2012年盐城市中考英语试题及答案
盐城中考
2012-8-20 17:00:14 文/石磊
一、单项选择（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，计 15 分）
从A 、B 、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。
1. China has _______ area of about 9,600,000 square kilometers.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. —_______ will you finish doing the work?
—In a few weeks.
A. How long B. How far C. How soon D. How often
3. We find _______ impossible for us to learn a foreign language well in a short time.
A. that B. this C. one D. it
4. —Jack, you seem to be _______.
—Yes. It’s 8:20 now and my train leaves in ten minutes.
A. in a hurry B. in fear C. in safety D. in silence
5. You will fall behind others _______ you work hard.
A. if B. unless C. though D. since
6. —Dad, must I practise the piano today?
—No, you _______. You may do it tomorrow.
A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t
7. This schoolbag is not expensive. And the price of it is the _______ of the three.
A. lowest B. biggest C. highest D. smallest
8. Cao Wenxuan’s new book has just _______. Let’s go and buy one.
A. come over B. come down C. come on D. come out
9. _______ children Simon and Jim are! They help Mrs. Li clean the house every day.
A. How nice B. How brave C. What nice D. What brave
10. The reporter said that the UFO _______ east to west when he saw it.
A. travels B. traveled C. was traveling D. has traveled
11. Don’t talk to anyone about the bad news —_______ not my mother.
A. hardly B. usually C. especially D. simply
12.—Have you ever been to Singapore?
—Yes. I _______ there last year with my parents.
A. go B. went C. have been D. was going
13.—Is Tom in the next room?
—Well, it’s hard to say. But I heard him _______ loudly when I passed by just now.
A. speak B. to speak C. spoken D. speaking
14. In the past few years, thousands of films _______ all over the world.
A. have produced B. have been produced
C. are producing D. are being produced
