2018年常州市中考英语试卷及答案

1、importance of time D. untilD. anythingC. Either; or D. Both;D. neednt10小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）从题中所给的A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. Time waits for no man. But some people won t realize the it s gone.A. asB. sinceC. when2. Two tickets for Sunday, please! Sorry. There is left.A. nothingB. noneC. so

2、me3. Your father has passed the driving test? Yes. my father my mother has.A. Not only; but alsoB. Neither; norand4. Hurry up, Jeff! Let s cross the road as fast as possible. No, you . Don t you see the light is still red?A. couldn tB. wouldn tC. mustn t5. Lights are out. The concert is to begin. Th

3、e fans hold their breath for Jay ChouA. influenceB. guidanceC. experienceD. appearance6. Manager, all the machines just now! What? Call the engineer at once.A. broke downB. turned down C. broke outD. turned out7. As an American, Tom is a big fan of Chinese Kongfu. , he is crazy about BeijingOpera.A.

4、 ThereforeB. HoweverC. MoreoverD. Otherwise8. Can you describe ? Yes. I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behind.A. why did the accident happenB. when did the accident happenC. how the accident happenedD. where the accident happened9. I you here, but you didn t come. I m terribly sorry. I

5、 was so busy that I forgot.A. would expectB. was expecting C. am expectingD. have expected10. Are you going to try out for the host of the English party? ? It is such a good chance to improve my spoken English.A. What s upB. What s wrong C. Why meD. Why not二、完形填空（共 12小题；每小题1分，茜分12分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A

6、、R C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Mrs. Walker sat down at her desk and sighed （叹息）."OK. Tell me what happened. ”“Yesterday, " Winston began, “when I got home, I went straight to my room to do my homework. After I finished, I needed a（n） 11 . So I took out my bubble gum （泡泡糖）to12 . Michael and

7、 I are having a competition to see who can blow the biggest bubble.”"That' s right, “ Michael said. "We are.” “I kept adding gum and my bubble kept growing. Soon it13 my whole face. ”“What then? ” asked Mrs. Walker.“Then it happened. The bubble became as big as a beach ball." He 1

8、4 his arms toshow how big it was.A few kids made faces they didn ' t 15 him, but Winston ignored （不理睬）themand went on.“Suddenly a strong wind took the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble 16 over my desk and out of the window. As it sailed away, I noticed something yellow stuck to it.Like pa

9、per. Then I noticed my 17 was missing.”"So?' Mrs. Walker asked.“I ran after the bubbleinto Mrs. Roosevelt ' s garden. I saw her cat attackit. Thebubble broke. All I saw then was the cat running away. Mrs. Roosevelt helped me searchthe18. But my homework was nowhere to be seen. ”Mrs. Wal

10、ker shook her head. " 19, Winston, why didn ' t you just tell me that thehomework was too 20 instead of making up that wildstory?"Just then, the office worker walked in with a letter.Winston opened the letter and took out the wrinkled homework paper and a note that said, “For Winston &

11、#39; s teacher.”I am sure Winston 21 to hand this in. He s a good boy. I have no idea howhis homeworkgot stuck to mycat, but I ' msure Winston can give you a（n） 22 .Mrs. RooseveltMrs. Walker looked up. "It was all true! ”“Yes, madam. Winston said quietly.11. A. awardB. restC. surpriseD. cho

12、ice12. A. practiceB. createC. exerciseD. enjoy13. A. cleanedB. hurtC. coveredD. hit14. A. roundedB. heldC. crossedD. waved15. A. hearB. noticeC. rememberD. believe16. A. floatedB. rodeC. climbedD. stayed17. A. bubbleB. bookB. catC. homeworkC. deskD. gumD. garden18.A. room19.A. GenerallyB. HonestlyC.

13、 FinallyD. Exactly20. A. hard21.wantedB. differentA. refusedC. commonB. promisedD. interestingC. managed D22.三、阅读理解（共A. introduction阅读理解（共B. explanation13小题；每小题 2 分，满分26 分）C. suggestionD. instruction阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 该项涂黑。A、 B、C、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将并在答题卡上将ASummer is finally here for most of us. Sa

14、dly, summer is not so pleasant to people in a bit less lucky places, where air conditioning（ 空调 ） is not easy to get for most of them.But as a saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way, especially for those wholike doing it yourself （DIY）. A young man from Bangladesh（孟加拉国 ） designed an airc

15、onditioning system called the Eco Cooler, one that does not require power, and is made of the world s most common waste plastic bottles.The Eco Cooler is super simple to build no special engineering skills are required. First, to fix it, a window should be taken away and replaced（替代 ） by it. Second,

16、 a boardshould be cut into the size of a window. Some bottle-neck sized holes should then be cut onto the board. Then, the funnel-shaped（ 漏斗状的 ） bottlenecks, cut from the plastic bottles, should be put into the holes. The next step is to fix the design onto the window frame（框 ）with the wider side fa

17、cing outwards. And this is it.The Eco Cooler then works by catching the winds and sending them inside the building.It can reduce the temperature of a room by as much as 5° C a big difference when looking at comfortable 25° C compared to uncomfortable 30° C.The idea of the inventor, As

18、his Paul, was to show his great product to as many people as possible. For this purpose, he received help from some groups of volunteers. Together, they offered to help local people build and fix the units, as well as teach them how to make them themselves.Yes, the Eco Cooler is not a super high-tec

19、h air conditioning system, but it is one that can make a big difference.23. When building the Eco Cooler, we should pay special attention to .A. the shape of the windowB. the direction of bottlenecksC. the temperature of the outsideD. the weight of the board24. What can we learn from the passage?A.

20、Ashis Paul is a clever inventor and a successful businessman.B. An Eco Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25° C.C. The new invention of Eco Cooler is friendly to the environment.D. Local people will replace their air conditionerwith an Eco Cooler.25. What ' s the best title

21、of this passage?A. DIY air conditioning made from plastic bottlesB. Eco Cooler a super high-tech air conditionerC. Why do we need an Eco Cooler in summer?D. A strong-willed inventor and his DIY dreamBHow to investigate PlanningDecide on a scientific problem to investigateFor example, a student named

22、 Mary has decided to research into how quickly sugar dissolves（溶解）in water.Write down yourhypothesisYou may already have an idea of what you expect to happen in your investigation. This idea is called your hypothesis. It may not be right! It is just an idea, though it may be based on work in science

23、 which you have done before. The aim of your investigation is to test your idea.Decide what variables（ 变量）you are dealing withThings like temperature, size, weight, and colour are called variables. Variables are things you can measure（ 测量）.In your investigation, you have to decide what the variables

24、 are, which ones you will keep fixed, and which you will change.You need to change just one variable at a time. If lots of variables change at once, it won ' t be a good test.Decide what equipment you need, and in what order you will do things Prepare tables for your results Getting your evidenc

25、e（数据）Make your measurements, and record your results Reaching conclusionsLook for patterns in your resultsPresent your conclusionsWhat links（ 关联）did you find between any of the variables? How would you explain these links? Checking your findingsCompare your conclusions and hypothesis Do your results

26、 support your idea?26. What d oes the underlined word a hypothesis " most probably mean?A. reasonB. resultC. methodD. guess27. In Mary ' s investigation, which of the following about the variables is true?A. She can only change one variable at a time.B. Some of the varia bles can t be measu

27、red.C. Her weight and age can be the variables.D. The temperature of water cannot be a variable.28. What is the passage mainly about?B. How to explain a scientificD. How to understand some chemistryA. How to do a scientific research.finding.C. How to deal with a chemistry problem. knowledge.CWewake

28、up very early to go to school, maybe even earlier to meet with a teacher, complete our extracurricular（ 课程以外的 ） activities,comehome to have a quick dinner, talk for eightminutes with our parents and do homework until we fall asleep. But then we remember. We have to look at the American College Test

29、（ACT） exercises one more time. Half asleep, we run downstairs to get the ACT book, and start studying. After this we finally get to turn off the lights and drift away to sleep. And then six hours later, we do it all over again.In my health class, my teacher told us that teenagers need at least eight

30、 to nine hours of sleep each night. The sad truth is, with so much to do every day, high school students cannot keep to this sleep schedule（ 安排 ）.Let me ask you all a question:Doesn' t it seem more humane伙道的）to give a teenagerperhaps two hours of homework each night? This would allow us to have

31、the eight to nine hours of much needed sleep. Or does it seem better to pile students with five hours of work a night? It leaves us very little time to relax, therefore reducing the time that we can sleep.In my opinion, the present structure（ 结构 ） of the junior year of high schooldoesn twork well. J

32、unior year of high school is a time for growth. By this time many students have the abilityto think creatively, and solve challenging problems. Homework is important fora student s growth. But do we really need to spend countless hours a night doing it? Toomuch homework can only lead to too little s

33、leep and too low an ability. I do think it is time to change the structure, so that we sleep at home, and learn at school.29. In the first paragraph the writer gives .A. a picture of the present daily life of high school studentsB. an example of an ideal daily life of high school studentsC. a reason

34、 for high school students to live a busy daily school lifeD. a suggestion of what high school students should do to pass ACT30. From the last paragraph we know that the writer thinks .A. junior year of high school is the most important growth periodB. challenging problems are needed for a teenager s

35、 growthC. the ability to think has nothing to do with homeworkD. the present structure leads to students often sleeping in class31. Why does the writer write this article?A. To prove the role of enough sleep inteenagers growthB. To complain about the problems in the system of the ACT.C. To ask for a

36、 change for less homework and more sleep.D. To discuss the relationship between sleep and homework.DAfter a while attention to Tom ended, and the usual school murmur（ 嗡嗡读书声 ） rose upon the boring air once more. Now the boy began to steal secret glances（偷看 ） at thegirl. She noticed it, made a face at

37、 him and gave him the back of her head for the space of a minute. When she slowly faced around again, an apple lay before her. She pushed it away. Tom gently put it back. She pushed it away again, but with less animosity（敌意 ）.Tom patiently returned it to its place. Then she let it remain. Tom wrote

38、on his paper,“ Please take it I got more. ” The girl glanced at the words, but made no sign.Now the boy began to draw something on the paper, hiding his work with his left hand. For a time the girl refused to notice; but her human curiosity（ 好奇心 ） soon began to show itself by hardly noticeable（ 明显的

39、） signs. The boy worked on, seemingly not aware. The girl made some non-committal（ 含糊的 ） efforts to see, but the boy did not display that he was aware of it. At last she couldn t bear it and whispered:“ Let me see it. ”Tom partly uncovered the picture of a house with some smoke rising from the chimn

40、ey（ 烟 囱 ）. Then the girl s interest began to fasten itself upon the work and she forgot everything else. When it was finished, she gazed a moment, then whispered:“ It's nice draw a man. ”The artist created a man in the front yard; she was satisfied, and whispered: “ It's a beautiful man now

41、draw me in it. ”Tom drew an hour-glass（ 沙漏 ） as the body, a full moon as her head and some arms added to it. The girl said:“ It's ever so nice I wish I could draw. No one has ever taught me that.”“ It's easy, ” whispered Tom, “ I'll learn you. ”“ Oh, will you? When? ”“At noon. Do you go

42、home to dinner? ”“ I'll stay if you will.”“ Good that s a deal. What's your name? ”32. What probably happened in the classroom before this passage?A. The girl introduced herself to the boy. B.Something noticeable happened tothe boy.C. They had a lesson on how to draw.D. The boy drew an apple

43、 for the girl.33. What most probably happened to the apple finally?A. Eaten by the boy because the girl didn t accept it.B. Eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had got.C. Eaten by the girl because they finally became friends.D. Eaten by the girl because the boy was drawing all the time.3

44、4. What can we learn from the 2nd paragraph?A. The boy didn t want thegirl to show interest in his drawing.B. The girl didn t want to show interest in the boy s drawing noticeably.C. The boy didn t notice the girl trying several times to see his drawing.D. The girl didn t want the boy to do the draw

45、ing in class any more.35. What in this passage made Tom succeed in making friends with the girl?A. Using her curiosity.B. Showing off his drawing ability.C. Teaching her how to draw.D. Inviting her to dinner.四、阅读表达（共5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）阅读下面短文，并根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。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格里只

46、填一个单词。When a thought has found wordsPoetry （ 诗歌 ） is the forgotten child of literature. Few people read it for pleasure.In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today s students.In China, however, poetry is sti

47、ll an important part of the curriculum （ 课程 ）. Recently, the Ministry of Education has increased the number of ancient Chinese poems for students to memorize and recite, from 14 to 72. Why is it important to learn poems?First of all, poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture

48、. Itis a path to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are common to everyone but that we may be unable to express the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon, for example. Everyone has feelings of joy, love, loneliness, sadness a

49、nd even anger, and a good poem can put those feelings into words and bring us self-understanding.Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something commoncan becomebeautiful. Here is a poem called “ Fog” by Carl Sandberg: The fog comes / on silent haunches （ 弓腰 ） / and then moves on

50、. Yes, fog does move smoothly, silently and like a cat, and Sandberg catches that feeling and image （ 形象 ）, and makes it beautiful.Of course, to really enjoy poetry, it has to be read aloud. After all, a poem is really just a song without music. Most ancient poetry, like Homer s Epics （荷马史诗）and Chin

51、a' s Book of Songs ， was spoken for hundreds of years before it was written.The American poet Robert Frost said, “ Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. ” You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems tolearn!Title: When a thought has found wordsPas

52、sage outlineDetailed informationIn the WestMost people think poetry is (36) from the life oftoday ' s students .China' s recentactionStudents must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems.(37) forlearning poetryLearning poems helps you (38) history and society.Poems help express your p

53、ersonal thoughts and feelings.Poems can express beauty of (39) things with veryfew lines.A tip on enjoying poetry(40) aloud is the best way to enjoy poetry. In fact,many ancient poems were spoken before they were written.ConclusionChinese students should feel lucky to have 72 poems to learn!五、词汇(共8小

54、题；每小题1分，？菌分8分)A)根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空填一词。41. - Is this your umbrella?No, it ' s another (visit).42. 一 How much should I pay?18 yuan in all, (include) the pen you picked out just now.43. Time is limited. You ' d better make a (decide) right now.44. Nothing is (possible). It means everythin

55、g can happen if you make efforts.B)根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空填一词。45. 一 How much time do you need to carry on with the project?-Another (四)days.46. Do you know what the exact(人 口)of China is?47. Finally, we managed to hand out all the 1000 posters(凭借)others ' help.48. Miss Gao can always come up wit

56、h ( 幽默的)ideas to make her classes lively.六、用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空(共 5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)49. 一 Why do you buy so many flowers, Justin?一 (celebrate) my mother ' s birthday.50. 一 Bad luck! My watch doesn ' t work well.Take it easy. It just needs (repair).51. - Why are you still waiting here?-Doctor Yu prom

57、ised to attend the party, but he (not appear).52. Zhu Ting, one of the best volleyball players of China, says she will return whenever she (need).53. 一 Do you want to go to the talk on recycling?Great! I (look) for some information for my article on the topic.七、根据所给中文完成句子(共 6小题；每小题分，满分9分)54. 听到这个结果，朱莉激动得说不出话来了。Julie wastheresult. 55.真是令人惊讶，他将放弃执导这部电影。It thisfilm.56. 我们应当习惯公交出行。We should by publictransport.57. 结婚以来，他们已经去过很多名