中考英语试卷及答案(纯WORD版)2

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The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimetres away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat noises. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof, woof.”

“It s a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat won t be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him.

When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”

56. Who told the mouse to wait before going for a piece of cheese? A. The cat.

B. The dog.

C. The cat s parents. D. The mouse s parents. 57. How did the young mouse know the cat was there? A. He heard the cat. B. He saw the cat. C. He smelt the cat. D. He knew the cat. 58. What was the cat s meal?

A. The mouse s parents. B. The cheese. C. The young mouse. D. The fish. 59. Which language did the cat learn as a second language? A. English. B. Chinese. C. Dog language. D. Mouse language. 60. Which of the following sentences is Not True according to the passage? A. The young mouse lived in a hole in a wall.

B. The next day the mouse didn t hear any cat noises.

C. The cat pretended to be a dog by making the noise “woof”.

D. The mouse s parents told their daughter to wait before going for a piece of cheese. C

Shopping is not as simple as you may think! Much has to be done for the producers before putting the products on the shelf.

Color, for example, changes a lot according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packed in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colors.

When some kind of medicine was brought out recently, researchers found that the color of the package(包装) caused the shoppers to lose interest because they made the product look ineffective(无效的). At last, it came on the market in dark blue and white—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.

The size of a package can also attract(吸引) a shopper, although quite often a bottle doesn t hold as much as it appears to.

It is said that the better-known companies spend about 40 percent of the cost of the product itself on packaging!

The most successful producers know that it s not enough to have a good product. The head of Pears Soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to sell their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a talent to sell it.”