2014中考英语模拟题

2014最新中考英语模拟题

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Around twenty years ago I was living in York. I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find work.

I was a school bus to make ends meet and with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not the job. “Why has my life become so ?” I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to a little girl, she handed me an earring I should keep it somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it me – I had been giving all of my to what was going wrong with my rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for from a lady who was a director at a larger would a one-day lecture on stress management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of that I completely changed my life.

36. A. As B. Though C. If D. When

37. A. successful B. extra C. satisfying D. convenient

38. A. driving B. repairing C. taking D. designing

39. A. working B. travelling C. discussing D. living

40. A. prepared for B. attended C. asked for D. held

41. A. lose B. like C. find D. get

42. A. hard B. busy C. serious D. short

43. A. wave at B. drop off C. call on D. look for

44. A. ordering B. promising C. saying D. showing

45. A. in case B. or else C. as if D. now that

46. A. hurt B. hit C. caught D. moved

47. A. feelings B. attention C. strength D. interests

48. A. opinions B. education C. experiences D. life

49. A. list B. book C. check D. copy

50. A. connect B. turn C. keep D. add

51. A. her B. a passenger C. me D. my friend

52. A. hospital B. factory C. restaurant D. hotel

53. A. listen to B. review C. give D. talk about

54. A. plan B. choice C. day D. tour

55. A. operation B. speaking C. employment D. thinking

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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If Confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.