2017年常州中考英语试卷及答案.docx

1、常州市二一七年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试英 语 试 题注意事项：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 oldB. How longC. Ho

2、w farD. How soon2. How nice your dictionary is! Where did you get _? Id like to buy _, too. In the shop in the city centre.A. it; oneB. one; oneC. one; itD. it; it3. My mother wont allow my father to drive _ he promises to give up drinking. A. unlessB. sinceC. ifD. after4. A child should be encourag

3、ed to tell the truth instead of _ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong.A. taking upB. putting upC. making upD. setting up5. Will Dad be back home at 6 oclock this evening? He should, but he _ not. Sometimes he exercises after work. A. canB. mustC. needD. may6. Could you tell me how to

4、 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 all7. Why doesnt the surgeon stop _ lunch? Because he is too busy _ a dying patient in the operation room. A. to have; to saveB. having; to saveC. to have; sav

5、ingD. having; saving 8. Ill never forget the town in which there _ a clean river and many big tall trees.A. used to beB. used to haveC. was used to beingD. was used to having9. The shopping mall _ for two years, but I _ there only once. A. has opened; have goneB. has opened; have been C. has been op

6、en; have goneD. has been open; have been10. Could you look after my plants while Im away on business, please? _. Ill water them on time. A. Come onB. With pleasure C. Take it easyD. Youre 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 grad

7、e, I wasnt 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 h

8、ow her class was going to be difficult and that if we werent 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

9、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

10、 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 wouldnt have so many 21 . And after ma

11、ny 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. amazingB. practicalC. boringD. important12. A. preparedB. wishedC. searchedD

12、. waited 13. A. experienceB. challengeC. educationD. value14. A. competitionB. attentionC. conversationD. creation15. A. fallB. changeC. improveD. miss16. A. cheered forB. cared aboutC. looked afterD. believed in17. A. understoodB. recommendedC. admiredD. remembered18. A. supportedB. influencedC. de

13、velopedD. displayed19. A. back B. in C. out D. over20. A. evenB. everC. sometimes D. never21. A. businessesB. mysteriesC. differencesD. mistakes22. A. friendB. leaderC. adultD. 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。AThe Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is c

14、oming! 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 years festival.l Tuesday, April 12, at 10:00 a.m. Activity: The writer Monique Polak, who comes from Montreal, will discuss her new detective book and h