2012镇江中考英语试卷试题及答案
二、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 16 . The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose 17 them.
One picture was of a 18 lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All that saw this picture 19 it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had 20 , too. But these were rugged (崎岖的) and bare (光秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall This did not look peaceful 21 . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush 22 in the crack (裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest (鸟窝). She sat on her nest, watching the running water.
After the king compared the two pictures 23 , he chose the second picture 24 explained, "Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your 25 . That is the real meaning of peace."
16. A. argued B. invited C. tried D. invented
17. A. between B. except C. within D. through
18. A. calm B. round C. small D. deep
19, A. announced B. thought C. doubted D. promised
20. A. lakes B. clouds C. mirrors D. mountains
21. A. at all B. at last C. at once D. at present
22. A. lying B. growing C. dying D. moving
23. A. actively B. carefully C. angrily D. widely
24. A. so B. but C. or D. and
25. A. voice B. world C. heart D. view
三、阅读理解(共10小题：每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
There is an old saying that all of us are born with two bags hung on our necks. A small bag in front of our chest is filled up with other people's faults (缺点), while the big one at the back is full of our own shortcomings (短处).
So it’s easy to find other people's faults, but it's hard for us to see our faults behind us.
There was a boy, Tommy, who always opened the front bag to check what was in it. He saw other people's faults very quickly. When Simon was impatient with him, he said to Simon, "It's so easy for you to get angry. It is hard to be friends with you." m.91zhongkao.com
He told his mother about Jack's dishonesty. "Jack takes my things without asking. He also forgets to return them." Tommy himself did not like sharing his things with anyone.
When Johnny was too tired to play with him, he said, "'You are such a rude person."
He thought Harry was too proud of his rich parents. But Tommy was as proud of himself because he could not see any of his own shortcomings! He could not understand why he did not get on well with others.
If only Tommy would switch the bags around, he would discover his own impatience, dishonesty, bad manners and vanity (虚荣), which were no better than that of Simon, Jack, Johnny or Harry.
26. Tommy thought it was hard to be friends with Simon because Simon was _________.
A. impatient B. a rude person
C. dishonest D. too proud of his rich parents
27. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A, Tommy was a person liked by others.
B, Tommy liked sharing his things with others.
C. Tommy always discovered his own shortcoming.
D. Maybe Tommy was no better than Simon, Jack, Johnny or Harry.
28. In this passage, the writer mainly wanted to tell us ________.
A. to be more patient
B. not to be a person with vanity
C. not to take others' things without asking
D. to pay more attention to our own shortcomings
2012镇江中考英语试卷试题及答案
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