2014江西省荆州市中考英语试卷有答案.docVIP

荆州市2008年初中升学考试英语试题 Ⅳ.单项填空（共10分，每小题1分） 从每小题的四个选项中选出一个能填入题中相应空白处的最佳答案。 21. Which of the underlined parts has a different pronunciation? A. cheap B. great C. easy D. least 22. —How was the evening party yesterday? —We enjoyed ___________ very much. A. us B. ourselves C. its D. itself 23. Which is __________, an elephant or a tiger? A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. the strongest 24. My mother __________ when I got home. A. cook B. cooks C. cooked D. was cooking 25.— You see, a man is cutting a tree on the moon. — It_________ be true. The teacher says there is no air on the moon. A. can’t B. may not C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t 26.—I’m afraid the meeting has begun. —Don’t worry. It _______ until the bell ________. A. doesn’t begin/ rings B. won’t begin/ will ring C. won’t begin/ rings D. doesn’t begin/ will ring 27. If you are famous, people will watch you _________ and follow you everywhere. A. all the time B. by the time C. on time D. at times 28.— How have you been recently? —So far, so good. I’ve __________ my own company. A. put out B. put on C. put off D. put up 29.—Are you ready to order, sir? —____________ A. Yeah, probably. B. No, thanks. C. Let me look at the menu first. D. I am afraid I have no time. 30. When something is on fire. People throw sand (沙子) on it to put out the fire. The main use of the sand is to ___________. A. protect the thing on fire. B. add weight to the thing on fire. C. keep the air away from the thing on fire. D. lower the temperature of the thing on fire. Ⅴ.完形填空（共15分，每小题1分） 先阅读短文，然后从文后每小的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。 Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago. That evening, she went to a birthday party which 31 until two o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the 32 street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 33 a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good 34 ,lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I