2018江苏省常州市中考英语试卷[含答案解析]

1、 .wd.2018年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷一、单项选择共10小题，每题1分，总分值10分从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项1Time waits for no man But some people won't realize the importance of time_it's goneDAas Bsince Cwhen Duntil 2-Two tickets for Sunday， please!-Sorry There is _leftBAnothing Bnone Csome Danything 3-Your father has pass

2、ed the driving test？-Yes _my father_my mother hasAANot only； but also BNeither； nor CEither： or DBoth； 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？CAcouldn't Bwouldn't Cmustn't Dneedn't 5Lights are out The conc

3、ert is to begin The fans hold their breath for Jay Chou's_DAinfluence Bguidance Cexperience Dappearance 6-Manager， all the machines_just now!-What？ Call the engineer at onceAAbroke down Bturned down Cbroke out Dturned out 7As an American， Tom is a big fan of Chinese kung fu_， he is crazy about B

4、eijing OperaCATherefore BHowever CMoreover DOtherwise 8-Can you describe_？-Yes I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behindCAwhy did the accident happen Bwhen did the accident happen Chow the accident happened Dwhere the accident happened 9-I_you here， but you didn't come-I'm terrib

5、ly sorry I was so busy that I forgotBAwould expect Bwas expecting Cam expecting Dhave 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 EnglishDAWhat's up BWhat's wrong CWhy me DWhy not 二、完形填空共1小题；每题12分，总分值12分阅读下面短文，从短文后各

6、题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项11Mrs 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 an1 So I took out my bubble gum泡泡糖 to 2 Michael and I are h

7、aving 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 3my whole face" "What then？" asked Mrs Walker "Then it happened The bubble became as big as a

8、beach ball" He 4his arms to show how big it was A few kids made faces-they didn't 5him， but Winston ignored不理睬 them and went on"Suddenly a strong wind took the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble 6over my desk and out of the window As it sailed away， I noticed something yellow stu

9、ck to it Like paper Then I noticed my 7was 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 Isaw then was the cat running away Mrs Roosevelt helped me search the 8 But my homework was nowhere to b

10、e seen" Mrs Walker shook her bead "9， Winston， why didn't you just tell me that the homework was too 10instead 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 sai

11、d， "For Winston's teacher"I am sure Winston 11to 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 an12 Mrs Roosevelt Mrs Walker looked up "It was all true!" "Yes， madam，" Winston said quietly

12、 B Aaward Brest C surprise D choice D A practice Bcreate C exercise D enjoy C A cleaned Bhurt C covered D hit A A rounded Bheld Ccrossed Dwaved D A hear B notice C remember Dbelieve A A floated Brode C climbed D stayed C A bubble Bbook C homework D gum D A room B cat C desk D garden B A Generally B

13、Honestly C Finally D Exactly A A hard B different C common D interesting D A refused B promised C managed D wanted B Aintroduction B explanation C suggestion D instruction 三、阅读理解共4小题；每题6分，总分值26分阅读以下短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项12Summer is finally here for most of us Sadly， summer is not so pleasa

14、nt 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 ityourselfDIY A young man from Bangladesh孟加拉国 designed an air conditioning system called the Eco Cool

15、er， 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

16、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 holesThe 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 w

17、orks 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 Peo

18、ple 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 ab

19、ig difference B When building the Eco Cooler， we should pay special attention toA the shape of the windowB the direction of bottlenecksC the temperature of the outsideD the weight of the board C What can we learn from the passage？A Ashis Paul is a clever inventor and a successful businessmanB An Eco

20、 Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25°CC The new invention of Eco Cooler is friendly to the environmentD 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 bottlesB Eco Cooler-a

21、 super high-tech air conditionerC Why do we need an Eco Cooler in summer？D A strong-willed inventor and his DIY dream13How to investigatePlanning 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

22、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 De

23、cide what variables变量 you are dealing with Things like temperature， size， weight， and colour are called variables Variables are things you canmeasure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

24、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 resultsGetting your evidence数据 Make your measurements， and record your resultsReaching conclusions Look for patterns in

25、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？

26、A reasonB resultC methodD guess A In Mary's investigation， which of the following about the variables is true？A She can only change one variable at a timeB Some of the variables can't be measuredC Her weight and age can be the variablesD The temperature of water cannot be a variable A What i

27、s the passage mainly about？A How to do a scientific researchB How to explain a scientific findingC How to deal with a chemistry problemD How to understand some chemistry knowledge14We wake up very early to go to school， maybe even earlier to meet with a teacher， complete our extracurricular课程以外的 act

28、ivities， 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 TestACT exercises one more time Half asleep， we run downstairs to get the ACT book， and start studying After this we fi

29、nally 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 t

30、his 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 lea

31、ves us very little time to relax， therefore reducing the time that we can sleep In my opinion the present structure构造 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 cha

32、llenging 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

33、A In the first paragraph the writer givesA a picture of the present daily life of high school studentsB an example of an ideal daily life of high school studentsC a reason for high school students to live a busy daily school lifeD a suggestion of what high school students should do to pass ACT D Fro

34、m the last paragraph we know that the writer thinksA Junior year of high school is the most important growth periodB challenging problems are needed for a teenager's growthC the ability to think has nothing to do with homeworkD the present structure leads to students often sleeping in class C Wh

35、y does the writer write this article？A To prove the role of enough sleep in teenagers' growthB To complain about the problems in the system of the ACTC To ask for a change for less homework and more sleepD To discuss the relationship between sleep and homework15After a while attention to Tom end

36、ed， 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

37、 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， hi

38、ding 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模糊的 efforts to see， but the boy did not display that he was aware of it At

39、 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， the

40、n 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

41、 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

42、your name？" B What probably happened in the classroom before this passage？A The girl introduced herself to the boyB Something noticeable happened to the boyC They had a lesson on how to drawD The boy drew an apple for the girl C What most probably happened to the apple finally？A Eaten by the bo

43、y because the girl didn't accept itB Eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had gotC Eaten by the girl because they finally became friendsD 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 in

44、terest in his drawingB The girl didn't want to show interest in the boy's drawing noticeablyC The boy didn't notice the girl trying several times to see his drawingD 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 fri

45、ends with the girl？A Using her curiosityB Showing off his drawing abilityC Teaching her how to drawD Inviting her to dinner四、阅读表达共1小题；每题5分，总分值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16When a thought has found words Poetry诗歌 is the forgotten child of literature Few people read it for pleas

46、ure In Western highschools， 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 Ch

47、inese 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

48、 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 beau

49、ty 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，

50、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 e

51、motion 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 wordsPassage outlineDetailed informationIn the WestMost people think poetry&#

52、160;is1 differentfrom the life of today's studentsChina's recent actionStudents must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems2 Reasonsfor learning poetryLearning poems helps you 3 R

53、easons understandhistory and societyPoems help express your personal thoughts and feelingsPoems can express beauty of 4 Reasonscommonthings with very few linesA tip on enjoying poetry5 Reaso

54、ns Readingaloud is the best way to enjoy poetry In tact， many ancient poems were spoken before they were writtenConclusionChinese students should feel lucky to have 72poems

55、60;to learn!【答案】1different2Reasons3understand4common5Reading五、词汇共4小题；每题1分，总分值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 anotherReasonsvisit【答案】visitor's18-How much should I pay？-18yuan in all，Reasonsincludethe pen you picked out just now【答案】including19Time is limit

56、ed You'd better make aReasonsdecideright now【答案】decision20Nothing isReasonspossible 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 project？-AnotherReasons四days【答案】four22Do you know what the exactReasons

57、人口 of China is？【答案】population23Finally， we managed to hand out all the 1，000postersReasons凭借 other's help【答案】with24Miss Gao can always come up withReasons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；每题1分，总分值5分25-Why do you buy so many flowers， Justin？-Reasonscelebrate my mother's birthday【答案】To celebrate26-Bad luck! My watch doesn't work well-Take it easy It