年江苏省常州市中考英语试题

1、常州市二 o 一九年中学学业水平考试英语试题留意事项：1. 本试卷共8 页，全卷满分为90 分；考试时间为100 分钟；考生须将答案书写在答题上，写在试卷上的一律无效；2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试证号填写在试卷上. 并填写答题卡上的信息；考试终止后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回；一、单项挑选（共10 小题：每道题1 分，满分10 分）从 a 、b 、c、d 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑；1.- when would you like to go swimming with me, this friday or this saturday.- .i

2、am free only this sunday.a. noneb. bothc. eitherd. neither 2.- can you give me some advice on how to be slimmer.- eat meat and cakes.a. less; lessb. fewer; fewerc. less; fewerd. fewer; less3. jim is watching a football match which is shown tv. though he is not on the scene, he can still cheer for hi

3、s team.a. livelyb. livec. livingd. alive4. - i keep the book for a week.- sorry, i'm afraid you .a. need; couldn'tb. need; can'tc. may; couldn'td. may; can t5. you must raise your hand if you have any questions in class. , your teacher won t notice you.a. otherwiseb. anyhowc. instead

4、d. moreover6. he chose to study in a junior school near his home. it to be a wise decision.a. put outb. put onc. turned outd. turned on7. i won't stop loving english the sun rises in the west.a. ifb. althoughc. becaused. unless8. in the library, students are required to keep and move .a. quiet;

5、quietb. quiet; quietlyc. quietly; quietd. quietly; quietly9. -could you tell me the music.- he used traditional chinese music art and the sounds of an ancient chinese bell.a. how he madeb. how did he makec. why he maded. why did he make10. - how would you like your coffee.- .a. i like it very much.b

6、. with some milk, please.c. no thanks.d. yes, it smells good.二、完形填空（共12 小题 ;每道题 1 分, 满分 12 分）阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的a 、b、d 四个选项中 , 选出正确选项；并在答题卡上将该项涂黑；1basketball can be fun, or it can be trouble. people gather around a ball, but their reactions 反应 often go11the object. it was a terribly hot summer day whe

7、n the group of us appearedon the basketball court. silently, we 12 up and played, as always. the sun was a big " squeezer 挤 压 者 ", as it not only squeezed out of us sweet 汗 水 and 13 , but also our unhappy feelings. body contact became more and more often, and we could all 14 the attacks of

8、 elbows 肘部 . after another round of game, one of the players and i fell to the groundat the same time. from his burning eyeballs. i could see a15was almost unavoidable.it suddenly came to me that my tins of cola were lying on the ground, about an inch awayfrom me. "buddy, hot down here. what ab

9、out a16." i said to him.17i rolled 滚动 one to him, looking at him in the eyes with my most sincere facial expression. "i guess i'm quitefine. lucky no18bones or we'll end up in the hospital. " i said.other players watching nearby all laughed. i could clearly see some movement o

10、n his face. my19did work. he picked the cola up, tried to open it, and walked over. as he passed by my side, he20his left hand, and smiled at me. i smiled back, took his hand, and gave him a light shake.a gentle wind caught me on the face as i returned to the basketball court. the sun continuedto pr

11、ovide21for us. what could be better than a group of school students22basketball skills on a warm, sunny afternoon.11. a. towardsb. aboutc. beyondd. for12. a. teamedb. cheeredc. cookedd. caught13. a. timeb. energyc. healthd. pride14. a. acceptb. affordc. smelld. feel15. a. matchb. fightc. touchd. ris

12、k16. a. gameb. talkc. drinkd. ball17. a. angrilyb. equallyc. guiltilyd. carefully18. a. lazyb. hiddenc. medicald. broken19. humorb. chancec. adviced. trust20. a. looked atb. thought ofc. put awayd. held out21. a. worryb. warmthc. stressd. peace22. a. protecting三、阅读懂得（共13 小题 ;b. encouraging每道题 2 分,c.

13、 exchanging满分 26 分）d. comparing阅读以下短文, 从短文后各题所给的a,b,c,d 四个选项中 , 选出正确选项；athe dead seaat 430 meters below sea level, the dead sea is earth's lowestpointonland.itispopularforitswonderfulbuoyancy 浮 力 .thehighsaltcontent-morethan34percent - makes swimming more like floating.now the dead sea is actual

14、ly dying. people are usingwater from the jordan river, which takes water away from the dead sea. since 1930, its surf area has reduced by almost 40 percent.venice, italywith waterways instead of streets. this "floatingcity"has attracted visitors for centuries.but no visit to venice is comp

15、lete without a ride on one of its famous gondolas, human powered2great barrier reef, australiawater taxis. water creates venice. but water willalso kill the city.built on soft earth, venice has slowly been sinking 下沉 for centuries. now, with rising sea levels caused by human activities,it'ssinki

16、ngfaster. accordingto us-based magazine architectural digest, the city maydisappear inthe next100years. betterbookyour gondola soon.covering more than 2,300 kilometers of australia's northeast coast, great barrier reef is the world's largest reef ecosystem, and an ideal place for scuba diver

17、s 水 肺 潜 水者.thousands of colorful coral 珊瑚 and fish make homes in the blue sea water. it's like a big underwater party.sadly, the party might be over soon. the reef is dying. humanactivities are changing the weather. warming ocean, water kills thecoral, and this causes problems up the food chain.

18、 the new york times reported that large parts are already dead, and the reef system might be goneby 2030.23. what can be the best title of the passage.a. disappearing watery wondersb. amazing man-made wonders on the seac. lost watery wonders on the sead. last watery wonders in the world24. which of

19、the following is the shared cause of the problems all the three places are facing.a. water loss.b. sea pollution.c. warming seas.d. human activities.25. if tom wants to visit all the following places before they are gone, and he can only afford one in the next 15 years, where must he go.a. the dead

20、sea.b. venice.c. italy.d. great barrier reef.bthere is good news for students of vocational 职业的 colleges in china: the government has announced plans to developmodern vocationaleducation. premierlikegiangsaid the government should speed up the development of modern vocational education to meet the n

21、eed for skilled workers and technicians 技术人员 in the job market. high school graduates and workers withno special training are encouraged to study in higher vocational colleges. lisaid that the number of the new students in higher vocational colleges in china should go up by i million thisyear. this

22、is the first time the central government has a clear plan.this comes after the news of the large shortfall 不足 in highly skilled technicians, although china has millions of technical workers. china is expected to face a shortfall of 3million skilled workers who can operate the newest machines by 2021

23、. the shortfall will grow to 4.5 million by 2025. also,vocationaleducation is unsatisfactory 不令人中意的, although there are many vocationalcolleges in china. in some vocational colleges, the education methods and coursescannot meet the need of upgrading 升级 , manufacturing 制造业 . as can be seen from the j

24、obmarket, some companies still can't find highly skilled technicians even with high pay.3to deal with the problem. some vocational colleges have worked withcompanies to teach students. they have hired skilled technicians from companies as teachers. with the rising of the skilled workers' soc

25、ial position and pay, it is believed the vocational education system in chinawill start to play a bigger role in the development of china.26. what's the main purpose of the development of modern vocational education in china.a. to train more highly skilled technicians for the job marketsb. to he

26、lp vocational college graduates get higher pay from their work.c. to ask more people to live on themselves with technical skills.d. to encourage more companies to upgrade manufacturing.27. what is one of the problems of chinese vocational education according to the passage.a. higher vocational colle

27、ge teachers are not well paid and valued.b. there are only a small number of higher vocational colleges in china.c. the education methods and courses in vocational colleges are unsatisfactory.d. some of the vocational college teachers are skilled technicians from companies.28. the writer believes ch

28、ina's future vocational education is .a. hopefulb. doubtfulc. unsatisfactoryd. worryingcnowadays, it never seems we have enough time to realize all of the reading goals 目标 that we set for ourselves. luckily, we have mobile apps such as latte read and getabstract to provide abstracts 梗 概 of a tex

29、t. abstracts are useful tools, especially for students, but likehaving a friend describe the main content of a story to you, you cannot experience the joy and excitementof reading the original 原先的 text of yourself.i recently finished reading a thick book of w. somerset maugham's collected short

30、stories. it took me around ten years to get through. thomas mann's difficultthe magic mountaintook me about six months to read; ayn rand's atlas shrugged made me very bored most of the time.reading a book, whether it is good or bad, is a formative 建设性的 experience. there are plentyof books wh

31、ich i probably shouldn't have taken the time to read. but the challenge of living for a time in the thoughts and experiences of a different history or character makes even the worst book a valuable effort.whenever i finish the last line of a book and slowly close it, i like to sit there and thin

32、k overits lines with a mix of nostalgia 怀旧之情 and pride. i then take the book in hand andfind a place for it on my bookshelf. when i step back and look at the books on my shelf, it is as if i am looking at the history of the different lives that i have lived.abstracts are useful as a tool to an end,

33、but reading the actual 真正的 book is somethingmuch richer. reading, like anything else in life, is much more about the journey than it ever was the destination 目的地 .29. what does the writer mainly want to say.a. reading abstracts is a best short way to enjoy literature.b. reading abstracts cannot brin

34、g you the true feeling of actual reading.c. reading different kinds of books brings you many advantages.d. the journey and the destination are equally important in our reading.30. what can we know about the writer from the second paragraph.a. he prefers thick and difficult books to short stories.b.

35、a good book is better worth reading than a bad one to him.4c. he achieves a lot from reading some challenging books.d. he is lucky enough never to have read a regrettable book.31. in the third paragraph the writer his main point of view 主要观点 .a. explains the meaning ofc. makes a conclusion ofb. prov

36、ides further support ford. offers an opposite example for,dwhen major, the most respected pig, saw all the animals were present, he cleared his throat and began:"now, comrades 同志们 , i don't think i shall be with you for many months. before i die,let me ask you a question. what is the nature

37、 of this life of ours. let us face it:our lives are miserable and short. we are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are able to do it are forced to work to the last"why then do we continue in this miserable. because nearly the whole of

38、 the produce of ourhard work is stolen from beings. there, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. it is summed up in a single word- man. man is the only real enemy we have. remove 毁灭 man from the scene, and the basic cause of hunger and overwork is ended for ever. ""and now, comrades

39、, i will sing an old song that came into my dream last night to you. i am sure, it was a song sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for marry years. it is called animals of england."his voice was hoarse 嘶哑的 , but he sang well enough to throw the animals into the wildestex

40、citement. almost before major had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.unluckily, the singing woke mr. jones, the farm owner, who jumped out of bed, thinking that there was a fox in the yard. he took the gun which always stood in a comer of his bedroom, and let fly 6 shots 射击 in

41、to the darkness. the pellets 子弹 flew into the wall of the yard and the meeting broke up hurriedly. everyone ran to his own sleeping place. the birds jumped onto their trees, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.32. why did major make the speech.a. to encou

42、rage the animals to fight against man.b. to teach the animals to sing an old song.c. to say goodbye to the animals before death.d. to complain about his personal miserable life.33. what does the underlined word " miserable " in the second paragraph most probably mean.a. commonb. boringc. l

43、onelyd. painful34. which of the following is true according to the passage.a. the animals on the farm were brave.b. major's speech was nearly successful.c. major and mr. jones were friendly to each other.d. mr. jones forced his animals to work from birth to death.35. why did mr. jones fire his g

44、un.a. to break up the animals' meeting.b. to kill the fox he saw in the yard.c. to make sure his gun was in good condition.d. to protect the animals he raised on his farm.四、阅读表达（共5 小题 ; 每道题 1 分, 满分 5 分）5阅读下面短文, 并依据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词；留意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上；每个空格只填一个单词；one cannot discuss chin

45、ese music without mentioning the chinese seven-string zither 七弦琴 , also known as the guqin, one of the four arts - along with go, calligraphy and painting. it firstappeared over 3, 000 ago and represents china's solo musical instrument tradition.at first, the gugin had only five strings, represe

46、nting the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. later. in the zhou dynasty, king wen of zhou added a sixth string for his son, king wu of zhou, added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the shang.ambience 环境气氛 was important in playing the chinese zither. usually, it w

47、as practisedin quiet setting and never for public performance.ancient artists enjoyed performingby a stream in the mountains. the sound of the quqin mixed with the echoes 回音 from the mountains, until the musician found himself at one with nature. playingit insnow was also a favoritepastime forancien

48、t artists, whobelievedtheinstrument was the purest of its kind in the world. also. a night with moonlight was considered ideal for playing the guqin. wang wei 701-761, a highly talented man of the tang dynasty, liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights with moonlight most.guqin pieces are usuall

49、y around three to eight minutes long, with the longest being guangling v erse, which is 22 minutes long. other famous pieces include plum blossoms in three movements, wild geese landing on the sandbank and eighteen songs of a nomad flute.nowadays, there are fewer than one thousand well-trainedgugin

50、players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters. the original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reducedto only a hundred works by today. the guqin and its music was added to the list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity 人类非物质文化遗产 in 2003.title: the guilin and its musicma

51、in partsdetailed informationintroduction to the guqinthe stringsthe ambiencethe present 40as one of the four arts, it has a36of 3, 000 years and represents china's solo musical instrument tradition.at first, there were five strings, which represented five elements.later, kings in the zhou dynast

52、y added37more strings to them. in quiet setting, not for public performance.1. by a stream in the mountains. the38sound of the guqin and its echoes could make musicians find themselves at one with nature.2. in snow. it was believed to be the purest instrument in the world.3. on a night with moonligh

53、t. wang wei's39was to play the guqin in a bamboo forest on a night full of moonlight.not many players, masters and works-are alive nowadays.the guqin and its music entered the list the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2003.五、词汇（共8 小题 ; 每道题 1 分, 满分 8 分）a ）依据句子意思, 用括号中所给词的正确形式填空, 每空填一词；

54、41. as a good teacher, she is never patient with her students.42. for your own safe, please do not walk about on the plane.43. do you believe it is one of the wind places on the earth.44. we hope to live peace with people from other countries.6b依据句意及汉语提示, 写出各单词的正确形式, 每空填一词；45. 在期间 his stay in beijing, he made some foreign friends.46. he 误以为 mary for her twin sister and that made them laugh a lot.47. i couldn t fall asleep because th