1、南通市 2017 年初中毕业、升学考试试卷英 语注 意 事 项考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项1.本试卷共 12 页，满分 120 分，考试时间 为 120 分钟。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。2.答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、考试证号用 0.5 毫米黑色字迹的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡指定的位置。3.答案必须按要求填涂、书写在答题卡上，在草稿纸、试卷上答题一律无效。第卷（选择题 共 60 分）一、单项 选择（本题共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1Jack is eight-year
2、-old boy and he goes to school on foot every dayAan；the Ba ；不填 Can；不填 Da；the2Dr Ma has helped a lot of patients see again in the of his lifeAform Bway Cdirection Dcourse3The desk is in a messWould you please your books?Atake up Btake away Ctake on Dtake off4It is known to all that the day becomes sh
3、orter and shorter winter comesAbefore Bwhen Cuntil Dsince5Hiking and swimming are good ways to relax are OK，I think，but I like jogging bestANeither BBoth CAll DNone6MrBrown passed his company to his daughter and she is it at presentAchoosing Bdoubting Cmanaging Dpractising7When I walked the south si
4、de of the square，I happened to meet our English teacherAacross Baround Cthrough Dalong8The experiment seems difficultWould you mind doing it for me? Why not do it by yourself? I show you how to do it if necessaryAcan Bneednt Cmust Dshouldnt9Sandy， for some information about the topic Then share it w
5、ith us，please Ais searching Bsearches Csearch Dwill search10After working hard bit by bit for a long time，Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in her seventiesAsuccessfully Bwidely Cespecially Drapidly11Make sure you have prepared everything well before you the planAtry on Bbreak down Cthink of Dcarry out1
6、2I failed to catch the last bus on that cold winter nightI couldnt feel thenAmore excited Bmore terrible Cthe most excited Dthe most terrible13The film Dangal in our city last month and won high praiseExactlyI have seen it twice Awas shown Bwill show Cis shown Dhas shown14There will be a concert thi
7、s eveningBut I dont know By undergroundIt takes less timeAwhere it will be held Bhow can I go Cwhere will it be held Dhow I can go 15Look! There are dark clouds in the skyYoud better take your raincoat Thank youAGood idea BIt doesnt matter CIm afraid not DWith pleasure二、完型填空（本题共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15
8、分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 ABCD 四个选项，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Georges mother was very poorInstead of having bright blazing（熊熊燃烧的） fires in winter， she had 16 to burnGeorge had to pick up dry 17 from under the treesOne 18 day in July，she sent George to the woodsHe was to stay there all day to get as much wood a
9、s he couldHe worked very hard so that by the time the sun was high，he was hot，and wished for a 19 place where he might reat for a while and eat his dinnerWhile he hunted around the bank of the atream，he saw among the moss（苔藓）some fine wild 20 ，which were a bright red with ripeness（成熟） “How good thes
10、e will be with my bread and butter!”thought GeorgeLining （垫在里）his little cap with 21 ， he set to work eagerly（急切地）to gather all he could findHe felt happy and thought how much his mother would like to see him there，and to be there herself instead of in her dark 22 George thought of all this and just
11、 as he was lifting the first strawberry to his mouth，he said to himself， “How much Mom would like these!” He stopped and 23 the atrawberry again“Shall I save them for her?”said George，thinking how much they would refresh her，yet 24 looking at them with a longing eye “I will eat half and take the oth
12、er half to her， ”said he at last and he 25 them into two pilesBut each pile looked so small that he put them together again“I will keep them all for Mom， ”said he and he 26 them up nicely till he should go home When the sun was beginning to sinkGeorge set out for homeHow happy he felt then，that he h
13、ad all his strawberries for his 27 motherThe nearer he came to his home，the 28 he wished to taste themJust as he had thrown down his wood，he heard his mothers weak voice from her bedroom “I am 29 ，and longing for some tea ”George ran in to her and joyfully offered the strawberries “You 30 them for m
14、e，did you? ” said Mom，laying her hand gently on his head，while tears stood in her eyesCould the eating of the strawberries have given George half the happiness he felt at the moment?（ ）16. Asomething Beverything Canything Dnothing（ ）17. Apaper Bcoal Cwood Dcloth（ ）18. Afine Brainy Cgrey Dcold（ ）19.
15、Acool Btidy Cquiet Dsmooth（ ）20. Aapples Bstrawberries Ctomatoes Dcarrots（ ）21. Ascarves Bleaves Ccoats Dsweaters（ ）22. Akitchen Bstudy Cyard Dbedroom（ ）23. Aate up Bgave away Cput back Dturned over（ ）24. Anever Balso Chardly Dstill（ ）25. Adivided Bthrew Cturned Dcut（ ）26. Acleaned Bcovered Cput Dli
16、fted（ ）27. Aserious Bstrong Csick Dsilly （ ）28. Amore Bless Clater Dsooner（ ）29. Athirsty Bhungry Csleepy Dbusy（ ）30. Abought Bsaved Cborrowed Dstole三、阅读理解（本题共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThere are some facts about sweet potatoes you probably dont know
17、First Found in American CountriesTheyre in the family of plants that includes morning glories（牵牛花） and are in a different family than yams（山药） Yams are from Africa and are more closely related to lilies（百合花） A 5000-Year-Old FoodWhen Christopher Columbus arrived in American countries in the 15th cent
18、ury，sweet potatoes were already a mian cropHe took some with him back to Spain and by the 16th century，gardens all over Europe were growing themA Healthy ChoiceWhite potatoes may be cheaper than sweet potatoes but sweet potatoes have more nutritonal（营养的） valueAlso ，white potatoes can lead to blood s
19、ugar problem and some other health problemsHealth FactsA Rich Source of Beta-Carotene（-胡萝卜素）This powerful Beta-Carotene gives sweet potatoes their yellow，gold ，or orange coloring and changes to vitamin A in your bodyIts thought to reduce the risk of certain types of cancer and provide protection aga
20、inst heart diseaseHigh in Fiber（纤维） ，Low in FatSweet potatoes are high in fiber which is great for healthAlso，they contain very little fat31What can we know about sweet potatoes from the passage? ASweet potatoes were frist fould in AfricaBThe family of sweet potatoes includes yamsCSweet potatoes are
21、 from American countries DSweet potatoes are closely related to lilies32From the passage we know that Asweet potatoes have a history of 5000 yearsBColumbus was the first to find sweet potatoesCwhite potatoes are cheaper but more valuableDsweet potatoes often cause health problems33Sweet potatoes are
22、 good to people because they are rich in Afat Bvitamin A Csugar DBeta-CaroteneBIn many organizations，perhaps the best way to complete certain new projects is to gather a group of people into a teamHaving a team of people attack a project offers several advantagesFirst of all，a group of people have m
23、ore knowledge，more experience，and more skills in different fields than any single individual（个体）doesA group can work more quickly whenever the task is assignedAnd a group can come up with highly creative solutions（解决办法）to problems because of the numbers of people who take part and greater resources
24、they haveAlso，a group is more likely to make risky decisions which a single individual might not make This is because the group spreads responsibility（责任）to all the membersAnd thus，if the decision turns out to be wrong，no single individual can be held accountable（负有责任的） Then， taking part in a group
25、can be very rewarding for members of the teamTeam members who have a voice in making a decision will no doubt feel better about doing the work than they might do what is imposed（把强加于）on them by othersLast but not least，the team member has a much better change to“shine”This is because they get more c
26、hances to have his or her contributions and ideas not only recognized（认可） ，but recognized as highly importantThis kind of high-recognition is because a teams achievement or influence is much higher than the individualsA team can finish and achieve what the individual cant doAnd a team can reach a he
27、ight which the individual cant reach34How many advantages of a team are mentioned in the passage?ATwo BThree CFour DFive 35The first paragraph mainly tells us that Amany organizations gather people into teamsBit is good to form a team to complete tasksCnew projects are often sent to large groupsDpeo
28、ple would like to communicate in groups36Which of the following is true according to paragraphs 2&3?AA group of people are sure to be highly creative BA team always finish more tasks than individualsCIts difficult for a team to make creative decisions DThe members of a group can share responsibility
29、37A team is worth taking part in because Aindividuals do not have rights to make decisionsBteam members have better changes to be excellentCteam members are easily respected by other peopleDindividuals can not achieve goals or reach a heightCWe spend about one-third of our lives asleepThis may sould
30、 like a lot of time，but it is not wasted Our bodies need sleep to stay healthyNot getting enough aleep can make us sickSleep and our immune（免疫） systemThe immune system protects the body from diseases and infections（传染） Not getting enough sleep hurts this protective systemThe Mayo Clinic is a researc
31、h hospital in the United StatesIts website explains that when we sleep our bodies produce proteins（蛋白质）that support sleep and help us fight infectionsThey add that infection-fighting antibodies（抗体） are reduced during periods when you dont get enough sleepA new study from the University of Washington
32、 in the USseems to confirm thisDrNathaniel Watson was the lead writer of the studyWatson says his study shows that the immune system works best when the body gets enough sleepFor the study，Watson and his team studied 11 pairs of twinsThis is an important difference from other sleep studiesOther rese
33、arch did not study twins Researchers found that the twin who slept less had a weaker immune systemWatson says his study showed for the first time that a long-term lack（缺乏）of sleep shuts down parts of the immune systemHe says parts that move white blood cells around the body are influencedWhite blood
34、 cells fight infections in the bodyWatsons study provides more evidence（证据）that sleep is important to“overall health” And sleep is especially important to immune healthThe researchers published their findings in the magazine SleepHow much sleep is enough?To stay in good health，experts at the Mayo Cl
35、inic say that adults should get 7 to 8 hours of sleep Teenagers need 9 to 10 hoursAnd school-aged children may need more than 10 hours of sleep a nightExperts say our sleep becomes poor in our 30sBy the time we reach our 50s，the average person has lost 50 percent of their ability to have a restful s
36、leepThese people also have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep through the nightFrom middle age on，they say these problems only get worse，and they can influence our healthSigns you may not be getting enough sleepYoure always hungry or youve gained weightYou have trouble making decisionsYou hav
37、e trouble remembering thingsYour skin doesnt look goodYou are having trouble seeing38From the first three paragraphs we know that Ait is a waste to spend about one-third of our lives asleepBwell become seriously ill if we dont have enough sleepCenough sleep does good to infection-fighting antibodies
38、Dimmune system is protected when people begin to sleep39From Watsons study，we know Aenough sleep helps the immune system work wellBthe study of twins is a kind of common sleep studyCtwins need less sleep but have stronger immune systemDsleeping for a long time is important to immune health40Which of
39、 the following is right according to the passage？APeople dont need 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night in their fiftiesBThe less you sleep every night，the more weight youll loseCTeenagers should get more than 10 hours of sleep a nightDIf your memory gets worse，you may not get enough sleep41What will proba
40、bly be written in the following part？AHow to improve your sleepBHow important enough sleep is!CHow amazing if you look good! DHow to avoid trouble of seeingD“Oh boys，boys，dont throw stones at that poor bird， ”said an old gray-headed man“Why，sir， ”said a little boy， “she makes such a scream，that we c
41、ant bear her ”“Yes， but she uses the voice which God gave herAnd it is probably as pleasant to her friends as yours is to those who love youBesides，I am afraid the stone will rebound（弹回） ，and hurt you as long as you live!”“Rebound!We dont understand you，sir!” “Well，come and I will tell you a story ”
42、“Is it a true story?”“YesEvery word is true ”“Fifty years ago，I was a boy like youI used to throw stones，and as I had no other boy very near me to play with，I threw them till I became very accurate（精确的）in my aim“One day I went to work for an aged couple named HamiltonThey were very kind to everybody
43、 and everythingFew people had so many swallows（燕子）making their nests（鸟巢）under housesFew had so many pets that seemed to love the couple“For seven years a bird had comeAfter the long winter，the bird built her nest in the same place and raised her young ones thereShe had just returned on the day that
44、I went there to work“During the day，I thought I would try my skill upon herShe sat upon a stick near her nest，and looked at me trustfullyI found a nice stone and threw it with my best skill“It shot（击中）the bird on the head，and she dropped dead!“I was sorry as soon as I saw her fallBut the deed was doneAll day long her mate flew about，and was so sad that he made my heart acheWhy had I taken a life so innocent（无辜的），and hurt the poor mate so deeply?“I said nothing to the old couple about itBut，through a grandchild，they found it outThough they never said a word to me on the matter，they mourned t
