2018年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷(含答案)

1、2018 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 wont realize the importance of timeits gone（ D ）A as Bsince Cwhen D until2-Two tickets for Sunday， please!-Sorry There is left（ B ）A nothing Bnone Csome Danything3-Your father has pas

2、sed the driving tes？t-Yes my fathermy mother has（ A ）A Not only； but also B Neither； norC Either： or DBoth； and4-Hurry up ， Jeff! Lets cross the road as fast as possible-No， you Dont you see the light is still red？（ C ）A couldnt Bwouldnt Cmustnt D neednt5Lights are out The concert is to begin The fa

3、ns hold their breath for Jay Chous（ D ）A influence Bguidance Cexperience Dappearance6-Manager， all the machinesjust now!-What？ Call the engineer at once（ A ） A broke down Bturned downC broke out Dturned out7. As an American, Tom is a big fan of Chinese kung fu , he is crazy aboutBeijing Opera. ( C )

4、A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Otherwise8. -Can you describe?-Yes. I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behind ( C )A. why did the accident happenB. when did the accident happenC. how the accident happenedD. where the accident happened9. -Iyou here, but you did nt come.-Im terribly

5、 sorry . I was so busy that I forgot ( B )A. would expect B. was expectingC. am expecting D. have expected10. -Are you going to try out for the host of the English party?-? It is such a good chanee to improve my spoken English ( D )A. Whats up B. Whats wrongC. Why me D. Why not二、完形填空(共1小题；每小题12分，满分1

6、2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 sighe(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 tookout my bubble gum (泡泡糖) to (2)Michael and I

7、are having acompetition to see who can blow the biggest bubble IIThats right, Michael said.We are.I kept adding gum and my bubble kept growing . Soon it (3) mywhole face.What then? ” asked Mrs. Walker.Then it happened. The bubble became as big as a beach ball He (4)hisarms to show how big it wasA fe

8、w kids made faces-they did nt (5)him , but Winston igno red (不理睬) them and went onSuddenly 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) wasmissing.

9、So? Mrs . Walker askedI ran after the bubble into Mrs . Roosevelts garden. I saw her cat attack it . The bubble broke All Isaw then was the cat running away . Mrs . Roosevelt helped me search the(8) . But my homework was no where to be seen Mrs . Walker shook her bead (9) , Win sto n, why did nt you

10、just tell me that the homework was too (10)in stead of mak ing up that wildstory?Just then, the office worker walked in with a letter .Winston ope ned the letter and took out the wrin kled homework paper and a note that said, For Winstons teache .I am sure Winston (11) to hand this in. Hes a good bo

11、y I have noidea how his homework got stuck to my cat but rm sure Winston can give you ( n)(12) .Mrs . RooseveltMrs . Walker looked up . It was all true!AAYes， madam， Winston said quietlypractice Bcreate Cexercise D enjoycleaned Bhurt Ccovered D hitrounded Bheld Ccrossed Dwavedhear B notice Cremember

12、 Dbelievefloated Brode Cclimbed D stayedbubble Bbook Chomework D gumroom B cat C desk D gardenGenerally B Honestly C Finally D Exactlyhard B different Ccommon D interestingrefused B promised C managed D wantedAAAAAAAAAAaward B rest C surprise D choiceintroduction B explanation C suggestion D instruc

13、tion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 themBut as a saying goes， where there is a will， there

14、 is a way， especially for those who like doing it yourself (DIY). A young man from Bangladesh (孟加拉国)designed an airconditioning system called the Eco Cooler， one that does not require powe，r and is made of the worlds most common waste-plastic bottlesThe Eco Cooler is super simple to build-no special

15、 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 funn el-shaped (漏斗状)bottle necks, cut from theplastic bottles, sho

16、uld 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 the n works by catch ing the winds and sending them in side the building . It can reduce the temperature of a room by as much as C-a big difference

17、 when looking at comfortable 25 C compared to uncomfortable 30C.0The idea of the inven tor, 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,

18、 as well as teach them how to make them themselvesYes, the Eco Cooler is not a super high-tech air con diti oning system but it is one that can make a big differe nee.( B ) When building the Eco Cooler, we should pay special attention t .A. the shape of the win dowB. the direct ion of bottle necksC.

19、 the temperature of the outsideD. the weight of the board( C ) What can we learn from the passag?A. Ashis Paul is a clever inven tor and a successful bus in essma nB . An Eco Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25C .C . The new inven ti on of Eco Cooler is frie ndly to the en vir onme

20、nt.D .Local people will replace their air conditioner with an Eco Cooler.( D ) Whats the best title of this passageA .DIY air con diti oning made from plastic bottlesB . Eco Cooler-a super high-tech air con diti onerC . Why do we n eed an Eco Cooler in summe?D . A stro ng-willed inven tor and his DI

21、Y dream13 How to investigate Planning?Decide on a scientific problem to investigateFor example， a student named Mary has decided to research into how quickly sugar dissolves （溶解）in water.?Write down your hypothesisYou may already have an idea of what you expect to happen in your investigation. This

22、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 befo.re The aim of your investigation is to test your idea.?Decide what variables （变量） you are deali ng withThings like temperature，size ， weight ， and colour are ca

23、lledvariables. Variables are things you can measure （测量）.In your investigation， you have to decide what the variables ar，e which ones you will keep fixed ， and which you will changeYou need to change just one variable at a time If lots of variables change at once it wont be a good test?Decide what e

24、quipment you nee，d and in what order you will do things?Prepare tables for your results Getting your evidenee （数据）?Make your measurement，s and record your results Reach ing con clusi ons?Look for patterns in your results?Present your conclusionsWhat li nks （关联） did you find betwee n any of the varia

25、bles? How would you explain these links？ Check ing your findings?Compare your conclusions and hypothesisDo your results support your idea？（ D ） What does the underlined word hypothesis most probably mea？nA reasonB resultC methodD guess（ A ） In Marys investigation， which of the following about the va

26、riables is true？A She can only change one variable at a timeB Some of the variables cant 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 abou？t A How to do a scientific researchB How to explain a scientific findin

27、g C How to deal with a chemistry problemD How to understand some chemistry knowledge14 We wake up very early to go to school， maybe even earlier to meet with a teacher， complete our extracurricula（r 课程以外的） activities， come home to have a quick dinner， talk for eight minutes with our parents and do h

28、omework 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 d

29、o it all over againIn 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 Does nt it seem more huma ng 人道的） to

30、 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 sleepIn my opini

31、on. the present structure (结构)of the junior year of high schooldoes nt work well .Junior year of high school is a time for growth . By this timemany students have the ability to think creatively , and solve challenging problems. Homework is importa nt for a stude nts growth. But do we really n eed t

32、o 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 lear n at school( A ) In the first paragraph the writer gives.A. apicture of the prese nt daily life of

33、high school stude ntsB. an example of an ideal daily life of high school stude ntsC. areas on for high school stude nts to live a busy daily school lifeD. asuggesti on of what high school stude nts should do to pass ACT( D ) From the last paragraph we know that the writer think.A. Junior year of hig

34、h school is the most importa nt growth periodB. challe nging problems are n eeded for a tee nagers growthC. the ability to thi nk has nothing to do with homeworkD . the prese nt structure leads to stude nts ofte n sleep ing in class( C ) Why does the writer write this article?A . To prove the role o

35、f eno ugh sleep in tee nagers growthB . To compla in about the problems in the system of the ACTC . To ask for a cha nge for less homework and more sleepD . To discuss the relati on ship betwee n sleep and homework15 . After a while atte nti on to Tom ended, and the usual school murmur(嗡嗡读书 声)rose u

36、pon 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 a

37、way 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

38、 girl refused to notice but her human curiosity （好奇心） soon bega n to show itself by hardly no ticeabie 明显的） sig ns. The boy worked on, seemingly not aware. The girl made some non-committa（l 含糊的） efforts to see, but the boy did not display that he was aware of it. At last she couldnt bear it and whis

39、pered：Let me see it. Tom partly uncovered the picture of a house with some smoke rising from the chimney（烟囱）. Then the girls interest began to fasten itself upon the work and she forgot everything else. When it was finished, she gazed a moment, then whispered：Its nice-draw a man. The artist created

40、a man in the front yard she was satisfied, and whispered：Its a beautiful man-now draw me in it. Tom drew an hour-glas（s 沙漏） as the body, a full moon as her head and some arms added to it.The girl said：Its ever so nice-I wish I could draw. No one has ever taught me tha.t Its easy, whispered Tom, Ill

41、learn you . Oh, will you ？ When？At noon. Do you go home to dinner？Ill stay if you will . Good-thats a dea.l Whats your name？（ B ） What probably happened in the classroom before this passa？geA The girl introduced herself to the boyB Something noticeable happened to the boyC They had a lesson on how t

42、o drawD 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 didnt 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

43、was drawing all the time （ B ） What can we learn from the 2nd paragrap？h A The boy didnt want the girl to show interest in his drawing B The girl didnt want to show interest in the boys drawing noticeably C The boy didnt notice the girl trying several times to see his drawing D The girl didnt want t

44、he boy to do the drawing in class any more（ A ） What in this passage made Tom succeed in making friends with the g？irl A Using her curiosityB Showing off his drawing ability C Teaching her how to drawD 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

45、 个单词16 When a thought has found wordsPoetry （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 todays students.In China.however. poetry is still

46、an important part of the curriculum （课 程) . Rece ntly, the Min istry of Educati on has in creased the nu mber of an cie nt Chinese poems for studentsto memorize and recite, from 14to 72. Why is it importa nt to lear n poemQFirst of all, poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese cult

47、ure It is a path to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to un dersta nding the thoughts and feeli ngs that are com mon to every one but that we may be unable to express-the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon , for example. Every one has feeli ngs of joy, love, Ion eli ne

48、ss, sad ness and eve n an ger and a good poem can put those feeli ngs into words and bring us self- un dersta ndingPoems can also express beauty In a few short lin es, eve n somethi ng com mon can become beautiful. Here is a poem called Fog by Carl San dberg The fog comes/on silent haunches(弓腰)/and

49、then moves on. Yes, fog does move smoothly, sile ntly and like a cat, and San dberg catches that feeli ng 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 Homers Epics (

50、荷 马史诗) and Chinas Book of Songs was spoken for hundreds of years before it was writte n.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 seve nty-two poems to lear n!Title : When a thought has found w

51、ordsPassage outl ineDetailed in formati onIn the WestMost people think poetry is (1)from the life of todays stude ntsChin as rece nt actio nStude nts must memorize and recite more ancient Chin ese poems(2) Learning poems helps you (3)for learnin g poetryhistory and society Poems help express your pe

52、rs onal thoughts and feeli ngs Poems can express beauty of (4)thi ngs with very few linesA tip on enjoyi ng poetry(5)aloud is the best way to enjoy poetry In tact, many ancient poems were spoke n before they were writte nCon clusi onChinese students should feel lucky to have 72poems to learn!【答案】1.

53、different.2. Reasons3. understand4. com mon.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, its another （visit）.【答案】visitors18. -How much should I pay?-18yuan in all, (include) the pen you picked out just now【答案】including19 . Time is limited . Youd bett

54、er make a (decide) right now .【答案】decision20 . Nothing is (possible). It means everything can happen if you make efforts .【答案】impossibleB）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 projec？-Another （四）days.【答案】four22. Do you know what the exact （人口） of China is?【答案

55、】population23. Fin ally , we man aged to hand out all the 1 OOOposter （凭借） others help.【答案】with24. 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 mothers birthday.【答案】To celebrate26. -Bad luck! My watch does nt work well .-Take it easy It just needs （repair）.【答案】repairing27. -Why are you still waiting here?-Do