2014年中考英语（第01期）大题狂做系列05（含解析）

1．【2013江西】

Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.

Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.

Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."

69. What did Nathan put on his desk at college?

A. The Statue of Liberty. B. Superman.

C. His serf-portrait. D. A Greenwich Village modal.

70. Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A. Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B. Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C. Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D. Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

71. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Nathan's work. B. Nathan's exhibition.

C. Nathan's art. D. Nathan's self-portrait

72. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Brick Artist B. The Brick Exhibition

C. Toy Bricks for Adults D. The Artist's Childhood

2．【2013四川雅安】 Put 2 February in your diary! It is World Wetlands Day! It marks the date that the

Convention(公约) on Wetlands was signed(签署)in1971.This special day was first celebrated in 1997 and it is celebrated every year.

The celebration is a call for action. It is a way to show people how important and

useful the wetlands are for people. On World Wetlands Day, people around the world take

part in many wetlands activities. People take trips to the local wetlands. There are talks

about how important the wetlands are. People get together to clean up their local wetlands

Children draw pictures to advertise the day. People also compete(比赛)in boat races.

The World Wetlands Day is important! If there are no wetlands, there will be no water for anyone in the future. Wetlands help protect nature and resources(资源)like fresh water. Already, more than 10000 million people in the world do not have fresh water.

Many people do not know how important the wetlands are. They can understand why an

elephant or a tiger is important because they are big, beautiful animals. It is much harder for

them to understand how important the animals in the wetlands are. These small animals,

such as frogs and snails, play a very important part in keeping the balance of nature.

All plants and animals are part of the food chain(链).If the small wetlands animals

die, some animals in the food chain will have nothing to eat. They will also die. People

need the wetlands to keep the balance of nature in the world. If we do not protect nature

today，it will be gone tomorrow.

46. What should you put in your diary?

A. Some frogs.

B. The date of World Wetlands Day.

C. 1971

D. Any special day.

47. Where do people celebrate World Wetlands Day?

A. All over the world. B. In ships

C. At home. D. In their own way.

48. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. People celebrate World Wetlands Day by taking part in competitions.

B. People celebrate World Wetlands Day by taking hips to local wetlands.

C. People celebrate World Wetlands Day by listening to talks about the wetlands.

D. People celebrate World Wetlands Day by talking about the weather.

49. Why are small animals important?

A. They are part of the balance of nature and the food chain.

B. They are beautiful.

C. Bigger animals are eaten by them

D. Without them, there may be no water.

50. Which of the following might be the best title of the article?

A. Wetlands Are Important

B. Small Animals Are Also Important

C. World Wetlands Day

D. Food Chain

3. 【2013天津】 Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?

Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many hooks, few people learned to read.

Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.

Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!

56. What does the writer do before he goes to sleep’?

A. He reads books. B. He reads newspapers

C. He looks through magazines D. He looks at the posters on the wall.

57. When was paper first created?

A. About 2.000 years ago. B. In the 19th century.

C. About 1.000 years ago. D. In the 11th century.

58. Why were books expensive and rare before the invention of printing?

A. People could not read.

B. People could not write words on paper.

C. People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.

D People could only produce books one at a time by hand

59. What happened after books became cheaper?

A. People didn’t want to buy books.

B. Printing was invented in China.

C. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

D. The Internet was introduced to people soon

60. What is the writer’s opinion about books and computers’?

A. People won’t need books any more

B. Books won’t be replaced by computers.

C. People prefer to find information in books.

D. Computers have already replaced books.

4. 【2013湖北咸宁】

Driving in China

I have been driving cars since I reached the pedals(踏板). In Canada you 36 16 to get a driver’s license. I 37 myself to be a very good driver.

I visited China 20 years ago. I with my wife was in Shanghai to give a paper at a conference. We 38 the number of bicycles on the roads and the few cars. In Canada almost each family has one car, but it was 39 that most Chinese depended on bicycles.

I 40 Shanghai and to other Chinese cities many times since then and have watched the fast changes on the roads. There are far fewer bicycles now but 41 cars. The roads are crowded, the government has been forced to limit the number of days some cars can 42 and the traffic jams are almost constant (经常的). So are the accidents. On a recent visit I saw four or five

43 within a two-week period.

To get a driver’s license in Canada, you must drive, with an examiner, on real roads and in real traffic. However, in China you learn on a closed course, 44 real traffic, get a license and only then are able to drive under real roads.

Driving in Canada and driving in China 45 two different experiences. In Canada there are traffic jams but they aren’t so bad. We have more traffic lights; we obey them and drivers are usually

46 , allowing other cars to cut in front of them knowing it won’t make much difference. In China, if you stop 47 another car cut in front of you will probably be there for a long time because once one car gets in, dozens of 48 will follow.

I would rather 49 the bus than drive my car in downtown Shanghai and Beijing. Because it’s 50 and stronger than most things that might run into it.

36. A. must be B. may be C. can be D. could be

37. A. regard B. wonder C. consider D. think

38. A. were fond of B. were angry with C. were satisfied with D. were amazed at

39. A. impossible B. clear C. similar D. useless

40. A. have been to B. have been in C. have gone to D. have come to

41. A. fewer B. more C. less D. many

42. A. be driven B. drive C. allow D. be allowed

43. A. cars B. bicycles C. accidents D. people

44. A. in B. without C. with D. under

45. A. be B. is C. am D. are

46. A. polite B. impolite C. angry D. unhappy

47. A. wanting B. letting C. to let D. to want

48. A. ones B. another C. other D. others

49. A. taking B. to take C. took D. take

50. A. smaller B. bigger C. brighter D. lighter