2009年北京市西城区中考英语一模试卷

—________. We had a party for his ________ birthday last week.

A．Eighty; eightieth B．Eighty; eighty C．Eightieth; eighty D．Eightieth; eightieth

30．—What's that noise?

—Oh, I forgot ________ you. The workers are testing the new machine.

A．telling B．tell C．told D．to tell

31．—Is your home far from school?

—No. It's only ________ walk.

A．ten-minute's B．ten minutes' C．ten minutes D．ten-minute

32．—When ________ for Hong Kong, do you know?

—I'm not sure. When he ________, I'll let you know.

A．he leaves; leaves B．will he leave; will leave C．he leaves; will leave; D．will he leave; leaves

33．—Lucy, I hear the new TV tower is fantastic. Could you tell me ________?

—Sure! Take No. 8 bus. It's not far.

A．how far it is B．where is it C．how I can get there D．which bus should I take

34．—Hi, Jim. It's a long time since we met last.

—________.

A．That's all right B．It doesn't matter C．I don't think so D．Nice to see you again

四、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

The train shook back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise. Outside the windows the freezing cold of winter ruled. The train was filled with cold, tired passengers.

Suddenly a little boyhis way through the grown-up's legs and sat down by the window. He was all alone among the unfriendly grown-ups. What a brave child, I thought. His fatherto stay by the door behind us. The train began to move slowly into a tunnel（隧道）. Then something very 37 happened suddenly. The serious little boy slid（滑） down from the seat and leaned（斜靠） his hand on my knee. For a moment, I thought that he wanted to me and returned to his father, so I helped him to stand up. But instead he leaned forward and held his head to-wards mine. He wanted to say something to me, I thought. I lowered my head to receive theWrong again! What I received was a loud kiss on the face.

The boy quietly returned to his seat, leaned back and continued looking out of the window. I was so surprised. What just happened? A child kissed angrown-upon the train. How could anybody want to kiss such a man that had so much beard（胡子） ? Nervous and a little surprised, we smiled at the fatherhe saw our questioning looks as he got ready for his stop, he offered a clue（some information）.

“He's so happy to be alive,” the father said, “He has been very sick.” Father and son 43 into the crowd moving toward the exit. Then doors closed and the train went on. On my face I could stillthe child's kiss—a kiss that has started some soul-search（深思） inside me. How many grown-ups go around kissing each other 45 the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the special right ofThe little kisser has taught us a sweet but serious lesson—You don't let yourself die before your heart stops!

35．A．lost B．moved C．fought D．pushed

36．A．preferred B．chose C．agreed D．hoped

37．A．interesting B．strange C．funny D．exciting

38．A．kiss B．beat C．pass D．ask

39．A．up B．on C．back D．out

40．A．news B．idea C．message D．thought

41．A．unsafe B．unimportant C．unfamiliar D．unfriendly

42．A．Before B．When C．Unless D．Since

43．A．disappeared B．ran C．looked D．came

44．A．touch B．smell C．have D．feel

45．A．in B．about C．for D．after