江苏省常州市2021年中考英语试题（含答案）

常州市二O二一年初中学业水平考试

英语试题

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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.isbetterworthmyrespectthanYuanLongping.HeistheprideofChina.

A.SomebodyB.AnybodyC.NobodyD.Everybody

【答案】c

2.Don'tyourchildwithothersbecauseeverychildisatreasure.

A.compareB.complainC.contactD.consider

【答案】A

3.-Couldyouplaythepianoattheageoffive?

—No,I.Istartedatsix.

A.can'tB.shouldn'tC.needn'tD.couldn't

【答案】D

4.Chinagrowsagreatdealofcotton,inthewesternareas.

A.finallyB.highlyC.warmlyD.mostly

【答案】D

5.LittleSimbawenthuntingalone.TheLionKingwalkedaround,hissafety.

A.withthehelpofB.infearofC.atthespeedofD.ontopof

【答案】B

6.Mycousiniscreativeenoughtothenewchallengingtask.

A.takeonB.takeoutC.putupD.putin

【答案】A

7.—MyfamilywillgoonatriptoBeijingthissummer,butwehaven'tdecided

—Whynottakethehigh-speedrailway?

A.whentoleaveB.howtogetthereC.whichhoteltochooseD.howlongtostaythere

【答案】B

8.China'sTianwen1RoverlandedonMarsonMay15th,2021.Doyouknow.

A.whatitwasgoingtodiscoverB.whywasitsentthere

C.whatitlookslikeD.howmanyphotosdoesittakethere

【答案】C

9.-ThanksalotfortakingcareofmyboywhenIwasaway.

—.Wehadgreatfuntogether.

A.AllthebestB.GoodideaC.That'srightD.Don'tmentionit

【答案】D

10.一IstayeduplatetofinishmyreportlastnightandIfeeltirednow.

—.Sleepisalsoimportant.

A.Don'tbumthecandleatbothendsB.Actionsspeaklouderthanwords

C.Don'tputallyoureggsinonebasketD.Manyhandsmakelightwork

【答案】A

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。

“Simplyavoidher.^^Abbylistenedclosely,asIcontinued,4tIfshesaysanymore11thingstoyou,

Filgotoyourteacher.Tilmakesureyouareneverina（n）12whereyouhavetositnexttoheragain.^^

Atthattime,Allyson,mytheneight-year-old,cameto13usandlistenedtoeveryword.Neitherof

mydaughtersinterrupted（打断）asIfinishedmyheartfeltspeech,filledwith14wisdom.Then,asIwas

tellingthemwhatIthoughtright,Allyson'srealwordsof15cameabout.shesaid,wasjust

thinking.MaybeAbbyshouldbethatgirPs16sothatshecanbear（容忍）her.Inthatway,shecanletthat

girlseeforgiveness（谅解）andkindnessthroughher.^^

Hmm,Ibecamethe17.Atthatmoment,IrealizedthatalthoughIwaswearingthe“mother'shat”,

the"hat”certainlydidn'tmakeme18allthetime.Infact,Iwantedtopullthathatovermyfaceandhide

myselfsothattheycouldn'tseemyembarrassed（难为情的）look.

“Yes,that'sagoodpoint,"Icommented（评论），19ahalfsmileatmygirls."Abby,youdealwith

thissituationthewayyouthinkisright.”"OK,"shesaid,givingmeaquickhug（拥抱）beforewalkingoutofthedoor

andofftoschool.tlBye,Mom!”Allysoncalled,followingherbigsistertogooutofthedoor.

Iwasleftalone-inmyslippers（拖鞋）.Inthosefollowing20moments,Iwaslostinthought.1did

feel21mytwoamazingdaughters-smallinsizebutbiginheart.Sometimesourchildrenhavegreat

lessonstoteachus-22wearewillingtolisten.

Thatlessoncamemorethantenyearsago,andI'llneverforgethowmuchIhavelearnedfrommychildren.

11.A.unusualB.unsureC.unknownD.unpleasant

12.A.actionB.situationC.traditionD.instruction

13.A.admireB.surpriseC.joinD.believe

14.A.motherlyB.friendlyC.livelyD.lonely

15.A.courageB.angerC.wisdomD.humor

16.A.pupilB.victimC.friendD.enemy

17.A.studentB.personC.guideD.guest

18.A.happyB.rightC.luckyD.kind

19.A.forcingB.promisingC.exploringD.imagining

20.A.strangeB.difficultC.tiringD.quiet

21.A.worriedaboutB.proudofC.interestedinD.readyfor

22.A.unlessB.althoughC.ifD.until

【答案】11.D12.B13.C14.A15.C16.C17.A18.B19.A20.D21.B

22.C

三、阅读理解（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

Inmoderntimes,ourclothesseemgoodenoughtomeetourneedsbothincolorandstyle.However,areyou

impatientwithwashingyourclothessooften?Areyoutiredofthesamecolor?Ifyouransweris"Yes",let'smeetthe

fashioninthefuture.

Sun-No-Spot

Tocleanthisshirt,juststandinthesun!AspecialmaterialonthesurfacereceivesUVlightfromthesun.This

heatsitupenoughtomakestains（污渍）missing.Youstaycool,butstainsdisappear!Somestainsdisappearin

minutes-othersmighttakeaday.

NewFabricSuit

Areyousickofholesinyourclothes?Thisnewmaterialrepairsitself!Ifthisclothgetsahole,justrub（搓揉）the

brokenplacequickly.Heatfromtherubbingwillcausethematerialstoconnectwitheachotheragain,repairingthe

hole.Hole?Whathole?

NewWiggleVigor

Thisclothgetsacharge（充电）fromrunningaround.Asyoumove,thethinwiresinthematerialturnyour

movementintopower.Thiscanchargeacomputer,anipad,ahair-dryer,andmanyothersmallthingsthatneed

power.

ChameleonCloth

Tiredofthesameoldlook?Howaboutclothesthatchangecolors?Thismaterialismadewithdyes（染料）that

changecolorswhentheygetwarm.Asmallbatteryheatsupthinmetalthreads（金属线）inthecloth,tochangecolors

orforms.

23.IfyourSim-No-Spotshirtisdirtywithstains,whatcanyoudotocleanit?

A.Warmitinthesun.B.Rubitquickly.C.Connectittoacomputer.D.Changeitscolor.

24.Ifyourmobilephonehasnopower,whichonecanhelpyou?

A.Sun-No-Spot.B.NewFabricSuit.C.NewWiggleVigor.D.ChameleonCloth.

25.WhichofthenextpicturesgoeswellwithChameleonClothe

【答案】23.A24.C25.C

B

IntheSpringandAutumnperiod（475-221BC）therelivedamancalledJiZha.Hewasthefourthsonoftheking

oftheKingdomofWu.BecauseofJiZha'sstickingtorighteousness（义）andwidelearning,hewashisfather^

favorite,andthekingwantedtomakehimhisheir（继承人）.However,JiZharefusedbecausehethoughttheking's

eldestsonshouldbetheonetoreceivethethrone.Later,JiZhaservedasanambassador（外交大臣）ofWutoother

kingdomsinChina.

Once,onamissiontotheKingdomofLu,JiZhapassedthroughtheKingdomofXu.ThekingofXureceived

himasafriend,andadmiredthevaluablesword（佥ij）JiZhawaswearing.Althoughhishostdidn'tmentionit,JiZha

couldseehewantedtoownitverymuch.However,ashestillneededtogotoLu,JiZhadidn'tgivethekingofXuhis

swordasapresent.

AfterfinishinghismissiontoLuonhiswayback,JiZhaonceagainpassedthroughXu.Thistimehedecided

togivetheswordtothekingofXu.Butwhenhearrived,hisfriendhadalreadypassedaway.JiZhadidn'texpectit

andfeltverysad.Hetookoffhisswordandgaveittothedeadmanbyhangingitonatreenearhistomb（坟墓）.

JiZha'sattendants（随从）didn'tunderstandhisaction,saying,t6Sir,thekingofXuisalreadydead.Whydoyou

stillgiveupyourswordtohim?”

JiZhashookhishead,"WhenIcametotheKingdomofXulasttime,Inoticedthatmyfriendadmiredmysword,

andIdecidedthatwhenIcamebackIwouldgiveittohim.However,Ineverexpectedthisturnofevents.Buthow

couldIchangemymindjustbecausethemanhaddied?^^Withthesewords,helefttheplace,low-spiritedand

heart-broken.

26.WhatdoweknowaboutJiZhafromthepassage?

A.Hewasbornin221BC.B.Hedidn'thavetheabilitytobeaking.

C.Hewasacarefulandgenerousman.D.Helosthisfightforthethronetohisbrother.

27.WhydidJiZhagiveuphisswordtothekingofXualthoughhehaddied?

A.Hewasloyaltohiscountry.B.Hewasloyaltorighteousness.

C.Hewasguiltyofhisfriend^death.D.Hewasguiltyofnotseeinghisfriendbeforehisdeath.

28.Whatisthebesttitleofthisstory?

A.JiZhaandHisFriendB.JiZhaandHisCountry

C.JiZhaGivesUpHisThroneD.JiZhaGivesUpHisSword

【答案】26.C27.B28.D

C

Durbeyfieldsatdownuponthegrassylandbytheroadside,puttinghisbasketbeforehim.Inafewminutes,a

youthfromhisvillageappearedinthedistance.Onseeinghim,Durbeyfieldhelduphishand,andtheboyquickened

hisstepsandcamenear.

“Boytakeupthatbasket!Iwantyoutodosomethingforme.^^

Theskinnyboyfrowned（皱眉）,“whoareyouthen,JohnDurbeyfield,toordermeaboutandcallme'boy'?You

knowmynameaswellasIknowyours!”

“Doyou,doyou?That'sthesecret——That'sthesecret!Nowobeymyorders,andFred,Idon'tmindtellingyou

thatthesecretisthatI'moneofanoblerace（贵族）一ithasbeenjustfoundoutbymethispresentafternoon."And

ashemadetheannouncement,heluxuriously（奢侈地）layhimselfuponthelandamongtheflowers.

TheboystoodbeforeDurbeyfield,andlookedathimfromheadtofoot.

t4Sir,JohnD'Urberville—that'swhoIam,^^continuedDurbeyfield.uDoyouknowsuchaplaceasGreenhill?^^

“Yes.IhavebeentheretoGreenhillfair（集市）

“Well,underthechurchofthatcitythereliemyancestors（祖先）一hundredsofthem-incoatsofjewellery.

Thereisnotamanherewho'sgotgreaterandnoblerancestorsthanI.”

“Oh?”

“Nowtakeupthatbasket,andgoontothePureDropInn,tellingthemtosendahorseandcarriage（马车）with

aservant（仆人）herequickly,tocarrymehome.Andwhenyou'vedonethat,goontomyhousewiththebasket,and

tellmywifetoputawaythatwashing,becausesheneedn'tfinishit,andwaittillIcomehome,asI'venewstotell

her.”

Astheboystoodindoubt.Durbeyfieldputhishandintohispocket,andproducedashilling（aunitofmoney

usedinBritainuntil1971）.

“Hereisfbryourwork,son.”

Thismadeadifference

“Yes.SirJohn.Thankyou.”

Theboytookupthebasket,andsetoutatonce.

29.WhatdidDurbeyfieldaskFredtodo?

A.Listentoastory.B.Findoutasecret.

C.Sendmessagesforhim.D.Driveahorseandcarriageforhim.

30.WhichofthefollowingaboutDurbeyfieldisTRUE?

A.Hedidbelievehewasanoble.B.HewantedtoplayatrickonFred.

C.Hewastherichestmaninthecity.D.HeusedtoliveinGreenhill.

31.WhatmadetheboywillingtoworkforDurbeyfield?

A.Durbeyfield'ssecret.B.Durbeyfield'sorder.

C.HisvisittoGreenhillfairD.Theunitofmoney.

32.WhatismostprobablytherelationshipbetweenDurbeyfieldandFred?

A.Fatherandson.B.Neighbors.

C.Closefriends.D.Masterandservant.

【答案】29.C30.A31.D32.B

D

Thereareonly24hoursinaday,andusuallyaboutathirdofthatisspentsleeping.Soisitpossibletomakeuse

ofthistimeandlearnanewskillorevenalanguage?Inotherwords,issleeplearningpossible?

Manystudieshavefoundthatabasicformoflearning,calledconditioning,canhappenduringsleep.Ina2012

studypublishedinthemagazineNatureNeuroscience,forexample,Israeliresearchersfoundthatpeoplecanlearnto

connectsoundswithsmellsduringsleep.Thescientistsplayedatone（声音）tosleepingstudyparticipants（参与者）

whileputtingsomerotten（腐烂的）fishbesidetheirbeds.Onceawake,whenhearingthetone,thepeopleheldtheir

breathinanticipation（预判）ofabadsmell.

“Thiswasaclearfindingshowingparticipantsformednewmemoriesduringsleep,“saidAndrillon,ascientist

inthisfield.

Althoughthenewmemorywasimplicit（暗示性的）,itcouldinfluencehowpeoplebehave,researchersfoundin

a2014studypublishedintheJournalofNeuroscience.Inthatresearch,afterspendinganightinaroomfullof

cigarette（香烟）smellmixedwithrotteneggsorfish,smokersusefewercigarettes.

Andrillonandhisteammembershavefoundthatlearninginsleepcanalsogobeyondsimpleconditioning.In

their2017studypublishedinNatureCommunications,participantswereabletopickoutsoundfeaturesthattheyhad

heardduringsleep.

Learningabilitiesinsleepmayspreadtolearningofwords.InastudypublishedinCurrentBiology,researchers

playedpairsofmade-upwordsandtheirsupposedmeanings,like“guga”meanselephant,tosleepparticipants.After

this,whenawake,theparticipantsdidbetterinpickingtherighttranslationofmade-upwordsinamulti-choicetest.

Sofar,researchsuggestsitmaybepossibletolearnaboutthetoneandpronunciationofalanguageoreventhe

meaningofwordswhilesleeping,althoughitistoaweakerlevelthanwhatwedoduringthedaywithoutnoticing.

33.Whatisthemainpuiposeofthetext?

A.Toshowthatsleeplearningispossible.B.Tostudyhowtomakeuseofsleeplearning.

C.Toreportsomefamousresearchfindings.D.Toprovesleeplearningisimplicitandweak.

34.Whatdoesthephrase“newmemories"inthethirdparagraphreferto（指的是）？

A.Connectionbetweenparticipantsandscientists.B.Connectionbetweensoundsandsmells.

C.Thetone'sinfluenceontherottenfish.D.Therotteneggs9influenceoncigarettes.

35.Whatisthemainideaofthelasttwoparagraphs?

A.Sleepcandogoodtolearning.B.Languagelearningcanhappeninsleep.

C.Peoplelearninsleepinadifferentlanguage.D.Sleeplearningisbetterthandaytimelearning.

【答案】33.A34.B35.B

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。

Afterappearingasaspecialeventatthe2008BeijingOlympicGamesandthe2014NanjingYouthOlympic

Games,Wushu,widelyknownasChineseKungfu,willmakeitsfirstappearanceasanofficial（官方的）sportatthe

4thYouthOlympicGamesin2022.

It，salong-awaitedbreakthrough（期待已久的突破）fortheInternationalWushuFederation（协会）（IWF）,

whichmadeapplicationstotheInternationalOlympicCommittee（IOC）in2001,2008and2011,butfailed.Thefirst

twoapplicationswererefusedattheverybeginning.Thethirdapplicationmadeittothefinalvotingfortakingpartin

the2020TokyoOlympicGamesbutmissedoutonceagain.

Overtheyears,boththeInternationalWushuFederationandChineseWushuAssociation（CWA）havedonealot

tomakeimprovementwithstrongsupportfromtheStateGeneralAdministrationofSportofChina（中国体育总局）.

TheAdministrationnotonlyofferstechnical（技术的）support,oftensendingexpertsorteacherstohelptheirWushu

trainingcamps,butalsogenerouslyprovidesagreatdealofWushuequipment（设备）forfree.

EveryyearmanylocalWushugroupsaresentabroadtoputonWushushows,tryingtoimprovetheinfluence

ofWushuinforeigncountries.Throughtheircontinuousefforts.Wushuhasbecomewidelypopularacrosstheworld,

especiallyamongyoungWushufans.Studiesshowthat,today,about120millionpeopleareattractedtoWushu

aroundtheworld.

ChinagotWushuacceptedasanofficialOlympiceventsuccessfullyinJanuary,2020,whichhelpstomakeit

moreinternationalquickly.

Atotalof48athletesfromacrosstheworldwillcompeteinfourWushuevents:men'sandwomen'sChangquan

andmen'sandwomen'sTaijiquan.

News:WushuIsIncludeinYouthOlympics

New

•Wushuwill_____36_____atthe4thYouthOlympics,firsttimeasanofficialsport.

lead

•EffortsmadetospreadWushuandenteritfortheOlympicGames:

News

*IWFmadeapplicationstoIOCthreetimesbutdidn't_____37_____eachtime.

body

*Inordertoimprovethesituation,IWFandCWAhavedonealotwiththetechnicalsupportand

_____38_____equipmentfromtheStateGeneralAdministrationofSportofChina.

*ThroughcontinuouseffortslikeputtingonWushu_____39_____abroad,Wushuhasbeenwidely

acceptedacrosstheworld,especiallyamongyoungWushufans.

*WushuwasacceptedasanofficialOlympiceventsuccessfullyinJanuary,2020.

*48athletesfromacrosstheworldwilljoininthe_____40_____infourWushuevents.

【答案】36.appear

37.succeed

38.free39,shows

40.competition

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.Billy,youshouldkeep（you）calmwhenintrouble.

【答案】yourself

42.Lucyisorganizedandherroomalwayslooks（tidy）thanmine.

【答案】tidier

43.Howmanyofyoueverdreamedofbecomingan（invent）?

【答案】inventor

44.Ifsimportanttolearntobehave（proper）atabigdinner.

【答案】properly

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.ZhangJingisthoughthighlyofbecauseofher（完美的）translation.

【答案】perfect

46.Everyone（除了）mehasseenHi,Mom,soI'llgotoseeittoday.

【答案】except

47.Whentheofficehadapowercut（突然）,everyonescreamed.

【答案】suddenly

48.Mydaughter'ssweet（嗓音）alwaysmakesmerelaxed.

【答案】voice

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.Itissaidthatthismuseum(name)afterQuQiubaimanyyearsago.

【答案】wasnamed

50.(reduce)airpollution,ourcityhasputmoreshared-bicyclesintouse.

【答案】Toreduce

51.China(win)lotsofhighpraisessinceweturnedthesandintoforests.

【答案】haswon

52.ChineseWomen'sFootballTeam(play)inthecomingTokyoOlympics.

【答案】willplay

53.一Iwenttoyourhouseafterworkyesterdaybutyouwerenotin.

-Oh,I(walk)mydogoutside.

【答案】waswalking

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.在你做出最终的决定之前，请三思。

Please.

【答案】thinktwicebeforeyoumakethefinaldecision

55.David一到这儿就迫不及待地炫耀起了他的新手表。

Davidassoonashearrivedhere.

［答案］couldn'twaittoshowoffhisnewwatch

56.昨晚，消防员相互密切合作扑灭了大火。

Thefirementhebigfirelastnight.

【答案】workedcloselywitheachothertoputout

57.你曾经在公共场合做过演讲吗？

Haveyouever?

【答案】madeaspeechinpublic##givenaspeechinpublic##givenatalkinpublic

58.Jenny