2021年常州中考英语真题及答案

常州市二。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

2.Don'tyourchildwithothersbecauseeverychildisatreasure.

A.compareB.complainC.contactD.consider

3.-Couldyouplaythepianoattheageoffive?-No.I.Istartedatsix.

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

4.Chinagrowsagreatdealofcotton,inthewesternareas.

A.finallyB.highlyC.warmlyD.mostly

5.LittleSimbawenthuntingalone.TheLionKingwalkedaround,hissafety.

A.withthehelpofB.infearofC.atthespeedofD.ontopof

6.Mycousiniscreativeenoughtothenewchallengingtask.

A.takeonB.takeoutC.putupD.putin

7.-MyfamilywillgoonatriptoBeijingthissummer.butwehaven'tdecided.

-Whynottakethehigh-speedrailway!

A.whentoleaveB.howtogetthere

C.whichhoteltochooseD.howlongtostaythere

8.China'sTianwanIRoverlandedonMarsonMay15th.2021.Doyouknow?

A.whatitwasgoingtodiscoverB.whywasitsentthere

C.whatitlookslikeD.howmanyphotosdoesittakethere

9.-ThanksalotfortakingcareofmyboywhenIwasaway.

-Wehadgreatfuntogether.

A.AllthebeatB.GoodideaC.That'srightD.Don'tmention

it

10.-1stayeduplatetofinishmyreportlastnightandIfeeltirednow.

-.Sleepisalsoimportant.

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A.Don*tburnthecandleatbothendsB.Actionsspeaklouderthanwords

C.Don'tputallyoureggsinonebasketDManyhandsmakelightwork

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."Ifshesaysanymore11thingsto

you.Filgotoyourteacher.I'llmakesureyouareneverina（n）12whereyouhavetositnextto

heragain.M

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

Neitherofmydaughtersinterrupted（打I断）asIfinishedmyheartfeltspeech,filledwith14

wisdom.Then,asIwastellingthemwhatIthoughtright.Allyson'srealwordsof15cameabout.

“Mom."shesaid."Iwasjustthinking.MaybeAbbyshouldbethatgirl's16sothatshecanbear（容

忍）her.Inthatway,shecanletthatgirlseeforgiveness（谅解）andkindnessthroughher."

Hmm,Ibecamethe17.Atthatmoment,IrealizedthatalthoughIwaswearingtheMmother's

hat1,the'hat"certainlydidn'tmakeme18allthetime.Infact,Iwantedtopullthathatovermy

faceandhidemyselfsothattheycouldn'tseemyembarrassed（难为情的）look.

"Yes,that'sagoodpoint,uIcommented（评论19ahalfsmileatmygirls."Abby,youdeal

withthissituationthewayyouthinkisright.nOK.ushesaid,givingmeaquickhug（拥抱）before

walkingoutofthedoorandofftoschool.HBye,Mom!"Allysoncalled,followingherbigsisterto

gooutofthedoor.

Iwasleftalone-inmyslippers（拖鞋）.Inthosefollowing20momentsIwaslostinthought.I

didfeel21mytwoamazingdaughters-smallinsizebutbiginheart.Sometimesourchildren

havegreatlessonstoteachus-22wearewillingtolisten.

Thatlessoncamemorethantenyearsago,andrilneverforgethowmuchIhavelearned

frommychildren.

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

19A.forcingB.promisingC.exploringD.imagining

20A.strangeB.difficultC.tiringD.quiet

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21AworriedaboutB.proudofC.interestedinD.readyfor

22AunlessB.althoughC.ifD.until

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,areyouimpatientwithwashingyourclothessooften?Areyoutiredofthesame

color?Ifyouransweris"Yes".Let*smeetthefashioninthefuture.

Sun-No・Spot

Tocleanthisshirt,juststandinthesun!AspecialmaterialonthesurfacereceivesUVlight

fromthesun.Thisheatsitupenoughtomakestains（污渍）missing.Youstaycool.

butstainsdisappear!Somestainsdisappearinminutes-othersmighttakeaday.

NewFabricSuit

Areyousickofholesinyourclothes?Thisnewmaterialrepairsitself!Ifthisclothgetsa

hole,justrub（搓揉）thebrokenplacequickly.Heatfromtherubbingwillcausethematerialsto

connectwitheachotheragain,repairingthehole.Hole?Whathole?

NewWiggleVigor

Thisclothgetsacharge（充电）fromrunningaround.Asyoumove,thethinwiresinthe

materialturnyourmovementintopower.Thiscanchargeacomputer,anipad,ahair-dryer,

andmanyothersmallthingsthatneedpower.

ChameleonCloth

Tiredofthesameoldlook?Howaboutclothesthatchangecolors?Thismaterialismade

withdyes（染$4）thatchangecolorswhentheygetwarm.Asmallbatteryheatsupthinmetal

threads（金属线）inthecloth,tochangecolorsorforms.

23.IfyourSun-No-Spotshirtisdirtywithstains,whatcanyoudotocleanit?

A.Warmitinthesun.B.Rubitquickly.

C.Connectittoacomputer.D.Changeitscolor.

24.Ifyourmobilephonehasnopower,whichonecanhelpyou?

A.Sur-No-Spot.B.NewFabricSuit.C.NewWiggleVigor.D.Chameleon

Cloth.

25.WhichofthenextpicturesgoeswellwithChameleonCloth?

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IntheSpringandAutumnperiod（475-221BC）therelivedamancalledJiZha.Hewasthe

fourthsonofthekingoftheKingdomofWu.BecauseofJiZha'sstickingtorighteousness（义）and

widelearning,hewashisfather'sfavorite.andthekingwantedtomakehimhisheir（堆承人）.

However,JiZharefusedbecausehethoughttheking'seldestsonshouldbetheonetoreceivethe

throne.Later.JiZhaservedasanambassador（夕卜交大臣）ofWutootherkingdomsinChina.

Once,onamissiontotheKingdomofLu,JiZhapassedthroughtheKingdomofXu.The

kingofXureceivedhimasafriend,andadmiredthevaluablesword（剑J）JiZhawaswearing.

Althoughhishostdidn'tmentionit.JiZhacouldseehewantedtoownitverymuch.However,as

hestillneededtogotoLu.JiZhadidntgivethekingofXuhisswordasapresent.

AfterfinishinghismissiontoLu,onhiswayback,JiZhaonceagainpassedthroughXu.

ThistimehedecidedtogivetheswordtothekingofXu.Butwhenhearrived.Hisfriendhad

alreadypassedaway.JiZhadidn'texpectitandfeltverysad.Hetookoffhisswordandgaveitto

thedeadmanbyhangingitonatreenearhistomb（坟墓）.

JiZha'sattendants（随从）didn'tunderstandhisaction,saying,MSir,thekingofXuisalready

dead.Whydoyoustillgiveupyourswordtohim?"

JiZhashookhishead.nWhenIcametotheKingdomofXulasttime.Inoticedthatmy

friendadmiredmysword,andIdecidedthatwhenIcamebackIwouldgiveittohim.However,I

neverexpectedthisturnofevents.ButhowcouldIchangemymindjustbecausethemanhad

died?°Withthesewords,helefttheplace,low-spiritedandheart-broken.

WhatdoweknowaboutJiZhafromthepassage?

A.Hewasbomin221BC.

B.Hedidn'thavetheabilitytobeaking.

C.Hewasacarefulandgenerousman.

D.Helosthisfightforthethronetohisbrother.

27.WhydidJiZhagiveuphisswordtothekingofXualthoughhehaddied?

A.Hewasloyaltohiscountry.

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B.Hewasloyaltorighteousness.

C.Hewanguiltyofhisfriend'sdeath.

D.Hewasguiltyofnotseeinghisfriendbeforehisdeath

28.Whatisthebesttitleofthisstory!

A.JiZhaandHisFriendB.JiZhaandHisCountry

C.JiZhaGivesUpHisThroneD.JiZhaGivesUpHisSword

C

Durbeyfieldsatdownuponthegrassylandbytheroadside,puttinghisbasketbeforehim.In

afewminutes,ayouthfromhisvillageappearedinthedistance.Onseeinghim,Durbeyfieldheld

uphishand,andtheboyquickenedhisstepsandcamenear.

"Boy,takeupthatbasket!Iwantyoutodosomethingforme.n

Theskinnyboyfrowned（皱眉），"whoareyouthen,JohnDurbeyfield.toordermeabout

andcallme'boy*?YouknowmynameaswellasIknowyours!

"Doyou.doyou?That'sthesecret-That'sthesecret!Nowobeymyorders,andFred.I

don'tmindtellingyouthatthesecretisthatI'moneofnoblerace（贵族）-ithasbeenjust

foundoutbymethispresentafternoon.nAndashemadetheannouncement,heluxuriously（奢

侈地）layhimselfuponthelandamongtheflowersTheboystoodbeforeDurbeyfield,and

lookedathimfromheadtofoot.

"Sir,JohnD'Urberville-that'swhoIam,"continuedDurbeyfield.nDoyouknowsucha

placeasGreenhill?”

"Yes.IhavebeentheretoGreenhillfair（集市）.”

“Well,underthechurchofthatcitythereliemyancestors（祖先）-hundredsofthem-in

coatsofjewellery.Thereisnotamanherewho'sgotgreaterandnoblerancestorsthanI."

"Nowtakeupthatbasket,andgoontothePureDropInn,tellingthemtosendahorseand

carriage（马车）withaservant（仆人）herequickly,tocarrymehome.Andwhenyou'vedone

that,goontomyhousewiththebasket,andtellmywifetoputawaythatwashing,because

sheneedn'tfinishit,andwaittillIcomehome,asI'venewstotellher.n

Astheboystoodindoubt,Durbeyfieldputhishandintohispocket.Andproduceda

shilling（aunitofmoneyusedinBritainuntil1971）.

"Hereisfbryourwork.son."Thismadeadifference.

"Yes,SirJohn.Thankyou.n

Theboytookupthebasket,andsetoutatonce.

29.WhatdidDurbeyfieldaskFredtodo?

A.Listentoastory.B.Findoutasecret.

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C.Sendmessagesforhim.D.Driveahorseandcarriageforhim.

30.WhichofthefollowingaboutDurbeyfieldisTRUE?

A.Hedidbelievehewasanoble.B.HewantedtoplayatrickonFred.

C.Hewastherichestmaninthecity.D.HeusedtoliveinGreenhill.

31.WhatmadetheboywillingtoworkforDurbeyfield?

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

C.HisvisittoGreenhillfair.D.Theunitofmoney.

32.WhatismostprobablytherelationshipbetweenDurbeyfieldandFred?

A.Fatherandson.B.Neighbors.

C.Closefriends.D.Masterandservant.

D

Thereareonly24hoursinaday,andusuallyaboutathirdofthatisspentsleeping.Soisit

possibletomakeuseofthistimeandlearnanewskillorevenalanguage?Inotherwords,is

sleeplearningpossible?

Manystudieshavefoundthatabasicformoflearning,calledconditioning,canhappen

duringsleep.Ina2012studypublishedinthemagazineNatureNeuroscience,forexample,Israeli

researchersfoundthatpeoplecanlearntoconnectsoundswithsmellsduringsleep.Thescientists

playedatonetosleepingstudyparticipantswhileputtingsomerotten（腐烂的）fishbesidetheir

beds.Onceawake.whenhearingthetone.Thepeopleheldtheirbreathinanticipationofabad

smell.

“Thiswasadearfindingshowingparticipantsformednewmemoriesduringsleep,"said

Andrillon,ascientistinthisheld.

Althoughthenowmemorywasimplicit（E暗示t生的），itcouldinfluencehowpeople

behave,researchersfoundina2014studypublishedintheJournalofNeuroscience.Inthat

research,afterspendinganightinaroomfullofcigarette（香烟）smellmixedwithrotteneggsor

fish,smokersusefewercigarettes.

Andriilonandhisteammembershavefoundthatlearninginsleepcanalsogobeyondsimple

conditioning.Intheir2017studypublishedinNatureCommunications,participantswereableto

pickoutsoundfeaturesthattheyhadheardduringsleep.

Learningabilitiesinsleepmayspreadtolearningofwords.InastudypublishedinCurrent

Biology,researchersplayedpairsofmade-upwordsandtheirsupposedmeaningslikeUgugan

meanselephant.tosleepparticipants.Afterthis,whenawake,theparticipantsdidbetterinpicking

therighttranslationofmade-upwordsinamulti-choicetest.

Sofar,researchsuggestsitmaybepossibletolearnaboutthetoneandpronunciationofa

languageoreventhemeaningofwordswhilesleeping,althoughitistoaweakerlevelthanwhat

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wedoduringthedaywithoutnoticing.

33.Whatisthemainpurposeofthetext?

A.Toshowthatsleeplearningispossible.

B.lbstudyhowtomakeuseofsleeplearning.

C.Toreportsomefamousresearchfindings.

D.Toprovesleeplearningisimplicitandweak.

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

A.Connectionbetweenparticipantsandscientists.

B.Connectionbetweensoundsandsmells.

C.Thetone'sinfluenceontherottenfish.

D.Therotteneggs*influenceoncigarettes.

35.Whatisthemainideaofthelasttwoparagraphs?

A.Sleepcandogoodtolearning.

B.Languagelearningcanhappeninsleep.

C.Peoplelearninsleepinadifferentlanguage.

D.Sleeplearningisbetterthandaytimelearning.

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。

Afterappearingasaspecialeventatthe2008BeijingOlympicGamesandthe2014Nanjing

YouthOlympicGames.Wushu,widelyknownasChineseKungfu,willmakeitsfirstappearance

asanofficial（官方的）sportatthe4thYouthOlympicGamesin2022.

It'salong-awaitedbreakthrough（期待已久的突破）fortheInternationalWushu

Federation（协会）（IWF）,whichmadeapplicationstotheInternationalOlympicCommittee（100）

in2001,2008and2011.butfailed.Thefirsttwoapplicationswererefusedattheverybeginning.

Thethirdapplicationmadeittothefinalvotingfortakingpartinthe2020TokyoOlympicGames

butmissedoutonceagain.

Overtheyears,boththeInternationalWushuFederationandChineseWushu

Association（CWA）havedonealottomakeimprovementwithstrongsupportfromtheState

GeneralAdministrationofSportofChina（中国体育总局）.TheAdministrationnotonlyoffers

technical（技术的）support,oftensendingexpertsorteacherstohelptheirWushutrainingcampy,

butalsogenerouslyprovidesagreatdealofWushuequipment（设备）forfree.

Everyyear,manylocalWushugroupsaresentabroadtoputonWushushows,tryingto

improvetheinfluenceofWushuinforeigncountries.Throughtheircontinuousefforts.Wushuhas

becomewidelypopularacrosstheworld.especiallyamongyoungWushufans.Studiedshow

that,today,about120millionpeopleareattractedtoWushuaroundtheworld.

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ChinagotWushuacceptedasanofficialOlympicseventsuccessfullyinJanuary,2020,which

helpstomakeitmoreinternationalquickly.

Atotalof48athletesfromacrosstheworldwillcompeteinfourWushuevents:men'sand

women'sChangquanandmen'sandwomen'sTaijiquan.

News：WushuIsIncludedinYouthOlympics

NewsleadWushuwill36atthe4thYouthOlympics,firsttimeasanofficialsport.

EffortsmadetospreadWushuandenteritfortheOlympicsGames:

IWFmadeapplicationstoIOCthreetimesbutdidn't37eachtime.

Inordertoimprovethesituation,IWFandCWAhavedonealotwiththetechnical

Newsbodysupportand3_8equipmentfromtheStateGeneralAdministrationofSportof

China.

ThroughcontinuouseffortslikeputtingonWushu3_9abroad.Wushuhasbeen

widelyacceptedacrosstheworld,especiallyamongyoungWushufans.

WushuwasacceptedasanofficialOlympicseventsuccessfullyinJanuary,2020.

48athletesfromacrosstheworldwilljoininthe40infourWushuevents.

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.Bally.youshouldkeep(you)calmwhenintrouble.

42Lucyisorganizedandherroomalwayslooks(tidy)thanmine.

43.Howmanyofyoueverdreamedofbecomingan(invent)?

44.It'simportanttolearntobehave(proper)atabigdinner.

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.

46.Everyone(除了)mehasseenHi.Mom,soFl1gotoseeittoday.

47.Whentheofficehadapowercut(突然).everyonescreamed.

48Mydaughter'ssweet(嗓音)alwaysmakesmerelaxed.

六、用括号内所给动词正确形式填空(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

49.It'ssadthatthismuseum(name)afterQuQiubaimanyyearsago.

50.(reduce)airpollution,ourcityhasputmoreshared-bicyclesintouse.

51.China(win)lotsofhighpraisesinceweturnedthesandintoforests.

52.ChineseWomen'sFootballTeam(play)inthecomingTokyoOlympics.

53.-1wenttoyourhouseafterworkyesterdaybutyouwerenotin.

-Oh,I(walk)mydogoutside.

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。

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Please.

55.David一到这儿就迫不及特地炫耀起了他的新手表。

Davidassoonashearrivedhere.

56.昨晚，消防员相互密切合作扑灭了大火.

Thefirementhebigfirelastnight.

57.你曾经在公共场合做过演讲吗？

Haveyouever?

58.Jenny总是注意着把一切保持得井然有序.

Jennyalways.

59.及时复习功课是一个多么好的习惯啊！

What