常州2015英语中考试卷(附答案)

常州市二0一五年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试

英语试题

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卡

上。

一、单项选择（共10个小题；每小题I分，满分10分）

从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.Yourhometownisreallynice!TheairqualityisasgoodasofSanya.

A.itB.oneC.thatD.theone

2.—Whowillgiveusthespeechonpublicmanners?

Mr.Brown,butI'mnotsure.

A.canB.needC.mustD.might

3.-Wouldyouliketovisitthezoowithmenow?

—Sorry.It’sthevisitinghours.Lefsgotheretomorrow.

A.onB.overC.duringD.beyond

4.-Don'tyouthinkitofsometeenagerstobecrazyaboutpopstars?

―Well,Idon'tthinkso.Wewereonceyoungandhadthesimilarexperiences.

A.creativeB.sillyC.wiseD.curious

5.Couldyoutellmetheofmakingsuchtastycakes?

一WclLIjustfollowtheinstructionsinthecookbook.

A.timeB.methodC.costD.menu

6.Lifeisajourneywithtrouble,butwithcareandwisdomyoucananyproblemyouface.

A.workoutB.handoutC.findoutD.putout

7.Jenny,willyouleavefortheUSAnow?

No.ItwillbetwoweeksIleavehere.

A.untilB.sinceC.beforeD.when

8.Mikeusedtobeatopstudent,buthebehindsincehelosthimselfincomputergames.

A.fellB.hasfallenC.wasD.hasbeen

9.—Jack,I'dliketohaveyouropinionsaboutmyreport.

--.ButIhaveonesuggestion.

A.That'sagoodideaB.Iagreewithyou

C.ItlooksfinetomeD.Checkitfirst

10.-I'mgoingtogiveatalkontheDragonBoatFestivaltotheexchangestudents.

-Great!Butdon'tforgettotellthem.

A.whatshouldtheyeatatthefestival

B.whypeopleenjoythefullmoon

C.whatkindofraceisoftenheld

D.Howdopeoplecelebrateit

二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分。满分12分）

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.并在答

题卡上将该项涂黑

HowoftendoYouletotherpeople'srudeactionschangeyourmood?Doyouletabad

driveroranimpolitewaitermakeyourdayinamess?However,themarkofyourwisereplyto

theactionsishow___11___youcancomebacktosmilingtothem.Sixteenyearsago,Ilearned

this12____atthebackofataxiinNewYork.

Weweredrivingfastintherightlane（车道）whensuddenly,ablackcarjumped_13_

aparkingspacerighttofrontofus.Mytaxidriversteppedonthebrake（刹车）ashardas

possible,andatthe____14momentourcarstoppedjustoneinchfromthebackofthe

othercar.

Icouldn't_15whathappenednext.Thedriverofthecarturnedhisheadaroundand

started___16badwords.Butthenhere'swhatreally___17me.Mytaxidriverjust

smiledandwaved（挥手致意）attheguy.Isaid,HWhydidyoujustdothat?Thisguynearly

___18___us!nHetoldmewhatInowrememberHTheLawoftheGarbage（土立圾）Truck."

Hesaid,“Likegarbagetrucks,manypeoplerunaroundfullofgarbage,fullofanger,andfi.ilI

ofregret.19___theirgarbageincreasesmoreandmore,theylookfbraplacetopourit.Ifyou

letthem,theyllpouritonyou.Sowhensomeonewantstopouritonyou,don*tfeelhurt.Just

smile,wave,andmoveon.Youwillbe___20___

Istartedthinking:howoftendoIletGarbageTrucksrunrightoverme?AndhowoftendoI

taketheirgarbageand___21___ittootherpeople?ThenIknewclearlywhatIshoulddo.

IbegantoseeGarbageTrucks.Iseethebad_22__peoplearecarrying.Iseethemcoming

topourit.Andlikemytaxidriver,Idon'tfeelhurt.Ijustsmile,wave,andmoveon。

11.A.clearlyB.quicklyC.exactlyD.correctly

12.A.exampleB.experienceC.lessonD.case

13.A.outofB.acrossC.nexttoD.farfrom

14.A.nextB.busyC.rightD.last

15.A.doubtB.considerC.acceptD.believe

16.A.shoutingB.tellingC.whispering0.expressing

17.A.cheeredB.encouragedC.surprised□.satisfied

18.A.attackedB.killedC.warnedD.beat

19.A.SinceB.WhileC.AsD.Before

20.A.happierB.busierC.saferD.luckier

21.A.donateB.lendC.spreadD.hang

22.A.newsB.PrizeC.nameD.mood

三、阅谈理解（共13小题;每小题2分，满分26分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡

上将该项涂黑。

A

Lastfallabeavermovedintothesmallstreambesideourhouse.Hebegantakingdown

smalltreesrightaway.andinacoupleofweeksourstreamturnedintoapond（水塘）.Everyday,he

addedmoretohisdam（水坝）andtohishouse.WeTesureyou'veallheardthesaying,nasbusyasa

beaver”.Now,weunderstandthissayingaswesawtheworkthatthisbeaverdidoveraveryshort

periodoftime.

Wethoughtthatwouldbethelastofthebeavefsbusyactivityaswintercame.Toour

amazement,however,hestartedchewing（咀嚼）onaverylargetree.Thetreewasover18meters

tallandaround1.5metersindiameter（直径）.Wcwereamazedatthechallengethisbeaverwas

trying.Allwinter,hechewedandchewed.Hehadsetbacks（挫折）aswefacedmajorwinterstorms

andice-coldweather.Butsureenough,whentheweatherallowed,hewouldcomebackandchew

abitmore.

Thebeaver'sfirstgoal（H标）wastosurvive—tobuildohomeforthewinter.Workingeveryday

withthatgoalinmind,hesuccessfullyachievedthatgoal.Butthelargetreehestartedchewing

onlastfallwasafuturegoal一hewantedthelargetreetoprovidenewfoodandbranches（树

枝）fbrthecomingspring.Evenwiththesetbackshefacedoverthewinter,henevergaveupuntil

hereachedit.

Ourbeaver'sexperienceremindsusthatweneedtosetgoalsfortomorrow.Sometimesjust

survivingseemstotakeupallofourtime.But,ifyoudojustalittlebitwhentimeallowsand

sticktoyourfuturegoal,youwillachieveit.

Whenfacedwithsetbacks,haveyourgoalinheartanddon*tletthesetbacksstopyou.Keep

chewinglikethebeaver,andyouwillachieveyourgoalintheend.

23.Whatisthepurposeofthebeaver'schewingonthelargetree?

A.Toprovidemorefoodforthewinterbecauseofthesnow.

B.Toaddmorebranchestohisdamandhishouse.

C.Topreparenewfoodandbranchesforthecomingspring.

D.Tokeepworkingeverydaywithagoalinmind.

24.Hereis。paragraph（段）“Whenspringarrived,wewentdowntoseethebeavefsprogress.The

treewasabouttofall.Ourbeaverhadalmostcompletelychewedaroundandthroughthewhole

tree.^Accordingtothepassage,itshouldbeput

A.betweenparagraphIandparagraph2

B.betweenparagraph2andparagraph3

C.betweenparagraph3andparagraph4

D.betweenparagraph4andparagraph5

25.Thebesttitleofthispassagemightbe

A.KeepChewingB.BeLiketheBeaver

C.AsBusyasaBeaverD.SetProperGoals

B

Sometimes,youfeeldownorunhappyanditishardtocomebacktOyourhighspirit.Soif

you'rehavingabaddayandneedaboost,thenhelpisjustaclickaway.

Awebsiteistryingtoofferpeoplepositive（积极［向）messagesfromstrangerstocheerthem

up.ItannouncestobeuthenicestplaceontheInternet**,wherehappypeoplecanpresenttheir

positivethoughtsandfeelingstothosewhoareinlowspirits.

Thewebsite,,letspeoplepostvideosofthemselvesblowing

kissesandleavingpositiveandencouragingmessagestoliftvisitors*spirits.

ThewebsitewascreatedbyJeff*Lamandisconsideredtohelpmanypeopleoutwhenthey

feellow.Thewell-knownartistwholivesinSanFranciscosaidhecameupwiththeideawhenhe

andhisfriendLaurenwerehavingoneofthosebaddays.

"Wetriedtobecomecheerful,butnoneoftheusualmethodsseemedtobeworking.Not

music.Notfood.Whatwehopedwassomethingpositive,honestandgood.Sowithonlya

cameraandwork-freeweekend,wecreated4TheNicestPlaceOnTheInternet,,fheexplainedon

hiswebsite.

Oneuserofthesite,JosephMeehan,27,fromBirmingham,said,"it'safunand

excitingwebsite.IvisiteveryonceinawhilewhenI'mmissingmyfriendsorfamily.Ithink

itcouldreallybeahelptopeoplethatarefeelingdownorsad.Itmayevenstopthemfromdoing

somethingstupid.Youcanalsopostyourvideotothewebsite,andtheyaddittotheseries.It's

veryeasytosharethelove.”

Mr.Lamisnowworkingonanewprojectthatallowspeopletoleavepositivevoicemailsfor

strangers.Theideaisthatstrangerssendanaudio（声音）diarybyleavingavoicemailandthen

anyonecanlistentoit.

26.Theunderlinedword“boost"inparagraph1probablymeans

A.鼓舞B.放松C.休闲D.提高

27.Thewebsitewascreatedinorderto

A.provideaplaceforthosewhowanttoposttheirvideos

B.discoversomethingpositive,honestandgood

C.recommendpositivevoicemailsonthewebsitetopeople

D.offersomethingpositivetocheerpeopleup

28.Accordingtothetext,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.JeffLamisworkingonanewprojecttocollectmoreaudiodiaries.

B.JeffLammetalotofdifficultiesduringthetimeofcreatingthewebsite.

C.JosephMeehanhasgothelpfromthewebsiteandsupportsit.

D.JosephMeehanhassharedhisownpositivevideoswithstrangers.

C

Iwasjustoutofcollege,onlythreedaysintoagraduate（研究生）yearinEngland,andIwas

pullingaheavybagandsuitcase（箱子）throughtheLondonUnderground.Iwasalsocryingoutof

control.

Thedaybeforeyesterday,myuncletoldmenevertospeaktohim,hiswife,ormytwo

cousinsagain.Earlier,Imadeajoke.Ididn'tmeantohurtmyaunt'sfeelings,butitdid.Ispent

theeveninginanuglybluetelephonebooth（电话亭）.cryingasIspoketoafamilyfriendwho

livedinEngland.

WhenIleftthephonebooth,Iwentbacktoasilenthousewiththreeclosedbedroomdoors.

Inthemorning,Iheardeveryonegetupandleavefbrworkandschool.Iwroteanotetosaysorry

andpulledmybagstothetrainstation.WhenIgotintoLondon,Ihadtotaketheundergroundto

AngelStationtogettomyfamilyfriend'shouse.

Iwasfamiliarwiththeunderground,butatthetime,itwasjustendlesswhitetiles（瓷

砖）.ComingtoEnglandseemedlikeabaddecision.Cryingyetagain,Itriedtoliftmysuitcaseup

thestairs.

WhenIwastryinghardtowalkforward,therewerehands.EachtimeIfacedanothergroup

ofsteps,ahandwouldliftthesuitcase.Atthetopofthesteps,thehandwouldletgo,andPdpull

thesuitcasetothenextgroup.AndjustasIwantedtotryagain,anotherhandwouldappear.

Ithappenedseveraltimes.Ineverlookedup,becauseIcouldn'tstopcrying.Eachhandlooked

different,andmanydifferentpeoplehelpedme,withoutaskingorsayinganything.Icouldn'tlook

up.Iwasn*tabletosaythankyou.

IwentontohaveanamazingyearstudyinginEngland,butthatwasthelasttimeIsawor

spoketoanyofmyuncle'sfamily.YetwhenIthinkaboutthatteiriblvlossin2008,1remember

thosestrangers'hands.TheyweretherewhenIneededthem,andevennow,theyhelpmeoutof

thesadnessofthatmemory.IthinkofthemasIridetheundergroundinWashingtonD.C.today,

andIwatchthecitizensandtouriststoofferhandsatanytime.

29.Whatwasthewriter'sfeelingwhileshewaswalkinginthestation?

A.Shefeltsadandhelplessatfirst,butmightfeelwarmlater.

B.Shewaslookingforwardtogettinghelpfromfriends.

C.SheexpectedtoleaveLondonandgobackhome

D.Sheregrettedmakingthejoke,butwasangrywithheruncle.

30.Inthelastparagraph,theunderlinedwordsHthatterribleloss"probablymean.

A.IwascryingwhenItooktheundergroundinLondon

B.Ileftmyuncle'sfamilyandhaven'tcontactedthemsincethen

C.Ididn'tsaythankyoutothosewhogavehandstome

D.IlostmygoodmoodandfeltsadwhenIleftmyuncle'sfamily

31.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Ittellsusastoryaboutanunluckyandhomelesscollegestudent.

B.It.describesthewriter'sexperiencethroughtheunderground.

C.Itexpressestheideaofgivinghandstostrangerswhoareinneed.

D.Itshowsthehelpinghandsthatwritergotfromstrangers.

D

IsyourTVconnectedtotheInternet?Whataboutyourchairoryourfridge?Itispossiblethat

theyarenot.Butinthefuture,mostthingsinyourhomemaybeconnected,astheso-called

"Internetofthings"isdeveloping.

TheInternetofthingsmaybecomingsoonerthanyouthink.Itisreportedthatduringhis

speechearlierthisyear,SamsungCEO（首席执行官）BKYoonspentalotoftimetalkingaboutthe

Internetofthings.Hesaidthatfiveyearsfromnow,everySamsungproductwillbepartofthe

Internetofthings,whetherifsawashingmachineoravacuumcleaner（吸尘器）.

So,howdohousehold（家用）objectsthatarepartofInternetofthingswork?Well,thinkofa

usualchair.WhenconnectedtotheInternet,thechairwarmsupwhenitknowsthattheuserhas

justwalkedintotheroomandisfeelingcold.

AnInternet-connectedcamera,likeasmart-homecamera,couldhelppeoplefeelsaferin

theirhomes.Itcanrecognize（识另ll）people'sfaces,andevencanseewhensomeonepassesbyin

thedark.Thenitcansendyouamessageonyoursmartphonetoletyouknowwho'sthere.Ifthe

personissomeoneyoudon'tknow,itcantellyouthat,too.

ButaccordingtoMITTechnologyReview,whethercompaniesareconnectingdogfood

bowlsorsecurity（安全）systemstotheInternet,theremaybeproblems.Forexample,manyearly

connected-homedevices（装置）don'thavemuchbuilt-insecurity,whichmeanstheycouldbe

hacked（被黑客攻击），Inaddition,itcouldbedifficulttogetthesedevicestoworktogether

becausetheyaremadebydifferentcompanies.Tofightthis,manycompanieshavejoinedthe

OpenInterconnectConsortium,whichhad45membersbylate2014.

So,picturethis:youwalkinthroughthefrontdoorofyourhome.Thetemperaturechanges

tomakeyoufeelcomfortableafteralongdayatschool.Yourfavoritemusicstartsplayingfbr

you.Doyouthinkthatthiswouldbeagoodthing?Itmayhappensoonerthanyouthink.

32.TheSamsungCEO'sspeechismentionedtoprovethat.

A.theInternetofthingswillappearinourdailylifesooner

B.SamsunghasproducedtheInternetofthingsrecently

C.SamsungproductshavebeenpartoftheInternetofthings

D.hespentalotoftimetalkingabouttheInternetofthings

33.Wccaninfer（推断）paragraphs3and4that

A.thechaircanknowwhethertheuserfeelscoldornot

B.ausualchaircanwarmupwhenitknowstheusercomesin

C.anInternet-connectedcameracanbeusedtotakephotosinthehouse

D.anInternet-connectedcameracanbeconnectedtotheuser'ssmartphone

34.Accordingtothepassage,itismentionedthat•

①thetemperatureinsideisneithertoohighnortoolow

②yourfridgeprovidesthedrinksforyou

③thechairwarmsupifyoufeelcold

（4）yourfavouritemusicstartsplaying

⑤yourwashingmachinestartsworking

A.①②⑤B.②③④C.①③④D.①④⑤

35.What'stheproblemabouttheInternetofthings?

A.Companieswhichproduceconnected-homedeviceshaven*tjoinedtogether*.

B.Connected-homedevicesmaynotworktogetherandcaneasilygethacked.

C.CompanieshavedifficultyconnectingsecuritysystemtotheInternet.5

D.Thesenewdevicesareproducedbydifferentcompanies.

四、阅读衰达（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。每个空格里只填一个单词。

Anytimeofthedayyoucandevotetoexercisingisagoodtimefbrgettingactive,butifyou

wanttomakeahealthyfitnessplan,itmaybehelpfultokeepseveralpointsinmindandfindout

thebesttimetoexercise.

First,trytoknowwhatkindofpersonyouare.Especially,areyouanearlybirdwhoalways

wakesupearlyinthemorning,oranightowl（猫头鹰）whoalmostnevergoestobedbefore

midnight?Onceyouaregenerallyawareofwhatyoursleepcharacteristicsare,youwillunderstand

betterwhenyourbodyneedsexercise,eitherearlyinthemorning,sometimeduringtheday,or

lateronintheevening.

Second,consideryourdailyplan.Whendoyouseemtobemostbusy,andwhendoyouplan

yourmostimportanttasks?Trytofitinyourexercisebeforeoratleastaroundtheseeventsif

possible,sothatyoucankeepexercisingandyourlifewon*tbeaffected（影响）aswell.

Third,thinkaboutwhenyoufeelyouhavethemostenergy.Formostpeople,thattimeis

usuallyinthemorningafteragoodnight'srest,orafteralongdayofwork.Afterabusyormuch

stressfulday,exercisingcanreduceyourworkingstressfromhardwork.

Lastly,findouttheplaceyouplantodoexercise.Yourhouseprovidesexerciseatanytimeif

youownfitnessequipment（设备），butifthereisagym（健身房）downthestreetoralongtheway

homefromwork,itwillmakeitmoresuitablefbryoutoexercise.

Moreimportantly,youneedtomakeaplanandtrystickingtoitfbroneweek.Ifyoudoso

andcangetthroughtheexercisewithoutbeingpulledinanotherdirection,makeitahabit.And

onceyouhavesetupyourfitnessplan,don*tmakeanygreatchangestoitunlessyourdoctor

allowsyouto.

_36___totakeseveralpointsaboutexerciseandfindoutthebesttimeto

Introduction

exercise.

A.Knowyoursleepcharacteristicsandyouwillhaveabetter_37____of

yourbodyneedsexercise.

A.MakeyourdailyPlanwell50thatyoucankeep

MainPointsexercising____38_____yourlife.

▲.Thinkaboutwhenyouaremostenergetic.Exercisingafterworkcan

make___39___stressed.

▲.Findoutwheretodoexercise,anditwillmakeitmoresuitableforyou.

▲.Sticktoyourtimetableandnevergiveupforoneweek.Thenahabitmay

formed.

Suggestions

A.Don^changeyourplanunlessyouandyourdoc,Orreach

a(n)_____40_____.

五、词汇(共8小题;每小题1分.满分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.You'dbetterthink(two)beforeyoutakethefinalaction.

42.Themoreyouread,the(wealth)youwillfeelinspirit.

43.Hewasstill(sure)howtodoitthoughweexplainedalloveragain.

44.Togetgoodgradesintheexam,weshouldavoid(care)-

B)根据句意及汉语提示，写出个单词的正确形式，每空填一词。

45.Thegirltriedherbest,butshegot(少)progress.

46.QtanXuesenisoneofthegreatest(开拓者)ofChina*sspacetechnology.

47.Everyonehopestoliveintheworld(和平)withnowars.

48.ThoughMoneyisn'teverything,itstill(要紧)alottothepoor.

六、用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空(共5题，每题1分，满分5分)

49.We(eat)unallthefood,butwestillfeelhungry.

50.—Haveyouhandedinyourproject?

—No.I(check)itagainrightaway.

51.Thatisonlywaywecanimagine(reduce)thewasteofwaterinthebathroom.

52.---Whydidn'tyouwatchRunningManonTV?

1(make)upthemusicforthecomingSchoolArtFestival.

53.1don'tknowthecompetitionofmodelplanes（cancel）theotherday.

七、根据所给中文完成句子（共6小题，每小题1.5分，满分9分）

54.你为什么不学会独自处理这个问题？

Whydon*tyoulearn______________________________________

55.成龙在昨天的会议上建议我们参加慈善活动

JackieChanatthemeetingyesterday.

56.她宁愿严格要求自己也不愿放弃梦想

Shewouldrather___________________________________________

57.打断别人说话多没礼貌啊！

____________________________________________________others!

58.这本书会尽快翻译成英语吗？

Willthebook?

59.你的未来取决于你现在如何努力学习。

Yourfuture__________________________________________

八、书面表达（共1题;满分15分）

上周某班同学就“音乐美术是否应该纳人中考''展开了相关讨论，同学们各抒己见。假如

你是该班同学，请你根据下表的提示内容，结合你自己对此事的看法，用英语给校报写一篇

短文。

1.重视艺术学习，……

赞成

2.促使技能提高，......

1.考试科目过多，……

反对

2.投人精力更大，……

你的观点..

注意：

1.所写短文必须包括表中的提示内容，并作适当发挥；

2.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；

3.表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范；

4.词数不少于90.短文的开头已为你写好，不计人总词数。

Lastweek,weheldadiscussionaboutwhetherMusicandArtshouldenterthe

Entrance.ExaminationfortheHighSchool.Studentshavedifferentopinions.

常州市二。一五年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试英语试题参考答案及评分标准

一、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.C2.D3.D4.B5.B6.A7.C8.D9.

C10.C

二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）

11.B12.C13.A14.D15.D16.A17.C18.B19.C

20.A21.C22.D

三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）

23.C24.B25.B26.A27.D28.C29.A30.B31.C32.

A33.D34.C35.B

四、阅读文章，根据文章内容完成表格（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

36.Remember37.idea/understanding/knowledge38.without39.less40.agreement

五、单词拼写（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）

41.twice42.wealthier43.unsure44,carelessness45,little46.pioneers47.

peacefully48.matter