2013辽宁省大连市中考英语试题

第I卷 选择题（共74分）
I.单项填空（本题共16小题，每小题1分，共16分）
从各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1.Jim is______ good basketball player. He plays in our school team.
A.a B.an C.the D./
2.In America,people start celebrating the New Year______ 31st December.
A.in B.at C.on D.for
3.Many Asian elephants live in India but you can find in other countries______ as well.
A.him B.them C.her D.it
4.Look at the nice ______!I've decided to wear it to the party.
A.doll B.cup C.poster D.dress
5.In a green school,everyone agrees to be ______about the environment.
A.nervous B.careful C.honest D.rude
6.May I ______your bike,please? I'll give it back to you soon.
A.touch B.bring C.borrow D.buy
7.The British Museum is very serious.Visitors ______keep quiet.
A.may B.might C.can D.must
8.-Who plays the violin ______,Sally or Kylie?
-Sally.But she gave the chance to Kylie.
A.well B.better C.best D.the best
9.Your handwriting will certainly improve______ you practise it every day.
A.though B.before C.if D.until
10.-What's the book on your table,Lingling?
-Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Betty ______it to me from England.
A.is sending B.will send C.sends D.sent
11.We want to set off______ so that we can avoid the heavy traffic.
A.early B.recently C.happily D.quietly
12.Most Australians love going to the ______to swim and surf.
A.beach B.forest C.grassland D.desert
13.- ______is the boy with a pair of glasses?
-My brother,John.
A.How B.Who C.Where D.What
14.I______ know a lot about my pen friend although we've met before.
A.often B.always C.never D.usually
15.Many students write to Language Doctor to ______advice about learning English.
A.look through B.ask for C.give up D.worry about
16.-Congratulations!You have won the first prize in the photo competition.
- ______ .
A.Thank you! B.Good idea! C.Of course D.Enjoy yourself!

II.完形填空（一）（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选择。
Once there were several scientists in a forest.They were trying to _17 the rarest animal in the world.No one had seen it ,so everyone was _ 18 and wanted to be the first one to photograph and study it.
The animal only came out at night, _19 the scientists did some other studies in the day. _20 them,there was a famous scientist named Walter. Every day,he would spend an hour sitting at the desk and putting all his equipment（设备）in the _21 place.He did this carefully.But other scientists laughed at him because they thought Walter was just wasting _22 .
One night,the animal appeared _23. The scientists heard its call.But the call didn't last long.The animal was frightened by the _24 made by the scientists while they were scrabbling（忙乱地找）for their cameras and notebooks.
On the next morning,the scientist _25 their fingings.Some had tried to record its call,others had noted down how it moved,and the luckiest one had even photographed parts of its tail and legs.They all congratulated each other on what they had found.However,when they saw what Walter had,they were very surprised.

2013年大连市中考英语试卷及答案