2018年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷

2018 年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷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 1 Time waits for no man But some people won t realize the importance of time it s gone D A as B since C when D until 2 Two tickets for Sunday please Sorry There is left B A nothing B none C some D anything 3 Your father has passed the driving test Yes my father my mother has A A Not only but also B Neither nor C Either or D Both 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 A couldn t B wouldn t C mustn t D needn t 5 Lights are out The concert is to begin The fans hold their breath for Jay Chou s D A influence B guidance C experience D appearance 6 Manager all the machines just now What Call the engineer at once A A broke down B turned down C broke out D turned out 7 As an American Tom is a big fan of Chinese kung fu he is crazy about Beijing Opera C A Therefore B However C Moreover D Otherwise 8 Can you describe Yes I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behind C A why did the accident happen B when did the accident happen C how the accident happened D where the accident happened 9 I you here but you didn t come I m terribly sorry I was so busy that I forgot B A would expect B was expecting C am expecting D have 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 A What s up B What s wrong C Why me D Why not 二 完形填空 共 1 小题 每小题 12 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 11 Mrs 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 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 bubble 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 away 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 I saw then was the cat running away Mrs Roosevelt helped me search the 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 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 Yes madam Winston said quietly B A award B rest C surprise D choice D A practice B create C exercise D enjoy C A cleaned B hurt C covered D hit A A rounded B held C crossed D waved D A hear B notice C remember D believe A A floated B rode C climbed D stayed C A bubble B book 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 A introduction 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 B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 12 Summer 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 it yourself DIY 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 window 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 holes The next step is to fix the design 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 uncomfortable 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 Yes the Eco Cooler is not a super high tech air conditioning system but it is one that can make a big difference B When building the Eco Cooler we should pay special attention to A the shape of the window B the direction of bottlenecks C the temperature of the outside D the weight of the board C What can we learn from the passage A Ashis Paul is a clever inventor and a successful businessman B An Eco Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25 C C The new invention of Eco Cooler is friendly to the environment D Local people will replace their air conditioner with an Eco Cooler D What s the best title of this passage A DIY air conditioning made from plastic bottles B Eco Cooler a super high tech air conditioner C Why do we need an Eco Cooler in summer D A strong willed inventor and his DIY dream 13 How to investigate Planning Decide on a scientific problem to investigate For example 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 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 can measure 测量 In your investigation you have to decide 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 results Getting your evidence 数据 Make your measurements and record your results Reaching 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 links Checking your findings Compare your conclusions and hypothesis Do your results support your idea D What does the underlined word hypothesis most probably mean A reason B result C method D guess A In Mary s investigation which of the following about the variables is true A She can only change one variable at a time B Some of the variables can t be measured C Her weight and age can be the variables D The temperature of water cannot be a variable A What is the passage mainly about A How to do a scientific research B How to explain a scientific finding C How to deal with a chemistry problem D How to understand some chemistry knowledge 14 We wake 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 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 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 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 Junior 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 sleep 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 students B an example of an ideal daily life of high school students C a reason for high school students to live a busy daily school life D 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 period B challenging problems are needed for a teenager s growth C the ability to think has nothing to do with homework D the present structure leads to students often sleeping in class C Why does the writer write this article A To prove the role of enough sleep in teenagers growth B To complain about the problems in the system of the ACT C To ask for a change for less homework and more sleep D To discuss the relationship between sleep and homework 15 After 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 gave 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 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 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 Then 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 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 will 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 passage A The girl introduced herself to the boy B Something noticeable happened to the boy C They had a lesson on how to draw D The boy drew an apple for the girl C What most probably happened to the apple finally A Eaten by the boy because the girl didn t accept it B Eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had got C Eaten by the girl because they finally became friends D Eaten by the girl because the boy was drawing all the time B What can we learn from the 2nd paragraph A The boy didn t want the girl to show interest in his drawing B The girl didn t want to show interest in the boy s drawing noticeably C The boy didn t notice the girl trying several times to see his drawing D 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 girl A Using her curiosity B Showing off his drawing ability C Teaching her how to draw D 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 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 16 When a thought has found words Poetry 诗歌 is the forgotten child of literature Few people read it for pleasure In Western high schools poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today s students 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 traditional 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 love 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 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 a thought has found words Passage outline Detailed information In the West Most people think poetry is 1 from the life of today s students China s recent action Students must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems 2 for learnin g poetry Learning poems helps you 3 history and society Poems help express your personal thoughts and feelings Poems can express beauty of 4 things with very few lines A tip on enjoyi ng poetry 5 aloud is the best way to enjoy poetry In tact many ancient poem s were spoken before they were written ConclusionChinese students should feel lucky to have 72poems to learn 答案 1 different 2 Reasons 3 understand 4 common 5 Reading 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 another visit 答案 visitor s 18 How much should I pay 18yuan in all include the pen you picked out just now 答案 including 19 Time is limited You d better make a decide right now 答案 decision 20 Nothing is possible It means everything can happen if you make efforts 答案 impossible 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 21 How much time do you need to carry on with the project Another 四 days 答案 four 22 Do you know what the exact 人口 of China is 答案 population 23 Finally we managed to hand out all the 1 000posters 凭借 other s help 答案 with 24 Miss Gao can always come up with 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 celebrate my mother s birthday 答案 To celebrate 26 Bad luck My watch doesn t work well Take it easy It just needs repair 答案 repairing 27 Why are you still waiting here Doctor Yu promis