About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres(劇院). He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn' t get work and therefore (所以) wandered (流浪) about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.
But twenty years later this same Chaplin became the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian (喜劇演員) in the world . Any regular (經常的) visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Charlie Chaplin's films. People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who don' t understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films because they are mostly silent(無聲的) . It isn' t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn' t depend upon words or language. It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. Acting out without words of common(普通的) human situations(狀況) plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries. It's a kind of world language.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.
1．Chaplin was born in ________.
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2．Little does Chaplin's comedy depend on ________.
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3．One of the reasons that people all over the world can enjoy Chaplin's films is that ________.
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A．most of them have been translated into different languages
B．they can enjoy films silently
C．they are most comedies
D．most of them are not sound films
4． ________is a kind of world language according to the passage.
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5．Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because
________.
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A．he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy
B．his films are mostly silent
C．he knew how to make people laugh
D．any regular visitor has seen some of his films
金狀元績優好卷系列答案科目：初中英語 來源：中考模擬題三 題型：050
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The weather was very cold. Snow was falling. The roads were covered with ice and a strong wind was blowing. It was not a good night to be outside.
Thomas, however, had to walk home from work. He had to walk along a country road. As he walked the cold wind beat against his chest.
“I'll be warmer,” he thought, “If I wear my coat backwards (向后地).”
He stopped walking for a moment, took off his coat, and put it back on backwards.
“That's much better,” he thought, and walked on through the thickly falling snow.
A few minutes later a car hit him. The driver of the car had not seen him soon enough. When he tried to stop, the car skidded (滑行) on the ice.
The driver got out of his car and ran to help Thomas. Soon a police car arrived. The policeman ran to look at Thomas who was lying on the ground.
“I'm afraid he's dead,” he told the driver.
The driver could not believe this. “He can't be dead.” he cried,“I hardly touched him. Look at my car. There's not a mark on it.”
“He's dead.” the policeman said. “There is no doubt (疑問).”
“I don't understand it,” the driver of the car said. “As soon as I hit him, I ran to help him. He was lying in the road, but he was breathing and there was no blood (血).”
“Did you touch him?” the policeman asked.
“Yes,” the driver of the car said. “but only to turn his head around the right way.”
1．Why was Thomas walking in such bad weather?
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2．How did Thomas make himself warmer?
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3．What happened to Thomas?
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4．Who killed Thomas?
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5．The best title (題目) of the story would be ________.
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科目：初中英語 來源：考前百天點拔與千題解答（中考閱讀） 題型：050
A man walked into a bank and asked to see the manager. Shown into the gentleman's office, he asked if he could have a loan(貸款) . When the manager heard that his visitor was not one of the bank' s clients (儲戶) , he explained that loans were made only to customers with accounts (賬戶). “Why not open one?”“But I only want two dollars, ”said the man, “in return for which I am prepared to offer my car as security (抵押).”Having examined the car, the manager agreed to the loan though, as he pointed out, the proceedings (做法) were slightly unusual. The stranger left and the car was placed in the bank' s garage (車庫) .
Two months later, the customer entered the bank and asked for the return of his car, giving the manager the two dollars he had borrowed . The manager pointed out that there was interest (利息) to pay, the sum of four cents. This the customer paid. As he was leaving, the manager asked why he only borrowed two dollars. “Where else would I be able to park my car for two months for four cents?”
1．The man went into the bank ________.
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2．If you are a client of the bank, you ________.
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A．may leave your car in the bank's garage
B．can borrow some money there
C．can open an account
D．may have a loan if you offer your car as security
3．The customer entered the bank two months later in order to ________.
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4．How much did the man pay for parking his car in the bank for two months?
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5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．The man would have to pay more if he had parked his car in any other place.
B．The manager would lend money to anyone who offered something as security.
C．The manager was fooled by the customer.
D．The man parked his car in the bank to save some money .
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科目：初中英語 來源：考前百天點拔與千題解答（中考閱讀） 題型：050
The leader of a band was finding it extremely (極度地) difficult to prepare for an important performance, because the members of the band were never all present at any one of the rehearsals (預演) . Then the last rehearsal before the show came, and again some of the members were not there. At the end of the rehearsal, the leader said to all the members of the band who were present, “I have been making a note of those who have been absent from our various rehearsals. Here it is. ” He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and looked at it. “I see that the only man who has been hard-working and faithful enough to be present every time is the drummer(鼓手).”
The drummer went very red, stood up and answered, “Well, I thought it was the only right thing to do, as I won' t be able to come to the show tomorrow. ”
1．What was the leader of the band trying to do?
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A．To prepare for a big rehearsal.
B．To find a hard-working and faithful drummer.
C．To get ready for an important show.
2．What was on the piece of paper that the leader of the band had?
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A．The names of people who had been present at rehearsals.
B．The names of people who had been absent from rehearsals.
C．The name of the drummer.
3．How many members of the band had attended every rehearsal?
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A．All of them. |
B．One of them. |
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C．None of them. |
4．Why did the drummer go very red?
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A．Because he was proud of what the leader of the band had said about him.
B．Because he was ashamed.
C．Because he was ill.
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科目：初中英語 來源：考前百天點拔與千題解答（中考閱讀） 題型：050
During the Second World War, Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister. One day he had to go to the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC) to make an important speech to the nation.
An hour before the time of this speech, he stopped a taxi in the street and asked the driver to take him to the BBC; but the taxi---- driver, who did not recognize (認出)him, said he could not take him anywhere just then, because he wanted to go back to his home at the other end of London to hear Churchill make a speech on the radio.
Churchill was so pleased when he heard this answer that he gave the man a pound, which was worth quite a lot in those days.
“All right, get in, ” said the driver happily, opening the door of the taxi. “I'll take you, and to hell with Churchill and his speech! ”
1．Why did the taxi-driver have to stop taking passengers a whole hour before Churchill's speech?
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A．Because he lived at the other end of London.
B．Because he didn't recognize him.
2．Why did Churchill give the taxi-driver a pound?
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A．Because he was willing to take him to the BBC.
B．Because he wanted to listen to him on the radio.
3．Did the taxi-driver realize that, unless this man got to the BBC, he wouldn't be able to hear Churchill's speech?
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4．Why did the taxi-driver change his mind about not taking Churchill to the BBC?
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A．Because he hadn't really wanted to hear his speech.
B．Because Churchill had given him a pound.
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科目：初中英語 來源：考前百天點拔與千題解答（中考閱讀） 題型：050
The Flu That Shook the World
In 1918, Americans were at war. They were fighting World War I in Europe. They were also fighting the flu(流行性感冒) .
The flu was a dangerous enemy. It spread quickly and it killed quickly. Soldiers lived close together. They caught the flu from each other. About 112000 American soldiers died in World War I . More than half of these soldiers died from the flu.
Many soldiers from other countries died also. Mast countries kept their flu deaths a secret. Spain did not, so the flu became known as the “Spanish flu. ”
American soldiers brought the flu home with them. It swept across the country in 1918. There weren't enough doctors and nurses to go around. All together, 500000 Americans died of the Spanish flu.
Today, the flu is still our enemy. During flu season, many people get sick. Some even die. Babies and old people are in special danger. They can get help, though. Doctors can now fight the flu with flu shots.
The fight against the flu still goes on. Now we are winning the fight. The great flu of 1918 should never happen again.
1．Where did Americans fight World War I ?
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A．in America |
B．in Spain |
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C．in Europe |
2．The flu spread fast among soldiers because ________.
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A．they lived close together |
B．they were fighting the enemy |
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C．they were young |
3．In 1918, the flu was called the ________.
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A．American flu |
B．Spanish flu |
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C．soldier's flu |
4．Since 1918, the flu has become ________.
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A．more dangerous |
B．less dangerous |
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C．a big secret |
5．What is the main idea of this story?
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A．The flu has killed many people. |
B．Americans went to war. |
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C．Doctors are fighting the flu. |
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科目：初中英語 來源：考前百天點拔與千題解答（中考閱讀） 題型：050
6 bananas
1 package (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1 cup chopped(磨碎的) peanuts(花生)
12 wooden popsicle(冰棒) sticks
Peel(剝皮) the bananas. Cut them in half the long way. Put a wooden stick in an end of each banana half . Put the bananas in a low pan. Freeze them for 2 to 3 hours.
Melt(熔化) the chocolate pieces slowly in a pot over hot water. Use a knife to spread the melted chocolate over all the bananas. Sprinkle(撒) with the nuts quickly, before the chocolate gets hard.
Wrap(裹) each pop in foil or plastic wrap. Keep them in the freezer. Serves 12.
1．The foods you need are in a list at the top so you can ________ .
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2．The wooden stick in the banana is for ________ .
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3．The reason you melt the chocolate is to ________ .
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4．What will happen if the chocolate gets hard too fast?
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5．Six bananas can make 12 pops because ________ .
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A．the bananas are cut in small pieces
B．the bananas are large
C．each pop is made of half a banana
D．the chocolate makes the bananas bigger
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科目：初中英語 來源：考前百天點拔與千題解答（中考閱讀） 題型：050
Big Ben's story starts in 1834. In that year the old Parliament building burned down. Its clock tower (塔) crashed (倒下) to the ground. There had to be a new building－and a new clock.
Plans were made. They called for a “king of clocks, the biggest and best in the world. ” So the clock had to be big. And it had to keep very good time.
Some people said, “No one can make such a clock. ”They were wrong. The big clock was made in two years. But it couldn't be put in the tower. The tower wasn't even built!
Five more years went by before the clock tower was finished. Then the four bells for the chimes (鐘聲) were brought into the tower. And at last the giant (巨大) hour bell (鈴) was put in place. It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859.
This great bell had to have a name. A meeting of Parliament was called to pick one. “The clock is the king of clocks. ” one man said, “Let's call the bell the queen of Bells. ”
“Then why not Victoria?” said another. (Victoria was the British queen at that time. )
The talk about names went on and on. Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man that the others liked. By this time they were all tired. Someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben and be done with it?”
Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up. But Big Ben it was from then on. Not just the bell, but the whole clock.
1．The old clock tower crashed to the ground because of ________ in 1834.
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2．The new clock should be ________ .
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3．It took ________ years to make the big clock.
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4．On ________ Big Ben rang out for the first time.
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5．The name of Big Ben comes from ________ .
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科目：初中英語 來源：中考倒計時60天 題型：050
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It seems that the cities in future will have to change. Because the world's population is increasing (增長), there will be more people in the cities of tomorrow.
It may not be possible for any family to live in a house with land around it. There will not be enough space for this. An answer to this problem of space may be the skyscraper city (摩天城). The highest building in the world today is in New York. It's about 450 metres high. The skyscraper cities would be about seven times higher.
In this skyscraper city about 250,000 people would live. Nearly a million people could live in four of these great buildings. Each skyscraper city would have four towns in it and each town would have ten villages. They would live, work and spend their free time in them. They wouldn't need to leave the city unless they wanted to. They would be able to move about in the city by a transport (交通) controlled (控制) by computers.
1．What's the passage mainly about?
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2．In the future it may not be possible for any family to live in a house with ________ around it.
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3．Each skyscraper city would have ________ villages.
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4．Which of the following sentences is not true?
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A．The people in the future will live in the skyscraper city.
B．They need to buy anything in the other skyscraper city.
C．They wouldn't need to leave the city unless they wanted to.
D．People would be able to move about in the city by a transport system.
5．The skyscraper cities would be about seven times ________ than the highest building in the world today.
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