1、温州市 2017 年英语中考试题一、单项填空（本题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分）请从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。1. This photo makes me think of trip to the Great Wall last year.Yeah, we had a great time there.A. a B. an C. the D. /2. Robert is_ so that he even has no time to stay with his children at weekends.A. busy B. smart C. se
2、rious D. pleased3. I have the _of reading before sleeping. It has been part of my life.A. courage B. chance C. spirit D. habit4. Did anyone call me when I was out?Yes. A man who called TomA. myself B. himself C. herself D. yourself5. Seeing a bird resting by the window, the boy moved _to have a look
3、 at it.A. politely B. quietly C. easily D. safely6. _the scientists have done lots of research on Mars, there is still much waiting to be discovered.A. If B. Since C. Unless D. Though7. Weve ordered too much food. I eat any more.Never mind. Let take it home. A. cant B. mustnt C. neednt D. shouldnt8.
4、 Simon looks worried because he a writing competition and now hes waiting for the result.A. enters B. entered C. will enter D. is entering9. Opposite my house is_. My ten-year-old son often goes there with his classmates on Saturday.A. a museum that is open on weekdays B. a swimming pool that is des
5、igned for adultsC. a cinema which sells tickets at a lower price D. a library which will be completed in two years10. Mum，Im going to school now. See you._, Marry.A. Here we go B. Wait a moment C. My pleasure D. Have a nice day二、完形填空(本题有 15 小题，每小题 1 分，共 15 分）)阅读下列短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的 A、B 、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选
6、项。Johnnie Martin was born in a workers family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good 11 and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossib
7、le to go through.One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went 12 school psychologists* office to ask for help.“Johnnie, Ive been studying your marks of all the tests at school. Ive made a 13 study of them,” said the psychologist. “Ive been trying hard.” Johnnie was about to 14 .The psychologist put
8、 his hand on the boys shoulder, “People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were 15 able to learn math, and engineers who cant sing on key. Some day you will find 16 you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very 17 you.”Johnnie didnt go
9、to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon 18 amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb”. The plants he 19 grew, and the roses blossomed*. People started to accept his 20 for gardening, because he had an eye for col
10、or and lightOne day while he was downtown, he happened to 21 an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission* , he started the work, 22 he couldnt afford all the tools or the plants that were 23 for it. People g
11、ave him young trees. rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little 24 .Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they 25 beauty before the eyes of people.11. A. job B. garden C. lesson D. present12. A. into B. past
12、 C. along D. through13. A. funny B. public C. careful D. similar14. A. lie B. cry C. laugh D. agree15. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never16. A. how B. when C. what D. where17. A. strict with B. proud of C. angry with D. sure of18. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything19. A. picke
13、d up B. painted at C. talked about D. looked after20. A. suggestions B. invitations C. situation D. attention21. A. buy B. rent C. clean D. notice22. A. but B. and C. so D. or23. A. common B. natural C. possible D. necessary24. A. farm B. lake C. park D. market25. A. find B. spread C. collect D. des
14、cribe三、阅读理解（本题有 15 小题。第 26-39 小题为客观题，其中第 26-28 小题，每小题 1 分；第 29-39 小题，每小题 2 分；第 40 小题为主观题5 分。共 30 分）阅读下面短文：客观题请从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。AFor centuries, people around the world have invented many sports. Its no surprise that more and more unusual sports have appeared.Human TowersEvery two years, th
15、ere is a strange but fun competitionHuman Towers in Spain The first prize goes to the highest tower. In 2015, a group of players from China and Spain set a world record: a nine-person-high human tower. In this exciting event, any visitor can hold out his arms with the local people and cheer together
16、.Cheese Rolling Championships *Cheese Rolling Championships take place in May every year in Britain. It is a traditional sport with the strongest smell in the world. Hundreds of people watch it on Coopers Hill. In the game, a cheese wheel of 3. 5 kg runs quickly down the hill. All the players run af
17、ter it, trying to catch it without falling. However, most fail and get pains all over.Outhouse* Racing Outhouse Racing has its own World Championship. It is on October lst and 2nd in Virginia, America. Every team tries to push or pull their homemade outhouse along the street to be the first. You can
18、 see all kinds of unusual outhouses in the street. Each must have four sides, a toilet seat and toilet paper.26. According to the passage, the sport with the strongest smell takes place in _A. China B. Spain C. Britain D. America27Every outhouse in the racing must have .A. cheese B. a prize C. a sur
19、prise D. a toilet seat28John is good at climbing, but he cant run fast. He will take part in . A. Human Towers B. Outhouse RacingC. Racing World Championship D. Cheese Rolling ChampionshipsBWhen Sunday is over, the boring office may be the last place you think of, but the Apple Park in Cupertino, Ca
20、lifornia may give you a different feeling. Apple Park is like a huge landed UFO, which covers an area of 708,000 square meters. The round four-storey main building has hundreds of rooms. It covers an area of up to 260, 000 squaremeters. The outer walls are made up of huge pieces of glass. Many of th
21、em can be opened like the windows in your home, and the whole building can “breathe*” like a human being. With this special ventilated* system, it only needs to use air conditioners for three months of the year. There are 75,000 square meters of solar arrays* on the roofs of the building. They provi
22、de electricity for the whole Park. The Apple Park building is a bright, comfortable and convenient place for all the 12,000Apple people to work inside. Apple Park is not only a fantastic working place, There is a huge dining hall for all the- Apple people to have meals together at once. There is a f
23、our-storey cafe, a sports center and a l,000-seat theatre to offer relaxing services. There are 2,000 bicycle parking spaces, so people can ride their bikes to work. The company also provides l,000 bikes for Apple people to get around all over Apple Park. In the middle of the round building is a hug
24、e park. Over 9,000 trees including many fruit trees are planted to make it a mini forest. Its an ideal place to make Apple people feel better and more energetic. Apple Park is a gift for all the Apple people.29. The main building of Apple Park is _. A. 12,000 square meters B. 75,000 square metersC.
25、260,000 square meters D. 708,000 square meters30. Apple Park gets electricity from its _. A. outer walls B. solar arrays C. rooms D. trees 31. Why does Apple Park offer many services?A. To keep Apple people busy.B. To invite tourists to have fun there.C. To make itself a better gift to Apple people.
26、D. To build itself a better place to enjoy nature. 32. Which of the following is TRUE? A. There are over 9,000 fruit trees in the Park. B. Apple people can do exercise in Apple Park.C. Apple Park can “breathe” for three months of the year.D. The outer walls of the main building are made of wood.CCri
27、tical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to believe or what to do. According to a report on the World Economic Forum (2016), critical thinking, creativity, and their practical application* are widely accepted as the top three skills that young people need to possess *
28、 in their future career.A good critical thinker usually takes the following steps before he decides what to do. Whenever he needs to do something, he would, first of all, reason. He checks why he needs to do it and whether he really needs to do it. Then, analyze. He tries to find out what it really
29、is and the best way to do it. After that, evaluate. He makes sure whether he is able to do it and how to do it well. Finally, he makes the decision and takes action. Take the “Double 11” (a popular online shopping day in China) as an example. A few days before it, he checks carefully what he needs a
30、nd whether he really needs them, and makes a shopping list. He goes to the online shops to compare the quality and the prices of the things that he is going to buy. He compares the shops that sell these things.Then he checks whether he can afford them and in which shops he is going to buy them. Alth
31、ough it takes him some time to make the decisions, he would not regret after the shopping.Then what would happen if he didnt think critically before he made the decisions? After the crazy “Double 11”, there were usually a lot of complaints on the Internet. There were regrets about buying more things
32、 than they needed. There were complaints about the poor quality and the prices of the things they bought. There were also complaints because they received wrong things or simply received nothing. There were all kinds of regrets and complaints. Why so? They had not thought critically before they made
33、 the decisions. Critical thinking helps you make wiser decisions. It helps you avoid wasting time, money and so on. Therefore, do look before you leap.33. According to the passage, critical thinking is a thinking skill that_.A. helps make better choices B. will appear in the futureC. helps make quic
34、k decisions D. makes us spend more money34. In Paragraph 2, how does the critical thinker analyze the things he may buy?A. He checks what he needs to buy. B. He studies the quality and the prices.C. He makes a proper shopping list. D. He checks how much money he has.35. The underlined word “complain
35、ts” means that the people _.A. are not satisfied B. are not confidentC. are not interested D. are not responsible36. Which of the following examples is the use of “critical thinking”?A. Daming did a new science experiment before reading instructions.B. Linglings parents became very angry when they k
36、new her bad marks.C. After looking at the other team-s weak points, the coach made a new plan.D. After hearing the stranger s words, the girl followed him into a supermarket.DStuffy Pete sat down on a bench in the New York City Park. It was the third bench to the left as you enter the park from the
37、east.Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, an Old Gentleman had come to find Stuffy there at one in the afternoon. He led Stuffy to a restaurant and watched him eat a big dinner He was trying to make it a tradition. Stuffy had just come from a dinner so big that he had almost no power to move. How
38、he expected that gentleman would not come this year! Then his eyes grew wider and his breath stopped. The Old Gentleman was thin and tall, dressed all in black. He wore eye-glasses. His hair was whiter and thinner than it was last year. His legs did not seem as strong as they had seemed the year bef
39、ore, but he moved, straight and proud, to Stuffy and toward the tradition that he was building.“I am glad to see everythings fine with you. For that blessing you and I can give thanks on this day of thanksgiving. If you will come with me, my man, I will give you a dinner that will surely make your b
40、ody feel as thankful as your mind,” said the gentleman. The words themselves were almost a tradition*Stuffy was very full, but he understood that his desire* for food on Thanksgiving Day was not his own. It belonged to this kind gentleman. The gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same t
41、able where they had always gone. He sat at the table, watching.The turkey and all the other food were gone almost as quickly as they appeared Stuffy saw the look of happiness on the gentlemans face. He continued to eat to keep it there.In an hour the battle was finished. “Thank you for my Thanksgivi
42、ng dinner,” Stuffy stood up heavily.They said goodbye, as they did each year, at the door.Stuffy went around the first corner, stood for one minute, and fell. He was picked up and taken to a hospital.An hour later , the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital.“That nice old gentleman over the
43、re,” a doctor was talking to another. “Do you know whats wrong with him? Hes almost dead for the need of food. A very proud old man, I think, He told me he hadnt eaten anything for three days.”37. How many Thanksgiving dinners had the Old Gentleman invited Stuffy to have?A. One. B. Two. C. Nine. D. Ten.38. Why did Stuffys eyes grow wider and his breath stop when he saw the Old Gentleman coming?A. He felt awful because he was
