2003年杭州市中考英语试题及答案

2003年杭州市中考英语试题及答案
英 语
本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。
听力部分 （20分）

一、听对话回答问题 （共5小题，计10分）
听下面一段对话，回答第1和第2两个小题。现在，你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两题。
1. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A birthday party. B. A new bike. C. Lucy's parents.
2. What did Lucy ask Mike to do at the end of the conversation?
A. Try her new bike.
B. Join her in the party.
C. Say thanks to his parents.
听下面一段对话，回答第3至第5个小题。现在，你有15秒种的时间阅读这三题。
3. Who is going to buy a car?
A. John. B. Stella. C. Dick.
4．How much did John want for his car?
A. 500 dollars. B. 1,000 dollars. C. 1,500 dollars.
5. What did the man speaker decide to buy at last?
A. A second-hand car. B. A new car. C. A toy car.
二、听独白回答问题（共5小题，计10分）
听下面一段独白，独白后有5个小题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听独白前，
你有25秒钟的时间阅读这5个小题。听完独白后，你有25秒钟的时间来回答有关问题。独白连读两遍。
6. Why did the speaker go to a language school?
A. To ask some strange questions.
B. To learn some English.
C. To see his friends from America.
7. How many days a week did the speaker go to the language school?
A. Six days. B. Five days. C. Seven days.
8. What did the speaker do one day during the break?
A. Asked for something to eat.
B. Thanked Alice for her help.
C. Asked Alice a question.
9. What did the speaker think after Alice answered the question?
A. Alice was really helpful.
B. Alice wanted to sell cakes.
C. America was really a country for money.
10. Why did Alice look at the speaker with a big smile?
A. The speaker was very funny.
B. The speaker was mistaken about her.
C. Alice was very friendly with the speaker.

笔试部分 （100分）
三、单项填空（15小题，计15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
11. - Do you enjoy your stay in Hangzhou?
- Yes. I've had _______ wonderful time.
A. a B. an C. the D. 不填
12. - This digital camera is really cheap!
- The ______ the better. I'm short of money, you see.
A. cheap B. cheaper C. expensive D. more expensive
13. - It's a nice car. _____ have you been in it?
- Just to Shanghai.
A. How much B. How long C. How soon D. How far
14. - What is a writing brush, do you know?
-It's used ______ writing and drawing.
A. with B. to C. for D. by
15. - Where is Jack, please ?
- He ______ be in the reading room.
A. can B. need C. would D. must
16. - Did you see Tom at the party?
- No, he ______ by the time I got there.
A. left B. was leaving C. had left D. has left
17. - Alice, you ______ on the phone.
- I'm coming. Thanks.
A. want B. are wanted C. are wanting D. have wanted
18.Tracy can't play the match now. Please ___________ instead.
A. have Lily do it B. have Lily to do it
C. make Lily to do it D. let Lily to do it
19.My school is about twenty ____________ walk from here?
A. minute B. minutes' C. minute's D. minutes
20.It is said that SARS has killed more than __________ people worldwide.
A. two hundreds B. two hundreds'
C. two hundred's D. two hundred
21.George Mallory was an English school teacher _________ loved climbing.
A. who B. whom C. he D. which
22. - I'm waiting for the mail. Do you know _____ it will arrive?
- Usually it comes by 4:00.
A. how B. where C. when D. what
23.- This dress was last year's style.
- I think it still looks perfect ______ it has gone out this year.
A. so that B. even though C. as if D. ever since
24. - I've got an offer in New York.
- Oh, ________! But I'm going to miss you.
A. that's too bad B. I'm sorry
C. I beg your pardon D. that's great
25. My work is _____________ done. I'll be right with you.
A. hour after hour B. now and then
C. more or less D. more and more

四、完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
People like artists and writers usually work on their own, with no one else around. Most of my friends all work 26 other people in shops and so on, and they tell me that they would never get things done if they worked alone. I'm not 27 that all artists and writers do, either. I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew 28 else: that is, they knew everyone except a writer who 29 himself to himself. By the time I was 30 enough to learn people's names, he had been living in the village for at least twenty years, but the villagers still regarded him as a 31 ! Every morning he would walk down to the local shops to do his 32 , and although he had to greet everyone he met, only two or three would 33 his greeting. Just occasionally, someone would ask him 34 he was doing, and every time his answer would be the same: "I'm still writing the book." And that was all we 35 learned about him. Because no one had ever visited his house, I 36 once walking up to the house with three or four other boys to see 37 we could see what he did. We climbed up to the 38 and looked in, expecting to see our writer typing 39 at his desk. Instead, he was sitting in an armchair 40 a book.
26. A. without B. around C. with D. for
27. A. sure B. afraid C. glad D. sorry
28. A. someone B. nobody C. anyone D. everyone
29. A. talked B. kept C. taught D. paid
30. A. young B. old C. tall D. strong
31. A. stranger B. writer C. friend D. fool
32. A. washing B. cooking C. shopping D. typing
33. A. hear B. like C. return D. hate
34. A. what B. how C. why D. where
35. A. always B. still C. hardly D. ever
36. A. finish B. enjoy C. remember D. plan
37. A. that B. if C. when D. whom
38. A. chimneys B. doors C. windows D. walls
39. A. slowly B. carefully C. clearly D. busily
40. A. reading B. writing C. copying D. selling

五、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）
读下列短文，并做每篇短文后的题目。从四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给
句子的最佳答案。
A
"Ordinary" was the worst word my mother could find for anything. I remember her taking me shopping and taking no notice of the shop assistants when they suggested that some dress or pair of shoes was very popular -"we've sold fifty already this week". That was all she needed to hear. "No", she would say, "we're not interested in that. Haven't you got something a little more unusual?" And then the assistant would bring out all the strange colours no one else would buy. And later she and I would argue because I wanted to be ordinary but my mother wanted to be unusual. "I can't stand that hairdo(发型)."she said, when I went to the hairdresser with my friend and came back with a boy haircut, "It's so terribly ordinary." Not ugly, not unsuitable. But ordinary... "Couldn't you please wear something else?" I asked one day when she was dressing for Parents' Day in tight-fitting bullfighter's pants and a bright pink sweater. "What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" What wasn't wrong with it! "It's just that I wish you'd wear something ordinary," I said , "something that people won't laugh at." She looked at me angrily and then said ,"Are you ashamed of your own mother? If you are, Isadora, I feel sorry for you. I really do."
41. What did the shop assistants expect Isadora's mother to buy?
A. Something very popular. B. Styles they had sold out of.
C. Clothes that were cheap. D. The most unusual clothes.
42. When Isadora had her hair cut in a boy hairstyle, her mother _________.
A. felt happy with it B. surely disliked it
C. told her to change it D. thought it was childish
43. Why did Isadora ask her mother to change her clothes on Parents' Day?
A. Because her mother's clothes were out of style.
B. Because she didn't like a pink sweater at all.
C. Because she didn't like her mother to dress that way.
D. Because she didn't want others to look at her mother.
44. According to the passage, we know that Isadora's mother must be very __________.
A. popular B. interesting C. kind-hearted D. confident
45. The underlined word "It "in this passage most likely means ________.
A. the hairdo B. the dresser C. the boy D. the friend
B
No one wants to look silly or do the wrong thing at a new job. It is important to make the right impression(印象) from the very first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place. It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the firstdays at a new job
1.First impressions can last forever. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code (rules about what you can wear to work). If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.
2.Get to work on time. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.
3.Pay attention to introductions. One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
4.Ask plenty of questions. Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he
or she has not told you your duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.
5.Never be the first one to leave. Observe what your co-workers do around quitting time (下班时间).
It does not look good for you to be eager to leave.

46. Before you arrive at work, you should __________.
A. dress in a right way B. introduce yourself
C. know your duties D. know your co-workers well
47. According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?
A.You should be the first one to arrive at work.
B You should ask your co-workers for your duties.
C.You should not be eager to go back home.
D.You are required to arrive 15 minutes earlier.
48. According to the passage, your supervisor is most likely your __________.
A. visitor B. teacher C. workmate D. leader
49. The writer thinks that a new job is ________ to people.
A. a duty B. a challenge C. an offer D. fun
50. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Getting a New Job B. Tips on How to Work
C. The First-day Work D. The Importance of Co-workers

C
Do you know that you can use your watch as a compass on a sunny day? Take a
watch and point the hour-hand in the direction of the sun. Imagine a line which runs from
the center of the watch through a point half-way between the hour-hand and number one.
This line will surely point south.
If you know astronomy a little, you will understand why this works. In
the northern half of the earth, the sun is in the south at noon. In our
country the real noon is one o'clock. If at that time we point the hour-hand
at the sun, the hour-hand and number one will point south. That is why you
must imagine a line which will run from the center of the watch through a
point half-way between the hour-hand and number one. It will point south. If you are in the southern
part of our planet, you must point number 12 at the sun. The line which you can imagine between number
twelve and the hour-hand will then show north.
51. When we carry out this experiment in the northern part of the earth,
we should point _____________ at the sun.
A. number 12 B. the minute-hand
C. the hour-hand D. number one