2013年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题及答案文本版(2)

14．一Have you finished your homework?
    —________Just half of it．How about you?
    A．Not at all    B．Not likely       C．Not a bit         D．Not yet
15．I used to quarrel a lot with my parents，but now we_______just fine together．
    A．get along    B．get up          C．get away         D．get off
二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
    先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
    You have probably heard the expression，“It’s raining cats and dogs outside．”That means
16  it，S raining very hard I not that  17  cats and dogs are falling from the  18  ．However，one day in June，1882，it really did rain  19  over Dubuque，Iowa．The frogs  20  falling along with hailstones(冰雹)during a  21  storm．
    Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are  22  by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air．There the raindrops become frozen．Many drops may freeze  23  to form balls of ice；these ice balls，or hailstones，then  24  to earth．
    During the storm in Dubuque，the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds(池塘) 25  the air along with raindrops．When some of these frogs became covered with ice，both hailstones and“frog-stones”fell onto the ground．
16．A．that       B．how        C．why        D．if
17．A．careless    B．blind       C．dead        D．real
18．A．hill       B．tower       C．sky         D．building
19．A．cats       B．frogs       C．dogs        D．birds
20．A．stopped    B．enjoyed     C．began       D．forgot
21．A．popular    B．terrible      C．weekly      D．common
22．A．divided    B．added       C．changed      D．caught
23．A．together    B．alone       C．so           D．almost
24．A．hold       B．lose        C．keep         D．fall
25．A．from       B．into        C．after         D．by
三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。
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According to one story the idea for making the first teddy bear came from a newspaper cartoon drawn in 1904. This cartoon showed President Teddy Roosevelt on a hunting trip refusing to shoot (射杀）a young bear. The young bear became a symbol for Teddy Roosevelt.
Morris Michtom owned a small candy and toy store in New York City. He and his wife made many of the toys they sold. When he saw the cartoon， he had a wonderful idea. He decided to make a toy bear with eyes and legs and arms that moved. The bear was put in the store window next to a copy of the cartoon. Mr . Michtom called it “Teddy’s Bear”.
Many of these bears were sold. The bears became so popular that Mr . Michtom thought he might need President Roosevelt' permission to use his name. He wrote to the president and sent him a “Teddy Bear”. The president answered，saying that Mr. Michtom could use his name.
Mr . Michtom borrowed money so that he could make thousands of toy bears. His company became the Ideal Toy Corporation. Today this is one of the biggest toy companies in the United States.
26.People will remember Morris Michtom because he was_______
A. a candy store owner
B . a toy store owner
C . the inventor of the teddy bear D . Teddy Roosevelt' friend
27.The idea for making the first teddy bear came from________
A. a movie
B . a magazine story
C.a TV advertisement
D.a newspaper cartoon
28.From this passage we can see that________