2019年常州市中考英语试卷(解析版)

2019

年常州市中考英语试卷（解析版）

一、单项选择（每小题

1

10

分）

1.- When would you like to go swimming with me, this Friday or this Saturday?

-___________.I am free only this Sunday.

A. None

B. Both

C. Either

D. Neither

2.- Can you give me some advice on how to be slimmer?

- Eat __________ meat and ___________cakes.

A. less; less

B. fewer; fewer

C. less; fewer

D. fewer; less

3. Jim is watching a football match which is shown __________TV

. Though he is not on the

scene, he can still cheer for his team.

A. lively

B. live

C. living

D. alive

4. - ______________I keep the book for a week?

- Sorry, I'm afraid you ______________.

A. Need; couldn't

B. Need; can't

C. May; couldn't

D. May; can

’

t

5. You must raise your hand if you have any questions in class._________, your teacher won

’

t

notice you.

A. Otherwise

B. Anyhow

C. Instead

D. Moreover

6. He chose to study in a junior school near his home. It __________ to be a wise decision.

A. put out

B. put on

C. turned out

D. turned on

7. I won't stop loving English ___________ the sun rises in the west.

A. if

B. although

C. because

D. unless

8. In the library, students are required to keep ___________ and move ____________.

A. quiet; quiet

B. quiet; quietly

C. quietly; quiet

D. quietly; quietly

9. -Could you tell me ___________ the music?

- He used traditional Chinese music art and the sounds of an ancient Chinese bell.

A. how he made

B. how did he make

C. why he made

D. why did he make

10. - How would you like your coffee?

-_____________________________.

A. I like it very much.

B. With some milk, please.

C. No thanks.

D. Yes, it smells good.

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

、

D

四个选项中

,

选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Basketball can be fun, or it can be trouble. People gather around a ball, but their reactions (

反应

) often go

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the object. It was a terribly hot summer day when the group of us appeared on the basketball court. Silently,

we

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up and played, as always. The sun was a big

挤压者

)

sweet (

汗水

) and

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, but also our unhappy feelings. Body contact became more and more often, and we could

all

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the attacks of elbows (

肘部

). After another round of game, one of the players and I fell to the ground at

the same time. From his burning eyeballs. I could see a

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was almost unavoidable.

It suddenly came to me that my tins of Cola were lying on the ground, about an inch away from me.

hot down here. What about a

16

?

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I rolled (

滚动

) one to him, looking at him in the

eyes with my most sincere facial expression.

18

bones or we'll end up in the

hospital!

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Other players watching nearby all laughed. I could clearly see some movement on his face. My

19

did

work! He picked the Cola up, tried to open it, and walked over. As he passed by my side, he

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his left hand,

and smiled at me. I smiled back, took his hand, and gave him a light shake.

A gentle wind caught me on the face as I returned to the basketball court. The sun continued to provide

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for us. What could be better than a group of school students

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basketball skills on a warm, sunny afternoon?

11. A. towards

B. about

C. beyond

D. for

12. A. teamed

B. cheered

C. cooked

D. caught

13. A. time

B. energy

C. health

D. pride

14. A. accept

B. afford

C. smell

D. feel

15. A. match

B. fight

C. touch

D. risk

16. A. game

B. talk

C. drink

D. ball

17. A. Angrily

B. Equally

C. Guiltily

D. Carefully

18. A. lazy

B. hidden

C. medical

D. broken

19. humor

B. chance

C. advice

D. trust

20. A. looked at

B. thought of

C. put away

D. held out

21. A. worry

B. warmth

C. stress

D. peace

22. A. protecting

B. encouraging

C. exchanging

D. comparing

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。

A

The Dead Sea

At 430 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is Earth's lowest point

on

land.

It

is

popular

for

its

wonderful

buoyancy(

浮力

).

The

high

salt

content-more than 34 percent - makes swimming more like floating.

Now the Dead Sea is actually dying. People are using water from the

Jordan River, which takes water away from the Dead Sea. Since 1930, its

surf area has reduced by almost 40 percent.

Venice, Italy

With

waterways

instead

of

streets.

This

City

has

attracted visitors for centuries. But no visit to Venice is complete without

a ride on one of its famous gondolas, human powered water taxis. Water

creates Venice. But water will also kill the city.

Built

on

soft

earth,

V

enice

has

slowly

been

sinking

(

下沉

)

for

centuries.

Now,

with

rising

sea

levels

caused

by

human

activities,

it's

sinking

faster.

According

to

US- based

magazine

Architectural

Digest,

the city may disappear in the next 100 years. Better book your gondola

soon!

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Covering

more

than

2,300

kilometers

of

Australia's northeast coast,

Great

Barrier

Reef

is

the

world's

largest

reef

ecosystem,

and

an

ideal

place

for

scuba

divers

(

水肺潜水者

).Thousands

of

colorful

coral

(

珊瑚

)

and

fish

make

homes in the blue sea water. It's like a big underwater party!

Sadly, the party might be over soon. The reef is dying. Human activities are

changing

the

weather.

Warming

ocean,

water

kills

the

coral,

and

this

causes

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problems up the food chain.

The New York Times

reported that large parts are already dead, and the reef system

might be gone

by 2030.

23. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Disappearing Watery Wonders

B. Amazing Man-made Wonders on the Sea

C. Lost Watery Wonders on the Sea

D. Last Watery Wonders in the World

24. Which of the following is the shared cause of the problems all the three places are facing?

A. Water loss.

B. Sea pollution.

C. Warming seas.

D. Human activities.

25. If Tom wants to visit all the following places before they are gone, and he can only afford one

in the next 15 years, where must he go?

A. The Dead Sea.

B. Venice.

C. Italy.

D. Great Barrier Reef.

B

There

is

good

news

for

students

of

vocational

(

职业的

)

colleges

in

China:

the

government

has

announced

plans

to

develop

modern

vocational

education.

Premier

Li

Kegiang

said

the

government

should

speed

up

the

development of modern vocational education to meet the need for skilled workers and technicians (

技术人员

) in

the

job

market.

High

school

graduates

and

workers

with

no

special

training

are

encouraged

to

study

in

higher

vocational colleges. Li said that the number of the new students in higher vocational colleges in China should go up

by I million this year. This is the first time the central government has a clear plan.

This

comes

after

the

news

of

the

large

shortfall

(

不足

)

in

highly

skilled

technicians,

although

China

has

millions of technical workers. China is expected to face a shortfall of 3million skilled workers who can operate the

newest

machines

by

2020.

The

shortfall

will

grow

to

4.5

million

by

2025.

Also,

vocational

education

is

unsatisfactory (

不令人满意的

), although there are many vocational colleges in China. In some vocational colleges,

the education methods and courses cannot meet the need of upgrading (

升级

), manufacturing (

制造业

). As can be

seen from the job market, some companies still can't find highly skilled technicians even with high pay.

To deal with the problem. some vocational colleges have worked with companies to teach students. They have

hired skilled technicians from companies as teachers. With the rising of the skilled workers' social position and pay,

it is believed the vocational education system in China will start to play a bigger role in the development of China.

26. What's the main purpose of the development of modern vocational education in China?

A. To train more highly skilled technicians for the job markets

B. To help vocational college graduates get higher pay from their work.

C. To ask more people to live on themselves with technical skills.

D. To encourage more companies to upgrade manufacturing.

27. What is one of the problems of Chinese vocational education according to the passage?

A. Higher vocational college teachers are not well paid and valued..

B. There are only a small number of higher vocational colleges in China.

C. The education methods and courses in vocational colleges are unsatisfactory.

D. Some of the vocational college teachers are skilled technicians from companies.

28. The writer believes China's future vocational education is _____________.

A. hopeful

B. doubtful

C. unsatisfactory

D. worrying

C

Nowadays,

it

never

seems

we

have

enough

time

to

realize

all

of

the

reading

goals

(

目标

)

that

we

set

for

ourselves. Luckily, we have mobile apps such as Latte Read and GetAbstract to provide abstracts (

梗概

) of a text.

Abstracts are useful tools, especially for students, but like having a friend describe the main content of a story to

you, you cannot experience the joy and excitement of reading the original (

原来的

) text of yourself.

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I recently finished reading a thick book of W. Somerset Maugham's collected short stories. It took me around

ten

years

to

get

through.

Thomas

Mann's

difficult

The

Magic

Mountain

took

me

about

six

months

to

read;

Ayn

Rand's

Atlas

Shrugged

made

me

very

bored

most

of

the

time.

Reading

a

book,

whether

it

is

good

or

bad,

is

a

formative (

建设性的

) experience. There are plenty of books which I probably shouldn't have taken the time to read.

But the challenge of living for a time in the thoughts and experiences of a different history or character makes even

the worst book a valuable effort.

Whenever I finish the last line of a book and slowly close it, I like to sit there and think over its lines with a

mix of nostalgia (

怀旧之情

) and pride. I then take the book in hand and find a place for it on my bookshelf. When I

step back and look at the books on my shelf, it is as if I am looking at the history of the different lives that I have

lived.

Abstracts

are

useful

as

a

tool

to

an

end,

but

reading

the

actual

(

真正的

)

book

is

something

much

richer.

Reading, like anything else in life, is much more about the journey than it ever was the destination (

目的地

).

29. What does the writer mainly want to say?

A. Reading abstracts is a best short way to enjoy literature.

B. Reading abstracts cannot bring you the true feeling of actual reading.

C. Reading different kinds of books brings you many advantages.

D. The journey and the destination are equally important in our reading.

30. What can we know about the writer from the second paragraph?

A. He prefers thick and difficult books to short stories.

B. A good book is better worth reading than a bad one to him.

C. He achieves a lot from reading some challenging books.

D. He is lucky enough never to have read a regrettable book.

31. In the third paragraph the writer ___________ his main point of view (

主要观点

).

A. explains the meaning of

B. provides further support for

C. makes a conclusion of

D. offers an opposite example for

,

D

When Major, the most respected pig, saw all the animals were present, he cleared his throat and began:

同志们

) , I don't think I shall be with you for many months. Before I die, let me ask you a

question. What is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are

miserable

and short. We are born, we

are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are able to do it are forced to

work to the last

stolen from beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word- Man.

Man

is

the

only

real

enemy

we

have.

Remove

(

消灭

)

Man

from

the

scene,

and

the

basic

cause

of

hunger

and

overwork is ended for ever.

song

sung

by

the

animals

of

long

ago

and

have

been

lost

to

memory

for

marry

years.

It

is

called

Animals

of

England.

His

voice

was hoarse

(

沙哑的

),

but

he

sang

well

enough

to

throw

the

animals

into

the

wildest

excitement.

Almost before Major had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.

Unluckily, the singing woke Mr. Jones, the farm owner, who jumped out of bed, thinking that there was a fox

in the yard. He took the gun which always stood in a comer of his bedroom, and let fly 6 shots (

射击

) into the

darkness. The pellets (

子弹

) flew into the wall of the yard and the meeting broke up hurriedly. Everyone ran to his

own sleeping place. The birds jumped onto their trees, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm

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