1、2017年江苏省扬州市中考英语试卷一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案1（1分）They stopped in _ beautiful place for camping，near _ farmhouse of the Smiths（）Aa，aBthe，aCa，theDthe，the2（1分）We all like watching the TV programme Readers _ Saturday evening（）AinBonCatDfor3（1分）Bryan will not want to have _
2、 to do with horses in the future（）AeverythingBsomethingCanythingDnothing4（1分）All done!Lets swim，Martine!Swimming!I just _get used to it in winter（）AcantBshouldntCmustntDneednt5（1分）_ she couldnt see his face，she could tell by his voice that he was young（）AUnlessBIfCBecauseDThough6（1分）What are you rea
3、ding？A book about a baseball playerThis guy was well _for his devotion to charity work（）AenjoyedBrespectedCbehavedDexpected7（1分）_bad news!We didnt win the 15th Sudirman CupIts a pity（）AWhatBWhat aCHowDHow a8（1分）MrsWhite is _enough to spend her spare time on our maths problems（）AconfidentBcuriousCwis
4、eDgenerous9（1分）I went from a school desk to a ship in my teens_days would you be at sea？Homesick？（）AHow longBHow manyCHow muchDHow soon10（1分）My grandpa knows the history and medical _ of many plants（）AwealthBpriceCvalueDcost11（1分）You have a nice carThank youI _ it for less than one month（）AboughtBha
5、ve boughtChadDhave had12（1分）Mom does all the housework so that Sarah can take the time _ her words on paper（）AputBputtingCto putDputs13（1分）What do you think of the sofa？Not bad，but it may _ too much space of our living room（）Atake upBput upCopen upDmake up14（1分）Excuse me，could you tell me _？Well，the
6、res one on your left（）Awhen the bank opensBwhere the bank isChow far is the bankDhow can I get to the bank15（1分）Only those who have a lot in common can get along well_Opposites sometimes attract（）AI hope soBI think soCI dont careDI dont think so二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题15分，计15分）阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案16（
7、15分）When Charles Lee handed me the small red notebook in 1974，he changed my lifeWhile travelling，you should keep notes on the things you see and do（16） ，you will forget them some day，he explainedI was staying in his house when travelling in EnglandI took his（17） I wrote in the notebook every day dur
8、ing the homestay and back to universityI recorded weekend trips，my professors and ideas about my life and futureWhen I wrote，I wondered about my（18） and purposeWho would read this？Was I recording events and ideas just as a reminder to memory，or was there some larger purpose for this（19） exercise？I g
9、ot a big picture for the taskI was recording events，thoughts，words that were（20） to my lifeI（21） a future me sitting down to read the pagesI wondered what it would feel like to read those words laterI filled the notebook Charles gave meI bought a new one and（22） itThen another and anotherRecently，I
10、decided to look through my notebooks in the past 42 yearsCharles had been（23） I remembered the big（24） ，the central happenings，but on each page were details I had（25） I hadnt written every day，but I always picked up the（26） when it felt importantI often wrote in them at school（27） my students were w
11、ritingI wanted to pass on the（28） Charles had given meThese writings formed a continuous（29） between my past，present，and future through events in my lifeIt took several long evenings to read through my notebooksAs I read，I suddenly realized they are a gift to the（30） meI am now the person I was writ
12、ing to throughout those years16ASoBInsteadCMoreoverDOtherwise17AdonationBrewardCadviceDpromise18AlistenersBreadersCstudentsDprofessors19AdailyBweeklyCmonthlyDyearly20AcommonBimportantCpracticalDsimilar21AimaginedBrememberedCenjoyedDexpected22AwroteBfilledCgatheredDincreased23ApatientBseriousCrightDw
13、rong24AmistakesBproblemsCaccidentsDevents25AforgottenBavoidedCkeptDimproved26AdrawingBtravellingCreadingDwriting27AwhenBuntilCbeforeDafter28AnotebookBhouseClessonDeffort29AproductionBconnectionCinstructionDsituation30AlateBpastCpresentDfuture三、阅读理解（共4小题；每小题6分，计30分）阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案3
14、1（6分）The 9/11 Memorial & Museum honors the 2，983 victims in the terrorist attacks on September 11，200 1and February 26，1993The 9/11 Memorial is also a place to honor those who risked their lives to save othersThe 9/11 Museum is wellknown for preserving the history of the events of September 11Th
15、ey are located at the World Trade CenterWe strongly recommend the use of public transport thereThere are eight undergrounds to get you thereMemorial Hours of OperationOpen daily 7：30 am9：00 pmMuseum Hours of OperationSundayThursday，9：00 am8：00 pm/Last entry at 6：00 pmFriday and Saturday，9：00 am9：00
16、pm/Last entry at 7：00 pmMuseum TicketsMuseum AdmissionMuseum Admission & Museum TourMuseum Admission & Memorial TourAdult （ages 1864）244439Senior （ages 65+）183833US College Students183833Youth （ages717）153530*Children 6 and under are free*Join a guide on a Memorial tourExplore the historical
17、 importance of the World Trade CenterYou can buy the Memorial tour ticket separatelyThe price is 15per person*Join a guide on a Museum tour，examining authentic artifacts （真品） to understand what happened on 9/11，and the history and rebuilding of the World Trade CenterThe price is $20per person but yo
18、u need to get the Museum admission （入场券） firstFor a full list of options，visit 911 memorialorg/tours31According to the passage，which of the following sentences is TRUE？ AThe 9/11 Memorial only honors the victimsBYou can enter the Museum at 6：30 pmon SundayCYou are advised to take underground thereDJ
19、oin a Memorial tour to understand what happened on 9/1132If MrBlack （60 years old） and his grandson John （7 years old） want to join the Museum tour，they need to pay for the ticketsA.39 B.40 C.69 D.7933The passage probably comes from Aa film magazine Ba history textbookCa government report Da travell
20、ing guide34（10分）Still in shock!I moved around the house purposelessly trying to decide what to put into the suitcases （行李箱）Earlier that evening，Id received a call telling me that my brother was killed in a car crashCome as soon as you cancried my motherI wanted to hurry to her at onceBut my husband，
21、Larry，and I were packing to move from New York to SeattleOur house was in total messSupper dishes sat on the kitchen tableToys lay everywhereI purposelessly picked things up and put them downMothers crying went through my head again and againLarry called some friends to tell them what had happenedSo
22、meone asked to speak to meIf theres anything I can do，let me knowBut I didnt know what to ask forSuddenly，the doorbell rangIt was EmersonHe and his wife Donna lived in the block nearbyIve come to clean your shoes，he saidI asked him to repeatDonna had to stay with the baby，he said，but we want to help
23、 youI remember when my father died，it took me hours to clean our shoes for the funeral （葬礼）Give me all your shoesI gathered all our dirty shoes to the kitchenEmerson got to work right awayWatching him devoting himself to one task helped me pull my own thoughts into orderI told myself to wash clothes
24、 firstThen，Larry and I bathed the children and put them to bedOne job after anotherWhen we returned to clear the dishes，Emerson had leftAll our shoes stood in a line against the wall，clean，shiningI couldnt help cryingEarly next morning，we left for the airport with all the jobs doneNow whenever I hea
25、r of a friend whos lost a loved one，I no longer call with the polite offer，If theres anything I can do Instead I try to think of one specific task that suits that mans need，like taking the dog to the boarding kennel，or housesitting during the funeralIf the person asks，How did you know I needed that
26、one？I reply，Because a man once cleaned my shoes34The writer didnt know what to put into the suitcases because Ashe couldnt do it on her ownBshe was too sad to do anythingCshe wanted to take everything to SeattleDshe was not good at housework35Heres a time line of what happened in the storyThe writer
27、s brother was killed in a car crash_The writer washed the clothesThey left for the airportWhich of the events should go in the empty box above？ AEmerson came to clean the shoesBThe couple bathed the childrenCThey cleared the supper dishesDThe writer found the shoes cleaned36If one of her friends has
28、 lost a loved one，what will the writer probably NOT do？ ACall her friend to ask what she can doBLook after her friends young childrenCTake her friends dog to the boarding kennelDOffer her friend housesitting during the funeral37Which sentences best expresses the theme of this story？ AOne persons los
29、s is anothers gainBAn act of kindness is often rewardedCA near neighbour is better than a brother far offDDo something specific to help those in need38（8分）In 1990，Ed Viesturs started for the top of Mount Everest （29，029 feet） from a high camp at 27，000 feetHe planned to climb it without oxygen tank，something only a few climbers had managed to doHed failed twice，once getting with 300 feet of the top befo
