2003年北京市西城区中考英语试题及答案

2003年北京市西城区中考英语试题及答案
第I卷    选择题（共88分）

一. 听力测试（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

    听句子，选图画。选出与所听到的句子内容相符的图画。

1. ___________         2. ___________            3. ___________            4. ___________

    听对话，选图画。

    根据每段对话内容和对话后提出的问题，从A、B、C三幅图画中选出符合对话内容的一幅。

   听句子，选答语。

    根据所听到的句子的意思，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择一个恰当的答语。

  10. A. July 1st .         B. Thursday .         C. 8:40

  11. A. Yes , you’re right .         B. Yes , please .            C. Yes , I’d love to .

  12. A. Very much .           B. Of course .        C. Always .

  13. A. Have a good time !         B. It’s cloudy .              C. What a busy day !

  14. A. What a pity !          B. Good luck .              C. Best wishes .

  15. A. Thank you .            B. Good idea !        C. Bad luck .

    听短文，选答案。

    根据短文的意思，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案。

  16. What happens to Jack one day ?

    A. He feels ill .              B. A car hits him .         C. His ball is missing .

  17. What is Jack’s problem ?

    A. He can’t get to sleep .              B. He can’t sleep well .         C. He can’t wake up .

  18. Who brings Cody to the hospital ?

    A. Jack’s parents .        B. The nurses .             C. Jack himself .

  19. Who wakes up Jack at last ?

    A. His father .        B. The doctor .             C. His dog .

  20. How long does Jack stay in hospital ?

    A. Seven days .             B. Seven weeks .           C. Seven months .

二. 语言知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

    从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳的一项。

  21. That girl is new in our class . Do you know ___________ name ?

    A. her            B. she            C. he              D. his

  22. Look ! There ___________ some apples in that tree .

    A. is        B. was    C. are             D. were

  23. —Can you play with a yo-yo , Jim ?

    —Yes , I ___________ . It’s easy .

    A. must          B. can            C. need          D. may

  24. I’d like something to read . Would you please pass me the ___________ ?

    A. pen            B. box            C. ruler          D. book

  25. The computer is very useful in our life , ___________ it ?

    A. isn’t           B. wasn’t              C. hasn’t        D. doesn’t

  26. —___________ is a ticket for the film Hacker II ?

    —About forty yuan .

    A. How old            B. How many         C. How much        D. How often

  27. September 10th is ___________ .

    A. Women’s Day                 B. Children’s Day

    C. Mid-autumn Day                     D. Teachers’ Day

  28. Be careful , ___________ you will fall off the tree .

    A. so              B. or              C. but            D. and

  29. —Li Lei did very well in the English exam .

    —Oh , yeah ! He is ___________ English .

    A. weak in             B. angry with         C. good at             D. afraid of

  30. She will have a holiday as soon as she ___________ the work next week .

    A. finishes             B. doesn’t finish            C. will finish          D. won’t finish

  31. This second-hand camera is much ___________ than that new one .

    A. cheap         B. cheaper             C. dear           D. dearest

  32. —Where is Mr Green now ? I haven’t seen him for a few days .

    —He ___________ to Hong Kong .

    A. goes          B. will go        C. is going             D. has gone

  33.  —Could you let me know ___________ yesterday ?

    —Because the traffic was heavy .

    A. why did you come late             B. why you came late

    C. why do you come late                    D. why you come late

  34. It’s too dark here . Please ___________ the light .

    A. turn back          B. turn down         C. turn on              D. turn off

  35. Which of the following means “No Photos ”?

三. 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

    阅读A、B、C、D四篇短文，然后从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案。

A

    A man went to a fast-food restaurant to buy his lunch . “Hi , ” a worker said . “May I help you ?”

    “I’d like a hamburger , large chips , and a Coke ,” the man said .

    “Anything else ?” the worker asked .

    “No ,” the man answered . “That’s it .”

    “Is that for here or to go ?”the worker asked .

    “To go , ” the man said .

    The worker put the man’s lunch in a bag . The man took out his money and paid for his lunch .

    “Thank you , ” the worker said . “Have a nice day .”

    The man took the bag and walked to a park . He sat down and opened the bag . He was surprised . There was no hamburger in the bag . There were no chips . There was no Coke . There was only money in the bag—a lot of money ! The man counted the money . Two thousand dollars ! Why was the money in the bag ? Where was the man’s lunch ?

    The manager of the fast-food restaurant needed to go to the bank . He put two thousand dollars in an envelope（信封）. He put the envelope in a bag and put the bag down . The worker gave the manager’s bag to the man by mistake . So the manager had a hamburger , chips and a Coke , and the man had two thousand dollars . What should the man do ?

  36. The man went to a restaurant to ___________ .

    A. buy his lunch            B. have a rest

    C. sell drinks                 D. cook food

  37. The man wanted to have his lunch ___________ .

    A. in a hotel           B. in a shop

    C. in a restaurant    D. in a park

  38. When the man opened the bag , he found ___________ in it .

    A. food          B. drink          C. money              D. nothing

  39. ___________ couldn’t find his money .

   A. The man             B. The manager            C. The worker              D. Nobody

B

    Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question . Why do some people change their names ? There can be many reasons . Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember . On the other hand , Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different .

    People have a lot of reasons for changing their names . Film stars , singers , sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary , or that have special sound . They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born .

    Some people have another reason for changing their names . They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there . For example , Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States . He uses the name Ken at his job and at school . But with his family and Chinese friends , he uses Li Kaiming . For some people , using different names makes life easier in their new country .

    In many countries , a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married . But today , many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband’s . Sometimes , women use their own name in some situations （情况）and their husband’s in other situations . And some use both their own name and their husband’s .

  40. Hanna changes here name to Anne because “Anne” is ___________ for people to remember .

    A. louder        B. easier         C. prettier              D. harder

  41. Famous people want their new names to ___________ .

    A. have special sound           B. be ordinary

    C. have no meaning                     D. be unknown

  42. Mr Li uses his new name when he ___________ .

    A. stays with his family         B. is at his job

    C. is among Chinese friends         D. comes back to China

  43. What is the best title（标题）of this passage ?

    A. Family Names                  B. Women’s Names

    C. Changing Names              D. Special Names

C

    Steve Ballmer is always exciting , as he was this time in front of over 2,000 students from Qinghua University and Beijing University .

    Ballmer , president（总裁）of Microsoft Corp. , received a warm welcome at Qinghua University when he gave a talk on the next generation（一代）of the Internet on September 19th . He came to China last week for a two-day visit , during which he slept only four hours and had many meetings with government officials（政府官员）and men of business . After all those business matters , he came to Qinghua and was asked thousands of questions from the excited students .

    Ballmer , who joined Microsoft in 1980 , is the first business manager hired（聘用）by Bill Gates , a schoolmate of Ballmer at Harvard . Gates first dropped out of school to start Microsoft and Ballmer was still studying , but he also gave up his studies and joined Bill Gates’ five-year-old Microsoft in 1980 .

    In his talk to the students , Ballmer described what the Internet will bring to their life . He said there are several hundred Qinghua graduates now working or being trained at Microsoft both in China and in the US . He also warned the students not to drop out of school and follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself .

  44. Ballmer gave a talk on ___________ at Qinghua .

    A. the future of the Internet

    B. how to use the software made in his company

    C. what computers will bring to universities

    D. his own experience from Harvard to Microsoft

  45. It seemed that Ballmer came to China mainly ___________ .

    A. to meet some government officials

    B. to give a talk at Qinghua University

    C. to manage business matters

    D. to visit places of interest

  46. He encouraged Chinese students ___________ .

    A. to work for Microsoft in China or in America

    B. to follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself

    C. to work on software

    D. to go on and finish their college education

  47. From the passage we know Steve Ballmer ___________ .

    A. graduated from Harvard University

    B. asked the students a lot of questions

    C. is president of Microsoft Corp.

    D. started Microsoft Corp. in 1980

D

    In the summer of 1978 an English man named Steven was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange . Some of his wheat was lying on the ground . The flattened wheat formed（形成）a circle about six meters across . Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat .

    Three years later a farmer who lived nearby discovered almost the same circles in one of his fields . These circles were larger—nearly 15 meters across . That same year , another English farmer discovered three circles of flattened wheat on his land—one large circle between two small circles . During the following years , farmers in England found circles in their fields more and more often .

    The circles are called “crop circles” because they usually appear in fields of wheat or corn . The wheat in the circles lies on the ground but is never broken ; it keeps on growing , and the farmers can later harvest it . Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning , so the circles probably form at night . They appear only in the months from May to September . What causes the crop circles ?

    At first , people thought that some kids were making them as a joke , or that farmers were making them to attract tourists .（In fact , in 1991 , two men said they made the circles themselves , but many scientists don’t believe them .） People tried to copy them : They tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found . They couldn’t do it . They couldn’t enter a field of wheat without leaving tracks , and they couldn’t flatten the wheat without breaking it .

    Several times people reported seeing stranger objects near the fields where crop circles later appeared . Many people believe that these crop circles are the messages sent by living things from outer space（外层空间）or the marks left by their spaceships .

    Scientists who have studied the crop circles try to find out what causes them . In the summer of 1990 some scientists spent three weeks in the part of England where many circles have appeared . They had all the latest high-tech equipment（最新高科技设备）. The equipment—worth 1.8 million dollars—got nothing . But one night , as the scientists were watching a field , crop circles formed in the field behind them , which were quite diferent from the others . The scientists had neither seen nor heard anything .

    When Steven discovered the crop circles on his land in 1978 , he said , “It was just like something that had landed in the field from the air and gone back up again . I don’t know what to make of these things .”

    Crop circles have appeared in England , Japan , the United States and Russia . Experts from all over the world have studied them , and they say what Steven said : They don’t know what to make of these things .

  48. Which picture is probably the one formed in the field behind the scientists ?

  49. “Flattened wheat” means ___________ .

    A. broken wheat            B. lying wheat

    C. harvested wheat        D. growing wheat

  50. The passage is mainly about something ___________ .

    A. that is done by living things from outer space

    B. that cannot be solved but found all around the world

    C. that cannot be made clear or understood

    D. that is discovered and copied by the farmers

四. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

    通读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从短文后面各题所给的四个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳的一项。

    I am sitting in an empty football field after my last high school football game that finished a few hours ago . I’m the mid-field player on my team . But in fact that’s not     51     now . I was the mid-field player because , as I said , this was my     52     game . That’s a good way to end a high school football career（生涯）, especially if you win , but even though you don’t , it’s

    53     to leave at a high point .

    I was eight when I first started playing football . My dad     54     football , and he used to practice with me at home —passing , catching , running . We used to practice almost every evening     55     it got too dark . He tried to teach me everything he knew about the     56      .  “Just remember : don’t ever     57     .” “Stay in the game . Don’t lose your concentration（专注）.”“ Go out there and give 110 percent（百分之……）every time .” Well , that was a long time ago , but I still hear his words     58     in my ears .

    I had a lot on my mind     59     the game today . I don’t like things to end , I guess , and this was the last game . I was talking to myself and warning myself about what to do and not to do , I didn’t sleep at all     60     , and when the sun came up this morning , I reached the point where     61     just wanted it all to be over , finished , done . But then when the game started , my mind became     62     . I just lived in this game , this moment . I didn’t hear the crowd , I didn’t feel the cold or the pain , I never felt tired . I just kept my eyes on the     63     , and it was just me and the ball and , inside , a soft , white light     64     me the way to the goal . It was a beautiful , empty feeling .

    It’s all over now , and it’s really getting cold here . It’s starting to snow . The sun’s almost gone , and I can     65     see the goal . Now it’s dark and I’m sitting here all alone . Well , I guess it’s time to say good-bye and move on .