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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上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. (D) A. as B. since C. when D. until 2. Two tickets for Sunday， please! Sorry. There is _left. (B) A. nothing B. none C. some D.

2、 anything 3. Your father has passed the driving test？ Yes. _my father _ my mother has. (A) A. Not only; but also B. Neither; nor D. Both; and C. Either： or 4. Hurry up, Jeff! Lets cross the road as fast as possible. No, you _. Dont you see the light is still red？(C) A. couldnt B. wouldnt C. mustnt D

3、. neednt 5. Lights are out. The concert is to begin. The fans hold their breath for Jay Chous_. (D) A. influence B. guidance C. experience D. appearance 6. Manager, all the machines_just now! What？ Call the engineer at once. (A) A. broke down B. turned down D. turned out C. broke out 7. As an Americ

4、an, Tom is a big fan of Chinese kung fu. _, he is crazy about Beijing Opera. (C) A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Otherwise 8. Can you describe_？ Yes. I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behind. (C) A. why did the accident happen 分享精品资料B. when did the accident happen C. how the acci

5、dent happened D. where the accident happened 9. I _ you here, but you didnt come. Im terribly sorry. I was so busy that I forgot. (B) A. would expect B. was expecting D. have expected C. am expecting 10. Are you going to try out for the host of the English party？ _？ It is such a good chance to impro

6、ve my spoken English. (D) A. Whats up B. Whats wrong D. Why not C. Why me 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. Mrs. Walker sat down 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 m

7、y 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. “ “Thats right, “ Michael said. “We are. “ “I kept adding gum and my bubble kept growing. Soon it （3） my whole face. “ “What then

8、？” 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 facesthey didnt （5） him, but Winston ignored（不 理睬） them and went on. “Suddenly a strong wind took the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble （6） over my desk

9、 and out of the window. As it sailed away, I noticed 分享精品资料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 her cat attack it. The bubble broke. All I saw then was the cat running away.

10、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, the office worker walked in with a letter. Winston opened the le

11、tter and took out the wrinkled homework paper and a note that said, “For Winstons teacher. “ I 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） Mrs. Roosevelt Mrs. Walker looked up. “It was all true!”

12、 “Yes, madam, “ Winston said quietly. ( B) A. award B. rest C. surprise D. choice D. enjoy B. create C. exercise ( D) A. practice B. hurt hit ( C) A. cleaned C. covered D. D. waved ( A) A. rounded C. crossed B. held B. notice ( D) A. hear C. D. believe remember C. climbed stayed ( A) A. floated B. r

13、ode D. ( C) A. bubble D. gum C. homework B. book C. ( D) A. room desk D. garden B. cat ( B) A. Generally B. Exactly D. Finally C. Honestly B. different interesting D. ( A) A. hard C. common C. wanted D. managed ( D) A. refused B. promised ( B) A. introduction D. B. suggestion C. instruction explanat

14、ion 分享精品资料三、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. 12. Summer 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, th

15、ere is a way, especially for those who like doing it yourself（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 wasteplastic bottles. The Eco Cooler is super simple to buildno spec

16、ial engineering 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 bottleneck sized holes should then be cut onto the board. Then, the funnelshaped（漏斗状） bottlenecks, cut from the plastic bottles,

17、should be put into the holes. The 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 5Ca big differenc

18、e when looking at comfortable 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,

19、as well as teach them how to make them themselves. Yes, the Eco Cooler is not a super hightech air conditioning system, but it is one that can make a big difference. ( B)When building the Eco Cooler, we should pay special attention to . A. the shape of the window B. the direction of bottlenecks 分享精品

20、资料C. the temperature of the outside D. the weight of the board ( C)What can we learn from the passage？ A. Ashis Paul is a clever inventor and a successful businessman. B. An Eco Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25C. C. The new invention of Eco Cooler is friendly to the environment.

21、 D. Local people will replace their air conditioner with an Eco Cooler. ( D)Whats the best title of this passage？ A. DIY air conditioning made from plastic bottles B. Eco Coolera super hightech air conditioner C. Why do we need an Eco Cooler in summer？ D. A strongwilled inventor and his DIY dream 13

22、. How to investigate Planning ?Decide on a scientific problem 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

23、 is called your hypothesis. It may not be right! It is just an idea, 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

24、variables. Variables are things you can measure（测量）. In your investigation, you have to decide what the variables are, which ones you 分享精品资料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

25、 what equipment you need, and in what order you will do things ?Prepare tables for your results Getting your evidence（数据） ?Make your measurements, and record your results Reaching conclusions ?Look for patterns in your results ?Present your conclusions What links（关联） did you find between any of the

26、variables？ How would you explain these links？ Checking your findings ?Compare your conclusions and hypothesis Do your results support your idea？ ( D)What does the underlined word “hypothesis” most probably mean？ A. reason B. result C. method D. guess ( A)In Marys investigation, which of the followin

27、g about the variables is true？ A. She can only change one variable at a time. B. Some of the variables cant be measured. C. Her weight and age can be the variables. D. The temperature of water cannot be a variable. ( A)What is the passage mainly about？ A. How to do a scientific research. B. How to e

28、xplain a scientific finding. C. How to deal with a chemistry problem. D. How to understand some chemistry knowledge. 分享精品资料 14. We 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

29、 eight minutes with our parents and do homework until we fall asleep. But then we remember. We have to look at the American College Test（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 aw

30、ay 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 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

31、 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 eight 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, therefo

32、re 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 year 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

33、 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 time to change the structure, so that we sleep at home, and learn at school. ( A)In the first paragraph the writer giv

34、es . A. a picture of the present daily life of high school students B. an example of an ideal daily life of high school students C. a reason for high school students to live a busy daily school life D. a suggestion of what high school students should do to pass ACT ( D)From the last paragraph we kno

35、w that the writer thinks . A. Junior year of high school is the most important growth period 分享精品资料B. challenging problems are needed for a teenagers growth C. the ability to think has nothing to do with homework D. the present structure leads to students often sleeping in class ( C)Why does the wri

36、ter write this article？ A. To prove the role of enough sleep in teenagers growth. B. To complain about the problems in the system of the ACT. C. To ask for a change for less homework and more sleep. D. To discuss the relationship between sleep and homework. 15. After a while attention to Tom ended,

37、and the usual school murmur（嗡嗡读书声）rose upon the boring air once more. Now the boy began to steal secret glances（偷看） at the girl. She noticed it, made a face at him and gave him the back of her head for the space of a minute. When she slowly faced around again, an apple lay before her. She pushed it

38、away. Tom gently put it back. She pushed it away again, but with less animosity（敌意）. Tom patiently returned it to its place. Then she let it remain. Tom wrote on his paper, “Please take itI got more. “ The girl glanced at the words, but made no sign. Now the boy began to draw something on the paper,

39、 hiding his work with his left hand. For a time the girl refused to notice; but her human curiosity（好奇心） soon began to show itself by hardly noticeable（明显的） signs. The boy worked on, seemingly not aware. The girl made some noncommittal（含糊的） efforts to see, but the boy did not display that he was awa

40、re of it. At last she couldnt bear it and whispered： “Let me see it. “ Tom partly uncovered the picture of a house with some smoke rising from the chimney（烟囱）. Then the girls interest began to fasten itself upon the work and she forgot everything else. When it was finished, she gazed a moment, then

41、whispered： “Its nicedraw a man. “ The artist created a man in the front yard; she was satisfied, and whispered： “Its a beautiful mannow draw me in it. “ 分享精品资料 Tom drew an hourglass（沙漏） as the body, a full moon as her head and some arms added to it. The girl said： “Its ever so niceI wish I could dra

42、w. No one has ever taught me that. “ “Its easy, “ whispered Tom, “Ill learn you. “ “Oh, will you？ When？” “At noon. Do you go home to dinner？” “Ill stay if you will. “ “Goodthats a deal. Whats your name？” ( B)What probably happened in the classroom before this passage？ A. The girl introduced herself

43、to the boy. B. Something noticeable happened to the boy. C. They had a lesson on how to draw. D. The boy drew an apple for the girl. ( C)What most probably happened to the apple finally？ A. Eaten by the boy because the girl didnt accept it. B. Eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had got.

44、 C. Eaten by the girl because they finally became friends. D. Eaten by the girl because the boy was drawing all the time. ( B)What can we learn from the 2nd paragraph？ A. The boy didnt want the girl to show interest in his drawing. B. The girl didnt want to show interest in the boys drawing noticeab

45、ly. C. The boy didnt notice the girl trying several times to see his drawing. D. The girl didnt want the boy to do the drawing in class any more. ( A)What in this passage made Tom succeed in making friends with the girl？ A. Using her curiosity. B. Showing off his drawing ability. C. Teaching her how to draw. D. Inviting her to dinner. 分享精品资料四、阅读表达（共1小题; 每小题5分, 满分5分）阅读下面短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词. 注意：每