1、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 ）Aas Bsince Cwhen Duntil 2-Two tickets for Sunday， please!-Sorry There is _left （ B ）Anothing Bnone Csome Danything 3-Your father ha
2、s passed the driving test？-Yes _my father_my mother has （ A ）ANot only； but also BNeither； nor CEither ： or DBoth； and 4-Hurry up， Jeff! Lets cross the road as fast as possible-No， you _ Dont you see the light is still red？（ C ）Acouldnt Bwouldnt Cmustnt Dneednt 5Lights are out The concert is to begi
3、n The fans hold their breath for Jay Chous_ （ D ）Ainfluence Bguidance Cexperience Dappearance 6-Manager， all the machines_just now!-What？ Call the engineer at once （ A ）Abroke down Bturned down Cbroke out D turned out 7As an American， Tom is a big fan of Chinese kung fu_， he is crazy about Beijing O
4、pera （ C ）ATherefore B However CMoreover DOtherwise 8-Can you describe_？-Yes I was walking when a bike knocked me down from behind （ C ）Awhy did the accident happen Bwhen did the accident happen Chow the accident happened Dwhere the accident happened 9-I_you here， but you didnt come-Im terribly sorr
5、y I was so busy that I forgot （ B ）Awould expect B was expecting Cam expecting Dhave expected 10-Are you going to try out for the host of the English party？-_？ It is such a good chance to improve my spoken English （ D ）AWhats up BWhats wrong CWhy me D Why not 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
6、文后各题所给的 A、B、C 、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项11Mrs 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 my 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 co
7、mpetition 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？“ asked Mrs Walker“Then it happened The bubble became as big as a beach ball“ He （4） his arms to show how big it wasA few kids made fa
8、ces-they 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 and out of the window As it sailed away， I noticed something yellow stuck to it Like paper Then I noticed my （7） was missing“So？“ Mrs Walker aske
9、d“I ran after the bubble into Mrs Roosevelts garden I saw her cat attack it The bubble broke All Isaw then was the cat running away 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
10、 too （10） instead of making up that wild story？“Just then， the office worker walked in with a letterWinston opened the letter 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
11、 stuck to my cat， but Im sure Winston can give you a（n） （12） Mrs RooseveltMrs Walker looked up “It was all true!“Yes， madam，“ Winston said quietly（ B ）Aaward Brest C surprise D choice （ D ）A practice Bcreate C exercise D enjoy （ C ）A cleaned Bhurt C covered D hit （ A ）A rounded Bheld Ccrossed Dwaved
12、 （ D ）A hear B notice C remember Dbelieve （ A ）A floated B rode C climbed D stayed （ C ）A bubble Bbook C homework D gum （ D ）A room B cat C desk D garden （ B ）A Generally B Honestly C Finally D Exactly （ A ）A hard B different C common D interesting （ D ）A refused B promised C managed D wanted （ B ）A
13、introduction B explanation C suggestion D instruction 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12Summer 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 themBut a
14、s a saying goes， where there is a will， there is a way， especially for those who like doing ityourself（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 waste-plastic bottlesThe Ec
15、o Cooler is super simple to build-no special 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 bottle-neck sized holes should then be cut onto the board Then， the funnel-shaped（漏斗状） bottl
16、enecks， cut from the plastic bottles， should be put into the holesThe next step is to fix the design onto the window frame（框） with the wider side facing outwards And this is itThe Eco Cooler then works by catching the winds and sending them inside the building It can reduce the temperature of a room
17、 by as much as 5C-a big difference when looking at comfortable 25C compared to uncomfortable 30CThe 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 peo
18、ple build and fix the units，as well as teach them how to make them themselvesYes， the Eco Cooler is not a super high-tech air conditioning system， but it is one that can make abig difference（ B ）When building the Eco Cooler， we should pay special attention to A the shape of the windowB the direction
19、 of bottlenecksC the temperature of the outsideD the weight of the board（ C ）What can we learn from the passage？A Ashis Paul is a clever inventor and a successful businessmanB An Eco Cooler can fix the room temperature to comfortable 25CC The new invention of Eco Cooler is friendly to the environmen
20、tD 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 bottlesB Eco Cooler-a super high-tech air conditionerC Why do we need an Eco Cooler in summer？D A strong-willed inventor and his DIY dream13How to i
21、nvestigatePlanningDecide on a scientific problem to investigateFor example， a student named Mary has decided to research into how quickly sugar dissolves（溶解） in waterWrite down your hypothesisYou may already have an idea of what you expect to happen in your investigation This idea is called your hyp
22、othesis 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 ideaDecide what variables（变量） you are dealing withThings like temperature， size， weight， and colour are called variables Variables are t
23、hings you canmeasure（测量） In your investigation， you have to decide what the variables are， which ones you will keep fixed， and which you will changeYou need to change just one variable at a time If lots of variables change at once it wont be a good testDecide what equipment you need， and in what ord
24、er you will do thingsPrepare tables for your resultsGetting your evidence（数据）Make your measurements， and record your resultsReaching conclusionsLook for patterns in your resultsPresent your conclusionsWhat links（关联） did you find between any of the variables？ How would you explain these links？Checkin
25、g your findingsCompare your conclusions and hypothesisDo your results support your idea？（ D ）What does the underlined word “hypothesis“ most probably mean？A reasonB resultC methodD guess（ A ）In Marys investigation， which of the following about the variables is true？A She can only change one variable
26、 at a timeB Some of the variables cant be measuredC Her weight and age can be the variablesD The temperature of water cannot be a variable（ A ）What is the passage mainly about？A How to do a scientific researchB How to explain a scientific findingC How to deal with a chemistry problemD How to underst
27、and some chemistry knowledge14We 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 eight minutes with our parents and do homework until we fall asleep But then we remember We have
28、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 away to sleep And then six hours later， we do it all over againIn my health class， my teacher told us th
29、at 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 a question： Doesnt it seem more humane（人道的） to give a teenager perhaps two hours of homework each night？ T
30、his 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， therefore reducing the time that we can sleepIn my opinion the present structure（结构） of the junior year of high sch
31、ool 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 for a students growth But do we really need to spend countless hours a night doing it？ Too much homework can only
32、 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 gives A a picture of the present daily life of high school studentsB an example of an ideal daily life of high school st
33、udentsC a reason for high school students to live a busy daily school lifeD a suggestion of what high school students should do to pass ACT（ D ）From the last paragraph we know that the writer thinks A Junior year of high school is the most important growth periodB challenging problems are needed for
34、 a teenagers growthC the ability to think has nothing to do with homeworkD the present structure leads to students often sleeping in class（ C ）Why does the writer write this article？A To prove the role of enough sleep in teenagers growthB To complain about the problems in the system of the ACTC To a
35、sk for a change for less homework and more sleepD To discuss the relationship between sleep and homework15After a while attention to Tom ended， 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 a
36、t 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 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
37、 paper， “Please take it-I got more“ The girl glanced at the words， but made no signNow the boy began to draw something on the paper， 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
38、 worked on， seemingly not aware The girl made some non-committal（含糊的）efforts to see， but the boy did not display that he was aware 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 int
39、erest began to fasten itself upon the work and she forgot everything else When it was finished， she gazed a moment， then whispered：“Its nice-draw a man“The artist created a man in the front yard； she was satisfied， and whispered：“Its a beautiful man-now draw me in it“Tom drew an hour-glass（沙漏） as th
40、e body， a full moon as her head and some arms added to it The girl said：“Its ever so nice-I wish I could draw 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 “Good-thats a deal Whats your name？“（ B ）Wh
41、at probably happened in the classroom before this passage？A The girl introduced herself to the boyB Something noticeable happened to the boyC They had a lesson on how to drawD 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
42、didnt accept itB Eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had gotC Eaten by the girl because they finally became friendsD 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 drawingB The
43、girl didnt want to show interest in the boys drawing noticeablyC The boy didnt notice the girl trying several times to see his drawingD 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 curiosityB Showing off his drawing abilityC Teaching her how to drawD Inviting her to dinner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：每个空格里只填一个单词16When a thought has found words
