2013年广东省广州市中考英语真题及答案文本版(2)

28___ can’t be broken down by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and __29___ water and soil. ___30___ we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get worse. If nature can’t reuse the rubbish, we must recycle __31__.
We should clean up the rubbish we’ve made because nature can’t.
Recycling is also the right thing to do for another reason. The earth is rich in natural materials like water and trees, __32 __ these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much _ _33 __ than the earth is able to reproduce them. For example, each year we cut __34 __ more that 6,000 square miles of forest. But it takes an average of 25 years for a new tree __35__.
Recycling can help us save the earth, so let’s take action right now.
 
26. A. use                B. using               C. is used             D. used
27. A. another             B. other               C. others              D. the other
28. A. who               B. which               C. how               D. where
29. A. pollutes            B. polluted              C. polluting           D. is polluted
30. A. When              B. Whether             C. Why               D. If
31. A. then               B. their                 C. it                 D. itself
32. A. but                B. so                   C. and               D. or
33. A. fastly              B. fast                  C. faster              D. fastest
34. A. out                B. down                C. in                 D. up
35. A. grows              B. for growing           C. growing           D. to grow
 
三、完型填空（共10小题； 每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~45各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36    to him because it was a gift from his father.
After _  37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.
He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”
So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”