2015年常州市中考英语试卷及答案

1 常州市二常州市二 0 一五年初中一五年初中毕业毕业 升学 升学统统一文化考一文化考试试 英英 语语 试试 题题 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 一 单项选择单项选择 共 共 10 个小个小题题 每小 每小题题 1 分 分 满满分分 10 分分 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 Your home town is really nice The air quality is as good as of Sanya A it B one C that D the one 2 Who will give us the speech on public manners Mr Brown but I m not sure A can B need C must D might 3 Would you like to visit the zoo with me now Sorry It s the visiting hours Let s go there tomorrow A on B over C during D beyond 4 Don t you think it of some teenagers to be crazy about pop stars Well I don t think so We were once young and had the similar experiences A creative B silly C wise D curious 5 Could you tell me the of making such tasty cakes Well I just follow the instructions in the cookbook A time B method C cost D menu 6 Life is a journey with trouble but with care and wisdom you can any problem you face A work out B hand out C find out D put out 7 Jenny will you leave for the USA now No It will be two weeks I leave here A until B since C before D when 8 Mike used to be a top student but he behind since he lost himself in computer games A fell B has fallen C was D has been 9 Jack I d like to have your opinions about my report But I have one suggestion A That s a good idea B I agree with you C It looks fine to me D Check it first 10 I m going to give a talk on the Dragon Boat Festival to the exchange students Great But don t forget to tell them A what should they eat at the festival B why people enjoy the full moon C what kind of race is often held D How do people celebrate it 2 二 完形填空 共二 完形填空 共 12 小小题题 每小 每小题题 1 分 分 满满分分 12 分 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 How often do You let other people s rude actions change your mood Do you let a bad driver or an impolite waiter make your day in a mess However the mark of your wise reply to the actions is how 11 you can come back to smiling to them Sixteen years ago I learned this 12 at the back of a taxi in New York We were driving fast in the right lane 车道 when suddenly a black car jumped 13 a parking space right to front of us My taxi driver stepped on the brake 刹车 as hard as possible and at the 14 moment our car stopped just one inch from the back of the other car I couldn t 15 what happened next The driver of the car turned his head around and started 16 bad words But then here s what really 17 me My taxi driver just smiled and waved 挥手致意 at the guy I said Why did you just do that This guy nearly 18 us He told me what I now remember The Law of the Garbage 垃圾 Truck He said Like garbage trucks many people run around full of garbage full of anger and full of regret 19 their garbage increases more and more they look for a place to pour it If you let them they ll pour it on you So when someone wants to pour it on you don t feel hurt Just smile wave and move on You will be 20 I started thinking how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me And how often do I take their garbage and 21 it to other people Then I knew clearly what I should do I began to see Garbage Trucks I see the bad 22 people are carrying I see them coming to pour it And like my taxi driver I don t feel hurt I just smile wave and move on 11 A clearly B quickly C exactly D correctly 12 A example B experience C lesson D case 13 A out of B across C next to D far from 14 A next B busy C right D last 15 A doubt B consider C accept D believe 16 A shouting B telling C whispering D expressing 17 A cheered B encouraged C surprised D satisfied 18 A attacked B killed C warned D beat 19 A Since B While C As D Before 3 20 A happier B busier C safer D luckier 21 A donate B lend C spread D hang 22 A news B Prize C name D mood 三 三 阅谈阅谈理解理解 共共 13 小小题题 每小每小题题 2 分 分 满满分分 26 分 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 Last fall a beaver moved into the small stream beside our house He began taking down small trees right away and in a couple of weeks our stream turned into a pond 水塘 Every day he added more to his dam 水坝 and to his house We re sure you ve all heard the saying as busy as a beaver Now we understand this saying as we saw the work that this beaver did over a very short period of time We thought that would be the last of the beaver s busy activity as winter came To our amazement however he started chewing 咀嚼 on a very large tree The tree was over 18 meters tall and around 1 5 meters in diameter 直径 We were amazed at the challenge this beaver was trying All winter he chewed and chewed He had setbacks 挫折 as we faced major winter storms and ice cold weather But sure enough when the weather allowed he would come back and chew a bit more The beaver s first goal 目标 was to survive to build home for the winter Working every day with that goal in mind he successfully achieved that goal But the large tree he started chewing on last fall was a future goal 一 he wanted the large tree to provide new food and branches 树枝 for the coming spring Even with the setbacks he faced over the winter he never gave up until he reached it Our beaver s experience reminds us that we need to set goals for tomorrow Sometimes just surviving seems to take up all of our time But if you do just a little bit when time allows and stick to your future goal you will achieve it When faced with setbacks have your goal in heart and don t let the setbacks stop you Keep chewing like the beaver and you will achieve your goal in the end 23 What is the purpose of the beaver s chewing on the large tree A To provide more food for the winter because of the snow B To add more branches to his dam and his house C To prepare new food and branches for the coming spring D To keep working every day with a goal in mind 24 Here is paragraph 段 When spring arrived we went down to see the beaver s 4 progress The tree was about to fall Our beaver had almost completely chewed around and through the whole tree According to the passage it should be put A between paragraph I and paragraph 2 B between paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 C between paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 D between paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 25 The best title of this passage might be A Keep Chewing B Be Like the Beaver C As Busy as a Beaver D Set Proper Goals B Sometimes you feel down or unhappy and it is hard to come back t0 your high spirit So if you re having a bad day and need a boost then help is just a click away A website is trying to offer people positive 积极的 messages from strangers to cheer them up It announces to be the nicest place on the Internet where happy people can present their positive thoughts and feelings to those who are in low spirits The website lets people post videos of themselves blowing kisses and leaving positive and encouraging messages to lift visitors spirits The website was created by Jeff Lam and is considered to help many people out when they feel low The well known artist who lives in San Francisco said he came up with the idea when he and his friend Lauren were having one of those bad days We tried to become cheerful but none of the usual methods seemed to be working Not music Not food What we hoped was something positive honest and good So with only a camera and work free weekend we created The Nicest Place On The Internet he explained on his website One user of the site Joseph Meehan 27 from Birmingham said it s a fun and exciting website I visit every once in a while when I m missing my friends or family I think it could really be a help to people that are feeling down or sad It may even stop them from doing something stupid You can also post your video to the website and they add it to the series It s very easy to share the love Mr Lam is now working on a new project that allows people to leave positive voicemails for strangers The idea is that strangers send an audio 声音 diary by leaving a voicemail and then anyone can listen to it 26 The underlined word boost in paragraph 1 probably means A 鼓舞 B 放松 C 休闲 D 提高 27 The website was created in order to A provide a place for those who want to post their videos B discover something positive honest and good C recommend positive voicemails on the website to people 5 D offer something positive to cheer people up 28 According to the text which of the following is TRUE A Jeff Lam is working on a new project to collect more audio diaries B Jeff Lam met a lot of difficulties during the time of creating the website C Joseph Meehan has got help from the website and supports it D Joseph Meehan has shared his own positive videos with strangers C I was just out of college only three days into a graduate 研究生 year in England and I was pulling a heavy bag and suitcase 箱子 through the London Underground I was also crying out of control The day before yesterday my uncle told me never to speak to him his wife or my two cousins again Earlier I made a joke I didn t mean to hurt my aunt s feelings but it did I spent the evening in an ugly blue telephone booth 电话亭 crying as I spoke to a family friend who lived in England When I left the phone booth I went back to a silent house with three closed bedroom doors In the morning I heard everyone get up and leave for work and school I wrote a note to say sorry and pulled my bags to the train station When I got into London I had to take the underground to Angel Station to get to my family friend s house I was familiar with the underground but at the time it was just endless white tiles 瓷砖 Coming to England seemed like a bad decision Crying yet again I tried to lift my suitcase up the stairs When I was trying hard to walk forward there were hands Each time I faced another group of steps a hand would lift the suitcase At the top of the steps the hand would let go and I d pull the suitcase to the next group And just as I wanted to try again another hand would appear It happened several times I never looked up because I couldn t stop crying Each hand looked different and many different people helped me without asking or saying anything I couldn t look up I wasn t able to say thank you I went on to have an amazing year studying in England but that was the last time I saw or spoke to any of my uncle s family Yet when I think about that terrible loss in 2008 I remember those strangers hands They were there when I needed them and even now they help me out of the sadness of that memory I think of them as I ride the underground in Washington D C today and I watch the citizens and tourists to offer hands at any time 29 What was the writer s feeling while she was walking in the station A She felt sad and helpless at first but might feel warm later B She was looking forward to getting help from friends C She expected to leave London and go back home D She regretted making the joke but was angry with her uncle 30 In the last paragraph the underlined words that terrible loss probably 6 mean A I was crying when I took the underground in London B I left my uncle s family and haven t contacted them since then C I didn t say thank you to those who gave hands to me D I lost my good mood and felt sad when I left my uncle s family 31 What is the passage mainly about A It tells us a story about an unlucky and homeless college student B It describes the writer s experience through the underground C It expresses the idea of giving hands to strangers who are in need D It shows the helping hands that writer got from strangers D Is your TV connected to the Internet What about your chair or your fridge It is possible that they are not But in the future most things in your home may be connected as the so called Internet of things is developing The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think It is reported that during his speech earlier this year Samsung CEO 首席执行官 BK Yoon spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things He said that five years from now every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things whether it s a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner 吸尘器 So how do household 家用 objects that are part of Internet of things work Well think of a usual chair When connected to the Internet the chair warms up when it knows that the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold An Internet connected camera like a smart home camera could help people feel safer in their homes It can recognize 识别 people s faces and even can see when someone passes by in the dark Then it can send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who s there If the person is someone you don t know it can tell you that too But according to MIT Technology Review whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security 安全 systems to the Internet there may be problems For example many early connected home devices 装置 don t have much built in security which means they could be hacked 被黑客攻击 In addition it could be difficult to get these devices to work together because they are made by different companies To fight this many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium which had 45 members by late 2014 So picture this you walk in through the front door of your home The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable after a long day at school Your favorite music starts playing for you Do you think that this would be a good thing It may happen sooner than you think 32 The Samsung CEO s speech is mentioned to prove that A the Internet of things will appear in our daily life sooner 7 B Samsung has produced the Internet of things recently C Samsung products have been part of the Internet of things D he spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things 33 We can infer 推断 from paragraphs 3 and 4 that A the chair can know whether the user feels cold or not B a usual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes in C an Internet connected camera can be used to take photos in the house D an Internet connected camera can be connected to the user s smartphone 34 According to the passage it is mentioned that the temperature inside is neither too high nor too low your fridge provides the drinks for you the chair warms up if you feel cold your favourite music starts playing your washing machine starts working A B C D 35 What s the problem about the Internet of things A Companies which produce connected home devices haven t joined together B Connected home devices may not work together and can easily get hacked C Companies have difficulty connecting security system to the Internet D These new devices are produced by different companies 四 四 阅读阅读衰达 共衰达 共 5 小小题题 每小每小题题 1 分 分 满满分分 5 分分 阅读阅读下面短文 并根据所下面短文 并根据所读读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单单 词词 注意注意 请请将答案写在答将答案写在答题题卡上相卡上相应题应题号的横号的横线线上 每个空格里只填一个上 每个空格里只填一个单词单词 Any time of the day you can devote to exercising is a good time for getting active but if you want to make a healthy fitness plan it may be helpful to keep several points in mind and find out the best time to exercise First try to know what kind of person you are Especially are you an early bird who always wakes up early in the morning or a night owl 猫头鹰 who almost never goes to bed before midnight Once you are generally aware of what your sleep characteristics are you will understand better when your body needs exercise either early in the morning sometime during the day or later on in the evening Second consider your daily plan When do you seem to be most busy and when do you plan your most important tasks Try to fit in your exercise before or at least around these events if possible so that you can keep exercising and your life won t be affected 影响 as well Third think about when you feel you have the most energy For most people that time is usually in the morning after a good night s rest or after a long day of work After a busy or much stressful day exercising can reduce your working stress from hard work 8 Lastly find out the place you plan to do exercise Your house provides exercise at any time if you own fitness equipment 设备 but if there is a gym 健身房 down the street or along the way home from work it will make it more suitable for you to exercise More importantly you need to make a plan and try sticking to it for one week If you do so and can get through the exercise without being pulled in another direction make it a habit And once you have set up your fitness plan don t make any great changes to it unless your doctor allows you to Introduction 36 to take several points about exercise and find out the best time to exercise Main Points Know your sleep characteristics and you will have a better 37 of your body needs exercise Make your daily Plan well 50 that you can keep exercising 38 your life Think about when you are most energetic Exercising after work can make 39 stressed Find out where to do exercise and it will make it more suitable for you Suggestions Stick to your