2017英语中考模拟试卷.docVIP

初中英语试卷 第 PAGE 1页 共13页 2017年初中毕业生学业英语考试预测卷 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” There 1 many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and 2 up garbage(垃圾) from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in 3 countries. They are often people 4 a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay. At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to 5 services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of 6 , however, recently came back from India with a?new idea?of what being a volunteer means. She 7 for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story. “I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched 8 video about her work in India and all over the world. I was 9 moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I 10 wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.” “I 11 to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people 12 were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up. I felt 13 was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. 14 honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of 15 and the world.” 1. A. is B. are C. was D. were 2. A. p