1、英语中考卷 常州市二一三年初中毕业、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, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项黑。1. Have you got any books on English grammar? I want to borrow . Yes, here y
2、ou are. But you must return it by Friday.A. one B. it C. some D. that2. I will buy you a new bike if you learn how to swim this summer. Is that a ? Im sure Ill get the bike.A. chance B. promise C. trick D. treat3. He speaks English French. Instead, he speaks German.A. either ; or B. not only ; but a
3、lsoC. both ; and D. neither ; nor4. Shall I take my swimming suit? No, you . We wilt just go hiking in the mountain.A. mustnt B. couldnt C. neednt D. cant5. He offered valuable advice that people disagreed.A. such; a few B. such; few C. so; a few D. so; few6. This listening material, together with i
4、ts CD-ROMs, well.A. sells B. sell C. is sold D. are sold7. Why are you worried? Im expecting a call from my daughter. She New York for three days.A. has gone to B. has been to C. has been in D. has come in8. Many social workers went to Yaan to help clean water and food to local people to reduce thei
5、r pain from the earthquake.A. put out B. come out C. work out D. give out9. How soon will you start your journey? Im not sure. I havent decided .A. when shall I ask the boss for leaveB. where I will go to spend the holidayC. whether I would go by train or by planeD. who could invite me to go10. How
6、did you find the trip to the West Lake? .A. The guide took us there B. First by train and then by busC. Very fantastic indeed D. It was not far from our hotel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, 并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。You know, Ann, my friend Nick said, Lisa and Anita were just ta
7、lking about you. I immediately got 11 . They said that you join the Students Union just because the teacher likes you, not because youre excellent.I 12 to keep myself from crying, getting down to my knees. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I felt I was 13 . Lisa a
8、nd Anita came in, acting as if(好像). 14 had happened. Lisa was still my deskmate and Anita was still my partner for our history project. I was 15 that they were able to pretend(假装) we had the perfect friendship, 16 since theyd said such hurtful things.I felt like I didnt have a friend in the world, a
9、ll because of a rumor(谣言). The tongue(舌头) can be our worst 17 . Rumors do harm to friendship. They are like sharp knives, breaking ones dignity(尊严) into pieces. When we say 18 things about others, were hurting their hearts. So how was I to act next? I thought of 19 them back. But instead, I told the
10、m directly they had hurt me. Lisa started 20 and Anita was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They said sorry to me, and I forgave them 21 I was still unhappy. Sure, things were a little embarrassing(尴尬的) at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had be
11、en before. I still 22 rumors from time to time. Talking about others is part of our life, but the more I learn about friendship, the more I realize the importance of tolerating(宽容) others.11. A. relaxed B. nervous C. scared D. energetic12. A. struggled B. decided C. continued D. preferred13. A. diff
12、erent B. wrong C. sick D. alone14. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing15. A. surprised B. satisfied C. frightened D. worried16. A. simply B. especially C. obviously D. probably17. A. criminal B. victim C. suspect D. enemy18. A. unpopular B. unlucky C. unkind D. unusual19. A. attacking
13、B. keeping C. bringing D. pulling20. A. shouting B. arguing C. fighting D. crying21. A. because B. although C. after D. unless22. A. play with B. agree with C. deal with D. help with三、阅读理解(共13小题；每小题2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, 并在题卡上将该项涂黑。AWe were doing our best to control the fir
14、e of the burning garage(车库). Outside, I heard the sound of cats crying. I couldnt stop I would have to look for the cats after the fire was put out.It took a long time to finally bring the big fire under control. No one inside was hurt. At that point I was free to find out where the cat noises were
15、from. There was still a lot of smoke and heat coming from the building. I followed the meowing to the sidewalk in front of the garage. There, crying and huddled(挤作一团) together, were five frightened kittens(小猫). They must have been inside the building, as their fur was badly burned.I wanted to find t
16、he mother. It was obvious that she had gone into the burning garage and carried out all her babies, one by one unbelievable.We finally found her. Her face and paws were blackened, and her fur was burned all over. You could even see her reddened skin under the burned fur. She could hardly move. I pic
17、ked her up, and she relaxed in my arms as much as her pain would allow. I was determined(下定决心) to save this brave little cat and her family. The veterinarian(兽医) told me they would watch the kittens and their mother for the night, but they werent confident about the mothers chances. About a week lat
18、er, I found out she was going to live. We named her Scarlet because of her reddened skin.I was happy to see Scarlet get together with the kittens again. She touched each of them, nose to nose. She had risked her life five times and it had paid off. All of her babies had survived.As a firefighter, I
19、see heroic acts every day. But what Scarlet showed me that day was the kind of bravery that can only come from a mothers love.23. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?A. The writer went to look for the cats as soon as he heard them crying.B. The firefighters put out the fire quickly
20、 and no one was hurt.C. The writer didnt find the cats until the smoke and heat were gone.D. The mother cat moved all her babies out of the fire to a safe place.24. Why was the writer determined to save the cats?A. Because he was amazed at the mother cats courage.B. Because the cats attracted many p
21、eoples attention.C. Because he didnt want to see any living things die.D. Because it had taken him much time and effort to find them.25. The writer talks about the cats story mainly to show thatA. animals should be taken good care of B. mothers love can be great and braveC. it is meaningful to help
22、others D. a cat always has nine livesBHave you ever noticed that your fingertips are wrinkled(起皱)when youve just finished swimming or washing dishes? It seems as if your hands have aged 30 years in a secondBut is this an accident? Or is it something that nature has bunt into our bodies?If your finge
23、rs wrinkling up had no use at all, “it wouldnt need to,” Professor Tom Smulders from Newcastle University, UK, told BBC News. By studying wet fingers closely, Smulders and his partners found that the wrinkles looked a bit like the patterns(花纹) on a car tire(轮胎) or on the bottom of a running shoe. So
24、 they made a guess that wrinkles on fingers might be able to help the hand hold things more tightly.To test this, researchers asked 20 people to pick up marbles(玻璃珠) from water with their hands. But before they started, some of the people had to keep their hands in water for half an hour. The resear
25、chers found that the people with wrinkled fingers completed the task faster than those with dry hands. But when they were asked to move dry marbles, all the people performed equally well, no matter whether they had wrinkled fingers or not.Our ancestors(祖先) might not have played with marbles, but wri
26、nkled fingers could have made it easier for them to climb around in wet forests and catch fish from rivers, researchers say. Similarly, our toes also get wrinkled in water. This may have developed from our ancestors need to run on wet ground. But the question is, if wrinkled fingers are so helpful,
27、why dont our hands just stay that way all the time? Researchers explained that wrinkling has its disadvantage: wet fingertips are far less sensitive(敏感的) than smooth ones, reducing our sense of touch.26. What does the underlined word this in the third paragraph refer to(指代)?A. Whether fingers have w
28、rinkles after they are put in water.B. Whether wrinkled fingers can hold things more tightly.C. Why keeping fingers in water makes them wrinkled.D. Why wrinkles help hands hold things more tightly.27. The test shows that_.A. wrinkled hands hold dry things more tightly than dry hands doB. dry hands h
29、old dry things more tightly than wrinkled hands doC. wrinkled hands hold wet things more tightly than dry hands doD. dry hands hold wet things more tightly than wrinkled hands do28. What might be a disadvantage of wrinkled fingers?A. They are too sensitive to be touched.B. They might be more likely
30、to get hurt.C. They cannot hold things tightly enough.D. They are not so sensitive as dry fingers.COne of my sweetest memories as a child is of going down to the river and sitting comfortably on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to songs of
31、 birds. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under the pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully(优雅地) to their original(原先的) state after the wind had died down.When I think about the bamboo trees ability to bend and move back, the word resilience comes to my mind. When it is used f
32、or a person, this word means the ability to readily recover(恢复) from shock, sadness or any other suffering. Have you ever felt like you were going to snap? Have you ever felt like you were at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived to talk about it. Life is a mixture (混合) of good times and bad times, happy mo
