was a schoolboy, named Dennis. One day his mother told him to post a letter.

　　Dennis put the letter in his pocket and walked down the street in a hurry. He did not see a letter-box on the street. Instead he saw a bin with the words: "PUT YOUR LITTER IN THE BIN "on it. Dennis took a look at the words, thought them over and said, "I can read, but they can't write. This spelling is poor. They can't spell the word 'letter' correctly."

　　Dennis put the letter in the bin. Then he ran home and told his mother about it.

　　"Oh, no, child!" said his mother. "You put the letter in a litter bin. A litter bin is for waste paper and other waste things."

　　"Oh," said Dennis in surprise. "Does the word on the bin mean something?"

　　"Yes, it does," said his mother. "The word on the bin is 'litter', not 'letter'. Now go and get the letter back and post it."

　　Dennis ran all the way to the litter bin. He got there just as a truck pulled up(停下) at the bin. A man was putting the waste paper into the truck.

　　"Stop!" Dennis called out. Then he told the man what he had done.

　　"All right, I'll help you look for the letter," said the man.

　　They looked for the letter, but they could not find it. Just then some paper blew out of the truck. Dennis chased after it at once.

　　"Aha, I've got it at last!" Dennis cried. "Thank you for your help."

　　"Glad to help," said the man. "Be sure not to put your letter into a litter bin again."

　　"No, I won't."

　　Then Dennis walked down the street and put the letter into a letter-box. "Why don't the teachers teach us all the words at school?" he said to himself. "Then I wouldn't put a letter into a litter bin."

　　1. There was a______ ______Dennis.

　　2. One day his mother______ him ______ ______a letter.

　　3. A litter bin is______ ______ ______ waste paper and other waste things in.

　　4. "Does the word on the basket mean something?" Dennis______his mother in ______.

　　5. In the______, he______a letter-box and______the letter.

　　(E)

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容回答文后问题。

　　What is the "cleverest" machine in history? If you're anything like nine out of ten people in the world, you'll say it's a computer, a machine with mathematical logic(数学逻辑) that can reason(推理) in the same way as humans.

　　Alan Mathison Turing never expected to be the father of a machine with such a title.

　　He was born in London in 1912, the second of his parents' two sons. His parents worked in India while Turing and his brother spent their childhoods in Britain.

　　Turing's loneliness during this time may have led to his lifelong interest in how the human mind works. He believed that the mind creates its own world when the real world is not acceptable to it. At 13, he already showed a talent for(显示……方面的才能) mathematics. He wasn't perfect though. His teachers said his work was hard to read.

　　After graduating from Cambridge University, he remained there as a teacher. At that time, his interest in the human mind led him to draw a machine.

　　In 1937, Turing wrote a report about his machine. However, few people understood what he was talking about. But the report changed Turing's whole life. After the start of World War II, the British Government ordered him to serve in a special department. The task(任务) of all those working there was to break codes used by the Nazis(纳粹).

　　Turing's talent shone in this top-secret work. He played a major role in designing an early computer-like machine that could decipher(破译) Nazi codes at high speed. After the war, he returned to Cambridge, and built a machine based on his ideas from 1937.

　　1. Where does Alan Mathison Turing come from?

　　________________________________

　　2. What did Turing do in 1937?

　　________________________________

　　3. What does the sentence "If you're anything like nine out of ten people in the world" mean? (in Chinese)

　　________________________________

　　4. What was Turing interested in after he graduated from university?

　　________________________________

　　5. What could the machine Turing helped to design do during World War II?

　　________________________________

　　(F)

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容填空，完成小短文。

　　One day Tony was crossing the road when he was hit by a car. He fell and broke his arm.

　　An ambulance(救护车) soon arrived and took Tony to a hospital. There a doctor operated on his arm. Then he put the arm in a cast(石膏). Tony could not move it at all.

　　"You must keep your arm in a cast for six weeks," the doctor said. "That will give the broken bone a chance to heal(复原)."

　　At the end of six weeks Tony went back to the hospital. The doctor used a large saw(锯) to cut the cast. Then he took Tony's arm out of the cast.

　　"Can you move your arm, Tony?" he asked.

　　Tony tried. At first it was difficult, but soon he could move it easily.

　　"Yes, it's fine," he said. "Thank you very much."

　　"In a few days it will be as good as before," the doctor said. "Just exercise it a little."

　　"Will I be able to play the guitar?"Tony asked.

　　The doctor smiled, "Of course you will," he said. "You'll have no problems."

　　"That is good news," Tony said. "because I couldn't play it at all before."

　　Tony's arm was(1)________in an accident. He had to keep it in a(2)________for(3)________weeks. When the doctor told him it had mended, he asked(4)______he would be able to play(5)________guitar. The doctor said "yes" but he didn't know that Tony could not play that before.

　　(G)

　　阅读表格，完成文后选择题。

　　On the first day of school, Roni's foreign students fill out forms and give information about themselves.

　　Name: Claude Ansari Country: France Native Language: Arabic/French Time in U.S.: 10 months Please tell me a little about yourself. Family: I live with my wife and 2-year-old daughter. Work: I was an art school student in France. Now, I'm working as a cook. Interests: I love to cook (and eat). I also like to go mountain climbing.

　　Name: Su Chenwang Country: Taiwan (China) Native Language: Chinese Time in U.S.: 4 years Please tell me a little about yourself. Family: I have 3 sons and 2 daughters. They're all attending school(上学) here. My husband is a businessman﹠lives in Taiwan. Work: I was a maths teacher but now I'm a housewife. Interests: I like indoor activities: reading, listening to music, drawing.

　　Name: Norma Ruiz Country: Guatemala Native Language: Spanish Time in U.S.: 2 years Please tell me a little about yourself. Family: My family-my mother and 4 brothers live in Guatemala. I'm here by myself. Work: I worked as a nurse in my country. Here I'm a tailor. Interests: I like to go to the movies and buy videos. I love to study.

　　1. Su Chenwang has______children.

　　A. two B. three C. four D. five

　　2. Who has lived in America for the shortest time?

　　A. Claude Ansari. B. Norma's mother.

　　C. Su Chenwang. D. Norma Ruiz.

　　3. ______worked in a hospital a few years ago.

　　A. Claude Ansari B. Su Chenwang

　　C. Norma Ruiz D. Su Chenwang's husband

　　4. Su Chenwang's children are attending school in______.

　　A. France B. the U.S

　　C. Taiwan D. Guatemala

　　5. These three people may______together.

　　A. go mountain climbing

　　B. listen to music

　　C. go to movies

　　D. study in the same class

　　(H)

　　阅读短文，然后从II栏中选择恰当的选项完成I栏各题目。

　　Mr. White worked in London. He was a famous scientist. He was interested in nothing except his work. He forgot everything else when he was working.

　　One afternoon he received a telephone call: his only son had been knocked down by a car in Paris. The young man's leg was seriously hurt and he had to be taken to hospital. Mrs. White was worried and asked her husband to go there with her to see him at once. The scientist was busy with his work, so he made quite a few excuses, but it only made her angry. Finally he agreed to leave for Paris with her. Their flight number was BA 347.

　　They arrived at the hospital in the evening. A friend of their son's asked, "When did you start your journey, Mr. White?"

　　"At half past five," answered Mr. White.

　　"Today or yesterday?"

　　"What's the date today?"

　　"July 3."

　　"Oh, I remember," said Mr. White, "We started out this afternoon."

　　"How did you come here, by air or by sea?""I don't know," answered Mr. White. "You'd better ask my wife. She always arranges(安排) these things."

　　I

　　1. A famous scientist called Mr. White　______.

　　2. Mr. White received a telephone call　____.

　　3. Mrs. White was worried about her son and______.

　　4. Mr. White was busy with his work ____.

　　5. Finally Mr. White agreed to leave London and______.

　　II

　　A. and made quite a few excuses of why he could not go

　　B. asked her husband to go to Paris with her

　　C. go to Paris with his wife

　　D. telling him his son had been knocked down by a car

　　E. was only interested in his work

　　(I)

　　选用方框中的句子填空，完成短文。并根据短文内容，完成文后的选择题。

　　Scientists are trying to turn deserts into land that can be used again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so that people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about deserts. __1__. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in time.

　　Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. __2__.

　　Some places on the earth don't get very much rain. But they still don't become deserts. __3__. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. __4__. Plants stop the wind blowing the soil away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants retain(保留；保持) the water. __5__.

　　A. They don't take care of the environment properly.

　　B. Plants prevent the hot sun from making the earth even drier.

　　C. This is because plants grow there.

　　D. Without plants, a desert is formed much more easily.

　　E. But more and more of the land is becoming desert.

　　6. Deserts______.

　　A. get very little rain

　　B. contain no life

　　C. can easily be turned into land that can be used by people

　　D. both A and C

　　7. Small green plants are very important to dry places because______.

　　A. they don't prevent the sun from making the earth even drier

　　B. they stop the wind blowing the earth away

　　C. they retain water

　　D. all of the above

　　8. Land is becoming desert little by little because______.

　　A. plants can't grow there

　　B. there is not enough rain

　　C. people don't look after the environment

　　D. scientist know little about the deserts

　　9. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?

　　A. Scientists know deserts very well, they can change deserts into good land easily.

　　B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.

　　C. People can live and grow food in the deserts.

　　D. Scientists are changing deserts into good land more and more quickly.

　　10. From reading this passage, we learn that______.

　　A. plants can help prevent dry land from becoming desert

　　B. it is good to get rid of the grass in a desert

　　C. all places without much rain will become deserts

　　D. it's better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass

　　(J)

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案，然后再结合首字母提示完成改写的短文。

　　Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was travelling in France. One day he was going to Dijon by train. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep. He asked the conductor to wake him up when they arrived in Dijon. He explained that he was a very heavy sleeper, "I'll probably protest(抗议) loudly when you try to wake me up," he said to the conductor."But do not take any notice, just keep pushing me."

　　Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was nighttime and the train was already in Paris. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him. "I haven't been so angry in all my life," Mark Twain said.

　　The conductor looked at him calmly(平静地). "You are not half as angry as the American whom I put off the train at Dijon," he said.

　　1. Mark Twain is a famous______.

　　A. singer B. conductor C. writer D. Frenchman

　　2. Mark Twain was very______when he got on the train.

　　A. happy B. tired C. sleep D. heavy

　　3. He wanted the conductor to______.

　　A. wake him up at Paris

　　B. carry him off the train

　　C. wake him up at Dijon

　　D. wake him and another American up at Dijon

　　4. -Did the conductor forget his promise?

　　-______.

　　A. No, he didn't B. Yes, he did

　　C. No, but he woke up the wrong American

　　D. I think so

　　5. Which of the following statements is right?

　　A. There was only one American on the train.

　　B. Mark Twain and his friend, another American, wanted to go to Dijon.

　　C. Mark Twain woke his friend up.

　　His friend was very angry.

　　D. When Mark Twain found he was in Paris, he became very angry.

　　Mark Twain is a f______(6)American writer. One day, he wanted to go to Dijon by train. He was very tired, so when he was on the train, he asked the conductor to w______(7) him up when they arrived in Dijon. He told him that he was a very h______(8)sleeper, and if he couldn't wake him up, just to keep on trying. Then Mark Twain went to sleep. When Mark Twain woke up, he was a______(9)in Paris. He was very angry. The conductor had made a mistake and put another American i______(10) of Mark Twain off the train in Dijon.

　　(K)

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示补全所缺单词，并完成文后问答题。

　　A man called Mr. Smith walked into a doctor's examining room.

　　"Stick out(伸出) your tongue," the doctor said.

　　The man stuck out his tongue and the doctor looked at it q______(1).

　　"OK. You can put your tongue b______(2) in now," the doctor said. "It's clear what's wrong with you. You need more exercise."

　　"But, doctor," the man said. "I don't think..."

　　"Don't tell me what you think," the doctor said. "I'm the doctor, not you. I know what you need. I see hundreds of people like you. N______(3)of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of the TV in the evening. What you need is to walk quickly for at l______(4) 20 minutes a day."

　　"Doctor, you don't understand," the patient said. "I..."

　　"I don't want to hear any e______(5)," the doctor said. "You must find time for exercise. If you don't, you will get fat and have health problems when you are o______(6)."

　　"But I walk every day," the patient said.

　　"Oh, yes. And I know what kind of walking that is. You walk a few feet to the train station from your house, a few more feet from your o______(7)to a restaurant for lunch and back. That's not real walking. I'm t______(8)about a walk in the park for twenty minutes every day."

　　"Will you listen to me, doctor?" the patient s______(9), getting angry with the doctor who thought he knew everything.

　　"I'm a postman," the patient went on, "a______(10)I walk for seven hours every day!"

　　For a moment the doctor said nothing, then he said quietly, "Stick your tongue out again, will you?"

　　11. Where does Mr. Smith work?

　　______________________________

　　12. What does the doctor tell Mr. Smith he should do after looking at his tongue?

　　______________________________

　　13. What do you think of the doctor?

　　______________________________

　　(L)

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。

　　The world is not hungry, but it is thirsty. It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of water. Why? Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can't drink or use for watering plants directly. Man can only drink and use the 3%-the water that comes from rivers and lakes. And we can't even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted.

　　Now more water is needed. The problem is: can we avoid(避免) a serious water shortage later on? First, we should all learn how to save water. Secondly, we should find out ways to reuse it. Today, in most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers. But it can be used again. However, even if every large city reused its water, there still would not be enough. What could people turn to next?

　　The sea seems to have the best answer. There is a lot of water in the sea. All that needs to be done is to remove the salt from the sea water. This is expensive, but it's already happening in many parts of the world. Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of removing it. So you see, if we can find a way out, we'll be in no danger of drying up.

　　1. The world is thirsty because______.

　　A. 3/4 of the earth is covered with water

　　B. we have enough sea water to use directly

　　C. we haven't used all the water in rivers and lakes

　　D. about 97% of water on the earth can't be drunk or used for watering plants directly

　　2. From the passage we learn______.

　　A. if every city reuses its water, we'll be in no danger of drying up

　　B. man can only drink and use about 25% of the world's water

　　C. water in most large cities is used only once

　　D. water can be used only once

　　3. According to the passage what is the best anwer to solving the water shortage problem?

　　A. Saving water and trying to make better use of the water in rivers and lakes.

　　B. Keeping rivers and lakes clean.

　　C. Cleaning and reusing dirty water.

　　D. Removing the salt from sea water and then using this water.

　　(M)

　　阅读下列表格，并回答文后的问题。

　　You are travelling in Inner Mongolia. You want to book a room in a hotel, but you don't know any hotels. Look at the following two pages from a brochure(小册子). Then answer the questions.

　　I

　　Happy Holiday Hotel 150 rooms Two restaurants (24 hr.) Swimming pool Near the downtown 189 Shanghai Road Double room:￥30/day (without bathroom) Single room:￥60 / day Tel: 0778-7404475 Fax: 0778-8808865 Whether you are a large or small group , we are happy to help you!

　　II

　　Grassland Hotel Beautiful scenery in all seasons Great for large groups of families A restaurant with delicious food Outdoor sports available Double room:￥40 / day (with bathroom) Single room:￥50 / day Tel: 0858-3893493 Fax: 0858-3883593 You can enjoy yourselves by riding horses and eating delicious food!

　　1. Where is the Happy Holiday Hotel?

　　______________________________

　　2. How much will you pay if you want a double room for two days at the Grassland Hotel?

　　______________________________

　　3. How long are the restaurants at Happy Holiday Hotel open for?

　　______________________________

　　4. Where should you stay if you want to ride a horse?

　　______________________________

　　5. Why are the double rooms more expensive at the Grassland Hotel?

　　______________________________

　　2004年英语"四位一体"中考总复习专项训练题(五)参考答案

　　A)1-5 FTTFT B)1-5 ABCDB C)1-5 CBDCB

　　D)1. schoolboy called(named) 2. told, to post 3. used to put 4. asked, surprise 5. end, found, posted

　　E)1. He comes from Britain. 2. He wrote a report about his machine. 3.如果你同大多数人一样。4. The human mind. 5. It could decipher Nazi codes at high speed.

　　F)1. broken 2. cast 3. six 4. whether/if 5. the

　　G)1-5 DACBD

　　H) 1-5 EDBAC

　　I) 1-5 EACBD 6-10 ADCBA

　　J)1-5 CBCCD 6. famous 7. wake 8. heavy 9. already 10. instead

　　K) 1. quickly 2. back 3. None 4. least 5. excuse 6. older 7. office 8. talking 9. shouted/said 10. and 11. Mr. Smith worked at a post office. 12. The doctor told Mr. Smith to do more exercise. 13. I don't think the doctor is a very good doctor.(可以有不同答案)

　　L)1-3 DCD

　　M)1. On Shanghai Road./Near the dowtown. 2. 80 yuan. 3. 24 hours a day. 4. Grassland Hotel. 5. They are more expensive because they have a bathroom.

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