2013年江苏南京市中考英语试题

选择题（共45分）

一、 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从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。

1. ---Do you know Mo Yan?

---Of course. He won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature _________ the age of 57.

A. in B. at C. on D. to

2. ---_________ film do you prefer, Lost in Thailand or Life of Pi, Madee?

---Lost in Thailand. I like comedies because they often make me laugh.

A. What B. Whatever C. whose D. Which

3. ---Why are you so excited today?

---We were told _________ a picnic this weekend.

A. have B. to have C. having D. had

4. Linda’s father hates waiting in long lines. I think he’s just not very _______.

A. patient B. talented C. popular D. powerful

5. ---Finish your homework __________ you can’t play computer games, Jim.

---All right, Mum.

A. but B. till C. and D. or

6. Mr White, the principal, has made a great _________ to the growth of the school.

A. contribution B. progress C. invention D. protection

7. There __________ still some apple juice in the fridge. It’s not necessary for us to go to the

supermarket now.

A. was B. were C. is D. are

8. ---Millie, where is Miss Li?

---She _________ a speech on Chinese art to the first-year students in the hall.

A. gives B. gave C. is giving D. has given

9. ---__________ weather it is! We can’t go boating on the Xuanwu Lake.

---Don’t worry. Let’s go to the Science Museum instead.

A. What good B. How good C. How bad D. What bad

10. ---Hi, guys. How was your party yesterday?

---Wonderful! We had a big meal and enjoyed __________.

A. themselves B. myself C. yourselves D. ourselves

11. ---What’s wrong with you, Eric? You look tired.

---I ________ to prepare for the final exam last night.

A. picked up B. woke up C. stayed up D. put up

12. I’m surprised that John is only 25. I thought he was ________ , for he seems to be in his thirties.

A. old B. older C. young D. younger

13. It’s said that an Asian Culture Village__________ inside the AYG Village in Nanjing in the coming Asian

Youth Games period.

A. builds B. is building C. will be built D. was built

14. ---I visited the Purple Mountain Observatory last Sunday.

---__________ Why didn’t you tell me earlier?

A. You did? B. I hope so.