2022年江苏省常州市中考英语真题（解析版）.docx

常州市二〇二二年初中学业水平考试
英 语 试 题
注意事项：
1.本试卷共8页，全卷满分为90分。考试时间为100分钟。考生须将答案书写在答題卡上，写在试卷上的一律无效。
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一、单项选择(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
1. —How ________ this question is! I’ve spent two hours on it.
—Let me help you!
A. practical B. general C. difficult D. natural
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意：——这个问题真难！我在它上花了两个小时。——让我来帮助你！
考查形容词辨析。practical实际的；general一般的；difficult困难的；natural自然的。根据“I’ve spent two hours on it”可知，在这个问题上花费了2个小时，说明它很难，故选C。
2. —________ does your school organize an English Reading Festival?
—Once a term.
A. How often B. How old C. How long D. How soon
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】句意：——你们学校多久组织一次英语阅读节？——一学期一次。
考查特殊疑问句。 How often多久一次；How old多大；How long多长；How soon多久。根据答语“Once a term.”可知，此处对频率进行提问，故选A。
3. Learning is a life-long journey, for it brings us ________ new every day.
A. everything B. nothing C. anything D. something
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意：学习是一生的旅程，因为它每天都给我们带来新的东西。
考查不定代词辨析。everything每件事，指所有事物；nothing没有什么，表完全否定；anything任何东西，用于否定句和疑问句代替something；something某物，表不确定，用于肯定句和希望得到肯定回答的疑问句。本句是肯定句，结合“Learning is a life-long journey, for it brings us...new every day.”可知，something new“一些新东西”符合语境，故选D。
4. To achieve our dream, we ________ rest on what we have done.
A may not B. should not C. need not D. could not
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意：为了实现我们的梦想，我们不应该依靠我们已经做了的。
考查动词辨析。may not也许不；should not不应该；need not不需要；could not不能。根据“To achieve our dream, we...rest on what we have done.”可知，此处表示建议，不应该依靠我们已经做了的，故选B。
5. —Why didn’t you open the door for me, Jim?
—I ________ clothes in the bathroom. I didn’t hear the knock.
A. am washing B. have washed C. was washing D. washed
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意：——你为什么不给我开门，吉姆？——我在浴室洗衣服。我没有听到敲门声。
考查时态。根据“Why didn’t you open the door for me, Jim?”和“I...clothes in the bathroom.”可知，强调在过去的时间点正在发生的动作，用过去进行时，故选C。
6. The summer vacation is coming. Don’t swim in the lake, ________ when you are alone.
A. probably B. possibly C. especially D. exactly
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意：暑假快来了。不要在湖里游泳，尤其是一个人的时候。
考查副词辨析。probably可能；possibly可能；especially尤其；exactly确切地。根据“Don’t swim in the lake, ...when you are alone.”可知，不要在湖里游泳，尤其是独自去。故选C。
7. Although the match is moving in an unexpected ________, our team will win finally, I believe.
A. instruction B. introduction C. position D. direction
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意：虽然比赛走向了一个意想不到的方向，但我相信我们队最终会赢。
考查名词辨析。instruction指导；introduction介绍；position位置；direction方向。根据“Although the match is moving in an unexpected..., our team will win finally, I believe.”可知，此处指的是比赛的走向，direction“方向”符合题意，故选D。
8. If you want to keep healthy, going to bed early and getting up early is highly ________.
A. recommended B. challenged C. translated D. influenced
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】句意：如果你想保持健康，强烈建议早睡早起。
考查动词辨析。recommended推荐，建议；challenged挑战；translated翻译；influenced影响。根据“If you want to keep healthy, going to bed early and getting up early is highly...”可知，“早睡早起”是保持健康的建议，故选A。
9. —Mum, do you know ________? An engineer.
—That’s interesting. I guess you often fix things for others in your school.
A. what do my classmates call me B. what my classmates call me
C. why do my classmates call me D. why my classmates call me
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意：——妈妈，你知道我的同学叫我什么吗？一名工程师。——这很有趣。我猜你经常在学校帮别人修东西。
考查宾语从句。此处是宾语从句，需用陈述语序，排除AC；根据“An engineer.”可知，是“叫我什么”，用what。故选B。
10. —It’s necessary for us to spend more time with our grandparents.
—________. They won’t see us often after we go to college.
A. I hope not B. I think so C. I’m sorry D. I’m not sure
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意：——我们有必要花更多的时间和祖父母在一起。——我也这么想。我们上大学后，他们就不会经常见到我们了。
考查情景交际。I hope not我希望不是；I think so我也这么想；I’m sorry我很抱歉；I’m not sure我不确定。根据“It’s necessary for us to spend more time with our grandparents.”和“They won’t see us often after we go to college.”可知，后者赞同前者的看法，故选B。
二、完形填空(共12小题;每小题1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。
The three men were moving down a fast and rocky river. Thornton was in the boat, while Hans and Pete had to move along the river bank, holding the boat with a rope. Buck, the dog, followed them, keeping a(n) ____11____ eye on Thornton.
They came to a more ____12____ part of the river, and the boat started to go too quickly. Hans pulled on the rope to stop it, but pulled it too hard. The boat ____13____, and Thornton was thrown into the water.
Buck jumped in at once and swam three hundred meters until he ____14____ Thornton. Then Buck returned, with Thornton holding his tail. Buck swam towards the river bank. But they moved ____15____. Thornton knew they would not get to the bank quickly enough, so he let go of Buck, held on to a rock in the middle of the water, and ____16____, “Go, Buck, go!”
Buck swam as hard as he could to the bank, and Pete and Hans pulled him out.
It was hard for Thornton to hold on to his rock in that ____17____ water, and his friends knew they had only a few minutes to save him. They ____18____ their rope round Buck, who at once jumped into the river and tried to swim to Thornton. The first time, the water took him ____19____ the rock, and Pete and Hans had to pull him back. The second time, he swam higher up the river. ____20____, the water brought him down to Thornton. Thornton held on to Buck, and Hans and Pete pulled the rope as hard as they could. Man and dog disappeared under the water, ____21____ rocks, turning over and over, sometimes with Buck on top, sometimes Thornton. When Hans and Pete finally pulled them out, both seemed more dead than alive. But after a while their eyes opened and ____22____ returned. They all smiled.
11. A. worried B. satisfied C. surprised D. excited
12. A. important B. famous C. dangerous D. interesting
13. A. turned up B. turned over C. turned down D. turned off
14. A. lost B. saw C. saved D. reached
15. A. carelessly B. slowly C. wisely D. simply
16. A. shouted B. complained C. replied D. joked
17. A. secret B. clear C. dirty D. wild
18. A. tied B. limited C. relaxed D. mixed
19. A. under B. past C. inside D. through
20. A. Otherwise B. Moreover C. However D. Instead
21. A. lifting B. controlling C. hitting D. breaking
22. A. fear B. love C. trust D. life
【答案】11. A 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. B 21. C 22. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，节选自《野性的呼唤》，讲述巴克救了桑顿一命的故事。
【11题详解】
句意：巴克，那条狗，跟在他们后面，焦虑地盯着桑顿。
worried担心的；satisfied满意的；surprised惊讶的；excited激动的。根据“The three men were moving down a fast and rocky river.”可知，三个人正沿着一条湍急多石的河流往下流。所以巴克很担心，故选A。
【12题详解】
句意：他们来到了河中一个更危险的地方，船开得太快了。
important重要的；famous著名的；dangerous危险的；interesting有趣的。根据“and the boat started to go too quickly”并结合前文可知，位置更加危险，故选C。
【13题详解】
句意：船翻了，桑顿被扔进了水里。
turned up出现；turned over翻转；turned down拒绝；turned off关闭。根据“The boat..., and Thornton was thrown into the water.”可知，船翻了，桑顿掉进了水中，故选B。
【14题详解】
句意：巴克立刻跳入水中，游了三百米才游到桑顿身边。
lost丢失；saw看见；saved救，节约；reached到达。根据“Buck jumped in at once and swam three hundred meters until he...Thornton.”可知，巴克游了三百米，才到达桑顿身边，故选D。
【15题详解】
句意：但他们行动缓慢。
carelessly粗心地；slowly缓慢地；wisely明智地；simply简单地。根据“Thornton knew they would not get to the bank quickly enough”可知，桑顿知道他们不会很快到达岸边，所以是缓慢，故选B。
【16题详解】
句意：走，巴克，走！
shouted大叫；complained抱怨；replied回复；joked开玩笑。根据“Go, Buck, go!”可知，是大叫，故选A。
【17题详解】
句意：桑顿很难在汹涌的水中抓住他的岩石，他的朋友们知道他们只有几分钟的时间来救他。
secret秘密的；clear清晰的；dirty脏的；wild汹涌的。根据“It was hard for Thornton to hold on to his rock in that...water, and his friends knew they had only a few minutes to save him.”和前文描述可知，河流很湍急，故选D。
【18题详解】
句意：他们把绳子系在巴克身上，他立刻跳进河里，试图游向桑顿。
tied系；limited限制；relaxed放松；mixed混合。根据“They...their rope round Buck”可知，把绳子系到巴克身上，故选A。
【19题详解】
句意：第一次，水把他冲过了岩石，皮特和汉斯不得不把他拉回来。
under在……下；past经过；inside在……里面；through通过。根据“the water took him...the rock, and Pete and Hans had to pull him back.”可知，水把他冲过了岩石，故选B。
【20题详解】
句意：此外，河水把他带到桑顿那里。
Otherwise否则；Moreover此外；However然而；Instead而不是。根据“The second time, he swam higher up the river. ..., the water brought him down to Thornton.”可知，此处描述巴克游得比水高，河水把他带到桑顿那里，前后动作连贯，故选B。
【21题详解】
句意：人和狗消失在水中，撞在岩石上，翻来覆去，有时巴克在上面，有时桑顿在上面。
lifting举起；controlling控制；hitting撞；breaking打破。根据“Man and dog disappeared under the water, ...rocks, turning over and over, sometimes with Buck on top, sometimes Thornton.”可知，水流湍急，所以撞来撞去，故选C。
【22题详解】
句意：但过了一会儿，他们睁开了眼睛，身上恢复了生命力。
fear害怕；love爱；trust信任；life生活。根据“But after a while their eyes opened and...returned. They all smiled.”可知，拉出来时，两人都显得死气沉沉，但是一会身上恢复了生命力，故选D。
三、阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28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。
A
The Beijing 2022 Olympics was the most gender-balanced (性别平衡的) Winter Olympic Games in history, with more than 1,300 female athletes — a record number — competing at the events, making up more than 45 percent of all athletes. Here are some female athletes whose achievements in Beijing amazed the world.
Team China’s teenage hero Gu Ailing, 18, is the youngest athlete to win three medals at a Winter Olympics. The freeski player won two gold medals and a silver in three events.
Russia’s skating silver medalist Alexandra Trusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps (四周跳) during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has ever finished five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
British women’s curling (冰壶) team won the country’s only gold medal by having a 10-3 win against Japan on the last day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. This was also the country’s first curling gold after 2002.
Almida de Val, a 24-year-old Swedish IT engineer, together with her teammate, took the third place in curling mixed doubles. She took a leave from her company to take part in the Olympics.

23. How many athletes took part in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games?
A. Around 1,300. B. Around 1,580. C. Around 2,880. D. Around 4,460.
24. Who took a silver medal in the competition?
A. Gu Ailing. B. British women’s curling team.
C. Almida de Val. D. Almida de Val’s teammate.
25. What do we know about Alexandra Trusova?
A. She is the youngest athlete in the 2022 Olympic Games.
B. She took the first place in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
C. She worked as an IT engineer before becoming a skating player.
D. She is the first female to complete five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
【答案】23. C 24. A 25. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了几位北京冬奥会上的女性运动员。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据“The Beijing 2022 Olympics was the most gender-balanced(性别平衡的) Winter Olympic Games in history, with more than 1,300 female athletes—a record number—competing at the events, making up more than 45 percent of all athletes.”可知，北京2022年冬奥会共有1300多名女性运动员参赛，这一数字创下纪录，占所有运动员的45%以上。所以大约有2800名运动员参赛，故选C。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The freeski player won two gold medals and a silver in three events.”可知，谷爱凌在三个项目中获得两枚金牌和一枚银牌。故选A。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Russia’s skating silver medalist Alexandra Trusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps(四周跳) during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics.”可知，17岁的俄罗斯花样滑冰银牌得主亚历山德拉·特鲁索娃在北京冬奥会自由泳比赛中以五次四跳惊艳世界。故选D。
B
This is a typical(典型) day for Yang Jinlong.
At 9 a. m. , he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, to teach students about Shaanxi kuaiban. It is a traditional Chinese form of storytelling to the rhythm(节奏) of bamboo clappers(响板), which the art form is named after. Sometimes, he helps students prepare for competitions. Usually, his classes run until about 6. p.m. , and then he returns home to prepare classes for the next day.
On June 10, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced 325 national intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) items in Beijing, increasing the list to 1, 557 items. Shaanxi kuaiban, which appeared during the late Qing Dynasty, has been included. The art form has been introduced to local schools as part of their art education.
Yang has been teaching young people the art form since 2003 after graduating from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. He studied quyi there. Quyi is general term for Chinese folk art forms, including storytelling, crosstalk and clapper talk.
“Art education is important for students in China. Just as many students learn to play Western musical instruments like the piano and violin, there are many people learning traditional Chinese folk arts, including Shaanxi kuaiban, which I’ll work for my whole life,” he said.
Kuaiban is popular in northern China, including Beijing and Tianjin. According to Yang, Shaanxi kuaiban was influenced by the art of different areas. The art form can be played by a group of players or only one. With one or two pairs of kuaiban of different sizes in hand, the players speak in the local dialect(方言) while telling stories, which are usually about heroes. The player tells stories while playing kuaiban, and it’s easy for the watchers to remember the stories since all the lines rhym.
Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our country.
26. Why is today a typical day for Yang Jinlong?
A. He is teaching students about kuaiban as usual.
B. His work starts at 9 and lasts 6 hours like every day.
C. He is preparing for a kuaiban competition today.
D. His life today is as busy and boring as every day.
27. Which of the following about Shaanxi kuaiban is TRUE?
A. It is named after the Shaanxi dialect.
B. It is listed in the national intangible cultural heritage.
C. It is more popular than the piano and violin in northern China.
D. It is played to tell stories usually about common people.
28. Which of the following best describes Yang Jinlong?
A. Devoted. B. Stressed. C. Generous. D. Curious.
29. Why does the writer report Yang Jinlong’s story?
A. To show how to play Shaanxi kuaiban in the local dialect.
B. To tell the difference between Chinese and Western arts.
C. To prove that kuaiban players are living a busy life.
D. To praise the work of spreading traditional Chinese art.
【答案】26. A 27. B 28. A 29. D
【解析】
【导语】本文主要讲述了杨金龙和他教学生们陕西快板的故事。
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据“At 9 a. m. , he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, to teach students about Shaanxi kuaiban”可知，因为他和往常一样去教学生快板，故选A。
【27题详解】
细节理解题。根据“On June 10, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced 325 national intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) items in Beijing, increasing the list to 1, 557 items. Shaanxi kuaiban, which appeared during the late Qing Dynasty, has been included”可知，陕西快板被列为国家级非物质文化遗产，故选B。
【28题详解】
推理判断题。根据“including Shaanxi kuaiban, which I’ll work for my whole life”及“Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our country”可知，杨金龙将为快板奉献一生，他也将中国文化传递下去，由此可推断他是有奉献精神的，故选A。
【29题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our country”可知，作者想通过杨金龙通过教授学生快板来传递中国文化的故事，来赞扬传播中国传统艺术的作品，故选D。
C
Researchers are using an underwater drone (无人机) to get information on carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in the ocean. It is believed to be the first time that such a device (装置) has been used purposely to test CO₂ levels.
The device, which the team also calls a glider, is designed