扬州英语中考试题

1、扬州英语中考试题文件室强列号:K8UY-K9IO69-O6M243-OL889-F88688扬 州 英 语 中 考 试 题说明：1 .本试卷共8页，包含选择题（第1题第45题，共45题）、非选择题（第 46题第81题，共36题）两部分。满分120分，考试时间为100分钟。考试结 束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。2 .答题前，考生务必将本人的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置 上，同时务必在试卷的装订线内将本人的姓名、准考证号、毕业学校填写好， 在试卷第4页的右下角填写好座位号。3 .所有的试题都必须在专用的“答题卡”上作答，选择题用2B铅笔作 答、非选择题在指定位置用0.5毫米黑色水笔作答

2、。在试卷或草稿纸上答题无 效。一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案1. Who is the lady in red?Miss Gao. She teaches English.A. we B. us C. our D. ours2. does Joanna take the course in DIY?Every Saturday afternoon.A. How long B How much C. How soon D. How often3. Where would you like to go tomor

3、row, Beijing or Xian? is OK. It s up to you.A. Either B. Neither C. Both D. All4. 1 offered Sandy a helping hand. However, she it.Maybe she can manage herselfA. received B. returned C. refused D. rewarded5. Mr. Wu has recommended many books. Have you decidedfirst?Yes. The Little Prince.A. how to rea

4、d B. which to read C. when to read D. where to read6. If I want to be an astronaut, how will I get to be one?You do well in school and tame your fears.A. may B. can C. must D. could7. Hawking is no longer with us,he will continue to inspire the world.A. so B if C. but D. as8. The Queqiao satellite (

5、JIS) will form a bridge betweencontrollers on Earth and the far side of the Moon.A. contribution B. communication C. celebration D. competition9. Hi, guys, please write three facts you last term in yourproject.D. learnA. learned B. are learning C. have learned10. When will your sister go to England?

6、She London since four months ago.A. went to B. has gone to C. has been to D. has been in11. We should stop fireworks to reduce pollution.A. getting off B turning off C. taking off D. setting off12. What are you watching?The Story of China. This part at China Block Printing Museum of Yangzhou in 2014

7、.A. filmed B. was filmed C. has filmedD. is filmed13. 1 cant afford the white dress.What about the orange one? The price is a little.A. cheaper B. higher C. lower D. more expensive14. You must hand in your report tomorrow.What?. We can t finish it that quickly.A. No way B. No problem C. Thats right

8、D. Thats for sure15. 1m tired out.How can you be manager and accountant at one time?A. The early bird catches the wormB. Dont put all your eggs in one basketC. Actions speak louder than wordsD. Dont burn the candle at both ends二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答 案。One afternoo

9、n a few months after Tom and I were married. Max walked into the dining room, where I was looking through my old photos.These months I was learning to let Max come 16 on his own. If I moved too quickly, he ran away. If I was 17, we oftenended up playing, laughing, and recently, even sitting together

10、 on the sofa with a book.“Who s that?” he pointed to one photo.“My mom. I suppose she is your 18Sylvia.“Cool. Who is that to me?“That was my grandfather. He died a few months ago. ”“Hmm Too bad he had to die. ”Death is always a painful 19 especially for a seven-year- old child who d lost his mother

11、only two years before. I secretly put away the pictures of 20 relatives.He began to finger through the photos. Who is that to me?Under his finger I could see my own face. I should have known the answer to his 21 question. But I said, I m your 22 mom, r m sorry that your first mom died.”“What should

12、I call you?” he asked.Mom, I wanted to cry. I held back.uYou can call me Mom or Betsy. 23feels OK for you.I waited, expecting a pronouncement of my new 24uSweet, “ he said, walking out of the room.For a couple of days afterward, Max 25 a new title for me. Can we go bowling?” Can I watch TV? hed ask,

13、 and then 26 the questions by mouthing the word Mom. Mom was always 27.One weekend, he suddenly said, “I notice I dont call you Mom. “I noticed that too. ”28 I say Betsy, I mean Mom. Moms die, you know. I think its maybe 29 if you， re just Betsy.”Tears （眼泪） were filling my eyes.“Hey, Betsy?”“Yeah, I

14、 said, taking pleasure in the new 30 of my oldname.16. A. downB nearC. closeD. back17. A. kindB. patientC. HelpfulD. confident18. A. grandmotherB.motherC. auntD. cousin19. A. subjectD. sign20. A. deadD. strictB.B.speechboringC. messageC. unknown21. A. simplefunny22. A. naturalD. secondB.B.properpast

15、c.stupidC. onlyD.23. A. WhoeverD. AnybodyB.Whateverc.That24. A. position callB.namec.titleD.25. A. worked outD. tried out26. A. answerD. raise27. A. aliveB.B.turned outfollowB. wisec.carried outC. confirmC. silentD. lost28. A. UntilB beforeC. WhenD. Unless29. A. politerB. saferC. sadderD. riskiej;30

16、. A. pronunciation B. announcement C. voice D. sound三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答 案。AThink of the animal world, and a group of colorful wild animals will spring to mind: a parrots rainbow feathers or the showy scales of sea fish. But, many mammals （哺乳动物）on the planet come

17、 in only two colors: black and white. Spend some time exploring what science has discovered about these animals appearances, and you 11 see that basic black and white isnt so basic at all.The pandas white body helps it hide in snowy areas. The arms and legs are black, helping it hide in forests. The

18、 markings on its head are not used to hide, but to communicate. Black ears can act as a warning to enemies.Depending on the species, blackskunks （臭鼬）may wear white spots that act as covering or white stripes that signal enemies to be aware of their smelly spray, which causes no real harm to its vict

19、ims, but it makes them uncomfortable.Zebras thin coats make them more vulnerable than Jong-haired animals to biting flies that carry disease, but the coats stripes prevent flies from landing on them, for reasons that scientists are still studying. Further, their attractiveness to flies increases wit

20、h stripe width. No two zebras stripes are exactly the same.31. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. The pandas white parts help it hide against snow.B. Both white spots and white stripes help skunks kill their victims.C. Zebras with wider stripes are less attractive

21、to flies.D Scientists have already known all the secrets about the stripes.32. What does the underlined word vulnerable mean?A. Being easily landed.B. Being easily attracted.C. Being easily discovered.D. Being easily attacked.33. Which could be the best title of the passage?A. Why Animal Stripes Com

22、e in Different ShapesB. Why So Many Animals Wear B1ack-and-White CoatsC. How Wild Animals Protect Themselves from EnemiesD How Black and White Become Basic Colors in Animal WorldBI saved the grain carefully and finally had enough to plant. I built a wall around my garden to keep the wild goats away.

23、Then when my crop bore its fruit, the birds discovered it. The birds were not afraid of my dog at all. I shot them but as soon as I walked away, they returned. At last, I killed some birds and hung them among the crop, hoping they would serve as the scarecrowrs, which turned out to be successful. By

24、 harvest time. I had nearly two bushels of rice and two and a half bushels of wheat.With my new grain to store, I found a new problem. The fine grain ran through my baskets. It took me nearly two months to form and dry two ugly pots- one for rice and one for wheat.Next L formed a clay oven and made

25、some other tools from hard wood and cloth to bake bread. I made and baked bread in my oven. I spent the third year on the island in farming and baking.Soon after that. I began to think of my days sailing in a tidy boat with Xury. I wished to have a boat and explore the island by sea.I tried to turn

26、over the ships boat that I had seen washed up, but failed. I was still determined to have a boat. So I chose a strong tree and spent weeks cutting it down. Then it took me months to turn it from tree to boat.When it was time to launch, I realized I had made my boat too far from the nearest stream. T

27、he boat was far too heavy for me to move. I tried bringing the water to the boat instead of the boat to the water. I soon saw it would take me twenty years of constant labor.I celebrated my fourth year on the island with two boats, but I was no closer to a sea journey.Taken from The Adventures of Ro

28、binson Crusoe34. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us.A. how much rice and wheat I harvestedB how many toolsr I made to bake breadC. how I protected my crop from the birdsD. how I kept the wild goats away from my crop35. What does a new problem“ in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. How to plant grain.B. How to make po

29、ts.C. How to store grain.D. How to fix the baskets.36. By the last sentence I was no closer to a sea journey”, the writer means.A. I was getting closer and closer to the seaB. I was getting farther and farther from the seaC. it was possible for me to have a sea journey in my boatsD. it was still imp

30、ossible for me to explore the island by sea 37. What can we infer （推断）from the passage?A. I managed to turn over the ships boat.B. I spent months bringing the boat to the nearest stream.C. I tried to solve the problems with my courage and wisdom.D. I spent the third year on the island in farming and

31、 baking.cThis spring, the town of Oso saw twice the usual rainfall. When the sun finally shone, LoAnna and Kriss three older kids ran outside. Inside, LoAnna nursed their four-month-o1d Kristian. Suddenly LoAnna heard a loud noise. She rushed outside in time to see a half-mile-wide mud and sand thun

32、dering down the hill toward them, knocking over hundreds of trees.Mudslide （泥流）!LoAnna gathered everyone into the bedroom farthest from the falling hill side and waited.Kris got a call from LoAnna, He hurriedly drove home.Highway 530 was covered with thick sand, fallen trees. Kris had to run home.Th

33、e mud came up to his knees. Suddenly he heard a woman screaming for help. He pulled through mud, over pieces of houses to the source of the cries.At first, he saw an arm reaching up through the debris. There, a woman, buried under pieces of walls, furniture, and trees, was holding a baby. Finally, h

34、e freed the baby. By this time, other citizens had come.After saving the woman, Kris moved on. He was still a mile from home. Ahead lay two fallen houses. He heard a moan. Stepping toward the house, Kris nearly killed himself in the mud. An older man was trapped in house debris. He was twice Kriss w

35、eight. Hed have to wait for more help.Just then, Kris heard another man moaning from the second house. Kris pulled away some pieces of the house, but the man was buried too deeply for him.Hearing helicopter（直升 K机）on the roof, Kris climbed up, met a member of the search-and-rescue team and led him to

36、 the first man.Then he headed back and kept digging until he could turn the second man over. After the rest of the team arrived, Kris moved on to find his family.Kris finally reached home. It was flooded, but the mud had stopped just shy of the house. His truck was gone, as were LoAnna and the other

37、s. He checked cars and houses nearby for survivors, then ran to the command center.Not long after he arrived, he saw his truck coming down the road. LoAnna jumped out.Kris was praised by the Red Cross for his heroics.38. The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to.A. create an unusual setting of t

38、he storyB. introduce the central idea of the storyC. describe a turning point of the storyD. review the main character of the story39. Which of the following is the correct order of the story?a. Kris found a man buried too deeply for him.b. Kris heard a woman screaming for help.c. Kris led a rescue

39、member to save the older man.d. Kris found LoAnna, kids and his truck gone.e. Kris was nearly killed in the mud.A. beacd B. badec C. aecbd D. aedbc40. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. Kris saved three persons in all.B. Kris saved the baby by himself.C. Kris pulled the first man out of mud

40、.D Kris found some survivors near his house.41. Which sentence best shows the central theme in the text?A. Kris got a call from LoAnna.B. He was still a mile from home.C. He saw his truck coming down the road.D. Kris was praised by the Red Cross for his heroics.DuGrowing up, Einstein saw his father

41、struggle to support the family and move the family for different, jobs, Einstein had to move between schools and it was challenging for him to catch up with his new class.This story about the struggles (f +)of famous scientists cant be found in your science textbook, but a new study suggested maybe

42、it should be.In the study, 402 9th- and lOth-grade students from four New YorkCity high schools in low-income areas were divided into three groups.The students read some 800-word stories about Albert Einstein andMarie Curie. The control group read a regular science textbook description about their g

43、reat achievements. Another group read aboutthe scientists personal struggles, like Einsteins running away from Nazi Germany. The third group read about the scientists， intellectual struggles, as they tried different experiments andfailed.As it turned out. the students who had read about scientists s

44、truggles, whether personal or intellectual, had higher grades than students who had read about achievements. Those who weren, t getting good grades to begin with gained the most. Thoser in the control group not only didnt see a grade increase, they had lower grades than the grading before the study

45、began.“We think that struggle stories showed scientists weaknesses. the researchers write, “which creates a sense of connection between the students and scientists. And that may make it easier for students to see them as role models.“When kids think Einstein is a talent who is untouchable, then they

46、 believe they will never get there, “said lead researcher Xiaodong Lin-Siegler, PhD.If we want to educate a future generation of great scientists, we can start by changing the way we talk about the great scientists of the past. An 800-word story about scientists failures, not just their achievements

47、, in science textbooks will make it happen.42. What does the article mainly talk about?A. Learning about struggles of scientists may help students succeed in science.B. Reading stories of scientists achievements will help educate future scientists.C. Science textbooks should describe scientists fail

48、ures instead of their achievements.D. Stories of scientists struggles may make students see scientists as being untouchable.43. From Paragraph 4, we can know that.A. those good at science achieved most from this exerciseB. the control group had lower grades than the other two groupsC. the students g

49、rades in the control group remained the sameD. the students in the third group had the highest grades44. Whats the main idea for Paragraphs 5 and 6?A. Findings of the studyB. Explanations from the researchersC. Process of the studD. Suggestions from the researchers45. In the study, which of the foll

50、owing would the third group probably read?A. Einstein won many awards in his life, including the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics.B. Going to college was hard for Curie because at that time women were not allowed to attend school. So, Curie had to study at secret classes.C. By the time she reached colleg

51、e, Curie was able to understand five languages that top scientists spoke at that time.D. Often working hour after hour and day after day Curie devoted herself to solving challenging problems and learning from her mistakes.四、词汇运用(共10小题;每小题1分，计10分)根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。在答 题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的

52、正确形，式。(每空一词)46. Cells are the and most basic units of living matter, (small)47. There is a place in my heart where all nations will live some day. (peace)48. Tom is thinking about going as a cowboy for the year at Halloween, (five)49. Dad them to our house and Mum soon had a lunch ready for them, (b

53、ring)50. The librarian wasat me and seemed friendly, (smile)51. Visitors to Yangzhou can enjoy a bite of dishes atYechun Tea House.（当地的）52. Ge Garden with an area of12, 000 meters houses over60 types of bamboo.（平方的）53. Some valuable jewellery in that shop was last week.（偷）54. Yangzhou Eight Eccentri

54、cs were a group of who createdtheir own style.（艺术家）55. China has changed our country and impressed the world.（速度）五、任务型阅读（共10空;每空1分，计10分）阅读下面短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横 线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）Beyond its influence on health, not getting enough sleep can lead to car accidents or other mistakes. Here

55、are what sleep researchers have found about how to sleep.How much sleep do we actually need?It is known that all of us naturally need no less than eight hours of sleep per night. When we sleep below six hours per 24. were at an increased risk of health problems. Some of us think we can make up any o

56、f those hours lost during the week on the weekends.Sadly there is no storage system for sleep in the brain.Can we train ourselves to need less sleep?As a study in 1964, a 17-year-old boy named Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours. How many people could do anything close to that without dying?Whe

57、n you are reading this, you might say you usuallyr get six hours of sleep and feel just fine. Sleep experts often compare people without enough sleep to drunk drivers： They don t get behind the wheel thinking theyre probably going to kill someone.Can we drink coffee instead of sleeping?Coffee can keep us awake. Remember, too much coffee may throw off our sleep and energy cycles. So limit coffee and avoid caffeine for four to six hours before bedtime.Does a sens