这里是专项的2009中考英语单项填空模拟题，并附有答案和解析。
1. The Games of ________ Olympic in 2008 will be held in the city of Beijing.
A. 29
B. the 29
C. 29th
D. the 29th
2. Never give up, ________ you’ll make it.
A. or
B. and
C. but
D. yet
3. To protect environment is ________ to take care of our lives.
A. important
B. more important
C. the most important
D. as important as
4. In the bookshop, a reader asked the shopkeeper________ Gone with the Wind was an interesting book.
A. that
B. how
C. what
D. if
5. Lorna usually thinks ________ her own language first. Then she turns her words into Chinese
A. by
B. in
C. with
D. through
6. This second-hand computer is much ________ than that new one
A. cheap
B. dear
C. dearest
D. cheaper
7. The food________ Guangzhou is quite different ________ that in Changsha.
A. in; like
B. to; from
C. from; to
D. in; from
8. David has ________ friends except me, and sometimes he feels lonely in Guangzhou.
A. few
B. some
C. many
D. more
9. —Nigel never has mutton, ________ he?
—No. He only likes beef.
A. does
B. doesn’t
C. has
D. hasn’t
10. I was born in Henan, but Hunan has become my second ________.
A. home
B. family
C. house
D. place
11. —Did you enjoy your stay in Guangzhou?
—Yes. We had ________ wonderful time in the White Clouds Hill.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
12. If you speak English every day ________, I think you can speak good English.
A. just then
B. before
C. once
D. from now on
13. —Can you play Frisbee, Jay?
—Yes, I ________. It’s easy.
A. must
B. can
C. need
D. may
14. ________ the help of Mr Roberts, I caught up with the other students.
A. Under
B. In
C. With
D. On
15. We have searched the ________ for one hour for the information about Yao Ming and Liu Xiang.
A. TV
B. radio
C. Internet
D. computer
