2017江苏省常州市中考英语真题及答案

2017 江苏省常州市中考英语真题及答案 注意事项： 1. 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，写在试卷上的一律无效。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试证号填写在试卷上，并填写好答题卡上的考 生信息。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、单项填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 从题中所给的 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。 1. – _________ is it since you left your primary school? – Three years. A. How old B. How long C. How far D. How soon 2. – How nice your dictionary is! Where did you get _________? I’d like to buy _________, too. – In the shop in the city centre. A. it; one B. one; one C. one; it D. it; it 3. My mother won’t allow my father to drive _________ he promises to give up drinking. A. unless B. since C. if D. after 4. A child should be encouraged to tell the truth instead of _________ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong. A. taking up B. putting up C. making up D. setting up 5. – Will Dad be back home at 6 o’clock this evening? – He should, but he _________ not. Sometimes he exercises after work. A. can B. must C. need D. may 6. – Could you tell me how to behave politely in public in the UK? – Yes. _________, you should keep your voice down and always queue. A. After all B. First of all C. In all D. At all 7. – Why doesn’t the surgeon stop _________ lunch? – Because he is too busy _________ a dying patient in the operation room. A. to have; to save B. having; to save C. to have; saving D. having; saving 8. I’ll never forget the town in which there _________ a clean river and many big tall trees. A. used to be B. used to have C. was used to being D. was used to having 9. The shopping mall _________ for two years, but I _________ there only once. A. has opened; have gone B. has opened; have been C. has been open; have gone D. has been open; have been 10. – Could you look after my plants while I’m away on business, please? – _________. I’ll water them on time. A. Come on B. With pleasure C. Take it easy D. You’re welcome 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。 On the first day of my 11th grade, I wasn’t excited when I looked at my timetable and saw “Biology II — Robin Haworth, Room 301”. I had never liked biology and I found it 11 . After I entered the room, I took a seat in the very back and 12 for my new teacher. The bell rang and Mrs Haworth entered the classroom. She began to tell us how her class was going to be difficult and that if we weren’t up to the 13 , she would gladly let us leave. The class required lots of 14 . This was especially hard for me because I was balancing a new school with a new part-time job. My grades soon began to 15 . Just as I began to appear in a sea of D, Mrs Haworth asked me what was up. I told her about the difficulty I was having. She listened to me and I knew she truly 16 my life and my problems. She told me that she 17 me but that I needed to learn how to manage my time better. Mrs Haworth greatly 18 my ability by helping me learn to solve my problems on my own. If I got a C in a test, she would hand it 19 and asked me to deal with the ones I missed and tell her why. She 20 increased my grades but taught me how to study harder. I got to know that if I had done my best for the first time I did it, I wouldn’t have so many 21 . And after many trials, my grades became better. I had never had a(n) 22 who opened up to me and treated me as her equal. Over the past years she has taught me that if I want to be excellent, I am the one who can make that happen. 11. A. amazing B. practical C. boring D. important 12. A. prepared B. wished C. searched D. waited 13. A. experience B. challenge C. education D. value 14. A. competition B. attention C. conversation D. creation 15. A. fall B. change C. improve D. miss 16. A. cheered for B. cared about C. looked after D. believed in 17. A. understood B. recommended C. admired D. remembered 18. A. supported B. influenced C. developed D. displayed 19. A. back B. in C. out D. over 20. A. even B. ever C. sometimes D. never 21. A. businesses B. mysteries C. differences D. mistakes 22. A. friend B. leader C. adult D. parent 三、阅读理解（共 13 小题；每小题 2 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，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is coming! It will host nearly 120 family-friendly activities from April 11 to April 17. More than 40 writers and storytellers, including local writers Monique Polak and Lydia Lukidis, will be joining in educational activities. It hopes to bring citizens of different cultures together to enjoy reading and literature. Here are some of the events of this year’s festival.  Tuesday, April 12, at 10:00 a.m. Activity: The writer Monique Polak, who comes from Montreal, will discuss her new detective book and hold a workshop for kids between the ages of 9 and 12 on how they can be skilled at writing their own detective tales. Location: Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave.  Tuesday, April 12, at 4:00 p.m. Activity: Lydia Lukidis, the local children’s writer, will be giving a talk about the world of folk tales for kids aged 6 to 10. Lukidis will present different folk tales, and then the kids will try their hands at coming up with their own stories. Location: Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St.  Wednesday, April 13, at 10:00 a.m. Activity: Helaine Becker will help kids aged 6 and up master all the detailed facts of comedy writing and cartoons. Location: Ecole St., Germain d’ Outremont, 46 Vincent d’ Indy Ave.  Wednesday, April 13, at 1:30 p.m. Activity: High school students will be presenting videos they created honouring the unsung heroes of the Second World War. Location: The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St. 23. The festival is held mainly to __________. A. encourage the cultural exchange from different areas B. invite famous writers to introduce their new books to their fans C. help people from different countries to build good relationships D. gather people from different cultures to enjoy reading and literature 24. What can you learn from the local children’s writer Lydia Lukidis? A. The content of the new detective book. B. Tips for telling and writing folk tales. C. The method of coming up with new comedies. D. The unknown heroes of the Second World War. 25. If an 8-year-old boy likes comedies and cartoons, he can go to ___________. A. Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave on Tuesday B. Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St. on Tuesday C. Ecole St., Germain d’ Outremont, 46 Vincent d’ Indy Ave on Wednesday D. The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St. on Wednesday B A 22-year-old British student has invented a mobile fridge that could save millions of lives across the world. Will Broadway’s “Isobar” has been designed to keep vaccines( 疫苗) at the ideal temperature while they are being sent in developing countries. And Will doesn’t plan to make money from his creation. His purpose is to get vaccines to people who need them, which is why he won’t be trying to get a patent( 专 利). Will’s Isobar has won him the James Dyson Award that challenges young people to “design something that solves a problem”. Present methods of transporting vaccines can lead to the vaccines freezing( 冻 住 ) before reaching their places in developing countries, but the Isobar keeps a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees for 30 days. Will’s invention is expected to save the lives of 1.5 million people across the world, a number he says is “amazing”. Having now finished college education, he is making an effort to take the Isobar into production. “I would be hands-on, all the way through it, knowing that it works,” he says. “It’s amazing to just give it a go, even in my back yard, and see the potential(潜能) of the technology.” The product has been designed to transport vaccines, but already Will sees the possibility for other medical uses in the developing world and beyond. “Blood donations, organ transplants(器官移植) — if they get trapped in traffic, you still use cold-bags that really aren’t good enough for a long time,” he says. There is also a possible, non-medical use for the Isobar. “It would be a great thing to take on a five-day trip where you have no power,” he says. But he insists vaccine transportation is the primary function(功能) of his invention. 26. What’s the advantage of the Isobar for sending vaccines in developing countries? A. It can save more energy. B. It can send more vaccines at a time. C. It can keep vaccines in an ideal condition. D. It can transport vaccines at a faster speed. 27. The James Dyson Award is presented to _________. A. old scientists who have developed modern technology B. young men who have solved problems with their designs C. doctors who have saved people’s lives in developing countries D. college students who have got patents for their creative inventions 28. What is the passage mainly about? A. The production of a new fridge and its future. B. The invention of a new fridge and its inventor. C. The transportation of vaccines and its problem. D. The introduction of an award and its new winner. C I was bullied quite badly in high school. A kid would try to make me feel terrible in every way he knew. For example, he would hit me in the head, call me ugly and stupid, make fun of me and — of course — threaten(威胁) to hit me harder if I ever fought back. It was like his daily task. And it was my daily task to just get through the day. What can I say? It made my world very small because that was my main focus — just surviving. Everything else fell by the wayside. Unluckily, that included any form of social life. So not only was my world tiny, it was lonely. Looking back to that time — which was about 11 years ago — my biggest mistake was not bringing anyone in to that world of mine. I was too proud, and embarrassed( 尴 尬的 ), to get help. I would rather not face the fact that I needed help because in my mind, that would mean that the bully won. It would also mean that I was weak. Let me just say this — bullying someone is a weak choice. The only reason they come after you is because they think you won’t do anything about it. Does that make anyone strong? NO. Be stronger — reach out to a parent, a teacher or a friend. Admit(承认) you need help. You can put it like this: Somebody who is trying to make himself or herself seem important has bullied me. Why? Simply because I am nice and I haven’t done anything about it yet. Well, I hate this. I have basic human rights. It is just not OK. How do I manage this the right way? I don’t want the pain cycle to continue and I don’t want to become someone I don’t want to be. I will close by saying this — I am OK! I am not just surviving. I am enjoying my life. I graduated from college with good grades, by the way (being stupid was a lie…it is all a lie). You don’t have to wait to live. Do something today. 29. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to(指) _________. A. getting along with the writer B. having a difficult time at school C. making friends with other students D. hurting the writer with force and threat 30. The writer suggests _________ to fight bullies. A. getting used to the pain as soon as possible B. looking for help from parents, teachers and friends C. increasing the understanding of basic human rights D. keeping it a secret inside and reducing your social life 31. The writer writes the passage mainly to _________. A. share his thoughts on dealing with bullies B. say that he regrets being hurt badly at school C. describe how he changed his weak personality D. show how thankful he was to those who helped him D