2015年常州市中考英语试卷及答案

1、常州市二 0 五年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试英语试题本试卷共 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、单项选择（共 10 个小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）从 A,B,C,D 四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. Your home tow n is really ni ce!The air quality is as good as_of Sanya.A. it B. one C. that D. the one2. -Who will give us the speech on public mann

2、 ers?-Mr. Brown_ ,but rm not sure.A.ca n B. n eedC. mustD. might3. -Would you like to visit the zoo with me now?-Sorry. Its_ the visit ing hours. Lets go there tomorrow.A. on B. overC. duri ngD. bey ond4. -D ont you thi nk it_ of some tee nagers to be crazy about pop stars?-Well, I dont thi nk so. W

3、e were once young and had the similar experie nces.A. creativeB. silly C.wise D.curious5. -Could you tell me the_ of mak ing such tasty cakes?-Well ， I just follow the instructions in the cookbook.A. timeB. methodC. costD. menu6. Life is a journeywith trouble,but with careand wisdom you cananyproble

4、m you face.A. work outB. hand outC. find out D. put out7.-Jenny , will you leave for the USA now?-No. It will be two weeks_I leave here.A. un tilB. sinceC. beforeD. whe n8 .Mike used to be a top stude nt, but he_ beh ind since he lost himself incomputer games.A. fellB. has falle nC. was D. has bee n

5、9. -Jack, Id like to have your opinions about my report.-_ .But I have one suggestio n.A. Thats a good ideaB. I agree with youC. It looks fine to meD. Check it first10. -rm going to give a talk on the Drag on Boat Festival to the excha nge stude nts.-Great! But dont forget to tell them_.A. what shou

6、ld they eat at the festivalB. why people enjoy the full moonC. what kind of race is ofte n heldD. How do people celebrate it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How ofte n do You let other peoples rude actions cha nge your mood? Doyou let a bad driver or an

7、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 tosmili ng to them. Sixtee n years ago, I lear ned this_ 12_ at the back of a taxiin New York.We were driv ing fast in the right la ne （车道）whe n sudde nly, a black carjumped_13_a

8、park ing space right to front of us. My taxi driver stepped on the brake（杀V车）as hard aspossible, and at the_ 14_ mome nt our car stopped just one inch fromthe back of the other car.I could nt _15_what happe ned n ext. The driver of the car turned his headaround and started_ 16_ bad words. But the n

9、heres what really_17_ me.My taxi driver just smiled and waved（挥手致意）at the guy. I said, Why did youjust do that? This guy n early_18_ us! He told me what I now remember TheLaw of the Garbage（ 垃圾）Truck.He said, “Like garbage trucks, many people run around full of garbage, full ofan ger, and full of re

10、gret._ 19_ their garbage in creases more and more, theylook for a place to pour it.If you let them, theyll pour it on you. So when some one wants topour it on you, dont feel hurt. Just smile, wave, and move on.You will be_20_. ”I started thinking: how ofte n do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me

11、? Andhow ofte n do I take their garbage and_ 21_it to other people? Then I knewclearly what I should do.I bega n to see Garbage Trucks. I see the bad_22people are carry in g. I see themcoming to pour it. And like my taxi driver, I dont feel hurt. I just smile,三、阅谈理解（共 13 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 26 分）阅读下列短文，从短

12、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。ALast fall a beaver moved into the small stream beside our house. Hebega n tak ing dow n small trees right away. and in a couple of weeks our streamturned into a pond （ 水塘） .Every day,he added more to his dam （ 水坝） and to his house. Weresure youve all heard t

13、he say in g, as busy as a beaver. Now, we un dersta nd this say ing as11 .A. clearlyB.quicklyC. exactlyD.correctly12A exampleB.experie neeC. less onD.case13A out ofB. acrossC. n ext toD.far from14 A nextB. busyC. rightD.last15A doubtB. con siderC. acceptD.believe16. A.shouti ngB. telli ngC. whisperi

14、 ngD.expressing17A cheeredB. en couragedC. surprisedD.satisfied18A attackedB. killedC. warnedD.beat19. A.Si neeB. WhileC. AsD. Before20A happierB. busierC. saferD.lu ckier21 .A. don ateB. le ndC. spreadD.ha ng22 A newsB. PrizeC. n ameD.moodowave, and move onwe saw the work that this beaver did over

15、a very short period of time.We thought that would be the last of the beavers busy activity as win tercame. To our amazeme nt, however, he started chew ing（咀嚼 ）on a very large tree.The tree was over 18 meters tall and around 1.5 meters in diameter（直径）.Wewere amazed at the challe nge this beaver was t

16、ryi ng. All win ter, he chewed and chewed. Hehad setbacks （挫折） as we faced major winter storms and ice-cold weather. But sure eno ugh,whe n the weather allowed, he would come back and chew a bit more.The beavers first goal（ 目标）was to survive-to build 。home for the win ter.Work ing every day with tha

17、t goal in mind, he successfully achieved that goal.But the large tree he started chew ing on last fall was a future goal一 he wan tedthe large tree to provide new food and branches（ 树枝）for the coming spring. Eve n with thesetbacks he faced over the win ter, he n ever gave up un til he reached it.Our

18、beavers experie nee rem inds us that we n eed to set goals for tomorrow.Sometimes just surv iving seems to take up all of our time. But, if you do just alittle bit whe n time allows and stick to your future goal, you will achieve it.When faced with setbacks, have your goal in heart and dont let the

19、setbacks stop you.Keep chewing like the beaver, and you will achieve your goal in the end.23. What is the purpose of the beavers chew ing on the large tree?A. To provide more food for the win ter because of the snow.B. To add more bran ches to his dam and his house.C. To prepare new food and bran ch

20、es for the coming spri ng.D. To keep worki ng every day with a goal in mind.24. Here is。paragraph（段）When spring arrived, we went down to see the beaversprogress. The tree was about to fall. Our beaver had almost completelychewed around and through the whole tree. ” According to the passage, it shoul

21、d be putA. betwee n paragraph I and paragraph 2B. betwee n paragraph 2 and paragraph 3C. betwee n paragraph 3 and paragraph 4D. betwee n paragraph 4 and paragraph 525. The best title of this passage might be_A. Keep Chewi ngB. Be Like the BeaverC. As Busy as a BeaverD. Set Proper GoalsBSometimes, yo

22、u feel dow n or un happy and it is hard to come back t0 yourhigh spirit. So if youre having a bad day and need a boost, then help is just aclick away.A website is trying to offer people positive（积极的messages from strangers to cheerthem up. It announces to be “ the nicest place on the Internet , where

23、 happy people canpresent their positive thoughts and feelings to those who are in low spirits.The website, , lets people post videos ofthemselves blow ing kisses and leav ing positive and en courag ing messages tolift visitors spirits.The website was created by Jeff Lam and is considered to help man

24、y people out whe nthey feel low. The well-k nown artist who lives in San Fran cisco said he came up with the ideawhe n he and his frie nd Laure n were hav ing one of those bad days.We tried to become cheerful , but none of the usual methods seemed to be work ing.Not music. Not food. What we hoped wa

25、s someth ing positive, hon est and good.So with onlya camera and work-free weekend, we created The Nicest Place On The Intern et, he explained on his website.One user of the site, Joseph Meeha n, 27, from Birm in gham, said,“ its a funandexcit ing website. I visit every once in a while whe n rm miss

26、i ng my frie nds or family. Ithink it could really be a help to people that are feeli ng dow n or sad. It may eve n stop themfrom doing someth ing stupid. You can also post your video to the website, and they add it tothe series. Its very easy to share the love.”Mr. Lam is now working on a new proje

27、ct that allows people to leave positive voicemailsfor strangers. The idea is that strangers send an audio（声 音）diary by leav ing a voicemailand the n anyone can liste n to it.26 .The un derl ined wordboost in paragraph 1 probably meansA.鼓舞 B.放松C.休闲 D.提高27. The website was created in order to_A. provi

28、de a place for those who want to post their videosB. discover someth ing positive, hon est and goodC. recomme nd positive voicemails on the website to peopleD. offer someth ing positive to cheer people up28. Accordi ng to the text, which of the follow ing is TRUE?A. Jeff Lam is worki ng on a new pro

29、ject to collect more audio diaries.B. Jeff Lam met a lot of difficulties duri ng the time of creat ing the website.C. Joseph Meeha n has got help from the website and supports it.D. Joseph Meeha n has shared his own positive videos with stra ngers.CI was just out of college, only three days into a g

30、raduate（研究生）year in En gla nd,a ndI was pulli ng a heavy bag and suitcase（箱子）through the LondonUn dergro un d. I was also crying out of con trol.The day before yesterday, my uncle told me n ever to speak to him, hiswife, or my two cous ins aga in .Earlier,I made a joke. I did nt mean to hurt myaun t

31、s feeli ngs, but it did .I spe nt the eve ning in an ugly blue teleph one booth（电话亭）.crying as I spoke to a family frie nd who lived in En gla nd.Whe n I left the phone booth, I went back to a sile nt house with three closedbedroom doors. In the mornin g, I heard every one get up and leave for work

32、and school. Iwrote a n ote to say sorry and pulled my bags to the train statio n. Whe n I got into London, Ihad to take the un dergro und to An gel Stati on to get to my family frie nds house.I was familiar with the underground, but at the time, it was just endless white tiles （瓷砖） .Coming to Englan

33、d seemed like a bad decision. Crying yet aga in, I tried to lift my suitcaseup the stairs.When I was tryi ng hard to walk forward, there were han ds. Each time I faced ano thergroup of steps,a hand would lift the suitcase. At the top ofthe steps,the hand would let go, and rd pull the suitcase to the

34、 n ext group. And just as I wan ted to tryaga in, ano ther hand would appear.It happe nedseveral times. I n ever looked up, because I could ntstopcrying.Each hand looked different,and many different people helped me,without ask ing or say ing anythin g. I could nt look up. I was nt able to say tha n

35、k you.I went on to have an amazing year studying in England, but that was the last time I sawor spoke to any of my uncles family. Yet when I think about that terrible loss in 2008, Iremember those stra ngers han ds. They were there whe n I n eeded them, and eve n now,they help me out of the sad ness

36、 of that memory.I think of them as I ride the un dergro und in Wash ington D. C. today, and I watch the citizensand tourists to offer hands at any time.29. What was the writers feeling while she was walking in the station?A. She felt sad and helpless at first, but might feel warm later.B. She was lo

37、ok ing forward to gett ing help from frie nds.C. She expected to leave London and go back homeD. She regretted maki ng the joke, but was angry with her un cle.30. In the last paragraph, the underlinedwords that terrible loss probablymean_.A. I was crying whe n I took the un dergro und in LondonB. I

38、left my un cles family and have nt con tacted them since the nC. I did nt say tha nk you to those who gave hands to meD. I lost my good mood and felt sad whe n I left my un cles family31 .What is the passage mainly about?A. It tells us a story about an uni ucky and homeless college stude nt.B. It.de

39、scribes the writers experie nee through the un dergro und.C. It expresses the idea of giving hands to stra ngers who are in n eed.D. It shows the help ing hands that writer got from stra ngers.DIs your TV conn ected to the Intern et? What about your chair or your fridge? Itis possible that they are

40、not. But in the future, most things in your home may beconn ected, as the so-called I nternet of thin gs is develop ing.The Internet of thi ngs may be coming sooner tha n you thi nk. It is reportedthat during his speech earlier this year, Samsung CEO（首席执行官）BK Yoon spenta lot of time talk ing about t

41、he Internet of thi ngs. He said that five years from now , everySamsung product will be part of the Internet of things, whether its a washi ng mach ine or avacuum clea ner（吸尘器）.So, how do household（ 家用）objects that are part of Internet of thi ngs work?Well, thi nk of a usual chair. When conn ected t

42、o the Intern et, the chair warms upwhe n it knows that the user has just walked into the room and is feeli ng cold.An Internet-connectedcamera, like a smart-home camera, could helppeople feel safer in their homes. It can recog ni ze（识另 ）peoples faces, and eve ncan see whe n some one passes by in the

43、 dark. Then it can send you a message on yoursmartpho ne to let you know whos there. If the pers on is some one you dont kno w, it can tellyou that, too.But accord ingto MIT Tech no logyReview, whethercompa niesareconnecting dog food bowls or security （ 安全） systems to the In ternet, there may be pro

44、blems.For example,ma ny early conn ected-home devices（装置）dont havemuch built-insecurity, which means they could be hacked（被黑客攻击）,Inadditi on, it could be difficult to get these devices to work together because they are made bydiffere nt compa ni es. To fight this, many compa nies have joined the Ope

45、 n In terc onnectCon sortium, 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 playingfor you. Do you think that this would be agood thing? I

46、t may happe n sooner tha n you thi nk.32. The Sams ung CEOs speech is men tio ned to prove that_ .A. the Internet of things will appear in our daily life soonerB. Sams ung has produced the Internet of things rece ntlyC. Sams ung products have bee n part of the Internet of thingsD. he spe nt a lot of

47、 time talk ing about the Internet of things33. We can infer（ 推断）from paragraphs 3 and 4 thatA. the chair can know whether the user feels cold or notB. a usual chair can warm up whe n it knows the user comes inC. an Intern et-c onn ected camera can be used to take photos in the houseD. an Intern et-c

48、 onn ected camera can be conn ected to the users smartph one34. Accord ing to the passage, it is men ti oned that_1the temperature in side is n either too high nor too low2your fridge provides the drinks for you3the chair warms up if you feel cold4your favourite music starts play ing5your washi ng m

49、ach ine starts worki ngA. B.C.D.35. Whats the problem about the Internet of thin gs?A. Compa nieswhich produceconn ected-homedevices have nt joinedtogether.B. Connected-homedevices may not work together and can easily gethacked.C. Compa nies have difficulty conn ect ing security system to the In ter

50、net.D. These new devices are produced by differe nt compa ni es.四、阅读衰达（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 注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格里只填一个单词。Any time of the day you can devote to exercis ing is a good time for gett ing active,but if youwant to make a healthy fit ness pla n, it

51、may be helpful to keep several points in mind and findout the best time to exercise.First, try to know what kind of pers on you are. Especially, are youan early bird who always wakes up early in the morning, or a ni ght owl（ n ever goes to bedbefore midni ght? Once you are gen erally aware of what y

52、oursleep characteristics are,you will understand better when your body needs exercise, eitherearly in the morning,sometime during the day, or later on in the eve ning.Second, con sider your daily pla n. When do you seem to be most busy, and whe n doyou pla n your most importa nt tasks? Try to fit in

53、 your exercise before or at least around theseeve nts if possible, so that you can keep exercis ing and your life wont be affected（ 影响）as well.Third, think about when you feel you have the most energy. For most people, that time isusually in the morning after a good ni ghts rest, or after a long day

54、 of work. After a busy ormuch stressful day, exercis ing can reduce your worki ng stress from hard work.Lastly, find out the place you plan to do exercise. Your house provides exercise at anytime if you own fitness equipment（ 设备）,but if there is a gym（ 健 身房）down the streetor along the way home from

55、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 oneweek. If you do so and can get through the exercise without being pulled in ano ther direct ion,make it a habit. And once you have set up your fit ness pla n, dont make any

56、 great cha ngesto it uni ess your doctor allows you to.In troductio n36 to take several points about exercise and find out the best timeto exercise.猫头鹰）who almost .Know your sleep characteristics and you will have abetter 37of your body n eeds exercise. .Make your daily Plan well 50 that you can keepexercis ing38your life.Mai n Poi nts .Think about when you are most energetic.Exercisingafter work can make 39 stressed. .Find out where to do exercise，and