1、常州市英语中考试题解析常州市二一七年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试英语试题 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题卡上，写在试卷上的一律无效。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试证号填写在试卷上，并填写答题卡上的考生信息。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(2017江苏常州) 1. _ is it since you left your primary school?A. How old B. How
2、 long C. How far D. How soon1.B【解析】考查特殊疑问词辨析。句意：你离开小学有多久了？since引导的时间状语从句提示主句提问一段时间，用how long表示“多久。”how old询问年龄，how far询问距离多远，how soon提问多久之后，都与句意不符。(2017江苏常州) 2. How nice your dictionary is！Where did you get _ ？Id like to buy _，too. In the shop in the city centre.A. it; one B. one; one C. one; it D.
3、it; it2.A【解析】考查代词用法辨析。句意：你的字典真好！你在哪里买的？我也想买一本。在市中心的商店。代词it代替前文出现过的名词，指同一物品；one表示同类名词中的“一、一个”。(2017江苏常州) 3.My mother wont allow my father to drive _ he promises to give up drinking.A. unless B. since C. if D. after3.A【解析】考查连词辨析。句意：除非我父亲承诺戒酒，否则我妈妈不会允许我父亲开车了。前文的否定意义提示下文用unless引导条件状语从句，表示“除非、如果不”，同if no
4、t。(2017江苏常州) 4.A child should be encouraged to tell the truth instead of _ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong.A. taking up B. putting up C. making up D. setting up4.C【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：应当鼓励孩子说真话，而不是当他或她犯错时编造谎话。take up占据；从事，put up搭起；举起，set up建立。动词短语make up表示“编造借口、编造理由”等，和story“故事；假话”构成动
5、宾短语，符合句意。(2017江苏常州) 5. Will Dad be back home at 6 oclock this evening？ He should, but he _ not. Sometimes he exercises after work.A. can B. must C. need D. may5.D【解析】考查情态动词辨析。句意：爸爸今晚会在6点钟回家吗？他应该会，但是也许不会。有事他下班后要做锻炼。答语中but表示的转折，句意提示下文用may表示“或许”表示可能性。(2017江苏常州) 6. Could you tell me how to behave polite
6、ly in public in the UK? Yes. _ , you should keep your voice down and always queue.A. After all B. First of all C. In all D. At all6.B【解析】考查副词短语。句意：你能告诉我在英国如何在公共场合举止文明吗？好。首先，你应当放低声音，总是要讲究秩序。After all毕竟，in all总共，at all根本。回答上文的“如何举止文明”用first of all表示次序、顺序上的“首先”，符合句意。(2017江苏常州) 7. Why doesnt the surgeon
7、 stop _ lunch? Because he is too busy _ a dying patient in the operation room.A. to have; to save B. having; to saveC. to have; saving D. having; saving7.C【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：为什么这名外科医生不听下来吃午饭？因为他在手术室拼命忙着挽救一位濒危病人。stop to do sth是“停下来（去做）某事”；“忙于做某事”用be busy doing表达。(2017江苏常州) 8.Ill never forget the town in
8、which there _ a clean river and many big tall trees.A. used to be B. used to haveC. was used to being D. was used to having8.A【解析】考查there be句型和非谓语动词。句意：我永远不会忘记那个曾经有一条清澈的河流和许多高大的树木的城镇。there be句型表示有，排除B、D；used to表示“过去常常”，后跟动词原形。(2017江苏常州) 9.The shopping mall _ for two years, but I _ there only once.A.
9、 has opened; have gone B. has opened; have beenC. has been open; have gone D. has been open; have been9.D【解析】考查时间段和延续性动词连用及have(has) been和have(has) gone的区别。open用作形容词表示“开业的”，be open表示“状态”和表示一段时间的时间状语连用，open用作动词时是非延续性动词，排除A、B；下文only once“仅有一次”提示主语I 后用have been表示“去过。”故选D。(2017江苏常州) 10. Could you look a
10、fter my plants while Im away on business, please? _ , Ill water them on time.A. Come on B. With pleasureC. Take it easy D. Youre welcome10.B【解析】考查情景交际。句意：我在出差时，请你照看一下我的花草行吗？很乐意帮忙，我会按时给他们浇水。could引导的一般疑问句表示委婉的请求，用with pleasure“很高兴帮忙”来应答对方的请求。come on加油，take it easy慢慢来，Youre welcome不用谢，不客气。二、(2017江苏常州)完
11、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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑On the first day of my 11th grade, I wasnt excited when I looked at my timetable and saw “Biology II Robin Haworth, Room 301”. I had never liked biology and I found it _11_. After I entered the room, I took a seat in the very back
12、and _12_ for my new teacher. The bell rang and Mrs Haworth entered the classroom. She began to tell us how her class was going to be difficult and that if we werent up to the _13_, she would gladly let us leave.The class required lots of _14_. This was especially hard for me because I was balancing
13、a new school with a new part-time job. My grades soon began to _15_. Just as I began to appear in a seat of D, Mrs Haworth asked me what was up. I told her about the difficulty I was having. She listened to me and I knew she truly _16_ my life and my problems. She told me that she _17_ me but that I
14、 needed to learn how to manage my time better. Mrs Haworth greatly _18_ my ability by helping me learn to solve my problems on my own. If I got a C in a test, she would hand it _19_ and asked me to deal with the ones I missed and tell her why. She _20_ increased my grades but taught me how to study
15、harder. I got to know that if I had done my best for the first time I did it. I wouldnt have so many _21_ . And after many trials, my grades became better.I had never had a(n) _22_ who opened up to me and treated me as her equal. Over the past years she has taught me that if I want to be excellent,
16、I am the one who can make that happen. 11.A. amazing B. practical C. boring D. important12.A. prepared B. wished C. searched D. waited13.A. experience B. challenge C. education D. value14.A. competition B. attention C. conversation D. creation15.A. fall B. change C. improve D. miss16.A. cheered for
17、B. cared about C. looked after D. believed in17.A. understood B. recommended C. admired D. remembered18.A. supported B. influenced C. developed D. displayed19.A. back B. in C. out D. over20.A. even B. ever C. sometimes D. never21.A. business B. mysteries C. differences D. mistakes22.A. friend B. lea
18、der C. adult D. parent题材：成长故事【主旨大意】作者在进入11年级后的第一天就遇到了自己从不喜欢的生物课。由于作者还要平衡新的学校的学习和刚找到的零工，生物学习开始出现在D的等级。生物老师霍沃斯夫人关注作者面对的困境，她引导作者有效管理利用自己的时间，是她激发了作者的潜力，使作者认识到命运掌握在自己的手中。11.C【解析】考查形容词辨析。前文“从不喜欢生物”提示空格处用形容词boring“无聊的；没有意思的”。12.D【解析】考查动词辨析。前文“在后面就坐”提示下文用动词wait和for连用，wait for sb意为“等候某人”。13.B【解析】考查名词辨析。承接上文“
19、她的生物课很难”提示用challenge表示“挑战”，be up to the challenge表示“面对挑战”，符合句意“如果我们不面对挑战，她将很高兴让我们离开”。14.B【解析】考查名词辨析。用名词attention“注意；关注”作动词require 的宾语，require lots of attention表示“需要大量的精力”，和下文意义“这对我尤其难，因为我要平衡新学校的学习和刚找到的零工”意义呼应。15.A【解析】考查动词辨析。下文“出现在D的位次”提示用动词fall“下降”，符合句意“我的成绩很快开始下降”。16.B【解析】考查动词短语辨析。下文的life and probl
20、ems提示用动词短语care about“关注；关心”，符合句意“我知道她真得很担心我的生活和困难”。17.A【解析】考查动词辨析。承接上文，用understand sb表示“理解某人”，符合句意“她告诉我她理解我，但我需要学会如何更有效地管理我的时间”。18.C【解析】考查动词辨析。下文“通过帮我学会独自解决问题”，提示用动词develop“发展；开发”和名词ability构成动宾短语，表示“发挥能力；培养能力”，符合句意“霍沃斯夫人极大地开发了我的能力”。19. C【解析】考查副词辨析。下文“让我处理漏掉的东西并告诉她原因”提示用over和hand搭配，hand it over意为“把它递
21、给我”。20.D【解析】考查副词辨析。下文的but提示用副词never，构成neverbut，意为“从不，而是”，符合句意“她从来不是提高我的成绩，而是教我如何更加努力地学习”。21.D【解析】考查名词辨析。承接上文句意“如果我刚开始就尽全力去学习”提示下文意为“我也就不会犯这么多错误”，用mistake表示“错误”。22.C【解析】考查名词辨析。作者是位学生，他的老师是成年人，用adult表示“成年人”，符合句意“我从来没有遇到过一位对我敞开心扉，平等对待我的成年人”。三、(2017江苏常州)阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项
22、中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑A(2017江苏常州)The Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is coming!It will host nearly 120 family-friendly activities from April 11 to April 17. More than 40 writers and storytellers, including local writers Monique Polak and Lydia Lukidis, will be joining in educational activities. It h
23、opes to bring citizens of different cultures together to enjoy reading and literature. Here are some of the events of this years festival.Tuesday, April 12, at 10 : 00 a. m.Activity: The writer Monique Polak, who comes from Montreal, will discuss her new detective book and hold a workshop for kids b
24、etween the ages of 9 and 12 on how they can be skilled at writing their own detective tales.Location: Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave.Tuesday, April 12, at 4 : 00 p. m.Activity: Lydia Lukidis, the local childrens writer, will be giving a talk about the word of folk tales for kids aged 6 to 10. Luki
25、dis will present different folk tales, and then the kids will try their hand at coming up with their own stories.Location: Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St.Wednesday, April 13, at 10 : 00 a. m.Activity: Helaine Becker will help kids aged 6 and up master all the detailed facts of comedy writing
26、and cartoons.Location: Ecole St., Germain d Outremont, 46 Vincent d Indy Ave.Wednesday, April 13, at 1: 30 p. m.Activity: High school students will be presenting videos they created honouring the unsung heroes of the Second World War.Location: The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St.23.
27、The festival is held mainly to _.A. encourage the cultural exchange from different areasB. invite famous writers to introduce their new books to their fansC. help people from different countries to build good relationshipsD. gather people from different cultures to enjoy reading and literature24.Wha
28、t can you learn from the local childrens writer Lydia Lukidis?A. The content of the new detective book.B. Tips for telling and writing folk tales.C. The method of coming up with new comedies.D. The unknown heroes of the Second World War.25. If an 8-year-old boy likes comedies and cartoons, he can go
29、 to _.A. Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave on TuesdayB. Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St. on TuesdayC. Ecole St., Germain d Outremont, 46 Vincent d Indy Ave on WednesdayD. The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St. on Wednesday题材：文化教育【主旨大意】短文介绍了蓝色都市文学节的相关信息。23.D【解析】细节理解题。短文句子It hopes
30、to bring citizens of different cultures together to enjoy reading and literature.提示和D项“聚集不同文化的人们享受阅读和文学”意义相符。24.B【解析】细节理解题。通过giving a talk about the word of folk tales for kids aged 6 to 10“给610岁的孩子作讲故事的报告”和the kids will try their hand at coming up with their own stories“孩子们试水编写自己的故事”可知B项“学到讲民间故事和编写
31、民间故事的技巧”对应。25.C【解析】细节理解题。以comedy和cartoon“喜剧和卡通”为线索，找到Helaine Becker 的相关信息，可知举办地点是C项。B(2017江苏常州)A 22-year-old British student has invented a mobile fridge that could save millions of lives across the world.Will Broadways “Isobar” has been designed to keep vaccines（疫苗）at the ideal temperature while they are being sent in developing countries. And Will doesnt plan to make money from his creation. His purpose is t
