2018年无锡市中考英语试卷及答案.doc

2018年江苏省无锡市中考英语试题
第I卷(客观题 共50分)
一、单项选择 在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。(本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分)
1. Let’s put the piano over there, __________ the wall.
A. above B. against C. across D. around
2. You do not win respect by showing __________ you are, but what you’re able to do.
A. where B. who C. how D. when
3. —I’m planning to climb Mount Huang this summer. Would you like to come along?
—Wow! That would be exciting __________ challenging. I’m in!
A. as well as B. as good as C. as long as D. as far as
4. You’re the future of this country. Don’t keep asking what this country can do for you. Ask
__________ what you can do for this country.
A. us B. ourselves C. you D. yourselves
5. —It’s said that drinking coffee __________ cancer. Do I have to give it up?
—Relax! Not everything on Wechat is true. In fact, a coffee a day keeps the doctor away.
A. causes B. has caused C. caused D. had caused
6. He stayed up very late that night. __________ he woke up in the morning, the sun was already high up in the sky.
A. Until B. After C. While D. As
7. It’s not __________ to be friendly. You have to be a friend. Go and talk to Sam.
A. good enough B. late enough C. too good D. too late
8. —Didn’t you see the zebra crossing? You __________ slow down, son!
—Sorry, sir. Am I going to fail the test?
A. can’t B. can C. mustn’t D. must
9. —Do you watch Peppa Pig on TV? It’s so funny!
— Well, no, to be __________, I think it’s quite silly.
A. curious B. brave C. gentle D. honest
10. The king didn’t take any notice of the noise in the crowd and __________ with the parade.
A. carry on B. carry out C. carried on D. carried out
11. —I don’t care __________. In this camp, there’s only one hairstyle-short! Understand?
—Yes, madam!
A. what you are used to liking B. what you used to be like
C. what are you used to liking D. what did you use to be like
12. The air pollution in the small town is getting worse. People have to wear thick masks almost every day. __________ !
A. What a shame B. What shame C. What a surprise D. What surprise
13. I don’t have much money, but I’d like to buy my dad something really special, if you know what I __________.
A. want B. care C. mean D. prefer
14. —Chris didn’t even look at me. I did say hello to him with a big smile!
— __________. But that is just so Chris. He’s always living in his own world.
A. No wonder B. No worries C. I bet you did D. I doubt you did
二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，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。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
Kevin and his friend Mike loved to play soccer and they often met at the old bench after school, They couldn’t 15 a real soccer ball, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks and plastic tape. It was not beautiful, but it worked well. Mike was not a good player, yet the two friends kicked and ran until the sun turned the sky pale 16 .
One afternoon, the home-made ball was spinning across the grass when is was 17 stopped by someone. It was Steven, a strong soccer player.
“Look at you two with your 18 ball and old trainers,” Steven laughed and said.
The next day was Kevin’s birthday, and his uncle bought him a pair of new trainers and a new soccer ball.
That afternoon, Steven 19 Kevin to play soccer. Kevin did not want Mike to go with them. Mike’s trainers were old and he had little 20 for soccer. When the game was over, Kevin walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. He walked on and did not look 21 .
One afternoon as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something 22 under it. He looked closer and found that it was the home-made ball. Kevin felt sad. As his sadness turned to 23 , he kicked his new soccer ball into the air. Up it flew, higher and higher, until it was a small dot(点)in the sky. Kevin walked to the bench and picked up the home-made ball.
Holding it in his hands, he sat down on the old bench and 24 .
15. A. offer B. collect C. afford D. borrow
16. A. blue B. orange C. white D. green
17. A. suddenly B. slowly C. finally D. easily
18. A. cute B. stupid C. ideal D. tiny
19. A. refused B. allowed C. invited D. ordered
20. A. money B. time C. interest D. talent
21. A. up B. back C. out D. down
22. A. lying B. bumping C. tying D. spinning
23. A. happiness B. strength C. pride D. anger
24. A. laughed B. complained C. waited D. watched
三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分)
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Please read the advertisement and the email. Then answer Questions 25-27.
SUNSHINE SPORTS CLUB
CLASSES
Swimming Tennis
Thursday or Sunday Thursday or Saturday
2 p.m. or 7 p.m. 2 p.m. or 8 p.m.
Price of courses:
Daytime $40 per person
Evenings $50 per person

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To: shirley@
Cc/Bcc, From: tony@
Subject: Sports courses
Hi dear,
Could you book a sports course for the three of us-us two and Bobby? Cindy is too little for that. Let’s have tennis lessons- we can do swimming in the summer. The weekend isn’t good for me-it has to be Thursday. Also, Bobby’s music lesson is at 2pm, so we have to do the later class. It costs more, but never mind.
Love, Tony
25. Who would like to book a sports course?
A. Shirley. B. Tony. C. Bobby. D. Cindy.
26. Which lessons are they probably going to have?
A. Tennis (Thursday-8 p.m.). B. Tennis (Saturday-2 p.m.).
C. Swimming (Thursday-7 p.m.). D. Swimming (Sunday-2 p.m.).
27. How much will they have to pay for the course?
A. $120. B. $150. C. $160. D. $200.
B
Mind Maps
Mind maps are a great way of showing a picture of information that you need to learn. You can use mind maps for all kinds of learning. They work very well for vocabulary when you are learning a new language.
1 Draw a circle in the middle of the page and write the vocabulary subject in the middle. For example:
transport
2 Brainstorm some word groups for ‘transport’ and think of headings for each one. For example:
sea transport
land transport
air transport
For each one, draw a short line from the centre circle outwards. Add another circle and write the new group word in the middle.
3 Look at each group and try to add more groups. For example, in ‘land transport’ there are two sub-groups;
●road
●rail
Draw two more lines, add two more circles and write the two new headings inside them.
4 When you can’t make any new groups, add a line for each word you know. Write the words along the lines or, if you have space, write them inside more circles.
5 As you learn new vocabulary, add it to the mind map.
6 To make the mind maps even better, use colour to show important ideas or parts of the map.

28. The instructions above mainly show us __________.
A. what mind maps are B. how to draw mind maps
C. what mind maps can do D. how to make mind maps better
29. What can we learn about mind maps?
A. Mind maps are usually started with a line.
B. Mind maps should be simple, with no colour.
C. A mind map is only used for language learning.
D. A mind map is a picture with useful information.
30. Which of the following shows the right order of making a mind map?
a. Draw a circle in the middle of the page.
b. Add new circles and write the group words ‘sea’, ‘land’ and ‘air’ in them.
c. Write ‘transport’ in the middle of the circle.
d. Brainstorm some word groups for ‘transport’.
A. a-c-d-b. B. a-d-c-b C. d-a-c-b. D. d-a-b-c.
C
Sarah stood in front of the mirror(镜子). “It looks like a raincoat on me,” she said.
“Perhaps the blue,” said Mama, gently.
“Sure,” the shopkeeper said. But when he took the blue coat, there on the shelf behind all of the dark coats, hidden like a spring flower in winter darkness, there, as if by magic, was a pink coat.
“A pink coat!” Sarah cried. “I want the pink coat.”
“That coat is smaller than the other ones,” Papa said.
Sarah spoke up. “I’m small, too. Papa, please let me try it on, Mama? Please?”
“It wouldn’t hurt to let her try it on,” Mama said.
Without a word, the shopkeeper took the coat from the shelf and held it for Sarah.
“Ohhh!” Sarah said. The coat was smooth and shiny inside like her sister Sylvia’s blouses. “Ahhh!”
Sarah stood very straight and looked in the mirror. She looked for a very long time. In the pink coat she looked like a spring flower.
“Sarah!” Mama said.
Sarah looked up. Mama was standing behind her. She was holding the brown coat.
“I’m afraid the pink coat will only fit one year,” Mama said, taking a step closer.
“And there’s no one to pass it on to,” said Papa.
And the shopkeeper said, “It’s wise to save money.”
Sarah backed away. No one was going to put her into a raincoat again. She wanted to be a flower.
“Sarah!” It was Papa. He came over to her. “You’re old enough to know that you can’t always have your own way,” he said seriously.
“Wise and true,” said the shopkeeper.
Sarah took off the pink coat, slowly.
“It is her colour, though,” Mama said.
“Ahh,” said the shopkeeper. “Anyone can see how the pink of the coat brings out the roses in her face.”
Papa looked thoughtful for a moment.
“We are lucky.” continued Mama, “that it is only one little coat for Sarah and not also new coats for Sylvia and Susan and Sally.”
Papa looked from the brown coat to the pink coat. “The cows will give milk soon enough,” he said “And how can we let Sarah wear a brown coat when she looks like a flower in this one?”
“Papa!” Sarah cried, putting on the pink coat back, quickly. She threw her arms around Papa’s neck. “ 33 ” she whispered.
“Like a rose in spring,” Papa said.
31. What did Sarah try on first?
A. A big pink coat. B. A small pink coat. C. A big brown coat. D. A small brown coat.
32. Why did Mama want Sarah to try brown and blue?
A. Because Sarah looked better in them. B. Because Sarah could wear them longer.
C. Because they were big enough for Sarah. D. Because they cost less than the pink one.
33. What did Sarah most probably say to Papa in the end?
A. How do I look? B. How does the coat look?
C. I do look like a flower, don’t I? D. The coat looks nice, doesn’t it?
D
From Asia to America and everywhere in between, Swing-an energetic form of dance that includes six-step and eight-step rhythms(节奏) - has taken the world by storm. Making a recent comeback, swing dance floors have popped up all over the world. Many clubs make fans of Swing happy by holding nights when swing music is played, and sometimes even offering classes to attract customers.
Though Swing is now popular worldwide, it first appeared alongside the jazz movements of the 1920s and 1930s in New York City. While listening to jazz, the young black people of that time developed the movements of the Lindy Hop - a style of dance that is best known for a break away or ‘swing out’ move and sudden improvisation(即兴表演).
It was reportedly given this name when a reporter was interviewing a person at the dance hall who was watching other couples dance. When asked what that dance was called, the watcher looked at a newspaper next to him that had an article about Lindbergh- the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic(大西洋)-which was titled, ‘Lindy Hops the Atlantic’. Then the watcher announced that the ‘Lindy Hop’ was the name of the dance, and it has stuck since then.
In 1926, the Savoy Ballroom was the first large business to offer a place for people to listen to swing music and dance. With its huge dance floor, the Savoy became a big success overnight, attracting some of the best dancers and musicians in the New York area.
Within ten years, the Lindy Hops was sweeping through the United States and became a symbol of unity, as young people of all racial(种族的)backgrounds crowded into dance halls to swing the night away. Traditional dance teachers did not welcome it because they thought it was not even a real dance and were quite sure about its demise but Swing has proved them wrong; it continues to be one of the world’s most fun dances.
34. The writing purpose of this passage is __________.
A. to introduce a popular form of dance
B. to discover the fun secrets of a dance
C. to tell stories about an energetic dance
D. to describe the special moves of a dance
35. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to ‘demise’?
A. Challenge. B. Change. C. Development. D. Death.
36. What can we learn about Swing?
A. It’s a lively dance with strict rules.
B. It has a close connection to a pilot.
C. It has a history of around 90 years.
D. It attracts mostly young black people.
37. What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
A. The dance style will soon be accepted by traditional dance teachers.
B. The name was changed from ‘Lindy Hop’ to ‘Swing’ in the 1940s.
C. The movements of different Swing dancers always look the same.
D. The dance might have become unpopular sometime in its history.

第II卷(主观题 共40分)
四、词汇运用 (本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
38. Hey! What are you listening to? It’s a __________ (私人的)conversation.
39. When you have the __________ (选择)of being right or being kind, choose kind.
40. It’s a tradition of this school to __________ (命名)its buildings after great people.
41. Frank hasn’t got any hobbies- __________ (除非)you call watching TV a hobby.
(B) 根据句意，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
42. —I really hate myself for what I said to Mum the other day.
—I know the __________ (feel). It’s awful, isn’t it?
43. How can I trust you? You’ve __________ (lie) to me again and again.
44. It’s __________ (high) possible that humans have to move to Mars in the future.
45. The tourists had waited at the airport for two hours. They were getting __________ (patient).

五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)
46. I’d like to give my thanks to Alice for __________ (share) her exciting experiences in Africa.
47. You __________ (promise) to take our boy to Disneyland last year. Don’t let him down again.
48. The survey shows that few people believe robots __________ (control) our planet one day.
49. —You look absent-minded. __________you __________ (expect) someone?
—Yes. My e-friend is coming over. We’ve never seen each other before.
50. “How am I supposed __________ (live) without you?” Jane said to Dad, tears in eyes.
51. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you __________ (not find) it yet, keep looking.
52. —Oh dear! My mobile phone has turned into a brick. It’s not working at all.
—Well, it __________ (happen). Take off the battery and put it back on later.
53. Stephen Hawking __________ (consider) to be ‘the greatest scientist in history’, along with Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
六、阅读填空 先通过读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。(本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分)
In many children’s stories, a girl meets a prince and falls in love. They get married and live ‘happily ever after’.
As a child, Meghan Markle may never have imagined marrying a prince. But that