这是荆州市2007年初中升学考试英语试题，附有答案。注：听力一题略去。
Ⅴ、完形填空。（共15分）
Once I went shopping on my first visit to Macao. (36) from cold and cloudy England, I enjoyed the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a (37) skirt. Not having much (38) to enjoy the sun in England, my legs were were very white. In England this is not a fashionable(时髦的) look at (39) . Most women spend every (40) day out trying to get darker skin. The darker the skin, the better the look. I have tried to get darker but (41) works for me!
As I (42) around one shop the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs the whole (43) , talking quietly to each other in Chinese. I began to feel (44) and asked my friend if we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what was (45) . I complained about the shop assistants being very (46) . They must be talking about my white skin. My friend laughed. “ They weren’t laughing at you. They were saying how (47) your legs are. Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours. (48) , there are many beauty products(美容产品) in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is spent on them.”
It just shows that we are never (49) with what we have. The grasss is always greener on the other side. If the women of the West and East (50) the same way, Western women wouldn’t spend so much money on cream that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn’t neend to use cream that makes skin whiter.
36. A. Coming B. Beginning C. Driving D. Hurrying
37. A. long B. short C. beautiful D. expensive
38. A. money B. exercise C. space D. chance
39. A. first B. last C. all D. least
40. A. cloudy B. rainy C. sunny D. windy
41. A. anything B. everything C. nothingD. something
42. A. jumped B. ran C. rode D. walked
43. A. time B. day C. hour D. minute
44. A. uncomfortable B. unhealthy C. uninterested D. unlucky
45. A. unusual B. wrong C. serious D. terrible
46. A. polite B. impolite C. glad D. sad
47. A. fine B. good C. well D. nice
48. A. Probably B. Mostly C. In fact D. From now on
49. A. free B. famous C. tired D. happy
50. A. thought B. saw C. worked D. decided
Ⅵ、阅读理解。（共30分）
(A)
(1) WANTED
Are you hard-working? Do you like to meet people? If your answer is “Yes”, then we have a job for you as a waiter.
Call AL Hotel at 556779! (2) SUMMER JOB
Do you like to talke with people? Do you like to write stories? If you want to work for our magazine as a reporter, please call Karen at 558366.
(3) HELP WANTED
Do you like babies? Can you look after one baby for two days? If you are sure to take food care of it, call us at 766588. $80 or more. Today!Hurry! (4)CLEANER WANTED
Can you make a large house clean and tidy?
If you hope to get the job paid at $20 once, call us this evening 18:00-20:00.
Tel:633800
51. The above job ads(广告) are probably from a .
A. newspaper B. story book C. TV show D. radio program
52. If you like children and have two days free, you can call at for a job.
A. 766588 B. 633800 C. 556779 D. 558366
53. If the owner of the large house asks a cleaner to tidy his house twice a week, how much will the cleaner get in a month?
A. $240 B. $200 C. $160 D. $120
54. are needed in AL Hotel.
A. Cleaners B. Baby-sitters C. Reporters D. Waiters
55. If you’re a college student of English who enjoys writing, during your summer holidays you will be more interested in the job in .
A. ad. (1) B. ad.(2) C. ad. (3) D. ad.(4)
(B)
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than plane, but it has its advantages(优势). You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. And traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many peoplea like to travel by car. You can make your own timebalbe. You can travel tree or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like . You can stop wherever you wish-where there is something to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to slpend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasant trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are traveling on business.
56. If you want to go to a faraway place in the shortest time, you’d better travel .
A. by train B. by sea C. by plane D. by car
57. If you want to travel more freely, the best way is .
A. by train B. by sea C. by plane D. by car
58.The passage tells us that all the way of traveling are enjoyable except traveling .
A. by train B. by sea C. by plane D. by car
59. The reason why businessmen usually take a train or plane is probably to .
A. save time B. enjoy themselves C. visit more places D. travel farther
60. From the passage we can see that .
A. all the ways of traveling today are much faster than those a hundred years ago
B. Each way of traveling that is mentioned has its own advantage
C. different people like fifferents ways of traveling
D. more and more new ways of traveling will be invente
( C)
“ What’s happened to the bottle of medicine?” He couldn’t find it in tis usual place on a table in the sitting room. “ What have you done with it?”he asked his wife. She said she hadn’t seen it, and told him it was probably under his nose, if he’d only open his eyes and look.
He went into their son’s bedroom to read him his bedtime story. On the floor there lay a bottle, the one he’d been looking for; but it was empty. “David what have you done with those sweet tablets which were in that bottle? Did you eat them?” David nodded. “How many did you eat?” No reply. He called his wife. She came, realized what had happened and went very white. “There must have been twenty-five or thirty tablets left in the bottle.He can’t have taken them all, “ said the father, feeling rather amazed. They searched the whole room, but there were no tablets on the floor, or in David’s bed.
David and his mother and father hurried to the nearest hospital. “Put the boy on the stomach pump at once,” said the doctor, as soon as he heard the facts. They could hear David crying as they sat in the waiting rooml that was the worst of it, for they were wondering if the child was going to be all right, but unable to do anything except wait. The the crying stopped and the doctor came back. “Lucky you brought him quickly. The tablets don’t have time to dissolve in his stomach, so we got them all out. He’s going to be all right. “ They took David home, and bought a medicine box with a lock on it the next day.
61. The bottle of medicine is most probably for .
A. the husband B. the wife C. the son D. somebody else
62. We know fro mthe passage that the sweet tablets .
A. are a kind of delicious sweet food.
B. are used to make people’s body stronger
C. are used for treating some kind of illness
D. are a kind of nurture(营养品) good for people’s health
63. David must have eaten of the tablets.
A. several B. half C. most D. all
64. What would the father and mother do to prevent such a thing from happening again?
A. Throw the medicine away. B. Put the medicine in a safer place.
C. Not buy such medicine again. D. Tell the son to eat less of the medicine.
65. Which of the following is the best title(标题)of this passage?
A. An Empty Medicine Bottle. B. The Missing Tablets.
C. The Son, The Trouble Maker. D. Careless Parents.
第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题， 共40分）
Ⅶ、单词填空。根据句子内容和所给首字母填入适当的单词。（共5分）
66. Mike usually goes to school by bus, but today he goes by b .
67. The 2008 Olympic G will be held in Beijing.
68. Bill says he wants to j the army when he grows up.
69. A stranger was knocking at the door, but she was afraid of l him in.
70. Her mother became s ill and had to be sent to hospital at once.
