中考英语专题练习及答案简析
Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).
Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions see m modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.
1. A. took B. made C. painted D. invented
2. A. artists B. doctors C. painters D. pe ople
3. A. to B. of C. for D. from
4. A. the scientists B. the artists C. the world D. people
5. A. draw B. paint C. work D. build
6. A. was just B. wasn’t just C. wasn’t D. was no longer
7. A. less B. no C. even D. very
8. A. before B. after C. because D. when
9. A. him B. us C. them D. you
10. A. interesting B. crying C. smiling D. surprising
名师点评
本文介绍了堪称世界上最伟大的天才——达•芬奇在发明、艺术等方面为人类所作的巨大贡献，文章层次分明，通俗易懂。
答案简析
1.C。为了引出话题人物━━达•芬奇，这里引用了设问手法，问题应表示“是谁画了世界上最著名的画”，故选择动词painted。
2.B。对人体比较了解的莫过于医生了，将达•芬奇与医生相比才能显示其对人体的精通。故选择doctors。
3.A。介词to常表示一一对应的关系，“问题的答案”习惯表达为an answer to a question。
4.D。达•芬奇应是世人所知道的天才中最伟大的人，the world 一般指每个人，相当于第三人称单数，故people为正确选项。
5.D。draw和paint不合文意, work为不及物动词，不能直接接宾语。在那个时代，达•芬奇所不能做的应 是制造飞机，故选择build。
6.B。这一句起承上启下的作用，意为“达•芬奇不仅仅是一名发明家”，故选择 wasn’t just。
7.C。less和no不合文章，very不能用来修饰比较级，而even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，故为正确选项。
8.A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界，应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。
9.B。达•芬奇的画今天依然保存在世，为本文作者以及读者所共享，所以应选us。
10.C。达•芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下，故选smiling。
中考英语专题练习2：
There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to __1__ all his money for him.
It __2__ the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two __3__ dollars, he was __4__ with joy and asked, “ How much __5__ do you want?” He thought that __6__ she was only a child, he could __7__ her into taking a very small amount of money.
The girl said, “well, I worked for six days, so I th ink you __8__ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.
The __9__ thought that in this __10__ he would only have to give her a __11__ dollars. What a __12__ little girl! So immediately, he __13__ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her __14__ .
On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.
Ea ch day after that, he gave her __15__ number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.
1. A. bring B. count C. send D. hide
2. A. had B. needed C. got D. took
3. A. million B. dozen C. thousand D. hundred
4. A. pride B. wild C. surprised D. moved
5. A. dollars B. number C. time D. pay
6. A. as if B. though C. if D. because
7. A. warn B. advise C. cheat D. set
8. A. could B. would C. should D. might
9. A. girl B. millionaire C. two D. people
10. A. measure B. way C. point D. means
11. A. few B. little C. less D. much
12. A. nice B. clever C. fine D. foolish
13. A. ordered B. asked C. had D. persuaded
14. A. mind B. heart C. word D. plan
15. A. good B. great C. a D. the
名师点评
一个富翁雇了一个小女孩为他数钱，她用了六天才把钱数完。付工钱时，富翁想欺骗她，但聪明的小女孩用了一个简单的办法得到了富翁所有的钱。
答案简析
1.B。由于不知道自己到底有多少钱，所以找个人帮他“数”钱。D项意为“隐藏”。
2.D。根据it takes sb. some time to do sth.结构判断答案用D。
3.A。因为他是一个百万富翁。
4.B。be wild with joy意为“欣喜若狂”，表示the man当时的心情。
5.D。pay在此指“需要支付的钱”，也就是“工钱”。由于前面是how much，所以不能用dollars。
6.D。从下文可知，此处表示原因。
7.C。由the man 的心理及前面的only a child推知，此时想“欺骗”那个女孩。
8.C。should表示“应该”。
9.B。此处指“富翁”。
10.B。in this way为固定短语。
11.A。只有few可以修饰dollars。
12.D。从下文中可以看出小女孩其实很聪明，但是富翁却以为她“愚蠢”。
13.C。have sb. do sth.意为“让某人做某事”。其余三词后面的动词不定式都要加to。
14.A。change one’s mind意为“改变主意”。
15.D。the number of表示“……的数目”，而a number of表示“许多……”。