20XX年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷试题(含答案)

1、2018年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷一、单项选择（共10小题，每小题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最佳选项1Time waits for no man But some people won't realize the importance of time_it's gone（D）Aas Bsince Cwhen Duntil 2-Two tickets for Sunday， please!-Sorry There is _left（B）Anothing Bnone Csome Danything 3-Your father has pass

2、ed the driving test-Yes _my father_my mother has（A）ANot only； but also BNeither； nor CEither： or DBoth； and 4-Hurry up， Jeff! Let's cross the road as fast as possible-No， you _ Don't you see the light is still red（C）Acouldn't Bwouldn't Cmustn't Dneedn't 5Lights are out The co

3、ncert is to begin The fans hold their breath for Jay Chou's_（D）Ainfluence Bguidance Cexperience Dappearance 6-Manager， all the machines_just now!-What Call the engineer at once（A）Abroke down Bturned down Cbroke out Dturned out 7As an American， Tom is a big fan of Chinese kung fu_， he is crazy ab

4、out Beijing Opera（C）ATherefore BHowever CMoreover DOtherwise 8-Can you describe_-Yes I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behind（C）Awhy did the accident happen Bwhen did the accident happen Chow the accident happened Dwhere the accident happened 9-I_you here， but you didn't come-I'

5、m terribly sorry I was so busy that I forgot（B）Awould expect Bwas expecting Cam expecting Dhave expected 10-Are you going to try out for the host of the English party-_ It is such a good chance to improve my spoken English（D）AWhat's up BWhat's wrong CWhy me DWhy not 二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题12分，满分12分）

6、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项11Mrs 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） （1） So I took out my bubble gum（泡泡糖） to （

7、2） Michael and 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 it （3） my whole face" "What then" asked Mrs Walker "Then it happened The bu

8、bble became as big as a beach ball" He （4） his arms to show how big it was A few kids made faces-they didn't （5） him， but Winston ignored（不理睬） them and went on"Suddenly a strong wind took the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble （6） over my desk and out of the window As it sailed a

9、way， I noticed something yellow stuck to it Like paper Then I noticed my （7） was missing" "So" Mrs Walker asked "I ran after the bubble into Mrs Roosevelt's garden I saw her cat attack it The bubble broke All Isaw then was the cat running away Mrs Roosevelt helped me search t

10、he （8） But my homework was nowhere to be seen" Mrs Walker shook her bead "（9） ， Winston， why didn't you just tell me that the homework was too （10） instead of making up that wild story" Just then， the office worker walked in with a letter Winston opened the letter and took out the

11、 wrinkled homework paper and a note that said， "For Winston's teacher"I am sure Winston （11） to hand this in He's a good boy I have no idea how his homework got stuck to my cat， but I'm sure Winston can give you a（n）（12） Mrs Roosevelt Mrs Walker looked up "It was all true!

12、" "Yes， madam，" Winston said quietly（ B ）Aaward Brest C surprise D choice （ D ）A practice Bcreate C exercise D enjoy （ C ）A cleaned Bhurt C covered D hit （ A ）A rounded Bheld Ccrossed Dwaved （ D ）A hear B notice C remember Dbelieve （ A ）A floated Brode C climbed D stayed （ C ）A bubble

13、 Bbook C homework D gum （ D ）A room B cat C desk D garden （ B ）A Generally B Honestly C Finally D Exactly （ A ）A hard B different C common D interesting （ D ）A refused B promised C managed D wanted （ B ）Aintroduction B explanation C suggestion D instruction 三、阅读理解（共4小题；每小题6分，满分26分）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、

14、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项12Summer is finally here for most of us Sadly， 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 who like doing ityourself（D

15、IY） A young man from Bangladesh（孟加拉国） designed an air conditioning 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 win

16、dow should be taken away and replaced（替代） by it Second， a board should 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） bottlenecks， cut from the plastic bottles， should be put into the holesThe next step is to fix the desig

17、n onto the window frame（框） with the wider side facing 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 uncomfo

18、rtable 30°C The idea of the inventor， Ashis 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 Y

19、es， the Eco Cooler is not a super high-tech air conditioning system， but it is one that can make abig difference（ B ）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 board（ C ）W

20、hat can we learn from the passageA Ashis Paul is a clever inventor and a successful businessmanB An Eco Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25°CC The new invention of Eco Cooler is friendly to the environmentD Local people will replace their air conditioner with an Eco Cooler（ D

21、）What's the best title of this passageA DIY air conditioning made from plastic bottlesB Eco Cooler-a super high-tech air conditionerC Why do we need an Eco Cooler in summerD A strong-willed inventor and his DIY dream13How to investigatePlanning Decide on a scientific problem to investigate For e

22、xample， a student named Mary has decided to research into how quickly sugar dissolves（溶解） in water Write down your hypothesis You 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

23、based on work in science which you have done before The aim of your investigation is to test your idea Decide what variables（变量） you are dealing with Things like temperature， size， weight， and colour are called variables Variables are things you canmeasure（测量） In your investigation， you have to deci

24、de what the variables 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 resultsGett

25、ing your evidence（数据） Make your measurements， and record your resultsReaching conclusions Look for patterns in your results Present your conclusions What links（关联） did you find between any of the variables How would you explain these linksChecking your findings Compare your conclusions and hypothesi

26、s Do your results support your idea（ D ）What does the underlined word "hypothesis" most probably meanA reasonB resultC methodD guess（ A ）In Mary's investigation， which of the following about the variables is trueA She can only change one variable at a timeB Some of the variables can

27、9;t be measuredC Her weight and age can be the variablesD The temperature of water cannot be a variable（ A ）What is the passage mainly aboutA How to do a scientific researchB How to explain a scientific findingC How to deal with a chemistry problemD How to understand some chemistry knowledge14We wak

28、e up very early to go to school， maybe even earlier to meet with a teacher， complete our extracurricular（课程以外的） activities， come home to have a quick dinner， talk for eight minutes 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 to

30、 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（人道的） to give a teenager perhaps two hours of homework each night This would allow us to have the

31、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 school doesn't work well Junio

32、r year of high school is a time for growth By this time many students have the ability to think creatively， and solve challenging problems Homework is important for a student's growth But do we really need to spend countless hours a night doing it Too much homework can only lead to too little sl

33、eep 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（ A ）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 for h

34、igh school students to live a busy daily school lifeD a suggestion of what high school students should do to pass ACT（ D ）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 grow

35、thC the ability to think has nothing to do with homeworkD the present structure leads to students often sleeping in class（ C ）Why does the writer write this articleA To prove the role of enough sleep in teenagers' growthB To complain about the problems in the system of the ACTC To ask for a chan

36、ge for less homework and more sleepD To discuss the relationship between sleep and homework15After 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 the girl She noticed it， made a face at him and gav

37、e 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 on his paper， "

38、;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） signs The boy

39、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 chimney（烟囱） T

40、hen 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-

41、now 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， wil

42、l you When" "At noon Do you go home to dinner" "I'll stay if you will" "Good-that's a deal What's your name"（ B ）What probably happened in the classroom before this passageA The girl introduced herself to the boyB Something noticeable happened to the bo

43、yC They had a lesson on how to drawD The boy drew an apple for the girl（ C ）What most probably happened to the apple finallyA Eaten by the boy because the girl didn't accept itB Eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had gotC Eaten by the girl because they finally became friendsD Eaten

44、by the girl because the boy was drawing all the time（ B ）What can we learn from the 2nd paragraphA The boy didn't want the girl to show interest in his drawingB The girl didn't want to show interest in the boy's drawing noticeablyC The boy didn't notice the girl trying several times

45、to see his drawingD The girl didn't want the boy to do the drawing in class any more（ A ）What in this passage made Tom succeed in making friends with the girlA Using her curiosityB Showing off his drawing abilityC Teaching her how to drawD Inviting her to dinner四、阅读表达（共1小题；每小题5分，满分5分）阅读下面短文，并根据所

46、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：每个空格里只填一个单词16When a thought has found words Poetry（诗歌） is the forgotten child of literature Few people read it for pleasure In Western highschools， poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's student

47、s In China however poetry is still 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 14to 72 Why is it important to learn poems First of all， poetry is a necessary part of learning t

48、raditional Chinese culture It is 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， lov

49、e， loneliness， sadness and 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 common can become beautiful Here is a poem called Fog by Carl Sandberg： The fog comes/on silent haunches（弓腰）/and

50、 then moves on 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

51、史诗） and China'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 to learn!Title： When 

52、a thought has found wordsPassage outlineDetailed informationIn the WestMost people think poetry is（1） from the life of today's studentsChina's recent actionStudents must memorize and

53、 recite more ancient Chinese poems（2） for learning poetryLearning poems helps you （3） Reasons understandhistory and societyPoems help express your personal thoughts and feelingsPoems can exp

54、ress beauty of （4） Reasonscommonthings with very few linesA tip on enjoying poetry（5） Reasons Readingaloud is the best way to enjoy poetry In tact， many ancient poems were spo

55、ken before they were writtenConclusionChinese students should feel lucky to have 72poems to learn!【答案】1different2Reasons3understand4common5Reading五、词汇（共4小题；每小题1分，满分4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17-Is this your umbrella-No， it's a

56、nother Reasons（visit）【答案】visitor's18-How much should I pay-18yuan in all， Reasons（include）the pen you picked out just now【答案】including19Time is limited You'd better make a Reasons（decide）right now【答案】decision20Nothing is Reasons（possible） It means everything can happen if you make efforts【答案

57、】impossibleB）根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空填一词21-How much time do you need to carry on with the project-Another Reasons（四）days【答案】four22Do you know what the exact Reasons（人口） of China is【答案】population23Finally， we managed to hand out all the 1，000posters Reasons（凭借） other's help【答案】with24Miss Gao can always come up with Reasons（幽默的） ideas to make her classes lively【答案】humorous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）25-Why do you buy so many flowers， Justin- Reasons（celebrate） my