大家知道，现在的中考英语试题总体不难，只要不放弃英语学习的学生都可以考及格以上，但欲考接近满分却并非易事。因为为了适当拉开学生距离，命题老师往往也会出一两个所谓的压轴题，以把那些真正的英语尖子生选拔出来。有时候我们学生与重点高中失之交臂，就是失分在下面精选的难题上。
61. —Hello,Sandy. This is Jack. What are you doing?
—I’m watching a match. It started at 7:00 p.m and _____ on for another an hour. A.has been
B.was C.had been D.will be
解析：选 D. 本题考查时态。根据语境：比赛还要进行一个小时。用一般将来时。
62. —__________? —Things are going very well. A. How soon does it go
B. How often does it go C. How far is it go
D. How is everything going
解析：选 D. 本题变相测试学生的口语能力以及对日常会话的理解 How is everything going 意思为：近况如何?，只有 D 项符合题意。
63. The population of the world in the 20th century became very much _________ than that in the 19th.
D. more
解析：选 B. 本题考查 population 人口大小的固定用法，即由 larger 修饰。根据连词 than 不难选出 B 答案。
64. —What’s the weather like tomorrow? —The radio says it is going to be even ______. A. bad
B. worst C. badly D. worse
解析：选 D. even 修饰比较级。而且根据语境应该是明天的天气比今天更加糟糕。
65. Though she talks ______, she has made _______ friends here.
D. few, a few
解析：选 C. 根据句意： 尽管她不太说话，但她在这里交了几个朋友。
66. —My parents never stop going on about(唠叨) how I should study hard.
A. So my parents do B. Nor my parents C. Nor do my parents
D. Neither my parents do
解析：选 C. 此题考查倒装句，因为前面句中有否定词 never, 故后面倒装句是 nor/neither+ 助动词+主语。
67. He never does his work _______ Mary.
D. carefully as
解析：选 C. 副词的同级比较，副词修饰动词，排除 A, B. as…as…与......一样......。
68. Many Chinese students think science subjects are ________ foreign languages.
D. so difficult as
解析：选 B. 此题可以采用排除法。选择 A 的话必须把 more 改为 as 或把 as 改为 than; 如果选择 C, 则应该把 much 改为 more 或在 much 后面加 more; 选择 D 则需要把 so 改为 as。
69. _________ music she is playing! A. What nice
B. How nice C. What a nice D. How nice a
解析：选 A.。 music 是不可数名词，构成 what+形容词+不可数名词+主谓!
70. His work is better than __________.
D. anyone’s else
解析：选择 C. 此题容易误选 B. 比较级中，比较的对象应该前后一致。His work 应该与
