江苏省常州市中考英语试题及答案.docx

1、江苏省常州市中考英语试题及答案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1Time waits for no man But some people wont realize the importance of time_its gone（）Aas Bsince Cwhen Duntil 2-Two tickets for Sunday， please!-Sorry There is _left（）Anothing Bnone Csome Danything 3-Your father has p

2、assed the driving test？-Yes _my father_my mother has（）ANot only； but also BNeither； nor CEither： or DBoth； and 4-Hurry up， Jeff! Lets cross the road as fast as possible-No， you _ Dont you see the light is still red？（）Acouldnt Bwouldnt Cmustnt Dneednt 5Lights are out The concert is to begin The fans

3、hold their breath for Jay Chous_（）Ainfluence Bguidance Cexperience Dappearance 6-Manager， all the machines_just now!-What？ Call the engineer at once（）Abroke down Bturned down Cbroke out Dturned out 7As an American， Tom is a big fan of Chinese kung fu_， he is crazy about Beijing Opera（）ATherefore BHo

4、wever CMoreover DOtherwise 8-Can you describe_？-Yes I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behind（）Awhy did the accident happen Bwhen did the accident happen Chow the accident happened Dwhere the accident happened 9-I_you here， but you didnt come-Im terribly sorry I was so busy that I forgot

5、（）Awould 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 English（）AWhats up BWhats wrong CWhy me DWhy not 二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题12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11Mrs Walker sat do

6、wn 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 a（n） （1） So I took out my bubble gum（泡泡糖） to （2） Michael and I are having a competition to see who can blow the biggest bubble Tha

7、ts right， Michael said We are I kept adding gum and my bubble kept growing Soon it （3） my whole face What then？ asked Mrs Walker Then it happened The bubble became as big as a beach ball He （4） his arms to show how big it was A few kids made faces-they didnt （5） him， but Winston ignored（不理睬） them an

8、d 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） was missing So？ Mrs Walker asked I ran after the bubble into Mrs Roosevelts garden I saw

9、 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 be seen Mrs Walker shook her bead （9） ， Winston， why didnt you just tell me that the homework was too （10） instead of making up that wild story？ Just then，

10、 the office worker walked in with a letter Winston opened the letter and took out the wrinkled homework paper and a note that said， For Winstons teacherI am sure Winston （11） to hand this in Hes a good boy I have no idea how his homework got stuck to my cat， but Im sure Winston can give you a（n）（12）

11、 Mrs Roosevelt Mrs Walker looked up It was all true! Yes， madam， Winston said quietly【1】（ ）Aaward Brest C surprise D choice 【2】（ ）A practice Bcreate C exercise D enjoy 【3】（ ）A cleaned Bhurt C covered D hit 【4】（ ）A rounded Bheld Ccrossed Dwaved 【5】（ ）A hear B notice C remember Dbelieve 【6】（ ）A floate

12、d Brode C climbed D stayed 【7】（ ）A bubble Bbook C homework D gum 【8】（ ）A room B cat C desk D garden 【9】（ ）A Generally B Honestly C Finally D Exactly 【10】（ ）A hard B different C common D interesting 【11】（ ）A refused B promised C managed D wanted 【12】（ ）Aintroduction B explanation C suggestion D instr

13、uction 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12Summer 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 them But as a saying goes， where there is a will， there is a way，

14、 especially for those who like doing ityourself（DIY） A young man from Bangladesh（孟加拉国） designed an air conditioning system called the Eco Cooler， one that does not require power， and is made of the worlds most common waste-plastic bottles The Eco Cooler is super simple to build-no special engineerin

15、g 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 funnel-shaped（漏斗状） bottlenecks， cut from the plastic bottles， should be put int

16、o 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 works by catching the winds and sending them inside the building It can reduce the temperature of a room by as much as 5C-a big difference when looking at com

17、fortable 25C compared to uncomfortable 30C The idea of the inventor， 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，as well as teach them how

18、 to make them themselves Yes， the Eco Cooler is not a super high-tech air conditioning system， but it is one that can make abig difference【1】（ ）When building the Eco Cooler， we should pay special attention to A the shape of the windowB the direction of bottlenecksC the temperature of the outsideD th

19、e weight of the board【2】（ ）What can we learn from the passage？A Ashis Paul is a clever inventor and a successful businessmanB An Eco Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25CC The new invention of Eco Cooler is friendly to the environmentD Local people will replace their air conditioner

20、 with an Eco Cooler【3】（ ）Whats the best title of this passage？A DIY air conditioning made from plastic bottlesB Eco Cooler-a 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

21、 to investigate For example， a student named Mary has decided to research into how quickly sugar dissolves（溶解） in water Write 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 id

22、ea， though it may be based on work in science which you have done before The aim of your investigation is to test your idea Decide 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 investigat

23、ion， you have to decide what the variables are， which ones you will keep fixed， and which you will change You need to change just one variable at a time If lots of variables change at once it wont be a good test Decide what equipment you need， and in what order you will do things Prepare tables for

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

25、ions and hypothesis Do your results support your idea？【1】（ ）What does the underlined word hypothesis most probably mean？A reasonB resultC methodD guess【2】（ ）In Marys investigation， which of the following about the variables is true？A She can only change one variable at a timeB Some of the variables

26、cant be measuredC Her weight and age can be the variablesD The temperature of water cannot be a variable【3】（ ）What is 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

27、wake up very early to go to school， maybe even earlier to meet with a teacher， complete our extracurricular（课程以外的） activities， 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 T

28、est（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 do it all over again In my health class， my teacher told us that teenagers need at least eight

29、 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： Doesnt 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 e

30、ight 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 sleep In my opinion the present structure（结构） of the junior year of high school doesnt work well Junior yea

31、r of high school is a time for growth By this time many students have the ability to think creatively， and solve challenging problems Homework is important for a students 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 t