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2018年广东省广州市中考英语试卷

一、语法选择

1．（15分）Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China． He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century． In his short life he wrote（1） 300songs and an opera．

Xian was born in Panyu， Guangdong， China in 1905． Because his father died before he was born， Xian moved from place to place with（2） mother． He began learning to play（3） violin when he was 20years old． In the beginning， his violin was（4） cheap and badly made that he（5） not play it well． His friends laughed at him． Xian did not stop（6） and soon showed his talent． In 1934， he was one of the first Chinese students（7） studied in a special music school in Paris． Before he（8） ， Xian became the schools best student（9） won several prizes for his talents．

In 1935， he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army． Later， he came to Yan'an（10） music at a college．（11） there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time Xian still wrote （12） of his most important music there， including The Yellow River， his most famous work． In May 1940， Xian（13） to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies． In the Soviet Union， life was very（14） ． Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness （15） October 30， 1945， aged only 40． Xian's music， however， lives on in the people's hearts． （1）A． near （2）A． he （3）A． a （4）A． so （5）A． need （6）A． practice （7）A． what

B． nearly B． him B． an B． such B． may B． practicing B． which

C． nearby C． his C． the C． very C． should C． to practice C． whom

D． nearer D． he's D． this D． much D． could D． practised D． who

（8）A． leave （9）A． and （10）A． teach （11）A． If （12）A． any （13）A sent （14）A hard （15）A． at

二、完形填空

B． leaves B． but B． taught B． Although B． little B． was sent B． harder B． in

C． left C． as C． teaching C． When C． few C． has sent C． hardest C． on

D． was leaving D． or D． to teach D． Because D． some D． was sending D． the hardest D． by

2．（15分）Before graduating college， Jackie began to look for a job． She aimed at a famous company， but the （1） for such jobs was very strong． The company Jackie chose planned to employ only one person， but more than twenty people applied for the job． （2） ， Jackie was one of the three people invited for the final interview． The interview was very （3） ． The interviewer asked just a few questions and it was all over in less than 10minutes． Then the interviewer said to them， \． Please go home and （4） our response．\

Three days later， Jackie received a message saying she would not be （5） the job． She felt deeply disappointed． That evening． however she received another （6） ． This time it said that she got the job．

Jackie later found out that the first message sent to her phone was part of the interview﹣﹣﹣a

（7） to see if she was suitable for the job． All the three people received the（8） text， but only Jackie's reply（9） the company Of the three， one did not reply． The other said \． This reply showed that Jackie was a/an（10） person， so the company offered her the job．

（1）A． exam

B． work

C． competition

D． plan

（2）A． Thankfully （3）A． long （4）A． pick up （5）A． offered （6）A． letter （7）A guide （8）A． same （9）A． reached （10）A． brave

三、阅读理解

B． Unluckily B． strict B． wait for B． returned B． e﹣mail B． conversation B． other B． satisfied B． clever

C． Hopefully C． interesting C． deal with C． refused C． call C． test C． second C． helped C． polite

D． Immediately D． simple D． think of D． shown D． message D． lesson D． whole D． surprised D． honest

3．（10分）For his eleventh birthday， Lin was given a gift that would shape his life． On that day his father took him to the Children's Activity Centre and said he could choose any course that interested him． There was just one requirement： Lin would have to promise to study it for at least one year．

To that point Lin had had many hobbies， but none kept his interest for more than a week or two． His mum once gave him a bag of stamps to encourage stamp collecting． That hobby lasted a week． Then his father got him some paints hoping that Lin's artistic side would shine through． Those paints were now under his bed， still unopened． This time Lin's parents would let him decide．

Lin's eyes moved down the noticeboard that listed all the courses on offer． He stopped at \． He liked the idea of taking beautiful pictures but the notice said that each student needed their own camera． Although Lin's family weren't poor， they weren't rich either， and a camera cost a lot of money． He continued looking．

The next course to catch his eye was \Art\． He didn't even know what that meant． His father explained that it taught people how to make public speeches． Lin， a shy boy， could think of nothing worse．

Then he saw it． \sounded like something he'd like to do． It was