2013年湖北省襄阳市中考英语试题及答案文本版(8)

M: It’s fifty dollars.
W: That’s too expensive for me. Do you have a cheaper one?
M: What about this brown one? It’s thirty-five dollars.
W: Oh, it looks nice. I’ll take it. Here is the money.
M: Thank you.
Questions:
12. Who is the girl buying the gift for?
13. How much is the black wallet?
14. What does the girl decide to buy?
听第三段材料， 回答第15至17小题。
M: Have you seen Lily today, Anna?
W: Yes, I saw her this morning.
M: Do you find that she looks sad these days? What’s the matter?
W: She didn’t pass the math exam last week.
M: Really? I know she was good at math, wasn’t she?
W: Yes. But she was ill last month and was away from school for seven days. When she was well and back to school, she had missed too many classes.
M: I’m sorry to hear that. Why not do something to help her?
W: Good idea! Let’s go to her home after school. And remember to take our notebooks so that she can copy our notes and we can answer her questions.
M: OK. When shall we start?
W: Let’s start today.
Questions:
15. Why did Lily look sad?
16. How long was Lily away from school?
17. How will they help Lily?
听第四段材料， 回答第18至20小题。
W: Morning! So, what seems to be the trouble?
M: Well, I hardly know where to begin. I feel unhappy most of the day.
W: Do you have trouble sleeping?
M: No. I’m always sleeping and often feel too tired to do even simple things.
W: And how long has this been going on?
M: Well, about two years.
W: That’s a long time. Have you spoken to anyone this before?
M: No, I thought it would just go away and it does get a lot better in spring and summer.
W: Do you find you have more coughs and colds from November to January?
M: Yes, more than usual. Doctor, do I need to take some medicine?
W: No, you needn’t. There is nothing serious with you. But you must take more exercise. You’ll soon feel well again.
M: Thank you, doctor.
Question:
18. Where are the two speakers probably talking?
19. What is wrong with the young man?
20. In what season did the young man feel worse?

听第五段材料， 回答第21至25小题。
Victor had two sons. One was seven, and the other was five. One morning Victor took his two boys and his pet dog to the town in his car to buy some food. He left his two boys and the dog in his car when he was in the food shop. A few minutes later, his car was driven off.
   Then the worried father called the police at once and they began to discuss the best way to save the boys. While the adults were worried about the boys in the car, the dog was so mad at the stranger. It sat at the front seat and began barking at him. If that wasn’t enough, the two boys began to shout at the car thief, “Stop, stop! It’s not your car!” and they said angrily that it wasn’t right for him to take their father’s money when the thief wanted to steal the wallet in the car.
   The two boys and the dog made the thief so crazy that he asked them for their address. Then he stopped the car in front of their house, covered his face with his shirt and ran away. When Victor and the police were discussing how to save the boys, his wife called to tell him that the car, the two boys and the dog were all home.
21. Why did Victor drive his car to the town?
22. Where were the boys and the dog when Victor was in the shop?
23. What did Victor do at once when he was told that his car was driven off?
24. What did the dog and the boys do while the thief was driving the car away?
25. What happened at the end of the story?