2.　　　 He said he had finished the work three days before.

1.　　　 He finished the work three days ago.

2．典型例题：

3.　　　 By the end of last year he had finished the work. 到去年年底，他已经完成了工作。

at表示事件发生在某一时间点上；by表示事件发生在某一时间点前。

at the end of + 时间 / 地点，表示时间时，一般用于一般过去式。

by the end of + 时间，表示时间时，一般用于过去完成时。

in the end =at last最后

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2.　　　 He left Shanghai at the end of last year. 去年年底他离开了上海。(过去式)

1.　　　 The train leaves at 8 o’clock, so you’d better be there by 7:50. 火车八点钟开，所以你最好八点五十以前赶到那儿。

1．典型例题：

请对下面所给短文的每一行做出判断，如该行多一个词，把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉；如该行缺一个词，在空缺处加一个漏词符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词;如该行错一个词，在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词，如该行没有错，就不要改，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)。每行只有一个错误。

Open your dictionary on any page. At the top of　　　　　　 71_______________

the page you will see two words printing in heavy　　　　　 72_______________

type. These known as guide words. The one on the　　　　　 73_______________

left-hand side of the page told you what the first　　　　　　 74_______________

word on that page is. The one on the right-hand side of　　　 75_______________

tells you that the last word on that page is. So　　　　　　　 76_______________

if you are looking at a word in the dictionary, you　　　　　 77_______________

first look at the guide words at the head of the pages.　　　　 78_______________

Then you will be able to tell if or not the word　　　　　　　 79_______________

you wanted is on the page you are looking at.　　　　　　　 80_______________

2006学年杭州市中考英语模拟精华试卷(一)

　Tape script and keys:

　　 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。

for,　 tell,　 ask,　 as,　 have,　 learn,　 and,　 use,　 do,　　 enjoy,　 lose,　 quiet,　 watch,　　 friend,　 interesting

When my friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time　 _56_　 us that they

are in a hurry and looking at their　 _57__ . It is not that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we　 _58_　 got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evenings?” We　 _59_　 by some people. The answer is simple. Both my wife and I have a lot of things to do. We certainly don’t spend our evenings looking at the walls. My wife _ 60__　 cooking and painting. She often goes to evening classes　 _61_　 foreign languages. This is very　 __62　 as we always go to foreign countries　 _63_　 our holidays. I like stamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to music and playing cards together.

　　 Sometimes there are power cuts　 _64_　 we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us as we just light candles and carry on with what we　 _65_　 before. Our friends are　 __66_　 no television! So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full　 __67_　 they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting　 _68_　 in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. Yes, life is possible without television! I think our life is　 _69_　 than our　 _70_ .