2014年江蘇省常州市中考英語試卷

1、第PAGE29頁（共NUMPAGES29頁）2014年江蘇省常州市中考英語試卷一、單項選擇（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項1（1分）（2014常州）It was really helpful him to take the cat to the animal centre a rainy night（）Aof； onBof； atCfor； onDfor； at2（1分）（2014常州）Why is honest leader like him supported by few workers？（）Aan； soBan； suchC

2、a； soDa； such3（1分）（2014常州）Where shall I go for the summer holiday？How about Xiamen？It is a city worth on a bike（）Alooking forBlooking atClooking forward toDlooking around4（1分）（2014常州）The Yellow River flood large areas，but now the waters of it are used to energy（）Awas used to； producingBused to； prod

3、ucingCwas used to； produceDused to； produce5（1分）（2014常州）The apple pies here taste than those from anywhere elseYesBut it will be better if they are（）Amore delicious； more expensiveBless delicious； more expensiveCmore delicious； less expensiveDless delicious； less expensive6（1分）（2014常州）When will the

4、railway that connects the two cities open？ next yearOnly two thirds been built（）AUntil； hasBUntil； haveCNot until； hasDNot until； have7（1分）（2014常州）How nice that Lucy has been invited to the party too!Well，Lucy not comeShe is not certain whether her mother will allow her to（）AmightBwouldCmustDneed8（1

5、分）（2014常州）We should tell the truthWe cant say one thing to one person and thing to someone else（）AotherBanotherCthe otherDone more9（1分）（2014常州）Its reported that there will be a snowstorm this SundayWere planning to go on a picnic that day（）AI hope soBI hope notCIm afraid soDIm afraid not10（1分）（2014常

6、州）Hi，JimI hear that youve just come back from SanyaIm calling to askGreat!（）Ahow did you visit the cityBhow many days youve spent thereCwhich hotel you stayed in SanyaDhow you found the seafood there二、完形填空（共1小題；每小題12分，滿分12分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項11（12分）（2014常州）My earliest memories of wr

7、iting are only school homework，nothing of any creativityAll that（11） one day，when Mrs Kumar asked us to write“An autobiography（自傳） of a pencil”For me，it was just another piece of homework，（12）Mrs Kumar reacted（表現(xiàn)） very differentlyMaybe she was just being（13），or maybe she really liked the workWhateve

8、r her（14），she read it out to the class as an example of“fine writing”A few years later，I went back to my old schoolI was walking through the（15） corridors（走廊） when I passed by Mrs Kumar，who was still teaching her classShe looked up as I passed and I（16），not wanting to disturb herSeeing me，she went o

9、ut and invited me into her class“This girl is one of the best（17） this school has seen，”she said“She wrote a wonderful autobiography of a pencilI hope some of you can learn to write like her”Even after all these years，I can still clearly remember that momentMy face shines with （18）whenever I tell so

10、meone this experienceI am sure I was not the only student whose school homework Mrs Kumar（19）It is likely that she made an effort to make each one of us feel（20）However，I had never had anybody praise（表揚） my writing before thatIt encouraged me to do better to prove to her that“Look!Your（21） in me has

11、 workedI am good，because you believe I am”Today，I am a successful writerThanks to Mrs Kumar，my（22） are not only a tool（工具） to useThey are also a symbol of little beginnings and the power of a teachers encouragement11、Astarted Brepeated Cchanged Dappeared12、Aand Bthough Cso Dbut13、Akind Bexcited Csat

12、isfied Dgenerous14、Areasons Bcauses Cefforts Dwishes15、Astrange Bendless Ccrowded Dfamiliar16、Awhispered Bclapped Cwaved Dcheered17、Ainventors Bwriters Cwinners Dvisitors18、Acourage Bhonesty Cpride Dmodesty19、Aremembered Bchecked Cincluded Dmarked20、Aprotected Bspecial Cloved Dnecessary21、Aunderstan

13、ding Bconfidence Crecommendation Dcongratulation22、Avisits Bwritings Cmemories Dpencils三、閱讀理解（共4小題；每小題6分，滿分26分）=1閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項23（6分）（2014常州）Harry is a boy with a learning disabilityOn his fourth birthday，he was given a pug called MillieTwo weeks after the dogs arrival，he was ha

14、ppier and calmer and said his first words，“dog”and“mummy”Just two months later，thieves stole the dog，and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he startedHe has refused to talk since losing his best friendHis mother was worried and gave him another dog，but he just“pushed it away”Mrs Hainswo

15、rth，his mother，says，“My son is very sadHell go over to her cage and just beat（敲打） on the barsThere is no word coming out，but you just know hes screamingWhere is MillieinsideMillie was really his best friendThey would play together happily for hoursNone of his toys has ever held his attention that lo

16、ngNow he has just completely turned quiet again”Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and moveBut the dogs being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy hadMrs Hainsworth says，“My son was so happy when he saw MillieBeing with Millie

17、changed him，and within two weeks he had said his first words and was working on sayingdadJust last week，his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped himAnd now this!”Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept itMaureen Hennis of the charity，Pet

18、s as Therapy，says she has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems“People may talk to a dog when they wouldnt like to talk to another human，”she says“A dog doesnt care if words come out wrong”23、Before getting Millie，HarryAhad never seen a dogBhad never said a wordChad received li

19、ttle treatmentDhad never played with toys24、With Millie gone，HarryAis too sad to continue learning to talkBoften quietly waits for her beside the cageCkeeps asking his mother to get him another pugDdoes not want to play with other children any more25、According to Maureen Hennis，Millie was able to he

20、lp Harry becauseAdogs are mans best friendsBdogs are very clever and helpfulCchildren dont have stress when talking to dogsDchildren would rather talk to dogs than to humans26（6分）（2014常州）Once a traveller came into a village which was suffering from hungerThe villagers asked him to leave，for they fea

21、red he wanted them to give him foodThey told him that there was no foodThe traveller explained that he didnt need any food and that，in fact，he was planning to make a soup to share with them insteadThe villagers watched suspiciously as he built a fire and filled a pot with water With great ceremony（儀

22、式），he pulled a stone from a bag，and dropped the stone into the pot of waterAfter a moment，he smelt the soup and shouted with excitement，“How delicious the soup is!”As the villagers began to show interest，he mentioned how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in itA villager brought out a

23、 cabbage to shareThis episode（情節(jié)） repeated itself until the soup had cabbage，carrots，onions，and beetsindeed，a full pot of soup that could feed everyone in the village was readyThis story describes when there are not enough resources（資源），humans will store thingsWe do not want to shareThe story of sto

24、ne soup helps us realize that，in doing so，we often prevent ourselves and everyone else from having a feast（盛宴）The meaning of this story goes far beyond foodWe keep to ourselves ideas，love，and energy，thinking we will be richer，but in fact we make the world，and ourselves，poorerThe traveller was able t

25、o see that the villagers were holding back，and he had the ability to inspire（激發(fā)） them to giveIn this way，they created a large meal that none of them could have created aloneAre you like one of the villagers？If you come forward and share your gifts，you will inspire others to do the sameThe reward is

26、a feast that can feed many26、What does the underlined word“suspiciously”most probably mean？Adoubtfully Bexcitedly Ccuriously Dfearfully27、The traveller put a stone into the pot in order toAteach the villagers to cook a soup with stoneBinspire the villagers to bring out their own foodCprove to the vi

27、llagers that he didnt want their foodDhelp villagers to survive by giving them some food28、The writer mainly wants to tell us thatAstoring things in hard times is human natureBa good leader is very necessary in hard timesCskills are needed to inspire people to share with othersDsharing is more impor

28、tant than keeping things to oneself29（6分）（2014常州）Greek（希臘）Roman（羅馬） FestivalFriday，April 28thYou can join one groupAs a member of the group，you will take part in at least ONE of the following activities1Compete in an Olympic eventRemember there is only small space for each event，so dont be lateHercu

29、les ThrowThrow a football through a hoop（圈） 20feet awayThree Headed Race Three people line up with touching legs tiedThen they run 100metres in the playgroundToga Barrow Race This is like a wheelbarrow race（Runners take hold of partnersfeet while partners walk on hands）2Make Greek or Roman foodMrs J

30、ones has a list of recipes（菜譜） from ancient（古代的） Greece and RomeYou may make American food，but be sure to give it a special，mythological（神話的） nameFor example，call your chocolate cake“Zeuss Delight”This is a great way to practice your skills in the kitchen3Create a work of art for the museumBe sure y

31、our artwork shows ancient Greek or Roman cultureArtworks may include sculptures，paintings，mosaics，drawings or modelsThe museum is a great place to show off your artistic talent4Perform a new short performance，song or dance for the talent showRewrite your favorite Greek myth（神話） by using modern langu

32、age，or change the words of a popular song to tell a Greek or Roman storySend your creative ideas to your English teacher for agreementYou must first perform for a group of teachersThe teachers choose the BEST performance groups for the talent show，so be sure your group has prepared for itThis timeta

33、ble will help groups know when each event will take place and where to go29、Which of the following is true according to the passage？AEach student is made to take part in at least one Olympic eventBGreek myths or the songs that will be performed are rewritten by the teachersCGreek or Roman names must

34、 be used for American food the students may cookDArtworks shown in the museum are collected or made by the students themselves30、What do Groupdo right after watching the artworks？AWatch the talent showBPrepare for a performanceCTaste food that students makeDCompete in the Olympic events31、For what p

35、urpose is the festival most probably held？ATo improve studentsartistic talentBTo make students more physically strongCTo make students more creative in making foods or performingDTo help students learn about ancient Greek and Roman cultures32（8分）（2014常州）“The British government will offer1，000，000to

36、anyone who can solve the worlds biggest problemwhatever it might be，”said Prime Minister（首相） David Cameron at a science conferenceIn an unusual competition，the Government will ask people to find out the greatest challenge（挑戰(zhàn)） today，such as finding a replacement（替代） for oil，producing low cost food or

37、 curing AIDS/HIVWhen the toughest problem has been decided，the Prime Minister will give away1，000，000to the person who successfully works out the answerThe competition follows the example of the Longitude Prize started by the government in 1714，which offered20，000 （worth6，000，000today） to anyone who

38、 could discover how far east or west ships had sailedSailors could work out their location north and south，and were able to decide their local time from the sunHowever，they needed to know the time at a reference（參照） point in order to find out how far they had travelled east or westMany people though

39、t the problem was impossible to solve，but the prize was finally won by John Harrison，an ordinary workerHe did this by designing a clock that kept accurate（準確的） time at sea and made it possible for sailors to work out their locationAlmost exactly 300years on，Mr Cameron will have a group of scientists

40、 collect suggestions and draw up a short list of problems facing the worldHe will then start a race to solve the most difficult problemA government officer said，“We want people to think big：what does the world need and how can we achieve that？We are looking for the next penicillin（青霉素），airplane or W

41、orld Wide WebSomething that is going to really change what we do and how we live our livessending us ahead in the global race”According to Mr Cameron，it is important to“encourage new ideas”and“attract back the best and the brightest”to Britain32、The British government promises1，000，000to any person

42、whoAcan solve the biggest challenge facing the worldBcan find how the next penicillin works on illnessesCcan think of the most difficult problem in the worldDcan help the Prime Minister run his government better33、The Longitude Prize is mentioned mainly toAexplain why the government set up the prize

43、 in 1714Bshow John Harrison was a great success as an inventorCshow that the government is very grateful to John HarrisonDexplain what gave Mr Cameron the idea of starting the competition34、We can infer（推斷） from Paragraphs 4and 5 thatAships no longer get lost at sea with Harrisons inventionBclocks o

44、n ships kept good time before Harrisons inventionCsailors found it hard to work out their location north and southDthe sailing industry was very important in Britain around the 1700s35、Which of the following is true according to the text？AJohn Harrison was sure that he would win the prizeBThe millio

45、n pound prize will go to a British scientistCThe British government pays special attention to the nations creativityDA replacement for oil is considered as the toughest problem by the scientists四、閱讀表達（共1小題；每小題5分，滿分5分）閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個最恰當?shù)膯卧~注意：每個空格里只填一個單詞36（5分）（2014常州）In modern society（社會

46、） there is a great deal of argument about competitionSome value it highly，for they believe that it is helpful for social progress and richnessOthers say that competition is bad，and that it sets one person against another and leads to unfriendliness between peopleI have trained many children who held

47、 the belief（看法） that their self worth came from how well they performed at tennis and other skillsFor them，playing well and winning are often life and death mattersSadly，they forget to develop many other human qualitiesHowever，while some seem to be lost in the strong wish to succeed，others think qui

48、te the oppositeIn a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary（普通） players，they strongly blame competition，especially youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures（壓力） from their parents or societyTeaching these young people，I often find that they even choo

49、se to failThey seem to choose failure by not trying to win or achieve successBy not trying，they always have an excuse，“I may have lost，but it doesnt matter because I really didnt try”In fact，they are worried that if they had really tried and failed，the failure would mean that they were worth nothing

50、Clearly，this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselvesBoth are based on the mistaken belief that ones self worth comes from how well one performs in comparison（比較） with othersBoth are afraid of not being valuedWe can only discover a new meaning in competition as

51、such worries and fear begin to disappear六、A）根據(jù)句子意思，用括號中所給詞的正確形式填空，每空填一詞41（1分）（2014常州）The horror film kept the little girl（wake） all night42（1分）（2014常州）Smiles on the（swim） faces showed how they enjoyed the race43（1分）（2014常州）Simon entered the library，found（he） a seat by the window and started his work

52、44（1分）（2014常州）It was closing time，but the（interest） tourists were still unwilling to leave七、B）根據(jù)句意及漢語提示，寫出各單詞的正確形式，每空填一詞45（1分）（2014常州）The CN Tower in Canada is 1，815 feet in（高）46（1分）（2014常州）The cat is lying（舒適） under the tree with her eyes half closed47（1分）（2014常州）He donated all his savings to local

53、 education in his（九十）48（1分）（2014常州）Why did you shout？I felt something（擊中） me on the head八、用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的正確形式填空（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）49（1分）（2014常州）Outgoing children prefer showing their feelings openly to（control） them within themselves50（1分）（2014常州）Guo Taos new book about his stories with his son（come） outRea

54、lly？Why not go to the bookshop and buy one right now？51（1分）（2014常州）Excuse me，havent you been told（not smoke） in the reading room？52（1分）（2014常州）I can still speak some French now，for I（teach） Chinese in France for several years53（1分）（2014常州）Why didnt you say anything？Sorry，I（reply） to my bosss message

55、九、根據(jù)所給漢語完成句子（共6小題；每小題1.5分，滿分9分）54（1.5分）（2014常州）這些句子必須都記在筆記本上嗎？in the notebook？55（1.5分）（2014常州）當我們到達時，會議已經(jīng)開始10分鐘了The meeting56（1.5分）（2014常州）他們正在討論該向誰求助嗎？57（1.5分）（2014常州）昨天給那個病人做手術(shù)的時間可真夠長的!yesterday！58（1.5分）（2014常州）讓我一個人呆著，以便我能想出一個好主意a good idea59（1.5分）（2014常州）經(jīng)?？吹铰段鞯母赣H開車送她上學(xué)Lucys father十、書面表達（共1題；滿分1

56、5分）60（15分）（2014常州）過年燃放爆竹是中國人的傳統(tǒng)，但是近年來越來越多的人贊同過年不放爆竹假如你是Green Club的一員，請你用英語寫一封倡議書，介紹燃放爆竹可能帶來的危害，并呼吁同學(xué)們過年時少放或不放爆竹注意：1所寫內(nèi)容必須包括圖示中的信息，可適當發(fā)揮；2文中不得出現(xiàn)你的真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱；3表達清楚，語句通順，意思連貫，書寫規(guī)范；4詞數(shù)不少于90文章的開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)參考詞匯：set off firecrackers燃放爆竹gas氣體（可數(shù)名詞）Dear all，Its a Chinese tradition to set off firecrackers at

57、 the Spring FestivalHowever，more and more people have realized that firecrackers are doing more harm than good2014年江蘇省常州市中考英語試卷參考答案與試題解析一、單項選擇（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項1（1分）（2014常州）It was really helpful him to take the cat to the animal centre a rainy night（）Aof； onBof； atCfor；

58、onDfor； at【考點】常用介詞的辨析；介詞固定搭配菁優(yōu)網(wǎng)版權(quán)所有【分析】句意：在一個下雨的夜晚，他帶著這只貓去了動物中心，他真的很樂于助人【解答】答案：A本句第一空考查It is+形容詞+of sb to do sth，應(yīng)是ofIt is helpful of sb to do sth某人干某事是樂于助人的；第二空表示的是在具體某一天的晚上，應(yīng)是on故選A【點評】本題在讀懂全句的基礎(chǔ)上，根據(jù)每空的句式結(jié)構(gòu)及單詞搭配做出正確選擇2（1分）（2014常州）Why is honest leader like him supported by few workers？（）Aan； soBan；

59、suchCa； soDa； such【考點】副詞的詞義辨析；冠詞菁優(yōu)網(wǎng)版權(quán)所有【分析】為什么一個像他這樣誠實的領(lǐng)袖只有這么少的工人支持？【解答】答案：A honest，誠實的，是一個形容詞，因為它是元音O發(fā)音開頭的，故第一個空用冠詞an；few少的，表示數(shù)量，修飾后面的可數(shù)名詞workers，修飾數(shù)量時用so，不能用such；so few意為“幾乎沒有”“太少”含否定意思故選A【點評】此題考查冠詞和副詞的綜合用法做題時抓住關(guān)鍵詞，并結(jié)合句意選擇出正確的答案還要注意so和such在用法上的區(qū)別3（1分）（2014常州）Where shall I go for the summer holiday

60、？How about Xiamen？It is a city worth on a bike（）Alooking forBlooking atClooking forward toDlooking around【考點】動詞短語菁優(yōu)網(wǎng)版權(quán)所有【分析】我們?nèi)ツ膬憾仁罴?？廈門怎么樣？它是一個值得騎自行車轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)的城市【解答】答案：D 本題是對動詞短語的考查，根據(jù)How about Xiamen？可知是值得轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)看看的城市，look for，尋找；look at，看；look forward to，盼望；look around，環(huán)顧四周，轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)看；故選D【點評】本題考查動詞詞組的詞義辨析，解決此類題目要掌握其