核心提示：通知各初级中学： 根据荆州市教科院召集部分县市区对2016年中考英语命题建议座谈会的精神，2016年中考英语试题满分为102分，考试时间为100分钟，考试题型与2015年相比也略有变化。其中新增题型为选择阅读（见样例试题）。请各学校英语教师在教学中注重对新题型的训练，提高学生对文章篇章结构的理解能力...
通知
各初级中学：
根据荆州市教科院召集部分县市区对2016年中考英语命题建议座谈会的精神，2016年中考英语试题满分为102分，考试时间为100分钟，考试题型与2015年相比也略有变化。其中新增题型为选择阅读（见样例试题）。请各学校英语教师在教学中注重对新题型的训练，提高学生对文章篇章结构的理解能力。
公安县教学研究室初中股
2015年10月9日
2016年中考英语很可能出现的新题型
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。（共１０分，每小题２分）
Ben and Sally lived in Caliornia with their two daughters. Ben liked travlling. 1______ ,but Sally stayed home with the girls. Ben and his friends owned a company. People at the company liked to play jokes on each other. One day, Ben’s fridnds wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally. 2_____ ．The letter said,
Dear Sally:
I’m having a great time here in Africa. I’m sending a special gift to you. I hope you like it. Please take good care of it until I get home.
Love to you and the kids,
Ben
On the same day, Sally also got a phone call. The caller told her that a delivery was coming. At one o’clock, a truck stopped in front of Sally’s house. The truck driver gave Sally a rope. An animal was tied to the rope. It was a baby elephant! 3_____ ,and it began eating grass.
Then the driver drove away. Sally stood there and help the rope to the elephant. She asked herself, “What can I feed an elephant with ? Bananas?”
4_____ .He said, “It’s illegal(非法的) to have wild animal here.” Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.
Ben’s friends were hiding in the backyard and laughing. They had planned everything perfectly.They had rented (租借) the elephant from a zoo and asked the policeman to write the ticket! Ben’s friends also made a film of everything. 5 _____ .
When Sally learned about the truth ,she couldn’t help laughing.
A. So they sent a letter to Sally
B. After a while, a policeman came
C. The elephant ran into Sally’s yard
D. They wanted Ben to watch the video
E. One summer, he went to Africa on a trip
答案：EＡＣＢＤ
