导读：对于备战的初三学生来说，中考就是一场没有硝烟的战争。如果能在英语上比别人多拿分数，就能分分钟甩下一堆包袱，比别人多了更多的机会。知己知彼，方能考出水平，以长沙市中考英语模拟题为背景出发。在练笔原题前，我们对2018年长沙中考英语模拟题作出一定的联系，见招拆招地备战新中考。长沙新东方在此总结了2017年长沙市中考英语模拟试题，供同学们参考学习。

Ⅶ.选词填空 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)　　从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空。

　　rise, come , choose , win the prize , be on , draw pictures,　　pay for, struggle with, at the beginning, be used to　　56.Time for Africa _______________as the 2010 World Cup song, hasn’t it ?　　57.---Jack, coffee or juice ?　　---Juice, please. I _________________ drinking it.　　58.If we don’t reduce carbon emission(碳排放)to stop the temperature from ______, there will be more disasters.　　59.---What a pity! The film ____________________ for one hour.　　---It doesn’t matter. We can see it next time.　　60.Tony wants to know how much I_____________this new dictionary just now.　　61.---Dad, I’m very nervous because of the ______________ English competition.　　62.----Herta Muller is GREat. She was the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.　　----Yes. She’s the 12th woman__________________.　　63._________________ of 2010, a 3D film , Avatar was shown all over the world.　　64.People in some parts of China_______________________ the serious rainstorms at present.　　65.---What were the children doing over there?　　----They ______________ to welcome the 41st World Earth Day.

　　Ⅷ.任务型阅读 阅读下面短文，完成有关任务。(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

　　It was 6:00 on a Monday morning. With his books in his bag, 13-year-old James Mwangi was on his way to school, the Mcedo-Beijing school in a slum(贫民窟)in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi (肯尼亚首都内罗毕). This school was built in 2001 with the help of China, for children from poor families.　　After getting to school, Mwangi went straight to his class to do his class work. It is usual that pupils in this school prepare for their lessons before the teacher comes.　　To study in the school was once a dream for the poor boy. His mother made a living by washing clothes for others. Some days she took home nothing, and some days she could get about $ 3 — it was hardly enough to buy them a full meal for a day.　　Before joining the Mcedo-Beijing school, Mwangi was at home with his seven brothers, collecting garbage (垃圾). The school is giving these children hope for the future by providing a chance to get educatio n.　　“For me, education is the best gift,” said Mwangi.　　X kb 1.c om

　　任务一：根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。

　　66. How old was Mwangi?　　                                        ___________________________________________________________________

　　67. Which country helped build Mwangi’s school?　　_____________________________________________________________________

　　68. How did Mwangi’s mother make a living?　　_    ____________________________________________________________________

　　任务二： 把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

　　69. ___________________________________________________________________________

　　任务三：请给短文拟一个恰当的标题。

　　70. ___________________________________________________________________________